La musica si muove appena: The ILM ITALO Poll (Results Thread)

I like how this poll covers all strands of Italo.

Me too! The Cyber People tune "Doctor Faustu's" is pretty good too.

http://i.imgur.com/I0amk4O.jpg

32 TAFFY "I Love My Radio" [151 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/D_YBLpaLqb8

YESSSS. This was around for months before charting in the UK - at which point they altered the lyrics from "midnight radio" to "DJ's radio", as Radio One didn't broadcast at midnight!

WHOA-OH MY GUY, THE DJ AFTER MIDNIGHT <3333

my second one to place so far

that is really damn catchy

oh I have heard this somewhere - it's fine but I don't really see the attraction of instrumental Italo

Void Vision totally has vocodered vocals though! I love this track, might love the "slow version" b-side on the 12" slightly more, even.

Sorry guys. It's really slow today, I've been busy. I think I can only do 10. Anyway...

http://i.imgur.com/ihSHUl8.jpg

31 MACHO "I'm A Man" [154 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/c_wEO4GXj1Q

Would be my votes one through to twenty in the epics poll.

http://i.imgur.com/qJyOq2Z.jpg

30 RYAN PARIS "Dolce Vita" [155 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/0yoBAZXSN98

This one is probably the most popular Italo track that I remember from when I was growing up in Mexico. They played it constantly on the radio.

Love 'Dolce Vita', pretty sure it's the only Italo song I've ever heard played on Radio 2.

Taffy is garbage. Macho is great - Mauro Malavasi was (is?) a genius. Though I didn't actually vote for any of his stuff in this poll, his work on the various JF Petrus-associated disco acts is some of my favourite music ever (e.g. Revanche - Music Man).

great countdown so far. love the graphics.

I love some of the details of the Ryan Paris track, like the beautifully reverbed synth sound in the main instrumental hook, and the weirdly aggressive instrumental breakdown.

http://i.imgur.com/m2ohZyw.jpg

28 (TIE) GIORGIO MORODER "The Chase" [158 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/ViN2bRGrBx8

I think technically this is called "Chase", not "The Chase". I should have corrected that.

Loving this poll - thanks daavid!

Don't think anything pre-1980 can count as "Italo" for me, I'm not sure it makes sense as a category while disco is still alive and mainstream.

Love Dolce Vita. Still surprises me it was one of the few Italo hits in the UK.

I consider Italo to be a full part of the disco timeline, it makes perfect sense from a worldwide (non-US) context where disco did not die in 1980, but ended in 1988 (almost overnight) with house.

There's also no real musical reason to exclude "I Feel Love" from an Italo poll apart from the fact that it would be an overwhelming winner (which makes it a perfectly good reason in the context of this poll).

I can't remember if I voted for Macho, great track though, + great memories of Chewshabadoo DJing it.

I've been busy this week but the results so far are great! Good poll daavid also loving the retro-futuristic banners, good job!

You have got to tell me where you're getting the images from.

^^

This is a great run...great poll all through! I didn't vote for The Chase, or Boys, or Trans-X for genre-bounding reasons. Ryan Paris is more Radio 2 than dancefloor banger imho, kinda reminds me of synthy midtempo Joe Jackson more than the contemporaries here.

<3 Macho hard

Thanks Moka. You'll have to ask gr8080 about the images. He did all the artwork.

http://i.imgur.com/dA6Dmwl.jpg

28 (TIE) GLAM "More Than Ever" [158 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/x64FSoRCAhI

I think technically this is called "Chase", not "The Chase". I should have corrected that.

it was originally released as "Chase" but has been re-released as "The Chase" a few times as well

http://www.discogs.com/Giorgio-Moroder-Chase/master/224846

not that it matters

remind me to comment on the images when we're done (spoiler: i found them on the Internet)

Yes! More Than Ever, one of a handful of discoveries in the noms that made my final cut.

http://i.imgur.com/U36OlgH.jpg

27 SPACE "Magic Fly" [161 points, 6 votes]
http://youtu.be/P_ukfGAd8T4

Didn't vote for it as not sufficiently 'Italo' but it is a truly wonderful track.

