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

I like Eye's (and Faces) a hell of a lot, but Glam is the one for me from that team, I am a fan of the trackier end of italo though.

Bit of a late start today...

http://i.imgur.com/v7hPjqJ.jpg

24 RIGHEIRA "Vamos A La Playa" [164 points, 6 votes]
http://youtu.be/4yng-EO_IJA

one of my faves

LOVE Don Quichotte!

xpost- the lyrics are really odd and totally not what you would expect from the general vibe of the song

… come to think of it, gr80's image suits kind of perfectly.

Always been more of a "No Tengo Dinero" man myself. "Dinero Scratch" is also cute.

^same here. Well, I like both of them equally, I'd say

http://i.imgur.com/OIhH4Ff.jpg

23 GINNY "Can't Be Serious" [165 points, 5 votes]
http://youtu.be/l_NcSUPsrXY

not really italo, but one of the greatest recordings of all time

OTM x2

epic

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

22 MATIA BAZAR "Ti Sento" [167 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://youtu.be/NKDHRpmG4rk

i've never heard 'more than ever' before! this is really good

didn't vote for righeira (tho i do love it), but had ginny as my #3 and matia as my #4 - it's maybe not strictly italo but i still think 'can't be serious' is the apotheosis of the italo/balearic intersect and 'ti sento' is such OTT high drama, that last long high note she hits right before the end <3

agreed that "magic fly" isn't italo, but what genre is it? disco alone doesn't seem adequate

Can't think of much to say about Ti Sento. if anything it seems a bit buttoned-up compared to the rest of the countdown despite her valiant delivery in the chorus.

I can trace a line from "Magic Fly" to Pulstar's "Hypnosis", so it does legitimately feel like the genesis of a certain strain of Italo.

Magic Fly = space disco, obv

I love "Ti Sento" but I feel like it's more Italian pop than Italo. Perhaps my perception is influenced by the fact that it's sung in Italian, but it's maybe also that Matia Bazar are the quintessential Italian pop group.

http://i.imgur.com/66ekoft.jpg

21 LA BIONDA "I Wanna Be Your Lover" [177 points, 5 votes]
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnrlv_la-bionda-i-wanna-be-your-lover_music

These pictures are all so great daavid.

this song is so fun

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

― daavid, Tuesday, February 10, 2015 5:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sorry, I missed that.

These pictures are all so great gr8080.

why isn't Magic Fly italo?

I left 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' off my ballot because I felt like it was sure to place without my help and I've spent the last 3 days getting more and more worried it was going to end up at number 51 or something

i voted for it but felt like it was a sure lock. it even has its own ilx thread!

la bionda - "wanna be your lover"

maybe I wanna be your lover should have been my number one if I was truly voting from the heart. this rollout is fantastic, lots of great stuff that I have wondered why I didn't vote for as soon as it placed

someone once told me I look like the mustachioed La Bionda brother and I feel that has had a big impact on how I relate to their music

why isn't Magic Fly italo?

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:54 AM (9 minutes ago)

french, 70's, more spacey than clubby

def proto-italo

god "ti sento" is fantastic

Yayyyyy La Bionda.

I will never understand dance music genres

pretty sure at this point that my #1 isn't going to make it.

how the hell did la bionda not win this in a walk!!! really intrigued to see the top 5 now.

thank you kitchen person!

My number 5. What a song.

pretty sure at this point that my #1 isn't going to make it.

― example (crüt), Wednesday, February 11, 2015 6:12 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Funny you should mention that...

http://i.imgur.com/HYHjVw7.jpg

20 EUGENE "Livin' In Your Love" [183 points, 6 votes, 2 first place votes]
http://youtu.be/4qugXy4wWMk

:]

^1st track with 2 first place votes.

these images are seriously amazing!

what a cool instrumental hook on this track.

I think it was the "guitar" "solo" at the end that really pushed this to #1 for me

Coming up, another of my favorites: a full blown epic monster of a pop song. Also, the second German entry of the list so far (unless I'm missing something)…

Fancy is also German.

OK, third then… :)

http://i.imgur.com/o55qA3s.jpg

19 SANDRA "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" [187 points, 6 votes]
http://youtu.be/l1DIV8V_zwQ

yessss

My #4...love the nonsensical drama of it all. Actually my #1 is even more nonsensical and dramatic than this one...