Music to Make Love By

In the golden age of rock and roll, milk guzzling teen idol Pat Boone, who made his name recording whiter than white versions of popular rhythm and blues hits by Little Richard and Fats Domino, declined the opportunity to record a song titled “Rock With Me, Henry.” Despite his square reputation, the man in the white buck shoes was hip to the fact that “rock and roll” was a euphemism for the sex act. For Pat to rock with Henry would be, well, you know, queer.

It was English playwright William Congreve who said that music soothes the savage beast, but that was more than two centuries before rock and roll, a musical genre better known for its ability to excite, sexually and otherwise. Except for a few chart toppers like Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” and the songs of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust era, rock and roll is probably sexier to straights than to gays. Rock and roll is a good description of what men and women do between the sheets. Queers, especially men who love men, create a slightly different rhythm when making love, one similar to the throbbing, dizzying beat of disco.

Disco took the world by storm after “Saturday Night Fever” burned up the box-office in late 1977, but it had its start in gay nightclubs. It’s not surprising that the backlash against this music with such openly gay roots started around the same time that AIDS began to dominate the headlines. And what took disco’s place in mainstream pop culture? The more macho “Urban Cowboy” craze. It may no longer be omnipresent on the radio dial, but disco lives and it’s my music of choice on those nights when I get lucky. I turn down the lights (but never, ever turn them off) and turn up the music.

When making love to a man, I can think of no better soundtrack than the following three songs:

“More, More, More” by the Andrea True Connection
“Heart of Glass” by Blondie
“Love to Love You, Baby” by Donna Summer

Released in 1975, “More, More, More” by Andrea True Connection is available on “Andrea True Connection: Greatest Hits” on Kama Sutra/Buddah. Ms. True certainly knows something about sex. Before turning her talents to singing, she acted in porn movies, and the lyrics acknowledge her roots. “But if you want to know how I really feel,” she sings, “Get the cameras rolling/Get the action going.” The song is very playful, with a chorus that asks, “How do you like your love?” You can ask your date the same question while giving him your best come-hither look. The two of you can shyly flirt while thinking of what you want to do with each other. Once it’s clear that you’re going to do it, send Andrea True packing because, cute and sexy as “More, More, More” is, it’s time to get down to something even sexier.

Blondie’s “Heart of Glass” was first released on the group’s breakthrough Capitol album, “Parallel Lines.” It may be more accurately classified as New Wave, but it’s true to the spirit of disco. You can dance to it, and few songs are as sensual, as well as sexual, than this 1979 gem sung by Debbie Harry. Like the man you’ll be attending to, it positively throbs from beginning to end. It’s perfect for the act itself but is also an exciting accompaniment to foreplay when you nibble on his ear, caress his shoulders, kiss him on the mouth, and begin to unzip his jeans. Now, it’s time to get down and go down, and Donna Summers can help you do it.

The disco diva’s original 1975 recording of “Love to Love You, Baby” is 16 minutes and 48 seconds of pure ecstasy. It starts off at mid-tempo, and is perfect as you finish your foreplay and move on to the main act. As the song slows down, it becomes more intense as Summers moans and groans in ways that leave nothing to the imagination. She’s in erotic heaven. The slow, stimulating beat behind her voice and her orgasmic gasps are the perfect accompaniment when your head is going up and down, up and down, slowly at first, then faster, then slowly again, then faster until you and your man are both moaning in a joyous celebration of love. Once Summers has obviously experienced her climax, the song picks up speed again for a bouncy celebration of the act just completed. It’s a good time to cuddle.

The complete 16 minute, 48 second version of “Love to Love You Baby” is available on Summers’ 1975 album named after the song that is still her masterwork. It’s on the Polygram label. Beware of the truncated 3 minute premature ejaculation version available on her various greatest hits collections.

Once you have these blissfully erotic songs in your collection, burn your own CD so each one follows the other without interruption. Depending on your staying power, and the staying power of your partner, you may want to repeat the suite and rock with your Henry all night long. Let Pat Boone drink milk.

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