Magma - Merci ("Ooh, ooh baby")

I hope no one votes for the first track.  It had been a while since I'd last played this  Despite its reputation, I think this is a good album on the whole.  Even the first track I don't lament, as it amuses me as a Magma release.  I like all of their tracks minus the first.  Incidentally the "Otis" version here is much better than that youtube clip of Vander singing it on French TV, though that tickles my funny-bone.  "Do the Music" is fun, as is "I Must Return" (not very Magma, sure, but enjoyable).  "Elephas Levi" will probably take this as it's something of a standout, and the longest (unlike the fisrt track that stands out, but not in such a  positive way).  Lovely.  I really love "The Night we Died".

Despite its reputation, I think Merci is NOT a stinker myself. Good disco.

I don't know what piece I'd vote, I have to listen to it again (which is something not many people can apparently bear to do ).

For me it's between "Eliphas Levi" and "The Night we Died." I also really do like "Otis' though.  "The Night we Died" is a track I'd recommend to anyone who doesn't think Magma can make really beautiful, poignant-sounding music, but I like that it ends in an interesting way.

Here's some nice concert footage of "Otis":



And a humorous version from French TV with subtitles in case you don't catch the lyrics.



And if people click on this link,I don't expect that they'll be thanking me: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6remm_01-magma-call-from-the-dark-ooh-ooh_music

I'm voting for Otis.  I've liked the song since I first watched the humorous version from French television, because whether it's hilarious like that version or comparatively normal like the album version, the bass is good, and the song is at least a huge step up from Ooh Ooh Baby 

Sckxyss wrote: I listened to this album once, then promptly deleted it from my hard drive, so I can't say..

So did I.

I did burn it onto a blank CD first though, just in case I'd ever be crazy enough to try it again.

I like funk, but I really hate disco. 

I don't want to hijack the thread either (well, maybe ), but nice avatar. 

MovingPictures07 wrote: AHHHH! IT BURNS!

This.

hehe that video of Otis, so bad its goood...

I went with "Elephas Levi", but I thought "The Night we Died" might have got a vote or two -- I find it simple and beautiful.  I don't even mind the first track which is the obvious weakest point.  It's so cheesy; it amuses me.

I originally had thought about making this poll Magma's Merci vs. Musique Noise's Fulmines Regularis.