Old School Jams 3: the impossible poll

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Super Freak (Disco mix) -- Rick James	4
The Show (Original 12" vocal mix) -- Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew	3
You're the One for Me (Francois Kevorkian & Hubert Eaves III remix) -- "D" Train	3
Play at Your Own Risk (Original mix) -- Planet Patrol	3
Heartbeat (Larry Levan's club version) -- Taana Gardner	2
Let It Whip (Original mix) -- Dazz Band	2
Jam on It (Original 12" mix) -- Newcleus	1
Rock Steady (12" extended mix) -- The Whispers	1
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (Original 12" mix) -- Indeep	1
Candy Girl (Original 12" vocal version) -- New Edition	1
Word Up (12" vocal version) -- Cameo	1
Hangin' on a String (Extended dance mix) -- Loose Ends	1
You Dropped a Bomb on Me (Original version) -- Gap Band	1
A Night to Remember (Original mix) -- Shalamar	1
In My House (Original version) -- Mary Jane Girls	1
The Roof Is on Fire (Club DJ mix) -- Rock Master Scott and the Dynamic Three	0
Freak-a-Zoid (Full-length album version) -- Midnight Star	0
Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)(Original mix) -- Man Parrish	0
The Word Is Out (West mix extended version) -- Jermaine Stewart	0
Ain't Nothing Goin' on but the Rent (Original mix) -- Gwen Guthrie	0
Ladies Night (12" remix) -- Kool & the Gang	0
Rapture (Long version) -- Blondie	0
Rumors ( Long version) -- Timex Social Club	0
Celebration (Original mix) -- Kool & the Gang	0

― tipsy mothra, Monday, 22 December 2008 17:11 (seventeen years ago)

it's true that the sound on this somewhat reflects its budget-line origins, but i don't even care.

― tipsy mothra, Monday, 22 December 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)

D*Train all the way, though this is totally impossible. it's like the best "Drive at Five" one could possibly assemble.

― the table is the table, Monday, 22 December 2008 17:14 (seventeen years ago)

i'm torn between cameo, newcleus, the mary jane girls, jermaine stewart and indeep -- with everything else as a runner-up.

― tipsy mothra, Monday, 22 December 2008 17:19 (seventeen years ago)

holy shit Rock Steady by the Whispers that song friggin rules.

― Trip Maker, Monday, 22 December 2008 17:20 (seventeen years ago)

Super Freak, and it was pretty easy

― miss precious perfect (musically), Monday, 22 December 2008 17:21 (seventeen years ago)

i think i have to vote newcleus for personal/nostalgia reasons. song was hugely influential on my listening habits.

― tipsy mothra, Monday, 22 December 2008 17:23 (seventeen years ago)

The Show no contest

― There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 December 2008 17:23 (seventeen years ago)

Rick James or Rock Master Scott or Indeep

I have never heard the "long version" of Rapture!

― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Monday, 22 December 2008 17:43 (seventeen years ago)

― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 20:08 (seventeen years ago)

― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 20:11 (seventeen years ago)

Oh shit, "Super Freak" vs "You Dropped a Bomb". Can't decide yet.

― I Was a Teenage Armchair Hongro Fan (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:26 (seventeen years ago)

This is the first time I've really & truly thrown up the white flag of defeat for a poll. Any choice would be arbitrary, there are like 15 songs here that deserve to win. Brain is broke.

― Bored American Aerospace Defense Command (BORAD) (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:29 (seventeen years ago)

Okay, I lied. Word Up.

― Bored American Aerospace Defense Command (BORAD) (contenderizer), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

top 3
Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)(Original mix) -- Man Parrish
Hangin' on a String (Extended dance mix) -- Loose Ends
Jam on It (Original 12" mix) -- Newcleus

― Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

easy access to old soul train clips are why youtube was invented (i like to think)

might vote "heartbeat" here which is next-level sublime

― lyndonna larouge (donna rouge), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:39 (seventeen years ago)

IS why

― lyndonna larouge (donna rouge), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:40 (seventeen years ago)

does the wgn superstation run old soul trains on saturdays or is that just in chicago?

― expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 23 December 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 27 December 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Has to be the perennially underrated "Play At Your Own Risk".

― mike t-diva, Saturday, 27 December 2008 12:10 (seventeen years ago)

A freaking smorgasboard of choices poll from someone who clearly FAILED to let me download it from them FIRST. I'm still waiting on a sufficent punishment for this crime, stay tuned, Mothra. The nuns of oblivion are going send your soul to Satan for this. Be ready.

I could be wrong, but I think there might some booty shaking involved in this mix.

― Budget Pinata (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 27 December 2008 12:28 (seventeen years ago)

Went for Taana Gardner but there are plenty of good tracks here. Gwen Guthrie, Cameo, Indeep, D train and Doug E Fresh all classic.

― The Strawman that hilariously sets fire to itself (Sven Hassel Schmuck), Saturday, 27 December 2008 13:15 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 28 December 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

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