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."
Step up, it's time to learn the hard way. As so many lives here end, and I've fallen. Bugs crawling up my arms. Eyes so strong. Staring and torturing me for so long. So tell me, about this life filled with guilt, fear, and emptiness. With guilt, fear, and emptiness. Ash for teeth and gums, withered skin. Trash can belief and mouth.
The search for truth begins, while you're still sleeping in.
The simple life, the simple plan, eden is laid to rest. When this is what you stand for, this is what you get.
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I have!
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I am!
It's the same thing that gives us something to live for, that gives us something to die for. Ash for teeth and gums, withered skin. Trash can belief and mouth. This is what you owe.
The simple life, the simple plan, eden is laid to rest. When this is what you stand for, this is what you get.
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I have!
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I am!
Ode to the antman, gathered here one last time. This is what you strive for, this is what you get. The precision of an axe as it cuts right through someone. This is what you died for, this is what you know. You know, you know, you know, you never know.
Surrounded, yet isolated, see you my friend. Surrounded, yet isolated, see you in hell.
The search for truth begins, while you're still sleeping in.
The simple life, the simple plan, eden is laid to rest. When this is what you stand for, this is what you get.
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I have!
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I am!
It's the same thing that gives us something to live for, that gives us something to die for. Ash for teeth and gums, withered skin. Trash can belief and mouth. This is what you owe.
The simple life, the simple plan, eden is laid to rest. When this is what you stand for, this is what you get.
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I have!
Is this everything you asked for?
This is all I am!
Ode to the antman, gathered here one last time. This is what you strive for, this is what you get. The precision of an axe as it cuts right through someone. This is what you died for, this is what you know. You know, you know, you know, you never know.
Surrounded, yet isolated, see you my friend. Surrounded, yet isolated, see you in hell.
Lyrics submitted by bloodjunkie
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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."
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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,
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I think this song is about someone meeting their doom, when their life is coming to an end. Not physically, but mentally and emotionally. Anyways, good song. Thanks Eric!
its actually truely about a schizophrenic guy with 4 teeth who used to talk to the sing at his pharmacy and he was always searching for waht he saw as the meaning of life but the song can be interpted into alot of things
I think it's about Antman, a discustingly ugly person who is all the problems humans have all combined.