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
Oof, destroy Modern Talking.
On the other hand, M&G's "When I Let You Down / Boogie Tonight" might be one of the best 12" in the genre. The only two songs they recorded. Fred Ventura did a cover of WILYD in 2007, and it's ok.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
the 12" mix of "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" is worth a listen for those skeptical about its placing
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:23 (nine years ago) link
this one
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:26 (nine years ago) link
I can fully recommend the full length animated movie about Modern Talking: "Dieter - Der Film". It is batshit insane.
There *is* plenty of faux-Nile Rodgers guitar in You're My Heart You're My Soul though, but it bears no relation to what Dieter or Thomas are doing with their instruments in the videos. But yes, badly synced videos not limited in any way to MT.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
I've got nothing but love for "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" and I'm glad it placed. I might have even voted for "Brother Louie" had it been nominated.
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
Back when I was still DJing Italo I always threw in a Modern Talking instrumental somewhere along the line (Cheri Cheri Lady for example has an awesome bassline), always got great response as people invariably recognise the tune but can't identify it without the vocals.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GADSgQ8.jpg
40 IVAN "Fotonovela" [117 points, 4 votes]http://youtu.be/3XNscCzSL6s
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
^pleasantly surprised that this placed!
that YT is blocked
heres another link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L5YJRtvebE
― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, 9 February 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
Great great tune.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
12" version of Fotonovela is ALL TIME. Definitely the best Spanish Italo Disco song ever, if you are keeping track. Best use of strings in an Italo record? May also be the only Italo track with xylophones and accordion (which you can hear more on the 12").
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Absolutely astonished that "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" has had over 44 million YouTube views...
― mike t-diva, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Three tracks so far that I have (knowingly) danced to in actual nightclubs in the actual Nineteen Eighties: Gazebo, Trans-X, Modern Talking.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 9 February 2015 21:59 (nine years ago) link
up next, the first entry on the list with a 1st place vote...
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Doesn't surprise me at all, AFAIK Modern Talking was the second best selling disco act of all time after Boney M.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:07 (nine years ago) link
that's a very loose definition of "disco", though
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:09 (nine years ago) link
Now I guess, but at the time this was disco to 99% of the population.
― Siegbran, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
they were immensely successful, no doubt about that
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
something doesn't quite add up for me in "Fotonovela" but it does scream "Classic".
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
I guess "disco" in the eighties was more or less a synonym for "club music".
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
xpost - Perhaps that the xylophone riff doesn't really fit, melodically, with the rest?
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:15 (nine years ago) link
I think that't it for me but it's also what makes it great.
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:16 (nine years ago) link
yeah, it's like that is just one element too many - but it's also the best one!
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
daavid stop dragging this out, got a horrible feeling my first to show will be my number 1 now.
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 22:17 (nine years ago) link
I think it's the clashing overtones in the xylo.
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ptDsWnS.jpg
39 LOUI$ "Pink Footpath" [122 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]http://youtu.be/plXB4MFZSMw
― daavid, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:18 (nine years ago) link
And there you go... :(
― ewar woowar (or something), Monday, 9 February 2015 22:19 (nine years ago) link
Can only assume this is so low cos most haven't heard it, it's peerless and unique.
yeah, I'm not familiar with this one. Almost jazzy in the first 2 minutes.
― skip, Monday, 9 February 2015 22:20 (nine years ago) link
xps
I was thinking about this during the nominations thread but don't think I ever put it out there: who was the audience for non-crossover Italo releases? Was it mostly nightclubs? How many young people in Italy (or France or Spain) in the 80s have heard e.g. "When I Let You Down" or "Hey Hey Guy"? Were there clubs in the UK playing this? (I guess mike t-diva addressed that one a bit)
― ⊤ℝolliℵg M∃th H∑a∂ (seandalai), Monday, 9 February 2015 22:22 (nine years ago) link
i think that's a glockenspiel in "Fotonovela" not a xylophone
― example (crüt), Monday, 9 February 2015 22:22 (nine years ago) link