Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Well, I don't understand the phenomenon
We fuckin' these hoes that look like spawalala!!
Rich boys think that is shitty
But I like fucking crackheads with one titty
And I do it at the drop of a dime
And I get the scabies almost every time
So let's talk about my nutsac
I don't front, Jack
I got bugs on my bozac
Well I'm Violent J and I ain't no bitch
I'm always quick to tell you when my nuts itch
Cuz bitch, if I'm itching when I come home
Drop a brick in a sock, swing it on your dome
You didn't think nothing of it, just let me stick it
Probably shoulda known cuz I thought I heard crickets
In your neden, but I wasn't sayin' nuttin' though
I wasn't sayin nuttin' till I'm done nuttin', ho
And now I'm like, bitch, how can this be
Tryin' to sleep and my nuts are up watchin' TV
And they try to walk to the store and get a 40
How'd these bugs get on me?
Somebody asked me how I got scabies
Probably that homeless fat redneck bag lady
That I fucked in the shed
Then the little critters on my ding-a-ling said....
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Burrs on the boots
And I don't give a hoot
Cuz I got me a purty woman's love...
I met this bitch and went up in it
Dropped her off, went to the clinic
Bitch, I got bizzugs on my sizznac
So tell me what's up with that
Shoulda said something 'bout your bug problem
Now I'm gonna have to slap you in your mouth, bitch!!
Can't keep my motherfucking hands out my drawers
"Stick a roach motel up under your balls!"
Nah, I'd rather stick 'em in a deep fry
And sizzle those motherfuckers off my wang
So you wanna fuck around
Always gotta buck around
Lift up your ding-a-ling nothing but a bug ya found
Now they call you funky nuts
Cuz you like funky butts
Scratching and biting them, then they call you monkey nuts
But I ain't sayin nothing
Cuz you ain't playin nothin'
Bring the track back
And I get back to the nutsac track
So now I try to rap cuz the bugs is biting
But I ain't going out like a bitch, yo, fuck that
Stick 'em in a blender and hit the switch
Then I hit the bitch
Met this bum in the back of a Dumpster
Fucked her in the rumpster
Juggaluga humpster
Had to take a piss, so I pulled out my wang
Then I heard my ding-a-ling siiing!!
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts....
We fuckin' these hoes that look like spawalala!!
Rich boys think that is shitty
But I like fucking crackheads with one titty
And I do it at the drop of a dime
And I get the scabies almost every time
So let's talk about my nutsac
I don't front, Jack
I got bugs on my bozac
Well I'm Violent J and I ain't no bitch
I'm always quick to tell you when my nuts itch
Cuz bitch, if I'm itching when I come home
Drop a brick in a sock, swing it on your dome
You didn't think nothing of it, just let me stick it
Probably shoulda known cuz I thought I heard crickets
In your neden, but I wasn't sayin' nuttin' though
I wasn't sayin nuttin' till I'm done nuttin', ho
And now I'm like, bitch, how can this be
Tryin' to sleep and my nuts are up watchin' TV
And they try to walk to the store and get a 40
How'd these bugs get on me?
Somebody asked me how I got scabies
Probably that homeless fat redneck bag lady
That I fucked in the shed
Then the little critters on my ding-a-ling said....
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Burrs on the boots
And I don't give a hoot
Cuz I got me a purty woman's love...
I met this bitch and went up in it
Dropped her off, went to the clinic
Bitch, I got bizzugs on my sizznac
So tell me what's up with that
Shoulda said something 'bout your bug problem
Now I'm gonna have to slap you in your mouth, bitch!!
Can't keep my motherfucking hands out my drawers
"Stick a roach motel up under your balls!"
Nah, I'd rather stick 'em in a deep fry
And sizzle those motherfuckers off my wang
So you wanna fuck around
Always gotta buck around
Lift up your ding-a-ling nothing but a bug ya found
Now they call you funky nuts
Cuz you like funky butts
Scratching and biting them, then they call you monkey nuts
But I ain't sayin nothing
Cuz you ain't playin nothin'
Bring the track back
And I get back to the nutsac track
So now I try to rap cuz the bugs is biting
But I ain't going out like a bitch, yo, fuck that
Stick 'em in a blender and hit the switch
Then I hit the bitch
Met this bum in the back of a Dumpster
Fucked her in the rumpster
Juggaluga humpster
Had to take a piss, so I pulled out my wang
Then I heard my ding-a-ling siiing!!
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty sluts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
Please, oh please, fuck dirty butts
Your nuts, we want your nuts
We'll itch and scratch and bite your nuts
Your nuts, we want your nuts....
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