Music to Strip To

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How is modern music helping striptease to adapt its traditional image? Some of the biggest stars and producers of 21st century burlesque reveal what makes a great striptease soundtrack. Sixty years ago it was all sassy, jazzy show tunes. Today it can be techno, post-punk, hip hop, spoken word - even sound effects. So what’s happened to the soundtrack – and the image – of striptease? We hear what works best, and what should be avoided. And we explore how the sound of contemporary and neo-burlesque can support its social, cultural and political power. Starring: Julie Atlas Muz (former crown holder, Miss Exotic World and Miss Coney Island) Darlinda Just Darlinda (multiple winner, Golden Pastie Awards) Tigger! (The Original King of Boylesque – The Godfather of Neo-Burlesque) Nasty Canasta (The Girl with the 44DD Brain) Luna TikTok (The Tickin’ Time Bombshell) Aurora Galore (finalist, Miss Exotic World) Also featuring: Zoe Ziegfeld, Fancy Feast, Lux DeLioux, DJ Scott Ewalt, DJ Momotaro Producer: Steve Urquhart A White Stiletto production for BBC Radio 4 Playlist: Buddy Morrow – Night Train Buddy Guy – What Kind Of Woman Is This Nero’s Day At Disneyland – No Money Down Low Monthly Payments Big Spender (instrumental) – from the musical Sweet Charity Reverend Horton Heat – D for Dangerous Aqua – Barbie Girl Blood Sweat and Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy Norman Greenbaum – Spirit In The Sky KRS One – Sound of Da Police Sam Taylor – Harlem Nocturne Louis Armstrong – St Louis Blues Sounds of various car alarms Garbage – Number One Crush Infected Mushroom – Saeed Perez Prado – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White