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."
this is it
the story of a lifetime
waiting on some step back, hatcheck, fat cat
well, neverthless
I saw the girl at the bar
caught her eye, got a glimpse
sha had an empty jar
(what an aspect!)
so I went up to her saying
"hey there, I'm sorry for my english but I know it from
school and some songs I translated.
you might know my songs from tv
they pick it up again when they teach a keys rookie"
she said
"no way, you still exist?
I haven't heard your records in years and years and years...!
well, you know, I'm rather into
robbie williams, beck the breeders
and other so called majority leaders
and I don't know what the other brother said
as we don't know what motherfucker read
about the twilight flicker
the big city slicker
and I will never say that I am not the one to keep
my eyes too shut
my ears too def
my hair too long
and my record too song,
hey!
they loved me once
but denied me uncountable
so hard to be
a one hit wonder
I hit them once
but failed them uncountable
it's so hard (to be)
a one song band
ain't no big deal
cleaning some windshield
whatever will come?
what is never done?
how much do you make a year
how much in a month
have you ever made some plan or what?
and your an old one, cold one
bold as a chicken
playing not your rickenbacker anymore
and you're a lousy washed-up
broken down
tub of guts
overrated maniac
drunkard, gone nuts
out in the right place
sticking in a basket.
so what's the point? she said.
you will never blast it
once you were their puss in boots
now don'tlet the cat out
don't you let that fat cat out!
they loved me once
but denied me uncountable
so hard to be
a one hit wonder
I hit them once
but failed them uncountable
and it's so hard
a one hit song
they loved me once
but denied me uncountable
so hard to be
a one hit wonder
I hit them once
but failed them uncountable
so hard to be
a one song band
the story of a lifetime
waiting on some step back, hatcheck, fat cat
well, neverthless
I saw the girl at the bar
caught her eye, got a glimpse
sha had an empty jar
(what an aspect!)
so I went up to her saying
"hey there, I'm sorry for my english but I know it from
school and some songs I translated.
you might know my songs from tv
they pick it up again when they teach a keys rookie"
she said
"no way, you still exist?
I haven't heard your records in years and years and years...!
well, you know, I'm rather into
robbie williams, beck the breeders
and other so called majority leaders
and I don't know what the other brother said
as we don't know what motherfucker read
about the twilight flicker
the big city slicker
and I will never say that I am not the one to keep
my eyes too shut
my ears too def
my hair too long
and my record too song,
hey!
they loved me once
but denied me uncountable
so hard to be
a one hit wonder
I hit them once
but failed them uncountable
it's so hard (to be)
a one song band
ain't no big deal
cleaning some windshield
whatever will come?
what is never done?
how much do you make a year
how much in a month
have you ever made some plan or what?
and your an old one, cold one
bold as a chicken
playing not your rickenbacker anymore
and you're a lousy washed-up
broken down
tub of guts
overrated maniac
drunkard, gone nuts
out in the right place
sticking in a basket.
so what's the point? she said.
you will never blast it
once you were their puss in boots
now don'tlet the cat out
don't you let that fat cat out!
they loved me once
but denied me uncountable
so hard to be
a one hit wonder
I hit them once
but failed them uncountable
and it's so hard
a one hit song
they loved me once
but denied me uncountable
so hard to be
a one hit wonder
I hit them once
but failed them uncountable
so hard to be
a one song band
Lyrics submitted by imXDBle
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