La musica si muove appena: The ILM ITALO Poll (Results Thread)

Very nice, I'm not super versed into Italo, so there's a lot of new and cool stuff for me in this poll. Here's my ballot:

1. Tantra - Hills of Katmandu
2. Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord
3. Laura Branigan - Self Control
4. Chaplin Band - Il Veliero
5. Fast Radio - Under My Thumb
6. Tullio de Piscopo - Stop Bajon (Club Mix)
7. Erotic Drum Band - Horn-y
8. Sandra - (I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
9. Sunbelt - Spin It
10. Moses - We Just
11. Kat Mandu - Hooked on Voices
12. Macho - I'm A Man
13. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
14. Automat - Automat
15. Limahl/Girogio Moroder - Never Ending Story
16. Alisha - All Night Passion
17. Azoto - San Salvador
18. Lime - Guilty
19. Easy Going - Fear
20. Kebekelektrik - War Dance

I was a bit disappointed that "Hills of Katmandu" didn't make it, to me it's the greatest cosmic disco epic of all time, Italo or otherwise. I guess the popularity of Tantra has been hurt by Unidisc's stupidly restrictive licensing policy, for a long time their material was hard to find on CD... But their whole output was finally reissued in 2013 as 2CD comp by Harmless, I thought that would've made them more popular, they certainly deserve it!

Hey Daavid, I looked at the results table, and I see you have Immortals' "The Ultimate Warlord" listed there twice, at #55 and at #179 (the second time it's listed as just "Ultimate Warlord"). And it looks like the votes were split between those two entires, if you combine them it would have 122 points, so it should've made it to the #40 spot in the countdown.

Hopefully you can correct this and Grady can find some cool graphic for the tune. :) It's definitely worth it.

Guys, I know I didn't vote in this, but not one vote for Plustwo's 'Melody' is surely a glaring error??

dhuo reacting to this turn of events

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qk5sY67bjiA/TZTq_ZatfpI/AAAAAAAADX0/ttRGt8BeVOg/s1600/Dhuo+-+Walkin%2527.jpg

xp

My ballot:
1. Sly & Hunter - No More Vision
2. Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love)
3. Blue Russell - I Wanna Fly Away
4. Venise - Playboy
5. Mike Rogers - Just A Story
6. Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul
7. Ken Laszlo - Hey Hey Guy
8. East Wall - Eyes Of Glass
9. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
10. Righeira - Vamos A La Playa
11. Fellini – Passenger
12. Savage - Only You
13. Laserdance - Power Run
14. Fockewulf 190 - Gitano
15. Lucia - Marinero
16. Valerie Dore - The Night
17. Diux - Comet
18. Sandra - (I’ll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
19. Laura Branigan - Self Control
20. BWH - Stop

dhuo more like d'oh!

Aww man! Thanks for spotting that, Tuomas. There was so much enthusiasm abou Dhuo placing... How about we make this a top 51 list and not bump them.

I'm including Dhuo in the mix fwiw.

http://i.imgur.com/5esHSGV.jpg

40 THE IMMORTALS "The Ultimate Warlord" [122 points, 4 votes]
http://youtu.be/19X-g5jHRzI

incredible song fwiw

this is kind of funny tbh, when daavid sent me the final results he left it up to me to decide whether we'd do a top 40 or top 50. since i nominated and championed Dhuo i opted to go for a top 50 lol

the phrase 'slice me nice' has been haunting me for the past couple days

I'm like a cake that wants to be baked, i'm like a pie made for hungry guys.

My body's burning like a flame that's blue. It's time for action, baby, cut me in two.

How could you not be haunted?

Thanks for taking care of that, gr8080.

the phrase 'slice me nice' has been haunting me for the past couple days

― ciderpress, Friday, February 13, 2015 3:24 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same here! What it is about it? ..eerie.

Totally missed this, how come nobody told me about it? How did Gaz Nevada not make the list?

I've fixed the spreadsheet as well.

i voted 2 gaz nevada tracks!!!!!!

dan i wouldnt mind seeing your hypothetical top 20

Gaz Nevada didn't make it to the top 50, but they still had a couple of tracks on the full list. Their highest placing was 69.

I can do it when I'm back home in front of the computer at some point.

Surprised Dirty Talk didn't score higher.

Also surprised about comment upthread about not hearing the italo influence on New Order. From the euro-disco/moroder synth basslines of Everything's Gone Green and Temptation, to the admitted influence of Dirty Talk on Blue Monday...

I'll post this again: FULL RESULTS

I had a Gaz Nevada track (special agent man) top 3, really surprised he didn't show up at all.

Xp that was me with the New Order comment, I dunno it's just never been as explicit as, say, PS and not more than several other 80s synth pop bands. I can obv hear its there but the comment was more a Wow I can really hear it re Dancing Therapy and Bizarre Love Triangle.

The Gaz Nevada vote was more or less split between tracks

IC Love Affair makes my top 5. Maybe top 2.

Enough to propel it into top 50 territory. Should've voted, dan.

Nobody told me about this thread. I generally only look at threads I've already bookmarked unless I'm really bored in which case I'll check out recently updated threads and never noticed this. In any case I've always depended on people contacting me or otherwise posting "hey why hasn't Dan Selzer posted on this thread?" in which case I find it when I'm searching for my name!

