Author Topic: Songs about punting (Read 1922 times)

Boundless · « **on:** October 20, 2015, 05:16:16 pm »

I was in the kitchen this morning with the Mrs, singing out the words to Simon & Garfunkel's The Boxer and then, too late!!

"just a come on from the whores on 7th Avenue, I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there"

My voice didn't waver, I was quite proud of myself!

Can't think of many other references to punting though.

I suppose Tina Turner, Private Dancer is close.

Any contributions?

daviemac · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2015, 06:24:46 pm »

Just off the top of my head

Kinks 'Lola'

Stones 'Honky Tonk Woman'

I'm sure there's loads more.

385North · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2015, 06:29:37 pm »

Possibly the most obvious one ...

Roxanne by the Police.

itk · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2015, 06:35:44 pm »

Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick

All the late night bargains have been struck
Between the satin beans and their bells
Prehistoric garbage trucks
Got the city to themselves
Echoes and the roars dinosaurs
They're all doing the monster mash
And most of the taxis and the whores
Are only taking calls for cash

I think Mark Knofler wrote Private Dancer as well

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2015, 06:45:59 pm »

He did

ik8133 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2015, 07:16:31 pm »

Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" was I think, a prostitute.

smiths · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2015, 07:25:55 pm »

Charlotte The Harlot-Iron Maiden.

Call Me-Blondie.

doktor rokk · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2015, 07:27:46 pm »

Marillion's "Brief Encounter" from "Misplaced Childhood" (way back in '85)

The sky was Bible black in Lyon
When I met the Magdalene
She was paralyzed in a streetlight
She refused to give her name

And a ring of violet bruises
They were pinned upon her arm
Two hundred francs for sanctuary
And she led me by the hand

To a room of dancing shadows
Where all the heartache disappears
And from glowing tongues of candles
I heard her whisper in my ear

"'J'entend ton coeur"

"'J'entend ton coeur"
I can hear your heart
I can hear your heart
I can hear your heart

smiths · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2015, 07:31:24 pm »

Mama-Genesis.

Bad Girls-Donna Summer.

btb62 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2015, 07:42:35 pm »

Some good songs.

How about this one, 'Simple Twist of Fate', Bob Dylan. Another complex comparison, juxtaposition of the prossy and the punter. I always think its about going with a street girl, all the right clues in the lyrics.

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Moresomes · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2015, 08:12:57 pm »

Showing my age now, but how about, "Son of Hickory Hollers tramp", and the old Cole Porter favourite, "Love for sale."

vp40aa · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2015, 08:24:10 pm »

Not strictly about Punting but alas I've been failing miserably in my attempts to cut back (saw the Goddess that is Hayley x-x for round 2 today) so I'm going with Oops I Did It Again! (or possibly 2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad, given the one before Hayley round 1 was not so good.....)

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Owwhatanight · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2015, 08:41:17 pm »

The Beatles Norwegian Wood or as it was originally called Knowing she would .

cockneybstrd · « **Reply #13 on:** October 20, 2015, 08:46:15 pm »

Blackstreet No Diggity

foreverchanges · « **Reply #14 on:** October 20, 2015, 08:54:14 pm »

Nick Cave ..Jubilee Street

_Bender_ · « **Reply #15 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:00:40 pm »

Queens of the Stone Age "Regular John"

Tune!!

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #16 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:07:21 pm »

53rd & 3D
The Ramones

I dream a dream
Les Miserables

You don't have to be a Prostitute
The Flight of the Conchords

Kerosene · « **Reply #17 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:23:54 pm »

Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic.

I'm sure Prince has got one in there too but I can't immediately think of it.

backofthenet · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:32:49 pm »

probably none of you will have heard this track (or even this artist) - they are called Beirut and the track is 'My night with the Prostitute from Marseilles' and it's sumptuous and I urge you to take 3 minutes and 9 seconds out of your life to listen to it.

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Owwhatanight · « **Reply #19 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:33:06 pm »

America

Whore with no name

backofthenet · « **Reply #20 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:38:23 pm »

and this awesome track from Bowie from last year - 'tis a pity she was a whore' - based on an obscure Jacobean tragedy.

again, take 5 minutes to listen to it. You won't regret it.

