To be clear, I am not musically literate. I love most music I hear. I listen, I dance in my underwear, and I feel things, but I suck at identifying genres or even identifying which instruments are playing beyond "drums," "voice," and "everything else."
With that said, there is definitely a certain dark, sexy, sultry, shivers-inducing quality I can detect in these two songs:
I am not sure what does it but I want to find more of it. In both, the drum beats and vocals (although not necessarily the lyrics) definitely contribute, even though the two singers' voices are very different. I am sure that the rest of the instruments do as well but I can't even identify what instruments are playing. I especially love the beginnings of both these songs.
If it helps, other songs that provide this quality, although to a lesser degree, and mixed in with other feels too, are these:
I would love to identify what these songs share so that I can find more like them! Thank you in advance!
try this on for size:
I don't expect you'll like all of these, but some might stick:
Oh thank you! Ironically, Django didn't have whatever I was looking for but the others got a bit closer. Thank you!
This might be it. Do you know of any bands that regularly do this kind of stuff?
Can't put my finger on if this type of music has a name, so off to the side with labels. Here are songs you may like, or not.
Amanda Palmer - Do It With a Rockstar:
Trentemøller - Take me into your skin:
Dragonette - Jesus Doesn't Love Me:
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine:
Filthy Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters:
Antigone Rising - Hello, waiting, watching, wishing:
Trentemøller: Moan:
DJ Earworm - Over the Confluence of Giants:
Phoneheads 'Subject Beautiful' (Live in Tonhalle):
Depeche Mode - In Your Room (the jeep rock mix):
Portishead - Roads:
Antony and the Johnsons - Crazy in love:
The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy:
Here's a playlist titled "Dark cabaret, SteamPunk and other things" that you might like:
and here's a random one for the heck of it:
Cazwell - All Over Your Face
You also might try searching "stripper music" on youtube. I like this search term because it turns up a lot of deep, sexy, soulful, kinky, damn good music for stripteasing or dancing.
Oh wow. Whatever I was hearing was way different from whatever you got from it. None hit the mark except the Romanovs got a bit closer. Still good music though. Thanks for sharing!