# BOW-chicka-chicka-bow-BOW (What's the best sex music?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855 "2006-07-24T18:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/21 "2006-07-25T00:32:19Z")
“Swing It Low” by Morphine is a pretty good track, IMO. A lot of Morphine tunes will do, but that’s the best, by far. ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/22 "2006-07-25T00:56:53Z")
Iv had some experience with the following. Royskopp Massive attack John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (prior to the actual deed). But the clincher/best banging band LED ZEPPELIN! (get the bbc sessions) On a side note i was once with one lady that was really into a james bond soundtrack radio station during sex. that was a little weird tho. …nobody doesss it better…baby you’re the best.hahah ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/23 "2006-07-25T00:57:37Z")
Lots of great suggestions here. I’ll add: Mezzanine - Massive Attack Comic Strip - Serge Gainsbourg If I’m feeling sophisticated, a collection of Chopin’s Nocturnes also sounds nice. (Op 9 No. 1 & 2 being my favorite). In college, Nine Inch Nail’s _Downward Spiral_ worked well for angry monkey sex. As much as I didn’t particularly care for her, Enya seemed to have a way with getting the girls in the mood. Also, I seem to remember Enigma being pretty good for that, too. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/24 "2006-07-25T01:49:01Z")
_Free Bird_, the song that goes with anything! ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/25 "2006-07-25T03:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I just want to know where the “bow-chicka-bow-wow” as-porn-music-meme came from. Everyone knows what that means, but where did it come from? [/QUOTE] Go here: [http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/pornosonic.htm](http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/pornosonic.htm) Click on the sample. Hear the rhythm guitar playing in the background of the song? That’s the boom chicka bow wow. Lots of 70’s porn movies started playing music like that when the actors started getting nekkid. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/26 "2006-07-25T03:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=percussion] Royskopp Massive attack [/QUOTE] Oooooh, good ones, here. **Royksopp** ’s \*Only This Moment \*on the beach one night not long ago, then after regaining energy and _What Else Is There?_ came on… _sighs happily_ ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/27 "2006-07-25T03:38:43Z")
It’s **Royksopp.** I can’t listen to music during sex. It’s too distracting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/28 "2006-07-25T03:54:07Z")
"Oh, **Pixiesnix** , oh **Pixiesnix** , oh… **PIXIESNIX!!!**" Okay, so it might not be music to _you…_ Other times, Lizzie West’s _Chariots Rise_ has a slow, mellow beat with which to bump uglies. ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/29 "2006-07-25T04:37:30Z")
My personal preference is for power metal, and anything with a strong drumline that’s over 180 beats a minute. I’ve also been told that for the less romantic, more fuck-her-brains-out sessions, Nine Inch Nails’s Closer is a lovely soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/30 "2006-07-25T04:41:59Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Sure, I get the imitation of wah wah guitar sounds, but it’s the exact phrasing of “Bow Chicka Bow Wow”. If it was just 70’s style guitar you would be just as well served with going “wak-a chicka wack-a chicka” etc. I figured it must have come from a movie or something, but nobody I’ve ever asked knows. [/QUOTE] Hmmm. Wack-a-chicka. Describes most porn very nicely. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/31 "2006-07-25T04:49:09Z")
[QUOTE=Ol’Gaffer] **Carmina Burana**. Of course, by the time I kill the dragon, unchain the virgin, and doff my armor I don’t have much time left. [/QUOTE] Skip the “unchaining the virgin” part. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/32 "2006-07-25T11:56:22Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Oooooh, good ones, here. **Royksopp** ’s \*Only This Moment \*on the beach one night not long ago, then after regaining energy and _What Else Is There?_ came on… _sighs happily_ [/QUOTE] sooo…‘ow You doin’?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/33 "2006-07-25T16:18:29Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] …just as well served with going “wak-a chicka wack-a chicka” [/QUOTE] “It’s MITCHELL”! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/34 "2006-07-25T16:24:34Z")
“Baby It’s You” by Smith. Re: Pink Floyd–imagine the possible uses of “Wish You Were Here” and “Welcome to the Machine” for self-gratification (as for the \*Animals \* album, let’s not even go there). ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/35 "2006-07-25T17:18:32Z")
My go-to music is _Passion_ by Peter Gabriel. That, or reruns of The Simpsons playing on the TV. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/36 "2006-07-25T17:22:12Z")
I’m a fan of heavier mood setting music, usually classic rock and metal. Songs like “Animals” by Nickelback, or Rammstein, and others. This is probably a hold over from having roommates and the music working as ‘cover’ ---
**Author:** ![harrylentil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/53a042/32.png) [@harrylentil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harrylentil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/37 "2006-07-26T01:00:32Z")
Kruder and Dorfmeister, The K&D Sessions. It’s like warm oil all over. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/38 "2006-07-26T01:44:10Z")
Sarah McLachlan’s album Touch. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/39 "2006-07-26T02:38:12Z")
Is this too cliche? Probably - but I’ve had some of the hottest sessions to: “Principles of Lust” by Enigma ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855/40 "2006-07-26T03:34:51Z")
[Spinal Tap!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_Tap_%28band%29)🙂 My gal wraps me like a flesh tuxedo I like to sink her with my pink torpedo Big bottoms got me outa my mind How can I leave this behind?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bow-chicka-chicka-bow-bow-whats-the-best-sex-music/365855.md?page=3)