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 stand in awe and shake my face
You break your promise all over the place
You promised to love me, but what do I see?
Just you comin' in and spillin' juice over me
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said
You promised to love me, but what do I know?
You're spillin' juice on me like you got some place to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now I've had enough, my box is clean
You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean
From now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
You break your promise all over the place
You promised to love me, but what do I see?
Just you comin' in and spillin' juice over me
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now you take your file and you bend my head
I never can remember anything that you said
You promised to love me, but what do I know?
You're spillin' juice on me like you got some place to go
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Now I've had enough, my box is clean
You know what I'm sayin' and you know what I mean
From now on you'd best get on someone else
While you're doin' it, keep that juice to yourself
Odds and ends, odds and ends
Lost time is not found again
Lyrics submitted by BraveSirRobin, edited by NankerPhelge
Odds and Ends Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan
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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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Just A Little Lovin'
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Just for the record, the first line sounds to me like "I stand in awe and I shake my face," but having checked around a good bit, these are the lyrics that come up on nearly every other site.
I know, why does it say "I plan it all and I take my place" everywhere?! It's obviously "I stand in awe and I shake my face" as you say.<br /> <br /> Now, as for the meaning: it's obviously about a rushed businesswoman who's trying to get to work early to impress the boss, and she making some kind of breakfast for her out-of-work slacker husband, but he doesn't want the juice his wife keeps offering, he wants her. Obviously.
Sounds like that to me too!
The lyrics are DEFO wrong...there's no way that Dylan says 'plan it all' - I think you're right, BraveSirRobin
I'm not too sure what Dylan's talking about here but I interpret it as coming from a guy after being dumped by a woman because she's after marriage, kids etc. and the guy isn't like that at all - although she's tried to change him ("you take your file and you bend my head", "keep that juice to yourself"). The 'lost time' that is 'not found again' could be on both their parts
From wikipedia:
The chorus of the opening song–"Odds and ends, odds and ends/Lost time is not found again"–functions as "a kind of editorial comment on the entire Basement Tapes", writes Andy Gill, emphasizing the songs' "fragmentary form and fleeting pleasures".[3] Heylin suggests that this was one of the final basement songs to be recorded, and that here Dylan acknowledges that "when it came to spouting catchphrase choruses while espousing mock profundities in the verses, the process had just about run its course. Dylan admits as much by singing, 'I've had enough, my box is clean/You know what I'm saying and you know what I mean'."[4]
It's about someone, perhaps, who has forgotten that she's not his...by his choice. Interesting song.
Live you life and leave me alone. I began using this site long before I realized you had any connection to it. Don't flatter yourself why I am here.
To me this is the track that best shows the Blonde on Blonde era Dylan was still inside Bob.
Actually, I dunno why I said 'guy' and 'woman' - they could be anyone! It's just because Dylan's singing it, but yeah, could be any gender obviously
Actually, I dunno why I said 'guy' and 'woman' - they could be anyone! It's just because Dylan's singing it, but yeah, could be any gender obviously