hadn't heard this beforedude sounds like andy belli dig
― nxd, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
oh wow this IMS is fantastic too!
best poll ever
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:24 (nine years ago) link
a little corny? ha...
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GnaBWQv.jpg
47 (TIE) CLIO "Eyes" [98 points, 3 votes]http://youtu.be/IzBx52Btx_E
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link
<3
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
was about to let loose the biggest TOO LOW of all time there before i realised it was Eyes. good track regardless, this is all so aesthetically and aurally pleasing so fr as expected.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah this isn't the Clio I voted for but tbh it's probably the better track
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:40 (nine years ago) link
I voted 'Faces', both are good but the whole is better than the part.
― emil.y, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
nah crut, you were right first time.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Eyes is an awesome track and only just missed out on my ballot.
I'm not a big fan of Dhuo - Walkin' tbh it's a bit plodding and feels more like bad synthpop than exciting Italo.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Up next is my favorite track so far…
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1NRPFyC.jpg
46 KEN LASZLO "Hey Hey Guy" [101 points, 3 votes]http://youtu.be/Mz6EijdvyFw
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
I'm off to a meeting now. See you in a couple of hours.
Love for hire...is dangerouse.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Nothing I voted for has turned up yet but still <3 everything so far. Never really heard the much vaunted new order italo influence but they must have heard Dancing Therapy before making Bizarre Love Triangle.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 17:28 (nine years ago) link
'Eyes' is great but yeah I voted for 'Faces' instead.
I remember seeking 'I Like Chopin' out after reading the Pet Shop Boys saying it inspired the sound of 'Rent'.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 9 February 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
excited for this poll!
never heard this dhuo track before, 'snice - i'm a fan of lower-bpm italo (under the ice, comanchero, etc)
<3 dancing therapy but i didn't vote for it
― donna rouge, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
Spotify playlist (compiled in the UK, so maybe some "territory" issues to contend with): http://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/05H7bAFsbEJdhz6Uc0tVNu - inevitably, this will be far from complete!
― mike t-diva, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
this is my favorite song title in the poll
― gr8080, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
Thank you, mike t-diva!
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QpiBa8q.jpg
45 DOCTOR'S CAT "Watch Out" [105 points, 3 votes]http://youtu.be/hMVW8E5O3uA
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
I have a feeling a lot of amazing tunes are going to shafted, but roll on the results!
Watch Out & Dancing Therapy are *super* classic. As are both Clio A-sides (no surprise that they involve the same guy who did the Pineapples record). I prefer the dub/instrumental version of "Hey Hey Guy," though. Walkin' is just alright, and I've never gotten into that Gazebo track.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
'Watch Out' another one of my votes. So good.
― emil.y, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
my introduction to the Dhuo track was on this mix, which is in my top 5 mixes of all time, ive probably played 50 times and have never gotten sick of it (not really italo, natch)
http://tommyboymixes.tumblr.com/post/25014679244/tommyboy-frame-of-mind-mix-tracklist-coati
― gr8080, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:46 (nine years ago) link
not the doctor's cat i voted for but yeah such a jam
― donna rouge, Monday, 9 February 2015 18:47 (nine years ago) link
such an awesome riff in "Hey Hey Guy".
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Thanks gr80 for reminding me of that tommyboy mix. if there's a better one-two punch than the closing tracks I'm yet to hear it.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Y5ni4Jd.jpg
43 (TIE) RAGGIO DI LUNA "Comanchero" [105 points, 4 votes]http://youtu.be/hFMLJnWMnUs
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
Becoming more and more apparent that the top 20 is going to exactly mirror my own.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Comanchero is pretty awesome, and also fits in with the slo-mo/cosmic disco scene. The "Special Disco Version" also has some early Freestyle/House vocal cut ups.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 February 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KnJ6NAr.jpg
43 (TIE) TRANS-X "Living On Video" [105 points, 4 votes]http://youtu.be/b9xBAtCsCTQ
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link
too low!
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
these tunes have all been awesome so far ("comanchero" is the only one im familiar with)
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 9 February 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
Never really heard the much vaunted new order italo influence but they must have heard Dancing Therapy before making Bizarre Love Triangle.
woah, you weren't kidding
― mattresslessness, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
I love "Living On Video" even if it seems more Hi-NRG than Italo to me. Have never heard another Tran-X record though.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
amazing music video
― gr8080, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
speaking of amazing music videos...
