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

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140) also, "rewind" had the benefit of being one of the first "out front" singles of a New! Now! genre...kelly's single is a total genre-exercise (on the surface, anyway) making his victory that much sweeter, since he's not got the subtly-avant-garde/underground angle to work

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 16 June 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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

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

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

148. dan perry in being completely wrong again shockah!

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

149. Tico that could be true in yr universe.

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

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

154. This thread has now gone to 154 reasons.

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

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

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

156. 57 more balloons than Nena had.

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

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

165. the fact that 'R' stands for Rob

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

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

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

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

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

two months pass...

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

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

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-two years ago)

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-two years ago)

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 (twenty-one years ago)

The whole melody is The Jackson 5... brilliant

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven months pass...

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

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

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

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 (twenty years ago)

PICK ANOTHER F*CKING ANIMAL ALREADY!

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

R. Kelly spoof

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

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

one year passes...

still great

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

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 (eighteen years ago)

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 (eighteen years ago)

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

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

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