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_Bender_ · « **Reply #21 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:38:24 pm »

Oh... Another one... Diamond D "Sally Got a One Track Mind"

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #22 on:** October 20, 2015, 09:49:23 pm »

Just a Gigolo

Bing Crosby

_Bender_ · « **Reply #23 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:17:09 pm »

Quote from: Kerosene on October 20, 2015, 09:23:54 pm

Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic.

I'm sure Prince has got one in there too but I can't immediately think of it.

Darling Nikki??

Classic one, The Police "Roxanne" ...... You don't have to put on a red light!!

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #24 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:27:12 pm »

Pussy

Rammstein

Jackofhearts · « **Reply #25 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:28:17 pm »

Bruce Springsteen - candy's room

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #26 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:34:40 pm »

Quote from: Owwhatanight on October 20, 2015, 09:49:23 pm

Just a Gigolo

Bing Crosby

And David Lee Roth

Jackofhearts · « **Reply #27 on:** October 20, 2015, 10:55:50 pm »

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next

Hydrant · « **Reply #28 on:** October 21, 2015, 01:02:48 am »

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Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next

I prefer the SAHB version too but let's acknowledge the original: Au Suivant by Jacques Brel:

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Vivago · « **Reply #29 on:** October 21, 2015, 02:20:35 am »

Quote from: backofthenet on October 20, 2015, 09:38:23 pm

and this awesome track from Bowie from last year - 'tis a pity she was a whore' - based on an obscure Jacobean tragedy.

Going back a ways, but Bowie also did a magnificent cover of the old Jaque Brell song 'Amsterdam'.

In the port of Amsterdam you can see sailors dance
Paunches bursting their pants grinding women to porch
They've forgotten the tune that their whiskey voice croaked
Splitting the night with the roar of their jokes

And they turn and they dance and they laugh and they lust
Till the rancid sound of the accordion bursts
And then out of the night with their pride in their pants
And the sluts that they tow underneath the street lamps

In the port of Amsterdam there's a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks and he drinks once again
Oh he drink to the health of the whores of Amsterdam
Who've given their bodies to a thousand other men

Oh, they bargain their virtue, their goodness all gone
For a few dirty coins when they just can't go on
Throws his nose to the sky and he aims it up above
And he pisses like I cry for a unfaithful love
In the port of Amsterdam
In the port of Amsterdam

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #30 on:** October 21, 2015, 05:17:32 am »

Ladies of the Night

Lynda Lewis

dubs · « **Reply #31 on:** October 21, 2015, 07:33:58 am »

Deep purple - strange kind of woman
Jethro Tull - cross eyed Mary

Boundless · « **Reply #32 on:** October 21, 2015, 08:23:23 am »

Well done guys, thanks for all the contributions, plenty of listening to do.

There's one song that when I hear it always reminds me of a particular WG.

Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown

"I can see her lyin' back in a satin dress
in a room where you do what you don't confess"

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #33 on:** October 21, 2015, 08:43:58 am »

Rent

Pet Shop Boys

Cuntminion · « **Reply #34 on:** October 21, 2015, 09:03:24 am »

The wombles - wombling song

Fact - wombles and wombling were code words for hooker change every wombles/wombling lyric to hooker the song makes perfect sense

macmate · « **Reply #35 on:** October 21, 2015, 09:24:07 am »

The The - Out of The Blue (Into the Fire)

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Don't tell me what your name is
I want your body, not your mind,
I want a feeling, worth paying for before I say goodbye
But as I was talking, I couldn't look her in the eyes,
I just kept wondering,
How many men unleashed their frustration between her thighs.

YouTube the video (the whole "Infected" video album is a masterpiece). Heard this when I was 15 or so, often wondered if this shaped my thinking on using WGs!

Vivago · « **Reply #36 on:** October 21, 2015, 10:23:43 am »

Closer - Nine Inch Nails. Don't know if its specifically about punting but its a great song about fucking. I had it as my ringtone for awhile but had to remove it as I was getting too many funny looks.

You let me violate you, you let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you
Help me I broke apart my insides, help me I’ve got no soul to sell
Help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to god
You can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything
Help me tear down my reason, help me its' your sex I can smell
Help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
You get me closer to god

Through every forest, above the trees
Within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
You are the reason I stay alive

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #37 on:** October 21, 2015, 04:36:51 pm »

Pimp .....50cent

Minnie the Moucher ....Cab Calloway

Jezebel .....Sade

doktor rokk · « **Reply #38 on:** October 21, 2015, 10:52:15 pm »

Ironbound / Fancy Poultry by Suzanne Vega

esp the last verse

"Fancy poultry parts sold here.
Breasts and thighs and hearts.
Backs are cheap and wings are nearly free.
Nearly free"

Marathon69man · « **Reply #39 on:** October 21, 2015, 11:51:52 pm »

Cum on Eileen

SUMO61 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 23, 2015, 04:45:32 pm »

Mystery Song..Status Quo...

