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."
I've been seeing the same old things and
I've been hearing you saying some things that you don't mean
everyone need a Sunday some days, everyone needs to take some time away
So come on home from the front lines, baby
You know you've done more than your time there was supposed to have been
A little time out could turn your head 'round
A little time out could life us out of this mess we're in
And down by the beach there's a small cafe
Where we'll hang on for Joan and drink Bonet all day
So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there
You know that waking up to the daily blues from
Waking up to the daily news ain't nothing strange
Everyone gets to feeling weak but if everyone gets to take a week and change their pace...
You travel west 'til you hit Girona, I'll travel east out of Barcelona
And I'll meet you half-way. One day and night on La Costa Brava we'll forget the fright
And remember why we want to be brave (and that there's something to save)
Like down by the beach there's a small cafe
Where we'll meet Mau and Arnau and sit and think all day
So come over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there
And down by the beach there's a veg cafe
Where we'll meet Lolo and Pablo and drink Moritz all day
So come on over to St. Fileu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there
We'll meet Berta, and Daniel, and Remy, Celine, and Mike, Adriana, Padi, and Aziz, and
Maurix, Maria, and Laura, Tule, and Sherry and Pau, Jodie, and Paul, I hope Neil is O.K...
I've been hearing you saying some things that you don't mean
everyone need a Sunday some days, everyone needs to take some time away
So come on home from the front lines, baby
You know you've done more than your time there was supposed to have been
A little time out could turn your head 'round
A little time out could life us out of this mess we're in
And down by the beach there's a small cafe
Where we'll hang on for Joan and drink Bonet all day
So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there
You know that waking up to the daily blues from
Waking up to the daily news ain't nothing strange
Everyone gets to feeling weak but if everyone gets to take a week and change their pace...
You travel west 'til you hit Girona, I'll travel east out of Barcelona
And I'll meet you half-way. One day and night on La Costa Brava we'll forget the fright
And remember why we want to be brave (and that there's something to save)
Like down by the beach there's a small cafe
Where we'll meet Mau and Arnau and sit and think all day
So come over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there
And down by the beach there's a veg cafe
Where we'll meet Lolo and Pablo and drink Moritz all day
So come on over to St. Fileu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there
We'll meet Berta, and Daniel, and Remy, Celine, and Mike, Adriana, Padi, and Aziz, and
Maurix, Maria, and Laura, Tule, and Sherry and Pau, Jodie, and Paul, I hope Neil is O.K...
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La Costa Brava Lyrics as written by Theodore F Leo
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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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