A POLL Bizarre ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!!!

i'm not pointing fingers at you all since i have no idea what anyone voted for other than me. just think this song is a much better fit than some of the others that have placed and didn't attract a bunch of complaints. admittedly my 'non-r&b-charting hi-nrg tracks by white women' was also not really about a specific track, just a snide remark i made based on some of the stacey q/madonna/george michael/freestyle ones that have shown up thus far (to clarify i think some george michael tracks are perfect fits and others aren't).

r&b stations tend to play only r&b, including the one where i've been hearing "moments in love" for years. that song has also been appearing on compilations that were otherwise entirely r&b for over 20 years now. if anything this distinction of "well actually it's synth-pop" is arbitrary considering that category isn't mutually exclusive with r&b either.

https://img.discogs.com/AxaQZEo7jUfOZk_i3CSEY318RhU=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1149613-1474203283-7345.jpeg.jpg
76. George Michael - One More Try
426 points, 7 votes
https://youtu.be/bG5N3GC-m20

Shit! Sorry, please ignore!

https://img.discogs.com/q9U4AjxND_QPjPW2MbgiW_J-muA=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-402159-1372169934-2373.jpeg.jpg
87. Imagination - Music and Lights
398 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/4iqevB7TNlQ

spoilers!

also "music and lights" WAY TOO LOW

perfect comedic timing, though

https://img.discogs.com/nTQW07BQyPsPlRcq3G3nEyTWVBY=/fit-in/600x591/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1025167-1353702767-5602.jpeg.jpg
86. The Whispers - It's a Love Thing
401 points, 7 votes
https://youtu.be/5AmGcGfMARE

best british group of the 80s

imagination obvs

never heard "music and lights" before, like it a lot!

SEQUINS AND PEARLS

the first two Imagination albums are essential

and the Whispers are just a miracle

"it's a love thing" is my favorite whispers song and could've easily topped my list

perfect comedic timing, though

So perfect.

https://img.discogs.com/wh24apv4a4DeSuMlJY-jHHtNSKc=/fit-in/600x596/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5448416-1393782652-7844.jpeg.jpg
85. M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume
401 points, 8 votes
https://youtu.be/KjZ4APD6k7E

https://img.discogs.com/CBzg05PUAxWsUvuCdErlKQq56P4=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-442928-1280350464.jpeg.jpg
84. Class Action - Weekend
404 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/H7qtDE0gTq8

https://img.discogs.com/u7sY9dunzC5Oh3RvRKkQFrFifBM=/fit-in/588x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2237602-1323650193.jpeg.jpg
83. Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl
407 points, 8 votes
https://youtu.be/s8VWO82v8zE

omg yes

too low

My god

well really everything on this poll has been too low except for the two Madonna songs and the theme from Ghostbusters

last two tracks both have "it's time to jam" in them, perhaps the presence of that line in a dance track reliably correlates w/ greatness??

I introduced Imagination to be a fee KING fans I know last year #publicservice

*a few

https://img.discogs.com/gxTSd7VBrk3OYVu6BjNBH2ghNL0=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-87914-1402013382-7027.jpeg.jpg
82. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
410 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/BKmw9UrX99s

^ I know that's the album cover, but the only single images I could find were labels.

Comparing Class Action "Weekend" to the Phreek version from 1978 beautifully illustrates the progression from high disco to postdisco electro-boogie-whatever. plus the spoken intro the Class Action version is so classic

Man, I love high disco.

brb gonna dance

https://img.discogs.com/SKINHlD3yBSqJkk49hN0upsNGRM=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-163030-1204073800.jpeg.jpg
81. Prince - Raspberry Beret
410 points, 7 votes

How was "Nasty Girl" only on 8 ballots? There must be some mistake.

https://img.discogs.com/VFcclt7l_iYkB8gEBIPnj07XEVc=/fit-in/600x606/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7728051-1447551237-8117.jpeg.jpg
80. Madonna - Borderline
418 points, 7 votes
https://youtu.be/rSaC-YbSDpo

this classic #[n/a] r&b hit

it is an eternal classic just would never have thought of voting for it on this poll

https://img.discogs.com/_-57ipnH8oSirtXWTThtxXQFiBU=/fit-in/600x586/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-7433725-1441441525-8068.jpeg.jpg
79. Prince - Purple Rain
420 points, 5 votes, 1 number one

I find it mind-boggling that anyone would vote for any Madonna song on an R&B poll aside from "Take a Bow", which was ineligible for this one.

Genuinely shocked by that placement. But not disappointed.

a gorgeous, unbelievable song

https://img.discogs.com/u5iRYwn_B_krG513637VZ6SprMk=/fit-in/600x581/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2855234-1331919941.jpeg.jpg
78. Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
420 points, 10 votes
https://youtu.be/1ZZQuj6htF4

aw didn't expect to see this this high :)

Just need George Michael to appear next and we'll have the set of top 80s solo stars.

lol well we already know he's the #76 :P

https://img.discogs.com/FOCikOtgivBairFFLUR0PyMQEqk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-85818-1256374801.jpeg.jpg
77. Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World
425 points, 10 votes
https://youtu.be/JVuuatjHGnY

A+ ... this is the kind of downtempo I'm 100 percent down with.

insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.) at 10:57 15 May 17

Genuinely shocked by that placement. But not disappointed.

Not disappointed either, "Purple Rain" is easily his worst single of the eighties. Boring, generic hair metal ballad thar goes on for too long. All of Prince's ballads up to and including this were bland, but he would get much better at writing them for the next two albums. "Condition of the Heart" is great, and "Sometimes it Snows in April" is sublime, one of his 10 best songs. "Purple Rain" is so meh compared to those.

Hey now. That's not what I meant at all.

And "Do Me, Baby" is the absolute opposite of bland.

Not disappointed either, "Purple Rain" is easily his worst single of the eighties. Boring, generic hair metal ballad thar goes on for too long. All of Prince's ballads up to and including this were bland, but he would get much better at writing them for the next two albums. "Condition of the Heart" is great, and "Sometimes it Snows in April" is sublime, one of his 10 best songs. "Purple Rain" is so meh compared to those.

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