L'ho beccata in discoteca con lo sguardo da serpente: The ILM ITALO Poll (Voting Thread)

"Ruff Mix" by Wonder Dog...

my other new favorite discovery!

Thanks for putting those playlists together, gr8080!

Re: "Ruff Mix":

I've known this track for a few years. What I didn't know until today is that a young Simon Cowell dressed up as Wonder Dog to promote the single in the UK (see http://youtu.be/iw0yfiRz9zY)

Thanks for compiling that, Grady! Thoug I noticed the video you put on the list of "Automat" by Automat has only the first part of the tune. I meant to nominate the full 3-part, 16 minute track. Here's a Youtube link for the full version:

http://youtu.be/27X2XQMQQg4

― Tuomas, Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fixed!

making my way through the playlist, slowly. keep campaigning! i love most of the songs people have repped for in this thread, including wonder dog.

let me give a push to a few personal favs:

silver pozzoli - around my dream - is pretty perfect, and would be my pick for a song with which to introduce someone to italo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62gvnYqjPDw

pino d'angio - ma quale idea (the eponymous thread track) - is such a nice combination of sleazy, sly, and smooth. love it a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHLewcdIWlw

hipnosis - pulstar - lacks the cheese appeal that i enjoy in italo. it's actually downright classy, imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsFEIPvHkTo

ugh, sorry for the embeds. i hate them too, but haven't posted here in a while so i forgot how these things work.

Here's hoping the presence of two "Self Control"s (Raf & Laura Branigan) won't split the votes to badly for this amazing song. The Branigan is okay but the original is just astoundingly good. How surprising it was to hear it for the first time... It's a great track on its own, but the weird touches in it work so well too: the way the female vocals take over briefly; just as it seems to be coming to an end, the bass guitar takes over and it seems to morph into a different song; then one rapper comes in, I hadn't expected that; then a second, another surprise. But it all fits together perfectly.

I suspect this track doesn't need much campaigning to place well, though.

I could watch Righeira dancing all day http://youtu.be/qCVQpcY1au4

Had always thought I preferred the more strident Laura Branigan version but am coming around to the RAF version after choosing to get behind it in this. Hoping everyone who votes for the song votes for RAF.

I voted for the Laura Branigan version; her "Self-Control" has a huge sentimental value for me, being a favourite of my teenage years. Also, the RAF guys is not a very good singer and has a rather bland voice, which you could never say about Branigan. Maybe the arrangement is more interesting in that version, but I'd say Branigan's performance makes her version better.

I dunno I think the bottom line is we should get behind the Italian original rather than the non - Italian cover.

another longshot i'm gonna rep for:

Rinder & Lewis - Willie And The Hand Jive

http://youtu.be/A9oTAzmHSWs

dudes probably never set foot anywhere near Italy but that bass/synth/choir recipe cooks up one spicy meat-a-ball imo

I'm afraid I prefer the Branigan, too, and probably won't have room to vote for both. Nowhere near submitting my ballot yet, though, so you all have time to lobby at me.

Italo christmas medley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvdedvxDAxI

Also, my Italo mix is now up again and both streamable and downloadable from here

love that mix!

I love the Branigan more than life, it's a good song by itself but her vocals just ratchet it up to pure ecstasy. Especially when her voice sort of cracks as she sings "you take me self control", it sends shivers up my spine. RAF version is really good too, though, but not as powerful.

Definitely want to campaign for Hugh Bullen's "Alisand," which has got an early Pet Shop Boys vibe in the verse (chugging keyboards/spoken word-ish rap), although the breezy high-pitched chorus is totally italo. Great punchy synth production too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKogFDC-Mk4

If there's a groundswell of support for the Laura Branigan then who am I to piss in the wind. It's all time for me and I'd choose it over RAF to take to a desert island In a heartbeat. Just surprised so many would go for it over that in an Italo poll.

I'd never seen the video for Fun Fun's "Happy Station" until just now. What the actual....? http://youtu.be/qM9y-eJJ8U4

I definitely get that the Branigan seems less "Italo" - that would probably be my only reason for taking Raf over it, and possibly reason enough. But everyone else seems fine w/ it being here, so...

I thought the definition of "Italo" was in this poll was based on sound, not geography, so I had no problem voting for Branigan. There were definitely things on the list that sound less Italo than her "Self Control".

TEAM RAF

Voted! I stuck to a conservative definition of Italo, to the point of excluding what is by far my favourite song on the nominations list and one of my favourite songs of all time ("Speedy Like Gonzales"). Looking forward to the results now.

