{"id":720,"date":"2011-07-11T07:15:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T11:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=720"},"modified":"2011-07-10T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T19:40:27","slug":"july-video-challenge-mark-ronson-and-the-business-intl-the-bike-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/07\/11\/july-video-challenge-mark-ronson-and-the-business-intl-the-bike-song\/","title":{"rendered":"July Video Challenge: Mark Ronson and The Business, INTL, The Bike Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/markronson\">Mark Ronson<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/businessintl.tumblr.com\/\">The Business INTL<\/a>, or at least the current iteration of the band, are set to have their last London show in a couple of weeks, when they play a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenwichsummersessions.co.uk\/line-up\/wednesday-27th-mark-ronson-business-international\/\">Greenwich Summer Session<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been flipping through some of the snippets of video &#8211; outtakes of recording sessions, and so on &#8211; that are floating around the Internet, and it&#8217;s reminded me how much I enjoy their music.<\/p>\n<p>The video below is for <em>The Bike Song<\/em>, and is an excellent example of the way they combine feather-light synth-pop with hip-hop. Also, there are semi-sentient bicycles, which I believe adds some joy to any music video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Mark Ronson, The Business Intl. - The Bike Song\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_rVELTxKRoHA\"><div id=\"lyte_rVELTxKRoHA\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rVELTxKRoHA\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Mark Ronson, The Business Intl. - The Bike Song<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/rVELTxKRoHA\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/rVELTxKRoHA\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Ronson, The Business Intl. - The Bike Song\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Ronson and The Business INTL, or at least the current iteration of the band, are set to have their last London show in a couple of weeks, when they play a Greenwich Summer Session. 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