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."
Humidity is rising
Barometer's getting low
According to our sources
The street's the place to go
'Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men (start raining men)
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
Humidity is rising
Barometer's getting low
According to our sources
The street's the place to go
'Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
I'm gonna go out
I'm gonna let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Every specimen
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
God bless Mother Nature
She's a single woman too
She took over heaven
And she did what she had to do
She taught every angel
To rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman
Could find the perfect guy
It's raining men
Go get yourself wet, girl
I know you want to
I feel stormy weather moving in
About to begin (about to begin)
Hear the thunder
Don't you lose your head
Rip off the roof and stay in bed
(Rip off the roof and stay)
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
Barometer's getting low
According to our sources
The street's the place to go
'Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men (start raining men)
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
Humidity is rising
Barometer's getting low
According to our sources
The street's the place to go
'Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
I'm gonna go out
I'm gonna let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Every specimen
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
God bless Mother Nature
She's a single woman too
She took over heaven
And she did what she had to do
She taught every angel
To rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman
Could find the perfect guy
It's raining men
Go get yourself wet, girl
I know you want to
I feel stormy weather moving in
About to begin (about to begin)
Hear the thunder
Don't you lose your head
Rip off the roof and stay in bed
(Rip off the roof and stay)
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
It's raining men
Hallelujah
It's raining men
Amen
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
(It's raining men)
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