Someone start a ballots thread when we have the (mighty) real answer!
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Wednesday, December 18, 2013 1:44 PM (15 minutes ago)
Predicting Sylvester finally shows up as the #1? I'll buy it.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe some of the songs that have missed out. Probably about 40 of list hasn't placed.
Will be happy if Sylvester takes it but would even happier if it's with Don't Stop instead of Might Real.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
1. Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (1978)879 points, 20 votes, two 1st place votes.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/31c6ab6d-8b22-47d3-8cbe-d17831ec27c7_zps122ed64f.jpg
http://youtu.be/y_p-gacgSns (music video)http://youtu.be/t6vok4q11kE (12" version)
I was introduced to this masterpeice via VH1 in the late nineties on a special about Studio 54. They showed the video in its entirety and my eyes were glued to the TV trying to figure out what gender Sylvester was and at the same time I was mesmerized by how that beat was commanding me to dance. I was about 12 at the time.
Disco is cool.
― kevin says relax (daddy warbuxx), 13. toukokuuta 2005 7:21
I think the question actually is: is there anyone who doesn't find this to be a classic? I think even non-disco fans would cite it as a highlight of the genre.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), 13. toukokuuta 2005 7:24
OH MY GOD okay everyone stop what you're doing and HUNT DOWN a copy of the video to Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" THIS INSTANT. You will thank me profusely.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), 14. tammikuuta 2004 3:24
TThere was a paper on Sylvester at EMP. Apparently he didn't actually like this song much, meant it for a B-Side, thought the disco treatment was inappropriate for a song intended as a gospel/soul number... NEVER LISTEN TO ARTISTS!!! ahem. Anyway the paper also told a moving story of his collaboration with Patrick Cowley just before the latter died and his late conversion to thinking the disco he made was good after all.
― Tom (Groke), 13. toukokuuta 2005 11:36
always play 'you make me feel mighty real' by sylvester.
― haitch, 31. joulukuuta 2007 12:04
This is classic all the way. Anyone who says otherwise is clearly an enemy of humanity.
― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), 18. heinäkuuta 2010 11:14
this is going to be the first dance at my wedding
― moonship journey to baja, 3. helmikuuta 2008 4:42
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Fair enough
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Cool.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
i didn't see this coming at all! so happy you guys
― From the Album No Baby for You! (Matt P), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
This genre, my god.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
Wooo!
Thanks for such a great poll Tuomas.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
nice!!
― #illuminati (crüt), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
My #1!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
first time it's happened
Yup. How could we have a disco poll without Sylvester in it? Glad he made it to #1
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
A hundred points clear too. So happy about this.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
*pops champagne*
― From the Album No Baby for You! (Matt P), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
Top 3 pulled this out of the inferno imo
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Don't think I actually voted for it, but works for me. Thanks for taking the time to do it, Tuomas!
― emil.y, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
FWIW, I had two Sylvester tracks in my ballot (I Need Somebody To Love Tonight & I (Who Have Nothing)), but I'm glad his biggest hit topped this list. SF reprazent.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Rose Royce! Where are Rose Royce?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
Only nine of my list placed but I do like just about every song that did make the it. Just shows what an incredible genre it is.
1. Bionic Boogie - Hot Butterfly2. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much3. Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper4. Sylvester - Don't Stop5. Love Unlimited - I'm So Glad That I'm a Woman6. Charlie - Spacer Woman7. Barry White - Let the Music Play8. Sister Sledge - Pretty Baby9. Gichy Dan's Beachwood # 9 - On a Day Like Today10. Diana Ross - My Old Piano11. Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven12. Cerrone - Supernature13. Heatwave - The Groove Line14. Chic - Everybody Dance 15. Cloud One - Disco Juice16. Cerrone - Love in C Minor17. Alec R Costandinos - Romeo & Juliet18. Patrick Cowley - Menergy19. Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover20. Chic - 2621. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I'm a Wonderful Thing Baby22. Donna Summer - Sunset People23. Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita24. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall25. The Tramps - That's Where the Happy People Go26. Mascara - If You Don't Want Me in Your Life27. S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)28. Bombers - Everybody Get Dancin'29. Eddie Kendricks - Date With the Rain30. Le Pamplemousse - Le Spank31. Change - The Glow of Love32. Cerrone - Look For Love33. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This34. Dennis Parker - Like an Eagle35. Cloud One - Spaced Out36. D-Train - You're the One For Me37. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - I'll Play the Fool38. Jacksons - Walk Right Now39. Gloria Gaynor - Love is Just a Heartbeat Away 40. Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles41. Madonna - Burning Up42. Kano - It's a War43. Don Ray - Garden of Love44. Musique - In the Bush45. Easy Going - Fear46. Love & Kisses - Beauty & the Beast47. Earth, Wind & Fire - Getaway48. Models - Don't Ever49. Peter Jacques Band - Walking on Music50. Barry White - Your Sweetness is my Weakness
Thanks for putting this together Tuomas!
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
ah right. THUMBS UP.
