Friday, March 20, 2015

Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk



NOTHING insightful or inciting; this video is just for the fun of it.

Bruno Mars 
If I were going to have a party (and I had a fat wallet), this is the band I'd invite. The Hawaii-born Bruno Mars shows off his smooth Filipino moves and natural rhythm. His music is what you want to get your party guests off their seats and onto the dance floor. "Uptown Funk" had me dancing in my chair. Oh, yeah!

It is too bad Bruno's sisters' reality TV series, The Lylas, didn't capture a big enough audience. Coming from laid-back Hawaii, there probably was not enough drama in their lives like divorcing basketball players to capture the public's attention. The sisters are the anti-Kardashians. The Hernandezes (That's the real surname of Bruno and his sisters.) definitely have more talent than the Kardasians. Their mother is Filipino American but their father is Latino.

(I really don't get the popularity of the Kardasian family. They don't sing, dance or act yet they earn millions of dollars. For what?)

Their mother's death while filming the series for WeTV was the most the drama of the show but it wasn't enough to save the Lylas, which stands for Love You Like A Sister. 

Bruno's sisters, The Lylas

The 30-year old Bruno Mars’ real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. The Hernandez kids inherited their musical talent from their parents who had their own band in Honolulu 

Bruno's work has earned him numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy, an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award and a BRIT Award. 

Since the beginning of his career as a singer, in 2010, Mars has sold 8 million albums and 58 million singles worldwide as a singer,although as a songwriter, producer and singer, his total single download sales surpass 100 million worldwide. He has achieved a total of five number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and six top ten singles, including first place with “Just the Way You Are”, which sold 12.5 million copies and contributed to Mars becoming the best-selling digital artist in 2011.

Bruno's first album "Just The Way You Are" earned him seven Grammys and Best Pop Vocal Performance.

Have a funky good time this weekend!




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