100 Reasons Why "Ignition - Remix" Is So Damned Great

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I'd be delighted if this format were adopted for other great singles, you know.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:37 (twenty years ago) link

141) also the drum repeat (not snares) in the murder she wrote verse. The first lines have no drums, so the next two are doubled.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:38 (twenty years ago) link

142) plus: craig david never pissed on any 14 year old girls. that i know of.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:40 (twenty years ago) link

143) it would certainly make him more interesting since he's basically got the personality of a boiled cabbage.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:42 (twenty years ago) link

144) it's pretty clear that we're living in the end times of a crumbling, decadent empire, and i can't imagine smokey robinson peeing on 14 yr old girls anymore than i can imagine him naming himself after a shoe brandname. but, if we ARE living in the end times of a crumbling, decadent empire, we could do a lot worse for a house songwriter - from a sheer technical proficiency standpoint - than r kelly.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:44 (twenty years ago) link

you people are all barking mad, you really are.... you truly ARE discussing the supposed merits of R Kelly.

Oh dear......

― russ t, Monday, 16 June 2003 14:49 (twenty years ago) link

145. better than discussing the merits of indie assholes like morrissey.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link

Have you heard the track, Russ? I too had a heart full of hate for r. kelly, but this is really genuinely fanstatic.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:55 (twenty years ago) link

146. Morrissey of late (where by "of late" I mean "for the vast majority of his solo career") is as much of a worthless throwaway as this R. Kelly song is.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:56 (twenty years ago) link

147. Julio "Everyday Is Like Sunday" is the perfect indie companion to this song (there are two days in a freakin' weekend after all)

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:58 (twenty years ago) link

148. dan perry in being completely wrong again shockah!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:59 (twenty years ago) link

149. Tico that could be true in yr universe.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:01 (twenty years ago) link

150. Solo Morrissey has produced exactly as many good songs as R. Kelly (ie, three).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:11 (twenty years ago) link

151. I have heard v little by either. the 'score' is: r kelly 1 really great song (+video), morrissey solo 0 (haven't seen any videos).

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:17 (twenty years ago) link

152. Dan that "Morrissey solo has only got three good songs" is mentalism of a very high order

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:30 (twenty years ago) link

Dan Perry, it is very unfortunate that you don't like the song. I'm sorry. You're totally missing out. But do you have to try to wreck this thread with your whining and weak attempts at critique and humor? This is about LOVING the song. Start another 100 Reasons thread about why you hate it if you've got to, but leave this be.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:32 (twenty years ago) link

153. It is my sole mission in life to wreck this thread for Matthew Perpetua.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:34 (twenty years ago) link

Dan's critiques are at least actual critiques based on listening to the song, unlike comedy bogglement that anyone could even be discussing it or one-line dismissals.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:36 (twenty years ago) link

yes on ILM there have been these kind of threads ('reasons to hate/love song/artist x) on ILM before and there are ppl who do put in the opposite view (I did that when there was some similar thing on reasons people hate the doors but that was a long time ago) and that's fine.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 16 June 2003 15:58 (twenty years ago) link

154. This thread has now gone to 154 reasons.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 16 June 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link

155. and 154 is the name of a wire record.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 16 June 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link

156. 57 more balloons than Nena had.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 16 June 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link

157. this thread made me download a whole bunch of R Kelley songs. the best part of all of them is in "I Wish" when he's talking about this guy who'll "always be his nigga" and he goes "radio don't take the 'nigga' out this song'

― JasonD (JasonD), Monday, 16 June 2003 17:47 (twenty years ago) link

I've been defending this song for about two months now. Thanks.

btw: The "murder she wrote" line requires reference to the dancehall original. Chaka Demus and Pliers sing 'bout hot gal wit di angel face and di devil heart. Dem gal act "flirty flirty" when dem "character dutty."

I think this is the kind of chick Mr. Kelly is talkin' about.

Oh, and that lazy fall into the chorus. Heavenly.

I don't, however, really feel the dancehall here...it's WAY too slow and lazy. It's got more of that Club Med reggae vibe. If it was over something like the diwali (see Wayne Marshall's "No Letting Go"), I might be willing to agree. Even then, dancehall deejays are anything but lazy and that's the charm of this tune.

