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Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled.	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Heather: [QB] So, last night, I was cooking before some friends came over, and had my ipod shuffling a bunch of Rolling Stones tunes. Let's Spend the Night together came on, a song I remember jumping on beds to with girlfriends in jr. high, and also remember, as the years passed, as being one of quite a few tunes from the 60s and 70s (and we had some in the 80s, too, but that's the time it seemed like tunes like this started to be more rare) which presented a sexual invitation or exchange as this mutually-beneficial, non-prescribed-gender roles, plain old happy, fun thing. Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On," was similar. Heck, this one even had dudes singing about feeling flustered, being totally fine if some of the kinds of sex they wanted didn't happen, and wanting to make sure their ostensibly female partner had a good time. (However, it was considered so scandalous by some when it came out, that on a TV show they were to perform it on, they had to sing it as "Let's Spend Some Time Together," instead.) Some of the lyrics: [QUOTE]Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (Oh my) I'm in no hurry I can take my time (Oh my) I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied (tongues' getting tied) I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry. I'm high, But I try, try, try (Oh my) Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now I feel so strong that I can't disguise (oh my) Let's spend the night together But I just can't apologize (oh no) Let's spend the night together Don't hang me up and don't let me down (don't let me down) We could have fun just groovin' around around and around Oh my, my Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever This doesn't happen to me ev'ryday (oh my) Let's spend the night together No excuses offered anyway (oh my) Let's spend the night together I'll satisfy your every need (every need) And I now know you will satisfy me Oh my, my, my, my, my Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now[/QUOTE]Anyway, it occurred to me that it doesn't seem like there are a lot of, if any, songs like this anymore. Most of the popular songs that address sex either comes with sexism or posturing, commodify it a lot, aren't just kind of light (and involve love/romance if they are presenting sex as something mutually fulfilling, too), etc. But perhaps I'm missing something? Can any of you think of any songs that are fairly current that are about sex, but just present it as something fun and human like this? [/QB][/QUOTE]

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