Go'head: name one song better than "Genius of Love"

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for sheer joy on wax, what can beat it?

― Octavio Coleman (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"Naive Melody"

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tiger Feet"

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"White Horse"

― theophilus jones (theophilus), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"Please Please Me"

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"Honeysuckle Rose"

― Austin S (Austin, Still), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

once in a lifetime

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Mariah Carey feat. ODB, "Fantasy"

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

feat. ODB is the coup de grace, really

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Can't Explain"

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wordy Rappinghood"

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

(xpost)
by The Who? Naive Melody by Talking Heads? Tiger feet?! by Mud or GIRLSCHOOL?!

C'mon people! Dig deeper!

Maybe 'Smile Happy' be War...

― Octavio Coleman (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Fine. "Flash Light"

― Austin Swinburn (Austin, Still), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Midnight at teh Oasis"

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 25 March 2005 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Heartbeat (It's a Lovebeat)"

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Baby Baby"

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"I'm Alright"

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sugar, Sugar"

― Finneas Pittsnogle, Friday, 25 March 2005 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"You're a Customer"

― Austin Swinburn (Austin, Still), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

"Glockenpop"

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Sourpuss stole my first answer.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Why Did You Land?"

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Truly Yours"

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

"My Generation"

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Alright, maybe I didn't make things clear enough at the beginning. None of these rock songs are going to cut it for "sheer joy on wax". Kenny Loggins? The Archies? And more of The Who? (maybe I'd pause for a moment if you suggested 'Goin' Mobile')

What we're talking about here is a beat plus a groove plus a hook that's gonna force you to smile and shake your shit a little bit in the face of all adversity, like Genius of Love has the power to do.

Flashlight, Whitehorse, and Wordyrappinghood were more on course. What about 1999?

― Octavio Coleman (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't Talk To Me About Love

― davidsim (davidsim), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

"Close To The Edge"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Thick As A Brick"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"21st Century Schizoid Man"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Supper's Ready"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, Aaron, who are the artists pleez?

― Octavio Coleman (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

if you have to ask...
Yes
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Genesis

All of these force me to smile and shake my shit a little bit in the face of all adversity.
P.S. trying to limit the parameters of your own thread never works ;)

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

"Matador," Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
"Si Senor," Control Machete
"El Gordo Motoneta," Bersuit Vergabarat
"El Album," Aterciopelados
"Algo Esta Cambiando," Julieta Venegas
"El Porro Magangueleno," Celso Pina
"Algo Tienes," Paulina Rubio

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

KISS

― jake b. (cerybut), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Love Music"

― drewo (drewo), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"Let's Get It On." Ok?

― bogopogo, Friday, 25 March 2005 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"Pictures of Lily"

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Atomic Dog

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

but otherwise, i agree with the premise of the thread

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a better premise than Why Bon Scott was totally gay, and that's pretty ironic.
But I doubt this one will end up as funny.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah naming its equal is the best you can do here

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I know what Octavio is getting at... there are very few that beat "Genius Of Love" on such a universal basis for dance-floor funk/R&B/dance night purposes.. but I think, given the mood, that "And The Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, "I'm Ready" by Kano, "Double Dutch Bus" by Franki Smith, "Soul Finger" by the Bar Kays, Diana Ross's "Upside Down", or the Pointer Sisters' "How Long (Betcha Gotta Chick On The Side)" could beat it, or come close.

For pure bliss, Minnie Riperton's "Les Fleur", but this is just a great introductory song with a full Charles Stepney orchestration, and probably belongs in a different context.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 25 March 2005 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Double Dutch Bus" by Franki Smith

Thank you!

― Octavio Coleman (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Love Ritual" by Al Green.

"Strike Up the Band" by Chic, this is a tune I've been obsessed with over the last week or so, perfection.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Friday, 25 March 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"Everyday People."

I could go on, but the limit was one.

Also, donut debonair, OTM. Hell yeah.

― ffirehorse, Friday, 25 March 2005 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"Doin' the Doo," Betty Boo
"Remember," Blueboy
"Eye Know," De La Soul
"Remind Me," Royksopp
"Pussy," Brazilian Girls
"A Tune for Jack," Lemon Jelly

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 25 March 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah fuck "genius of love". sick of it.

"(Everytime I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" by L.T.D. blows "Genius of Love" out of the water for "sheer joy on wax."

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 25 March 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

no, sorry. next?

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Friday, 25 March 2005 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Give It Up" - The Goodmen

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 25 March 2005 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I may have missed a long song title, but Chic have been criminally ignored here.

"Dance, Dance, Dance", "Le Freak", hell, all of their hits and then some.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

(a lone song title, that is)

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

oops, sorry edd s.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 25 March 2005 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I count more than one so far!

One more won't hurt: "Pleasure Of Love"

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 26 March 2005 03:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"She Sells Sanctuary"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 26 March 2005 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Kids Are Alright"

― peter smith (plsmith), Saturday, 26 March 2005 05:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Double Dutch Bus, Jesus I haven't heard that in 7 trillion years. Hahahahah forgot that even existed.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 26 March 2005 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

oh... it's HOTT!

― Octavio Coleman (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 26 March 2005 06:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Double Dutch Bus, Jesus I haven't heard that in 7 trillion years. Hahahahah forgot that even existed.

how could you forget with missy "borrowing" directly from it?

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Saturday, 26 March 2005 08:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I can name two Tom Tom Club songs that are better than "Genius of Love":
"James Brown" and "Suboceana"

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Saturday, 26 March 2005 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I don't pay any attention to Missy.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Saturday, 26 March 2005 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Missy also "borrowed" from the Pointer Sisters' "How Long" as well.. or at least the "Betcha Gotta Chick On The Side/Sho You Gotta Chick/I KNOW You Gotta Chick On The Siiiiiide" part.

― donut debonair (donut), Saturday, 26 March 2005 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I won't say better, because I love Genius Of Love, but i'll say "sharing equal amounts of sheer joy on wax": Mr Big Stuff

― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 March 2005 01:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"Disco Stomp" - Hamilton Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon, Bohannon.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Sunday, 27 March 2005 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

While certainly more swarthy, Laid Back "White Horse"

― donut debonair (donut), Sunday, 27 March 2005 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

heart-stoppingly fantastic in every concievable way. STILL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypVLtlXy_No

i like the way the 2 girls point to her nose when they ask 'what do you consider fun?'

― pisces, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:39 (eighteen years ago)

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