Most of my favorites didn't make it, who cares.

Sorry you couldn't be bothered to look at new threads.

Here's my complete ballot:

Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy"

haha, yes! Do you seriously not like any other Italo track, DJP, or just overwhelmingly like that one above others?

Take it easy brimstead, I don't take it too seriously.

Just let me know next time.

I've always been curious to know what's being said in the phone conversation at the beginning of "Hey Hey Guy". Cannot understand, like, 80% of it. Anyone?

xpost- odd/bad luck that you missed this one, dan. It's been going on for about two months.

haha, yes! Do you seriously not like any other Italo track, DJP, or just overwhelmingly like that one above others?

option B really, although I'm not well-versed in Italo so you could argue option A by virtue of genre ignorance

You should have a listen to the playlist. You may find some gems in there.

Revisiting some of the tracks I left off my ballot..."Take a Chance" still doesn't do much for me but "Stop" is all-time and I should have voted for it...

Enjoyed this rollout immensely, discovered so many gems.

new to me stuf that really stood out: Cyber People- Void Vision, Lui$ - Pink footpath, CASCO "Cybernetic Love"

my ballot:

Kano - I'm ready
BWH - Stop
Doctor's Cat - Feel the Drive
Mr. Flagio - Take A Chance
Kano - Another Life
Alexander Robotnick - Problemes d'Amour
Charlie - Spacer Woman
Giorgio Moroder - The Chase
Cerrone - Supernature
Methusalem - Zombie
My Mine - Hypnotic Tango
Immortals - The Ultimate Warlord
Clio - Eyes
Kasso - Walkman
Space - Magic Fly
Klein & MBO - The MBO Theme
Kano - Its A War
Casco - Cybernetic Love
Pink Project - B Project
Victor - Go On Do It
Helen - Witch
Pineapples - Come on Closer
Big Ben Tribe - Tarzan Loves the Summer Nights
Loui$ - Pink Footpath
Dharma - Plastic Doll
BWH - Livin' Up
Capricorn - I Need Love
Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair
Neon - Skydiver

Speaking of New Order Italo influence, i feel like they maybe nicked some of the melody of Cybernetic Love in something "The Perfect Kiss".. maybe? its so familiar.

oops meant void vision, its not quite there anyway.

<i>I've always been curious to know what's being said in the phone conversation at the beginning of "Hey Hey Guy". Cannot understand, like, 80% of it. Anyone?

― daavid, Friday, February 13, 2015 11:32 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink</i>

- hello?
- hello? (something something)
- oh dear are you at phone
- yeah hey guy, tell me about your manicure
- I love you and feel the groove
- tell me about it, is it true?
- it's true, yes it's true
- love for hire is dangerous
- don't worry baby gold
- everything is same as all
- everything is the same
- oh I love you
- me too
- I love you

Well that's that cleared up.

Seriously though... no 'Melody' by Plustwo? its not just the best italo song in the world. It's the best song in the world.

Biggest surprise omission for me was Silver Pozzoli: "Around My Dream". It went to Number One in South Africa, come on!

xps- Thanks Siegbran. That makes a lot more sense than what I was hearing before.

… even if it still doesn't make much sense, lol

I couldn't edit down enough. I mostly avoided the stuff that I tend to group with "eurodisco" or "spacedisco" or "hi-nrg". Mostly stuff that's been well-covered here but maybe a few others. Pretty heavily in the Mixed Up at the Hague camp.

Amin Peck-Coda
Atmosphere-Swede's Scandal
Azoto-Any Time or Place
BB & Band-All Night Long
BWH-Stop
Bagarre-Lemon Sweet
Bobby Davenport-Time Has Come Today
Brand Image-Are You Loving?
Capricorn-I Need Love
Cariocas-Batida
Charlie-Spacer Woman
Clio-Faces
Cyber People-Void Vision
DF and Pam-On the Beat
Diana Est-Tenax
Doctor's Cat-Gee Wiz
Gaz Nevada-IC Love Affair
International Music System-Dancing Therapy
Jago-I'm Going to Go
Klein + MBO-Dirty Talk
Los Angeles T.F.-Magical Body
M&G-When I Let You Down
Mr. Flagio-Take a Chance
Mr. Master-Dog in the Night
Mya and the Mirror-Hesitation
Pineapples-Come on Closer (second to last song at my wedding!)
Plastic Mode-Baja Imperial
Pluton and the Humanoids-World Invasion
RIS-Love N Music
Some Bizarre-Don't Be Affraid
Sun La Shan-Catch
Thanya-Freedom
Vivien Vee-Remember
Wanexa-The Man from Colours

was out of town when the last results rolled out but thanks daavid and gr80! this was very fun/a trip down memory lane. here's my (kind of boring/canonical) ballot:

Pineapples - Come on Closer
Mr. Flagio - Take A Chance
Ginny - Can't Be Serious
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
Ris - Love N Music
Taffy - I Love My Radio
Laura Branigan - Self Control
La Bionda - Wanna be your lover
Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte
Doctor's Cat - Feel the Drive
Massara - Margherita
Advance - Take Me To The Top
Charlie - Spacer Woman
Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk
Jo Squillo Eletrix - Avventurieri
Baby's Gang - Disco Maniac
Raggio Di Luna – Comanchero
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Twins - Face To Face, Heart To Heart
Fun Fun - Happy Station