...and there's always Brian Ferry and the entire AVALON album which must have seen some serious action in the late 70's early 80's...
...and maybe I just can't separate the girl from the song (,-)) Shania Twain, Your're Still The One
Sexiest Song of All Time
My first feeling is that the girls have it easier here as the whole point of Rock 'n' Roll and pop music is for guys to get girls into bed! And when it comes to atmosphere, the guys are more focussed on what's going to "work" rather than what's really a sexy sounding tune .
I was preparing to take you to task for this, but then the more I thought about it, the harder of a time I was having coming up with songs I find sexy that are sung by women!! Plenty of great love songs, or heartrending songs, but sexy.... not so easy for me. Though I know there must be plenty out there and I'd love to hear other people's opinions on that (clearly some of the guys find Tori's songs sexy). But I've always found the song Possession by Sarah MacLachlan quite sexy (though I don't like this video!!):
Or how about Sophie B. Hawkins's "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover:"
I was preparing to take you to task for this, but then the more I thought about it, the harder of a time I was having coming up with songs I find sexy that are sung by women!! Plenty of great love songs, or heartrending songs, but sexy.... not so easy for me. Though I know there must be plenty out there and I'd love to hear other people's opinions on that (clearly some of the guys find Tori's songs sexy). But I've always found the song Possession by Sarah MacLachlan quite sexy (though I don't like this video!!):
Or how about Sophie B. Hawkins's "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover:"
suziko wrote:
On the whole, I wouldn't really agree with Chris' observation. I wouldn't limit what I find sexy to songs sung by women, but -- as long as we're on that track -- aside from Tori and Sarah, I'd definitely rate a lot of Annie Lennox, Jann Arden, and, of course, Janis Joplin.
-Stuart
I'd vote for this Sarah MacLachlan song as well -- though I haven't ever seen a video of it and decided not to spoil it by watching the one you posted.My first feeling is that the girls have it easier here as the whole point of Rock 'n' Roll and pop music is for guys to get girls into bed! And when it comes to atmosphere, the guys are more focussed on what's going to "work" rather than what's really a sexy sounding tune .
I was preparing to take you to task for this, but then the more I thought about it, the harder of a time I was having coming up with songs I find sexy that are sung by women!! Plenty of great love songs, or heartrending songs, but sexy.... not so easy for me. Though I know there must be plenty out there and I'd love to hear other people's opinions on that (clearly some of the guys find Tori's songs sexy). But I've always found the song Possession by Sarah MacLachlan quite sexy (though I don't like this video!!):
On the whole, I wouldn't really agree with Chris' observation. I wouldn't limit what I find sexy to songs sung by women, but -- as long as we're on that track -- aside from Tori and Sarah, I'd definitely rate a lot of Annie Lennox, Jann Arden, and, of course, Janis Joplin.
-Stuart
Shania. Oh yeah. My wife loves that song as it reminds her of what we went thru to be together. So I learned how to play it. But she has one that I like far better. Not just the song either, I love her outfit in this vid.
Chris, I know what you mean. Its hard to separate the girl from the song! LOL Lets face it, guys are visual critters.
Chris, I know what you mean. Its hard to separate the girl from the song! LOL Lets face it, guys are visual critters.
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Nice one Tony, INXS were PDG and that's a cool song... and some nice scenes of that famous Aussie city, Prag 
. Now Prag does bring back some romantic memories for me!
Tori Amos gets my vote too, pretty yummy but again I keep getting the girl confused with the tune!
Suzi, glad you had a good think before you took meto task there
... but you can take me to task any time, I'm game! It was Christopher Hitchens who outrageously argued that women aren't as funny as men because they just don't have to be, we love them any way! Men on the other hand have to be very witty, clever, write, play and/or sing great love songs or be filthy rich to get women interested in them as they are such ugly toads otherwise. The Beatles famously said the main point of becoming famous for them was to pull the girls. Such are the laws of nature. Personally, I do find witty girls (like Tina Fey ) really attractive ... but there again she is attractive so maybe Andy's right. And, That Don't Impress Me Much is pretty damn sexy and witty too... but mainly because it's Shania singing it! Some how, for me it pretty much does have to be a woman singing the song for me to feel it's sexy.
. Now Prag does bring back some romantic memories for me!Tori Amos gets my vote too, pretty yummy but again I keep getting the girl confused with the tune!
Suzi, glad you had a good think before you took meto task there
... but you can take me to task any time, I'm game! It was Christopher Hitchens who outrageously argued that women aren't as funny as men because they just don't have to be, we love them any way! Men on the other hand have to be very witty, clever, write, play and/or sing great love songs or be filthy rich to get women interested in them as they are such ugly toads otherwise. The Beatles famously said the main point of becoming famous for them was to pull the girls. Such are the laws of nature. Personally, I do find witty girls (like Tina Fey ) really attractive ... but there again she is attractive so maybe Andy's right. And, That Don't Impress Me Much is pretty damn sexy and witty too... but mainly because it's Shania singing it! Some how, for me it pretty much does have to be a woman singing the song for me to feel it's sexy.Suzi, glad you had a good think before you took meto task there ... but you can take me to task any time, I'm game! I was Christopher Hitchens who outrageously argued that women aren't as funny as men because they just don't have to be, we love them any way!
Hmmm.... once again, I'm not sure I agree with you, Chris! In my experience, men take a shot gun approach to humor. They spray lots of jokes and some hit the mark but many don't. Women's humor is a bit more like a high precision sniper rifle. Fewer jokes, but the ones we make actually hit the target! Perhaps that's no coincidence, when you consider our biologies!
Suzi
Hmmm.... once again, I'm not sure I agree with you, Chris! In my experience, men take a shot gun approach to humor. They spray lots of jokes and some hit the mark but many don't. Women's humor is a bit more like a high precision sniper rifle. Fewer jokes, but the ones we make actually hit the target! Perhaps that's no coincidence, when you consider our biologies!
Suzi
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Even I don't agree with me on this one!
But Hitch does a devilish job on putting his wicked point!
But Hitch does a devilish job on putting his wicked point!
I don't want to hijack the thread, but Suzi started us down this path, so...
neverfoundthetime wrote:
Why Women Aren't Funny
Tina Fey had a very funny response in the March 14 issue of The New Yorker a -- not really a response, but on the same topic and funny enough to prove Hitchens wrong. The New Yorker doesn't make its content freely available, but has published an abstract (which, unfortunately, doesn't contain any of the good bits about male SNL writers keeping jars of urine in their office, so perhaps proves that magazine editors are not very funny):
What separates the women from the men
neverfoundthetime wrote:
Vanity Fair makes the full text of Hitchens' 2007 article freely available on its website. It's worth having a look. Like just about everything else he's ever said or written, I'm sure Hitchens would be deeply hurt to discover that anyone actually agreed with him:Even I don't agree with me on this one!
But Hitch does a devilish job on putting his wicked point!
Why Women Aren't Funny
Tina Fey had a very funny response in the March 14 issue of The New Yorker a -- not really a response, but on the same topic and funny enough to prove Hitchens wrong. The New Yorker doesn't make its content freely available, but has published an abstract (which, unfortunately, doesn't contain any of the good bits about male SNL writers keeping jars of urine in their office, so perhaps proves that magazine editors are not very funny):
What separates the women from the men