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."
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Yo no quiero un erudito, ni a un millonario
Sino a uno como te con ese vocabulario
Contigo yo pierdo hasta mis buenos modales
Aunque terminemos como dos animales
Muévete, muévete como un invertebrado
Soy tu cazadora y tu eres mi venado
Si mamita yo soy como Bambi, tu venadito
Dale, cállate y ponte de ladito
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Eso que me dices tu, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
(Tu eres mi gordita)
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
Oye, oye, oye
Perversión absoluta en el área
Perverso como tener sexo en una funeraria
Yo soy el jefe, y yo la secretaria
Deja que te saque tu lado de ordinaria
Shaki te estas bien bonita
Aunque también me gustabas cuando estabas mas gordita
Con el pelito negrito y la cara redondita
Y así medio rockerita
También me gustas ahora, pero cuando pierdes los modales
Cuando comes sin cubiertos (como los animales)
Cuando se te sale lo sucio, lo obsceno
Todo lo que sabe bueno, todo el veneno
Si yo soy criminal (tu eres una delincuente)
Vamos a tirarnos los dos del mismo puente
Sin paracaídas de nuestro mundo volando
(Como los hippies cuando están fumando)
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
(Tu eres mi gordita)
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Me gusta que me mires como una delincuente
Soy Caperucita, y te eres el lobo que miente
Invítame a pasarme por el lado salvaje
Donde yo no tenga que llevar maquillaje
Puedo decirte todo, todo lo que pienso
Soy peor que te, y si me buscas yo te encuentro
Chiquita rica que me rasca cuando pica chica
Chiquito dame un pico chico en el hocico rico
Yo poco a poco (poco) te toco un poco (poco)
Tarara tarara tara tarara
Chiquita rica que me rasca cuando pica chica
Chiquito dame un pico chico en el hocico rico
Yo poco a poco (poco) te toco un poco (poco)
Tarara tarara tara tarara
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
(Te eres mi gordita)
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Yo no quiero un erudito, ni a un millonario
Sino a uno como te con ese vocabulario
Contigo yo pierdo hasta mis buenos modales
Aunque terminemos como dos animales
Muévete, muévete como un invertebrado
Soy tu cazadora y tu eres mi venado
Si mamita yo soy como Bambi, tu venadito
Dale, cállate y ponte de ladito
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Eso que me dices tu, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
(Tu eres mi gordita)
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
Oye, oye, oye
Perversión absoluta en el área
Perverso como tener sexo en una funeraria
Yo soy el jefe, y yo la secretaria
Deja que te saque tu lado de ordinaria
Shaki te estas bien bonita
Aunque también me gustabas cuando estabas mas gordita
Con el pelito negrito y la cara redondita
Y así medio rockerita
También me gustas ahora, pero cuando pierdes los modales
Cuando comes sin cubiertos (como los animales)
Cuando se te sale lo sucio, lo obsceno
Todo lo que sabe bueno, todo el veneno
Si yo soy criminal (tu eres una delincuente)
Vamos a tirarnos los dos del mismo puente
Sin paracaídas de nuestro mundo volando
(Como los hippies cuando están fumando)
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
(Tu eres mi gordita)
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Me gusta que me mires como una delincuente
Soy Caperucita, y te eres el lobo que miente
Invítame a pasarme por el lado salvaje
Donde yo no tenga que llevar maquillaje
Puedo decirte todo, todo lo que pienso
Soy peor que te, y si me buscas yo te encuentro
Chiquita rica que me rasca cuando pica chica
Chiquito dame un pico chico en el hocico rico
Yo poco a poco (poco) te toco un poco (poco)
Tarara tarara tara tarara
Chiquita rica que me rasca cuando pica chica
Chiquito dame un pico chico en el hocico rico
Yo poco a poco (poco) te toco un poco (poco)
Tarara tarara tara tarara
Esto a ti te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Esto a ti, a ti, te va a calentar
A calentar
A calentar
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
(Te eres mi gordita)
Eso que me dices te, eso
Son palabras bonitas dedicadas llenas de amor para mi
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