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."
Ah ah
I'll wait here, you're crazy
Those vicious streets are filled with strays
You should have never gone to Hollywood
They find you to time you
Say you're the best they've ever seen
You should have never trusted Hollywood
I wrote you and told you
You were the biggest fish out here
You should have never gone to Hollywood
They take you and make you
They look at you in disgusting ways
You should have never trusted Hollywood
(Ah ah)
I was standing on the wall feeling ten feet tall
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard
This is my front page. This is my new rage
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care
(Ah ah)
Phony people come to pay
Look at all of them, back to stay
Phony people come to pray
(The lines in the letter said)
Look at all of them, back to stay
(We had gone to reckon send)
Phony people come to pray
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Hollywood Boulevard
(Ah ah)
You should have never trusted Hollywood
You should have never gone to Hollywood
(Ah ah)
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care
You should have never trusted Hollywood
I'll wait here, you're crazy
Those vicious streets are filled with strays
You should have never gone to Hollywood
They find you to time you
Say you're the best they've ever seen
You should have never trusted Hollywood
I wrote you and told you
You were the biggest fish out here
You should have never gone to Hollywood
They take you and make you
They look at you in disgusting ways
You should have never trusted Hollywood
(Ah ah)
I was standing on the wall feeling ten feet tall
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard
This is my front page. This is my new rage
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care
(Ah ah)
Phony people come to pay
Look at all of them, back to stay
Phony people come to pray
(The lines in the letter said)
Look at all of them, back to stay
(We had gone to reckon send)
Phony people come to pray
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard
(Ah ah)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Hollywood Boulevard
(Ah ah)
You should have never trusted Hollywood
You should have never gone to Hollywood
(Ah ah)
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care
You should have never trusted Hollywood
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Lost in Hollywood Lyrics as written by Daron V. Malakian Serj Tankian
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This song is about Jesus...
This may sound crazy, but if you replace the word Hollywood by "earth" or "mankind", you realize it's may be god speaking to his son, telling him not to go on earth.
"They find you, To time you, Say your the best they've ever seen, You should have never trusted Hollywood.
They take you, And make you, They look at you in disgusting ways, You should never trusted Hollywood."
They will idolize you, only to let you down in the end, judge you, torture you, and kill you. You should had never trusted mankind, they are lost and crazy.
For me, the second part of the song, where Daron says "I was standing on the wall, Feeling ten feet tall" represent the moment Jesus was crucified. Church picture him calm and serene in his last moments, but he was probably mad at us, and insulting the crowd as he was induring terrible pain.
" All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard, This is my front page, This is my new age, All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.
Phoney people come to pray, Look at all of them beg to stay, Phoney people come to pray. "
I brang you peace and you gave me suffering and hate. As a revenge, my dead will trigger a false religion that will kill thousands of your people over the years.
His way of saying "F$%k you" to all of us.
I don't see why they would flag this. I AM a christian, but I can't deny you may be right about this song. SOAD might have meant this, I don't agree with this point of view, I'm only saying you might be right about the song.