Mine is probably a bit rubbish in comparison to most of you guys, but:
Easy Going - FearLectric Workers - Robot is SystematicLaura Branigan - Self ControlDee D. Jackson - Automatic LoverClio - FacesLa Bionda - Wanna be your loverDoctor's Cat - Watch OutMy Mine - Hypnotic TangoDroids - The ForceBagarre - LemonsweetPassengers - He's Speedy Like GonzalesInternational Music System - Dancing TherapySandwizz - Do You Want A Sandwich?Fun Fun - Baila BoleroKano - I'm readyCasco - Cybernetic LoveEugene - Livin' in Your LoveDigital Emotion - Go Go Yellow ScreenLaserdance - Cosmo TronRaggio Di Luna – Comanchero
― emil.y, Friday, 13 February 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
my ballot
Lectric Workers - Robot is SystematicMr. Flagio - Take A ChanceBWH - Livin' UpBWH - StopTrophy - Slow FlightMya & The Mirror - HesitationKaty Gray - Hold Me TightDharma - Plastic DollGiorgio Moroder - The ChaseCyber People - Void VisionDecadance - On And OnNemesy - TouchWanexa - The Man From ColorsMr Master - A Dog In The NightAlter Ego - Just Like a StarRaf - Self ControlKano - I'm readyKano - Now Baby NowKlapto - Queen of the NightTrilogy - Not Love
― brimstead, Friday, 13 February 2015 04:13 (nine years ago) link
oh man i can't wait to dig through all these, just started my journey into italo recently..
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Friday, 13 February 2015 06:23 (nine years ago) link
This poll was nothing short of the best party so far this year!
BWH - StopMr. Flagio - Take A ChanceCharlie - Spacer WomanDoctor's Cat - Feel the DriveAmin-Peck - CodaSun La Shan - CatchNaif Orchestra - Check Out FiveMy Mine - Hypnotic TangoPassengers - He's Speedy Like GonzalesMagazine 60 - Don QuichotteMya & The Mirror - HesitationWanexa - The Man From Colors Trans-X - Living On VideoInternational Music System - NonlineHipnosis - End Title (Blade Runner Theme)Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love AffairAlexander Robotnick - Problemes d'AmourM&G - When I Let You DownStopp - I'm HungryBaltimora - Tarzan Boy
― Portugal minus Pedro Foster Cage (Spectrist), Friday, 13 February 2015 07:01 (nine years ago) link
loved this poll & love seeing everyone's lists, here's mine:
BWH - StopAnswering Service - Call Me Mr. TelephoneElectric Mind - Zwei (Dub)Tantra - Macumba SuiteGlam - More Than EverClio - FacesLa Bionda - Wanna be your loverMassara - MargheritaTullio de Piscopo - Stop Bajon (Club Mix)Dhuo - Walkin'Doctor's Cat - Feel the DriveGinny - Can't Be SeriousPino D'Angio - Ma Quale IdeaGaz Nevada - I.C. Love AffairRyan Paris - Dolce VitaLusstt - Pillow TalkTrophy - Slow FlightLoui$ - Pink FootpathPlustwo - Stop FantasyValerie Dore - Get Closer
― ogmor, Friday, 13 February 2015 09:03 (nine years ago) link
Very nice, I'm not super versed into Italo, so there's a lot of new and cool stuff for me in this poll. Here's my ballot:
1. Tantra - Hills of Katmandu2. Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord3. Laura Branigan - Self Control4. Chaplin Band - Il Veliero5. Fast Radio - Under My Thumb6. Tullio de Piscopo - Stop Bajon (Club Mix)7. Erotic Drum Band - Horn-y8. Sandra - (I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena9. Sunbelt - Spin It10. Moses - We Just11. Kat Mandu - Hooked on Voices12. Macho - I'm A Man13. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy14. Automat - Automat15. Limahl/Girogio Moroder - Never Ending Story16. Alisha - All Night Passion17. Azoto - San Salvador18. Lime - Guilty19. Easy Going - Fear20. Kebekelektrik - War Dance
I was a bit disappointed that "Hills of Katmandu" didn't make it, to me it's the greatest cosmic disco epic of all time, Italo or otherwise. I guess the popularity of Tantra has been hurt by Unidisc's stupidly restrictive licensing policy, for a long time their material was hard to find on CD... But their whole output was finally reissued in 2013 as 2CD comp by Harmless, I thought that would've made them more popular, they certainly deserve it!
