if i wanted to do a "classic" burlesque number (meaning gown, boa, etc) to a modern (and recognizable) song, what would your suggestion be?

You could always do Britney Spears...

something by nina simone

pepper, you could always pick an amy winehouse song - though i'm sure it's done to death

Crimson & Clover, girl! Slow and seductive and rockin'

amy winehouse is too obvious, which is a pity.

nina simone is too classico- i want a song that you really wouldn't expect a classy bump n grind number to.

i am not that familiar with feist, but i will look into it.

the fugees is more along the lines of what i would look for probably.

britney doesn't have any songs i could be classy to, duh!

how modern?

criminal - fiona apple maybe?

In fact, Speakerbox is kind of what it sounds like you want.

Pepper: really? Awww. I've never seen it done, but I can see how it could be obvious.

what about bjork? it's oh so quiet? i like the slow/fast idea. and big band sound.

handsome boy modeling school, "the truth" -- too obscure?

god, please don't do bjork.

because bjork has no mojo.

Kate Bush - Sensual World
Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

Anything from Massive Attack or Tricky

Yeah, I would have suggested "Overcome" from Maxinquaye, since it's downtempo, bass-heavy and built on breathy female vocals - unfortunately it's neither new nor especially recognizable.

Inertia Creeps is an amazingly hot song off Mezzanine

Oooh oooh! Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhI2LIJ8jA

it could have come out yesterday or in the seventies- i just want it to be something that wouldn't traditionally be a bump n grind song.

i'm looking for RADIO songs.

ok... i was thinking "tom's diner" by suzanne vega, the remix version that was popular on the radio.

pffttt.. THE RADIO? WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF DIRTY HIPSTERS HERE

duffy I GUESS

@strangerbox: That song totally was on the radio. That's a GREAT idea.

Sneakerpimps - Six Underground

that handsome boy modeling school song is a good one, i will make a note of it.

i really want something that will make people go OH YEAH, THIS SONG.

this is hard!

yeah, it's an amazing song but i'm not sure it's all that well-known. it's also maybe a little too slow in tempo.

tom's diner would be a good choice if there weren't so many damn words. the lyrics are distracting- because it's almost spoken word.

six underground- this could work...

i love foreigner actually, and my parents just went to a.c. this weekend to see them. weird.

primitive radio god - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand! (yeah i copy pasted the song title!)

bill withers, "ain't no sunshine"

Cream "White Room."

Mirror in the Bathroom by the English Beat

Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty By Nature

@Moose - Oh, Goody Two Shoes would be awesome! Love that song!

Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

these are good suggestions. they make my brain work harder.

Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned

Gnarls Barkley: Necromancer, Transformer

This is how we do it

OMG Does anyone remember that one song that was on the radio all the time (I Promise)

Space - Female of the Species. Give it a listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-wIvsZBFhQ

Grandma, I just said the same thing! We are Space Twins.

@Beej: High five! I didn't see your suggestion. I really feel like it'd be an awesome one.

Most of Goldfrapp's work seems suitable for burlesque, but it's not too recognizable for some people

I know my cred for "modern" music is pretty suspect, but "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia is pretty risque. It's also 35 years old, and probably nobody here but me has ever heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p7nwia-zWw

Do that coldplay song that's on the radio. People go spidermonkey for that shit.

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Starts out slow and seductive, but picks up and has really great lyrics and recognizable tune!

"more pepper! said, (1 hour ago)

i'm looking for RADIO songs."

radio is totally obvious, I don't care what station you listen to.

No, I mean songs that are on the radio, but aren't totally obvious for burlesque. Like "Love to Love You."
(sorry soulcamp, not a personal jab, just the easiest one to see on my screen)

If Pepper actually does a routine to "Love To Love You Baby", I insist that I be allowed to be her backup dancer, using the same routine as the dancers in the video.

DAS YOU ARE A JERK that will be stuck in my head all day

the space song is a good suggestion.

i'm looking for medium tempo- not too slow because that's just too much like sexytime, and not too fast because then i will need to dance.

crimson and clover is a good tempo, six underground is a good tempo.

i'm looking for a song that's sexy without being OVERTLY so. something that most people would recognize.

Van Morrison's "Moondance" just came on my iTunes. It's seems kinda of classic burlesquey.

Love Me Like a Reptile by Motorhead.