Here's my complete ballot:
Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy"
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:01 (nine years ago) link
haha, yes! Do you seriously not like any other Italo track, DJP, or just overwhelmingly like that one above others?
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Take it easy brimstead, I don't take it too seriously.
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:29 (nine years ago) link
Just let me know next time.
I've always been curious to know what's being said in the phone conversation at the beginning of "Hey Hey Guy". Cannot understand, like, 80% of it. Anyone?
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:32 (nine years ago) link
xpost- odd/bad luck that you missed this one, dan. It's been going on for about two months.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
option B really, although I'm not well-versed in Italo so you could argue option A by virtue of genre ignorance
― "Go pet your dog" is the name of my dog (DJP), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:34 (nine years ago) link
You should have a listen to the playlist. You may find some gems in there.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Revisiting some of the tracks I left off my ballot..."Take a Chance" still doesn't do much for me but "Stop" is all-time and I should have voted for it...
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Friday, 13 February 2015 22:56 (nine years ago) link
Enjoyed this rollout immensely, discovered so many gems.
new to me stuf that really stood out: Cyber People- Void Vision, Lui$ - Pink footpath, CASCO "Cybernetic Love"
my ballot:
Kano - I'm readyBWH - StopDoctor's Cat - Feel the DriveMr. Flagio - Take A ChanceKano - Another LifeAlexander Robotnick - Problemes d'AmourCharlie - Spacer WomanGiorgio Moroder - The ChaseCerrone - SupernatureMethusalem - ZombieMy Mine - Hypnotic TangoImmortals - The Ultimate WarlordClio - EyesKasso - WalkmanSpace - Magic FlyKlein & MBO - The MBO ThemeKano - Its A WarCasco - Cybernetic LovePink Project - B ProjectVictor - Go On Do ItHelen - WitchPineapples - Come on CloserBig Ben Tribe - Tarzan Loves the Summer NightsLoui$ - Pink FootpathDharma - Plastic DollBWH - Livin' UpCapricorn - I Need LoveGaz Nevada - I.C. Love AffairNeon - Skydiver
― dsb, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
Speaking of New Order Italo influence, i feel like they maybe nicked some of the melody of Cybernetic Love in something "The Perfect Kiss".. maybe? its so familiar.
― dsb, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
oops meant void vision, its not quite there anyway.
― dsb, Friday, 13 February 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link
<i>I've always been curious to know what's being said in the phone conversation at the beginning of "Hey Hey Guy". Cannot understand, like, 80% of it. Anyone?
― daavid, Friday, February 13, 2015 11:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink</i>
- hello?- hello? (something something)- oh dear are you at phone- yeah hey guy, tell me about your manicure- I love you and feel the groove- tell me about it, is it true?- it's true, yes it's true- love for hire is dangerous- don't worry baby gold- everything is same as all- everything is the same- oh I love you- me too- I love you
― Siegbran, Saturday, 14 February 2015 08:44 (nine years ago) link
Well that's that cleared up.
― ewar woowar (or something), Saturday, 14 February 2015 10:17 (nine years ago) link
Seriously though... no 'Melody' by Plustwo? its not just the best italo song in the world. It's the best song in the world.
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Saturday, 14 February 2015 10:27 (nine years ago) link
Biggest surprise omission for me was Silver Pozzoli: "Around My Dream". It went to Number One in South Africa, come on!
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 14 February 2015 11:43 (nine years ago) link
xps- Thanks Siegbran. That makes a lot more sense than what I was hearing before.
― daavid, Saturday, 14 February 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
… even if it still doesn't make much sense, lol
― daavid, Saturday, 14 February 2015 23:00 (nine years ago) link
I couldn't edit down enough. I mostly avoided the stuff that I tend to group with "eurodisco" or "spacedisco" or "hi-nrg". Mostly stuff that's been well-covered here but maybe a few others. Pretty heavily in the Mixed Up at the Hague camp.
