Mechai Viravaidya is known in Thailand as “Mr Condom.”
He campaigns to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in that country and he even owns a restaurant called “Cabbages and Condoms.” Yum. In the garden the fake flowers and lamps are made from condoms. There are mannikins nearby dressed in rubbers and contraceptive pills.
There aren’t that many music videos that feature nudity. There’s a few that hint at it, but I wanted to make a list of vids that really went for it - full frontal nude scenes with the musicians or models really having to go naked. So here’s my top 10 list.
Girls On Film - Duran Duran
This video made huge waves in 1981 due to it’s depiction of topless women mud-wrestling. The BBC banned it while MTV opted for heavy editing. The controversy helped Duran Duran reach the top of the charts. Girls On Film is considered to be the first example of nudity in a music video so it deserves a place in this list.
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
This is the banned version and it’s quite a thing to watch - leather boys, guys in drag, simulated anal sex and a very, very fat man who strips off his toga (aargh, my eyes!). This video was cleary too gay for 1984 which is why they made a whole other, tamer version.
Path of Thorns - Sarah McLachlan
In this video from 1991 the Canadian singer sings naked although her modesty is protected by deep shadows and her hands across her breasts. “The idea of nudity is simply the closest way to be pure and real and honest,” she once told a fan “and that’s what I’m trying to portray in my music.” She’s also appeared naked and smothered in mud in another video, Into The Fire.
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Offers full frontal female nudity near the start, plus plenty of bizarre, kinky and downright scary visuals. The video was directed by Mark Romanek. MTV heavily censored it but the song still went to number 1.
Erotica - Madonna
This video features images filmed during the photo shoot for Madonna’s book Sex. There’s the odd glimpse of a breast here and there, plus a whole swathe of kneeling naked men. The final shot features Madonna standing naked on the side of the road, hitchhiking.
Livin’ On The Edge - Aerosmith
The start of this video features the rather disconcerting image of Steven Tyler stark naked, half covered in body paint and holding his privates in one hand. It took five hours to get him made up. “I was embarrassed to hell,” he said. “I got naked and held myself in.” Livin’ on the Edge indeed. The video also features Terminator 2’s Edward Furlong.
Thank U - Alanis Morissette
“Courageous” might be the best word to describe Alanis’ appearance in this video. She’s pale, wide-hipped and vulnerable, her long hair covering her breasts. The final scene sees her standing naked in a street with her nether regions blurred. Apparently a whole city block had to be closed down to film the video. This song features the lyric: “Thank you, terror.” Now there’s a sentiment you don’t hear anymore.
What’s My Age Again - Blink 182
The band streak through the streets and yes, they are naked, except for the bit with the little girl and her magnifying glass. Apparently the guys wore Speedos at that point.
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
Robbie strips naked and then goes further, ripping off his skin and muscles until he’s a skeleton. As usual, the clip was censored in the US and Europe. perhaps more for its gruesome quality than its nudity.
Get Naked - Method of Mayhem
“Gratuitous” doesn’t even begin to describe how much nudity is in this video, although it’s all done in the best possible taste, what with pixels, shadows, black lines and the sun shining out of Tommy Lee’s ass. This video is more like soft porn and makes Duran Duran’s efforts look like high art. Still, it should be included here as the end point to my top 10 list.
But wait, there’s more. I didn’t want to stop at 10, so here’s a couple more.
Bonus Video - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The guys haven’t ever made a music video naked but they are famous for appearing on stage nude except for socks… on their cocks. Here they are doing it in front of thousands of people. Classic.
Bonus Video: Just Lose It - Eminem
Aside from parodying Michael Jackson, Madonna, Pee Wee Herman and MC Hammer, Eminem does a nude street run and the camera dips low enough for pixels to be required. A cameraman said of the nude shoot: : “He wasn’t shy in stripping off, despite all the people on set. He even remained naked during the breaks in filming and messed about with us all. And remember, it was freezing.”
The Northern Territory News reports on a streaker at the AFL match in Darwin on Saturday. Instead of your bog-standard nude run, this guy decided to go for a Borat-style mankini.
The crowed cheered him on and helped him get away. The puffed security guard said he was “too sweaty” to catch.
Warning. This post contains scientific content. Albeit of a rather weird variety. It uses the phrase “mathematical models of penis geometry and hydrostatic pressure.” How cool is that?
New Scientist reports that a urologist wants to use engineering methods to cure erectile dysfunction. The aim is to “predict when penises will fail – and in which vagina.” The good doctor is measuring the force of blood flow against the forces generated during intercourse, trying to predict the - wait for it - “buckling force.”
Guys, are you crossing your legs at this point? Wait, there’s more.
Udelson tested the model against 57 men with erectile dysfunction. Each was measured by slowly injecting their penises with saline solution until erect. Udelson then applied a force to the tip of the penis until it started to bend, the first sign of buckling.
Yep, who needs Viagra when you can inject salt water into your cock and then press it until it bends?
Interestingly, the article says that the average force required for a penis to enter a vagina is 1.5 to 2.5 kg.
Why don’t they teach this stuff in engineering courses?
Here’s a gap in the porn market that hasn’t really been filled: curlers porn. Featuring hot babes with curlers in their hair. Some with the added turn-on of a pink dressing gown and fluffy slippers. Yeah baby!
Pic is actually from this gallery from Sapphic Erotica. It’s the whole “sleepover” scenario.
Ananova reports that a Chinese amusement park has built what it claims to be the world’s largest penis.
The “30 foot erection” is constructed of straw wrapped around a steel frame. It stands atop a tall hill and is meant to be a shamanistic totem.
Legend says a Shaman hero named Ewenki vanquished a cruel female ruler and gave her a penis totem, telling her to respect males and not kill them at will.
After this, the ruler set a penis totem on top of the hill, reports East Asia Economic and Trade News.
Shi Lixue, director of the China Folk Culture Association, backed the project, saying: “It symbolizes our ancestors’ pursuit of happiness and prosperity.”
Or else it symbolises their pursuit of a really big penis.
There you are, quietly trying to get through customs when alarm bells go off and you’re pulled aside. Seems like the rules don’t allow you to carry your girlfriend in a suitcase:
Wikipedia has the amazing story of the world’s youngest mother, Lina Medina, who was 5 years old when she gave birth to a baby boy in Peru.
Lina suffered from “precocious puberty” which meant she had the onset of menses at 8 months old and developed breasts when she was 4.
The baby was healthy and he lived until he was 40. No-one ever knew who the father was; Lina didn’t divulge the information and may not have known. Her father was arrested as a suspect but it was never proved.
Lina is still alive today.
The story was thought to be a hoax but it has a legitimate medical history and Wikipedia has a photo of Lina when 7 months pregnant.
Artist Spencer Tunick has done it again, this time organising 2000 nude people to appear in photos around Amsterdam, including the very arty one above.
I thought I’d grab a few other of his pics for the blog, because they’re just so cool.
Shot in Dusseldorf
Shot in Mexico, where a record 18,000 people turned up.
Shot in Barcelona.
Shot in Melbourne.
A blogger called Steel Turman has created a montage of his pics here.
Here’s Spencer’s site if you want to signup to participate in the next nude photo shoot.