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."
Come on sonny, don't be scared
Gotta act like a Boy Scout, be prepared
I ain't breaking any laws
Just dressing up like Santa Claus
Whiskers tickling open sores
It's a kindergarten smorgasboard
They're catnip to every tom in town
And Pogo is their favorite clown
They call me butcher... I call them cow
Cousins kissing canvas now
(So) Make like Pogo- get on down
Make like Pogo - get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
It's past your bedtime, getting late
Don't want you turning into gatorbait
All I want for Christmas is a chicken delight
And a tasty little morsel to hold on tight
I like to swing and I like to slide
And I carry a can of incesticide
Y'know my son you're just my type
Gotta pick that fruit before it's ripe
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
.........it's ten o'clock.........
Do you know where your kids are?
Sixteen boys on Pogo's chest
Here's your jammies... get undressed
In like a lion out like a lamb
Big fist... small hole... sugar ham
Look like a Jill and smell like a John
Shooting a wad from my loaded gun
I'm in a Bellevue state of mind
To err is human but it feels divine
Make like Pogo get on down
Make like Pogo get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - My Suicide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Incesticide.........Incesticide
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here it comes - here it comes
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here I come - here I come
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
You're...............(shante)
Gotta act like a Boy Scout, be prepared
I ain't breaking any laws
Just dressing up like Santa Claus
Whiskers tickling open sores
It's a kindergarten smorgasboard
They're catnip to every tom in town
And Pogo is their favorite clown
They call me butcher... I call them cow
Cousins kissing canvas now
(So) Make like Pogo- get on down
Make like Pogo - get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
It's past your bedtime, getting late
Don't want you turning into gatorbait
All I want for Christmas is a chicken delight
And a tasty little morsel to hold on tight
I like to swing and I like to slide
And I carry a can of incesticide
Y'know my son you're just my type
Gotta pick that fruit before it's ripe
No Daddy no! No Daddy no no no!!!!!
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
.........it's ten o'clock.........
Do you know where your kids are?
Sixteen boys on Pogo's chest
Here's your jammies... get undressed
In like a lion out like a lamb
Big fist... small hole... sugar ham
Look like a Jill and smell like a John
Shooting a wad from my loaded gun
I'm in a Bellevue state of mind
To err is human but it feels divine
Make like Pogo get on down
Make like Pogo get on down
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - My Suicide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Fratricide - Patricide - Matricide - Incesticide
Incesticide.........Incesticide
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Staring down the barrel of a loaded gun
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here it comes - here it comes
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
Here I come - here I come
Here it comes - somnambulumdrum
You're...............(shante)
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