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."
Boy's we've been here for a while
But we've finally got the style
Strike your pose and fake a smile
Give me Kenny, give me Kyle
I hate to break it but it's true
Fifteen minutes we'll be through
And I won't have to talk to you
Now you know the words you fool
Sing along to you own tune
Wrote to prove you are a tool
Tell your friends you joined a boyband
Boyband
Good Chalotte said they like McFly
Is half their fanbase gonna cry?
It's so pathetic dry your eyes
When you gonna realise a tun's a tune?
I don't know why the metalheads want us to die
But these days they're all under nine
So I'll be fine
Now you know the words you fool
Sing along to you own tune
Wrote to prove you are a tool
Tell your friends you joined a boyband
Boyband
I get calls from girls who saw me on TV
Behind my back they're saying nasty thing about me
"There's the kid who blew it all,
I sat next to him in school
Everyone thought he was cool
'til he quit his job and joined a boyband"
Boyband
Now you know the words you fool
Sing along to you own tune
Wrote to prove you are a tool
Tell your friends you joined a boyband
Boyband
Join a boyband
Join a boyband
Screw your life up
Join a boyband
Kids will hate you
Out to get you
Ever since you
Joined a boyband
It's really scary
Palms are sweaty
Potato guns are armed and ready
Screwed your life up
Just like Eddie
Ever since you
Joined a boyband
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