Rick Parfitt has definitely been punting writing that..

" And I know your lyin and your love i'm buying, oh i'm feeling like a man...

knightofthegarter · « **Reply #41 on:** October 23, 2015, 05:02:33 pm »

Sweet Cream ladies by the Box Tops. Also there is a recent hit by Galantis which is clearly about punting, relevant edited lyrics follow :

"Sleepless nights at the Chateau
Visualize it
I'll give you something to do

Visualize it...
I'll give you something to do

Ace high, I'm going all in

Visualize it
I'll give you something to do

Spread it like peanut butter jelly
Do it like I owe you some money
Spread it like peanut butter jelly
Do it like I owe you some money
Money, money, money…

Deviant · « **Reply #42 on:** October 23, 2015, 05:12:32 pm »

Duran Duran, Skin trade, but it is also about prostituting yourself in general.

Working on the weekend, baby.
She's working all through the night.
A jump into the deep end gave her
The evidence she required.
Takes five; she's got pearls.
Don't fake it when it comes to making money.
So she smiles. But that's cruel.
If you know what she thinks
If you knew what she was after.

Sometimes she wonders,
And she laughs in her frustration.

Would someone please explain
The reason for this strange behaviour.
In exploitation's name
We must be working for the Skin Trade.

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #43 on:** October 24, 2015, 02:35:42 pm »

The Animals
House Of The Rising Sun (1964)

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I am one

One of the most popular Prostitution songs ever recorded

dubs · « **Reply #44 on:** October 24, 2015, 03:14:49 pm »

Hotel California is also about a brothel - "you can check out any time you want, but you can never leave"

Jackofhearts · « **Reply #45 on:** October 24, 2015, 10:53:48 pm »

Bruce Springsteen - Reno

"Two hundred dollars straight in
Two-fifty up the ass" she smiled and said
She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair
And sat in front of me on the bed

More evidence of the sex-negative legacy of a catholic upbringing?

Owwhatanight · « **Reply #46 on:** October 25, 2015, 10:17:57 am »

OLD COMPTON STREET BLUES - Al Stewart 1970

Oh your pictures don,t really do you justice little girl
For your careful not to let the camera touch your private world
And there's just a hint of sadness in your smile through the dark
As you slip your dress off slowly for the sailor or the clerk
And it could have been different,and at times you feel bad
For you really did have something that the others never had
And the circle turns and turns and turns so mad,little girl
Ah you must have been just fifteen when you made your mind up first
And you made it to the movies and you could n,t lose the thirst
And it took you to the attic where the Agent King holds court
And his courtesans are fully paid up losers of a sort

So you modeled in a studio in Greek St for the rent
There you met Antonio, your lover from afar
Who put you on the streets to make the money for his car

doktor rokk · « **Reply #47 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:45:29 pm »

Not quite about punting, but a song about a lady of negotiated affection

Solo In Soho by the late great Phil Lynott

FJ · « **Reply #48 on:** October 30, 2015, 05:32:56 pm »

When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys

DoberManic · « **Reply #49 on:** October 30, 2015, 09:42:11 pm »

Bloodhound Gang - F oxtrot U niform C harlie K ilo

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Vulcanize the whoopee stick
In the ham wallet

Cattle prod the oyster ditch
With the lap rocket

Batter dip the cranny ax
In the gut locker

Retrofit the pudding hatch
Ooh la la
With the boink swatter

If i get you in the loop when I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo in the end know my intent though
I Brazilian wax poetic so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

Marinate the nether rod
In the squish mitten

Power drill the yippee bog
With the dude piston

Pressure wash the quiver bone
In the bitch wrinkle

Cannonball the fiddle cove
Ooh la la
With the pork steeple

If i get you in the loop when I make a point to be straight with you then
In lieu of the innuendo in the end know my intent though
I Brazilian wax poetic so pathetically
I don't wanna beat around the bush

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

Put the you know what in the you know where
Put the you know what in the you know where
Put the you know what in the you know where
Put the you know what in the you know where pronto

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Author Topic: Songs about punting (Read 1922 times)

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