Party in the Comments!
I’m sorry, U2. Forgive me, The Pogues. The whole time we were in Ireland, I couldn’t get Beyoncé out of my frickin’ head. After we rented the car, I used “Irreplaceable” as a gentle yet insistent reminder on which lane to drive in at all times.
“To the left, to the left.”
Speaking of music, I’ve lost track of how many times the Manly Fireplug and I have gotten laid to the sounds of Massive Attack, Boards of Canada, and Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ (seriously, try it sometime).
So I’m soliciting suggestions for Best Sex Music Ever. Fire away.
well… you’ve already covered Massive Attack which is one of my enduring favourites for getting laid to. Other than a few fashionable entries into the mix that seem to disappear as quickly as they are added, I would have to suggest some Portishead. Preferably their live album.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:54 amHmmm…well, I haven’t actually tried this, but I think Sigur Ros might make for good sex music. It’s very atmospheric, otherworldly and emotional.
January 4th, 2008 at 8:44 amI gotta go with Roxy Music, I think.
January 4th, 2008 at 9:07 amI’ll have to give Boards of Canada a good listen…saw their site and haven’t given them some time to sink into my head yet…That said…best screw music for me this season has been Trentmoller, his new compilation album makes for great slow hypnotic sex.
January 4th, 2008 at 9:51 amI would have to go with something more recent like Nine Inch Nails-Fu@k You Like An Animal…
January 4th, 2008 at 10:51 amOur 2007 shag album has been ‘Out of the Woods’ by Tracey Thorn. Fabulously sexy and deep… Just like good sex should be.
January 4th, 2008 at 1:22 pmI lost my virginity to the KISS album, “Lick It Up,” which I thought was appropriate. Garbriel’s, “Last Temptation of Christ,” is a seriously beautiful (and sexy!) work. I thought I was the only one who knew that.
January 4th, 2008 at 11:49 pmfor some romantic sex I think the best album is Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós.
I used to love having sex to portishead too.
January 5th, 2008 at 9:01 amI was first introduced to Gabriel’s “Passion” about 14 years ago by a guy I was then dating. I’ve done my best over the years to share it with particularly worthy bed-partners. Every one of them has been surprised it was written for the Last Temptation Christ, but all agree it is staggeringly beautiful and sensual. It invariably leads to jokes about the “passion.”
January 5th, 2008 at 5:10 pmOK, I’m going to brand myself forever as a complete freak, but the greatest sex music of all time is Alexander Scriabin’s POEM OF ECSTASY. About 22 minutes. Starts softly, then relentlessly builds, surges, and falls away. Like edging – taking you right to the brink, then pulling back, only to slam back into you with even greater cumulative power. Times when it’s like thousands of tiny tongues just flicking away and others when it’s like you’re in the ring getting the shit beat out of you. It’s music you can ride like a wave & if you let it, it carries you to some amazing places. But I’m sure it would be an acquired taste for most.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:37 pmSinead O’Connor’s, “Put Your Hands On Me”
January 6th, 2008 at 3:08 pmI honestly don’t have any music I particularly like when getting laid. My favorite sound is my other half panting and crying out very dirty things.
January 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pmpassion has always been the best sex music!!!
January 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pm“Foolish Beat” by Debbie Gibson.
January 7th, 2008 at 11:26 amAnything by ‘Coil,’ but especially ‘Love’s Secret Domain.’
January 7th, 2008 at 10:38 pmanything sarah mclachlan but i especially love ‘possesion’.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:36 amRough sex? Nine Inch Nails.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:48 amTry The Stone Roses self-titled first album.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:48 amIf you were still getting stoned, I’d suggest Love And Rockets, especially Express. Might still work, come to think of it.
January 9th, 2008 at 8:21 amIggy and the Stooges’ “Raw Power”
January 14th, 2008 at 3:45 pmIt’s only one track but check out Offer Nissim’s Club Mix of Maya’s “Be my Boyfriend”. Raw, primal, and very Very VERY dirty…
January 17th, 2008 at 5:45 pmUnderworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Spiritualized – Pure Phase, Laser Guided Melodies, Complete Works Vol.1
Working For A Nuclear Free City – Businessmen & Ghosts
Doves – Lost Souls
Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas
Air – Moon Safari
Craig Armstong – The Space Between Us
Goldfrapp – Black Cherry
All road tested with excellent results…
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:31 pmHere goes;
Kraftwerk – “Autobahn” – 20+minutes long and grooving…
Bowie – “putting out fire with gasoline” and the entire soundtrack from “Cat People” – rough and tumble..
KMF – “Last train to transcentral” – locomotion unleashed…
I used to mix music for the early days of “Mike’s Night Gallery” before the Mayor tried to shut it down… so I know a lot of people got off to some of my favorite sex tunes
January 31st, 2008 at 11:20 pmLate. Halloween night, 1991. The El. A swarthy boy in a biker jacket with a careless glance. A sparse apartment downtown near the State Street stop.
Cocteau Twins, the box set. The entire box set.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:00 pmHey Michael,
Not sure if you got my emails but Ted and I are coming to SF over President’s/Valentine’s weekend and staying in SOMA.
We’d love to get together with you.
–Rob
February 5th, 2008 at 8:21 pmhey! we have been partying in the comments for a LONG TIME. did you roadtest everything? witholding party foul! results pls kthx xoxo
February 11th, 2008 at 6:28 amAppetite For Destruction by GnR.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:48 amFor sex, my partner and I generally prefer dancey-housey stuff (Matinee compilations, Deep Dish), darker music with a beat (Starseeds, Burial, Colder), post-Pink Floyd stoner music (Sigur Ros, Radiohead), electronic noise (Pan Sonic, Murcof), or good ol’ r-n-r (Led Zep).
A random list:
April 6th, 2008 at 4:18 amSigur Ros
JD Slater
Led Zep
Deep Dish: Toronto
Starseeds: Parallel Life
Pan Sonic
Black Strobe: A Remix Collection
Colder: Again
Massive Attack
Grace Jones
Flying Lizards: The Secret Dub Life of Flying Lizards
Burial: Untrue
Fripp & Eno: Beyond Even
Diva by Annie Lennox. Really good, when we can plan that far in advance.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:34 pm