In 1981, Pazz & Jop Voters had a tie for the best single. It is up to us, the ILM collective, to break this tie between "O Superman" and "Start Me Up" once and for all

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'Start Me Up' is far more entertaining.

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― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 18 February 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link

Well sure, how could you not be entertained by a middle-aged man strutting about in that little outfit.

― A functioning gazebo made of Candlebox cassingles (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 February 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link

The dude was (somewhat incredibly) four years younger than I am now!

...this isn’t how those numbers work

Haha, maybe not... but the math at least told me how many posters I could expect to be ticked off by my ‘tude

― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 18 February 2019 17:46 (five years ago) link

(...I think I’m still getting the math wrong!! XP)

― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 18 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link

Start Me Up is a totally ok song, but it’s to the Stones as My Way is to Sinatra.

― omar little, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:51 (five years ago) link

Dont "genius of love" fans totally cringe at the 'James brown' part? Was there ever an instrumental mix? The vocals suck!!

― brimstead, Sunday, February 17, 2019 7:23 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no we yell along with it!

― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Monday, 18 February 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link

otm, james brooown is the best part

― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 February 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link

Ehhhhhhh, let's back up there just a bit

― A functioning gazebo made of Candlebox cassingles (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 February 2019 19:05 (five years ago) link

fine, i'll back it up ten seconds and say 'bohannon bohannon' is the best part

― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Monday, 18 February 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link

Trying hard not to troll but you Superman supporters are smoking some wild shit

― calstars, Monday, 18 February 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link

i have never inhaled the devil's lettuce so i say this with the full strength of sobriety that "o superman" is masterful and the rolling stones are overrated af

― you know who deserves sitewide mod privileges? (m bison), Monday, 18 February 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link

So sorry to hear that

― calstars, Monday, 18 February 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link

'Start Me Up' more like wake me up when ur done boring me with your dancing granddad

― A functioning gazebo made of Candlebox cassingles (Old Lunch), Monday, 18 February 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link

lol

― calstars, Monday, 18 February 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link

Oh, Superman
Oh, poll
Oh, ILM

― yuh yuh (morrisp), Monday, 18 February 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link

ILM

― You can't see it but I had an epiphany (Champiness), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link

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― a Stalin Stale Ale for me, please (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:04 (five years ago) link

I'm not surprised at the result either, as wrong as it is. I appreciate 'O Superman' as a piece of art, but morrisp hit the nail on the head. 'Start Me Up' retains its potency for me as an essential slab of classic rock after hundreds of plays. I've heard 'O Superman' in full perhaps a fraction of that and I don't need to hear it again. You can always count on ILM to vote for the artiest choice, though, lest their music snob friends make fun of 'em for listening to and liking something that rawks.

And yet among all the snobby posts in this thread, that was possibly the snobbiest.

Contrarian, heal thyself.

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link

I'm way more into the wheels of steel, that track still jacks me up

― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:39 (five years ago) link

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― yuh yuh (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:45 (five years ago) link

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― yuh yuh (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 February 2019 01:47 (five years ago) link

― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 07:26 (five years ago) link

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah-CHOO!!!

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 20 February 2019 12:12 (five years ago) link

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