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."
[Tone Loc]
C'mon now
Rock it til you drop it
Mmmhmm
Ahh ahh
Rock it til you drop it
You know what I'm saying
When your walking, walking
Your body's talking to me
But your mouth aint makin' a sound
When i'm stalking, stalking
I can feel my body rocking
What are these feelings i found
It's in the way that he moves
It's in the way that he likes the things I do
It's in the way that he grooves
You know I love it when he takes me dancing
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonight's the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
[Tone Loc]
C'mon now
Rock it til you drop it
Hey
And I'm ticking, ticking
As you hit that tricky rhythm
You take me out on the floor
I've been itching, itching
For the jive that you've been dripping
And you got me wanting it more
It's in the way that he moves
It's in the way that he likes the things I do
It's in the way that he grooves
You know I love it when he takes me dancing
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonights the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
[Tone Loc]
C'mon now
Rock it til you drop it
You know what i'm saying
We'll be rocking it all night long
We'll be dropping it til the break of dawn
There's not stopping it
Once the freak is on is on
And on and on and on
We'll be rocking it all night long
We'll be dropping it til the break of dawn
There's not stopping it
Once the freak is on is on
And on and on and on
Hey
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonights the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonights the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
C'mon now
Rock it til you drop it
Mmmhmm
Ahh ahh
Rock it til you drop it
You know what I'm saying
When your walking, walking
Your body's talking to me
But your mouth aint makin' a sound
When i'm stalking, stalking
I can feel my body rocking
What are these feelings i found
It's in the way that he moves
It's in the way that he likes the things I do
It's in the way that he grooves
You know I love it when he takes me dancing
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonight's the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
[Tone Loc]
C'mon now
Rock it til you drop it
Hey
And I'm ticking, ticking
As you hit that tricky rhythm
You take me out on the floor
I've been itching, itching
For the jive that you've been dripping
And you got me wanting it more
It's in the way that he moves
It's in the way that he likes the things I do
It's in the way that he grooves
You know I love it when he takes me dancing
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonights the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
[Tone Loc]
C'mon now
Rock it til you drop it
You know what i'm saying
We'll be rocking it all night long
We'll be dropping it til the break of dawn
There's not stopping it
Once the freak is on is on
And on and on and on
We'll be rocking it all night long
We'll be dropping it til the break of dawn
There's not stopping it
Once the freak is on is on
And on and on and on
Hey
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonights the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
I never waited for the special one
I thought I'd settle for a setting sun
Tonights the night we'll get this party on
And on and on
And on and on and on
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