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."
I've got something on my mind,
But the right words are so hard to find
They twist my mind
Grape vines shakin' once again
Those nasty little rumors of the boy deepen
Are loose again
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
What's it like living like you do
Talk talk is cheap talk
So far from the truth
Why do they listen to you
Soon you will fall boy, record shows
Only the stories will turn on you
Best be on your toes
There's such a thing as trust,
Nothing else is the same
When your face is in the ground,
You've only yourself to blame,
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, no one likes to lose
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose,
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views,
Bad bad attitude.
But the right words are so hard to find
They twist my mind
Grape vines shakin' once again
Those nasty little rumors of the boy deepen
Are loose again
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
What's it like living like you do
Talk talk is cheap talk
So far from the truth
Why do they listen to you
Soon you will fall boy, record shows
Only the stories will turn on you
Best be on your toes
There's such a thing as trust,
Nothing else is the same
When your face is in the ground,
You've only yourself to blame,
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, no one likes to lose
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose, yeah!
Sliding in the door are the roads we all know
Yesterdays hero's with no room to grow
You say you want the money
You want the Big Prize
But they'll cut you
Down to size, with your
Bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
Two can play that game, no one likes to lose,
It's your bad attitude, twisted views
Bad bad attitude,
It's your bad attitude,
No one likes to lose, bad bad attitude
It's your bad attitude, twisted views,
Bad bad attitude.
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Bad Attitude Lyrics as written by Jonathan Cooke Nicholas Beales
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