STRONGEST EMOTION, THE DISCO EXPLOSION: It's the Grand ILM Disco Poll nomination thread (nomination time ends on Friday, November 1st)

Okay, we're finally gonna poll the most fabulous genre of them all, disco! This thread is for you to nominating disco tunes for the grand poll. But before you start typing, there are some important rules for the nominations! So please read the instructions below...

1) You can nominate up to 20 tracks.

2) The poll is for tracks released between 1972 and 1984 only. This is so that no proto-disco or disco house or stuff like that will be included. However, you can vote for newer remixes, as long as the remixed tune originally came out between 1972 and 1984. So, for example, the new remixes Tom Moulton did for this compilation are valid, even though they were only published in 2012, since the original tunes are from the 70s and early 80s.

3) I've already compiled a big list of important disco tracks, which can be viewed below:

The nomination list

All the stuff that's on list is already included in the poll, so you don't have to nominate any of them. Before you nominate anything, please check it isn't already on the list!

The reasons for compiling the list are to make sure no big tune is omitted from the poll, and to give people the chance to nominate more personal and obscure favourites. I'm gonna be updating the linked list and adding all the new nominations there.

4) The only disco offshoots that should be included in the poll are boogie and Italo, which are very close to "proper" disco anyway. I'm not gonna disqualify any nomination, but I hope you won't nominate stuff like old school rap, electro, new wave, or early house music. They may have been influence by disco, but they're not disco music!

5) Unless otherwise specified, I'm gonna assume your nomination is for the 12 inch version of the tune. If you want to nominate some other version (a remix, an album version, etc), please make it clear in your post.

6) Remixes are treated as separate entries, if they were mixed by someone else than the track's original producer. You can nominate and vote for these kind of remixes separate from the original tune. However, extended versions, 12 inch mixes and other such versions mixed by the track's original producer do not count as separate mixes.

7) The nominations close on Friday, the 1st of November.

Now go on, start diggin' those grooves!

I'm not nearly qualified to vote, but I'm looking forward to the results.

http://i.imgur.com/72MuIq0.gif

I'm sure most ILXors know plenty of good disco tunes, so everyone is qualified to vote.

This song is credited to both The Joubert Singers and Celestial Choir, but they are the same band. It's often miscredited as having been remixed by Larry Levan, but apparently that isn't true, and Levan's names was only added to some bootleg versions of the single to improve sales. There's also a later version of the tune produced by Tony Humphries that has a different, synth-heavy sound.

Had always sort of wondered about this.

Also, YAY!

I've only discovered this track Paulinho Da Costa did with Philip Bailey within the last year, but it took no time at all to become one of my favorite disco tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J70a9Hf0Q-Y

"Déjà vu" (1979)

Will be cross-referencing tuomas.doc with my own perseonal list this evening.

stoked

2) The poll is for tracks released between 1972 and 1984 only.

Tough but fair.

1) You can nominate up to 12 tracks.

Diabolical!

ya wtf we need more noms bro

why do you get to nominate 613 tracks & we only get 12 each?

haha

Nah, 12 is a good number.

And if 10 people nom, that will be 120 songs, and so on

i dont think it's a big deal

...

do you realize how many disco tracks there are?

Any indication yet on how many songs go on the ballots?

this isn't the pearl jam ballot poll folx

I probably won't even use all 12 of my allotted noms. Or I might. But I probably won't.

sounds like you really know a lot about disco

I'm going to have to rethink what I nominate and when.

Please for the love of God let ballots be at least 50 slots!

I get by. xp

oh wait

we can only *vote* for 12?

i was confused & thought the 12 was irt nominations ie that Tumoas meant we could only add up to 12 songs to the complete master nom list if we found it wanting

dude i need to vote for 20 *at least*

i am confused

it is 12 noms

still not enuff tho

ok i will leave u to yr pedantry

as you were :)

i nominate

peech boys - don't make me wait (larry levan mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHF8tXaTIqg

only one nomination after all that carping

lol stfu i'm saving em up

super stoked!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xCsuNqnGc

i nominate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UosgUV3XbQ0

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THJvfMH7BxY

and this, which may be a bit jazz-funk i don't know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZTkR3qo2RM

and my favourite chic song, after 'at last i'm free'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqPmqXy7nc

are all the embeds cool?

YES! Will be voting for that Tamiko Jones jam.

i think it might be in my top 5.

I was considering between the 10 and 15 noms, 12 felt like a nice compromise. But if it looks like there haven't been enough nominations by November 1st, I may consider giving you some extra. But let's see first what people do with those 12 noms.

why do you get to nominate 613 tracks & we only get 12 each?

I get this point, but there are many tunes among those 613 I don't like at all. It's supposed to be a list of my favourites, I simply tried to compile a reasonably comprehensive list of well-known underground and mainstream disco tunes. Like I said, in some earlier polls I've noticed some very obvious choices have been left out altogether because people tend to nominate less known, more personal favourites, so the point of the list is to stop that from happening.

if you're gonna post youtube embeds can you at least type out the names so we can ctrl+F them

No embeds on the thread, please. You can start a separate campaigning thread if you want to post them, or simply post non-embedded links.

