Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O’Clock Club) by Tom Waits
Everyone knows that is a Randy Newman song, right?
Peggy Lee - Fever
Good one, Grandpa!
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Zombie or no zombie (what’s the threshold?), it would have been a good idea three years ago to have determined whether we’re talking about top stripper songs as per the classic or current understanding of stripper performance. 'cause setting aside the many suggested on smart-aleck grounds, some of those listed are good for doing a proper strip tease, while others are more appropriate for just writhing around already mostly naked.
I can’t believe I didn’t nominate …But It’s Better If You Do by Panic! at the Disco the first time around. I’d actually go to a strip club if they played it, and I’d order a peach and lime daquiri like in the song. It would be one of the most meta moments in my life, as not only is the song about someone putatively going to a strip club, but then the singer reveals that he just wants someone to think he’s at a strip club in order to get over them, (but he’s probably instead just crying at home, is my interpretation.)
Oooo a Zombie Stripper Thread… just in time for Halloween.
Living Dead Girl— Rob Zombie
Songs I would like to see strippers dance to, but which they never seem to dance to:
“Horizontal Bop” by Bob Seeger
“Her Strut” by Bob Seeger
“99 and a Half” by Fever Tree
“Flesh for Fantasy” by Billie Idol (I’ve seen strippers dance very nicely to “Rebel Yell”)
“Tube Snake Boogie” by ZZ Top
“Lucretia McEvil” by Blood, Sweat and Tears (pairs nicely with Nickleback’s “Something In Your Mouth” thematically, anyway)
“Sock It To Me Baby” by Mitch Ryder
“Town Without Pity” by Ronnie Montrose (could also work as a lap dance song)
And for a long, slow, grindy lap dance song, “It Could Be Sweet” by Portishead
Or “Spooky” the long instrumental version by the Classics IV (perfect for Halloween)
Songs strippers probably never should dance to:
“Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream
“Top Of The World” - The Carpenters
“Tiptoe Through The Tulips” - Tiny Tim
“Gimme Dat Ding” - The Pipkins
On the other hand, if you could make those work you’d be awesome.
For a male stripper:
Gigantic— the Pixies
Stripped - Rammstein
Voodoo - Godsmack
Just like Jesse James - Cher
Cowboy - Kid Rock
Save a horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big n Rich
(The last three are good if you have a cowboy theme)
I know I’ve told this story before but it still makes me grin. Oh lo many many years ago I used to work the night shift in the offices of an X-rated theater, doing data entry and bookkeeping (I worked the day shift at a regular videostore owned by the same people). Between the films they would have live strippers do their thing. One of my duties, since I was already up on the 2nd floor, was to run the spotlight and music for the strippers. Most of the strippers had horrific taste in music and I often had to hold my nose while clicking the “Play” button. I was always trying to upgrade their taste and occasionally it worked. One of the smarter women (working her way through college) had me make up a mix tape for her. She was especially enamored of one song and made up a compete show to it.
“Locomotion” by Dave “not that one”* Stewart and Barbara Gaskin (cover of the Little Eva song)
For most of the song it’s slower and more sensuous than the pop original. She started out fully decked out in overalls, an engineer’s cap and bandanna, complete with a lantern. She was a good dancer and made all her moves count. I’d always laugh in delight when she used it. It was something! I wish we could have videotaped her.
She also had a routine for this wonderful version of “Siamese Cat Song.”
- not the same Dave Stewart from Eurythmics.
Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos
Sextypething - Stone Temple Pilots
Birthday - the Sugarcubes
Also, Love’s a Loaded Gun - Alice Cooper
I saw a woman squat in front of a customer (raised stage) and dance to “For Your Eyes Only”.
1985’s “**We Want To Sex Up River Hippie **!”
Just a Closer Walk with Thee no seriously.
Kiss- Prince
-just shimmy to the guitar jangles and throw yourself at the pole when he screams. Easy peasy.