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:39 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4AmDURG.jpg
41 (TIE) MODERN TALKING "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" [108 points, 4 votes]http://youtu.be/4kHl4FoK1Ys
ModerTalkingVEVO
― gr8080, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
"Americans will never understand"
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
I Like Chopin is way too low. I've loved that song for a few years but had never heard any other Gazebo songs until I started going through the nominations. I liked the other songs so much I ordered his album. It's great all the way through.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:01 (nine years ago) link
I think I'll do five more today, and then 15 tomorrow, 10 more on Wednesday, top 10 on Thursday.
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
I meant 6 more today.
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
That Modern Talking video still has me in stitches.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
also too low!!
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4ttp9vb.jpg
41 (TIE) M&G "When I Let You Down" [108 points, 4 votes]http://youtu.be/5cNia_e7_RU
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
xpost I love the fact that thomas anders' wife was so jealous she made him wear a necklace with her name on it
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
Antonio Banderas & Gordon Ramsey
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
this video is even funnier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5C8AC6V2KQ
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
I love that, as far as I can't tell, there's NO guitar in most of these songs, yet Dieter Bohlen is ALWAYS playing guitar. The same goes for a lot of "live" performances/videos from other acts of the time.
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
Concert boy b/w Building on Land is a great single, both sides. I remember the Cube album being decent too!
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 15 December 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
I wasn't familiar with Cube until I DJ'd an empty saturday at the record store Superior Elevation followed by Jexopolis who played them.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 15 December 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
when i was 14 i had a friend who kept trying to make me listen to cube, but i never did because i was dumb :(
have liked what i've heard subsequently though - they sound pretty similar to new musik i think?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 15 December 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
not Italo whatsoever, but this was the new wave band that Paul Griffiths was in before Cube, 10CC-esque nerdy power pop, pretty cool i think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHvNS9YEZgStadium Dogs - Easybeat (1978)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 15 December 2022 19:03 (one year ago) link
and getting back to Italo business, he also played guitar on this amazingness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4OHBQ-CHlsJo Squillo & Kaos - Dammi Pace (Esplosioni d'Amore) (1984)
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 15 December 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
I first heard "Concert Boy" in 2020 and it quickly became my Lockdown-Summer-Bike-Ride-Earbuds jam
― gr8080, Thursday, 15 December 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
Concert Boy is a total total hammer and I am now reminded I need to get it into my collection. I didn’t know the connection with Jo Squillo - the LP that track is on is pretty great.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 16 December 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
Didnt know Concert Boy, it's very Stacrk Club.
― dan selzer, Friday, 16 December 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
hi grady :-)
― c u (crüt), Friday, 16 December 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
This Cube track is great too, as featured on Matthew Burgess & Jolyon Green's Originals comp for Claremont 56
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCCnefDUDkY
― groovypanda, Monday, 19 December 2022 10:49 (one year ago) link
I usually don't find much charm in many modern remixes of italo classics, but this version hits the spot:
Kano - IT'S A WAR (Purple Disco Machine & Lorenz Rhode Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88xb25fmtdg
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 29 December 2022 13:29 (one year ago) link
these two claudio corradini tracks just got reissued by dark entries, orig. copies of each go for $100+ on discogs so i'm very glad of it. both killer, esp. love the alex molo track:
Garland - Heartbeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T6OeqVKpqA
Alex Molo - Look at Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8-EvEFb6CA
― donna rouge, Saturday, 18 February 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_D98RLPOI0
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
i got 7/10 :)
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
I got 6. Of the 4 I didn’t, 2 I should’ve.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link
yeah two of them i absolutely knew and have heard but couldn’t remember the artist or title. #9 was totally new to me. still the highest score i’ve ever gotten on a Blind Test video lol
― donna rouge, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link
Got 7.5, but was hoping for a 9 at least. It’s back to Italo school for me. Number 9 was new to me too.
In other news, I’ve been a bit obsessed with this one the last couple of weeks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JGj22dK794
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
love how there’s two italo tracks named “take me to the top” that are totally different but both excellent
― donna rouge, Friday, 17 March 2023 22:07 (one year ago) link
posting here because it didn't go viral on my facebook page. Italoke. Italo Karaoke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXilW4uDl8
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 03:29 (six months ago) link
Good luck nailing the sound of the vocals!
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 22:00 (six months ago) link