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."
Every Time I Die - Ebolorama
Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste
featuring KRS One - One Still Slippin'
"Light is scary, but really safe
As we saw how carefully men put up the machinery
It makes the world look topsy-turvy"
Boys:
Shoot to thrill from the hip. It's time we put the "act" in action.
We've tricked these pigs into thinking that this auction is a pageant.
In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery.
The livestock is star-struck. They're all salivating like ravenous cartoons.
Waltz around the room with a glaze in your stare.
In your tuxedo suit.
I will give it a name.
(Last calll) Lower your defenses. (k-k-kill it)
Lower your casket.
(Last CALLL) Open the door and open your grave. (k-k-kill it)
Last calll
K-K-Kill it
Last CALL
K-k-Kill it
Last call
K-k-kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
Murderr
*And during the intermission, unusual events entertain the spectator*
In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery.
In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery.
Doing the waltz with your murderer
(In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery. )
(You're) Doing the waltz with your murderer
Last calll
k-k-Kill it
Last CALL
k-k-Kill it
Last call
K-k-kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
[Rap]
Yeah
You slippin Duke, you trippin Duke
Rememeber you still livin in a corporate chicken coop
With a hundred other chickens yellin get that loot
Makin a hundred other chickens tryin to spit what's cute
But KRS spits the fruit
My words are not hollow, I'll lead you out the chicken suit
You slippin Duke, I got proof, spit truth in the club
So the colleges man, we get so loose
What's the use, you slippin Duke, how America great
when Iraq, had no nukes, now OOPS
Whatever happened to samples and loops?
The same thing that happened to organs and flutes, and real artists
Thank God for The Roots, the soldier that's home with his family
Support for the troops yeah, now let's start this
I've taught many groups, been through many suits
Teachin new recruits that can't take it back to hula hoops
I know we're on mute, stand up straight
I'm like Skywalker without the loot, you slippin Duke
Last call
k-k-kill it
Last CALL
k-k, k-k, k-k
Last call
k-k kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
Last calll
k-k-Kill it
Last CALL
k-k-Kill it (YEAHHH)
Last call
K-k-kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
This is a rock and roll takeover.
Living each day one night at a time.
There were mercy fucks, there was blood.
Oh...You should have been there by my side.
So run like hell!
Last Call!
K-k Kill it!
Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste
featuring KRS One - One Still Slippin'
"Light is scary, but really safe
As we saw how carefully men put up the machinery
It makes the world look topsy-turvy"
Boys:
Shoot to thrill from the hip. It's time we put the "act" in action.
We've tricked these pigs into thinking that this auction is a pageant.
In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery.
The livestock is star-struck. They're all salivating like ravenous cartoons.
Waltz around the room with a glaze in your stare.
In your tuxedo suit.
I will give it a name.
(Last calll) Lower your defenses. (k-k-kill it)
Lower your casket.
(Last CALLL) Open the door and open your grave. (k-k-kill it)
Last calll
K-K-Kill it
Last CALL
K-k-Kill it
Last call
K-k-kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
Murderr
*And during the intermission, unusual events entertain the spectator*
In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery.
In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery.
Doing the waltz with your murderer
(In no time there will be makeup on our new set of cutlery. )
(You're) Doing the waltz with your murderer
Last calll
k-k-Kill it
Last CALL
k-k-Kill it
Last call
K-k-kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
[Rap]
Yeah
You slippin Duke, you trippin Duke
Rememeber you still livin in a corporate chicken coop
With a hundred other chickens yellin get that loot
Makin a hundred other chickens tryin to spit what's cute
But KRS spits the fruit
My words are not hollow, I'll lead you out the chicken suit
You slippin Duke, I got proof, spit truth in the club
So the colleges man, we get so loose
What's the use, you slippin Duke, how America great
when Iraq, had no nukes, now OOPS
Whatever happened to samples and loops?
The same thing that happened to organs and flutes, and real artists
Thank God for The Roots, the soldier that's home with his family
Support for the troops yeah, now let's start this
I've taught many groups, been through many suits
Teachin new recruits that can't take it back to hula hoops
I know we're on mute, stand up straight
I'm like Skywalker without the loot, you slippin Duke
Last call
k-k-kill it
Last CALL
k-k, k-k, k-k
Last call
k-k kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
Last calll
k-k-Kill it
Last CALL
k-k-Kill it (YEAHHH)
Last call
K-k-kill it, Kill it, Kill it!
This is a rock and roll takeover.
Living each day one night at a time.
There were mercy fucks, there was blood.
Oh...You should have been there by my side.
So run like hell!
Last Call!
K-k Kill it!
Lyrics submitted by xoEmergencyTDM
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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,
No Surprises
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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i'm pretty positive the soundbite in the beginning says "the ride is scary" not "light is scary".