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 the business
Prepare to take witness
To the type of ish that we on, we on
By the time that you get there
We already been there
We done packed up
And we gone, we gone, we gone
This is the business
Prepare to take witness
To the type of ish that we on, we on, we on
Cause this is the business
Right now
Come witness the business
Right now
Ok dennn, and you can
Take some notes from me
Grab a cheat sheet
Take a couple quotes from me
You won't defeat thee business
You're better off trying to get
The stank off of chitlins
Ya kidding???
So grab a suit and tie
Salute the guy, take a seat
We'll review your resume
And see just what we have this week
But in the meantime
Make sure you log on to
markronsonandthebusiness.com
Yeah, let us build a better life with ya
Submit your application
And we'll be right wit ya
And for the ladies make sure
You send us a nice picture
Beside the right qualifications
And we might pick ya
Ok dennn
Let's keep this strictly professional
Take my business card
And call at respected hours
This is larger than what large is
The true definition
Of what being in charge is
This the type of business
That you could put your nose in
Pack a big enough bag
That you could fit some clothes in
Long hours, dozin'
Gotta get them figures straight
Young lamont dozier
I'm working on some real estate
Or chris blackwell
Gotta get them stacks well
United states postal service lame
We stack mail
Save some instruments
Cause we'll give you the blues hater
On your front porch in the morning
Like the newspaper
And the headline is that
We runnin' shit
And we the exact crew
That you don't wanna hate
And the headline is that
We runnin' shit
Introducing the business,
The business
Prepare to take witness
To the type of ish that we on, we on
By the time that you get there
We already been there
We done packed up
And we gone, we gone, we gone
This is the business
Prepare to take witness
To the type of ish that we on, we on, we on
Cause this is the business
Right now
Come witness the business
Right now
Ok dennn, and you can
Take some notes from me
Grab a cheat sheet
Take a couple quotes from me
You won't defeat thee business
You're better off trying to get
The stank off of chitlins
Ya kidding???
So grab a suit and tie
Salute the guy, take a seat
We'll review your resume
And see just what we have this week
But in the meantime
Make sure you log on to
markronsonandthebusiness.com
Yeah, let us build a better life with ya
Submit your application
And we'll be right wit ya
And for the ladies make sure
You send us a nice picture
Beside the right qualifications
And we might pick ya
Ok dennn
Let's keep this strictly professional
Take my business card
And call at respected hours
This is larger than what large is
The true definition
Of what being in charge is
This the type of business
That you could put your nose in
Pack a big enough bag
That you could fit some clothes in
Long hours, dozin'
Gotta get them figures straight
Young lamont dozier
I'm working on some real estate
Or chris blackwell
Gotta get them stacks well
United states postal service lame
We stack mail
Save some instruments
Cause we'll give you the blues hater
On your front porch in the morning
Like the newspaper
And the headline is that
We runnin' shit
And we the exact crew
That you don't wanna hate
And the headline is that
We runnin' shit
Introducing the business,
The business
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Introducing the Business Lyrics as written by Leonhard Pill Mark Ronson
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