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."
1. Lift Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas To Heaven... [00:00 - 06:15]
2. Gathering Storm [06:15 - 17:25]
3. "Welcome To Barco AM/PM..." [L.A.X.; 5/14/00] [17:25 - 18:40]
4. Cancer Towers On Holy Road Hi-way [18:40 - 22:32]
2. Gathering Storm [06:15 - 17:25]
3. "Welcome To Barco AM/PM..." [L.A.X.; 5/14/00] [17:25 - 18:40]
4. Cancer Towers On Holy Road Hi-way [18:40 - 22:32]
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That's exactly what I was thinking.
Movements:
Big tracks, usually classical pieces, are broken up into movements, which can count as pieces of music by themselves but which are part of a greater whole.
No idea. But the song rocks.
It was GYBE! up until Yanqui UXO, then they changed it to GY!BE.
Since I can't comment on this band's folder, I'll just post here. It's Godspeed You! Black Emperor, not Godspeed You Black Emperor!
This album was released under the name Godspeed You Black Emperor! It wasn't until Yanqui U.X.O. that they moved the exclamation mark to after the You.
there's something else towards the end of the song... It sounds like a civil rights activist or something, but it's quite hard to understand
anybody know what this is?
I really dont know about any meaning behind the song... but it trips you OUT... me anyways...
"Associated* with this facility"?
"there's something else towards the end of the song... It sounds like a civil rights activist or something, but it's quite hard to understand
anybody know what this is? "
i can always catch "it's gonna be a long long time it's gonna be a long long time"
which speaks volumes in and of itself