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

I can live with #40.

We're in my favorite stretch of the rollout now, starting at 41. "Tears" was my number 5.

Aww, Smokey seems finished. Unless Quiet Storm shows up. Hard to see how it could top Tears of a Clown, though. That is one of the alltime great songs.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
38. The Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round
360 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/2owZXPyeilc

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
37. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
364 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/gHe_15fJeCA

xp - I voted for "Children of the Night" as my Stylistics epic; very glad "People" made it even without my help.

I had "Wake Up Everybody" really high up on my ballot, but didn't know how popular it was and was not expecting it to place at this point.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
36. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
365 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/yURRmWtbTbo

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
35. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
368 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/hzTeLePbB08

WHAT THEY DO!

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
34. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
368 points / 8 votes
https://youtu.be/g5Rjo_imHDE

One of my discoveries from the nomination process; the intro sounds far ahead of its time.

I don't quite get Shuggie Otis. Nice song and all, but for it to finish ahead of the likes of Tears of a Clown and dozens of others just feels wrong.

Yeah, especially when compared to the Brothers Johnson version. I prefer that one.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
33. The Isley Brothers - That Lady
374 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/S1Mvy3E8P2U

I too prefer the Brothers Johnson version. Greatly.

I strongly prefer Shuggie's original over the Brothers Johnson cover - it's a long-time favourite, and was my #10.

Ain't Nobody Home is a Howard Tate song right? Never understood I Want You Back tbh.

lol @ both versions of Strawberry Letter 23 placing wtf

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
32. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
377 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/nFvRvSxsW-I

yessssss

so badass

shut yo mouth

I didn't vote for it; I was wrong not to vote for it; its greatness is taken for granted.

prefer the Bar-Kays Son of Shaft tbh

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
31. Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up
386 points / 5 votes
https://youtu.be/Ayyy-03ITDg

Are we finishing today?

yes

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
30. Parliament - Flashlight
393 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/T0ZGNGBNIL8

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
29. Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
399 points / 8 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/l153atE72OA

My #1. How did EVERYONE not vote for this?!

Did anything run the table on ballots?

Can't stand the rain and Didn't I Blow Your Mind have the lead in number of ballots placed with 8. Which is nuts

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
28. Chic - I Want Your Love
401 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/hjqPmqXy7nc

(xposts) My guess is that that just wouldn't happen, even though 19 voters is a relatively small number, and even if all 19 submitted 100 songs (doubtful). I bet the odds are extremely long. (Best bets: "Family Affair," "Let's Stay Together.")

didn't vote for either of those so i guess not

i was limited by my own artist restrictions

Which would be another thing preventing that, anyone who followed a one-artist/one-song rule (which I usually do but didn't here).

What does "run the table" mean? Is it some statistical thing?

(on "Didn't I...")

I mean, everyone else's entry point into the genre was seeing Jackie Brown as a teenager, right?

One song on 19/19 ballots.

What does "run the table" mean? Is it some statistical thing?

gambling metaphor

(xpost) Emphatic no!

OK, I see.

xp - I don't remember the Delphonics in Jackie Brown, but I instantly fell in love with "Across 110th Street" the moment I saw the first trailer.

what a great run of selections in the top 50.

yes, every song in the top 50 has been a 10/10 classic

"Across 100th Street" in that same film was another discovery/motivation for checking out more of this stuff (other than the Motown stuff I already knew, that is--and even then, I always associated Motown with the 60s).

"Didn't I" was Pam Grier/Robert Forster's un/official love theme! It is played like three times in the movie!

I haven't seen Jackie Brown since it came out...

Never understood I Want You Back tbh.

― gospodin simmel, Friday, April 14, 2017 10:31 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Crazy talk!

What's not to understand about a 10-year-old MJ delivering a vocal with twice the power of most grown ass men, or the greatest bassline in the history of pop music?

Anyway, I didn't vote for it because it came out in 1969.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
27. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck
405 points / 6 votes
https://youtu.be/PDhYUsW2YtI

xps yeah, the Delfonics had a big role in that movie. "La La Means I Love You" made an appearance as well.