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Parents have always said “turn off this trash” to their kids because with the succession of the generations the sounds get louder, more virile, more violent.

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Everyone has their walking songs, I think. They’re the songs that put a groove in your step, the songs that make you feel like you’re in a motion picture feature starring you and your car-less, boring life.

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Been dumped? Going through heavy stuff? Hate your life in general? Just having a bad day? Everyone has those times and when there’s no hard liquor around, waterworks are the next best solution.

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We say that “rather have loved and lost…” thing so flippantly, like it’s universal, and without considering the incredible responsibility of bearing its consequences.

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Did you know one half of Nina Sky is a lesbian? Or that P!nk did a song about lesbian sex with Peaches? Or that Tracy Chapman has never officially come out? Fun facts!

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If my selections seem totally random to you, I understand. I don’t know enough of any one genre to do a playlist that isn’t just like, “Songs I Listen To A Lot,” which is what this basically is.

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The hardest part about doing a striptease (no puns, people) is choosing the right soundtrack. Here are 33 songs that will get you to rip those pants off, fast!

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All of these bands are 1) female-fronted, and 2) certain to blow your wig back.

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But occasionally, a song will crop up that reminds us, “Hey! Women are beautiful and awesome and deserving of being on the receiving end of attention/pleasure sometimes — let’s celebrate that!”

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Shoegaze came into vogue in the late 80s and early 90s with the seminal albums Loveless by My Bloody Valentine and Souvlaki by Slowdive. The sound was mostly defined by ethereal muted vocals layered over loud fuzzy guitars.