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

Whoa, that Jacksons Sisters track rocks! I hadn't noticed it during the nominations process because I confused it with "You Sexy Thing" :)

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185 (TIE). Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Tth-8wA3PdY

185 (TIE). Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/FnH_zwVmiuE

"Stayin' Alive," ugh.

But I don't really care because I'm still so pumped at seeing "There But For The Grace of God Go I" crack the Top 200 despite not even being on the nominations list. So, high five to the other write-in voter!!

High five back! I put it on my ballot after I saw your vote for it. The single best discovery from the disco poll for me.

I Bet You, comically low.

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183 (TIE). Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/GeNkRuYHy8k

183 (TIE). Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/RLbchIebH9g

'I Believe in Miracles' is a classic but didn't quite make my ballot, glad to see it place.

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182. Al Wilson - Show and Tell
156 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ItgAlRuafaU

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181. The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
157 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/ptXveQbZvxs

Bus Stop!

Bus Stop!

Are You Ready?

To do the Bus Stop?

lol @ Bee Gees hate in this thread

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180. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
157 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/9UXA5reH0_o

"Stayin' Alive" is a terrific song, even if no "Turn the Beat Around"

I don't hate "Stayin' Alive" like I once did, but one the 100 best disco songs ever? And one of the 200 best Soul/Funk/Disco songs ever? Hell No.

Not exactly sure "I could do without 'Stayin' Alive' in both this and the disco-only poll" is hate, per se.

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179. The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
158 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/mkBS4zUjJZo

Almost voted for this one. Went with what I think is an even more well-regarded Jacksons track instead.

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!). Great brass stabs too.

Here comes my number 3:

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178. The Stylistics - Peek-a-Boo
159 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/qZtgs54z3-U

Think I ended up cutting "Blame it on the Boogie" b/c I had at least 5 or 6 other Jackson family songs on my ballot.

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176 (TIE). The Supremes - Stoned Love
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Rglxw5cbZWY

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176 (TIE). Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WlzY6cWpoMQ

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174 (TIE). Chic - At Last I Am Free
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/Qo0LYX6COv0

174 (TIE). Aretha Franklin - Angel
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/9FqZ1yyeVAI

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!).

that's what happens when you replace your backing band with Funkadelic

Cruisin' doesn't make the top 150? Come on voters!

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173. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
162 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/F2U1OUxXSMM

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172. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
163 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/sYi7uEvEEmk

One of the few nominated Withers tracks that I *didn't* vote for!

"Lovely Day" was one of the two that got my vote.

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171. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
164 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/SYH0ORfHQMY

Could Heaven Ever Be Placed Higher Than This?

fwiw ... THIS is the version I voted for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0skigTyA4NE

FOUR-way tie coming up...

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167 (TIE). The O'Jays - I Love Music
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/e_1s2UFc_z8

167 (TIE). Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WhgY4Te0uFs

167 (TIE). The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/5ie3oDNpRHE

167 (TIE). Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
165 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/-yKFlgg8WiM

Maxine Nightingale, awesome

i probably haven't heard that in 30 years

I've updated the Spotify playlist, after something of a lag.

Last one for today:

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165 (TIE). The Trammps - Disco Inferno
165 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/V7EfnYwpmOE

165 (TIE). The Honey Cone - Want Ads
165 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/_ndBMp_ZyE0

fun mix today of obv disco stuff/things I voted for/things I've never heard of

All of you are wrong with the reverence for P-Funk. I know that's a bizarre opinion to have so I will contain it to this one post. I know they used to get described as the funk Kiss and that's pretty otm.

I have little reverence for P-Funk and only included one song from each if the two major acts on my ballot. Funkadelic albums, more often than not, I find, are a chore.

challops medals all around

Very glad about Ashford & Simpson and Dr. Buzzard placing. Hope there's more to come. Cruisin and Angel seem sort of crazy low?

re: Cruisin', there's some classic s10cki "sad youtube comments" shit in the link:

my friend had a voice like this only raspier. we called him smokey. he shot himself 2 weeks ago, breaks my heart how much this music hurts and heals at the same time. I love my black people, I'm proud of my black family. I love you all. just know that you do matter. no one should be able to make you feel differently

I really should've gotten my shit together and voted. I feel like a failure, especially since there are a few songs already I could've bumped way up the list.

I just didn't have time to dedicate to compiling a ballot for this poll. If I had, "In the Rain" would have gotten more points - love that song.

Not sure where to put this so one place will be this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYXeBQzecU