# Wildly unsuitable songs for striptease acts. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608 "2004-01-15T17:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shadowman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shadowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/41 "2004-01-15T23:37:31Z")
I was once in a club watching a dancer walking to “Push” by Matchbox Twenty. That wouldn’t have been so bad, but I was quietly singing along until I realized what kind of vibe my singing the lyric “I want to push you around! And I will! And I will!” was creating. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/42 "2004-01-15T23:43:22Z")
Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/43 "2004-01-15T23:48:16Z")
**Interrobang!?** , why don’t you start another thread on the _best_ songs for enjoying a stripper? I’m dying to nominate Gary Glitter’s _Rock and Roll_, otherwise known as the “Hey” song. \*Ba boom ta tee ba boom ta tee ba boom ta tee ba boom ta tee \* ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/44 "2004-01-16T00:02:27Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Ave Maria > > But I have to second “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Not only is the song itself a complete downer, but it’s so long she’d have time to strip down to her naughty bits, get dressed and strip again. DARNIT!! :mad: Beat to the punch again! ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/45 "2004-01-16T00:06:38Z")
_Into Temptation_ by Crowded House. It’s a song about rape (at least that’s the way I interpret it). Just about anything by They Might Be Giants. _Dear Mr. Jesus_ _Onward, Christian Soldiers_ ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/46 "2004-01-16T00:11:57Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > **Interrobang!?** , why don’t you start another thread on the _best_ songs for enjoying a stripper? That was my first idea, but then I thought bad striptease songs would be more fun. But I endorse the idea – go ahead and start the thread yourself! I also have to say that I don’t consider symphonies “songs” in any meaningful sense of the word, but it’s certainly true that none of them would be particularly effective backdrops for public nudity. That said, another non-song song: John Cage’s **4’33"**. And jeez, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” would be _awful_. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/47 "2004-01-16T00:14:50Z")
The Gloria. Or any other song that wouldn’t be out of place when sung in a church. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/48 "2004-01-16T00:15:17Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > Just about anything by They Might Be Giants. He wants a shoehorn! _twirl!_ The kind with teeth! _boom-ka-boom_ People should get beat up _shimmmmmmy_ For stating their beliefs. _and there goes the bra!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/49 "2004-01-16T00:16:24Z")
Paul Anka–"(You’re) Having My Baby." ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/50 "2004-01-16T00:18:06Z")
Unless, of course, the stripper was visibly pregnant… ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_Snerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Elmer\_Snerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_Snerd)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/51 "2004-01-16T00:18:33Z")
“The Safety Dance” most Christmas carols “Auld Lang Syne” anything by Wayne Newton or Lawrence Welk ---
**Author:** ![Badandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@Badandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badandi)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/52 "2004-01-16T00:20:39Z")
Just about any Nick Drake Song. “Save The Life Of My Child” - Simon and Garfunkel “Appalachian Spring” - Aaron Copland “Bells For Her” - Tori Amos ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/53 "2004-01-16T00:27:50Z")
Aww Guinastasia thought of “butterfly kisses” first. :dubious: How about " Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro " Baby Baby" by Amy Grant " Me and my gun" by Tori Amos " Sex Type thing" by STP " Dear God" both by XTC and the Shootz Groove cover ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/54 "2004-01-16T00:43:48Z")
Thanks **Interrobang!?** , but credit where credit is due, my man. > [@Shodan](#): > > _Amazing Grace_. > > The bagpipe version. _clutches sides, gasping_ > [@Kizarvexius](#): > > _Onward Christian Soldiers_ _falls to floor_ ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/55 "2004-01-16T00:44:28Z")
“Sympathy For The Devil”-Laibach. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/56 "2004-01-16T00:53:41Z")
The **1812 Overture**! DA-DADA-DADA-DA-DA-DA **BOOM!** Then again, the “Boom Boom” theme might fit in… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/57 "2004-01-16T02:51:47Z")
“Hit the Road, Jack” – Ray Charles “Papa Don’t Preach” – Madonna “Lucille” – Kenny Rogers “9th and Hennepin” – Tom Waits “No Woman No Cry” – Bob Marley “Gentleman” – Afghan Whigs ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/58 "2004-01-16T03:22:23Z")
The theme song to Gilligan’s Island. (Incidentally, you can sing Amazing Grace to the same melody.) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/59 "2004-01-16T03:26:44Z")
The Beatles, Revolution # 9 The Barney Song ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608/60 "2004-01-16T03:32:28Z")
Ever since I read this earlier today, I haven’t been able to get “Edmund Fitzgerald” out of my mind! It might not be so bad! “Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams…” “And farther below Lake Ontario takes in what Lake Erie can send her” Well, maybe it would be so bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildly-unsuitable-songs-for-striptease-acts/224608.md?page=4)