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."
over rocks and trees and sand
soaring over cliffs
and gently floating down to land
she proudly lifts her voice
to sound her mating call
and soon her mate responds by singing
"caw, caw, caw,"
come with me, lesbian seagull
settle down and rest with me
fly with me, lesbian seagull
to my little nest by the sea
with me, that's where you belong
with me, I know I can be strong
when you're with me
she skims the water
at the new time to seek her fish
and she emerges with one squirming in her beak
she plays among the waves
and hides between the swells
she walks the beach at twilight
searching for some shells
come with me, lesbian seagull
settle down and rest with me
oh, fly with me, lesbian seagull
to my little nest by the sea
with me, that's where you belong
with me, I know I can be strong
when you're you're with me
and in the evening
as they watch the setting sun
she loooks at her as if to say
the day is done
it's time to find their shelter
hidden in the dunes
and fall asleep
to the music of the moon
you and me
lesbian seagull
you just watch the world, oh my
just you and me, lesbian seagull
side by side with me 'til we die
('til we die)
you and I, we can make it if we try
our love will keep us flyin' high
until we die...
soaring over cliffs
and gently floating down to land
she proudly lifts her voice
to sound her mating call
and soon her mate responds by singing
"caw, caw, caw,"
come with me, lesbian seagull
settle down and rest with me
fly with me, lesbian seagull
to my little nest by the sea
with me, that's where you belong
with me, I know I can be strong
when you're with me
she skims the water
at the new time to seek her fish
and she emerges with one squirming in her beak
she plays among the waves
and hides between the swells
she walks the beach at twilight
searching for some shells
come with me, lesbian seagull
settle down and rest with me
oh, fly with me, lesbian seagull
to my little nest by the sea
with me, that's where you belong
with me, I know I can be strong
when you're you're with me
and in the evening
as they watch the setting sun
she loooks at her as if to say
the day is done
it's time to find their shelter
hidden in the dunes
and fall asleep
to the music of the moon
you and me
lesbian seagull
you just watch the world, oh my
just you and me, lesbian seagull
side by side with me 'til we die
('til we die)
you and I, we can make it if we try
our love will keep us flyin' high
until we die...
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ha ha ha... is this song for real?
Didn't Beavis & Butt-Head hippie teacher sang this one on some episode?
^ Yeah, that hippy guy did sing it. That's where I first heard it. I got no idea what it's about. ??????????????????????????????????????
The hippie teacher sang in the Beavis And Butthead Do America movie.
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I guess it's his response to a government study of long term lesbian monogamous behavior in seagulls lol.