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."
Jose Jones
Told me alone his story
He got friends like Pacro Picopiedra
La Muneca
He receives on his set
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Please forgive me
Jose Jones
You need these walls
For your own
I'm movin' out of this hospedaje
I'm afraid you'll cut me boy
Thirty miles by
Hundred miles by stinkin' island
Por goofiar an' cruisin' automobile
Chasin' voices he receives in his head
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Told me alone his story
He got friends like Pacro Picopiedra
La Muneca
He receives on his set
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Please forgive me
Jose Jones
You need these walls
For your own
I'm movin' out of this hospedaje
I'm afraid you'll cut me boy
Thirty miles by
Hundred miles by stinkin' island
Por goofiar an' cruisin' automobile
Chasin' voices he receives in his head
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
Crack, crack, Crackity Jones
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i love when commentees focus on the idea of the song rather than correcting other people. it shows character
Yeah, I do too. It's about that, not about the other. Life is too.
Supposedly about Black Francis' insane, gay roomate in Puerto Rico. It sure sound like it's about something deranged.
Makes me want louder speakers.
the word is 'hospedaje'
but anyway, i want an insane gay roommate. gimme.
Occasionally he'll get his spanish wrong...paco picopiedra is incorrect. He's referring to fred flintstone, and he is PEDRO picopiedra.
@spankiespatula Not really. Paco is short in Spanish for Francisco. Frank, Francis... He is right. It is not a mistake, it is epic
The island referenced is Puerto Rico, by the way. 30 miles by 100 miles refers to the length and width of the island.
Paco Picopiedra is Pixie-spanglish for the Fred Flintsone "he receives on his set". What about La Muneca (the wrist)? Why reference "wrist"?
And what the heck is "por goofiar"
@LateCheckout Goofiar perhaps is being goofy? Why not. It's not the worst word he has deconstructed
"la muñeca" means wrist, but also means "doll" (female doll)
That's what I heard too. I love the lyric "I'm moving out of this hopedaje; i'm afraid you'll cut me boy!"
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