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."
Nothing you say
Can hurt me now
Into the space
I fell, I fall
A strange river is deep in my
Into the dark I dive
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
It took sometime from me to try
To learn to love this child of mine
Not for nothing she survived
Into this space
I fell to find
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
You're sad star
It's too late to cry
Your tears could be
Your saddest no
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
Can hurt me now
Into the space
I fell, I fall
A strange river is deep in my
Into the dark I dive
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
It took sometime from me to try
To learn to love this child of mine
Not for nothing she survived
Into this space
I fell to find
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
You're sad star
It's too late to cry
Your tears could be
Your saddest no
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
I took leave
Kissing the day
Took leave
Kissing your mouth
Supportively
Kissing the day
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Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
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."
When We Were Young
Blink-182
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Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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I first heard this song while watching G-String Divas on HBO, it was the episode that profiled Jordan and the art and science of lapdances, and she was like poledancing or something with her pimp boyfriend watching from the bar and I was struck dumb at how beautiful and profound this song was in addition to the lapdance-friendly-beat. I'm not sure what this song is about really but the vocals communicate this unbearable presence of love and emotion, a positive and reaffirming thing really.