Its always fun to try to enumerate all the cultural references you can find about one of your favorite pastimes. Plenty of people count jerking off to free porn among their favorite things to do, so lets take a look at a least a few of the popular songs that mention the activity that has been called waxing the missile, petting the cat, and firing the Surgeon General.
New wave fans remember Turning Japanese by one-hit wonders The Vapors. It was a tune all about a guy who had a picture of the object of his affection, but not the real thing. He even wished her doctor would take a picture of the inside bits. Anyway, the title of the song became a humorous and nervous-rock euphemism for jerking off.
Another favorite from the eighties is a tribute especially to female masturbation. According to singer Cyndi Lauper she does She Bop and so does everybody else – men and women both; theres a lot of women who simply cant stop messing with their cilt.
Another great female masturbation scene happens in by Tori Amos. The main character in the song doesnt just touch herself she does it in a church, feverishly! Even mellow rocker Jackson Browne gave us Rosie on his 1977 album Running on Empty. The song was double entendre all the way through, and an ode to the palm-and-the-penis and the love affair they often have.
On the punk front, there is the classic Orgasm Addictby the Buzzcocks. The song would still fit on anyones iPod full of current aggressive rock. The Network were more of a send-up of punk and new wave bands, and were rumored to be made up of members of Green Day and Devo. Their songs are not only tongue-in-cheek, but also quite good. Right Hand-A-Rama is a fun tune all about spanking the ol monkey.
It is impossible to list all of the great songs about self-pleasuring. For this list, the granddaddy of all masturbation songs is by seminal rocker Mr. Chuck Berry. If he didnt play with his Ding-A-Ling who knows if Prince would have ever seen Darling Nikki enjoying herself in that hotel lobby?