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
A million thanks btw Tuomas, this was brilliant.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
Thanks, Tuomas. Good work there.
I see I didn't actually vote for 'Mighty Real' but it's a deserved #1.
Bit peeved that my own #1 came nowhere though. I blame the fact that it was only nominated as a remix. Who cared about remixes in the 70s?
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
Yes, thanks a lot for all this, Tuomas
― wooting does not count as being active (soref), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:13 (ten years ago) link
best poll, thanks Tuomas.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
really happy with this poll except for the massive glaring omission of Bohannon, I was confident "let's start the dance" was top ten
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
Great job Tuomas, lots of new discoveries for me.
― skip, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:16 (ten years ago) link
I really loved this poll. Thanks Tuomas.
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
nobody's ever been more wrong about anything than the Disco Sucks guys
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for taking the time to do it, Tuomas!
No prob, it was great.
And as for the number 1, I'd just like to say: rest in peace, Sylvester and Patrick Cowley. AIDS was an unimaginable horror, and part of the reason it took so long to get proper treatment for it was the "gay plague" stigma. So let's all listen to the wonderful music they left us with and hope such things will never, ever happen again.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
(And of course AIDS still is an unimaginable horror in many parts of the world. But let's celebrate life in this thread.)
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
Well said.
Now that was nearly two weeks of solid entertainment - hats off to you, Tuomas
― Josefa, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:21 (ten years ago) link
Post your disco poll ballots here
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Apologies for posting my list on this thread, was way to eager.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
So, my Number One *was* the Number One. I never doubted it.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
Here's the link to the full results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiVOdCUDZoLxdHU1alc3dm9ONFYyZzRDSEs2c0ZjUGc&usp=sharing
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:26 (ten years ago) link
Did "Moon-Boots" by O.R.S. seriously not even fucking place???
― queen bey backers (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Wow, no song got more than two 1st-place votes.
Great poll, Tuomas, thanks for running it.
― diffidently worth every cent!!! (WilliamC), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, voted for a diff Sylvester track, but so happy this placed at #1 - the top three being Mororder/Chic Corporation/Cowley is p.perfect, and I'm glad August Darnell & Arthur Russell got a look-in on the top 20.
― etc, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
MFSB, Jackie Moore, tamiko jones, Harry Thumann, Chaka Khan FUCKING CLOUDS! Unlimited Touch, bourgie bourgie ffs, the list goes on. And on and on.
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
Passengers/Risco Connection at #109/100 :(
― freemen (on the) space (seandalai), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
Aw not even a single other vote for Hot Butterfly by Bionic Boogie.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
Very enjoyable poll. It somehow managed to highlight how much disco I know, without necessarily knowing I know it, while at the same time reminding me of how much I don't know (plenty of completely unfamiliar-to-me tracks made it).
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link
In some cases it's just good to finally know, or be reminded of, artist and title for certain songs I love.
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
Yes, best poll ever. Major props to Tuomas, and I liked it that the results were spread out over a couple of weeks.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:41 (ten years ago) link
amazing how many in the range 101-200 i would have been happy to see in the top 20.
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
Here are some observations of mine on the whole poll:
First of all, I'd like to say this was the best ballot poll I've ever seen on ILM! So thanks to everyone for participating and for voting such great tunes! In my personal opinion each and every tune in the top 30 is at least good if not great, and most of the other 70 is quality stuff too. I've never been so pleased with any poll results!
But if you allow me to be a bit negative, the biggest surprise in the poll was how badly Philly International fared. In the top 100, there was no MFSB, no Three Degrees, Blue Notes, Jean Carn, nor Teddy Pendergrass, and only one tune by the O'Jays and the Jones Girls. I didn't expect that.
On a more personal note, I would've wished for Sharon Redd and at least one of Boris Midney's projects (Beautiful Bend, Companion, USA-European Connection, etc) to have cracked the top 100. Redd is my personal favourite disco singer, but I know she isn't that big on ILM, so I was prepared for her not getting too many votes. But Midney I thought would have a chance, especially since most of his disco projects have been reissued during the last couple of years. Looking at the results, maybe Midney's poor showing is because ILM seems to like gritty funk disco and minimal electronic disco more than campy orchestral disco, the latter being Midney's forte. Other grandiose disco artists such as Alec R. Costandinos or First Choice didn't do so well in the poll either.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
But like I said, all in all this has been great fun. Hope you've all found some cool new stuff to listen to, as well as some old favourites. Remember that Love Is the Message, and have a Disco Christmas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpwfY_8H1T8
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 23:15 (ten years ago) link
Like
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
That Machine thing at #6 sounds like Muppets do disco. No way is it better than "Keep It Comin' Love" or a lot of stuff that didn't place in the top 100. Seriously, "The Hustle" and "You Sexy Thing" didn't make the poll, but this did? Oi vey. That keyboard sound is horrible.
Thanks for your efforts, Tuomas.
― KCB (Kent Burt), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
thanks Tuomas!
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link