# Hey Joe, wanna give it a go? Songs about whores **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134 "2004-01-01T17:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/21 "2004-01-01T19:28:10Z")
“Sweet Cream Ladies” by the Box Tops “The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp” from O.C. Smith ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/22 "2004-01-01T19:30:02Z")
I love them whores they never judge you what can you say when you’re a whore? they cast that pearl and it don’t upset em they take their chances if they get em hear me go off! give me some more! motherf_cker! need a little more godd_mn you! give me some more! motherf\*cker! give me some more! “Whores”, Jane’s Addiction ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/23 "2004-01-01T19:41:59Z")
Sammy’s Song - David Bromberg Tecumseh Valley - Townes Van Zandt Looking For The Time - Nancy Griffith ---
**Author:** ![AvariceAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@AvariceAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvariceAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/24 "2004-01-01T20:18:23Z")
“Darling Nikki” by Prince ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/25 "2004-01-01T21:09:32Z")
On Nanci Griffith’s _Other Voices, Other Rooms_, she and Arlo Guthrie do a song called “Tecumseh Valley” about a woman who becomes a prostitute: She took to whorin out on the streets with all the lust inside her and it was many a man returned again to lay himself beside her Great song, but very sad. ---
**Author:** ![toque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@toque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toque)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/26 "2004-01-01T21:12:25Z")
_Lili Marlene_. I don’t think _X Offender_ is about a prostitute. _Tecumseh Valley_ is a Townes Van Zandt song. ---
**Author:** ![toque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@toque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toque)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/27 "2004-01-01T21:17:45Z")
Oh, and _Jane Says_ by Jane’s Addiction. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/28 "2004-01-01T21:23:47Z")
Day Tripper by _Beatles_ Tried to please her, she only played one night stands Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now She was a day tripper, a Sunday driver yea Took me so long to find out, and I found out ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/29 "2004-01-01T21:31:17Z")
“Pearl of the Quarter” by Steely Dan. "On the water down in New Orleans, My baby’s a Pearl of the Quarter. You can see her almost everyday Singing “Voulez, voulez, voulez vous?” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/30 "2004-01-01T21:36:48Z")
“Three Wooden Crosses” I forget who sings it, but it’s all over the country stations. “Fire Ship” (Traditional) “Private Dancer” Tina Turner ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/31 "2004-01-01T21:39:57Z")
_Trick of the Light_ by The Who Obliquely, _I Was Just Being Friendly_ by John Entwistle, about a man who mistakes a woman for a prostitute. _Lady Madonna_ by the Beatles may be about a prostitute (e.g., “Wonder how you manage to make ends meet?”). _42nd Street_ – “Sexy ladies from the 80s who are indiscrete.” _Shanghai Lil_ – A hooker sings how Shanghai Lil is bad for their profession. _It’s My Body_ from Cy Coleman’s “The Life,” a musical that’s about prostitutes, so probably has other songs on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/32 "2004-01-01T22:00:00Z")
Fancy ---
**Author:** ![Psalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Psalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psalex)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/33 "2004-01-01T22:07:43Z")
Hey Hey, What Can I Do Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/34 "2004-01-01T22:21:51Z")
Food! Wine! [Aldonza](http://www.songlyrics.com/song-lyrics/Man_Of_La_Mancha_Soundtrack/Miscellaneous/Aldonza/232213.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/35 "2004-01-01T22:33:35Z")
Since we’re counting songs from musicals, then there’s “Lovely Ladies” from _Les Miserables_ – “Old men, young men, take 'em as they come, Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum, Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land; See 'em with their trousers off, they’re never quite as grand. All it takes is money in your hand!” ---
**Author:** ![Patr100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Patr100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patr100)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/36 "2004-01-01T22:52:12Z")
“Killer Queen” by Queen is about a high class prostitute. “Recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite Wanna try?” ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/37 "2004-01-01T23:06:10Z")
- The Fire Down Below\* by Bob Seger. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/38 "2004-01-01T23:17:55Z")
Why dont we try Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/39 "2004-01-01T23:18:49Z")
_Mandy Lane_ by the Chad Mitchell Trio. \*Well, she’s a sundown girl, her name is Mandy Lane. She’s a free-wheelin’ mama on a high leverl plain. Gentleman calls at her front gate. You can hear him holler both early an’ late; Keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ til the break of day. Keep on truckin’ mama, truckin’ til the break of day. Well you come in the room just a raisin’ sand. You can tell what you been doin’ by the way you stand, Keep on truckin’ mama…etc.\* That’s all I can remember just off the top of my head except one more line you might recognize; _If I can’t sell it gonna keep sittin’ on it, never catch me giving it away._ ---
**Author:** ![Patr100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Patr100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patr100)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134/40 "2004-01-01T23:19:49Z")
It’s amaxing what Google can find, “Easily Led” by Robert Plant “Ruby Tuesday” - Stones "Loretta’s Tale " Cockney Rebel “Sister of Night” Depeche Mode “Strange Kinda Woman” \_ Deep Purple “Midnight Flower” - Four Topps Miss Silver Dime " Mott the Hoople “Love Me By Name” - Dusty Springfiled “Christine” OMD and one I just remembered myself “Third Floor Heaven” by Bebop Deluxe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-joe-wanna-give-it-a-go-songs-about-whores/222134.md?page=3)