but i did rush out a ballot inbetween bouts of ill so i have an excuse!
― Odysseus, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png123. Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)212 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/uq6HQG-cce0
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Love that Belle has done so well. That's the album of his I come back to the most.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png122. Commodores - Machine Gun216 points / 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/ho_Od3o9OLg
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png121. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New219 points / 3 votes / 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/dJm51jsRoo0
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png119 (TIE). Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now221 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/FscIgtDJFXg 119 (TIE). Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby221 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/V5AztWseIdU
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
Great to see the roll-out. Regret missing the polling period - was moving across the country!
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
136. Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You
TOO LOW!
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png118. The Spinners - It's a Shame221 points / 5 voteshttps://youtu.be/3ZP3UQ0ESLc
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Everything placing after Patti Jo is TOO HIGH
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
It's a shame that song didn't make the top 100!!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png117. Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All222 points / 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/94_snrtKGt0
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png116. Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star223 points / 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/Zu9a29UR2dU
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png115. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa223 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/w2jYjUiulMQ
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
"It's a Shame" was just one of a ridiculous number of Spinners tracks I voted for, so I really hope there is more to come.
Yay for Manu Dibango!
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png114. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye224 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/CCSvNZWpXaM
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
I was the other voter for Reasons, had it in my top ten--spectacular guitar and fierce vocal creating that euphoria
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, April 12, 2017 5:18 PM (two hours ago)
Excellent work. It's one of my favourite album openers ever.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
Great to see Machine Gun make it. I had another Commodores song really high on my list but I'm almost certain nobody else will have voted for it.
Love I Need Somebody to Love Tonight by Sylvester. That and Don't Stop are his two best songs for me.
I was just listening to Sweet Thing. They're such an underrated group. I voted for that and Tell Me Something Good.
You Ought to Be With Me is my favourite Al Green song.
Lots of other songs I'm happy to see here too.. and James Brown.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:24 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png113. War - The World Is a Ghetto225 points / 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/ptIcert_Ra8
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png112. James Brown - The Payback225 points / 4 votes / 1 number onehttps://youtu.be/IST6qRfVqwY
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png111. Raydio - You Can't Change That226 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/4kxpsvW2gAE
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
I was the #1 voter for "You Make Me Feel Brand New". Airrion Love sets it up, Thompkins, Jr. knocks it out the park.
Jogging back even further, how have I never heard MJ's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" before? Were those late 1971 recordings his secret peak? There's this, "Got To Be There" and his masterly version of "Ain't No Sunshine" just for starters.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:50 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png110. Blue Magic - Sideshow226 points / 5 voteshttps://youtu.be/eamL5JBdcM8
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
i know a ton of these just for being alive this long
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Two very surprising choices in a row.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png109. The Isley Brothers - Fight the Power228 points / 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/8QZvoOqUkqw
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png108. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl228 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/LwjsVD23Z3E
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Misstra Know It All has always been my favorite Stevie Wonder song.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link
Ha, was I really the only #1 vote for "The Payback"? I guess I have no real concept of what is canonical here.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
I didn't vote because I hate these kind of open-ended genre polls in general but um yeah, how is that song not in the top 10, it's like the apex of JB singles.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:17 (seven years ago) link
The randomness is such that even when there's only 5 slots left, I have no idea how to predict them.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
, it's like the apex of JB singles
I felt that way about Super Bad, yet it finished at 199.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
The World Is A Ghetto is amazing. I voted for two other War songs that were also title tracks to their albums.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:29 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png107. Four Tops - Still Water (Love)231 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/6NASl6heM
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
Too low! One of my favourite songs of all time.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png106. Stevie Wonder - Another Star233 points / 3 voteshttps://youtu.be/K9KKBvWTdMQ
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
Super Bad is great but it's "washing machine" rhythm is so unusual and distinct from the general blueprint of so much 70s soul/funk/disco, to me it's off in its own JB-centric galaxy. Whereas The Payback is a straight-up 4/4 funk monster that epitomizes a lot about the era.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
xp
Another Star was my number 3.
Talk about euphoria.
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Gah! Now that one really IS too low!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:49 (seven years ago) link
you guys favor a different aspect of Stevie than I do, that's for sure
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png105. Syreeta - I'm Goin' Left235 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/HgRljMF6eCE
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
The As/Another Star diptych at the end of Songs is the thrilling climax to Stevie's unimpeachable 70s run. It's where his singing, composing, and arranging skills combine with his deep love of God, music, and human beings to create 16 of the greatest minutes in music history.
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
It's impossible for me to separate them or vote for them anywhere outside the top five of a poll like this
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png104. Edwin Starr - War238 points / 5 voteshttps://youtu.be/dQHUAJTZqF0
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:05 (seven years ago) link
too high
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png103. The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get239 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/36yBERG6V4U
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png102. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight240 points / 4 voteshttps://youtu.be/uJZHm5_i1vI
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
Voted for that one.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png101. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine240 points / 6 voteshttps://youtu.be/tIdIqbv7SPo
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link