Now That's What I Call Poll!
Of course this board has jumped on all the big cracks in the master list already, I would struggle with 10 new nominees at this point but I've got one off the top of my head that I will gleefully embed selections from presently
Edwin Birdsong - Supernatural (1973)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WhlUYCqCMAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci5r2fTKASY
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Sunday, 18 September 2016 07:45 (seven years ago) link
if you only have a minute and twenty-one seconds to spare please spend it on that first cut, the chorus will convince you otherwise
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Sunday, 18 September 2016 07:48 (seven years ago) link
wow @ mystic syster just upthread, wtf eddy grant who knew
― erudite beach boys fan (sheesh), Sunday, 18 September 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
This is legit one of my favorite songs of the 70s in any genre by any artist, and it's completely unheralded...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba8_E_WRN2w
(Feel free to listen to and fall in love with Black Ruby, and then vote for it.)
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 12:11 (seven years ago) link
Would be better if everyne used the shortened urls so they dont embed otherwise this thread will be impossible to open for some
Baby Huey - Hard Timeshttps://youtu.be/FFZ58rJiE4k
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 13:32 (seven years ago) link
Linda Jones - Your Precious Love
https://youtu.be/ZY7fZ95XfMY
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
Prophecy fulfillment:
Betty Davis - Betty DavisBetty Davis - They Say I'm DifferentBetty Davis - Nasty Gal
3/10
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Sunday, 18 September 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
I'm curious as to how rigidly "soul" is being defined here. As with Off the Wall, I'm wondering how Donna Summer's first two records count as "soul" but her disco ones do not. I (or someone else) could easily nominate them, I suppose, but how strictly do *we* want to enforce a definition of "soul," is basically what I'm asking.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
would it be disappointing if, hypothetically, a disco or funk record won the soul poll?
― niels, Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, maybe it should be a 1970's r'n'b albums poll?
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah BandGloria Gaynor - Never Can Say GoodbyeElvis Presley - That's the Way It IsChic - RisquéThe Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
5/10
― simmel, Sunday, 18 September 2016 16:58 (seven years ago) link
xp
Short answer, yes.
Longer answer, both disco and funk were offshoots of r&b and soul, and by a certain point in the decade, no label was really concentrating on soul records anymore and not many artists were really recording soul records anymore, so if a disco or funk record were to win it's only because it would've been the result of soul having such a diminished presence for at least the last third of the 70s.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
Rasputin's Stash - Rasputin's StashCommodores - ZoomDusty Springfield - Cameo Brick - A Good HighMichael Henderson - Solid
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
if you ban funk then that means no Curtis Mayfield, Isley Brothers etc not just parliament/funkadelic or ohio players.
You would need to remove half of the nominated albums.
Why not just make it a soul & subgenres poll and enjoy listening to some albums
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
yeah, there is no point in not including funk/disco...ojays "love train" is basically a disco template, still soul
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
no curtis, james brown, isley brothers, funkadelic, parliament, stevie wonder - innervisions, sly & the family stone and loads of others would be daft
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
What is soul?I don't know, huh!Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes, yeah
What is soul? HehhehhehI don't knowHuhSoul, soul is the ring around your bathtub
What is soul?I don't knowHuh, uhSoul is a joint rolled in toilet paper
[Repeat: 3X]Lalalala, ladada
Boo, boo, boo, bom, bom, bom
What is soulMan, I don't know, huhSoul is rusty ankles and ashy kneecaps
What is soulMan, I don't knowSoul is chitlins foo yung
What is soulMan, I told ya, I don't knowHuhSoul is a hamhock in your cornflakesOh, get on down now!Yeah
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:02 (seven years ago) link
I'm not advocating banning disco or funk, but at what point does this stop being a poll about soul records and start becoming a poll about "music black artists made in the 70s"?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Matthew Larkin Cassell - Pieces Ray Charles - True to Life Double Exposure - FourplayYellow Sunshine - Yellow SunshineChic - C'est ChicMichael Jackson - Off the Wall
― Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am
― Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
even if there was a soul poll then a funk poll just imagine the fighting over what should be eligible for either poll
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Look, if you think soul is such a vague/broad category than you can't identify a soul record when you hear it, then sure...vote for P-Funk or Donna Summer. I ain't gonna.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
I have to agree with Cosmic Slop; but Johnny Fever also OTM earlier about the evolution of soul music in the latter part of the decade. So funk and disco are OK, but a country record with a soul cover buried on the second side is not OK, even it is for some reason included on the master list (not that anyone was going to vote for that record anyway...)
