367. How the outro serves as a summarizing conclusion to the rest of the song.
― im on the moon btw (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:39 (fourteen years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/album/1f0S7pJCiCC6reYPB7Ypzo
SMOOTH JAZZ COVERS OF KELLS' GREATEST HITS!
― Dwight Yorke, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
it's unbelievable to me that a human being actually wrote this song -- it's such an accepted and perfect american monument that it's easy to forget that it had to be formulated in r. kelly's head and worked on and perfect and honed and all that. at this point it just exists as something that... represents us that it's almost like it was here before we all were. it's like the statue of liberty or something.
― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:26 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway
368. how guttural yet clear and pristine he sings "mama roooollin that body" -- he hits such a perfect balance that it's the only line i refuse to sing along to because he just sings it too perfectly that i don't want to deny myself the opportunity of hearing it again
― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:26 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is crazy talk, the whole song is so much more a natural extension of the artist's catalog/persona than it is a universal standard singular hit song
― some dude, Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean "I Believe I Can Fly" fits your description way more
― some dude, Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
well... i think it's both a universal standard hit song & and an extension of kelly's catalog -- i wasn't trying to imply that it was an outlier or anything -- it's just so perfectly constructed to me that it's almost inhuman
― hitler runoff (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
uh oh – auteur theory at work!
― The Magnificent Colin Firth (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:36 (fourteen years ago) link
ha
― guapism rules (The Reverend), Thursday, 11 March 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
369. I've always felt like it sounded like a 70s soul song, but for seven years it escaped me exactly just which one. Then it hit me, it sounds like "Let's Do It Again" by the Staple Singers!
― you might be a goon but what's a goon to a viking? (The Reverend), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 11:43 (fourteen years ago) link
370. Who are from Chicago. Just like R. Kelly. And it was written and produced by Curtis Mayfield, also a Chicagoan. I was in Chicago for a week or two last summer, and both those songs feel exactly like Chicago during the summer.
― you might be a goon but what's a goon to a viking? (The Reverend), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 11:44 (fourteen years ago) link
371. Back to the dancehall inflection on "Mama ROLLIN that body". He really drives the point home with the even more affected "LISTEN NOW!" that follows in the background, as if to remove any ambiguity that he knows exactly what he's doing.
― you might be a goon but what's a goon to a viking? (The Reverend), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 11:46 (fourteen years ago) link
372https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzxwnz7q4cQ
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 11 March 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/young-the-giant-covers-ignition-remix,71123/
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
^not one of them
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAwNp5i-TuI
this is, i think, at least a little offensive to ppl that use ASL ("look at how they ~talk~") but g-d i lol'd ok
― catbus otm (gbx), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
Released 10 years ago today.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
I can't even believe that. Am I just getting old, or has the entirety of post 2000 time blurred together into one big indigestible mass?
― Dominique, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
Yes.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
kids still love this song.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
also 2003 was fucking amazing, so expect a lot more of these "omg no wai 10 years ago" deals
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
we get links
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
There was no "Ignition" (orig mix), was there?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Crying 4 u
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MJYZLjc8JQ
it was a radio hit before the remix dropped. it's on The Chocolate Factory directly before the remix. it's a fucking awesome song, and I hate that the remix has so totally eclipsed it for most people.
xp
― Doctor No Cassie (some dude), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
I saw Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney cover the original "Ignition" in 2004.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
It's not a bad song, but I've been disappointed when I've come across "Ignition" but not "Ignition (Remix)" in karaoke books.
Almost disappointed that there was an "original", it'd be a bit KLF if it didn't though.
Will have to hear it.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I was DJ'ing for some kids one time early 2004 and I accidentally played the original version. they were like literally teenagers though so i think i cared more than they did.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
There was no "Sex In The Kitchen" (orig mix) though, was there?
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
these songs are on platinum-selling albums guys, jeez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lAGRyQyDo0
― Doctor No Cassie (some dude), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
this is like when kids think the Jerry Lewis voice was originated by The Animaniacs
I feel sorry for anyone not familiar with the joys of "GIRL. I'M. READY. TO. TOSS. YOUR. SALAD." tbh
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
just remembered this topped Stylus' best-of-decade list three years ago.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
haha i knew al was gonna flip at that post
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, but there was no "Snake" (orig mix) though, was there?
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yiNyw7B.gif
― 乒乓, Sunday, 27 January 2013 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
times change :-(
― caek, Saturday, 15 March 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
you can't play this at a wedding anymore, right?
yeah the good old days when people were more willing to overlook that he had raped several girls...??
― dyl, Saturday, 15 March 2014 23:59 (ten years ago) link
jesus christ if you had to vet the personal history of every musician before playing their song at a fucking party.
― acluelessdic (some dude), Sunday, 16 March 2014 00:31 (ten years ago) link
Um a lot of ppl'd get off fine, this fuck wouldn't, boo fuckin hoo
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Sunday, 16 March 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
wow this brings it back omg no wai etc
― into the aerosmith, over the sea (Hunt3r), Sunday, 16 March 2014 02:08 (ten years ago) link
sorry my post was a little harsh but that is the only difference between then and now that i can think of so i find it difficult to feel sad that i won't be hearing this at many weddings as a consequence
― dyl, Sunday, 16 March 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
I'd gladly support the creation of a "100 Reasons Why 'You Remind Me of Something' Is So Damned Great" thread
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Sunday, 16 March 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link
I'd be amazed if you could come up with more than 2
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 April 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
be amazed
― 1 pONO 3v3Ry+h1n G!!!1 (dog latin), Friday, 4 April 2014 10:41 (ten years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/there-actually-is-an-original-ignition-that-isnt-the-remix#.mrJ85MQDvV
― 龜, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:48 (nine years ago) link
How is that not a Clickhole article?
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
oh dear lord
― DJP, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link