Tying You Is Fine And Whipping You Is Grand

This is the second in a series of posts dedicated to revisiting songs that were staples of my old mix tapes and cds circa 1996-2001.

Millie Jackson “It Hurts So Good” – I never kept any records so I don’t know for certain, but I find it hard to imagine that any other song appeared on as many of my various tapes and cds as this sexy ode to masochistic love. I originally acquired the track on a free soul compilation that came with some British magazine circa early 1998. This song usually came in somewhere in the middle of side a, and I seem to remember that it frequently came after “Seeing Other People” by Belle & Sebastian. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)

United States of America “I Won’t Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar” – Oh, so classic! I bought the United States of America album on import at Other Music during my “getting to know the canon” phase, and it was worth every penny just for this jaunty little number about a selfish, hypocritical man dismissing his college-aged BDSM partner and embracing the suburban lifestyle with his wife and kids. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)