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Venus In Furs
Dave Navarro 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 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

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Written by: Lou Reed

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Dave Navarro (David Michael "Dave" Navarro, born June 7, 1967) is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Panic Channel.

Navarro started playing guitar at 12 after listening to Jimi Hendrix and joined Jane's Addiction in 1986. The band split in 1991 and Navarro promptly formed Deconstruction releasing a single self-titled album. Read Full BioDave Navarro (David Michael "Dave" Navarro, born June 7, 1967) is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Panic Channel.

Navarro started playing guitar at 12 after listening to Jimi Hendrix and joined Jane's Addiction in 1986. The band split in 1991 and Navarro promptly formed Deconstruction releasing a single self-titled album.

Following John Frusciante's 1993 departure, Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He featured on the 1995 album One Hot Minute before leaving in 1998. Jane's Addiction began playing sporadic shows in the late 90s before officially reforming which resulted in their final studio album, Strays.

Navarro's guitar playing can also be found on records by Alanis Morrisette and Marilyn Manson. He is currently playing in The Panic Channel featuring former band mates, Stephen Perkins and Chris Chaney.

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07Avoiding The Angel4:26

08Very Little Daylight4:11

09Venus In Furs4:29

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Comments from YouTube:

Raven Walter

8y↑6

This song makes me love this man more and more.

XV4444

12y↑5

I guess it could be considered more of a "version" rather than a cover. I think it´s very cool. Brilliant in some parts!

Joana Chaves

13y↑3

Excelente!!!!

LIZARD1582

5y↑2

I never knew this was a cover until a couple years ago. I've always liked this version the most for that.

slimturnpike

6y↑9

always liked this version

Lola Thunder

12y↑1

EEEEAK! OMG Dave covered this? Loves it!

Jane Norfolk

11y↑2

This is great!

Kharimi Nougat

11y↑3

It's about time this great song got the deluxe treatment. I like.

crowy85

13y↑1

i have this album... quite solid...

SaBi NuKi

8y↑6

da coolest cover eva

LaMaya Davis

8y↑2

I think his music is dark. Yet cool!

Justice 4 ALL 4 All Justice

Libra = Beauty, she was.. very classy.. beautiful song.

Nicko Dim

12y↑2

Read all the shit in some of the comments... There're some people that just don't get the feelings embedded in the music. Love the cover, the whole mood of the song is different. Don't get me wrong, I love the original, but you just have to be in a different state of mind to listen to both of the tracks. I'd never listen to them one after the other...

chronicreptile

10y

His voice is very much like Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree.

Joana Chaves

9y↑7

sensual music ;)

tony langmach

7y↑4

Genius & super cool cover...!"! ;O)
En af Mine 50 skygger af Grå...!"!"!!!

Arrghhville

13y

Good Cover

Catrina Quinn

12y↑1

music has the power to move people. It is amazing what one can do with a few chords and some lyrics. I mean..you don't even have to have the lyrics..just a few notes. Music really does have power to sooth the savage beast. what is this whole kick about female domination???? If anyone knows anything about bdsm it is that it goes both ways..Masters and Mistresses.....I think someone leads a very dull sex life or was really scorned.

DrunkenLeprechaunPro

11y

@TheGargantuanSock I can back that statement. Music has a HUGE influence over my life. It can set my mood. It can make my day happy-go-lucky just as it can bring me way down...

tw1ggys1xx

10y↑1

@TheGargantuanSock Well I can second that notion: If it wasn't for music I damn sure wouldn't be here, I use it as an escape everyday, life is bland without it. Also, you can use it as a mechanism or an "outlet" as the preverbial saying goes, instead of doing something more drastic, so yeah your damn right dude :)

harpun4o

13y↑1

Actualy song is from Velvet Underground, any way nice performance

4StringDomination

13y

I think the Smashing Pumpkins did a cover of this song too. Or am i wrong?

Harvey Specter

12y↑1

what are you even talking about? I read some of your comments and you just make no sense. gargantuan sock dude is right. music is most definitely not all about lyrics, try poetry. specifically when you hear the song Venus in Furs, I barely listen to any of the lyrics, the song has such a great feel to it that the velvet gave. the only words I even hear are "shiny shiny...shiny, shiny leather." music has a crazy power over people, you are not the person to judge whether or not that's true.

Oudler

11y↑1

Interesting!

Neubauten

12y↑1

great cover...a cover is not comparable with the original...thats is stupyd

d Q

12y↑1

he doesn't get it because he didn't fit your narrow perception?

Myra Elvira

7y↑9

I really do prefer Dave's version over the original.

silentevil77

10y↑3

I'm sorry but I can't hear why so many think this cover is horrible

joe murphy

obviously it's not anywhere near as good as the original, what is? But it's an interesting and honest take on it. A for effort, B- for execution. Have a banana, Dave!

Zachary Callen

10y

@TheGargantuanSock so true!

wanderessinside

11y

I think this version is too complicated for me. I love the VU original one, but this sounds so average, that I wont even bother to listen to it until the end. I am sure that there are other people that enjoy this song, or even like it better than the original, and I respect that, but for me, its the simplicity and hypnotic atmosphere of the original that makes me go gaga for it.

TheMrIVXX

9y↑1

He's not here. Nor am I.

SodazFrosty

Don´t like the drumming in here, good cover.

Oudler

11y

@littlecomawhite nothing beats the original one.

nauort23

12y

I agree. I was a teenager in the late 70's-early 80's, so I heard many an old saccharine pop tune churned through the punk mill and turned "edgy." But to take a Velvet Underground song and turn it into something you'd hear at the mall... I don't get it. Warhol's probably creaming his Fiorucci's in his grave, though!

matmixx

11y↑1

wow, that sucks a lot..... how to break a legend...

Stef Subcutan

hahaha......no.

soundofmusic94

11y

i think , no offense, he twisted the song you know, he put a lot of sounds that didnt mach with the song, way better the original.......

VerticeAlto

4y↑1

This is far better than the original version!

John Platt

4y↑1

VerticeAlto. I wouldn't go that far! It is an awesome cover as is the entire album is awesome. To each their own as the saying goes.

metramil

11y

vaya tralla no?!?!

JLWing77

11y

Dave should be treated like he treated this song--butchered.

Ned Paige

11y

beer

Silvia

12y

I'm gonna vomit. How could someone do something like this to this wonderful song?

Kamil Hauptmann

12y↑1

now this is totaly LAME....

Nick Falletta

12y

This is a horrible cover in my opinion..the haunting violin shredding of the original makes the song what it is.

Gabe Arosemena

11y↑1

Someone should have stopped him from butchering this song. He not only butchered it ,but stole it's purity and simplicity.

AFirmKickInThePants

12y↑1

Wow he turned a masterpiece into a terrible pseudo-nu metal-boy band shit. No wonder why when he was with the Peppers they couldn't come up with good songs.

krzym1

8y↑1

The version from Spread Demo is soo much better than this. This sounds way too overproduced

Pale Iguana

13y

by comparison this is a terrible cover

taryndactylable

12y↑1

This sucks. This song was never meant to be this way.

Destiny Webb

5y↑3

I do not get what all the fuss is about lol. The Velvet Underground's version is so boring compared this lol. I have never liked this song until I heard Dave's version. I liked the lyrics, but found the original song terribly boring and dragged on way too long. I think Dave made it interesting. If you disagree, that's great, you are entitled to your opinion. But that doesn't make yours any more valid than mine :)