La musica si muove appena: The ILM ITALO Poll (Results Thread)

I've been busy this week but the results so far are great! Good poll daavid also loving the retro-futuristic banners, good job!

You have got to tell me where you're getting the images from.

^^

This is a great run...great poll all through! I didn't vote for The Chase, or Boys, or Trans-X for genre-bounding reasons. Ryan Paris is more Radio 2 than dancefloor banger imho, kinda reminds me of synthy midtempo Joe Jackson more than the contemporaries here.

<3 Macho hard

Thanks Moka. You'll have to ask gr8080 about the images. He did all the artwork.

http://i.imgur.com/dA6Dmwl.jpg

28 (TIE) GLAM "More Than Ever" [158 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/x64FSoRCAhI

I think technically this is called "Chase", not "The Chase". I should have corrected that.

it was originally released as "Chase" but has been re-released as "The Chase" a few times as well

http://www.discogs.com/Giorgio-Moroder-Chase/master/224846

not that it matters

remind me to comment on the images when we're done (spoiler: i found them on the Internet)

Yes! More Than Ever, one of a handful of discoveries in the noms that made my final cut.

http://i.imgur.com/U36OlgH.jpg

27 SPACE "Magic Fly" [161 points, 6 votes]
http://youtu.be/P_ukfGAd8T4

Didn't vote for it as not sufficiently 'Italo' but it is a truly wonderful track.

Yeah I love it as much as anything else that will place but not italo... but still, More Than Ever!

Last two for today (a tie so might as well post them together):

http://i.imgur.com/FTkA5hG.jpg

25 (TIE) PINO D'ANGIO "Ma Quale Idea" [163 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/oHLewcdIWlw

http://i.imgur.com/5JJWMkx.jpg

25 (TIE) MAGAZINE 60 "Don Quichotte" [163 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/-otJCqFG1Lk

didn't vote ma quale idea bc it's not really italo imo but i wish I had, it's such a cool jam

Recap:

50 DHUO "Walkin'" [96 points, 3 votes]
49 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SYSTEM "Dancing Therapy" [97 points, 3 votes]
47 (TIE) GAZEBO "I Like Chopin" [98 points, 3 votes]
47 (TIE) CLIO "Eyes" [98 points, 3 votes]
46 KEN LASZLO "Hey Hey Guy" [101 points, 3 votes]
45 DOCTOR'S CAT "Watch Out" [105 points, 3 votes]
43 (TIE) RAGGIO DI LUNA "Comanchero" [105 points, 4 votes]
43 (TIE) TRANS-X "Living On Video" [105 points, 4 votes]
41 (TIE) MODERN TALKING "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" [108 points, 4 votes]
41 (TIE) M&G "When I Let You Down" [108 points, 4 votes]
40 IVAN "Fotonovela" [117 points, 4 votes]
39 LOUI$ "Pink Footpath" [122 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]
38 VALERIE DORE "Get Closer" [123 points, 4 votes]
37 FANCY "Slice Me Nice" [129 points, 4 votes]
36 KATY GRAY "Hold Me Tight" [131 points, 4 votes]
35 SABRINA "Boys (Summertime Love)" [134 points, 5 votes]
34 VALERIE DORE "The Night" [137 points, 5 votes]
33 CYBER PEOPLE "Void Vision" [139 points, 5 votes]
32 TAFFY "I Love My Radio" [151 points, 5 votes]
31 MACHO "I'm A Man" [154 points, 5 votes]
30 RYAN PARIS "Dolce Vita" [155 points, 5 votes]
28 (TIE) GIORGIO MORODER "The Chase" [158 points, 5 votes]
28 (TIE) GLAM "More Than Ever" [158 points, 5 votes]
27 SPACE "Magic Fly" [161 points, 6 votes]
25 (TIE) PINO D'ANGIO "Ma Quale Idea" [163 points, 5 votes]
25 (TIE) MAGAZINE 60 "Don Quichotte" [163 points, 5 votes]

as is don quichotte xp

xxpost - Agree, "Ma Quale Idea" is the perfect example of Italian disco that's not Italo… but that's of course debatable.

Interestingly enough, Pino D'Angio also produced the trance classic Age Of Love.

Did not know that. Nice one Pino!

I don't know Italo from Dixieland jazz but I'm digging the thread for gr80's images.

yowza http://www.discogs.com/Various-80s-Dance-Story-Original-Italo-Hits/release/2714164

Wow, did not expect More Than Ever to place! Such a cool track, maybe it's not as obscure as I thought. Ma Quale Idea might have the best Italian rapping vocals ever. Although since it's sung in Italian and not English, that sort disqualifies it from being Italo, right? :) The extended mix of "I Love My Radio" is another all-time favorite of mine, have played that vinyl to death. Also really like the Slow Version of Void Vision.

Not a fan of Magazine 60 and Sabrina, but Ryan Paris deserves to be here. I like his follow up single "Fall In Love" too.

Turns out the "I Like Chopin" version is not very common. I just assume it was the standard 12 inch version or whatever. Anyway, here it is. Audio quality is kind of bad but the intro (up to around 1:20) is amazing:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41jim_gazebo-i-like-chopin-maxi-version_music

the version I mentioned in an earlier post

kinda disappointed that gr8080's graphic for Sabrina didn't contain a nip slip. (just kidding, they're all great!)

That's the version of "I Like Chopin" that I put on the Spotify playlist. Agree that it's the best version, gorgeous intro.

"Don Quichotte" is one of the few later discoveries that I voted for. Wasn't fussed about it on the first listen, adore it now.

How on Earth could that Glam track score higher than Clio? Madness. Italo Madness.

Love the graphics in this poll, btw.

More Than Ever my first nom to chart :) Will look into doing a mix of my list when the poll is over.

I like Eye's (and Faces) a hell of a lot, but Glam is the one for me from that team, I am a fan of the trackier end of italo though.

Bit of a late start today...

http://i.imgur.com/v7hPjqJ.jpg

24 RIGHEIRA "Vamos A La Playa" [164 points, 6 votes]
http://youtu.be/4yng-EO_IJA

one of my faves

LOVE Don Quichotte!

xpost- the lyrics are really odd and totally not what you would expect from the general vibe of the song

… come to think of it, gr80's image suits kind of perfectly.

Always been more of a "No Tengo Dinero" man myself. "Dinero Scratch" is also cute.

^same here. Well, I like both of them equally, I'd say

http://i.imgur.com/OIhH4Ff.jpg

23 GINNY "Can't Be Serious" [165 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/l_NcSUPsrXY

not really italo, but one of the greatest recordings of all time

OTM x2

epic

http://i.imgur.com/SUyOiUY.jpg

22 MATIA BAZAR "Ti Sento" [167 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/NKDHRpmG4rk

i've never heard 'more than ever' before! this is really good

didn't vote for righeira (tho i do love it), but had ginny as my #3 and matia as my #4 - it's maybe not strictly italo but i still think 'can't be serious' is the apotheosis of the italo/balearic intersect and 'ti sento' is such OTT high drama, that last long high note she hits right before the end <3

agreed that "magic fly" isn't italo, but what genre is it? disco alone doesn't seem adequate

Can't think of much to say about Ti Sento. if anything it seems a bit buttoned-up compared to the rest of the countdown despite her valiant delivery in the chorus.

I can trace a line from "Magic Fly" to Pulstar's "Hypnosis", so it does legitimately feel like the genesis of a certain strain of Italo.