Shag Song

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dangermouse
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Shag Song

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I have my own favourite Leonard shag song that my boyfriend and I had on repeat for five weekends - A Thousand Kisses Deep (and it was).
What are yours?
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Joney
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This post has looked so lonely so I thought I would give a response.

My favourite is Mandy by Barry Manilow or sometimes Congratulations by Cliff Richard. (I'm only joking) To turn this around though what song is the most off putting? I remember years ago my husband had a tape with a song which I think was called "Give it to me" which went along the lines of, "When I came home last night, you wouldn't make love to me, blah blah, give it to me baby" I know what I would give him...

Anyway, good for you dangermouse, I think replay might get a bit repetative for me, unless it was a real quickie.
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Joney
What would you give him? Would it be quick and painless?
Interesting to see if there's any response here now you've offered an alternative. Is there a queue forming?
Am I in the minority who doesn't listen to recorded music, preferring to listen to the live sounds around me? Improvisation is more interesting.
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. . . preferring to listen to the live sounds around me?
Preference high on scale 8) .

Options low :( .

Some are blessed with two highs :) .


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Jesus, Lizzy - you scared me there! :shock: You must be some typist - I think I only pressed submit and you appeared. Yeh - options low - that's a bugger isn't it? But even with the windows thrown open and 'Various Positions' blaring out into the street - will that increase the options? If this has worked for someone I'd like to hear about it with a detailed set list please. :D
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'Various Positions'
:lol: Somehow that's just never occurred to me. Though it seems it might result in making music, rather than listening :wink: . Set list may not be printable.

Yeh... options almost unfathomably low. Bugger, to say the least. Don't even know that I'd want to chance the window thrown open :lol: .
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You have to keep taking calculated risks, Lizzy. What's that saying? - opportunity won't come looking for you. Be good, well sorta
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love what it loves.

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Joney
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Joney
What would you give him? Would it be quick and painless?
Well I'm too much of a lady to really do it, but I would like to give him something quick but painful, I think you can imagine.

Various positions, ha, I never thought of that either, good one.

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'Give it to me Baby' is a classic song by Rick James. It came out in 1981. The fact that noone knows it makes me think LC fans have no funk in them.
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Thanks guys but I was looking for the COHEN song that's most shaggable to.
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All in good taste,

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Not that I am at all comfortable with this line of conversation, but I think 'Fingerprints' and 'Paper-Thin Hotel' are (I would imagine :wink: ) good songs to see one through!!! :lol: And I always thought that any pub or club, at closing time, should play 'Don't Go home With Your Hard-On.' Just as a friendly reminder. :) Does that fit the bill Dangermouse?
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Strangely, I think almost any one of them would do :oops: (give or take a word or two! :shock: ). His music is always so sensuous, his voice so sexy, and he always uses the word 'naked' somewhere! :mrgreen:
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Joney
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Hey Anne, I've still got my funk.

Maybe if Leonard Cohen had done a version of "Give it to me" then I wouldn't feel so bad about the song, but really I find that song terrible. I checked it out on YouTube to see if it was really as bad as I remembered. It was, but the video was really funny.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XFmQAQ9EDeM

However I like Super Freak.
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Erm...Dress Rehearsal Shag?
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