For The Readers, Masochists and Erotic Fetish Lovers. Venus in Furs (book and song)

Good morning/afternoon/evening to all of you. For some strange reason i woke up today with the venus in furs violin dancing in my head, and you know a song wont get out of there until you listen to it.. so that's what i did when i got to work. What an amazing song that is, Reed and the rest of the guys were at their prime. Venus in furs was inspired by a book, under the same name.. which was published in 1870 and is one of my favorites.
Here's a little intro to the book.

"First published in 1870, Venus in Furs gained for its author both notoriety and a degree of immortality when the word masochism - derived from his name - entered the psychiatric lexicon. The novel describes the sexual obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman with the desire "to be the slave of a woman. " Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew, only to be cured of his masochism by a brutal encounter with Wanda's Greek lover. Not simply a lurid tale of sexual perversion or a Victorian fantasy of antique decadence, Venus in Furs is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and his world in the realm of desire. Influential on Freud, Thomas Mann, and Arthur Schnitzler, Venus in Furs remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control."




by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

and here's the song:

Velvet Underground- Venus In Furs



(reed)
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Clubs and bells, your servant, dont forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, severin awaits you there

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Severin, severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now plead for me

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please dont forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart