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Post by moimoi on Aug 11, 2015 23:04:07 GMT -5
moimoi's key elements of good 'getting it on' music:
1. must be at least 30 minutes in duration (I mean, c'mon)
2. must be consistent, so that neither party is tempted to get up and change the music
3. must set the mood for what's about to go down
On this last point, please note that I will be making assumptions about how you get down based on what you post (nothing against 21-minute hardcore EPs, but they're a bit incongruous with a sensual experience). No need for graphic details, but I'm interested in rationale.
To start, I'll offer two albums - one that someone put on for me and one that I would put on for a special someone:
1) Sun Ra - Supersonic Jazz (1956) - A very cool guy that I had known for some time put this on when I found myself in his 5th floor walk-up around 2am years back. It starts out mysterious and exotic before cycling through various tempos and styles, from sweet and melancholy to peppy and, er, rhythmic. Good for exploring and having fun with someone you don't know very well, but would like to know better.
2) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) - Before you roll your eyes, hear me out! This is some intense background music for when you're deep, deep into someone (and ew, no, I don't mean like that!). If you can make it to the 29-minute mark, Sometimes builds slowly to a crescendo and settles before the euphoria of Blown a Wish kicks in. It's the soundtrack to the hipster porno in my mind. I've said too much.
Now your turn...
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Post by Lord Lucan on Aug 12, 2015 6:44:04 GMT -5
I was expecting the subject to be tracks about fucking (whether conducive thereof or not), rather than the best full-length albums to fuck to. This is more useful.
I don't have compelling individual rationales; they're all mostly of a piece. R&B, trip hop, electronica. Oft hazy, nocturnal atmospherics that are variously sleazy and seductive. Conducive to the slow and deliberate, certainly, and yet not incongruous with sex that, if memory serves, CAH eloquently describes as "primal, ball-slapping".
1) Weeknd, "House of Balloons"
2) Clams Casino, "Instrumentals"
3) Massive Attack, "Mezzanine"
4) Disclosure, "Settle"
5) Portishead, "Dummy"
6) xx, "The xx"
I'll reaffirm my conviction that Roxy Music's "Avalon" is as close to an aural panty remover as you're likely to find, though of dubious application here given its tunefulness.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Aug 12, 2015 7:07:39 GMT -5
Massive Attack's Mezzanine album is perfect for this.
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Post by moimoi on Aug 12, 2015 12:17:10 GMT -5
Lord Lucan, considering at least 75% of music is about fucking, I figured some additional parameters were needed. And I'm in total agreement about Massive Attack - manages to be sexy without being cliche, like Al Green or Barry White. (Don't get me wrong, I ADORE Al Green, but since I know those songs so well, if a guy put it on for me, I'd be distracted thinking "what kind of Maxim-reading cheeseball am I dealing with here?"). I'm on the fence about stuff like Beach House - which is quite pretty and soothing, but seemingly made to soundtrack intimate moments. It wouldn't turn me off, but being a music snob, it wouldn't particularly impress me either.
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Post by Djse (and a Sack of Cats) on Aug 12, 2015 12:18:52 GMT -5
Slowdive, Blue Day
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Post by Lord Lucan on Aug 12, 2015 12:53:52 GMT -5
Lord Lucan, considering at least 75% of music is about fucking, I figured some additional parameters were needed. And I'm in total agreement about Massive Attack - manages to be sexy without being cliche, like Al Green or Barry White. (Don't get me wrong, I ADORE Al Green, but since I know those songs so well, if a guy put it on for me, I'd be distracted thinking "what kind of Maxim-reading cheeseball am I dealing with here?"). I'm on the fence about stuff like Beach House - which is quite pretty and soothing, but seemingly made to soundtrack intimate moments. It wouldn't turn me off, but being a music snob, it wouldn't particularly impress me either. You delineated the boundaries judiciously. I don't like the idea of standard, melody-centric music in general for this purpose, myself. The idea should be to create a certain sonic ambience and pulsating, rhythmic undergirding that's atmospheric but otherwise steady and non-intrusive. I like Beach House, but it's too often melancholy to fuck to. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Aug 12, 2015 15:24:36 GMT -5
The playlist I have for extended sessions with Tonks is about 3 hours long. That's not bragging - we put it on shuffle.
