# Make-out music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 25, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993 "2004-09-25T03:09:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/21 "2004-09-29T18:47:07Z")

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Don’t forget Al Green…and some Commodores slow stuff. I love that old R&B for groovin’.

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**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/22 "2004-09-29T19:41:09Z")

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“Passion”, Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack to _The Last Temptation of Christ_ goes extremely well with candles, incense and freaky massages.

Also, attempts to romance painted goth women can be facilitated by judicious use of The Sisters of Mercy’s “Reptile House” EP. At least that was the case in the late 80’s/early 90’s … I have no idea what the spooky kids are listening to these days.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/23 "2004-09-29T20:06:53Z")

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> [@Angua](#):
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> At some point one of the BritDopers will probably be round to mention **Didio** …

Well, not the _worst_ typo you could’ve made there… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/25 "2004-09-30T02:27:09Z")

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**Miles Davis** ’ “X-Rated”

**The Cocteau Twins** ’ _Treasure_

_Sex-O-Rama 1 & 2_

**101 Strings** ’ _Sounds of Love_ and _Exotic Sounds of Love_

How about \*\*Blowfly[/], anyone?

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**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/26 "2004-09-30T02:49:11Z")

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> [@Jeff Olson](#):
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> **Songs:Ohia-** ‘Captain Badass’, from the Axess and Aces album

Oh good, I thought I was odd for thinking that was a great make-out song. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/27 "2004-09-30T07:52:42Z")

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> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> Well, not the _worst_ typo you could’ve made there… 🙂

This is very true… But then you would have all though I had something else on my mind other than music. 😉

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**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:** [September 30, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-out-music/265993/28 "2004-09-30T14:48:09Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> I go oldschool:
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> **Marvin Gaye** : What’s Goin’ On (whole album), Let’s Get it On (and Sexual Healing while you’re there)
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> **Miles Davis** : Kind of Blue. Arguably the greatest make-out album of all time.

I wholeheartedly endorse these.

Along with Cocteau Twins’ _Treasure_, _Heaven or Las Vegas_ works well, too.

Serge Gainsbourg’s _Comic Strip_

Massive Attack’s _Mezzanine_

A little off the beaten path, but Smashing Pumpkin’s _Adore_ can do it for me.

Black Box Recorder’s _The Facts of Life_ (Sexy!!!)

Any of Frederick Chopin’s _Nocturnes_ (Particularly Op. 9, nos. 1 & 2)

Beethoven’s Ninth. (I worked with one girl who took this so seriously, that she said she would not have sex to the famous “Ode to Joy” part unless she expected to marry the guy she was sleeping with.)

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