Favorite Sylvester Song??

**Robbie** · May 11th, 2002, 07:12 PM

With the mention of Sylvester over at the "Disappointing Disco" thread, I thought I'd ask you guys what your favorite song by Sylvester is.

My faves are:

1. DANCE (DISCO HEAT)--This is my all-time fave Sylvester song. I even use the hook from that song as my signature. The version from Step II was the best one. Martha and Izora's vocal accomodations made the song so great, with their varied chants after the hooks towards the end. I can never get tired of this song. I feel that it is always overshadowed by "Mighty Real".

2. I NEED YOU--I heard this song for the first time during one of Jellybean's mixes on WKTU many years ago. I loved it the first time I heard it. Again, the ending where his background singers let their vocal talents shift into high gear. Jellybean mixed the ending of this song with Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam" at the intro, where "Felly" (before we knew who "Ya Kid 'K'" was) sings "Pump up the jam, pump it up... ("I Need You" didn't completely fade out until "Jam" got around to "...and you'll find out if you do that").

3. STARS--The lengthy instrumental break in between the song gives me images of wandering off into some no man's land with fierce, gusting winds all around me.

4. (YOU MAKE ME FEEL) MIGHTY REAL--Despite it becoming a disco cliche in the tradition of "I Will Survive" and "Good Times", the version from the album Step II is the best.

5. DO YOU WANNA FUNK--Sylvester didn't pan out from disco music the way almost everyone else did by 1980. This was from the early 80's.

**Voyage** · May 11th, 2002, 07:38 PM

You Make Me Feel Mighty Real
Dance With Me At The Disco Heat

**NickNack** · May 11th, 2002, 07:41 PM

My two favorites are actually 'covers':

I Who Have Nothing
Fever

**Funky Dude** · May 11th, 2002, 08:18 PM

My favourites are:

I've Been Down 1972 (A great soul/funk classic)

Over & Over 1976 (My number one favourite)

Down, Down, Down 1977

Dance (Disco Heat) 1978

Grateful 1978 (I wish there was an extended version of this)

Body Strong 1979

**BrunoRepublic** · May 11th, 2002, 09:16 PM

I'll go with "I Need Somebody To Love Tonight"

**maarten** · May 11th, 2002, 10:41 PM

Do you wanna funk (answer: yes, please!)

**sirius** · May 12th, 2002, 12:46 AM

Dear Friends! Now it´s my turn again...
There´s too much, what I love ...
But I love to play now:
1)LOVIN IS REALLY MY GAME(You know the orig.
from BRAINSTORM;SYLVESTER covered it 1984)
2)MAGIC NUMBER(he did the vocals for this
Herbie Hancock Track in 1981; 12"-Version
about 9 Minutes)
3)Did you ever heard "Sell My Soul"???
4)"Give It Up" from the Album "TOO HOT TO
SLEEP"(1981/Is there a longer version
available?)
These are the trax I´m working with nowadays.
Cosmic Love & Kisses From SIRIUS & DARKTUNES

**paul** · May 12th, 2002, 01:05 AM

Dance (Disco Heat)

**HustleBaby** · May 12th, 2002, 08:00 PM

My favorites of Sylvester's are:

1.I Need You
2.Dance Disco Heat
3.Mighty Real

*DELIGHTFUL*

**DJ P** · May 13th, 2002, 03:14 AM

'Dance (Disco Heat)' and 'Mighty Real'.

**The Lord of Flatbush** · May 13th, 2002, 06:01 AM

Here's are some sleepers by Sylvester:

Menergy - Import 12" to which I thought was better than Patrick Cowley's version.

Tell Me - A mid, tempo groove to which I liked very much. Thanks Unidisc.....

Someone Like You - Mixed by Larry Levan

**Fantomas** · May 13th, 2002, 06:08 AM

Mighty Real

**Blaxman** · May 13th, 2002, 09:50 AM

- OVER & OVER

- despite cliché "YOU MAKE ME FEEL"(MIGHT REAL)

Blaxman

**markydefad** · May 13th, 2002, 03:22 PM

The best are probably "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" & "Dance (Disco Heat)"--but I'm gonna put in a plug for two covers that Syl did well by: "Band Of Gold" & "Living For The City".

Also, there was a nice cover of "Cry Me A River" (the Joe Cocker arrangement) that was more in the rock vein.

In the ballad vein, what about: Here Is My Love" with Jeanie Tracy, "Too Hot To Sleep" and his cover of Miss Patti LaBelle's "You Are My Friend"?

I'd want all those on a definitive retrospective compilation. BUT, probably NO ONE but me would think to add any of them. What say? Prove me wrong.

**Boodikka** · May 13th, 2002, 03:47 PM

" I Need You" and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real". "I Need You" was remade in a rap version by Joeski Love ("I Know She Likes Joe").

**The Lord of Flatbush** · May 13th, 2002, 07:11 PM

On 2002-05-13 16:47, Boodikka wrote:
" I Need You" and "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real". "I Need You" was remade in a rap version by Joeski Love ("I Know She Likes Joe").

On that note, Sell My Soul and I Need You were two, great songs on that same LP.

**guille** · May 16th, 2002, 01:22 PM

It is hard to believe that nobody mentioned "I (Who Have Nothing)" one of the most elaborated Disco masterpieces. If you haven't got the chance to hear it, do so. It is the essence of Sylvester's persona.
Have a Disco Life.

**jack** · May 16th, 2002, 01:42 PM

actaully, someone all ready did mention "I who have nothing " on the first page { one of my faves also } but another one of my faves that up to now was ovrlooked is "Takin Love into My own Hands "

**totoman** · May 17th, 2002, 07:16 AM

I've always loved "I Need You" the most and it is great to see that so many other people hold it in such high regard too.

I actually burnt a greatest hits CD for myself last week and included "One Night Only" which (IMO) he improved upon the original Dreamgirls recordings.

toto

**SandraDee** · May 18th, 2002, 06:14 AM

I rather like Sex (the track that is; well that as well!) from the M1015 LP.(I think that was the title from 1984). This was a better one from his Megatone days.

**discodjinn** · May 19th, 2002, 01:23 PM

Favorite dance tracks:
"In My Fantasy" studio cut from the live album;
"I Need Somebody To Love Tonight" from Stars;
"Give It Up" from Too Hot to Sleep.

I also really, really like some of Sylvester's soul songs:
"My Life Is Loving You" and "Change Up" from Sell My Soul;
"Thinking Right," "Too Hot To Sleep," and "Here Is My Love" from Too Hot To Sleep.

Now that I think about it, I also enjoyed the Tip Wirrick compositions "Be With You" and "Don't Stop" from the mid-eighties.

**disco1999** · May 19th, 2002, 05:00 PM

Be with you (12 inch version)
Disco heat

**Discomanic** · May 25th, 2002, 05:13 PM

It's nice to see Sylvester has not been forgotten. Does anyone have any news on the Documentary that was in the works. I was corresponding with one of guys that was working on it but he has since moved from NYC after the September 11 attack and no longer working on the project. The producer didn't have an email address. Also, Megatone promised a Boxed Set with concert footage, no longer hear about that.

**The Lord of Flatbush** · May 25th, 2002, 05:21 PM

On 2002-05-16 14:22, guille wrote:
It is hard to believe that nobody mentioned "I (Who Have Nothing)" one of the most elaborated Disco masterpieces. If you haven't got the chance to hear it, do so. It is the essence of Sylvester's persona.
Have a Disco Life.

I couldn't agree with you more. This is one 12" that was one of my favorites, to which I need to pull out of my files and play.