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."
She complains you look different
Yeah but I'm keeping my name
Your not drinking the usual
I said it all tastes the same
She fled you smell like L.A.
Yeah, but check out my new frames
Oh these cool shades make you look bitching
She split from our table
And mumbled remember to tip
I had a twenty I'm ready
But I said I might skip
Some people act funny
When your just trying to be hip
Spent a little time outside the kitchen
Magnificent miles
Trying out this new walk
And people are watching
Like stepping on chalk
The learning curves behind
Like a memory stall
But in all it's an innocent mission
She rang me last night
Said that wasn't you, was it?
I said all colors are money
Fit for deposit
Half naked right now
I've got soup in the closet
Sometimes with words I'm just fishing
Should I come over?
It sounds like you need me
I said hey that's funny
You sound like my TV
Just try this thing once
It'll make life so easy
And even puppies come under suspicion
Then a lover came knocking
And I open the door
With an apple in my hand
She said what's that for
It's the past and the future
But I shouldn't say more
That's just my radio hissing
Well I know you too well
And I know you're no villain
I said don't look now
'Cause I'm ripping of Dylan
What you see is a little crusty
The real things the filling
A sound bite from above, a beautician
All the jokers in this world
They're swarming like bees
Catch one by the point
Make you fall to your knees
Lenny Bruce was a profit
Of the 1960's
Two shows of tonight's inquisition
And drifted and dreaming
Lost in a bed
Body's ups and down
Are just food for the head
It's front page and french fries
And the funny pages instead
We tickle the truth into submission
And all it's an innocent mission
Just tickle the truth into submission
And tickle the truth into submission
Yeah but I'm keeping my name
Your not drinking the usual
I said it all tastes the same
She fled you smell like L.A.
Yeah, but check out my new frames
Oh these cool shades make you look bitching
She split from our table
And mumbled remember to tip
I had a twenty I'm ready
But I said I might skip
Some people act funny
When your just trying to be hip
Spent a little time outside the kitchen
Magnificent miles
Trying out this new walk
And people are watching
Like stepping on chalk
The learning curves behind
Like a memory stall
But in all it's an innocent mission
She rang me last night
Said that wasn't you, was it?
I said all colors are money
Fit for deposit
Half naked right now
I've got soup in the closet
Sometimes with words I'm just fishing
Should I come over?
It sounds like you need me
I said hey that's funny
You sound like my TV
Just try this thing once
It'll make life so easy
And even puppies come under suspicion
Then a lover came knocking
And I open the door
With an apple in my hand
She said what's that for
It's the past and the future
But I shouldn't say more
That's just my radio hissing
Well I know you too well
And I know you're no villain
I said don't look now
'Cause I'm ripping of Dylan
What you see is a little crusty
The real things the filling
A sound bite from above, a beautician
All the jokers in this world
They're swarming like bees
Catch one by the point
Make you fall to your knees
Lenny Bruce was a profit
Of the 1960's
Two shows of tonight's inquisition
And drifted and dreaming
Lost in a bed
Body's ups and down
Are just food for the head
It's front page and french fries
And the funny pages instead
We tickle the truth into submission
And all it's an innocent mission
Just tickle the truth into submission
And tickle the truth into submission
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