Earlier this week I posted about some great songs that are all about love, specially for Valentine’s Day. Today, also for Valentine’s Day, I have some songs that speak to the other side of the coin: lust!

Lust (Eric Krupper Remix) – DJ Alain Vinet

This remix does nothing to hide what it is about. The title says it all: Lust, plain and simple. I’m not sure about the history of this song, it’s a little difficult to tract down. I know that Max Graham is some how involved, and that DJ Alain Vinet, from Montreal Canada, created the original, and New York DJ, Eric Krupper, gave it a thick, sexy, thumping feel with his remix.

The beat in this song is sexy for sure, though you’ll have to forgive it for some cheese, particularly the electric guitar solo in the middle. If you can get over the vague cheesiness of this track, you’ll find the lusty lyrics mix well with the sexy beat. I couldn’t find the lyrics to this track anywhere, so I thought I’d do a little transcribing… they are to sexy to not have them floating about the intertubes somewhere!

Things I’d like to do to you
I think about night and day
Feeling I get when I do
Is more that anyone can say

You know when I get close to you
I feel my mind drifting away
Like some kind of Voodoo
You get me where I want to stay

Yes you got what I need
Waiting is a waste of time
Let me be your fantasy
Like I want you to be mine

Fantasizing about you
Each and every day and night
What am I gonna do
I fear I’m gonna lose my mind

I feel something in my soul
When I look into your eyes
Sometimes its even painful
You’ve got me kind of hypnotized

The time that’s most magical
Is when I’m laying by your side
I lose all sense of control
You really make me want to ride

Some Candy Talking – The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s dreamy style in their 1986 track, Some Candy Talking, gives the song a light and playful feel, despite the powerful lyrics. I posted a different version of this song last year, Chris Whitley’s version of Some Candy Talking is more raw and visceral than the original version by The Jesus and Mary Chain (Really, go get Chris Whitley’s version!). I’m not saying this version isn’t good, it is, and it is sexy and dreamy. Chris Whitley’s version, with it’s raw emotion, is just a little better, in my humble opinion.

Back in the 80s, when this song was released, a radio DJ in the UK horribly misinterpreted the meaning of this song, which led to it being pulled from radio air play. It was thought that the song was about heroin, but clearly it’s about lovin’. It’s not about sweet, sensitive love making though. “Candy Talking” is really a euphemism for raw, dirty, animalistic sex.

I Just Want to Make Love to You – Etta James

This classic song is interesting, as it was originally written from a male perspective by Willie Dixon for Muddy Waters in 1954. Seven years later, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last. At the time, and still even now, it’s a little funny to hear a female voice belting out lyrics such as:

I don’t want you to wash my clothes
I don’t want you to keep my home
I don’t want your money too
I just want to make love to you

But it works! Etta James cover of I Just Want to Make Love to You is powerfully sensual, and sexy.

Get Busy – Sean Paul

I have always had a soft spot for this track Sean Paul has a unique sexiness to him that has the power to draw out the sexiness in the ladies, including myself. The uptempo dancehall track is perfect for pre-lovin’ dancing to get each other all riled up before finding a private spot to take care of business. As Sean Paul says: Get Busy!

Sean Paul, and his people, released a new site last month that is focuses on building a community of Reggae and Dance Hall Lovers. Check it out if you’re into that sort of thing.

Over and Over – Hot Chip

While Hot Chip was doing the interview circuit in the promotion of their popular album The Warning they mentioned something about their track Over & Over show all the critics that say Hot Chip are too chill that Hot Chip can, in fact, rock out. This has led various analysis about the internet about the song Over and Over being about the repetition in dance music. It’s not. It’s about sex. The repetitive action of lovin’:

Over and over and over and over and over
Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal
The joy of repetition really is in you
Under and under and under and under and under
The smell of repetition really is on you
And when i feel this way i really am with you

Yeah, it’s about sexy time; a good old fashion romp in the hay!

Enjoy your Valentine’s Day everyone!

I Found You (Classic Remix) – Axwell

Axwell, one of the three musical geniuses behind the Swedish House Mafia, has had quite a year since the Swedish House Mafia Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1, and the subsequent tours and recordings! The classic mix of Axwell’s I Found U is the best of all the mixes available for this track. It has the cutest little melody that you end up wanting to hear over and over.  This song has special significance for me, as it came out when Perfect and I were falling in love. The lyrics say exactly what I was feeling at that time:

Thank god I found you
I never really had a love
Sent from heaven up above
I’m just so happy because
Thank god I found you

This song is perfect for those moments when you are dancing in a crowded club with your loved one, and it feels like no one else is there,  no one except the two of you, the love, and the music!

Hopefully – My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket’s Hopefully has a certain beautiful tragic element to it, a desperation in the emotion filled vocals that sing:

Hopefully, it occurs to me
That there’s one thing I can’t stand
That’s the thought of a single day
Without your head in my hand

The lyrics sing of a long term love, one that sees many trails through the day to day of normal life. With all its desperation, this track is beautiful to listen to, with Jim James’s vocals soaring over the acoustic guitar and keyboard sound-scapes. This song is perfect for gazing into the eyes of your loved one, and re-discovering why you feel in love in the first place.

My Morning Jacket are wrapping us a touring in Australia and Japan in promotion of their latest album Evil Urges, which was released in June of last year.

In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel

Likely best know for it’s integral role in the 1989 film Say Anything. The often imitated scene when John Cusak holds the stereo high above his head outside her window, is one of the most romantic moments in 1980s cinema. The song itself powerfully shows Peter Gabriel’s sensitive side (not that this is a rare occasion), with lyrics he wrote in response to the failure of his relationship with Rosanna Arquette. The lyrics clearly paint that wonderful, inescapable feeling you get when you gaze into the eyes of the one you are in love with. This particular version is from Gabriel’s Secret World Tour recorded back in 1994. The live version is particularly long, but it’s well worth the listen. It is good music to accompany cuddles on the couch, particularly with the jam session towards the end featuring the vocal stylings of Youssou N’Dour.

Peter Gabriel is going to be touring Mexico and South America through March, if you have the opportunity to go, do! He puts on quite a show.

At Last – Etta James

Arguably the most romantic songs that has ever been recorded, At Last has stood the test of time. Originally, written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives in 1941, the song has been covered many times, by artists such as Etta James, Jason Mraz, Miles Davis, Christina Aguilera, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Norah Jones, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper, and Beyonce Knowles. The lyrics tell of the fabulous moment when you recognize that love has finally arrived.

At last, my love has come along
my lonely days are over
and life is like a song

The song has held a very special place for me since it was featured in one of my favourite movies, Pleasantville. Ah… Tobey Maguire, he’s so dreamy (not as dreamy as my Perfect though, of course!).

Watch for my next post, another special Valentine’s edition!