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."
Shake dat ting Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting Miss Annabella
Shake dat ting, yo, Donna, Donna
Jodi and Rebecca
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Just keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' do you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem cyaan' vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Gyal, don't sweat it
Don't get agitate, gyal, gwan rotate
Cah anyting you want you know you must get it
From yuh name ah mention, don't ease di tension
Gyal, run di program, just gwan pet it
Yo, have a good time, gyal, free up unnuh mind
Cah nobody cyaan' diss, yuh man won't let it
Cah you ah di number one, gyal, wave yuh hand
Make dem see di weddin' band
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Jus keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live when di riddim it ah ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' tell you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Donna, Donna
Yo, Miss Jodi and di one name Rebecca, yo
Shake dat ting, yo, Joanna
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Dutty (yo), yeah, yo
Well, me go suh then
Sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
Fi get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name, yo, it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good, just turn me on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good just turn me on
Shake dat ting Miss Annabella
Shake dat ting, yo, Donna, Donna
Jodi and Rebecca
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Just keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live 'pon di riddim when me ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' do you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem cyaan' vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Gyal, don't sweat it
Don't get agitate, gyal, gwan rotate
Cah anyting you want you know you must get it
From yuh name ah mention, don't ease di tension
Gyal, run di program, just gwan pet it
Yo, have a good time, gyal, free up unnuh mind
Cah nobody cyaan' diss, yuh man won't let it
Cah you ah di number one, gyal, wave yuh hand
Make dem see di weddin' band
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Woman get busy
Just shake dat booty non-stop
When da beat drops
Jus keep swingin' it
Get jiggy, get crunked up
Percolate, anyting you want fi call it
Oscillate your hip and don't take pity
Me wan' fi see you get live when di riddim it ah ride
And mi lyrics ah provide electricity
Gyal, nobody cyaan' tell you nothin'
Cah you done know your destiny
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Donna, Donna
Yo, Miss Jodi and di one name Rebecca, yo
Shake dat ting, yo, Joanna
Shake dat ting, yo, Annabella
Shake dat ting, Miss Cana, Cana
Dutty (yo), yeah, yo
Well, me go suh then
Sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
Fi get next to us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name and it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
Girl, it's all good, just turn me on
Yo, sexy ladies wan' par wid us
Inna di car wid us, dem nah war wid us
Inna di club dem wan' flex wid us
To get next wid us, dem nah vex wid us
From di day me born, Jah ignite mi flame
Gyal ah call mi name, yo, it is my fame
It's all good, girl, turn me on
'Til ah early morn', let's get it on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good, just turn me on
Let's get it on 'til ah early morn'
It's all good just turn me on
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