# Good stripper music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494 "2004-10-21T21:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/61 "2004-10-22T18:57:27Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > That song gets played in every strip club on the planet at least once a night. Fo’ real. Holy crap, that’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/62 "2004-10-22T19:21:23Z")
A while back, we had a thread about songs that would make horrible stripper music, and “The Gift” by the Velvet Underground was mentioned. So of course, the next time I listened to it, it dawned on me that it would make absolutely fabulous stripper music, despite the rather unsexy spoken-word story of a guy who inadvertently gets stabbed in the head by a pair of scissors. The instrumental groove is great. Most of that album (_White Light/White Heat_) would be great striptease music, especially “Sister Ray.” The VU’s “Venus in Furs” would also be good, at least for an S&M-themed dance. Other good stripper songs would be Devo’s “Freedom of Choice” or their cover of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” Kraftwerk’s “Pocket Calculator,” and Frank Zappa’s “Willie the Pimp.” And by “good stripper songs,” I mean that they’d be fun to see naked chicks writhe around to, not that they’d be easy for said naked chicks to writhe around to. And maybe the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows”? “Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream” is as good a sentiment as any for the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/63 "2004-10-22T19:33:29Z")
**Already In Use** : You forgot _Girl U Want_. That’d be great. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/64 "2004-10-22T19:37:57Z")
> [@Already in Use](#): > > Most of that album (_White Light/White Heat_) would be great striptease music, especially “Sister Ray.” The VU’s “Venus in Furs” would also be good, at least for an S&M-themed dance. I agree about Venus in Furs, unfortunately most strip club dj’s aren’t daring enough to play something most of their audience won’t be into. Not to mention that the girl would need to know the song before dancing to it, I can see how it might puzzle certain girls. 😃 I always liked to dance to Corrosion of Conformity and Monster Magnet, and most of the girls think I’m crazy for that. I love it though, it’s sexy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/65 "2004-10-22T20:20:33Z")
The OP says “Natural One”. Like, “Natural One” by the Folk Implosion “Natural One,” or is this some other song? Because that would be a really weird stripping song. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/66 "2004-10-22T20:29:44Z")
“Fever” by Patsy Cline is fantastic to strip to. Also, “Feelin’ Love” by Paula Cole (City of Angels soundtrack) For a bit of Broadway, try “Big Spender” from Sweet Charity. I have stripped (though not at a strip club) to all three songs. Gotta say, I also like Richard Cheese’s version of “Come out and Play” originally sung by The Offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/67 "2004-10-22T20:46:28Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > **Already In Use** : You forgot _Girl U Want_. That’d be great. Oh, hell yeah! > [@Indygrrl](#): > > I agree about Venus in Furs, unfortunately most strip club dj’s aren’t daring enough to play something most of their audience won’t be into. You mean there exist people who aren’t into the sweet sounds of John Cale’s electric viola? Say it ain’t so! And **mlerose** , how could I have forgotten Richard Cheese? ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/68 "2004-10-23T02:41:48Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Former stripper here… > > I always had really good response to: > > NIN - Closer, Head Like A Hole > Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting, Joey > Lost Boys Soundtrack - Cry Little Sister > Enigma - Mea Culpa, Sadeness > Prince - Darling Nikki > Scorpions - No One Like You, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Still Loving You, The Zoo > Sisters of Mercy - More, Vision Thing > U2 - Mysterious Ways, Even Better Than The Real Thing, Numb > Depeche Mode - Strangelove, World In My Eyes, I Feel You > Duran Duran - Come Undone > Pink Floyd - Young Lust > Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik > Siouxsie and the Banshees - Face to Face (Batman Returns sdtrk) > Aerosmith - Dream On > Berlin - Sex (I’m a…) > Alice Cooper - Poison > Love and Rockets - So Alive > Melissa Etheridge - I’m the Only One, Like The Way I Do, Similar Features > Nirvana - Come As You Are > INXS - Suicide Blonde, Devil Inside I second (or third) a lot of these selections and add: Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (heh.) Kid Rock - Cowboy I had a friend who used to strip to “Big Time” by Peter Gabriel. Seemed to work for her 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/69 "2004-10-23T03:31:13Z")
