http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png14. Chic - Good Times451 points / 8 voteshttps://youtu.be/GpO4b82jWgM
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
Prefer I Want Your Love.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
That Al Green song is just about perfect.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link
I am always surprised how modern "Good Times" still sounds. A timeless classic.
― Alex in Spree-Athen (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png13. Al Green - Let's Stay Together476 points / 8 voteshttps://youtu.be/COiIC3A0ROM
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
#13, wow!
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
(expected it to be, like, top 3)
Ross' My Old Piano and I'm Coming Out prob not even placing? Neither is Womack&Womack's Teardrops?
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png12. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine522 points / 8 votes / 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/H5LzejsVbUw
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
Teardrops is from the late 80s.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
The savages in here forgot about It Seems to Hang On it seems.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:27 (seven years ago) link
xp And the other two from 1980, so they won't place, no.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
Sex Machine was my #1. The 10 minute version is just out of hand.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Ah yeah, sorry, n/m
― On Some Faraday Beach (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
Would have been a worthy number one. Crazy deep grooves.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
Sex Machine that is.
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png11. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover522 points / 9 voteshttps://youtu.be/FwWBJ3U3THs (original version doesn't seem to be on YouTube)
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
i was thinking that this would be number one.
that outro is quite the groove
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
I can think of about 4 or 5 songs that are still guaranteed to show up. Beyond that, no clue.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
Superstition, Family Affair...
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
random thought: what was the deal with two-faced people in the early 70s? Got Smiling Faces Sometimes and The Backstabbers here. People still sing about this?
― that's not my post, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
drake's entire career is based upon this
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:38 (seven years ago) link
Read Peter Shapiro's Turn the Beat Around for a thorough analysis of the "smiling faces" trope.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
Guessing specifics is bad form, but here are 4 guarantees below.
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― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png10. Earth, Wind & Fire - September536 points / 8 voteshttps://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:41 (seven years ago) link
Great way to start off the top 10!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png9. The Spinners - I'll Be Around569 points / 11 voteshttps://youtu.be/ojCikI9npJQ
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:49 (seven years ago) link
feel like a dummy for not voting for either of the last two
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
"Both of these songs are played," said my idiot mind when I compiled my ballot.
They're radio/advertising/bar mitzvah/wedding staples for a reaon
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
This is a genre where rinsed isn't a factor for me.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png8. Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child589 points / 9 votes / 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/kmpU_73CXxU
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
My number one. Should be happy it made the top 10 I guess. So far it's in great company.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png7. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia606 points / 10 voteshttps://youtu.be/A0F9lh8TiSM
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
Yes! Forgot about this one but voted it top 10 or 5. The prettiest song about loserdom ever.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
GOING BACK TO FIND
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
D'oh! Was really hoping Gladys might surprise and top this poll.
(My #2, btw)
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
No love for the Dells?
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png6. Freda Payne - Band of Gold633 points / 11 voteshttps://youtu.be/daxiMb0rITA
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
Give Me Just a Little More Time is a superior late HDH track imo.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
I had Neither One of Us as my Gladys tune in my top 10. Midnight Train also on the ballot. v happy to see her represented. One of my favorite vocalists.
― that's not my post, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
wtf @ this Freda Payne song. I've never even heard this before, and it sounds more like a 60s Motown track than anything else.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
ha, xp - "Band of Gold" is the biggest surprise of this rollout for me. I never paid it any attention during the nominating process, and I must admit I still don't get the praise for it.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
this
― that's not my post, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I, like many people, I suspect, thought that "Band of Gold" was a Supremes song for years.
Top 25 in my ballot. Didn't know if its rep was strong enough to show up at this point, and delighted that it did.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
yeah I don't get what people think is special about this one, esp compared to some of the monster classics/genre + period-defining tracks that placed behind it
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
xxxxp It's by Holland–Dozier–Holland so you are right.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
4 locks. 1 mystery song left.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
― that's not my post, Friday, April 14, 2017 3:18 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I hastily assembled my bracket from memory. I didn't give myself enough of a chance to re-listen to everything. I'm sure I would've voted for songs like September if I did.
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png5. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone693 points / 11 voteshttps://youtu.be/pJV2pWFyfn4
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
Mystery solved?
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:24 (seven years ago) link