Little Red Corvette was in my top 3 I'm sure. Still can't get over how great it is every time it comes on.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/4-p9-LCdDKfzZekV7TEv1EmbfJg=/fit-in/600x597/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3417340-1329605727.jpeg.jpg29. The Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me683 points, 11 voteshttps://youtu.be/17lkdqoLt44
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
My college roommate and I always fantasized about being the band member who got to press the button for the video game missle sound every four bars.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:17 (seven years ago) link
The Gap Band are ridiculously good. They are like the razor sharp version of P-Funk. Did Outstanding and Early In the Mornin' place already? Too late for Humpin probably.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
I used to love "Kiss" but I'm kinda worn out on it tbh
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
Dropped a Bomb is so awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
Only Gap Band song I ended up voting for was "Outstanding," which had better fucking show up here.
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
"Kiss" was the one Prince tune I voted when I decided to give points to just one if this tunes (cos otherwise one third of my ballot would've been him). Maybe it's not his absolute best song of them all, but it sure his best funk track. (With "Sexy M.F." as the close second.) Such an incredible groove, so minimal and innovative to the point of being avant-garde, yet also catchy and pretty and radiating warmth. I don't listen to it so much at home, but whenever it's played at a club, I just have to go dance to it. IMO the club is its most natural environment, and that full stop before he says "kiss" is perhaps the greatest moment of genius in dancefloor dynamics ever recorded. A perfect piece of dance music in every regard.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
'Kiss' and Gap Band both on the lower end of my ballot but v worthy and great.
Kind of agree with dyl about 'Super Freak'. Dig the song but not enough to include it here (probably have a certain Mr. Burrell to thank for its overexposure).
― Download this Man With Hamburder And Mug (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
it sure his best funk track. (With "Sexy M.F." as the close second.)
Wrong and wrong again
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Ok, bro.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
I admire Kiss more than I love it. Erotic City is Prince's best funk.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/JPdqmCsKFtzBxQTteM86DnR-IDs=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-259024-1253936124.jpeg.jpg28. Loose Ends - Hangin' on a String686 points, 10 votes, 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/yz1kvk9qeWI
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
Cool but shouldn't be higher than the Imagination.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Hoped this would be top 10, one of the best singles of the 80s in any genre.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link
This song is as light and savory as egg foam.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
Erotic City is cool robo-funk, but Prince hadn't yet perfected his build-and-release dancefloor tactics to the point heard on "Kiss" and onwards. There really is no better tune of his to dance to.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
"Kiss" is one of his tunes where I'd like to hear the version before he muted the bass line.
― it's just locker room treason (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/tKmRji38Br2JCBK0FBPykdFDN0c=/fit-in/581x590/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2140856-1316959878.jpeg.jpg27. Hall and Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)689 points, 13 voteshttps://youtu.be/ccenFp_3kq8
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
thank goodness this is nowhere near #1 as was predicted somewhere upthread
(not that i don't love it tho! and i voted for it)
― dyl, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
This song has never lost its power to charm.
#1 too!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
Too high but probably my favorite H&O so no drama.
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
Love H&O, this is the only one to get a vote from me, most definitely deserved.
― Download this Man With Hamburder And Mug (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
Prince has a particular quality that allows for almost infinite replayability, but, for whatever reason, I find Kiss oddly repellent (in the true sense of the word). Maybe it's because of Tom Jones.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
"I Can't Go For That" is one of the most brilliant productions of the 1980s in any genre
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
One of my favorite songs ever and I'm kinda happy I didn't vote for it.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
I didn't either!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/JzwCrTNvVbXEomudfNCp5u1Zh-g=/fit-in/400x400/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-128254-1261818628.jpeg.jpg26. Prince - Controversy706 points, 10 votes
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
"You Dropped A Bomb On Me" was my #2 & I assumed it would be a lock for top 10
― sexualing healing (crüt), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
"controversy" too low
― dyl, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
Controversy was the highest Prince song on my list. The way it just explodes into life gets me every time.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
Controversy was the first Prince album I ever heard. It rules so hard.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Placing seems about right to me, though "The Beautiful Ones" shoulda been top 10 for sure
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
So I guess 777-9311 is not gonna place, huh
― Futuristic Bow Wow (thewufs), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
Controversial! I'm legit surprised to see this one so high up. I don't think I voted for it but that's mostly because I artificially deflated my Prince voting (he still wound up taking up like a quarter of the ballot between solo work and collabs).
― Download this Man With Hamburder And Mug (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Hoping no one forgot forget me nots
― wtev, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
RECAP 26-50:
26. Prince - Controversy 706 points, 10 votes27. Hall and Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) 689 points, 13 votes28. Loose Ends - Hangin' on a String 686 points, 10 votes, 1 number one29. The Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb on Me 683 points, 11 votes30. Prince - Kiss 677 points, 11 votes31. Rick James - Super Freak 672 points, 12 votes32. Pointer Sisters - Automatic 670 points, 14 votes33. Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love 645 points, 11 votes34. Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm 635 points, 9 votes35. Janet Jackson - When I Think of You 633 points, 11 votes, 1 number one36. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo 630 points, 10 votes37. Prince - Little Red Corvette 626 points, 9 votes, 1 number one38. Mtume - Juicy Fruit 623 points, 12 votes39. Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life 621 points, 14 votes40. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait 617 points, 12 votes41. Human League - Human 616 points, 9 votes42. Evelyn King - I'm in Love 609 points, 10 votes43. Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend 602 points, 13 votes44. Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent 597 points, 9 votes45. Cameo - Candy 594 points, 9 votes46. The Brothers Johnson - Stomp! 591 points, 9 votes47. Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper 583 points, 10 votes48. Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love 581 points, 11 votes49. Janet Jackson - Escapade 580 points, 10 votes50. Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce 571 points, 8 votes
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Interesting to see what's still in left to come. At least two more Prince singles and three from MJ, probably one or two from Janet, one from Kool & the Gang... And we haven't still seen the biggest hits from Patrice Rushen, Luther Vandross, Cameo, EWF, Gwen Guthrie, D-Train, so they're almost certainly there. But that still leaves room for some surprises - crosding my fingers for Taana Gardner and Baiset and Jill Jones!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
Er, Baiser, not Baiset.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Hanging On A String was my #1,
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:36 (seven years ago) link
Controversy has become my favorite early Prince album.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
The bootlegs from that era are burning.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe we've made it this far and we've had nothing by Luther Vandross.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
Just really pleased "You are in My System" will be top-25.
― it's just locker room treason (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:04 (seven years ago) link
and to be able to chant "whip it baby, work it all night" tomorrow.
― it's just locker room treason (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:36 (thirty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Feel you bro, had it top 3, it's perfect
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Get Down Saturday Night seems to have not made the countdown, damn
― sexualing healing (crüt), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 21:32 (seven years ago) link
But that still leaves room for some surprises
I predict a 3 way battle between Wanna Be Startin' Something, Let The Music Play and The Rain for ILMs 80s soul.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:56 (seven years ago) link
But I'm giving up hope of seeing George Clinton's Free Alterations.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
You're forgetting an epic Prince jam, m'man. I have a strong feeling he and MJ will be battling for the top spot.
― Download this Man With Hamburder And Mug (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 May 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link