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

"Stand on the Word" would almost be enough to get be back into church.

i.e. hot squiggly synths that you feel in your taint would be enough to get me back into church

"Stand on the Word" should be in the top 20, wtf is it doing so low?! Shame on you, ILX, I would've expected everyone to include it in their ballots.

I didn't have time to vote in this, but Adore is way too low. Prince was obv the victim of much splitting and his tracks will still prob dominate the top end of the poll, but Adore is his purest genre exercise in 80s R&B--such ear candy

Agreed about Stand on the Word, I guess you can blame the too low-ness of those tracks squarely on me

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191. LeVert - Casanova
240 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/Obxx6xHKme8

Yeah, I can't even with "Adore" being as low as it is.

Tho it is probably his most prominent deep cut, as it were.

I'd never heard of "Stand on the Word" before

I voted for 5 of the 10 tracks from 191-200, so this is quite the hot streak. Only voted for one Prince song, not sure it will place at all.

"casanova" too low, i'm gonna say

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190. Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me
243 points, 3 votes
https://youtu.be/-5ecZWwO_hQ

Kinda bizarre that ranks above "Rhythm Nation," no?

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189. Paula Abdul - Straight Up
243 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/El1kgCqD7Xk

sexualing healing (crüt) at 6:57 9 May 17

I'd never heard of "Stand on the Word" before

Okay, wow! I'm not saying everyone should've known it, but it *is* one of the cornerstones of 80s dance music, specifically of Larry Levan and the Paradise Garage scene. So much so that it's been mistakenly attributed as having been remixed by him, even though he had nothing to do with it beyond playing it in his sets.

Kinda bizarre that ranks above "Rhythm Nation," no?

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, May 9, 2017 11:02 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No way! One of my absolute favorite '80s R&B ballads. So lush!

Can't front on any Janet, though. She's probably just behind Prince as my favorite R&B performer of the made-up decade that spans the early-to-mid '80s through the early-to-mid '90s.

"Rhythm Nation" is Janet's "Thriller" in that it feels more like a big production number than an actual song.

That makes sense -- it explains why they're title tracks.

xxp Absolutely. I actually ended up voting for neither, but admittedly they're both amazing.

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188. Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz
244 points, 4 votes
https://youtu.be/yb5osClXQHY

For awhile, I called that my favorite Prelude single of all. I think that's no longer the case, but it's still an amazing boogie.

surprised at how low some of these are placing ;_;

also surprised "a little bit of jazz" has placed above so many of these (altho i love it + voted for it!)

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187. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
246 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/7YvAYIJSSZY

Let's be real: there's well over 300 legitimately great '80s R&B songs. Some very worthy choices were inevitably going to get the shaft. There truly is no justice in the world.

That's cool, though I do prefer DJ Bobo's version.

jesus

this isn't even a song, let alone R&B

x+x+ post

"a little bit of jazz" and all the other great prelude tracks of 80-83 were so ubiquitous in nyc, i've always wondered if madonna has copped to their influence, she would have heard them in clubs and just walking down the street. if you listen to "gonna get over you" by france joli in that context, it really does predict madonna's early singles (to my ears)

Weren't most of Madonna's early singles produced by Jellybean Benitez, who was definitely part of that NYC scene? That might explain the similarity.

Mark Kamins, producer of "Everybody," would have been around too.

"somebody's watching me" definitely should not be higher than a lot of these other classics, but i will rep for it!

coincidentally I finished Tim Lawrence's wearying but essential Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983 last week.

Were there any '90s artists from the 'Berry Gordy's relatives have to eat, too' subgenre (a la Rockwell and LMFAO)?

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186. The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt
247 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/pzxwZ6wjDAM

Too low!

An amazing song, that one is, so smooth and evocative! And the Tom Moulton mix is even better (but that one wasn't done in the '80s).

coincidentally I finished Tim Lawrence's wearying but essential Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983 last week.

wearying is right, I'm mean I'm totally obsessed with that scene, was around then and went to many of the clubs mention etc but jesus this book wore me out. more of a data dump than a book!

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185. Babyface - It's No Crime
249 points, 3 votes
https://youtu.be/lECDTb2G1hY

I fucking love the beat on this thing. Reminds me of Duran Duran's "I Don't Want Your Love."

yessss love this song

"Stand on the Word" should be in the top 20, wtf is it doing so low?! Shame on you, ILX, I would've expected everyone to include it in their ballots.

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 15:46 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

right, lots of things I voted for turning up so obv TOO LOW but this SotW not being top 20 is a shock to me

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184. K.C. & the Sunshine Band - Give It Up
249 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/IeqtAB1WgEw

Oh. I guess I neglected to vote for 'Give It Up'? Really should have.

... mmm-yeeeeaaaahhh no.

I forgot to vote for it. It's the only KC-sung single I love. Lots of airplay in freestyle-dominated Miami.

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183. Teena Marie - Lovergirl
251 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/1fyWgjhe_Zg

... mmm-yeeeeaaaahhh no.

Yeah, that one didn't ultimately have the moxie to make my final cut.

I think I would've been more inclined to throw 'Square Biz' a vote over 'Lovergirl' but, alas, my ballot wound up Teena-free.

i don't know a lot of teena's music but among what i know "square biz" is the only one i actually like