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

... 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

https://img.discogs.com/zqMhmR2yRlgYR4QqTtgVmErm-nk=/fit-in/431x426/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1853224-1247932162.jpeg.jpg
181. Alexander O'Neal - If You Were Here Tonight
253 points, 3 votes
https://youtu.be/TIsOQR3NBCQ

too fucking low omg

https://img.discogs.com/J5YH9OFV6mbENaGvnsp33R4Q9qo=/fit-in/600x604/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5725752-1457459095-9940.jpeg.jpg
180. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
253 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/my-Q2UzdxHE

Teena Marie is an acquired taste, especially her self-produced ballads after 1983.

I can't decide which is lovelier: If You Were Tonight or Sunshine

the former but not by much

given what this poll seems to be yielding now i'm gonna go ahead and guess "sunshine" will not make it at all

https://img.discogs.com/QMSygzNC2OvHGdCk3Mc4bBkod_w=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-348643-1390663088-1627.jpeg.jpg
179. Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love)
253 points, 7 votes
https://youtu.be/uyTVyCp7xrw

an awesome happy fun jam that i think i voted for

still kinda unthinkable to see it above some of these others tho ;_;

Coulda voted for that, but got the latent "more pop than R&B" voice in my ear

r&b radio often was quite poppy around that time and the pointers straddled that then-narrow gulf w/ ease

everyone should be way more into teena marie than they are

I love Teena, but loathe "Lovergirl."

Ah shot I honestly thought It's No Crime would be right up there, I could listen to it on a loop, never fails to cheer me up

*Ah shit obv. Nights Over Egypt is just aural chocolate too

I love Teena, but loathe "Lovergirl."

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, May 9, 2017 11:22 AM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

couldn't even begin to understand this chain of reasoning

"I need your lovin," "square biz," "behind the groove" ... there are tons of Teena jams that are on another sonic planet from "Lovergirl."

I'm also partial to 'Ooh La La La'.

i'm impartial to that one

ppl were dogging lovergirl in the other thread for sounding briefly like the intro to a tv newscast but i think it's one of her great fake prince jams

i should've nominated "lips to find you," not that anyone else would've voted for it

https://img.discogs.com/hZIJ_j1e5x6tEPEo0PY3bkOij90=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-224118-1366706677-1541.jpeg.jpg
178. Timex Social Club - Rumors
255 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/ADwVvT7-5_0

Good one! Also, possibly the first time I ever heard the word "gay" used That Way.

I never warmed to this song (prefer Club Nouveau's second single) but I don't mind – and I love the art.

Wow, I'd actually never heard this one before, but a what a great tune!

https://img.discogs.com/2H62Dt2Y_KlJ5LrplZxIo6xZ8MI=/fit-in/587x589/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-64024-1172662179.jpeg.jpg
177. Joe Smooth - Promised Land
256 points, 4 votes
https://youtu.be/V09x2y9MHbA

Incredible tune, there's not much better than deep gospel house! It wasn't in my ballot tho, 'cos I had to cut off all house music to trim it to 100. But if we'll ever do an '80s electronic music poll, I promise to rank it high.

I played my copy of "Promised Land" to a friend last year, without telling her what I was putting on. As soon as the bassline kicked in, she burst into tears.

I wasn't sure whether soulful house was going to mesh with my notions of what constitutes 80s R&B, but in the context of my full long list, it meshed just fine.

https://img.discogs.com/oXiK-9oGHytr3lR9NlYI9t3qAOU=/fit-in/600x592/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1172848-1198148725.jpeg.jpg
176. RAH Band - Clouds Across the Moon
258 points, 4 votes
https://youtu.be/RVVgOnN_BaM

https://img.discogs.com/P-YvKUuzgxmuvJ0Z7oY1mrm8KqQ=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-61353-1264523609.jpeg.jpg
175. Colonel Abrams - Trapped
259 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/tSNWeXGZMcU

"Lovergirl" is sick wtf

"Rumors" is great but "Why You Treat Me So Bad" is superior in every way

https://img.discogs.com/QMrpOd50EIMPreF8c-b5EQHRXWE=/fit-in/600x603/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-479121-1250376022.jpeg.jpg
174. Michael Jackson - Beat It
259 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0

fuckin love "Trapped"

"Rumors" is great but "Why You Treat Me So Bad" is superior in every way

― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, May 9, 2017

my man

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173. Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It
260 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/oGpFcHTxjZs

^^^^ Tina Turner is a goddess

I voted for Typical Male but this song is inexorable.

I am mad that my first reaction was "Consolidated is neither R&B nor 80s"

https://img.discogs.com/QhKtNHIT46yX3uUvRNp_7mUr2PQ=/fit-in/336x343/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1080063-1321037853.jpeg.jpg
171 (TIE). Pointer Sisters - He's So Shy
261 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/4CIKNOiajU4

https://img.discogs.com/lXm9svXIWPHjalI-MqVKK45R1Qs=/fit-in/550x550/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-204680-1128608550.jpeg.jpg
171 (TIE). Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
261 points, 5 votes
https://youtu.be/eH3giaIzONA

ahhh "He's So Shy" -- one of my songs influenced by "What a Fool Believes."

Clouds Across the Moon is such a gorgeous oddity

https://img.discogs.com/RGue-rMJsz6bpdN9TvwmMP0cQh4=/fit-in/600x607/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1554931-1228046317.jpeg.jpg
170. Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror
269 points, 4 votes
https://youtu.be/PivWY9wn5ps

Clouds Across the Moon is such a gorgeous oddity

― i know kore-eda (or something)

Yeah, Clouds Across the Moon is so great. It's such an incredibly sad story and vocal performance. I was playing it obsessively this time last year.

I played my copy of "Promised Land" to a friend last year, without telling her what I was putting on. As soon as the bassline kicked in, she burst into tears.

^^I did the same when Derrick May dropped it at Bugged Out around 15 years ago

"promised land" is perfect. i cut it of course

"i wanna dance with somebody" being this low is encouraging

Clouds Across the Moon is an incredible tune; airy, sad, pretty, groovy, all in one otherworldly melange. The album it's from is pretty great too, though obviously nothing on it else can quite touch Clouds...

https://img.discogs.com/0js78n22cqgbNXYxJk4t-qnx0TI=/fit-in/594x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5805920-1403177905-5732.jpeg.jpg
169. Fonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long) aka Tuch Me
269 points, 6 votes
https://youtu.be/-a4LaNhtePk