Also, please post your nominations as text, not as Youtube links. I don't want to start compiling the noms various links, they should all be written in this thread.

if you're gonna post youtube embeds can you at least type out the names so we can ctrl+F them

This is a good point too. Just write down your nominations, it shouldn't be too much trouble.

Johnny Fever, did you mean to nominate that Paulinho da Costa tune?

Paulinho Da Costa - Déjà vu

1/12

George Benson - Give Me The Night
KC & the Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus

3/12

here are two noms off the top of my head, seem like some fairly big omissions:

Claudja Berry - Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes (1978)
La Flavour - Mandolay (1980)

ok ok:

tamiko jones - can't live without your love
john davis & the monster orchestra - love magic
powerline - double journey
chic - i want your love
eddie kendricks - going up in smoke
johnny mathis - it's alright to love me
advance - take me to the top
ashford & simpson - bourgie bourgie

(8/12)

Phreek - Weekend

Or Something, the Advance track is already on the list, so you have 5 noms left.

I'd like to submit a track for debate before formally nominating it: Kiss - I Was Made for Lovin' You

y/n?

Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus

This is a borderline case, but I think the case can be made that fits here. I do hope, though, that anyone who thinks of nominating any tune with rapping really considers whether or not it's disco before posting it here.

Hard to find stuff that's not on the list ... let's see...

Convertion - Let's Do It
Sylvia Love - Instant Love

I've nothing against that Kiss tune. In fact I was kinda hoping that you folks would nominate some rock-disco hybrids that I might've forgotten about, as my knowledge of rock music is weak.

Hot Blood - Soul Dracula
Chi-Chi Favelas and the Black and White Band - Rock Solid
Soraya - If
Brenda Harris - Freakin Freak
Marta Acuna - Dance, Dance, Dance
Fist-O-Funk Orchestra - New York Strut
Francie Simone - Let Your Body Run
Starpoint - Get Ready, Get Down
Halloween - Love Energy
Delight - Is It Too Late
Herbie Hancock - You Bet Your Love

20/20

Stuff that should be on the list that isn't yet:

Droids - Shanti Dance (parts 1 & 2)
Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man
Giorgio Moroder - Knights in White Satin

Tuomas (or anyone else who has an opinion on this), would 'Lovelines' or 'My Body Keeps Changing My Mind' by Karen Carpenter be eligible for the poll? They were recorded between 1979-80 but not released until 1989 and 1996, your first post says 'tracks released between 1972 and 1984 only', so I guess maybe not?

Yeah, if they were released only after 1984, they're not eligible.

Thewufs, "Sunset Driver" by Michael Jackson may have been recorded in the 1970s, but I can't find any info that it was released until 2004. So unless you can prove it was actually released between 1972 and 1984, it's not valid.

Kitchen Person, "Romeo & Juliet" by Alec R. Costandinos was already nommed, so you get one extra nomination.

The track list should now be up to date. Only two days left to nominate!

So we have hundreds of nominations and somehow none yet for this prime early disco hit, no less from someone who was at least as much a trailblazer as Moulton or Moroder or anyone else I can think of:

Silvia - Pillow Talk

- i'll also nominate:
Cher - Take Me Home
Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine
Four Seasons, The - Who Loves You

finally a couple of TV show theme songs, not sure if they intrinsically qualify but both of these are prime disco grooves that were extended to full-length tracks, issued on 45s, and were hits in some countries:

Sammy Davis Jr. - Baretta's Theme (written by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames)
Jack Jones - The Love Boat theme (written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox)

Any chance of a few more nomination slots? Just for completeness, like.

Hot Blood - Baby Frankenstein

can someone please ffs nominate: tamiko jones - let it flow

Will have my other 8 nominations set in stone in a little bit. Making a lot of disco ball Sophie's choices.

I've been wavering on whether to nominate the first two, but on the "crossovers more disco than rock" principle:

Public Image Ltd - Swan Lake
Gang of Four - I Love a Man in Uniform

and, on gr8080's behalf:

Tamiko Jones - Let it Flow

(7/20)

thank you

Hall and Oates - Portable Radio
Beach Boys - Here Comes the Night

I've been away from internet access for a couple of weeks, but thought I'd add to the fairly complete noms list:

Affinity - Don't Go Away
Beasley, Watson - Breakaway
Boule Noir - Discomania
Cela - I'm in Love
Electra - Feels Good
Hudson, Al - You Can Do It (Get Up and Do Your Thang)
Invisible Man's Band - All Night Thing
Rosebud - Have a Cigar

8/20

Demis Roussous - I Dig You
Don Ray - Body And Soul
K.I.D. - You Don't Like My Music
Paul Jabara - Pleasure Island
Paper Dolls - Get Down Boy

5/20

The Jimmy Castor Bunch- Psych-Out

20/20

The Staples Singers - Slippery People
Aleem ‎– Release Yourself
Esther Williams - I'll be your Pleasure
'Lectric Workers - Robot is Systematic
Zulema - Giving Up

I love that "have a cigar" cover.

