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."
Cómo?
Motiv!
Gente de Zona
Ahora sí
Pero esta vez con Los Del Río
Ay como me río
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena (ay yo no sé)
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Dónde vas?
Caminando a Macarena yo me la encontré
Le dije que me bailara
Música Cubana tú ves
Ay Macarena ese movimiento tuyo
No hay quien lo pueda parar
Ay Macarena mira yo te lo juro
Yo te quiero enamorar
Macarena tiene un novio que se llama
Cómo se llama?
Que se llama de apellido Vitorino
Que en la jura de bandera el muchacho
Se la dio con dos amigos
Macarena tiene un novio que se llama
Que se llama de apellido Vitorino
Y en la jura de bandera el muchacho
Se la dio con dos amigos
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena (ay yo no sé)
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena (ay yo no sé)
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Dónde vas?
Yo quiero vivir mi vida
Yo no quiero más problemas
Yo quiero vivir mi vida
Yo no quiero más problemas
Y quiero morirme en Cuba
Bailando la Macarena
Ay yo quiero morirme en Cuba
Bailando la Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Gente de Zona
Directamente de La Habana pa' Madrid
Con los del Río, Sevilla
España
Yo te lo dije
Hey Macarena
Motiv!
Gente de Zona
Ahora sí
Pero esta vez con Los Del Río
Ay como me río
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena (ay yo no sé)
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Dónde vas?
Caminando a Macarena yo me la encontré
Le dije que me bailara
Música Cubana tú ves
Ay Macarena ese movimiento tuyo
No hay quien lo pueda parar
Ay Macarena mira yo te lo juro
Yo te quiero enamorar
Macarena tiene un novio que se llama
Cómo se llama?
Que se llama de apellido Vitorino
Que en la jura de bandera el muchacho
Se la dio con dos amigos
Macarena tiene un novio que se llama
Que se llama de apellido Vitorino
Y en la jura de bandera el muchacho
Se la dio con dos amigos
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena (ay yo no sé)
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Ay yo no sé lo que es la pena (ay yo no sé)
Y vivo hoy contigo alegría
Que tengo una novia morena
Que se llama Andalucía
Dónde vas?
Yo quiero vivir mi vida
Yo no quiero más problemas
Yo quiero vivir mi vida
Yo no quiero más problemas
Y quiero morirme en Cuba
Bailando la Macarena
Ay yo quiero morirme en Cuba
Bailando la Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena
Hey Macarena
Gente de Zona
Directamente de La Habana pa' Madrid
Con los del Río, Sevilla
España
Yo te lo dije
Hey Macarena
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A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Que tuhuelce paralla legria cosabuena A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Eeeh, macarena
What da !#$%???...thats not even spanish. The real lyrics are above