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."
it's two in the morning
my beeper's going off
i'm naked i roll over
enough is enough
these bitches always calling me
morning noon and night
gladys and rhonda darlene
she's tight right
what can i say
they can't stay away
from the best cock
on the block today
it's eternally hard
it's eternally hard
i got five different sizes
shapes and colors
come over and try them
I am like no other
you like 'em real big
i got a gmc brand
you like 'em little
i got a mini pickle
i aim to satisfy
i aim to please
just give me some booty
that i can squeeze
what can i say
they can't stay away
from the best cock
on the block today
it's eternally hard
aw shit it's darlene
i know it by the code
i was s'posed to meet her
an hour ago she said
baby bring the big one
but i left it with brooke
my dick it's like chick mait
one bite and they're hooked
so i'm heading to darlene's
but i get distracted
got my eye right on her block
and then i stacked it
slid down to the girl
on the bench sipping water
she leaned in
licked her lips
like i was on her
she said ooh
yer one a dem girly men
i need more man in my men
we could meet next week
we could be great friends
nah see i'm a lady lover
i'm a lady leaver
just one taste
and you'll be a believer
so girl take that
my dick's so big
i don't even have to pack
i'm just a little girl boy
trying to make my way
on a man's world
so i gotta go
got my forty and my lucky
extra firm dildo
from the d to the i to the l to the do...
my beeper's going off
i'm naked i roll over
enough is enough
these bitches always calling me
morning noon and night
gladys and rhonda darlene
she's tight right
what can i say
they can't stay away
from the best cock
on the block today
it's eternally hard
it's eternally hard
i got five different sizes
shapes and colors
come over and try them
I am like no other
you like 'em real big
i got a gmc brand
you like 'em little
i got a mini pickle
i aim to satisfy
i aim to please
just give me some booty
that i can squeeze
what can i say
they can't stay away
from the best cock
on the block today
it's eternally hard
aw shit it's darlene
i know it by the code
i was s'posed to meet her
an hour ago she said
baby bring the big one
but i left it with brooke
my dick it's like chick mait
one bite and they're hooked
so i'm heading to darlene's
but i get distracted
got my eye right on her block
and then i stacked it
slid down to the girl
on the bench sipping water
she leaned in
licked her lips
like i was on her
she said ooh
yer one a dem girly men
i need more man in my men
we could meet next week
we could be great friends
nah see i'm a lady lover
i'm a lady leaver
just one taste
and you'll be a believer
so girl take that
my dick's so big
i don't even have to pack
i'm just a little girl boy
trying to make my way
on a man's world
so i gotta go
got my forty and my lucky
extra firm dildo
from the d to the i to the l to the do...
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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."
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