Talking Heads - I Zimbra (debated including this, cause its kinda out there, but Alice Echols includes in the "disco playlist" in her book Hot Stuff, and I barely used any of my votes, so...

4/20

hey Tuomas ,FYI I just noticed that Chaka Khan - "I'm Every Woman" is listed twice on the spreadsheet (under 'C' and 'K').

Thanks! This is the last day to nominate, but I'll be going to sleep soon, so let's say the nominations will close tomorrow morning after I wake up... I'll give you until 8 AM GMT tomorrow to post any final nominations you may have, so there's still 10 hours.

This is an amazing list of noms, well done all.

I've been wavering on whether to nominate the first two, but on the "crossovers more disco than rock" principle:

Public Image Ltd - Swan Lake
Gang of Four - I Love a Man in Uniform

I listened to these two, and I don't think they're disco. "I Love a Man in Uniform" might be a borderline case, so I'll allow that, but "Swan Lake" is clearly new wave rock, which I said in the initial shouldn't be nominated in this poll. I know I said I wouldn't disqualify any nominations, but I have to draw the line somewhere, sorry. No "Swan Lake".

The same applies to "One of the Lads" by 4" be 2". I'm not sure if it was a joke nomination or something, but it's quite obviously not disco at all, so it's out.

In place of "Swan Lake," a crossover as much disco as jazz:

Sun Ra, "UFO"

(7/20)

I'm out of nominations, but if anyone would like to nominate these I'll be super-grateful:

Jakki - Sun Sun Sun (Walter Gibbons Remix)
Crystal Grass - Crystal World
Evelyn "Champagne" King - I don't know if it's right
La Flavour - When the whistle blows
Busta Jones - (You) Keep on making me hot
Easy Going - Baby I love you
Kleeer - Happy Me
Montreal Sound - Music
Patrick Cowley - Get a Little

Jakki - Sun Sun Sun (Walter Gibbons Remix)
Crystal Grass - Crystal World
Evelyn "Champagne" King - I don't know if it's right
La Flavour - When the whistle blows
Busta Jones - (You) Keep on making me hot
Easy Going - Baby I love you
Kleeer - Happy Me
Montreal Sound - Music
Patrick Cowley - Get a Little

13/20

Don Ray - Midnight Madness

14/20

Guy Cuevas - Obsession

15/20

thanks!!!

no prob

I meant to specify the "nassau mix" of "obsession" but i have not heard the "london mix" tbh

Bee Gees - Tragedy
Bee Gees - Love You inside Out

15/20

The Whatnauts - Help is on the Way
Tenderness - Keep on Trying
Goody Goody - Super Jock
The Superbs - Party Together
Fathers Children - Hollywood Dreaming
Tito Puente - Wata Wasuri (don't sleep if you dig the Candido disco stuff)

First Choice - Smarty Pants

20/20

My last 5 noms:

Madonna - Holiday
Madonna - Burning Up
Madonna - Everybody
Digital Emotion - Don't Stop
Moroder, Giorgio - I Wanna Funk With You Tonight

And also these big hits don't seem to have been nominated yet:

Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (no 3 US)
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (no 1 US)
KC and the Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man (no 1 US)

thanks, kent.

Just went with the top most-played disco songs in my iTunes library that haven't been nominated yet:

Sister Sledge, "One More Time"
Stevie Wonder, "Another Star"
Was (Not Was), "Wheel Me Out"
Tom Browne, "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips And Move)"
High Fidelity, "Magic Carpet"
Donna Summer, "I Remember Yesterday"
Deodato, "Night Cruiser"
Parliament, "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)"

20/20

The nominations are now closed. Thanks for everyone!

Shit shit shit, so I was right about to post the following if they can squeak by - if not not, I understand:

Michael Jackson - Get On the Floor
The Jacksons - Wondering Who
The Jacksons - Your Ways
Donna Summer - Love Is In Control (Finger On the Trigger)
Earth, Wind and Fire - Fall in Love With Me

Also, if you've never heard the Jacksons album Triumph, go out and buy that shit now. It's as good as Off the Wall - maybe better. There are no bad songs, no mediocre songs - even the ballad, "Time Waits for No One," is dope. That record is straight fire.

Still not nominated:

C. J. & Company - Devil's Gun
Salsoul Orchestra - Tangerine

Thewufs, I'll accept your last minute nominations, but they'll be the last tunes I'll add to the list. The nominations are closed, I'll try to start the voting thread later today.

Oog.... Inner Life tracks not nominated ("Moment of My Life," "I Like It Like That")

"Moment of My Life" is on the list.

Oof forgot the entire point of my nominations post -- Donna McGhee "It Ain't No Big Thing". Killer Patrick Adams/Red Greg steez.

THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT! It's the Grand ILM Disco Poll voting thread (voting ends on Sunday, December 1st)

Also, if you've never heard the Jacksons album Triumph, go out and buy that shit now. It's as good as Off the Wall - maybe better. There are no bad songs, no mediocre songs - even the ballad, "Time Waits for No One," is dope. That record is straight fire.

― thewufs

Completely agree with all of this.

there should be a month of campaigning before the voting opens imo (but I still won't be able to listen, so ignore me!)