Amin Peck-CodaAtmosphere-Swede's ScandalAzoto-Any Time or PlaceBB & Band-All Night LongBWH-StopBagarre-Lemon SweetBobby Davenport-Time Has Come TodayBrand Image-Are You Loving?Capricorn-I Need LoveCariocas-BatidaCharlie-Spacer WomanClio-FacesCyber People-Void VisionDF and Pam-On the BeatDiana Est-TenaxDoctor's Cat-Gee WizGaz Nevada-IC Love AffairInternational Music System-Dancing TherapyJago-I'm Going to GoKlein + MBO-Dirty TalkLos Angeles T.F.-Magical BodyM&G-When I Let You DownMr. Flagio-Take a ChanceMr. Master-Dog in the NightMya and the Mirror-HesitationPineapples-Come on Closer (second to last song at my wedding!)Plastic Mode-Baja ImperialPluton and the Humanoids-World InvasionRIS-Love N MusicSome Bizarre-Don't Be AffraidSun La Shan-CatchThanya-FreedomVivien Vee-RememberWanexa-The Man from Colours
― dan selzer, Sunday, 15 February 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
was out of town when the last results rolled out but thanks daavid and gr80! this was very fun/a trip down memory lane. here's my (kind of boring/canonical) ballot:
Pineapples - Come on CloserMr. Flagio - Take A ChanceGinny - Can't Be SeriousMatia Bazar - Ti SentoRis - Love N MusicTaffy - I Love My RadioLaura Branigan - Self ControlLa Bionda - Wanna be your loverMagazine 60 - Don QuichotteDoctor's Cat - Feel the DriveMassara - MargheritaAdvance - Take Me To The TopCharlie - Spacer WomanKlein & MBO - Dirty TalkJo Squillo Eletrix - AvventurieriBaby's Gang - Disco ManiacRaggio Di Luna – ComancheroBaltimora - Tarzan BoyTwins - Face To Face, Heart To HeartFun Fun - Happy Station
― donna rouge, Monday, 16 February 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
i've only heard of a dozen of these! i somehow have some v different idea of the italo canon than the rest of ilm does but i'm pleased to have lots to check out. had i voted i would def have voted for plustwo's 'melody' somewhere high. (maybe i'll pretend that i am voting, top 3 off the top of my head of ooh let's say 'hypnotic tango', 'cybernetic love', 'melody')
― cis-het shitlord (Merdeyeux), Monday, 16 February 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link
almost voted for 'melody', such an earworm
― donna rouge, Monday, 16 February 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/J66LRFvaNA8 JOIN TOGETHER NOW
― ciderpress, Monday, 16 February 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
I think the problem is there's is at least 2 or three "canons". It was a pretty wide-ranging thing with different periods and angles and appeal to different crowds. The italo that made it through the filter of WBMX and the italo that I-F and the electro crowd like and the big pop hits...similar threads, time period, location etc but different enough to suggest there's a canon. Before Mixed Up in the Hague nobody in america was talking about Spacer Woman and Take a Chance, but Dirty Talk and I'm Ready and I'm Going to Go were what was talked about.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 05:33 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the obscure electro/import tracks definitely became a thing much later. The "canon" before Italo became hip could more or less be summarized by these 4 compilations from 1990:Vol 1Vol 2Vol 3Vol 4
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 08:31 (nine years ago) link
The ZYX Best Of Italo Disco compilations were also pretty instrumental in building it up, i think.
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Tuesday, 17 February 2015 08:35 (nine years ago) link
Even those canons were different than the club cannon. The stuff that was either licensed to the US, released on US labels or otherwise made it through, my first awareness of italo prior to I-F was an american/chicago/detroit take. Like Fuzz Dance on Sire, NY labels like Emergency and Importe/12 creating a an american version of italo, then in the mid 80s the stuff that stuck w/ the chicago and detroit djs, often, especially later, only the instrumentals.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 17 February 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
My ballot:Pineapples - Come on CloserAlexander Robotnick - Problemes d'AmourMr. Flagio - Take A ChanceInternational Music System - Dancing TherapyCharlie - Spacer WomanMy Mine - Hypnotic TangoNeon - SkydiverLoui$ - Pink FootpathAmin Peck - Girl on MeCrazy Gang - Every SundayAutomat - AutomatDecadance - On And OnBWH - StopScotch - Take Me UpJo Squillo Eletrix - Avventurieri Big Ben Tribe - Tarzan Loves the Summer NightsImmortals - The Ultimate WarlordPeter Richard - Walking in the NeonRigheira - Vamos A La PlayaPino D'Angio - Ma Quale Idea
Would have definitely voted for Azoto - Anytime or Place, if it were nominated. Also, kinda can't believe Amin Peck - Anxiety wasn't nominated, and the overall un-love for Gary Low is a bit disappointing. "I Want You" and "You Are a Danger" feel like certified classics.
