About The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 2014)
AMPERSAND | FEB/MAR 2014 19 Brian McGhee (bassist, Antpile) Bedside Stories from Athens musicians 1. Converge - “The Saddest Day” - Not only will it be the saddest day for the woman after engaging in intercourse with me, but this song is so damn long and heavy (pretty much the opposite of my anatomy). One of my personal favorites from one of my all-time faves. 2. DMX - “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” - This allows me to bark profusely during intercourse. 3. Lungfish - “Love Will Ruin Your Mind” - I don’t know if I can believe in “love,” but I can believe in Lungfish. 4. Antpile - “Jeremiad” - If she can’t get down with my band, I can’t get down with her. Totally joking. I would not have a sex life if this were true. 5. Dashboard Confessional - “Screaming Infidelities” - With the black sheets on my bed, “your hair is everywhere” pretty much sums up everything. It’s inescapable to do the dirty anywhere without hav ing hair all over the place. Specific Song Connected With Sex - I once couldn’t continue having sex because “Convenient Parking” by Modest Mouse was stuck in my head. Isaac Brock is the last thing I want to pop in my head while gettin’ it on. I wish lisps were a turn-on for me. Robby Casso (vocals, Programs) 1. Pet Shop Boys- “West End Girls” - In my mind, this one definitely reminds me of a lap dance plus Neil Tennant’s voice is sexual 2. Tears for Fears - “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” - Makes me think of a guy just walking around feeling awesome after he just got laid because he feels on top of the world. 3. Prince - “Head” - I mean don’t you think the title says enough? Especially when he says, “You’re a good gal; you like to go down.” There it is! 4. The Human League - “Fascination” - Definitely makes me imagine a bunch of ‘80s bikini babes dancing on the Miami beach, grinding with a bunch of bros. 5. Active Child (Classixx remix) - “When Your Love Is Safe” —? Specific Song Connected With Sex - Michael Jackson - “Man In The Mirror” “Sometimes I make a sex playlist but I always forget to put it on. So now it’s awkward panting, my horrible creaky bed and muffled sounds of my roomate watching Netflix.” - Anonymous “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West had just leaked and the first time I heard it was while getting a blowjob.” - Anonymous “I usually like to put on something a little bit emotional, but not downright sad. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Kind Of Blue and All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone are some favorites. I’ll also sometimes throw some Lil B in there to keep her on her toes.” - Anonymous “So I was hooking up with someone and put my iTunes on shuffle and the song “Hurt” (Johnny Cash cover) came on and it was soooo not the mood I was setting... but obvi ously was too busy to change, so had to have sex to sad old Johnny Cash.” - Anonymous “I was just about to have sex with this girl for the first time and then “Here” by Pavement came on. Malkmus knows how to right some touching ballads, so I decided to hold off till the next song on the mix came on. Long story short, I got nervous and ‘performance issues’ arose and I never ended up having sex with her. I used to love that song and now every time I hear it, I am haunted by the eerily fitting line “I was dressed for success, but success it never comes.” - Anonymous “In high school, I was trying to be a comedic romantic (you know to try and not be totally lame about romance), so I put some fake petals (I didn’t want to go buy real ones., yes, I ripped apart some fake flowers) and as soon as my girlfriend walked in, I started blasting Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On.” - Dionnet Bhatti I remember (unsuccesfully) trying to have sex to the back- drop of “Short People” by Randy Newman. I love that song, not particularly great mood music though.” - Wyatt Pless I was going down on this guy for a long time and I was like “Hmm this feels like really long time, but maybe that’s just in my head”. So I was still doing that, and the song “At Last” by Ella Fitzgerald started playing and the guy finally fin ished. I went to look how long the playlist had been playing (because “At Last” was last song on list) and I had been at it for 1.3 hours. - Anonymous
