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."
Uh-huh, yo (oh, oh)
Uh-huh, yo (uh-huh, uh-huh, oh, oh)
Uh-huh, yo (bounce, bounce)
See around here (uh-huh, uh-huh, uh)
I made things that make y'all bounce
Ya know? Uh-huh
Ya know what I mean? (Yeah, yeah)
Left to right, right to left (uh-huh, uh-huh)
It's So So Def
And uh, it's going down (yeah, uh)
Ya know what I mean? (Yeah)
My man Bow Wow (Bow Wow, yeah, hear me now)
Yeah, ya heard? (Check it out)
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! (Peep game, let's go)
Around here we pop them collars
Around here we get them dollars
Every girl I see that look right
A nigga like me just gotta holla
This kid here all about stackin' up
Talk big here but we can back it up
Long 'cause everybody get crunk
When it drop and the club starts acting up
I represent the S-O-S-O, D-E-F-M-O-B
That's me, JD, Brat, and JE
So please believe
What I do ain't never been done
Ohio is where I'm from
I heard what you said and I saw what you do
And y'all players really don't want none
From the day to the night, I rock
Say what you like, never not
Stay in the light, livin' the life
Got's to keep it hot
Shotgun in the drop, ridin' good
Twenties, TVs, leather and wood
Poppin', watchin' Big Momma
Holdin' it down like a player should
Sing-a-long now!
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
It's the B to the O-W and you, wow
Even your girl fall in love when I smile
The type of little guy you ain't seen in a while
Ignore the height, just right for you size
I get in where I fit in
Braided up, paid the bucks and I'm still a kid
Imagine what life like when I get big
I'ma be rich surrounded by chicks
Couple of cars, couple of cribs
Gettin' a couple mill
Shinin' every time I feel
You see how So So get ill
You don't want no stuff up in here
Bow to the Wow, flavor in your ear now
I get down 'cause I'm hit bound
And I rock an iced out Mickey Mouse around my neck
And I hang on niggas like Vince Carter with his arm in the net
And I oughta snatch up your daughters
But I was brought up with respect
When I turn sixteen I'ma call her though
And show her how to ride with a baller yo
Let her know why it wouldn't hurt her
Go and fall in love with a nigga, like me along time ago
Sing-a-long now
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
I, I, I wanna to see you bounce with me now
Take, take, take it down to the ground with me now
Shake, shake, shake it all around the town with me now
What ya gon' do shawty? What ya gon' do?
Uh-huh, yo (uh-huh, uh-huh, oh, oh)
Uh-huh, yo (bounce, bounce)
See around here (uh-huh, uh-huh, uh)
I made things that make y'all bounce
Ya know? Uh-huh
Ya know what I mean? (Yeah, yeah)
Left to right, right to left (uh-huh, uh-huh)
It's So So Def
And uh, it's going down (yeah, uh)
Ya know what I mean? (Yeah)
My man Bow Wow (Bow Wow, yeah, hear me now)
Yeah, ya heard? (Check it out)
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! (Peep game, let's go)
Around here we pop them collars
Around here we get them dollars
Every girl I see that look right
A nigga like me just gotta holla
This kid here all about stackin' up
Talk big here but we can back it up
Long 'cause everybody get crunk
When it drop and the club starts acting up
I represent the S-O-S-O, D-E-F-M-O-B
That's me, JD, Brat, and JE
So please believe
What I do ain't never been done
Ohio is where I'm from
I heard what you said and I saw what you do
And y'all players really don't want none
From the day to the night, I rock
Say what you like, never not
Stay in the light, livin' the life
Got's to keep it hot
Shotgun in the drop, ridin' good
Twenties, TVs, leather and wood
Poppin', watchin' Big Momma
Holdin' it down like a player should
Sing-a-long now!
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
It's the B to the O-W and you, wow
Even your girl fall in love when I smile
The type of little guy you ain't seen in a while
Ignore the height, just right for you size
I get in where I fit in
Braided up, paid the bucks and I'm still a kid
Imagine what life like when I get big
I'ma be rich surrounded by chicks
Couple of cars, couple of cribs
Gettin' a couple mill
Shinin' every time I feel
You see how So So get ill
You don't want no stuff up in here
Bow to the Wow, flavor in your ear now
I get down 'cause I'm hit bound
And I rock an iced out Mickey Mouse around my neck
And I hang on niggas like Vince Carter with his arm in the net
And I oughta snatch up your daughters
But I was brought up with respect
When I turn sixteen I'ma call her though
And show her how to ride with a baller yo
Let her know why it wouldn't hurt her
Go and fall in love with a nigga, like me along time ago
Sing-a-long now
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
All I wanna do is see ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Grab a partner hit the floor
Bounce with me, bounce with me
Some clap-clap others stomp
But around here we get it crunk when ya
Bounce with me, bounce with me
I, I, I wanna to see you bounce with me now
Take, take, take it down to the ground with me now
Shake, shake, shake it all around the town with me now
What ya gon' do shawty? What ya gon' do?
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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."
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