Musing on Music in Clubs
On my recent tour I concentrated my visits on action clubs. Without exception in these clubs I found the stage shows to be useless. Why not use the music in these clubs to complement the sexier activities taking place.
To my mind the sexiest piece of music ever written is Ravel's "Bolero". Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries" is up there too. Other choices would be throbbing African drums or drum solos of any kind <Joe Morello's "Castilian Drums">. I heard no classic 60s or 70s rock. The Stones <Satisfaction>; Fleetwood Mac; husky-voiced Janis Joplin would all fit.
And the classic SC anthem - ZZ TOP's "Legs" :
'.....She's got legs and knows how to use 'em" !!!
I did not hear one bar of that gem. Responses from any dancers who read this post would be fascinating to read.
To my mind the sexiest piece of music ever written is Ravel's "Bolero". Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries" is up there too. Other choices would be throbbing African drums or drum solos of any kind <Joe Morello's "Castilian Drums">. I heard no classic 60s or 70s rock. The Stones <Satisfaction>; Fleetwood Mac; husky-voiced Janis Joplin would all fit.
And the classic SC anthem - ZZ TOP's "Legs" :
'.....She's got legs and knows how to use 'em" !!!
I did not hear one bar of that gem. Responses from any dancers who read this post would be fascinating to read.
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Sorry, that just reminds me of Apocalypse Now.
"Charlie don't surf!"
Most radio stations play the same tired old play lists-over and over and over and over and over and over again, ad infinitum, ad nauseum. People don't seem to mind. If I hit the mega millions or powerball, on my list of things to do is buy a radio station and seriously challenge the status quo with the slogan "NO PLAY LISTS, EVER !!"
no.. not really
Complaints I have heard from dancers include: "how am I supposed to dance to that?". or he always plays Salsa because of my Hispanic stage name.
I was discussing favorite strip club songs with a favorite 2 weeks ago after the topic came up on here. I mentioned "The way you move" by Outkast. Guess what they played on her next stage appearance.
Worst song ever heard in a strip club: 1962 on Bourbon ST. in New Orleans. "Colonel Bogey March" from the movie "Bridge on the river Kwai". Yuk.
That's the other thing, I'm the only actual Canadian girl in the club, so I play it up with Canadian bands whenever possible.
KitTastic- a couple of the clubs I go to play the Doors and Jimi Hendrix all the time. However, I don't know that I've ever heard anything Canadian other than Nickelback or Rush in a club.
Dudester- that's part of why I got XM radio (now Sirius/XM). The local stations here in Omaha suck. The big rock station in town will not ever play Tool. They'll play some stupid crap, but they won't play Tool.
As for myself, I'm just glad I figured out one more Lady Gaga song on my last trip to the strip club.
A few years ago in a lame local club, a dancer played about 3 Phil Collins poppy ballads in a row. She was the best looking dancer there so as I tipped her onstage, I told her she needed to work on her mucical selection. She informed me that she made twice as much money as any other girl in there and she liked her music just fine. Guess how much more $ she got out of me?
Recently, having just gotten to the club, I was standing at the bar talking to a new to me dancer. She started singing along to a song, Billionaire, which of course this old man had never heard. She told me hearing the same songs 8-10 times a day breeds familiarity. Funny thing, I have heard that song on the radio 2 or 3 times since and think of her. Never did get a dance from her though, but she was good looking.
lol..
several years ago at the grand opening of a local nightclub my band was the opening act for the guess who. there were only maybe 2 original members playing and they were living off of the guess who name.
I think I'm going to try and bribe the DJ at the next club I go to to see if he'll play it when I'm getting a dance from my ATF. I'd be willing to pay 1-for-3 (rather than the 2-for-1 we're always bargaining for) just to get this fantasy checked off my list. What do you think it would take to get the DJ on board?
one of the best value dances i ever had :)
And its new.
Not a million-billion-been hearing-it-since-the-70s-freaking-years-OLD!
Rap and Hip-Hop are pretty much a waste. I know one girl who manages to make Eminem interesting, but she's an exception. She also does a fabulous ice-cube show to the epic Pink Floyd song "Pigs", which pretty much undoes my entire theory regarding old classic rock . . .