More great songs

Here's a real load of music you should check out. And this is just a summary walkthrough through my collection. Do inquire about any artist you find intriguing, as what i posted here are just rather most easily accessible songs by that artist. Many have their real gems hidden way below their pop charts...

Theme:

1) Sex
- Vanessa Daou: Becoming a Nun (also fits religion theme... This is a kinky tune to be sure! Be-CUMMING a nunnn...mmmm.)
- Shivaree: Goodnight Moon (also "My Little Black Black Mess". That's a classic Casablanca sex oozing voice.)
- Afghan Whigs: "66" and the song "Something Hot". (Also fits 90's theme)
- Bettye Lavette: He Made a Woman Outta Me ("I guess I teased too hard, one day it all happened, right on my on backyard. Joe Henry had his way, and then set me free, Lord i'm here to tell everybody that a man made a woman outta me.")
- Fiona Apple: Shadowboxer ("I've been a bad, bad girl, I've been careless with a delicate man.")
- Jamie Foxx: Unpredictable (""Regular" ain't in my vocabulary, and when it comes to lovemaking, neither is 'missionary'.")

2) Dating (I had to scrap most of the candidates here, since there were just too many of 'em to keep this list realistic.)
- Aimee Mann: Save Me ("You look like a perfect friend / for a girl in need of a tourniquet.")
- Badly Drawn Boy: What is it Now? ("Now that life'll never be the same, we have to face the thought of loneliness again")
- Bebo & Cigala: Lagrimas negras (what a painful voice the spaniard has!)
- Belle and Sebastian: Blues are Still Blue ("I left my lady in the launderette, you can put some money on it, you can place a little bet, that when i see my lady, then white'll be black, and the black'll be white. But the Blues are still blue!")
- A Fine Frenzy: Happier (Best breakup song ever. No kidding. Bittersweet to tears.)
- Elliott Smith: Waltz no.2 (shall be my wedding waltz. "I'm never gonna know you now, but I will love you anyhow.")
- Glenn Hansard and Marketa Irglova: If You Want Me (plenty cheesy, but done with plenty of emotion.)
- Jeanne Cherhal: Parfait Inconnu (I don't know any French, but it still rocks.)
- Nick Drake: Things Behind the Sun (Look out. This is one of the most depressing songs ever. The poor man couldn't even have anyone else in the studio, and committed suicide shortly after. This is his last gasp at optimism, which makes it all the sadder..)
- Robyn Hitchcock: I'm Falling (Whatta bass/baritone in the chorus!)

3) Punk and underground. (sorry, don't know much actual punk, but these are as close as i can get.)
- Asian Dub Foundation: Fortress Europe (also growing up in 2000s)
- Ska-P: A La Mierda (Spanish Ska about xenophobia)
- Emir Kusturica and the No-Smoking Band: Unza Unza Time (Balkanian craziness, best served with a stout bottle of vodka)
- Future of the Left: The Hope that House Built, and Throwing Rocks at Trains. ("Above the trash, above the tracks, there is no mercy, there is no fear")
- Kimya Dawson: Loose Lips (No way near conventional punk, but in it's minimalism, it's minimalist punk in my ears.)

3) Religion and Jesus
- Arcade Fire: Intervention (holy church organ, Batman!)
- Fall Out Boy: Hum Hallelujah (references Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah, which is nice. Also OK Go's song "Let It Rain" does that.)
- Jeff Buckley: Corpus Christi Carol and Eternal Life (Last Goodbye and Hallelujah round out one of the best records of our age).
- Sharon Stone & the Dap Kings: Answer Me ("Answer me, sweet Jesus, answer me now, I need ya now")

4) Graffiti
- Don Johnson Big Band: Helsinki Cadenza (
- Paleface: Ultimate Jedi Mind Trick: Episode IV ("

5) Corruption:
- Paleface: Maximize the Profit ("I huff it, and i puff, it and i maximize the prophet, and I'll blow yo house down")
- Flaming Lips: The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song ("If you could make everybody poor, just so you could be rich, would you do it? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!")