Sensual Selection.0

Before I made my selections for the sexed up edition of last week’s show I fired up twitter and posed the simple question, “what are your sexiest records?” Surprisingly bar a brace of ladies, it was the boys that got busy with the love talk with a suitable agglomeration of acid house, soulful slow jams and even some Nine Inch Nails making the shortlist.

Obviously the show degenerated into the expected innuendo, and the squeaky bed/conga combo of Erotica or the highly dubious “Rape Sequence” from Emmanuelle drifted way off the actual sexy mark into the absurd, and in the latter case, downright unpleasant. The plan was to battle the soft porn of True Blood which we’re currently in a clinch with over the 10pm time slot, subtlety and a soft touch weren’t on the agenda, so now to make amends I’ve chosen the Crème de la Crème of what Dan The Automator charmingly described as “music to make love to your old lady by”.

Donna Summer “Love To Love You Baby”

The sound-bed to our show and no doubt the soundtrack to many an illicit act since it graced the airwaves for the first time back in 1975, amazingly this almost wasn’t a Donna Summer release as she was reluctant to traverse the overtly sexual route which Moroder wanted to take her down (i’ll forgive you if you suddenly remember the “I’ll tell your mum you went down Sexy Road” joke). Fortunately Summer conceded and took to the mic channeling the spirit of Marilyn Monroe caught in the throws of passion resulting in an astounding 23 orgasms throughout the 17 minutes of the full length version.

Lil Louis “French Kiss”

Like the degenerate little sister of Summer, French Kiss looked back at Love To Love you Baby and I Feel Love and took everything which was perfect for both upright and horizontal pass times and put them together for what is arguably still some of the sleaziest of dancefloor action. I played this out only the other day and the venue manager suggested people weren’t ready for that kind of music, you’d hope after more than two decades of it being on wax that they were, personally I’d like to think that deep down, the world has been ready and waiting for this record for years before the phonogram, discoteques or even dry humping in public was invented.

Al Green “Simply Beautiful”

As if I would have left out the reverend; it was actually former Brownswood bubbler Orsii that reminded me of this beauty of a track but it’d be hard to single out one particular song from I’m Still In Love With You. I wouldn’t be shocked to discover that more kids were conceived in 1972 than any other year simply because of this LP. Many would argue that Marvin out-sexed the rev with Sexual Healing but everything about this record oozes unbridled passion, as opposed to the well matured cheese of Gaye’s titillating tune.

There would’ve been 5 videos here but alas thanks to Prince’s war with youtube the only version of When 2 R In Love is a shaky shot of a Dansette playing a scratchy copy of Lovesexy, and the few Majesticons tracks which appear pon “the tube” don’t include the thrusting computer funk of Prom Party. I’d also considered picking a couple of my favourite slow jams but let’s face it, they’re all pretty silly.

Addendum:

For some reason I couldn’t find this when I looked on youtube before but it just popped up in the search function so without further ado…

Larry Young’s Fuel “Turn Off The Lights”

Everything about this record can be construed as sexy – the title alone says it all but then there’s the moans and yelps, the slow pounding beat, even the name of the band if we can get a bit nudge-nudge wink-wink for a moment, and don’t make me say something about Larry Young knowing his way round an organ (somebody stop me). Seriously though this track is as stunning as it is dirty, the synth work is bordering on barmy, like the drunken dirty auntie of Add N To X’s Metal Fingers In My Body slow dancing with granddad George Clinton.