Yeah I love it as much as anything else that will place but not italo... but still, More Than Ever!

Last two for today (a tie so might as well post them together):

http://i.imgur.com/FTkA5hG.jpg

25 (TIE) PINO D'ANGIO "Ma Quale Idea" [163 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/oHLewcdIWlw

http://i.imgur.com/5JJWMkx.jpg

25 (TIE) MAGAZINE 60 "Don Quichotte" [163 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/-otJCqFG1Lk

didn't vote ma quale idea bc it's not really italo imo but i wish I had, it's such a cool jam

Recap:

50 DHUO "Walkin'" [96 points, 3 votes]
49 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SYSTEM "Dancing Therapy" [97 points, 3 votes]
47 (TIE) GAZEBO "I Like Chopin" [98 points, 3 votes]
47 (TIE) CLIO "Eyes" [98 points, 3 votes]
46 KEN LASZLO "Hey Hey Guy" [101 points, 3 votes]
45 DOCTOR'S CAT "Watch Out" [105 points, 3 votes]
43 (TIE) RAGGIO DI LUNA "Comanchero" [105 points, 4 votes]
43 (TIE) TRANS-X "Living On Video" [105 points, 4 votes]
41 (TIE) MODERN TALKING "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" [108 points, 4 votes]
41 (TIE) M&G "When I Let You Down" [108 points, 4 votes]
40 IVAN "Fotonovela" [117 points, 4 votes]
39 LOUI$ "Pink Footpath" [122 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]
38 VALERIE DORE "Get Closer" [123 points, 4 votes]
37 FANCY "Slice Me Nice" [129 points, 4 votes]
36 KATY GRAY "Hold Me Tight" [131 points, 4 votes]
35 SABRINA "Boys (Summertime Love)" [134 points, 5 votes]
34 VALERIE DORE "The Night" [137 points, 5 votes]
33 CYBER PEOPLE "Void Vision" [139 points, 5 votes]
32 TAFFY "I Love My Radio" [151 points, 5 votes]
31 MACHO "I'm A Man" [154 points, 5 votes]
30 RYAN PARIS "Dolce Vita" [155 points, 5 votes]
28 (TIE) GIORGIO MORODER "The Chase" [158 points, 5 votes]
28 (TIE) GLAM "More Than Ever" [158 points, 5 votes]
27 SPACE "Magic Fly" [161 points, 6 votes]
25 (TIE) PINO D'ANGIO "Ma Quale Idea" [163 points, 5 votes]
25 (TIE) MAGAZINE 60 "Don Quichotte" [163 points, 5 votes]

as is don quichotte xp

xxpost - Agree, "Ma Quale Idea" is the perfect example of Italian disco that's not Italo… but that's of course debatable.

Interestingly enough, Pino D'Angio also produced the trance classic Age Of Love.

Did not know that. Nice one Pino!

I don't know Italo from Dixieland jazz but I'm digging the thread for gr80's images.

yowza http://www.discogs.com/Various-80s-Dance-Story-Original-Italo-Hits/release/2714164

Wow, did not expect More Than Ever to place! Such a cool track, maybe it's not as obscure as I thought. Ma Quale Idea might have the best Italian rapping vocals ever. Although since it's sung in Italian and not English, that sort disqualifies it from being Italo, right? :) The extended mix of "I Love My Radio" is another all-time favorite of mine, have played that vinyl to death. Also really like the Slow Version of Void Vision.

Not a fan of Magazine 60 and Sabrina, but Ryan Paris deserves to be here. I like his follow up single "Fall In Love" too.

Turns out the "I Like Chopin" version is not very common. I just assume it was the standard 12 inch version or whatever. Anyway, here it is. Audio quality is kind of bad but the intro (up to around 1:20) is amazing:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x41jim_gazebo-i-like-chopin-maxi-version_music

the version I mentioned in an earlier post

kinda disappointed that gr8080's graphic for Sabrina didn't contain a nip slip. (just kidding, they're all great!)