(sorry for the cross post)
I've been on this list for quite some time now (mostly an observer) and have
noticed that nobody talks about sex and music on here. In fact, nobody
talks about sex and music hardly anywhere. This puzzles me somewhat, as I
see the two and sometimes going hand in hand. Similarly, both are a natural
part of life for me, and I assume that they must be for others as well. Why
not discuss the two together in a mature, unperverted way?
Sometimes I listen to electronic music and see it as being *about* sex. And
I'm not just talking about the kind of music that DJ Funk spins, either.
I'm talking about a lot of house music, and a lot of techno and IDM, too.
Take SVEK, for example. This fine Swedish techno seems especially lent to
the activity of fornication. Certain tracks and artists in particular, but
the label as a whole, too. What about Bola? Anyone daring enough for Ae?
Or Moodymann?
Then you have something like Carl Craig's Psyche/BFC "Elements", which to
me, in its entirety, is the story of sex. Ending with "Sleep," of course. ;)
(has anyone else had this idea about "Elements"?)
House music is the obvious candidate here, what with the pulsing bass lines
and general thumping around. Groans from those exotic divas we've been
discussing as of late and the rest.
Sometimes the sex in our music is subtle, and other times obvious.
Sometimes we use music for or with sex in obvious ways and sometimes in
subtle ones.
I'm curious as to what others thing of music and sex--how they relate them,
if they don't, etc. And I'm not curious in a pervvy kind of way, I'm curious
in a musical kind of way. We often talk of how music impacts our lives;
affecting emotions, ways of thinking, perception, but it is so seldom that I
see people opening up to talk about music with another natural aspect of
life: sex. What are the parallels or connections between sex and music, if
any?
Any comments?
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