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."
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
Yeah, yeah
I remember back in school
When I first laid my eyes on you
I saw your smile and knew right then and there
You reached out and touched my hand
And two became just one person
And no one could have stopped our love affair
But lately we can't even see each other, no
Without acting just like distant lovers
We've even took to fighting under covers
What a shame, baby, who's to blame
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Don't say goodbye my love, no, no, no, baby
Just one more try, young love
I remember promises
The way I'd feel when we'd caress
I can't imagine where young love went wrong
You said that you needed me
But where is the sincerity
I, I guess that with our love that too has flown
'Cause lately we can't even touch each other
Without acting just like distant lovers
We've even took to fighting under covers
What a shame, baby, who's to blame
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Don't say goodbye my love, no, no, no, baby
Just one more try, young love
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared (When love was new, baby)
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared (And we were to sugar)
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared (Listen to me)
Don't you think we ought to give it one more try
We've come too far to be saying goodbye
Give it on more try
Ooh, don't you remember, baby
Young love was much better
Ooh, my love
Why you want to grow old on me
Why you want to keep me in misery
Why you want to say goodbye
Why you want to make me cry, baby
Young love, my love, your love
Why you want to say goodbye
Why you want to make me cry, baby
I'm cryin', baby
I'm cryin', baby
I'm cryin', young love
I'm cryin', young love
I'm cryin', young love
I'm cryin', young love
Don't say goodbye
Please
Yeah, yeah
I remember back in school
When I first laid my eyes on you
I saw your smile and knew right then and there
You reached out and touched my hand
And two became just one person
And no one could have stopped our love affair
But lately we can't even see each other, no
Without acting just like distant lovers
We've even took to fighting under covers
What a shame, baby, who's to blame
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Don't say goodbye my love, no, no, no, baby
Just one more try, young love
I remember promises
The way I'd feel when we'd caress
I can't imagine where young love went wrong
You said that you needed me
But where is the sincerity
I, I guess that with our love that too has flown
'Cause lately we can't even touch each other
Without acting just like distant lovers
We've even took to fighting under covers
What a shame, baby, who's to blame
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Young love
Why you want to grow old on me now
Don't say goodbye my love, no, no, no, baby
Just one more try, young love
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared (When love was new, baby)
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared (And we were to sugar)
Do you remember the young love
Do you remember the love we shared (Listen to me)
Don't you think we ought to give it one more try
We've come too far to be saying goodbye
Give it on more try
Ooh, don't you remember, baby
Young love was much better
Ooh, my love
Why you want to grow old on me
Why you want to keep me in misery
Why you want to say goodbye
Why you want to make me cry, baby
Young love, my love, your love
Why you want to say goodbye
Why you want to make me cry, baby
I'm cryin', baby
I'm cryin', baby
I'm cryin', young love
I'm cryin', young love
I'm cryin', young love
I'm cryin', young love
Don't say goodbye
Please
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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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