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 don't need a whole lots 'a money
I don't need a big, fine car
I got everything that a man could want
I got more than I could ask for
Now, I don't have to run around
I don't have to stay out all night
'cause I got me a sweet, a sweet lovin' woman
And she knows just how to treat me right
Well my baby, she's all right
Well my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind 'a wonderful
She's some kind 'a wonderful yes she is, she's a
She's some kind 'a wonderful yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I hold her in my arms
You know, she sets my soul on fire
Oh, when my baby kisses me
My heart becomes filled with desire
When she wraps her lovin' arms around me
It 'bout tires me out of my mind
Yeah, when my baby kisses me chills run up and down my spine
Well my baby, she's all right
Uh, my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that she's
She's some kind 'a wonderful
She's some kind 'a wonderful yes she is, she's a
She's some kind 'a wonderful yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now is there anybody got a sweet little woman like mine
Got to be somebody got a, got a sweet little woman like mine
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Well my baby, she's all right
Well my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind 'a wonderful
She's some kind 'a wonderful yes she is, she's a
She's some kind 'a wonderful yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I don't need a big, fine car
I got everything that a man could want
I got more than I could ask for
Now, I don't have to run around
I don't have to stay out all night
'cause I got me a sweet, a sweet lovin' woman
And she knows just how to treat me right
Well my baby, she's all right
Well my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind 'a wonderful
She's some kind 'a wonderful yes she is, she's a
She's some kind 'a wonderful yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I hold her in my arms
You know, she sets my soul on fire
Oh, when my baby kisses me
My heart becomes filled with desire
When she wraps her lovin' arms around me
It 'bout tires me out of my mind
Yeah, when my baby kisses me chills run up and down my spine
Well my baby, she's all right
Uh, my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that she's
She's some kind 'a wonderful
She's some kind 'a wonderful yes she is, she's a
She's some kind 'a wonderful yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now is there anybody got a sweet little woman like mine
Got to be somebody got a, got a sweet little woman like mine
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Can I get a witness
Well my baby, she's all right
Well my baby, she's clean out of sight, don't you know that
She's
She's some kind 'a wonderful
She's some kind 'a wonderful yes she is, she's a
She's some kind 'a wonderful yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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