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

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30. Parliament - Flashlight
393 points / 7 votes
https://youtu.be/T0ZGNGBNIL8

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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

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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.

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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.

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

are you serious

Not at all. Just working out my (obviously ridiculous) agitation at "Didn't I" placing so (relatively) low.

Second best Nixon song in this countdown. (The best, which I assume is still on its way, was my #1.)

not into that Harold Melvin song at all myself

surprising amount of Harold Melvin in this roll out ... is he most represented artist? would think it would be stevie or al green by the time we are done

"Bad Luck" is straight fire hot smashing tune.

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26. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
408 points / 8 votes / 2 number ones
https://youtu.be/H-kA3UtBj4M

2 number ones

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25. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
409 points / 8 votes
https://youtu.be/3WOZwwRH6XU

I can respect Michael and Jamerson on it but that's still not actually enjoying I Want You Back. Bad Luck too low. It's the best gospel song I know. The way Teddy insists each and every bad thing that happens isn't your fault but due to bad luck is crazy moving. Can't think of the other Nixon tune but I'm sure it's obvious.

I had "What's Going On" as my #1. I played all of my contenders in full - not far off 200 of them! - and it simply hit the hardest, even after decades of regular listens.

^ that's dedication.

What's Going On still packs a punch, it's true. It's easy to take the song for granted, but that bridge where it changes key is so indescribably beautiful, with the soaring choir and strings.

Most represented artist will be Stevie Wonder by a wide margin, if you include "Tears of A Clown", "It's A Shame", "Tell Me Something Good", "I'm Going Left" and whatever's to come.

I had "What's Going On" somewhere around the middle of my ballot. One of those songs that I keep thinking is totally played out at this point, but then I'm struck by every time I hear it.

What's Going On will always be overshadowed by Inner City Blues for me.

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24. The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
410 points / 8 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVYxKRXDT2I

Please let "One Nation" be Funkadelic's highest ranking tune (unless "Knee Deep" is still in line).

Can't think of the other Nixon tune but I'm sure it's obvious.

Actually, it's not, in that he's not mentioned by name. But I find it impossible not to think of it as a Nixon song, and in fact, for the first few years of the decade, I think Nixon's an unspoken presence in a lot of the more despairing songs: "The World Is a Ghetto," "Winter in America," a few by Stevie Wonder, etc.

Too low of course. Can't think of anything quite like the Chi-Lites. Off kilter but on point.

Is Nixon Misstra Know It All?

That song placed, but still.

xp to Eric if I know ILM, Maggot Brain is coming

I know, I know. I expect it to be #2 actually.

Can't really see "You Haven't Done Nothin" placing at this point.

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23. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
412 points / 6 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTUAESacQM

lol

One of those songs that I keep thinking is totally played out at this point, but then I'm struck by every time I hear it.

I had this feeling surprisingly often, when playing through my long list. But it was sometimes equally surprising in reverse: "oh, I love this track - oh wait, it's kinda played out now".