More Than Music, and By That I Mean Sex

Escape to a land without authority figures dragging you down. A world where you can be with who you want, they way you want, and when you want. Music can take you there, whether via Neo-soul and R&B artist Maxwell

and his seductively smooth sounds,

or country music siren Faith Hill

and her sweet and innocent melodies.

M usic let's your imagination roam free. When you are listening to music there is no need for you to be ashamed or scared of sexuality as it is out there. Some of us have trouble talking about sex, but singing about sex, that makes it so much easier.

"Let's talk about sex, baby, let's talk about you and me" - Salt-n-Peppa

We tend to be reserved about sex and nudity. I would argue that this topic, along with death
and those feelings associated with
loss, are the two most taboo subjects in our society today. We need not be ashamed
of our bodies. Every time we let the "ethical" end of corporations sideline a song,
we let them win. We should not censor bands nor should we prevent or discourage our friends and relatives from joining them. People can join bands to express themselves better or they could just join a band to get laid. We all have needs, after all.

In fact, in the Pussycat Dolls' recent reality show, one of the challenges was to show that you have confidence in yourself by dancing in a box for seedy old men. Not exactly what most people think rock stars should do.

Men	Women
[Eric Balfour of "24"]	[Lindsay Lohan]
[Jamie "Apollo" Bamber of "Battlestar Galactica"]	[A Tiffany Mulheron]
Men's Underwear Fashion Show]

Doughnutman's

top 5 songs to have sex to:

5. Marvin Gaye- "Let's Get It On"
4. Alexander Scriabin - "Poem of Ecstasy"
3. Addictive Beats - "Saeed & Palash"
2. Erykah Badu - "Worldwide Underground"
1. SportsCenter theme song

Thank God we got the criminals, and America got the Puritans!, Australian folk song.

Music and sex go together like chocolate and strawberries. Both are good apart, but they complement each other so well. And thanks to our First Amendment they can been seen and have been seen for a long time.

I believe that the real sexuality of music started in the 1950s with Elvis.

One Pissed Off Liberal wrote:

Elvis descended on American culture like a cataclysm. The impact scar was a deep-running schism between those who feared and hated him for the loosening of social strictures he represented, and those who thought, "I don’t know, what’s so wrong, let the boy wiggle when he sings."

We must thank Elvis for his impact on America and especially music. He took the use of the television and sexuality in music to a whole new level. We have free speech to thank for him and for his critics. It's one of those double-edged swords that you get freedom of expression and people who think that speech is wrong. Anyway, acts like Elvis helped music evolve and helped break cultural boundries.

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Madonna has done nearly everything you can do as a Super Star: Rock Star, Movie Star and top selling author. Madonna took sexuality to a whole new level. Madonna helped revolutionize the music video business by making people want to watch, make and buy music videos. She took female sexuality in music to a whole new level.

In my humble opinion, Madonna took sexuality to the second level in the music industry. Women could use their sexuality to sell records and people would respond by buying them, often in bulk. Madonna helped pave the way for the Britney's and Christina's, not to mention those boy bands of the 90s. Sex sells.

The third stage of sexuality in music I think was the addition of male sexuality. With the success of woman artists, they started using their new status to have male dancers and actors in their videos. Men were not really used as eye candy before this, but now it not unusual to see a hot male actor vying for a lead woman's affection in a video.

The third stage is where we are now, where people have real musical talent and real sex appeal. There are entire acts created just to make money using sex and singing ability, but there are still artists who aren't the best looking but who have fans. After Madonna there were notable cases of artists not signed because they were ugly and videos of bands were shot differently to highlight prettier members. Now we have acts that are sexy and acts that are not. For the most part, bands don't really try to do what you wouldn't expect them to do. Or if they do they fail miserably, like Jewel recently did.

I probably should have put a bit more thought into this, but I did try, so what do you think?