The first album that I remember buying was probably Michael Jackson’s Thriller, like everyone. Of buying his first record, Ronson said: “Going to the corner shop where I lived before I moved to New York and buying 45s and enjoying them in the way that other kids might enjoy buying a comic book. Ronson’s eclectic taste in music, with him playing funk, hip-hop and soul, led to him being a sought-after disc spinner. When Ronson attended university in New York, he became steadfastly involved in the burgeoning hip-hop scene and started DJing in several clubs. I guess, Tame Impala and other producers like James Ford and stuff, there’s a lot of guys around today that get really good drum sounds – Danger Mouse, for example – but it’s definitely a dying art.” Now when people think of live drums or live instrumentation, it either sounds like smooth jazz or just big rock ‘n’ roll things. People made great records that you’d want to go out to and dance to. Ronson continued: “With, like, ‘Valerie’ or ‘Locked Out of Heaven’ or ‘Uptown Funk’, it’s all live musicianship because that’s what people did in the 1960s and 1970s. Recording drums and having live musicians play them but not having it sound so organic that you can’t hear it in the club.” And that’s kind of what I made a career on, I guess. Now imagine a giant 1980s gated Phil Collins snare on it. A bad guitar sound will be a dampener on a song, but a bad drum sound? Imagine a song like ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ by the Supremes. Detailing further, the musician said: “It’s all about the sound of the kick and snare. I've danced with you too long Danced with you too long Danced with you too long And there's something in the air Something in the air.Discussing his youth, Ronson said his first memories of making music were of making hip-hop and “sampling old breaks”. Raged for the last time But I know you'll hold your head up high There's nothing we have to say There's nothing in our eyesīut there's something in the air Something in my eye I danced with you too long There's something I have to say There's something in the air Something in my eye Lived all our best times Left with the worst I've danced with you too long Say what you will There's something in the air We used what we could To get the things we want But we lost each other on the way I guess you know I never wanted anyone more than you Let's take what we can I know you'll hold your head up high We've raged for the last time A place of no returnĪnd there's something in the air Something in my eye I've danced with you too long Yeah Something in the air Something in my eyeĪbracadoo, I lose you We can't avoid the clash, the big mistake Now we're going to pay and pay The sentence of our lives Can't believe I'm asking you to go Lived with the best times Left with the worst Danced with you too long Nothing left to save We lay in each other's arms But the room is just an empty s_e I guess we lived it out Something in the air We smile too fast Then can't think of a thing to say Your coat and hat are gone I really can't look at your little empty shelf A ragged teddy bear It feels like we never had a chance Don't look me in the eye
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