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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.