Man 2 Man, Male Stripper | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 75^th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Male Stripper” by Man 2 Man.

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo, and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. We are talking about that after-dark type $hi†, ya dig? These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 75^th edition of Midnight Heat (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Male Stripper” by Man 2 Man.

“I was a male stripper in a gogo bar.” Noted. “Male Stripper” is an oldie but a goody! It is one of the songs that earned the Hi-NRG (under the electronic umbrella) band, Man 2 Man, attention.  Man 2 Man was comprised of brothers Miki Zone (Bruno Cilione) (1955 – 1986) and Paul Zone (Paolo Cilione).  “Male Stripper” is a colorful, hypnotic, and infectious electronic banger from the 1980s.  It appears on the retrospective album, Male Stripper (Retrospective 1983 – 1990).  There is the standard track, which runs nearly four-and-a-half minutes in duration, and an extended mix that pushes the duration to nearly seven minutes.

Minimalism and repetition are on full display in “Male Stripper.” The repetition is both musical and lyrical.  Besides the loop of “I was a male stripper in a gogo bar,” and later, “Strip for me babe, strip for you / Strip for me ‘cause, I want you to,” we get some more details regarding the happenings in the gogo bar.  Expectedly said male stripper is hot: “Ladies night Adonis, working after hours / Ripples on my chest, never got an address.” Oh, snap! Adding to the steaminess of the robotic vocals, the stripper encourages touch: “Hey Lolita, touch me, squeeze me.” And why wouldn’t she? Things get more risqué with the “Tips in my G-string,” and “In hot cop drag, in another man’s stag / Dressed to tease him, strip to sleaze ‘im.” Ooh-wee! The male stripper, “built like a truck” is queer, sexy, and most of all, earning those dollars for his services. If you’ve never experienced the musical magic of “Male Stripper”, you’re missing out. Man 2 Man delivered a gem.

Man 2 Man // Male Stripper (Retrospective 1983 – 1990) // Recca / Paul Zone // 2007

Man 2 Man, Male Stripper: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 75 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Recca / Paul Zone; Hasan Muneer, Natan from Pexels; Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]