La musica si muove appena: The ILM ITALO Poll (Results Thread)

The results thread is finally here!

This took forever. Sorry for the delays and thank you for your patience. Thanks to all of you who voted. But most importantly, big thanks to gr8080 for the incredible artwork. I can't wait for everyone to see it!

We got 30 ballots and a total of 231 songs got at least one vote. We used total no of votes and/or total no. of first place votes to break some ties. This will be a top 50 list.

And now, without further ado...

http://i.imgur.com/0PYgvez.jpg

50 DHUO "Walkin'" [96 points, 3 votes]

didn't vote in this but i will be following.

I didn't vote either, but I'm happy that Walkin' made it. My work is done!

I'll be back in an hour or so.

FYI, I still don't know how the rollout is going to happen but if I have enough time I'll to 20 today, 20 tomorrow, and 10 on Wednesday… otherwise it'll be 10 per day. Suggestions welcome.

Excited!

YES

i also didn't vote, because i didn't want my boring set of references to borify the results. reaaaaaaally looking forward to the results and a kickass playlist at the end.

i was very happy to see this slip in at #50

Yay! Anyone able to provide Youtube links?

DHUO "Walkin'": http://youtu.be/qZXj38K2iFg

this song is my own personal john hughes montage soundtrack

I can post youtube links but I'm at work and cannot check the audio quality, so it'll be the first result that comes up. I can make sure tomorrow's entries work though.

BTW, can someone remind me how do I post youtube links without embedding?

Let's see if this works…

http://i.imgur.com/EazYrYD.jpg

49 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SYSTEM "Dancing Therapy" [97 points, 3 votes]
http://youtu.be/wzK5asq0Dz4

Click "Share" beneath the video and copy the youtu.be link it provides.

Ah, you got it.

It does! :)

thanks JF

Yay results! Yay Dancing Therapy!

I haven't heard either of these before, but they're good!

this is going to be the most jamming week ever!

On to our first tie...

http://i.imgur.com/v8DlPdE.jpg

47 (TIE) GAZEBO "I Like Chopin" [98 points, 3 votes]
http://youtu.be/nGJ-FMfXgyQ

these pics are gorgeous :)

Yes, gr80 for president!

YES!

I've always felt "I Like Chopin" is a little corny but the synth riff in the intro is one of my favorite things ever! In fact, the whole intro on the extended version is kind of amazing.

"Walkin'" is sublime

hadn't heard this before
dude sounds like andy bell
i dig

oh wow this IMS is fantastic too!

best poll ever

a little corny? ha...

http://i.imgur.com/GnaBWQv.jpg

47 (TIE) CLIO "Eyes" [98 points, 3 votes]
http://youtu.be/IzBx52Btx_E

<3

was about to let loose the biggest TOO LOW of all time there before i realised it was Eyes. good track regardless, this is all so aesthetically and aurally pleasing so fr as expected.

yeah this isn't the Clio I voted for but tbh it's probably the better track

I voted 'Faces', both are good but the whole is better than the part.

nah crut, you were right first time.

Eyes is an awesome track and only just missed out on my ballot.

I'm not a big fan of Dhuo - Walkin' tbh it's a bit plodding and feels more like bad synthpop than exciting Italo.

Up next is my favorite track so far…

http://i.imgur.com/1NRPFyC.jpg

46 KEN LASZLO "Hey Hey Guy" [101 points, 3 votes]
http://youtu.be/Mz6EijdvyFw

I'm off to a meeting now. See you in a couple of hours.

Love for hire...is dangerouse.

Nothing I voted for has turned up yet but still <3 everything so far. Never really heard the much vaunted new order italo influence but they must have heard Dancing Therapy before making Bizarre Love Triangle.

'Eyes' is great but yeah I voted for 'Faces' instead.

I remember seeking 'I Like Chopin' out after reading the Pet Shop Boys saying it inspired the sound of 'Rent'.

excited for this poll!

never heard this dhuo track before, 'snice - i'm a fan of lower-bpm italo (under the ice, comanchero, etc)

<3 dancing therapy but i didn't vote for it

Spotify playlist (compiled in the UK, so maybe some "territory" issues to contend with): http://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/05H7bAFsbEJdhz6Uc0tVNu - inevitably, this will be far from complete!

this is my favorite song title in the poll

Thank you, mike t-diva!

I dug out Everlasting Fever on Friday and gave it a spin at our mainly italo-focussed night after being reminded how good it was on your mix.

Also played on Friday by another DJ was this one I don‘t recall being aware of before, but I am currently addicted to:

Bryvan Stage - Wayout!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBsiC9K-ZSI

new to me track i heard a DJ play at an italo night tonight, so killer

Jerry Moon - Over and Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlqPntfyxEk

^That's awesome.

I heard this for the first time earlier this year, probably the most beautiful italo track I've ever heard (doesn't seem to be mentioned in this thread):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUQ34YWT38

Over and Over is great...kills me when even the repressing are 25 dollars plus.

another nicolosi family banger:

Angie Care - Your Mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grzsNOJAgq4

Great memories of one of my DJ partners playing this down the years, such a beautiful heartbreaker.

