LIST 55

4 Unreleased Raunchy Songs

1

“Cocksucker Blues” by the Rolling Stones

One of the most infamous unreleased songs in rock and roll history, “Cocksucker Blues” was the Stones' one-finger salute to their original record label. In 1970-1, the bad-boy Brits had started their own label (called, simply enough, Rolling Stones Records), but they still owed Decca a final single. Apparently, music contracts back then didn't stipulate that a single had to be releasable, because as fulfillment of their contractual obligation, Mick and the boys turned in a raunchy, bluesy song about a small-town boy who goes to London looking for hot gay sex. The chorus goes:

When I get my cock sucked
When I get my ass fucked
I may not be good-lookin'
But I know where to put it every time

At least two versions of the song exist—the demo done by Mick and Keith alone and a later, longer version with the whole band in the studio.

“Cocksucker Blues” is also the name of a gritty documentary that captured the Stones' 1972 tour, with all manner of groupie sex, drug use, various debauchery, and some of the band's most electrifying performances. Like the song, the film is officially unreleased, though both are available as bootlegs.

2

“Pussy Control” by Prince

The Purple One is certainly no stranger to sexual songs, and “Pussy Control” stands with the best of them, such as “Let's Pretend We're Married” and “Darling Nikki.” In fact, it ranks among his best work, and it wouldn't be out of place on Purple Rain or Sign o' the Times, although it was recorded much later (probably 1994).

The music is ass-shakingly funky, decorated with lots of post-production sound effects. The lyrics tell the story of a woman with the unlikely name of Pussy Control. Then again, maybe this name isn't so unlikely when you realize that she's a pimp with an MBA. After being beaten by her peers when she was a girl, Pussy decided that living well would be the best revenge, so she studied hard, earned straight A's, and now runs an extremely successful ho operation. (The girls that beat her down are now turning tricks for her.) Her single-minded determination is spelled out in the second verse:

Pussy got bank in her pockets
Before she got dick in her drawers
If brother didn't have good and plenty of his own
In love Pussy never did fall

When some guy tries to impress Pussy by telling her she can sing backing vocals on a song of his, she replies:

“Niggah you're crazy if you don't know
Every girl in the world ain't a freak
You could go platinum four times
Still wouldn't make what I make in a week.”

The song ends when the narrator macks on Ms. Control, and she gives him the brush-off. Prince has performed “Pussy Control” live, and he has been known to play the studio version to concert audiences before he takes the stage. So far, the song hasn't been released on a legitimate record.

3

“God's Gift to Women” by Jewel

Sure, dirty songs by the Stones and Prince aren't exactly out of character, but you might not expect such things from Jewel, who sweetly sings the mega-hits “Who Will Save Your Soul” and “You Were Meant for Me,” not to mention “Ave Maria.” During her pre-fame days, when she was writing and performing songs prolifically, she penned this ode to a guy who is well-hung and/or fucks really well. She starts off with a bit of boastfulness:

Would you like to ram your tongue down my throat
Would you like to grab my thighs
Yes, I have got nice tits
They are the perfect grab-me size

But she quickly does an about-face with some self-deprecating lines about being “so desperate” that “I'll do you on the front lawn” and “I'll do you and your mom.” She certainly wasn't aiming for the feminist demographic when she wrote:

I was just thinking that it'd be really cool
If I got hit upside the head with a manly tool
That way he could have nothing left to say
And have his way with me all day

And who'd ever have thought that the young woman who once sang “I'm sensitive and I'd like to stay that way” would belt out the line: “I've been saving myself my whole life for some motherfucker like you to come along”?

Besides being available as live bootleg, “God's Gift” was recorded in the studio for the demo CD, Save the Linoleum, that Jewel cut for record labels. Although some of the other tracks appeared on her debut album, Pieces of You, this one has yet to appear on a commercial release.

4

Unnamed song by Dean Martin

Perhaps even more shocking—or not, if you think about it—Dean Martin is alleged to have recorded a dirty ditty on a lark. In 1956, he and Jerry Lewis were in the studio to record a commercial for their new flick, The Caddy. They kept flubbing the lines, which started them cursing and cutting up. For several takes, they decided to be as nasty as they wanted to be.

This must've given Dino an idea, because he then laid down a musical number that the FBI—in Martin's file—later characterized as “extremely obscene.” The song and the commercials were bootlegged, but the song still remains quite hard to find. A record collector on the Net says that the title is “All American Bum,” but I've found no confirmation.

Honorable Mention

Craters of the Sac by Ween

College silly-rockers Ween quasi-officially released a set of songs only online, collectively know as Craters of the Sac. These MP3 tracks include “big fat fuck,” “put the coke on my dick,” “makin’ love in the gravy,” and “suckin’ the blood from the devil's dick.”