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 February 2015 10:02 (nine years ago) link
Hey Daavid, I looked at the results table, and I see you have Immortals' "The Ultimate Warlord" listed there twice, at #55 and at #179 (the second time it's listed as just "Ultimate Warlord"). And it looks like the votes were split between those two entires, if you combine them it would have 122 points, so it should've made it to the #40 spot in the countdown.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 February 2015 10:11 (nine years ago) link
Hopefully you can correct this and Grady can find some cool graphic for the tune. :) It's definitely worth it.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 February 2015 10:13 (nine years ago) link
Guys, I know I didn't vote in this, but not one vote for Plustwo's 'Melody' is surely a glaring error??
― oi listen mate, shut up (dog latin), Friday, 13 February 2015 10:14 (nine years ago) link
dhuo reacting to this turn of events
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk5sY67bjiA/TZTq_ZatfpI/AAAAAAAADX0/ttRGt8BeVOg/s1600/Dhuo+-+Walkin%2527.jpg
xp
― soref, Friday, 13 February 2015 10:21 (nine years ago) link
My ballot:1. Sly & Hunter - No More Vision2. Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love)3. Blue Russell - I Wanna Fly Away4. Venise - Playboy5. Mike Rogers - Just A Story6. Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul7. Ken Laszlo - Hey Hey Guy8. East Wall - Eyes Of Glass9. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy10. Righeira - Vamos A La Playa11. Fellini – Passenger12. Savage - Only You13. Laserdance - Power Run14. Fockewulf 190 - Gitano15. Lucia - Marinero16. Valerie Dore - The Night17. Diux - Comet18. Sandra - (I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena19. Laura Branigan - Self Control20. BWH - Stop
― Siegbran, Friday, 13 February 2015 10:23 (nine years ago) link
dhuo more like d'oh!
― example (crüt), Friday, 13 February 2015 12:53 (nine years ago) link
Aww man! Thanks for spotting that, Tuomas. There was so much enthusiasm abou Dhuo placing... How about we make this a top 51 list and not bump them.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
I'm including Dhuo in the mix fwiw.
― Siegbran, Friday, 13 February 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5esHSGV.jpg
40 THE IMMORTALS "The Ultimate Warlord" [122 points, 4 votes]http://youtu.be/19X-g5jHRzI
― gr8080, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:15 (nine years ago) link
incredible song fwiw
this is kind of funny tbh, when daavid sent me the final results he left it up to me to decide whether we'd do a top 40 or top 50. since i nominated and championed Dhuo i opted to go for a top 50 lol
― gr8080, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
the phrase 'slice me nice' has been haunting me for the past couple days
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
I'm like a cake that wants to be baked, i'm like a pie made for hungry guys.
My body's burning like a flame that's blue. It's time for action, baby, cut me in two.
How could you not be haunted?
― Rainbow DAESH (ShariVari), Friday, 13 February 2015 15:26 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for taking care of that, gr8080.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
the phrase 'slice me nice' has been haunting me for the past couple days― ciderpress, Friday, February 13, 2015 3:24 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ciderpress, Friday, February 13, 2015 3:24 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Same here! What it is about it? ..eerie.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
Totally missed this, how come nobody told me about it? How did Gaz Nevada not make the list?
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
I've fixed the spreadsheet as well.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
i voted 2 gaz nevada tracks!!!!!!
― gr8080, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
dan i wouldnt mind seeing your hypothetical top 20
― gr8080, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
Gaz Nevada didn't make it to the top 50, but they still had a couple of tracks on the full list. Their highest placing was 69.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:54 (nine years ago) link
I can do it when I'm back home in front of the computer at some point.
Surprised Dirty Talk didn't score higher.
Also surprised about comment upthread about not hearing the italo influence on New Order. From the euro-disco/moroder synth basslines of Everything's Gone Green and Temptation, to the admitted influence of Dirty Talk on Blue Monday...
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
I'll post this again: FULL RESULTS
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
I had a Gaz Nevada track (special agent man) top 3, really surprised he didn't show up at all.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 13 February 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
Xp that was me with the New Order comment, I dunno it's just never been as explicit as, say, PS and not more than several other 80s synth pop bands. I can obv hear its there but the comment was more a Wow I can really hear it re Dancing Therapy and Bizarre Love Triangle.
― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 13 February 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
The Gaz Nevada vote was more or less split between tracks
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
IC Love Affair makes my top 5. Maybe top 2.
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 February 2015 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Enough to propel it into top 50 territory. Should've voted, dan.
― daavid, Friday, 13 February 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Nobody told me about this thread. I generally only look at threads I've already bookmarked unless I'm really bored in which case I'll check out recently updated threads and never noticed this. In any case I've always depended on people contacting me or otherwise posting "hey why hasn't Dan Selzer posted on this thread?" in which case I find it when I'm searching for my name!
― dan selzer, Friday, 13 February 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Most of my favorites didn't make it, who cares.
Sorry you couldn't be bothered to look at new threads.
― brimstead, Friday, 13 February 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
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