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."
Hello
Naw I'll Be There In A Minute
But I Got Something To Do
What
You Should Know There's One Main Thing And Its
[Chorus:]
When I Hustle
Baby I Be Thinkin Of you
Always On My Grind
Spending a lot Of Time
Like We Use To Do
Now I Be Out In These Streets
Cause Baby We Gotta Eat And you Know that's The Truth
When I'm Out On My Hustle I'm Comin Home To you
[Verse 1:]
Yeah I'm A Hustler
But Baby Girl I Wanna ***** With Her
You The Type To Make A Thug Nigga Turn Love With Her
Mami Let Me Tell you
I ain't Nothin Like These Other Scrubs
It H.U.E.Y
Count Boi He Fly
Got Money To The Hizi
That why I Fly G5
So If Any Brotha Tell you He Could Better He Lied
Look I ain't Nelly
But I Could Make you Hollae.I
When We F.U.C.K.I.N.G In The Tree Top
Bet you Would Feel Better Than Ever When We Ride
Cop you A Summer Wardrobe In The Spring Time
[Hook:]
More We Around Gratifies Me To Love you
But you Should Know There One Main Thing And that's
[Chorus]
[Verse 2:]
Baby Girl you Be My Queen
The Only Thing Make A Thug Smile In His Dreams
Or Make Me Feel I ain't As Thug As I Seem
When We Make Love you Get Weak In The Knees
The Only Female Who Do What She Pleased
But Say She ain't Trickin When I Gettin Her Jeans
Car When Verrumum A Safe In The Streets
I Tell you Mami don't Worry I'm Safe With The Heat
Now Come A Lil Closer Move you're Waist To The Beat
In The Window Of My Comfort For Heat When you Sleep
There's No Other Couple ******** With Me
[Hook]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Lloyd]
I Then Gone Around The World Before
And I Know you The One For Me
You're The One Baby
Just Lay Down You'll See
Shawty I Could Make you See
I'm Not Gone Ride These Streets No More
Could Girl Its Ride Or Die
Girl Its Ride Or Die
Imma Get you Right
[Chorus]
Naw I'll Be There In A Minute
But I Got Something To Do
What
You Should Know There's One Main Thing And Its
[Chorus:]
When I Hustle
Baby I Be Thinkin Of you
Always On My Grind
Spending a lot Of Time
Like We Use To Do
Now I Be Out In These Streets
Cause Baby We Gotta Eat And you Know that's The Truth
When I'm Out On My Hustle I'm Comin Home To you
[Verse 1:]
Yeah I'm A Hustler
But Baby Girl I Wanna ***** With Her
You The Type To Make A Thug Nigga Turn Love With Her
Mami Let Me Tell you
I ain't Nothin Like These Other Scrubs
It H.U.E.Y
Count Boi He Fly
Got Money To The Hizi
That why I Fly G5
So If Any Brotha Tell you He Could Better He Lied
Look I ain't Nelly
But I Could Make you Hollae.I
When We F.U.C.K.I.N.G In The Tree Top
Bet you Would Feel Better Than Ever When We Ride
Cop you A Summer Wardrobe In The Spring Time
[Hook:]
More We Around Gratifies Me To Love you
But you Should Know There One Main Thing And that's
[Chorus]
[Verse 2:]
Baby Girl you Be My Queen
The Only Thing Make A Thug Smile In His Dreams
Or Make Me Feel I ain't As Thug As I Seem
When We Make Love you Get Weak In The Knees
The Only Female Who Do What She Pleased
But Say She ain't Trickin When I Gettin Her Jeans
Car When Verrumum A Safe In The Streets
I Tell you Mami don't Worry I'm Safe With The Heat
Now Come A Lil Closer Move you're Waist To The Beat
In The Window Of My Comfort For Heat When you Sleep
There's No Other Couple ******** With Me
[Hook]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Lloyd]
I Then Gone Around The World Before
And I Know you The One For Me
You're The One Baby
Just Lay Down You'll See
Shawty I Could Make you See
I'm Not Gone Ride These Streets No More
Could Girl Its Ride Or Die
Girl Its Ride Or Die
Imma Get you Right
[Chorus]
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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