Venus in Furs

'Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather' This verse begins the "anthem of subjugation" Venus In Furs of the legendary American band The Velvet Underground written by Lou Reed in 1967. It was inspired by the eponymous work of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the author who gave masochism a name. The work that was first described masochism didn't inspire only The Velvet Underground, but it became a template for numerous perfo…