There's a little less than four weeks to go until this year's Video Music Awards—can you feel the excitement? even if, for me, it's more like a looming sense of dread?—and the NME is reporting that Mark Ronson is going to help out Timbaland as far as "musical director" duties go; he'll conduct the house band, which will be made up of some dude from Jamiroquai and the Dap-Kings. All well and good, except for the part where the NME refers to as "Amy Winehouse's band." Not to play fact-checking cuz, but come on—Winehouse doesn't even use that band all the time in your home country, NME. Where's the love for Sharon Jones, who has a new album with the Dap-Kings coming out next month? Maybe if Amy's still out of commission, she can step in last-minute, push Ronson out of the way, and burn through "100 Days And 100 Nights," so there'll at least be one watchable moment during the telecast:
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days And 100 Nights [MP3]
Mark Ronson to provide tunes for MTV Awards [NME]





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coat tail riding: i've also got a 7" i posted from earlier this year called "I'm Not Gonna Cry" that will likely be on the upcoming album
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I think they referenced the Dap Kings as "Amy Winehouse's band" in hopes that someone would actually tune into this show.
I guess it's a step up that the kids want to hear recycled soul these days...a step up from that embarrassing swing dancing/Brian Setzer finale a few VMAs ago..
"Some guy from Jamiroquai"???
*rolling eyes at the idolators*
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