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."
Can't think of any reason
Don't know exactly why
Must be it's out of season
Give it another try
I'm out here in the meadow
Part of an old stone wall
Stand here because he said so
Waitin' around to fall
Some things are left unspoken
Some things are hand me down
The circle stands unbroken
Sendin' it back around
I've seen you roll in clover
Dressed for a scarecrow wall
Too bad the dance is over
Nothin' to show at all
Can't help but feel uncertain
Knowing which way to turn
They want to raise the curtain
And you're holdin' the words to learn
I'm out here in the meadow
Part of an old stone wall
Stand here because he said so
Waitin' around to fall
Don't know exactly why
Must be it's out of season
Give it another try
I'm out here in the meadow
Part of an old stone wall
Stand here because he said so
Waitin' around to fall
Some things are left unspoken
Some things are hand me down
The circle stands unbroken
Sendin' it back around
I've seen you roll in clover
Dressed for a scarecrow wall
Too bad the dance is over
Nothin' to show at all
Can't help but feel uncertain
Knowing which way to turn
They want to raise the curtain
And you're holdin' the words to learn
I'm out here in the meadow
Part of an old stone wall
Stand here because he said so
Waitin' around to fall
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by strskeptic
Meadows Lyrics as written by Patrick Cullie Joseph Fidler Walsh
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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@choiceXcreed - this is the one. It starts of with Joe screaming something like this:<br /> <br /> Hey, womma lilly wah bah dipsy abba doodle-dah, woah yeah! AAAH! AAH! AAH! AAH!
yeah that scream at the beginning is classic Joe Walsh personality.
According to the liner notes in his anthology, Joe Walsh was working in a new studio with a 24-track recorder. He made an agreement with his bandmates to screw around for the first 15 seconds; whatever they did would be the song intro. But when they all went into the studio, nobody else recorded anything--save Joe and his demented scremaing. But he stayed true to the bet and kept it on there. And, in another interview, Joe said that "Meadows" was written before "My Woman from Tokyo"--if anything, they stole it from him, not the other way around.
@ProfessorKnowItAll - Nice. Thanks for the info!
All I know is that it uses a very similar riff to "Woman from Tokyo" Deep Purple
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