Could it be I'm POLLING in love? ~~~ ILM 70s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!

101. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

shocked by the lowness

I probably shoulda voted for it if I wanted it higher, but I thought that was a Top 20 lock with or without me,

If Luv n Haight can't crack the top 100, I take back my predictio of Family Affair winning this.

Based on today's results, the top 10 is even harder to figure out than yesterday.

I'm Goin' Left by Syreeta was my number six. The first song on my favourite soul album ever.

108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl

The ultimate TOO LOW for me, so far. Had this in my top 10.

Also surprised at the "Ain't No Sunshine" not even cracking the top 100.

can no longer hear Oh Girl w/out thinking of the Sopranos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMw7b4ltJtk

Also recently put to memorable use in Spike Lee's Chi Raq.

102. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight 240 points / 4 votes
103. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 239 points / 4 votes
108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl 228 points / 4 votes
110. Blue Magic - Sideshow 226 points / 5 votes
111. Raydio - You Can't Change That 226 points / 4 votes
114. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye 224 points / 4 votes
118. The Spinners - It's a Shame 221 points / 5 votes
123. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair) 212 points / 4 votes
124 (TIE). Tavares - More Than a Woman 212 points / 3 votes
126. KC & the Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight 210 points / 4 votes

These were mine and obviously too low all of them. More Than a Woman has maybe the best ad libs ever. Each variation sticks in your head as much the chorus. I'm Caught Up is about as pure an example of that unique disco euphoria I can think of. Sideshow is second rate Stylistics but that's still better than most things. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get sounds like generic soul of the times when you don't pay attention and like the best groove ever when you do. Oh Girl is legitimately unique, like all the top Eugene Record stuff.

Think I nominated "Luv N' Haight" - what a jarring, brilliant album opener. I think there will be a lot of vote-splitting with the Riot tracks. I personally would be happy if half the top ten were from Riot, but it's very much and album-album, not just a collection of discrete tracks - and also I didn't vote.

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99 (TIE). Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
244 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/3j3okb3kuts

99 (TIE). Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
244 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/bDRbF80NKDU

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98. Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star
244 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/m29F4FtVo-U

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97. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
244 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/KYx2uZRlJCk

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96. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
249 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/T2wYZFji0Cs

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95. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
249 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/-cmo6MRYf5g

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94. Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
254 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/TdrChyGb574

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93. Bill Withers - Use Me
255 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/NuYDKzky4z0

I don't really get the appeal of Grandma's Hands, but Use Me is obviously great.

to me the appeal is a beautiful song about his grandma set to an irresistible groove. it's like a gospel song about his love for his grandmother. idk it's a nice sentiment i think. i'm also quite dear to his performance on his live at carnegie hall record.

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92. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
255 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/jFYFC6bi_6A

I love Hotline Bling probably more than most but Timmy Thomas is just regular lounge shit. Not a fan of the top 100 so far actually. Rainy Night in Georgia feels more like auldt contemporary than soul and that's an important distinction imo. Oh Girl is unique because it sort of effortlessly blurs that line. Benton's ad libs are in that jazz tradition of not fitting the vibe of the song at all and just being there for their own sake. Use Me is amazing forever.

Very irregular for lounge, I'd say, which is why I like it.

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91. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
259 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/kH5jcNS8IXI

xp Yeah, probably for the time. But I can't hear it now.

xp Nice to see the Prince of Wales voting in an ILM poll :)

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90. Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
261 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/mCscZ2tPFmI

Not a fan. The rest of the top 100 tho is fantastic so far.

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89. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
262 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WvRwR-hZDVY

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88. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
264 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/STs1QlyawpY

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87. The Rolling Stones - Miss You
266 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/hPrklRwn1HE

Thanks for that, ILM.

Two of the greatest r'n'b vocalists ever right there.

kind of feel we took a swerve to the yawnsome after we hit 100

Just in the 80s, thus far. "The Love I Lost" is great, but I hope "Bad Luck" is still in queue.

Superfly is obviously a classic. Hopefully there will be more Curtis to come in the higher reaches of the poll.

xp I think I had Bad Luck place second on my ballot and considering the six votes for The Love I Lost it's a safe bet.

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86. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
266 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/g1kDd6yBQZ4

Les Fleurs is way too low. I hope that's not it for Minnie in the list

Kind of hate Riperton but I can't deny this one.

At least it wasn't my fault: I had Les Fleurs at number 4...

I voted for Southern Nights. Though the vox on the studio version is a little grating, the live versions are all incredible

https://youtu.be/oGAFOz5GA8I

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85. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
269 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/2SFt7JHwJeg

tooooo low

another one where the live performances far outstrip the studio

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89. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
262 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WvRwR-hZDVY

Twice?

The auto-posts still don't work.

Summer Madness is similar to the Timmy Thomas for me in that I love the later pop take on it too much to hear it on it's own.

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88. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
264 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/STs1QlyawpY

The machine has gone rogue!

Fingers crossed 87 gets fixed this time around.

Miss You is awesome in so many ways don't even start that!