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."
There is nothing wrong with you television set. [Sample]
There is nothing wrong with you television set. [Sample]
We control all that you see and hear. [Sample]
We control all that you see and hear. [Sample]
My life concecrated by the ????? book
My style dictated my bionic eyes they look
I drive a car ?????, read a book
I don't eat meat except for a little bit of turkey
I was born to be mild, like the first suburban child
Born to be king, of the really boring things
My life concecrated by the ????? book
My style dictated my bionic eyes they look
I drive a car ?????, read a book
I don't eat meat except for a little bit of turkey
I was born to be mild, like the first McDonalds child
Born to be king, of the really boring things
My life concecrated by the ????? book
My style dictates my bionic eyes they look
I drive a car ?????, read a book
I don't eat meat except for a little bit of turkey
I have a dream. [sample]
Corperate marshall law. [sample]
I have a dream. [sample]
Corperate marshall law. [sample]
Born to be mild like the first Mc Reagan child,
Born to be king of the really boring things,
My heart controlled by the sheer outlook
my veins are pumping with the cash I took.
I can't afford the credit I book, out to ponder damage I look.
Credit alert. [sample](x8)
Do not attempt to think or depression may occour. [sample]
Do not attempt to think. [sample]
Born to be mild, like the first free market child.
Born to be king, of the endless buying binge.
Born to be mild. (x4)
There is nothing wrong with you television set. [Sample]
We control all that you see and hear. [Sample]
We control all that you see and hear. [Sample]
My life concecrated by the ????? book
My style dictated my bionic eyes they look
I drive a car ?????, read a book
I don't eat meat except for a little bit of turkey
I was born to be mild, like the first suburban child
Born to be king, of the really boring things
My life concecrated by the ????? book
My style dictated my bionic eyes they look
I drive a car ?????, read a book
I don't eat meat except for a little bit of turkey
I was born to be mild, like the first McDonalds child
Born to be king, of the really boring things
My life concecrated by the ????? book
My style dictates my bionic eyes they look
I drive a car ?????, read a book
I don't eat meat except for a little bit of turkey
I have a dream. [sample]
Corperate marshall law. [sample]
I have a dream. [sample]
Corperate marshall law. [sample]
Born to be mild like the first Mc Reagan child,
Born to be king of the really boring things,
My heart controlled by the sheer outlook
my veins are pumping with the cash I took.
I can't afford the credit I book, out to ponder damage I look.
Credit alert. [sample](x8)
Do not attempt to think or depression may occour. [sample]
Do not attempt to think. [sample]
Born to be mild, like the first free market child.
Born to be king, of the endless buying binge.
Born to be mild. (x4)
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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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chook is austrailian slang for chicken, say my aussie irc friends.
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