On a self-promotional note, I made this "mix" in 2005: http://thesearepowerfulhours.com/italoph.html
If y'all are unfamiliar with the concept of a "power hour," it's basically an organized drinking activity where everyone drinks a shot of beer every minute for an hour, and in this case, specifically, drink a shot of beer everytime the song changes. A real 1 hour immersion into my thoughts regarding Italo Disco from way back when. Enjoy!
― thethese, Friday, 20 February 2015 06:12 (nine years ago) link
Also, really surprised about Neon - Skydiver not placing at all. Assuming a lot of us kind of "grew up" on CBS Top 100s, in a series of all-time commentaries, I-F's proclamation that that track "was not recorded, it was LAID DOWN" would resonate a bit more.
― thethese, Friday, 20 February 2015 06:33 (nine years ago) link
it was on my ballot at one point but i had to cut it :(
― brimstead, Friday, 20 February 2015 06:41 (nine years ago) link
Listening to the songs one by one, I actually never heard of real proper italo disco, only heard it has a distant influence. This is the real deal. What a great thread, so many great songs. Thanks guys.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 21 February 2015 02:32 (nine years ago) link
the vocal on "Pink Footpath" reminds me ofhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnPPnd_6U8
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 06:51 (nine years ago) link
i scored a copy of "feel the drive" that i found hiding in a record store's hip hop 12" section... came back to the same shop 2 weeks later and they had a copy with the PICTURE SLEEVE (for only a few bucks more than what i paid for one w/ the generic sleeve) and i cursed myself for buying it too soon
http://i.imgur.com/gATwpJJ.jpg
― all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:18 (nine years ago) link
Two copies is the answer.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfabF7nK9Y
― gr8080, Monday, 27 July 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
the bside is cool too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0iLp6BHtCc
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link
i got this over the weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObkuxJn48ps
― gr8080, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 10:50 (eight years ago) link
I've started doing a monthly Italo radio show: https://www.mixcloud.com/MirageRadio/
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link
NY based italo fans, I'm djing for the first time in ages this thursday, lots of italo will surely be played, probably Plastic Mode included:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1459721574347423/
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 14:10 (eight years ago) link
this one is weird but i kinda love it - HE'S JUST A YOOO-YOOO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pa1Hv6AYT0
― donna rouge, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
Top tune.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 30 July 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
In the last version of our Mirage radio show I decided to take a late 90s techno approach to Italo (with a bit of other disco) and play about 15 tunes in about half an hour from about 55 minutes in. https://www.mixcloud.com/MirageRadio/mirage-radio-6th-august-the-one-where-matt-did-89-80-in-30-minutes/
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 13:20 (eight years ago) link
Song ID help... what is at minute 13 in this mix? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_CD6LE36Ec
― skip, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:25 (eight years ago) link
'Yeti' by Radiorama:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2uRvt5WJZo
― soref, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:28 (eight years ago) link
thanks a lot
― skip, Monday, 31 August 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
And I'm an idiot, the track listing is on the video.
This wasn't nominated, but I am just discovering it, and it's so awesome.
De-De-Mo - ''Cause I need you, 'cause I love you''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK8mjXG3r1U
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 12 September 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
Very fine tune ^ Like the video too.
Here’s the latest Mirage radio show we did. Mainly italo with a sprinkling of other pieces, some of the tracks sound a bit distorted for the first half an hour because of a dodgy deck which we managed to change over after some faffing around. https://www.mixcloud.com/MirageRadio/mirage-radio-03-sept-falling-in-love-with-this-crazy-family/
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 13 September 2015 10:13 (eight years ago) link
http://boilerroom.tv/session/fiat-imports-live-panel/
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 October 2015 04:40 (eight years ago) link
obsessed with the synth hook on this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H2bflLx3tk
― lute bro (brimstead), Sunday, 13 December 2015 05:00 (eight years ago) link