Key albums - which are all instrumental or wordless vocals:
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Mychael Dyana - Kama Sutra OST
Dead Can Dance - Aion/The Serpent's Egg (tracks with lyrics taken out)
Howard Shore - Crash OST
James Horner - The Name Of The Rose OST
Clint Mansell - The Fountain OST
(...with a special note that the track 'Death is The Road To Awe' is especially great for sex-magick fisting. Should that be useful.)
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Post by Judkins Moaner on Aug 12, 2015 20:25:30 GMT -5
2) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) - Before you roll your eyes, hear me out! This is some intense background music for when you're deep, deep into someone (and ew, no, I don't mean like that!). If you can make it to the 29-minute mark, Sometimes builds slowly to a crescendo and settles before the euphoria of Blown a Wish kicks in. It's the soundtrack to the hipster porno in my mind. I've said too much. This is an awesome suggestion. I had Gabriel Faure playing Saturday night, for heaven's sake. Not the worst thing in the world, but MBV would be so much better. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for suggestions over the next week or two... |
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Post by MyNameIsNoneOfYourGoddamnBusin on Aug 12, 2015 20:29:25 GMT -5
Massive Attack's Mezzanine album is perfect for this. I had to look up if that's the one with "Teardrop." If the rest is anything like that, Hell oh-yeah. |
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Post by moimoi on Aug 12, 2015 21:12:01 GMT -5
2) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) - Before you roll your eyes, hear me out! This is some intense background music for when you're deep, deep into someone (and ew, no, I don't mean like that!). If you can make it to the 29-minute mark, Sometimes builds slowly to a crescendo and settles before the euphoria of Blown a Wish kicks in. It's the soundtrack to the hipster porno in my mind. I've said too much. This is an awesome suggestion. I had Gabriel Faure playing Saturday night, for heaven's sake. Not the worst thing in the world, but MBV would be so much better. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for suggestions over the next week or two... Well, Gabriel Faure certainly sets a mood - a bit soft-core, Red Shoe Diaries - but if that's what your companion is into, go for it! And if you do try Loveless, let us know how it worked ;-) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 21:43:25 GMT -5
I once masturbated while listening to track 7 of Loveless on repeat and did not realize the irony until later
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Post by saganaut on Aug 13, 2015 0:16:12 GMT -5
Wholeheartedly agree with MBV Loveless, The Weeknd, Mezzanine, Dummy, XX, and Slowdive. Fuck those are all amazing, sexy albums... For something a bit different than the albums above: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMCAssume from this what you will about the way I get down. |
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Aug 13, 2015 0:27:46 GMT -5
Massive Attack's Mezzanine album is perfect for this. I had to look up if that's the one with "Teardrop." If the rest is anything like that, Hell oh-yeah. It is. "Dissolved Girl" and "Risingson" especially.
Burial - Untrue.Also, Thom Yorke once said of "Paranoid Android" that "if you can shag to this one, you're fucking weird." As I am fucking weird, I would like, at some point in my life, to shag to that one. |
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Post by moimoi on Aug 13, 2015 12:50:00 GMT -5
I had to look up if that's the one with "Teardrop." If the rest is anything like that, Hell oh-yeah. It is. "Dissolved Girl" and "Risingson" especially.
Black Milk - that song makes me tingly. |
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Post by Lord Lucan on Aug 13, 2015 14:03:28 GMT -5
FKA Twigs, "LP1" too. I like 'Lights On'. Though the vocals are often a little shrill and staccato for my taste.
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Post by moimoi on Aug 13, 2015 15:36:54 GMT -5
I think BRMC is underrated - assumption: positive. |
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Post by saganaut on Aug 13, 2015 16:16:36 GMT -5
I think BRMC is underrated - assumption: positive. Wildly underrated. |
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Post by Djse (and a Sack of Cats) on Aug 13, 2015 18:59:57 GMT -5
For some reason the answer to this question in college was Marilyn Manson's Smells Like Children. Don't judge.
