Sadomasochistic music

10 Minutes Til The Savages Come – Manhatten Transfer

“Whip It” Devo

“Tainted Love” by whoever the hell that was by

Hit Me Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Slave4U – Britney Spears

“Cruel to be Kind”, Nick Lowe

I’ve never heard more masochistic songs than the mexican “love” ballads.

Just three examples:

1
And it’s true, I’m a clown
But there’s nothing I can do
I am not what I want
But only what I can be…

2
You are turning me crazy, my dear
You are stealing me the longing of living
And there’s no way I can be cured,
Because I’m not able to end: with you, or without you.

Clown and With you or without you* by José José.

I will be, your lover or what I have to be,
I wiil be, whatever you ask to me,
My love, I say it for real
Do with me whatever you want:
Queen, slave or woman…
But let me be back with you again.

Let me be back with you again, by Dulce
*Far before

Sorry:
*Far before U2 released “With or without you”. :wink:

Soft Cell, I think

For the nastier side of S&M (ie throwing the ol’ SSC dogma out the window), you could do worse than the infamous Whitehouse - example songs: Dom, Rapemaster, and their epic based on the last part of 120 Days of Sodom. To quote an old review of another band, they’re not so much Tortured artists as Torture artists. Lots of industrial bands have played around with S&M themes, but Whitehouse take it further than anyone else.

From the sublime to the ridiculous, Alice Cooper’s Poison is another hit with strong S&M overtones.

Has anyone heard a good description of what Leonard Cohen’s Master Song is about?

“The Sado County Auto Show” by the Cramps popped into my head for some reason.

And those Britney Spears songs someone else mentioned.

Smack My Bitch Up-- Prodigy.

Oh, and “Beat Me” by Custom.

Vicious - Lou Reed