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."
Mash it up now
That's exactly what we gonna do
Make it good, make it good, sugar
Nothing but love
You are so beautiful
You are so wonderful
And you can make your dreams
Make them come true
You get through everything
And cast a laugh and sing
You can do anything
That you want to, yeah
You bring the sunshine when it's dark
With nothing but love, sweet love
And make me smile and say it's fine
When I haven't got a dime, love, true love
And when things are going wrong
We can fix it with a song
I know we can now, really, really can now
We gonna do it, nothing but love
You don't need expensive furs
You don't need no diamonds and pearls
You don't need that Witchcraft world
To make your dreams come true
You don't need no Cadillac car
You don't have to be a movie star
Just work on what you are
And I know that you'll make it through
You bring the sunshine when it's dark
With nothing but love, true love
Make me smile and say it's fine
When I haven't got a dime, love, true love
And when things are going wrong
We can fix it with a song, song
It's alright, they gonna like it
Nothing but love
You make it alright
You make it alright
You make it alright
You make it alright
You bring the sunshine when it's dark
With nothing but love, sweet love
Make me smile and say it's fine
When I haven't got a dime, love, true love
And when things are going wrong
We can fix it with a song, song
It's aright, we gotta keep it that way
I know, I know, I know I know you were so right
Nothing but love
So right, so right, babe
You make it alright
Need to feel me deep down now
I'm feeling airy, airy
You are the essence of
Everything I love, oh baby oh baby
You make it alright
It's a positive vibration
Going in circulation, yeah
We gonna give it to the nation
Through this evaporation, you make it alright
You make it alright
I feel it deep, deep down inside
You make it alright
You make it alright
Can you feel it, feel it?
That's exactly what we gonna do
Make it good, make it good, sugar
Nothing but love
You are so beautiful
You are so wonderful
And you can make your dreams
Make them come true
You get through everything
And cast a laugh and sing
You can do anything
That you want to, yeah
You bring the sunshine when it's dark
With nothing but love, sweet love
And make me smile and say it's fine
When I haven't got a dime, love, true love
And when things are going wrong
We can fix it with a song
I know we can now, really, really can now
We gonna do it, nothing but love
You don't need expensive furs
You don't need no diamonds and pearls
You don't need that Witchcraft world
To make your dreams come true
You don't need no Cadillac car
You don't have to be a movie star
Just work on what you are
And I know that you'll make it through
You bring the sunshine when it's dark
With nothing but love, true love
Make me smile and say it's fine
When I haven't got a dime, love, true love
And when things are going wrong
We can fix it with a song, song
It's alright, they gonna like it
Nothing but love
You make it alright
You make it alright
You make it alright
You make it alright
You bring the sunshine when it's dark
With nothing but love, sweet love
Make me smile and say it's fine
When I haven't got a dime, love, true love
And when things are going wrong
We can fix it with a song, song
It's aright, we gotta keep it that way
I know, I know, I know I know you were so right
Nothing but love
So right, so right, babe
You make it alright
Need to feel me deep down now
I'm feeling airy, airy
You are the essence of
Everything I love, oh baby oh baby
You make it alright
It's a positive vibration
Going in circulation, yeah
We gonna give it to the nation
Through this evaporation, you make it alright
You make it alright
I feel it deep, deep down inside
You make it alright
You make it alright
Can you feel it, feel it?
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Nothing But Love [Long Version; Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Freddie Harris Ella Mitchell
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