― cybele (cybele), Monday, 16 June 2003 18:52 (twenty years ago) link

158. Man JasonD that version of "I Wish" is so goddamn beautiful I can hardly take it

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

159. Dave Chapelle did a parody of this song on his Comedy Central show. It is so much better than the original:
http://comedycentral.com/tv_shows/chappellesshow/showclips.jhtml
lemme get a poop poop

― Brian Bruxvoort, Monday, 16 June 2003 19:31 (twenty years ago) link

160. Based on the fact that you are talking about the Chapelle Show, which blows, and that last phrase, I can say, without having seen said clip, that you are WRONG WRONG WRONG!

― NA. (Nick A.), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:35 (twenty years ago) link

161. John Darnielle's big-upping of this song is due to him appearing in the video as the white dancer </slander>

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 16 June 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link

I like Dave Chappelle and all, but his show is so hit and miss. That parody only has one thing going for it: "Poo poo, pee pee." It's pretty bad otherwise.

162. But the song holds up despite the bad parody.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 16 June 2003 20:51 (twenty years ago) link

163. No matter how loud you turn the song up, it still sounds somehow muted, low and subtle and chilled-out. It managed to keep me sane through a day of innumerable hot, sticky and crowded tube journeys.

― cis (cis), Monday, 16 June 2003 21:31 (twenty years ago) link

161. John Darnielle's big-upping of this song is due to him appearing in the video as the white dancer

164. Ain't/no/half/steppin'

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 16 June 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link

165. the fact that 'R' stands for Rob

― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:13 (twenty years ago) link

Jess is absolutely right about the "Re-Rewind" parallels

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 07:44 (twenty years ago) link

166. Unsurprisingly, I hate "Re-Rewind", too.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 11:13 (twenty years ago) link

two months pass...

167-354 -- that's 1point for every second of this video

― JasonD (JasonD), Saturday, 23 August 2003 04:41 (twenty years ago) link

btw, if you don't like stupid college kids wasting time in the dorms, please don't watch this video and complain to me later.

― JasonD (JasonD), Saturday, 23 August 2003 04:50 (twenty years ago) link

two months pass...

355. I just heard this for the first time last week and I'm still recovering. Also, this is the greatest thread ever.

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 13 November 2003 06:11 (twenty years ago) link

eight months pass...

I just heard this song for the first time this evening, on my way home from work, and on my way to a party at my house. Total unbridled enthusiasm

― fizzcaraldo (Justin M), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 07:58 (nineteen years ago) link

The whole melody is The Jackson 5... brilliant

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 09:45 (nineteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

358. it is STILL GREAT TO THIS DAY and probably forever

― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Monday, 8 August 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll admit, Ignition V2.0 is far better than the original 747 mix. That high pitched bass note on the offbeat and the delayed intro are extremely powerful!

Wait, we are talking about Dynamix II, right?

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Monday, 8 August 2005 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link

11) What does this song have in common with the original "Ignition" besides some lyrical similarities, chiefly the really awful "stick my key in the ignition" vagina/woman = car thing? How is a completely different song on every level a remix?

same chords/bassline

― noodle food, Monday, 8 August 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

check out my R. Kelly spoof on http://www.fullmoon316.com/
and give me your honest opinions.

One Love.

― Wolfe, Bryan D., Sunday, 26 February 2006 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link

PICK ANOTHER F*CKING ANIMAL ALREADY!

― team jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 26 February 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link

R. Kelly spoof

----this is the sound of me backing out the thread slowly.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 27 February 2006 02:43 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...

still great

― teeny, Sunday, 14 October 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link

359. this is the only song i listened to the year i graduated from high school and is inextricably tied up in my mind with weeks on end being drunk with high school friends and having the best time of my entire life smoking metric tons of weed in my garage

― max, Sunday, 14 October 2007 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link

bump.i was just watching music videos on youtube and was reminded of this ,easily my favourite ever thread about music

― robin l, Monday, 22 October 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link

This thread makes up for any Egyptian Lover-related beardiness twice over.

― The Reverend, Monday, 22 October 2007 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link

A few years ago, on his blog, the white folk rocker John Darnielle declared his admiration for R. Kelly’s new R. & B. single “Ignition.” Thirty years ago, Darnielle might have attempted to imitate R. Kelly’s perverse and feather-light soul. Now he’s just a fan.

― da croupier, Monday, 22 October 2007 14:29 (sixteen years ago) link

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