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."
If you pull too hard,
Then the string will break.
And if you leave the slack,
Then the string won't hold..
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Fill the glass to the brim
And it will spill out
And keep a shotgun next to you
Drop it, it will, it will be so blunt.
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Me, I wanted, more, your lies.
Everytime I, awful thought.[x4]
(So how can we find ourself, trapped inside our own private hells) So how can we live on
(Where we just scream but no one can hear) Without your lies
(X marks the spot where they the dig begins) And do without
(The treasure is found within the broken hearts that are soaked with fear) Doing any
Don't try to hide
Doing distempt
I go messed up
Messed up what i had
Then the string will break.
And if you leave the slack,
Then the string won't hold..
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Fill the glass to the brim
And it will spill out
And keep a shotgun next to you
Drop it, it will, it will be so blunt.
So how can we find ourselves
Trapped in our own private hells
Where we just scream
But no one can hear.
'X' marks the spot where the dig begins
The treasure is found within
The broken hearts, that are soaked with fear.
Me, I wanted, more, your lies.
Everytime I, awful thought.[x4]
(So how can we find ourself, trapped inside our own private hells) So how can we live on
(Where we just scream but no one can hear) Without your lies
(X marks the spot where they the dig begins) And do without
(The treasure is found within the broken hearts that are soaked with fear) Doing any
Don't try to hide
Doing distempt
I go messed up
Messed up what i had
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Mountain Song
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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."
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
Threexover says what needs to be said, so ill continue his trendy actions. Irishcrraka: i dont care if these two songs rocked so hard you pissed in your mom's face. the fact of the matter is that bbalmann34 got some good discussion going, and you were dumb enough to interrupt that to flap your floppy dick for a few seconds of limp fun.
bballmann34, i think your on the right track there. this song seems really zen and slightly nihilistic to me. the message seems to be that if you want balance in your life, you need to just let it happed (let it enfold you), and wheather the bad shit. this is a central idea in taoism, where you should model the river and bear the rocks in the stream. this song was actually taken from the teachings of a taoist book (the name escapes me)