Could it be I'm POLLING in love? ~~~ ILM 70s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!

Sex Machine was my #1. The 10 minute version is just out of hand.

Ah yeah, sorry, n/m

Would have been a worthy number one. Crazy deep grooves.

Sex Machine that is.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
11. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
522 points / 9 votes
https://youtu.be/FwWBJ3U3THs (original version doesn't seem to be on YouTube)

i was thinking that this would be number one.

that outro is quite the groove

I can think of about 4 or 5 songs that are still guaranteed to show up. Beyond that, no clue.

Superstition, Family Affair...

random thought: what was the deal with two-faced people in the early 70s? Got Smiling Faces Sometimes and The Backstabbers here. People still sing about this?

drake's entire career is based upon this

Read Peter Shapiro's Turn the Beat Around for a thorough analysis of the "smiling faces" trope.

Guessing specifics is bad form, but here are 4 guarantees below.

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http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
10. Earth, Wind & Fire - September
536 points / 8 votes
https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk

Great way to start off the top 10!

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
9. The Spinners - I'll Be Around
569 points / 11 votes
https://youtu.be/ojCikI9npJQ

feel like a dummy for not voting for either of the last two

"Both of these songs are played," said my idiot mind when I compiled my ballot.

They're radio/advertising/bar mitzvah/wedding staples for a reaon

This is a genre where rinsed isn't a factor for me.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
8. Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
589 points / 9 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/kmpU_73CXxU

My number one. Should be happy it made the top 10 I guess. So far it's in great company.

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
7. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
606 points / 10 votes
https://youtu.be/A0F9lh8TiSM

Yes! Forgot about this one but voted it top 10 or 5. The prettiest song about loserdom ever.

GOING BACK TO FIND

D'oh! Was really hoping Gladys might surprise and top this poll.

(My #2, btw)

No love for the Dells?

http://i.imgur.com/Hr9cESp.png
6. Freda Payne - Band of Gold
633 points / 11 votes
https://youtu.be/daxiMb0rITA

Give Me Just a Little More Time is a superior late HDH track imo.

I had Neither One of Us as my Gladys tune in my top 10. Midnight Train also on the ballot. v happy to see her represented. One of my favorite vocalists.

wtf @ this Freda Payne song. I've never even heard this before, and it sounds more like a 60s Motown track than anything else.

ha, xp - "Band of Gold" is the biggest surprise of this rollout for me. I never paid it any attention during the nominating process, and I must admit I still don't get the praise for it.

This is a genre where rinsed isn't a factor for me.

this

I, like many people, I suspect, thought that "Band of Gold" was a Supremes song for years.

Top 25 in my ballot. Didn't know if its rep was strong enough to show up at this point, and delighted that it did.

yeah I don't get what people think is special about this one, esp compared to some of the monster classics/genre + period-defining tracks that placed behind it

xp

xxxxp It's by Holland–Dozier–Holland so you are right.

4 locks. 1 mystery song left.

This is a genre where rinsed isn't a factor for me.

this

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Yeah, I hastily assembled my bracket from memory. I didn't give myself enough of a chance to re-listen to everything. I'm sure I would've voted for songs like September if I did.

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5. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
693 points / 11 votes
https://youtu.be/pJV2pWFyfn4

Mystery solved?

Nice. Top 4 will be

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XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX
XXXXXX XXXXXX
XXXX XX XX

One of those songs I respect immensely but never actually play. Think I even left it off the ballot.

I hope its XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX or XXXX XX XX.

Really hope it's XXXXXXXXXXXX but I can't figure out XXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX so I might be fine with that too.

Please save us ArchCarrier

I can figure out two of those from the top of my own ballot, the other two no(t yet).

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4. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
699 points / 12 votes / 1 number one
https://youtu.be/UOg_8hCC4u4

Move On Up, Family Affair, Superstition in a 3 way battle for ILM's Soul!!!

kornrulez otm

haha this song is good but come on it's not THAT good. Jackie Brown contingent overrating imo

xpost

HAHA yeah, I got that one right it appears

My #1 and one of my favorite songs of all time

Only one of the other three placed higher than that one on my ballot, so fingers crossed.