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Post by moimoi on Aug 13, 2015 22:08:35 GMT -5
FKA Twigs, "LP1" too. I like 'Lights On'. Though the vocals are often a little shrill and staccato for my taste. Don't know if you'll approve of the vocal, but "Lights On" reminds me of this J-pop slow jam: J |
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Post by Lord Lucan on Aug 13, 2015 22:28:55 GMT -5
moimoi You're right! I knew naught of Towa Tei until now, but I like it a lot. This would also work for sexytimes. I see it's not on Spotify . . . is this track representative of the whole? I'm probably being too hard on Twiggs. She's a little overrefined for me when I'm really concentrating, but it's not like it registers in this context.
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Post by moimoi on Aug 13, 2015 23:00:32 GMT -5
moimoi You're right! I knew naught of Towa Tei until now, but I like it a lot. This would also work for sexytimes. I see it's not on Spotify . . . is this track representative of the whole? I'm probably being too hard on Twiggs. She's a little overrefined for me when I'm really concentrating, but it's not like it registers in this context. Oh, you know Towa Tei - he's one of the founding members of Deee-lite: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_TeiMost of his stuff is electro/house, but with a jazz/bossa nova influence. Did a couple songs with Kylie Minogue and Bebel Gilberto. Check out "Apple" or "Luv Pandemic" for a sense of his (very) Japanese output. |
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Aug 13, 2015 23:02:27 GMT -5
The only music I listen to pro boner is this ambient drone field recording we call life.
Joking aside, I've had positive sexytime experiences with:
Blue Hawaii - Untogether
Grimes - Visions
Ladytron - Light & Magic
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us
Portishead - Dummy
The Trucks - The Trucks
I once got it on to LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening but almost ruined it by making the obvious joke via the title. Oops.
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Post by moimoi on Aug 13, 2015 23:12:17 GMT -5
The only music I listen to pro boner is this ambient drone field recording we call life. Lol. These are all excellent suggestions! I may have to try M83... |
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Post by moimoi on Aug 14, 2015 23:10:34 GMT -5
Up all night packing for the red eye to LA and of course something pops in my head. Anybody (perhaps our Europeans) know what/who Erot is?
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Post by Lord Lucan on Aug 15, 2015 15:17:18 GMT -5
moimoi Uh, he was only one of the house scene's most promising artists in the late 90's and early 00's. I'd never heard of him either.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Aug 16, 2015 6:20:09 GMT -5
Subthread on ones to avoid?
NOT for BDSM play: Butthole Surfers' Independent worm saloon. The segue to "Chewin' George Lucas' Chocolate"... breaks the mood. Trust me on this.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Aug 18, 2015 21:52:42 GMT -5
Subthread on ones to avoid? NOT for BDSM play: Butthole Surfers' Independent worm saloon. The segue to "Chewin' George Lucas' Chocolate"... breaks the mood. Trust me on this. In this vein, I cannot recommend Smoking Popes, nor Primus. "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" a sexy time does not make. |
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Post by moimoi on Aug 18, 2015 22:09:15 GMT -5
In this vein, I cannot recommend Smoking Popes, nor Primus. "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" a sexy time does not make. Now I'm LOLing at the thought of doing it to Smoking Popes. |
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Aug 18, 2015 22:16:05 GMT -5
In this vein, I cannot recommend Smoking Popes, nor Primus. "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" a sexy time does not make. Now I'm LOLing at the thought of doing it to Smoking Popes. It was exactly as awkward as it sounds. |
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Aug 18, 2015 22:30:56 GMT -5
For some reason the answer to this question in college was Marilyn Manson's Smells Like Children. Don't judge. If she doesn't get up and leave by "Fuck Frankie," you know she's a keeper! That said, listening to "I Put a Spell On You" while doing it could certainly make for a seriously intense fuck-session. |
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