Hazy saloon sweat lurch - "Pretty Babies" Karen Elson

"Pretty Babies" Karen Elson

I heard this song on the Tom Ford "secret" fashion show video on The Huffington Post Web site (I guess the "live" show was the secret?). The show was antique and European, set to Karen's delicate voice, the dreamy guitar, and old-timey organ. This song makes me imagine The Great Gatsby's Daisy lounging on a sweaty pale yellow afternoon or sassy burlesque dancers writhing in a dusty saloon. It's a decent jam.

When to play it: On a lazy summer afternoon while bathed in faded sunset light.

How you'll move: Eyes-closed swaying in your vintage house dress.

Side note: Karen Elson - model, musician, Jack White's wife, yada yada yada...

Run your fingers through my hair locomotive chug - "Cry to Me" Solomon Burke

"Cry to Me" Solomon Burke

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze. If you're a real girl, you'll recognize this song from Baby and Johnny Castle's jealousy-inducing sensual dance turn romp scene in "Dirty Dancing." This song is painful and happy; it sways and chugs, lurches and pops. It hurts so good like an Otis Redding jam.

When to play it: If you're lucky, at a Baby/Johnny re-enactment; washing dishes happily in your underwear and a man's white button down; slow dancing with an intriguing stranger in your living room at 3AM.

Side note: Watch the scene here.