Heard this one on a Hysteric mix recently and it really caught my ear.

Alfredo E. Muschietti – Winner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGqeU0JRsU

Also been enjoying this one I had overlooked previously involving some of the people behind Mr Flagio.

Art of Love - Looking Through The Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-wWhSVhzDM

love both of those!

another big weepy number:

Alyne - Over the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG3nLpZUukw

Very nice.

a vinyl IG account i follow posted this today, remembered that i was fully obsessed with this one earlier this year. arguably closer to hi-NRG/new wave than italo proper but a banger all the same

Cube - Concert Boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_z1CsYJCY

Concert boy b/w Building on Land is a great single, both sides. I remember the Cube album being decent too!

I wasn't familiar with Cube until I DJ'd an empty saturday at the record store Superior Elevation followed by Jexopolis who played them.

when i was 14 i had a friend who kept trying to make me listen to cube, but i never did because i was dumb :(

have liked what i've heard subsequently though - they sound pretty similar to new musik i think?

not Italo whatsoever, but this was the new wave band that Paul Griffiths was in before Cube, 10CC-esque nerdy power pop, pretty cool i think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHvNS9YEZg
Stadium Dogs - Easybeat (1978)

and getting back to Italo business, he also played guitar on this amazingness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4OHBQ-CHls
Jo Squillo & Kaos - Dammi Pace (Esplosioni d'Amore) (1984)

I first heard "Concert Boy" in 2020 and it quickly became my Lockdown-Summer-Bike-Ride-Earbuds jam

Concert Boy is a total total hammer and I am now reminded I need to get it into my collection. I didn’t know the connection with Jo Squillo - the LP that track is on is pretty great.

Didnt know Concert Boy, it's very Stacrk Club.

hi grady :-)

This Cube track is great too, as featured on Matthew Burgess & Jolyon Green's Originals comp for Claremont 56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCCnefDUDkY

I usually don't find much charm in many modern remixes of italo classics, but this version hits the spot:

Kano - IT'S A WAR (Purple Disco Machine & Lorenz Rhode Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88xb25fmtdg

these two claudio corradini tracks just got reissued by dark entries, orig. copies of each go for $100+ on discogs so i'm very glad of it. both killer, esp. love the alex molo track:

Garland - Heartbeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T6OeqVKpqA

Alex Molo - Look at Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8-EvEFb6CA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_D98RLPOI0

i got 7/10 :)

I got 6. Of the 4 I didn’t, 2 I should’ve.

yeah two of them i absolutely knew and have heard but couldn’t remember the artist or title. #9 was totally new to me. still the highest score i’ve ever gotten on a Blind Test video lol

Got 7.5, but was hoping for a 9 at least. It’s back to Italo school for me. Number 9 was new to me too.

In other news, I’ve been a bit obsessed with this one the last couple of weeks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JGj22dK794

love how there’s two italo tracks named “take me to the top” that are totally different but both excellent

posting here because it didn't go viral on my facebook page. Italoke. Italo Karaoke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXilW4uDl8

Good luck nailing the sound of the vocals!

Later period italo/euro may be too OTT for a lot of people’s taste, but this catchy one has a very entertaining TV appearance video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTgjjywCkSE

^ Dan speaking of Charlie - Space Woman Karaoke, has everyone heard this rather lovely recently on vinyl Canto-talo cover? Also includes a karaoke version!

https://soundcloud.com/sound-metaphors/sets/romain-fx-spacer-woman-bless-you-blessyou025

oh that's fun. where does one buy it?

They did an initial vinyl run, but it sold out immediately. I think I read there will be a repress.

Would be happy to buy digital but sounds like they might not have those rights?

repress of that 'spacer woman' cover is out now, i just ordered a copy from sound metaphors (not the cheapest option as a USian but they had a bunch of other stuff i wanted too)

RIP Nadia Cassini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7GMzPy8FQA

Also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBYvH3myqyg

that works insanely well

bumped the obit thread too but noting here that Celso Valli has passed, he had a hand in a lot of the tracks mentioned or voted for on this thread (including the song quoted in the thread title) and so much else besides, a real legend. just a small sample of his considerable oeuvre:

lama - love on the rocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldsYdX8pxNk

azoto - exalt exalt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB8bFf8iGtU

peter richard - walking in the neon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odjqqtCWywE

and this stunning ballad:

blue gas - shadows from nowhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYklI_5CoRs

total giant.

Azoto's Anytime or Place may be my most played 12" in disco sets.

One of the absolute best.

One of the quirkier ones is this one which my DJ buddy HP Sorcery plays a lot, so good:

Celso Valli – Pasta & Fagioli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZURimBlkVI

omg that is fantastic

put it on a mix with Stopp's I'm Hungry. Italo lyrics are really from a different plane of existence.

Rest In Peace.

Love those Lama and Blue Has tracks, must check out the others. RIP.

I just realised that he also had a hand in this rather singular new-wave-esque italo track, yet another banger:

Future State - Future State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i06AWiTXAs4