What was the GotG song (never saw).
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png3. Stevie Wonder - Superstition796 points / 12 votes / 1 number onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFuCYNx-1g
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
*whew*
(sorry--I know I'm the only one not rooting for it)
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
ooh child. it's even in the youtube link.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Ah. For me, its cinematic association remains Boyz N the Hood.
I was rooting for "Superstition" over the other two that are left, but this is a top 5 I take no issue over.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
I'm not saying what I did was alrightTrying to break out of the ghetto was a day to day fight
ACROSS 110th STREET PIMP TRYIN TO CATCH A WOMAN THAT'S WEAK
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
I'm getting kind of triggered by the Guardians of the Galaxy comment. Was it a joke? Hated the way the movie used it.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
Superstition is great too, obviously
Half a joke, half not.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
I think it's also in Crooklyn?
90s films loved this song lol
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
I want to say I'm cool with the idea of Marvel turning the kids on to some good music, thus perhaps even justifying their continued existence for me, but I get the feeling that the soundtrack of that film was used for LOLZ.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Superstition is the only truly great funk song not by James Brown imo. It's legit immortal. Everyone tried to ruin it by overuse but it just can't be done. That last dig of the horns at the end is sublime.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
One day I'll learn to love Stevie Wonder...
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
There's an cross-Atlantic divide here, to be sure. "Band Of Gold" was a 1970 UK #1 and is considered an all-time classic over here, whereas I've literally never heard of Five Stairsteps (sounds great on first listen, though). Why is "O-o-h Child" so well known? It's had 37 million plays on Spotify?!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
disappointed that ArchCarrier's youtube link isn't the Sesame Street performance
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
xpost
Movie soundtracks, apparently!
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
I love Marvel but sort of hated that movie for the way it used music. Especially my reverence for O-o-h Child was insulted.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
You should read through the Stevie poll threads from way back. That was the time and place where I started loving him.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, definitely a few of these placements had me assuming a UK bloc influence.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
Also, if you don't love Stevie Wonder, you're doing something wrong.
Why is "O-o-h Child" so well known? It's had 37 million plays on Spotify?!
this is the aforementioned Guardians of the Galaxy effect
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
It was a big hit here (#8), and I suspect there's something very comforting about the song that makes people my age remember it nostalgically.
― clemenza, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
OK, you guys ready?
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png2. Labelle - Lady Marmalade967 points / 12 voteshttps://youtu.be/t4LWIP7SAjY
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png1. Michael Jackson - Ben977 points / 13 votes / 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/T1dAQN5QcZU
It's a lovely song, actually, fwiw.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
(So that's a second explanation for old people. I don't know Guardians of the Galaxy.)
― clemenza, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
the funny thing is, those are both great songs lol
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
I agree! Too many great tracks in the list to pick real joke songs.
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
"Lady Marmalade" wrecked for me by Christina, et al thanks to my working in a record store at the height of Moulin Rouge.
The Simpsons ruined/immortalized "Ben" for me.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? and Station to Station.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
"Disco Duck."
― clemenza, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
We already had Hall and Oates.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
^ all better picks. I'm horrible at this stuff. So....
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png2. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair967 points / 12 voteshttps://youtu.be/YST-JQ1bREA
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png1. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up977 points / 13 votes / 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/6Z66wVo7uNw
YAY!
Curtis wins the Soul Albums and Soul Songs poll
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Move On Up was my #2
My #105 and #57!
― mike t-diva, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
Not old and not a fan of the film(s) so here's the third explanation for O-O-H Child: it's fucking beautiful! Not the ooh child part but all those somedays are out of this world.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:52 (seven years ago) link
I like Curtis Mayfield, but I guess I'm anchored to the charts for most of the decade. "Move On Up" didn't even chart...I missed whenever it became famous.
― clemenza, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
I think there are better Soul albums than Curtis but few better Soul songs than "Move On Up."
Not surprised it didn't chart, unless there's a single edit that I've (thankfully) never heard.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Curtis... is not that good? Riot is but as an album, this is too high for Family Affair alone.
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
ok with that 1-2 xp
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
So, are we doing the 60's or the 80's next?
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:45 (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
Just reading up on it and was released as a single. It charted in the U.K.
(Please don't think I'm saying Must Chart to Be Great. I'm not--just that songs usually Must Chart to Be Famous, and, by extension, to win polls like this one. So I'm just saying that its fame completely by-passed me.)
― clemenza, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Thanks ArchCarrier for this!
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Thanks Arch! This may be my fave poll to date, at least in terms of the sheer range of material that I could vote for/listen to/discover.
I vote 60s next, but only because the 80s is too huge of a listening project for me atm.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 April 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 14 April 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link