Comments on: Jackson G. Tickle Enterprises Presents: Friday The 16th…This Is The Remake!

By: Xquizzyt1

Xquizzyt1 — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:27:52 +0000

OMG… I’m so disappointed in this post that I might cry.

There was a comedian that did a whole sketch on “The Bureau of Remaking Songs,” or something and he was the receptionist… he kept saying “The Bureau… please hold” and when Mary J. Blige called he hung up on her and took the next call. ROFLMAO

I totally agree.

Mary cannot sing. And no one should ever confuse her raspy warblings with singing… which is why everyone liked her better when she sang about pain. Because then her screeching, banchee-like shrills made sense. When you sound like that and you say you’re “happy?” Wow. Then you lose me.

I don’t have a problem with remakes done by peers, like Boys II Men and New Edition, or like when The Main Ingredient and Blue Magic did “Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely” or when Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye with “Heard it Through the Grapevine,” see, they are peers and I can deal with those remakes and I think those are cool to compare. But to compare Aaliyah and the Isley Brothers? I mean… why? LOL There’s no comparison. To compare K-Ci and fucking Jo Jo to Stevie??? OMG why? There is JUST no comparison. *sigh* And the Jones Girls ripped “Who Can I Run to” you will NOT compare those grown ass women to damn Xscape. *sigh* Like Rose Royce tore up “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” and then Faith and Mary made it sound like nails on a chalkboard. *sigh* If you are a legend, then remakes should ONLY be done by peers, never your subordinates. [UNLESS and ONLY UNLESS that subordinate was Luther Vandross. *sigh* Luther.] If they are, the two should never be COMPARED to each other… only listened to in order to say, “Oh, Ciara remade Aretha Franklin’s “I Never Loved a Man” and dedicated it to Bow Wow? Interesting.” *sigh* Remakes… the bane of my existence.

The end. Thank you.

By: Ori

Ori — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:03:17 +0000

Okay, I agree with the majority of those, except “Lately” and “Sadie.” The Spinners really made me want to call my mama. The Trina Broussard song is the hit, though. I saw her sing it live at jazz festival once, and I swear I nearly fell in love with the guy standing next to me when she sang that song! And I really liked Erikah Badu’s remake of Chaka Khan’s “Stay.”

By: vagitis

vagitis — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:59:22 +0000

gotta disagree with the Stevie comment. Stevie can sing, Lately wasn’t one of his better vocal performances granted, but the man has a great voice.
Jodeci’s version was the shit, though.

By: dee

dee — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:08:36 +0000

round 1:xscape.hands down!!!! They SANG it like it was theirs!!!

round 2:even though he beat her ass and stole her coke(mary’s) Roll Royce!!!! You feel it!!!

round 3:Stevie cause he’s stevie!!!!

round 4:I don’t care much for the song……..smokey I guess!!!

round 5:Minnie is the SHIT!!!

round 6:Sadie…I have to go with the original….it just sounds better!!!! Once it got all R.Kellyed. it just didn’t do it for me!!!!

round 7:I need to hear the boys to men version!!!

By: Panama

Panama — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:30:22 +0000

@Deah: I have no idea what album that’s on. Back in the Great Internet Downloading Era of 99-2001, I found that online somewhere and I loved it so much I just downloaded it and put it on a CD. I have no idea what album it comes from or where you can find it. I just got it on a bootleg CD.

By: Jaine Blaize

Jaine Blaize — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:58:35 +0000

Oh boy! You done did it now! Sometimes remakes are just not kewl. When? When the original was done by someone with soul and the remake is done by someone who wishes they had soul. Granted, I love Michael McDonald but he really didn’t need to try to remake Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You”. *Shaking head fervently* – nope, shouldn’t have done it.

As for people who can remake a song and make you forget that there really was an original, what about when Anita Baker’s remake of “You Belong To Me” by Carly Simon? Or Howard Hewitt covering the Eagles’ ” I Can’t Tell You Why?”

They just slaughtered the originators!!!! So it can be done!

By: Deah

Deah — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:32:17 +0000

Ohh, ohhh, ohhhhhhhhhhh
I hadn’t heard B-II-M’s version of Can You Stand the Rain… this song is sexxxy!!! Damn

Wow.

I’ve slept.

Wow.

What album is this on??

By: Deah

Deah — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:20:59 +0000

It’s funny, I heard the Jones Girls version on the radio just the other day. Xscape’s was much better imo. If Minnie had Trina’s production, this wouldn’t even be close… but she still eeks it out.

My votes:
Xscape
Mary
Stevie (though I still love the other version)
D’Angelo
Minnie
Spinners

By: imacdiva

imacdiva — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 03:50:29 +0000

“Giving him something he can feel” Envogue or Aretha Franklin
“Work to do” Isleys, Average White Band or Vanessa Williams
“I feel for you” Chaka Khan or Prince
“Closer” Nine Inch Nails or Maxwell

It just don’t stop…

My vote:
Xscape
Rose Royce
Stevie (cause I don’t want to burn in hell…)
D’Angelo
Minnie
Spinners.

By: Creem

Creem — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:53:55 +0000

Wow Panama!

You Amaze me, i thought i was the only one on this planet that liked that song by Trina Broussard. I used to play it to death. and hands down, shes the winner. I love the instruments on that song too.

but i have to agree with all of your selections except can u stand the rain, NO ONE can out do Johnny. His and Ralph’s voices are the only two that i remember on that song.

And i dont like Smokey either, he scares me.
and ROFL on EL PERVO LOCO HAHA classic*