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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Tonight (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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I'll hold myself tight (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Ram, ja, ja, ram
I won't fight (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
I won't fight (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
(Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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Then I whisper to me (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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Then I whisper to me (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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Then I 'll lay right down (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
And I 'll lay right down (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
On my back (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
On my bed (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
In my hotel (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
And I'll be in love (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Wait (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
All night (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
All night (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
All night (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
And in the mornin' (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
I'll be ready (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
To see you (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
To see you (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Don't forget to come (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Room one-two-one (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Don't forget to come (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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(Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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I'll be shakin', I'll be tremblin' (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
I'll be happy, I'll be weak (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
And I'll love you, and I'll love you (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
And we'll fall to sleep (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
We'll fall to sleep (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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We'll fall (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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Six o'clock (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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Come (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Real far (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Real far (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
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Come
(Oh, ji, ram, ja) good-bye
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Good-bye
(Oh, ji, ram, ja) good-bye
Good-bye (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Good-bye
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(Oh, ji, ram, ja) good-bye
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(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Oh, ji, ram, ja
Ram, ja, ja, ram
Tonight (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Ram, ja, ja, ram
I'll hold myself tight (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Ram, ja, ja, ram
I won't fight (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
I won't fight (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
(Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Then I whisper to me (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Then I whisper to me (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Then I 'll lay right down (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
And I 'll lay right down (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
On my back (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
On my bed (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
In my hotel (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
And I'll be in love (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Wait (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
All night (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
All night (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
All night (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
And in the mornin' (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
I'll be ready (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
To see you (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
To see you (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Don't forget to come (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Room one-two-one (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Don't forget to come (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
(Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
I'll be shakin', I'll be tremblin' (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
I'll be happy, I'll be weak (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
And I'll love you, and I'll love you (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
And we'll fall to sleep (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
We'll fall to sleep (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
We'll fall (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Six o'clock (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Come (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Come (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
Real far (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Real far (Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Come
(Oh, ji, ram, ja) good-bye
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Good-bye
(Oh, ji, ram, ja) good-bye
Good-bye (Ram, ja, ja, ram)
Good-bye
(Oh, ji, ram, ja) Good-bye
(Ram, ja, ja, ram) good-bye
(Oh, ji, ram, ja)
(Ram, ja, ja, ram)
(Oh, ji, ram, ja) good-bye
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The chanting in the background is "Om Shri Ram Jai, Ram Jai Jai Ram", a mantra used by Mahatma Ghandi and is commonly used while carrying a dead body to the cremation grounds in India.
Personally, I always thought that it was about a junkie waiting to see his girlfriend. I guess the repetition made me think of someone rocking back and forth, repeating themselves and thinking forward hopefully to the next day when they'll get to see their girlfriend.
It is really different. Strangely my favourite Stooges song. Atmospheric and different.
its apparantly about iggy waiting for his girlfriend at the time in a hotel but i can easily see how he has mixed loves of her and of drugs. i suppose drugs only really come to mind coz its such an atmospheric n trippy song
I'm pretty sure it's just about heroin. The first half of the lyrics sounds like someone shooting up and zoning out and the second half sounds like someone jonesing
okay, i think it's about masturbation. i think.
I always think of Equus when I hear this song. When Alan describes his ride with Equus, the paly says there is chanting, and whenever I read that scene I hear the beginning of this song. O ee ramgah. Ramgah gahwaaa. Or whatever they say. Other than that, I haven't thought that far into this song.
i can't really think what the song could be about. i thought of drugd when hearing it to be honest. it's quite a dark song, quite haunting, different to all the other stooges' stuff.
Could be about a drug addict.
I'll be shakin', I'll be tremblin', I'll be happy, I'll be weak, And I'll love you, and I'll love you, And we'll fall to sleep, We'll fall to sleep...
The shaking and trembling are obviously the withdrawal symptoms taking hold. He'll give admission to absolutely anyone who has the stuff, as long as they have it. He'll take it and pass out. I interpret this song
I interpret this song as the long, grueling process of waiting for these drugs.
I read Dave Alexander wrote this song? And here all along I thought the lyrics were
Here comes Long John Long John gone, gone!!
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