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
if you just say its a Soul/Funk/Disco poll then problem solved
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever)
when we cut larry jon wilson from the list. :)
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
hard to exclude funk and disco from the poll - but the results won't really be "ILX's ultimate soul records" I guess
that's for a different poll/discussion maybe, most soulful records of the 70s or smth
― niels, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:39 (seven years ago) link
Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie HallDonny Hathway - LiveEarth, Wind & Fire - Gratitude
― Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out in Rick James - Bustin' Out Of L Seven Sly Stone - High On You
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
Bernie Worrell - All The Woo In The World Bootsy's Rubber Band - Bootsy Player of the Year Brass Construction - Brass Construction Brothers Johnson - Right On Time Meters - Fire On The Bayou Slave - Slave Slave - The Concept Slave - Just a Touch of Love
― the coyotes have taken over the town (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
^ awesome choices!!!
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
Hall &Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 18 September 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
This sounds like my type of poll, here's my nominations:
Nina Simone - Emergency Ward!Nina Simone - Black GoldAndy Bey - Experience and JudgmentA Taste of Honey - A Taste of HoneyPatti Austin - Havana CandyThe Jones Girls - The Jones GirlsCrown Heights Affair - Dream WorldLeon Thomas - Full CircleDee Dee Bridgewater - Just FamilyKimiko Kasai - Butterfly
― Tuomas, Sunday, 18 September 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
~~~Nominations updated~~~
I didn't include Elvis Presley's That's the Way It Is unless someone can make a good case about this album.
D.A.M: Right on Time was nominated before, so you get an extra slot.
Tuomas, three of your picks were already on the list, so you get three more.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 September 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
James Brown - Revolution of the Mind
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 18 September 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Nina Simone - Emergency Ward!Nina Simone - Black Gold
Just got into these recently; absolutely stunning stuff.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
did you realise Humble Pie were on the list?
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Here is a collaborative Spotify playlist for everyone to add their nominated albums/subscribe
https://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/5R8i82XYP9T7f6HnpUsDv1or paste this in your search barspotify:user:pfunkboy:playlist:5R8i82XYP9T7f6HnpUsDv1and click on subscribe/follow
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
I made an online spreadsheet with all the nominations (never used Zoho before, let's see how that works out).
Nominations list
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Added James Brown, deleted Humble Pie.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
anyone can add their nominations to the spotify playlist so get on it!
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Tuomas, that Andy Bey album is gorgeous!
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
Okay, here's three more:
Ramp - Come into KnowledgeRoberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack featuring Donny HathawayGeorge Duke - Don't Let Go
(xxxxpost)
― Tuomas, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
It is indeed, it's my favourite foreplay music of all time.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
lol @ Streisand being on the list
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
A bit too slow for actual fucking, but awesome for some sensual loving!
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
xp - Do you mean this 1972 Flack/Hathaway album? AllMusic says the 'featuring' album was released in 1980.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
I meant the "Featuring" album... My copy of it says 1979, and so does Wikipedia. Don't know why Allmusic would say it's from 1980.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
Allmusic is increasingly unreliable and of questionable use.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
johnny fever: Shirley Bassey is on it too (she's the UK megastar of Streisand stature on the list, is she known in the US?)
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
Can I make a suggestion? For those worried about funk in the poll, it would be fairer if say only albums with vocals on it should be allowed? (Not Kool & The Gang style chanting of the early jazzy funk albums)
also here is Rate Your Music's funk of the 70s. I dont think the jazz-funk stuff like herbie hancock or miles davis should be allowed, but all of this is purely up to arch carrier of course!
http://tinyurl.com/RYM-Funk-70s
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
re: Bassey - is she known in the US?
Sure, though for most people here she's just known for Bond themes and that Propellers song from the 90s.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 18 September 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link