# What's your "doing it" music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787 "2012-06-11T04:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/21 "2012-06-11T16:46:58Z")
_Why Don’t we do it in the Road_ doesn’t seem to work at all. On the other hand, the entirety of Massive Attack’s _Mezzanine_ album has always been the gold standard for this sort of thing, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/22 "2012-06-11T16:54:23Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > People use music? Not just in the movies? I always wondered why Wagner’s _Prelude and leibestold_ didn’t start up… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/23 "2012-06-11T18:59:11Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > _Why Don’t we do it in the Road_ doesn’t seem to work at all. Well, it’s only 1:41 long, so I can see why it would make for a less than satisfactory session. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/24 "2012-06-11T19:11:44Z")
None. Tried it in college. We both agreed it was cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/25 "2012-06-11T19:16:05Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > People use music? Not just in the movies? Yeah, I’ve never once deliberately put on music to boink, and neither has any woman I’ve been with. Sometimes the radio or TV might be on in the background, but that’s not really the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/26 "2012-06-11T22:02:40Z")
I’m partial to “Bolero”. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/27 "2012-06-11T22:12:25Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I’m partial to “Bolero”. You could hurt yourself. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/28 "2012-06-11T22:22:18Z")
Haven’t really done it to music since my early 20s, but Massive Attack’s _Mezzanine_ had the right vibe to it. ETA: Oh, I see I’m not the only one… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/29 "2012-06-11T22:24:57Z")
Please don’t think less of me, but it used to be Kenny G. I’m so embarrassed. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/30 "2012-06-11T22:35:12Z")
Whatever she wants. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/31 "2012-06-11T22:43:10Z")
[The music from NFL Films.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p30QHbD8018) ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/32 "2012-06-11T22:47:44Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I’m partial to “Bolero”. The only one that made me smile. Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/33 "2012-06-12T00:52:02Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Yeah, I’ve never once deliberately put on music to boink, and neither has any woman I’ve been with. > > Sometimes the radio or TV might be on in the background, but that’s not really the same thing. Generally the same here. My ex made me an iTunes playlist early in our relationship (I guess it’s the modern equivalent of a mix tape), and every time it got played, we always seemed to be going at it by the time [Feelin’ Love](http://youtu.be/-3Oq6USn-Qo) by Paula Cole was playing; we didn’t put it on specifically to have sex, but it did seem to be a bit of an aphrodisiac. Oddest “background” song: very early in the relationship with my now ex-wife, we were together in the bedroom, playing and getting more exploratory, and we finally decided to consummate things. Yep, our first time. Right as we began, the television, tuned to MTV, began playing [this song](http://youtu.be/2dy7Cg36qfY), which is pretty much the antithesis of romantic/sexy music. ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/34 "2012-06-12T03:07:54Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Please don’t think less of me, but it used to be Kenny G. > > I’m so embarrassed. You’re a depraved individual! ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/35 "2012-06-12T03:15:21Z")
This thread reminds me of Dr. Evil cue-ing up the Marvin Gaye… ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/36 "2012-06-12T04:06:18Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I’m partial to “Bolero”. Great line! Count me among those who has never put on a soundtrack for sex. I wonder if it’s about being a ‘lyrics’ person . . . like, I don’t know, I’d feel like I should be acting out the words in the song or something. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/37 "2012-06-12T05:00:21Z")
My ex and I used to love Maxwell’s _Urban Hang Suite_ album. Not sure what I’d listen to now… it’s been so long I have no idea. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/38 "2012-06-12T15:38:29Z")
I’m far to conscious of music and lyrics to feel very comfortable with background music to that sort of thing. Even if there happens to be a suitable tune, then once that finishes there’ll be a (pregnant?) pause before something jarring appears. And a 21st century iTunes playlist would seem all too contrived. I remember at university a girl putting on the Vangelis ‘Love Theme’ from the Bladerunner soundtrack while we were at it. Ridiculously overblown and melancholy with the most rasping, sleazy saxophone I can imagine. Only funny in hindsight. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/39 "2012-06-12T15:48:50Z")
Massive Attack and Portishead ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787/40 "2012-06-12T16:46:13Z")
Shake Ya Ass by Mystikal gets the party started, then whatever’s on iTunes randomly, usually something terrible that gets turned off. This is a rare occasion, known as “his lucky day,” and usually no music is involved. ETA: the dancing like a ho is the lucky day, not that the doin’ it day is the lucky day. That day is called Wednesday. I’m a laff riot! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-doing-it-music/624787.md?page=3)