'he's so shy' for the modulation at the end of the kybd solo
― Julio Afrokeluchie, Thursday, 9 July 2009 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Gotta be "Fire" (though I'll admit to still loving "Jump").
― Alex in NYC, Thursday, 9 July 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
"Slow Hand" vs "Automatic" for me.
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2009 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"Automatic," just ahead of "He's So Shy," "Dare Me" and ... I guess the rest of Break Out.
― bad crack (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 July 2009 03:14 (fourteen years ago) link
voted automatic. but everytime i hear it, it think dudes are singing it
― A. Roddick City (jaxon), Thursday, 9 July 2009 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
The absent "Yes We Can Can" might've gotten my vote, but "Automatic" will do nicely enough
― Stop wishing death on people just for the cool thread titles (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 9 July 2009 05:44 (fourteen years ago) link
automatic is the only song of theirs i can do a not-terrible karaoke rendition of, so that one
― all we hear is lady o'gaga (donna rouge), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm sure I haven't heard all of these. Most people know He's So Shy is my fave. Looking at this poll makes me think I should have gotten a greatest hits rather than try to digest their albums one by one. I think I burned out on them a little too fast, but then that's the case with a lot of things I try to get into these days.
― Enchanted (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Thursday, 9 July 2009 06:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic is so fun, have to go listen to it now
― sciolism, Thursday, 9 July 2009 08:38 (fourteen years ago) link
For years I thought it was DeBarge!
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2009 11:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"automatic" over "slow hand" and "jump"
― us_odd_bunny_lady (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 9 July 2009 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I don't know why this wasn't a single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdrvJ3G3fzs
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2009 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
No "Yes We Can Can" no cred!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 9 July 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
if Don't It Drive You Crazy was on here, i woulda voted that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_FoZ7JG9LY
― A. Roddick City (jaxon), Thursday, 9 July 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Well.
― Heric E. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
yay!
even tho the sesame street pinball countdown is truly their best eva
― Dominique, Friday, 24 July 2009 05:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I missed the poll but I am a devout Slow Hand guy.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 24 July 2009 09:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Please tell me this is true.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 24 July 2009 09:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Nate, it is true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_Number_Count
― Venga, Friday, 24 July 2009 09:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"Slow Hand" is so perfect.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm more into earlier than later Pointers; I could pretty much listen to "Yes We Can Can" on a loop for half an hour. Also, the unstoppable funk of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atf5NkN3U8g
― He stayed true to what he is. Now he murders deer! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 22 December 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Stellar Hit Parade episode on them today:
https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2023/06/how-the-pointer-sisters-made-harmonies-exciting
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 June 2023 16:44 (eleven months ago) link
Ooh thanks
― calstars, Saturday, 17 June 2023 19:17 (eleven months ago) link
Going to steal a Camaro, put this on, and drive real slow down the coast through vice city
― calstars, Saturday, 17 June 2023 19:20 (eleven months ago) link
I would have probably voted for Fire but I'm So Excited getting zero votes is criminal
― Bee OK, Sunday, 18 June 2023 02:35 (eleven months ago) link
Voted automatic
― calstars, Sunday, 18 June 2023 03:35 (eleven months ago) link
All of my systems are down
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Sunday, 18 June 2023 04:22 (eleven months ago) link
Some of their '70s shit is so astoundingly funky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wovz9dKG7JE
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 June 2023 04:33 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-SNYkkf2M
The 7" mix of that is somehow even more powerful, while being a fair bit shorter. I used to have daydreams of Mark Lanegan covering it in some grimy industrial funk-grunge manner, a la his Bubblegum LP. Feel the gospel apocalypse vibe of the lyric would suit him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl26xPdY3IM
Steppin' is probably my favourite Pointer Sisters album, uneven like many of their best records - I never really want to hear their old timey songs, but How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On The Side) is like some intense Norman Whitfield epic, all slow build and tonnes of space. And Chainey Do is fierce as fuck - that constantly shifting rhythm, that rib-shaking, razor-sharp tribal funk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmp3J79CNI
Not to mention this sublime Stevie Wonder collab, which has that dreamy, other-worldly vibe of the ballads off Fulfillingness First Finale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd3PZ67dI0Q
This is off the next album, another Stevie collaboration, and in that amazingly sweet Latin funk pocket he was in for a fair chunk of the 70s. The Pointers' band was just ridiculously tight and loose back then, absolutely the match for their vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqqRgq79F-A
― serving aunt (stevie), Monday, 19 June 2023 08:29 (eleven months ago) link
^^^ the percussion track is sick
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 June 2023 09:23 (eleven months ago) link
I can go without hearing "Neutron Dance" and "I'm So Excited" again
Such a bizarre take
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 19 June 2023 14:27 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah those are massive.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 June 2023 15:14 (eleven months ago) link