This one goes out to all the baby's mamas, mamas, groovers, movers and lovers -- you know who you are. This week, we present a collection of songs that make the Third Man crew wanna get the mood right and reaaaaally get it goin. You ready? We are. Let's do it --
Ben Swank -- "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
Harry K. -- AIGHT LISTEN UP ALL Y'ALL PIMPS AND PLAYAS. IF YOU IS REALLY TRYNA GET IT ON, MAYBE U GOT A LIL SOMETHIN FOR YA LIL SWEETHEART, FLOWERS OR CHAMPAGNE OR SOME SHIT. YOU TRYNA SET THE DAMN MOOD MAYNE, GET IT POPPIN, THERE IS ONLY ONE SONG IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT THAT CAN DO THIS FOR YOU. THAT IS "UNTITLED (HOW DOES IT FEEL)" BY YA BOY D'ANGELO.
THAT, AND "DON'T WORRY BABY" BY THE BEACH BOYS. RESPECT.
Becca C. -- "I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You" - Aretha Franklin
"That's Where It's At" - Sam Cooke
Josh G. -- "There's Nothing In This World That Can Stop Me From Loving You" - Tom Brock
"Green River" - CCR
"Dedicated to the One I Love" - The Temprees
For those of you with the guts to stop traffic and slow dance w/ yuor Special One while the light changes, this is the "Marquee Moon" of 1970s R&B from Memphis.
"I'll Bet You" - Funkadelic
For those of you who've "been meaning" to "get into" funk music, perhaps this will make uuu feel groovy idk!!!!!! Ha ha
Todd V. -- "For the Love of You (Parts 1 and 2)" - Isley Brothers
Bonnie Dee -- "Fade into You" - Mazzy Star
"Regular John" - Queens of the Stone Age
Jamie G. -- "Love Twins" - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
Yes, they did an album together and you better believe it WILL set the mood. This song has a killer bass line and when Diana Ross shouts out "I want a lover, not a friend!"…the whole world stops. Believe that.
I want to give props to Eric Carmen for laying down the track, "Hungry Eyes" cause it's kind of a jam…and keeping with that Dirty Dancing nostalgia I hold so dear, there is a song on the soundtrack that introduced me to the meaning of sexy...
"In The Still Of The Night" - The Five Satins
This song has all the essential ingredients for a stellar make out party. Enjoy your evening folks…
Ian B. -- "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai
This song rules. Rollin round town windows open feelin sexy as hell.
Nat S. -- "Una Mañana" - Café Tacuba
Angelina C. -- "I'm On Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
ESSENTIAL sexy 80s music video complete with workin' class mechanic Bruce lusting after manicured married Thunderbird lady.
"Fire" - Bruce Springsteen
Oh man, Can I just pick both Bruce's "Fire" songs?
Mindy W. -- "Rope On Fire"- Morphine
Cody S. -- "I Want to be Your Man" - Zapp & Roger
"You Put a Move on My Heart" - Quincy Jones/Tamia
Heaters to end all heaters
Karl B. -- "Moving in Stereo" - The Cars
"Love Is the Drug" - Roxy Music
"Sea of Love" - The Honeydrippers
Brett M. -- "Inside & Out" - Feist
Top Shelf A1 Boner Jam
Dani R. -- "Jeepster" - T. Rex
"Ooh La La" - Goldfrapp
Cam S. -- "Sister Ray" - Velvet Underground
"Up In Her Room" - The Seeds
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
Jenna Kay -- "Fade Into You" - Mazzy Star
"Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC
Ben Blackwell -- "Summer Madness" - Kool and the Gang
There's a bit of a disconnect in my head between "song that makes me feel sexy" and "song that I think is sexy" as the longer I've thought about it, I'm not sure a song has ever made me feel sexy. Hell, I'm not sure if I've ever felt sexy at all. I guess my thought of sexiness has always been attached to other people's reactions to me. I've never had that "I look gooood!" feeling looking into a mirror. Regardless, this song oozes…from the laid back rhythm section juxtaposed with the crescendoing synth curls…well, this manifests some representation of sexy.
Ryon N. -- "The Spy" - The Doors
"Back Door Man" - Willie Dixon
Trent T. -- "Roche" - Sebastien Tellier
"There is Nowhere" - Blackbird Blackbird
"Ai Du" - Ali Farka Touré
Sexy=Beats to me…slow and rolling. My first 2 picks are definitely in that world. The Ali Farka Touré song is in a class of sexy all in it’s own, with it’s his voice over the crying strings and finger picking guitar.
Chloe C. --
My favorite is a toss-up between "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl" and "Do I Move You," both by Nina Simone. Sugar's compelling because it's slightly more suggestive and I find its mix of desperation and directness really charming (oh, and because it's Nina Simone...), but Move You's the kind you play after one too
many whiskies when ya' just wanna' get the point across.
As for the latter, I'm hard-pressed to think of anything someone else could slyly spin to get me in the mood that wouldn't just make me blush. If, however, they had the gusto and good humor to put on "Debra" by Beck, well, I wouldn't hate that at all.
Okay… one more because it came to me on my playlist during this bus ride… “Master & Servant”, Depeche Mode… let’s play…
@NotSoChiGirl Good call on Tricky. I would probably add a lot of Tricky songs into my mix.
“Tear You Apart” by She Wants Revenge. I would love to delve deeper into some retro stuff, but the hot button stops here. Nothing else comes close in my mind. Although, the Fade Into You pick is a classic for any young lady that came of age in the nineties.
@Rubberband, Yes! Great song!
My choices are Diana Krall’s “Love Me Like a Man” , Ray McCoy’s “I Need It” and The Phantom’s “Love Me”.
(… and I’ve always been a sucker for a good version of “Moondance”… actually, I haven’t heard a bad one yet but it could be because I’m partially biased to the lyrics.)
My classical choice: Jazz Suite No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich. I melt!
@quizze “Love and Happiness” by Al Green is definitely sexy; it’s one of my favorites. I will add another Fiona Apple track, “Criminal.” It maybe not have an outright sexy feel or even lyric but it oozes a feminine power that I like. “Kiss of Fire,” by Louis Armstrong is tops for me. “The Difference Between Us,” by the Dead Weather is one of my choices for it’s “raw” feel. “You Are” by The Punch Brothers for the lyric: “You take my love and my lust, cold clock my mind out, turn in my keys to the kingdom, and lip-lock my body down.” Sung by Chris Thile, I just swoon listening to it. I like so many of the choices already suggested here!
PS. I would be remiss not to add to Jack White’s catalog on the "what would I need on a desert island "scenario Peter Green’s original Fleetwood Mac! I didn’t see anyone mention them. I was hooked into British blues circa 1967-70 with their sexy rockin tunes like “Dr. Brown” and" Black Magic Woman" which Peter Green wrote. Check out their albums :1st self titled one, English Rose, and Then Play On. Sex n Sorrow. What the blues are all about, amen?
@Chloe C. As I was reading down the list I was wondering if anyone would include those two tracks in particular! Indeed, very sexy songs ;) ‘Slow Like Honey’ by Fiona Apple is another good one for the sexy list.
YES, @ARLABAR, exactly.
Otis Redding’s I’ve been loving you (too long). It’s a soulful love song.