P Control, Prince She’s Just Killin’ Me, ZZ Top After Dark, Tito & Tarantula “Would you do me a favor” & “Chet’s speech,” both from Dusk Til Dawn soundtrack Closer, NIN (yet again, but this one’s practically mandatory) Walking On The Sun, Smashmouth Smooth, Santana ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/70 "2004-10-23T03:54:38Z")
And oh, yeah…almost anything by George Thorogood! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/71 "2004-10-23T04:30:16Z")
I’ve heard both _Firewoman_ and _Love Removal Machine_ by The Cult at strip clubs…they rock and provide ample opportunity for gyration. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/72 "2004-10-23T04:37:52Z")
Moving this from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/73 "2004-10-23T05:42:47Z")
How about _Mungo City_ by Spacehog? Great bump-n-grind riff… ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/74 "2004-10-23T06:35:16Z")
_Fuck Her Gently_ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/75 "2004-10-23T06:41:34Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > Holy crap, that’s hilarious. Most songs are chosen for the way they sound and how easy they are to move to, not for their lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/76 "2004-10-23T06:43:53Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > I second (or third) a lot of these selections and add: > Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (heh.) I’ve stripped to that song many times 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/77 "2004-10-23T09:17:32Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Most songs are chosen for the way they sound and how easy they are to move to, not for their lyrics. Oh, I know, and I can see how Head Like a Hole, Private Dancer, etc. would work fine despite their lyrics but… No More Tears? _Man_. That really cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/78 "2004-10-23T12:26:19Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > “The End” – The Doors > “Take Me Home, Country Roads”–John Denver > “Closer to Fine”–Indigo Girls > “Don’t Worry About the Government”–Talking Heads > “If This Is It”–Huey Lewis & The News > “Fernando”–ABBA > “Hurricane”–Bob Dylan > “As Tears Go By”–Nancy Sinatra > “Orange Crush”–R.E.M. > “Brothers in Arms”–Dire Straits Dude…what the fuck is wrong with you? 😕 Look, standard stripper music consists of the following: Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls Winger - Seventeen Salt & Pepper - Shoop Billy Idol - Rock the Cradle Britney Spears - Slave Whitesnake - Here I Go AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long Christina Aguilera - Dirty ZZ Top - Legs Van Halen - Hot for Teacher George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone NIN - Closer Love and Rockets - So Alive Basically you get the idea - cheesy, fun, sexual overtones, and NOT containing lyrics that are going to make the girls run to the bathroom crying because their job is dancing naked in front of a bunch of fat drunk guys. [quote=missbunny Agreed, but I have always used elements of “real” dance in my routine. You want to move in a way that is suggestive, but writhing around like you’re actually having sex is just tacky. I enjoy doing a show, rather than just a simulated sex routine. There’s a fine line, I supposed. You are of course right – I can’t stand strippers/dancers who look like they’re humping The Invisible Man, or worse, the floor. That’s not sexy or sensual at all. I just meant that “good” (to me) stripping or exotic dancing is not about doing a Britney Spears routine without clothes. I like that kind of dancing too – at a club or in a dance (not stripping) show. Your use of “suggestive” is the perfect word. Suggestive of sexuality – not a vulgar pseudo-sex routine. Again, that’s my preference. Like I said, someone must like the bouncy jiggling boobs in-your-face loud style of dancing – just not me. [/quote] uh…I just like the boobies… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/79 "2004-10-23T13:02:36Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Dude…what the fuck is wrong with you? 😕 Multiple choice quiz: (A) I don’t go to strip clubs much (B) I have a particular vivid imagination (C) I was kidding (D) All of the above. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-stripper-music/270494/80 "2004-10-23T14:27:10Z")
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