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"'''Venus in Furs'''" is a [[:Category:Cover songs|cover]] by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] of the [[w:Venus in Furs (song)|1967 hit song]] by [[W:The Velvet Underground|The Velvet Underground]]. It was recorded live on WNUR-FM's ''Airplay'' program on [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1988-11-19|November 19, 1988]] and first appeared on the ''[[Mashed Potatoes]]'' [[:Category:Compilation albums|compilation album]]. It's first official release was on the 2012 deluxe reissue of ''[[Pisces Iscariot]]''.
"'''Venus in Furs'''" is a [[:Category:Cover songs|cover]] by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] of the [[w:Venus in Furs (song)|1967 hit song]] by [[W:The Velvet Underground|The Velvet Underground]]. It was recorded live on WNUR-FM's ''Airplay'' program on [[The Smashing Pumpkins 1988-11-19 (WNUR-FM)|November 19, 1988]] and first appeared on the ''[[Mashed Potatoes]]'' [[:Category:Compilation albums|compilation album]]. It's first official release was on the 2012 deluxe reissue of ''[[Pisces Iscariot]]''.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==

Revision as of 19:22, 3 September 2020

"Venus in Furs"
Cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Original by The Velvet Underground
Recorded1989
StudioWZRD Radio
Length4:35
Songwriter(s)Lou Reed

"Venus in Furs" is a cover by The Smashing Pumpkins of the 1967 hit song by The Velvet Underground. It was recorded live on WNUR-FM's Airplay program on November 19, 1988 and first appeared on the Mashed Potatoes compilation album. It's first official release was on the 2012 deluxe reissue of Pisces Iscariot.

Lyrics

shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
whiplash girlchild in the dark
comes in bells, your servant, don't 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 don't forsake him
strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Availability

TitleNotesType
Mashed PotatoesBootleg
Pisces Iscariot2012 deluxe reissue bonus CDCompilation
SP on the Radio 1988-89 / Starchildren Live 8.18.90Live
The Psycho Tape

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