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Request for Mix Help

posted by [personal profile] orichalcum at 05:18pm on 12/01/2005
So, I'm making a Dissertation Mix focusing, for obvious reasons, on prostitutes and songs about sex-money trades. Suggestions are needed; successful suggestions will get a free copy of the mix if desired.

House of Marcus Lycus (Forum)
Roxanne
Lovely Ladies (Les Mis)
Heat is on in Saigon (Miss Saigon)
Hey Big Spender
Material Girl (don't have a copy of, not on Itunes, anyone who can help?)
I Never Do Anything Twice (Sondheim)
Everybody ought to have a maid (Forum)
Sparkling Diamonds (Moulin Rouge)
I wanna be Rich (Calloway)
Whores Hustle and the Hustler's Whore (PJ Harvey)
All you need is love (Moulin Rouge)
Venus (Also need a copy)

No specific genre, though clearly there's a fair amount of musicals...
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posted by [identity profile] outlawradio.livejournal.com at 10:30pm on 12/01/2005
Rum and Coca Cola by the Andrews Sisters.
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posted by [identity profile] julianyap.livejournal.com at 12:11am on 13/01/2005
"One Night in Bangkok" from _Chess_
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from both of us

posted by [identity profile] banana-pants.livejournal.com at 12:55am on 13/01/2005
House of the Rising Sun (many covers)
Wrong Way (Sublime)
perhaps some Tenacious D?
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posted by [identity profile] outlawradio.livejournal.com at 01:18am on 13/01/2005
The D's not about prostitution, it's about hot metal boy lust. And KICKING ASSSSSS!!!!!
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posted by [identity profile] apintrix.livejournal.com at 04:52am on 13/01/2005
Ditto House of the Rising Sun! (It was all I could think of-- alas, someone beat me to it, and I now have nothing worthwhile to contribute.)
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posted by [identity profile] kenjari.livejournal.com at 01:57am on 13/01/2005
"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Tom Waits.
"Pasties & A G-String", also by Tom Waits (if strippers count).
"Do You Love Me? (part 2)" by Nick Cave.
And if you were inclined towards opera, you could always throw in something from La Traviata - it's about a courtesan in 19th century Europe.
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posted by [identity profile] holmes-iv.livejournal.com at 03:12pm on 13/01/2005
An extremely accomplished courtesan, too— she dies of tuberculosis on a high C. Gotta love Verdi... ;-)
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posted by [identity profile] spyscribe.livejournal.com at 03:50am on 13/01/2005
"Tomorrow We'll See" by Sting?
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posted by [identity profile] ladybird97.livejournal.com at 02:57pm on 13/01/2005
How about 'Glitter and Be Gay' from Candide? It's not quite in the same musical genre as the others, but it's all about a woman who's essentially selling herself...
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posted by [identity profile] epilimnion.livejournal.com at 03:50pm on 13/01/2005
Working for the Man by Pj Harvey (it's rather elliptical, but can be interpreted to describe prostitution)

There are also a whole bunch of early american blues songs about sex sung by women, but these can be hard to find. I have heard of one called "I Ain't Givin' It Away"
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posted by [identity profile] soap-on-a-rope.livejournal.com at 06:22pm on 13/01/2005
stop ou encore (plastic bertrand)
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posted by [identity profile] kenjari.livejournal.com at 07:08pm on 13/01/2005
Is that the song also known as "Jet Boy, Jet Girl"?
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posted by [identity profile] soap-on-a-rope.livejournal.com at 03:41pm on 16/01/2005
not sure - other great rec. is "Pretty Piece of Flesh" by one inch punch
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depending on how precise you are being...

posted by [identity profile] jab2.livejournal.com at 06:30am on 14/01/2005
my only thought is 'A Miller's Son' from A Little Night Music, which is more about giving it up a lot and then (probably) marrying for money. so depending on how loose your definition is... (pun semi-intended)

i have material girl on my computer, if emailing it as a file would help, btw

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posted by [identity profile] mrmorse.livejournal.com at 04:00pm on 14/01/2005
Strange Kind of Woman (Deep Purple)

I'm sure I know more. That's just the first one off the top of my head.
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posted by [identity profile] gracest.livejournal.com at 06:55pm on 17/01/2005
"Rent" by the Pet Shop Boys
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Let the poets pipe of love / in their childish way

posted by [identity profile] gracest.livejournal.com at 07:08pm on 17/01/2005
Hmmm. This is not at all in the same genre, but Cole Porter's "Love for Sale". I like the Ella version.

Love for sale / Appetising young love for sale / Love that's fresh and still unspoiled / Love that's only slightly soiled

Oh yes, Bon Jovi have another song by that title. And Ace of Base have yet another, although I can't remember how that goes.

I have the jazz standard if you can work that into your mix and a reply 5 days late isn't too late. It's not quite the thank you card I meant to send you after my visit in 2003, but it's a start, perhaps? ;-)

Enjoy making your mix!
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hmmm...

posted by [identity profile] mryt-maat.livejournal.com at 07:21pm on 17/01/2005
"I can make you feel special" from the Avenue Q soundtrack, may not count
Greensleeves
Jane's Addiction- Jane Says
a whole lot of Hole songs
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posted by [identity profile] restruction.livejournal.com at 06:41am on 25/01/2005
Depending on how you interpret it: "Little Dawn" Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
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