"Sexy" Music

Do you like music that is 'sexy'?
Would you say 'sexiness' is something that constitutes a factor in the kind of music you choose to listen to? Does music have to have a sexual element in order to appeal to you?
Is it even something you think about when you're considering a piece of music?
What is 'sexy' music to you? Can it be an abstract thing or is it more specific than that? Conversely, what music isn't sexy? And is this a bad thing?

Never heard sexy music.

As for the rest if the questions:No.

^^^^^^^^^^

guess I need to change that dn

haha, great name.

the reason i ask is because i was debating the other day the comparative merits of Liars and Animal Collective. I was trying to say that there was a point in time (around 2004-2006) where the two bands were attempting a very similar style and aesthetic to each other and that in some ways 'Drums Not Dead'-era Liars had distinct similarities to 'Sung Tongs'.

It was debated to me that the one thing Liars had over AC was 'sexiness'. It struck me that this isn't something I generally think about in music, but that the person I was speaking with had a point - AC are an interminably unsexy band; their sex factor is literally zero, whereas Liars, I dunno, they have this sweaty leathery dungeony thing which I guess could be considered sexy in a way, certainly more so than AC anyway.

Made me wonder if this is something people find is important to them? I was also thinking about some of the essential differences between early Chicago House and early Detroit Techno. It feels to me as though, even though there is little real difference between the two, that Chicago was much more concerned with bodies, movement, people, society and sex, all entrenched in the here-and-now whereas Detroit had a steelier vision of the future, a kind of sci-fi fixation that could be considered 'sexy' in a more abstract, less explicit way.

And sometimes sexy music can be embarrassing - I'm thinking of the Santa Baby thread which got revived over Christmas and how horrible and crude that song is.

AC trying to be sexy is the worst thing in the world, I'll give you that.

There are several songs on MPP which are very literally and obviously about sex (and specifically female-recipient oral sex), actually.

I'm not placing any value judgement on that.

^^^ pretty much what I was referring to

Some music comes to have sex associated with it. Some music comprises signifiers which lend themselves to sex. Other music feels sexy. I suspect that though there might be some degree of overlap, most of these are going to be very subjective.

xpost i must be so naive, i never noticed those. but does sexual lyrical content necessarily = sexy music? conversely, i don't think something has to be sexually explicit to be sexy.

Bows, Luke Sutherland's band after Long Fin Killie, are immensely sexy. I've never actually heard Sex by The Necks. Love To Love You Baby and I Feel Love, obviously. No, music doesn't need to have (explicitly) sexual content to be sexy. I remember a friend's older brother trying to explain to us that Screamadelica's song titles were all about sex. I think he confused sex and drugs.

I think there was a good "sex music" thread that relates to this. In general "sexy" music makes me feel awkward and embarrassed, and the music that I find the most legit sexy is usually dark.

Screamadelica's a weird choice for a 'sexy' record, but I can understand what Mouthy's friend is saying I think. You're right, it's largely thought of (and quite rightly) as a drugs album, but, I mean, 'druggy' records tend to be weird, trippy, psychedelic, 'heady' affairs but also very insular, introspective. Think of drugs music and I think of dub reggae, stoner rock or rave which despite being quite physical is more about what's going on inside your mind while you're on the dancefloor.
'Screamadelica' isn't really like that at all. I always thought that, especially the 7" version of 'Come Together', really really captured that feeling of chemically induced bliss brimming over into love and lust - the idea that you're so overwhelmed you just want to kiss the closest person to you.

Millennial UK garage is probably the sexiest music I like.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ examples?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2oipa8mrjI

Terrible audio there though.

do u guys bang 2 basic channel records

Most of the people i
ITT I have never met IRL but if I had then maybe?

Thom Yorke once described Public Enemy as "sexy" music.

I think Katie Jane Garside (QueenAdreena, Daisy Chainsaw), the vocalist from Elysian Fields, sometimes Kim Deal, Lydia Lunch and that vocalist from Boo Radleys (oddly enough).
This is all vocal sexiness though. Also P J Harvey and Karen O sometimes have this sort of mad quality that sounds like wild frustration/excitement.

I sometimes worry that the sort of expression and performance that Garside does gets conflated with female pop stars that use sexually provocative elements for attention/controversy/money. When this stuff gets attacked, I wonder how much would fall under the "she's desperate" category in peoples eyes. Because I could imagine some really good stuff being held back for fear of being lumped in with the enemies of feminism.

I think dance music is often very sexual.

See, I get stuck on a cliche in my head when I wonder what 'sexy' music is, where all songs ever can be divided into two camps, 'sexy' songs which are about 'now', and non-sexy songs which are about being sad and looking into the past.

And the instrumental (non vocal or non song) part can equally be divided safely into 'sexy rhythms' vs 'non-sexy, beautiful melodies'.

But it isn't like that at all is it. e.g. the song 'Tainted Love', in its two classic incarnations, is sexy and also 'a lament', right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AEf9KasMjk

Sexy is always better for me, although "sweaty leathery dungeony" doesn't register as sexy to me personally.

Also it's sometimes hard to say whether music is good because it's sexy, or sexy because it's good.

Dance music - if one finds it sexy - is almost always more sexual than non-dance music, almost by definition.

Sexy music is intimate music. In which the singer is singing directly to you.

Rush is not sexy, nor "math rock."

I saw Animal Collective live and didn't find them sexy at all. Yes, that was a barrier to my appreciation.

Totally sexy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu7cs0qkOg

the fuck you all talking about in this thread
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/Keith_Sweat_Nobody.jpg

I mean, I guess I know what you're talking about, but if whatever the fuck it is you're trying to describe doesn't at least peripherally have something to do with ppl mashing their junks together then "sexy" is just some completely arbitrary adjective

animal collective wtf

The Warpaint album is sexy.

I want 'sexy' music to be a little 'characterless', because it ought to be about projection rather than coercion. If that makes sense.

I like sexy music. Besides the fact than sexiness (when it's not OTT or sexist) is a positive value in itself, sexy music can be very functional in that it tends to be the best music to listen to while having sex. It has to have the right tempo (most people wouldn't want to fuck to a 160 BPM gabba track), mood (sensuous and intimate, so polkas and marches are usually out of the question), and sound (don't play any record with kids singing while doing it!). Obviously there can be other kinds of sexy music too, but still, the best way to determine its sexiness is to figure out whether you would have sex to it.

Polkas are out of the question? Fuck that.

sexy finnish polka

Beach House

Too Fat Polka is totally hot.

Sexy Polka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmQ2bHU9pd8

maybe surprisingly, i think a lot of 50s pop qualifies as "sexy music." i'm talking about the noir-ish, obsessive pop of, say, richie valens (e.g., we belong together). of course, for completely different reasons, terence trent d'arby music fits the description, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQsTEAiB0o

this song, actually, tries too hard to be "sexy" for my tastes. but see, e.g., wishing well).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSrEdpW3PoM

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http://youtu.be/DSrEdpW3PoM

WTF links.

"Grown and Sexy" music is a term often used to refer to various 80s and 90 r'n'b acts. Also, some older DC go-go bands that have more polished sounds now, use the term as well.

The Slow-motion house/disco thread is chock full of tracks that code as "sexy" to my ears. Relentless grooves at a measured, hip-motion pace, with few distractions.

proof was my #3. there were too many times i felt like crying from happiness listening to that song

maybe should have just tactically thrown my paramore deep cut vote at ain't it fun in hindsight

― prolego, Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ditto.