Oh, and everyone should vote for Livin' in your Love.

Oh nononono, how could you not vote for 'Speedy'? Gah.

Italo is a feeling.

Nethertheless, RAF

Second mix is up now:

Download/stream here

Tracklist
Key Of Dreams - Africa
Radiorama - Vampires
Savage - Don't Cry Tonight
Lucia - Marinero (Remix)
BWH vs Grandmaster Flash - Stop The Message (Datashat Mashup)
Eddy Huntington - USSR
Roxanne - Charlene
Fellini - Passenger (Extended Version)
Julia Claire - Classical
Bandolero - Paris Latino
Modern Talking - With A Little Love
Casco - Cybernetic Love (Vocal)
Bolero - I Wish
Silent Circle - Moonlight Affair
Grant Miller - Colder Than Ice
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
Albert One - Turbo Diesel
Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita
Fancy - Slice Me Nice
Fun Fun - Baila Bolero
Limahl - Neverending Story
Fockewulf 190 - Gitano
Digital Emotion - Go Go Yellow Screen
Laserdance - Power Run

/!\ I forgot to nominate Fun Fun - Give Me Your Love /!\

Radiorama - Chance To Desire

this song is a monster

are write-in votes ok?

Damn I still gotta vote

What are write-in votes, crüt?

Reminder: Only 4 days left to vote!

So far I've only got 4 ballots.

I was leaving it late, hopefully there are many more like me. I'll try and get it in today though.

Xp write - in votes are votes for songs not on the noms list. They usually just result in a song getting one vote and, you know, we had a two week process to come up with a noms list.

no worries, I'm not going to write anything in.

Sent in my ballot!

Me too

I did too. Do we get a confirmation email?

I'm not sure I'm going to get mine in if the final date is tomorrow. Xmas/New Year is too busy and I've been trying to sort my big EoY stuff too... argh.

do iiiiiiiiit

Do it! Just skim through the list and jot down your favourites.

submitted mine (last night)

If people are OK with it, I'll extend the voting period for another week, until January the 7th. I won't be able to do any tallying before that anyway.

BTW, I've got 8 ballots so far.

or something, I got your ballot. Do you guys want confirmation emails? It's the first time I do this and didn't know it was customary.

Can a mod please add the new deadline to the title?

OK, I've sent confirmation emails to all the ballots I've received so far (In some cases I might have sent them twice). If you've submitted your ballot and haven't heard back from me, let me know.

I'll keep sending confirmation emails from now on (may take a day or two though).

Thank you, daavid, the extension will be really good for me. I promise I will send a ballot in now.

I didn't get a confirmation email. Subject line was "Italo poll ballot from Hans Holbein". Maybe in your junk/spam? If it didn't get through I will send it again.

OK, voting period is officially over. I'm counting 29 ballots. Well done everyone!

I'll be honest, at this point it looks like results won't happen until the EOY poll results are over. Sorry, I'm just too busy with work.

I have most of the nominated songs, I can probably throw together a ~2h mix of the 50 top tracks within a few days of the rollout.

That would be awesome! Thanks, Siegbran.

Reminds me I need to listen to the mix upthread. Where do you live Siegbran - do you DJ out?

I live in Switzerland. I used to dj now and then but never really seriously, now it's just the occasional house party. The two Italo mixes are still online at http://caedite-eos.eu .

this is gonna be so awesome

Just going to be cheeky and mention the italo night I play at in Brighton. Next one in a few days time... https://www.facebook.com/events/874343962585197/?fref=ts

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10828013_10154980555415201_8760684370449682342_o.jpg

Not cheeky at all, in my opinion. Fully thread-pertinent.

Cheers!

Siegbran, if you ever find yourself in Brighton I’m sure we could fit you in to play. Is there some way of downloading those mixes by the way?

I only have them streaming at the website for now but I sent you a link.

I'm sharing it on slsk too.

chewshabadoo i would go out of my way to play at your Italo night. You can take my word for it I'm an unbelievable dj, of course.

Well, send us a mix :)

so stoked for this

Will voting be reopened for a few days? Imagine there could be a couple more ballots from ppl that weren't very active around the holidays.

Bump

Hi there. Voting is closed. Results will be in Feb 9.

… I mean, you guys all voted, right?

Thinking about it now, my ballot was mostly earlier, spacey Italo at the top and later, poppier stuff behind that. Interested to see how everybody else voted.

update: daavid has sent me the final results-- see you monday!

Woo!

Andale!

dope

doppio dope

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