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."
Baby it's real...
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it (ohh)
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it
Innocence is what I've got
It'll take true love to hit the spot
Can't control my every move
When we're together we're in the groove
Don't care about your other girls
I'm the only one that rocks your world
Gonna hafta keep me satisfied
'Cause my innocence won't be denied
No
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
My heart is under lock and key
Together we can set it free
Ain't no mountain that we can't climb
All you gotta do is take your time
Said I'm giving you my all and all
Be careful you don't slip and fall
It's my innocence that makes you yearn
For that perfect gift you can't return
No
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
Baby you know that it's real
The way you're making me feel
You know that baby, baby, baby it's real
Ohh that I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
Baby baby (you know it's making me feel)
So so real (so so real)
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it (ohh)
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it
Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah now hit it
Innocence is what I've got
It'll take true love to hit the spot
Can't control my every move
When we're together we're in the groove
Don't care about your other girls
I'm the only one that rocks your world
Gonna hafta keep me satisfied
'Cause my innocence won't be denied
No
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
My heart is under lock and key
Together we can set it free
Ain't no mountain that we can't climb
All you gotta do is take your time
Said I'm giving you my all and all
Be careful you don't slip and fall
It's my innocence that makes you yearn
For that perfect gift you can't return
No
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
Baby you know that it's real
The way you're making me feel
You know that baby, baby, baby it's real
Ohh that I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
Baby baby (you know it's making me feel)
So so real (so so real)
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
Baby it's real (baby baby)
So so real (baby baby)
That I just can't explain the way that it's making me feel
So so real
Baby it's real (i just can't let you go)
Baby oh baby it's real (keeps me hanging on)
Baby it's real
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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."
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
When We Were Young
Blink-182
Blink-182
This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
This song is about sex, obviously. She wants to give it up to this guy, because she knows that it's "real, baby baby, so so real, baby baby".
It appears that she is also laying down some ground rules. If he wants her, he has to do it her way, and acknowledge that she's the one for him. ("Don't care about your other girl / I'm the only one that rocks your world") She doesn't want it to be all about him, she needs to be satisfied because she's giving him the gift of her virginity (innocence). ("Gonna' have to keep me satisfied / My innocence won't be denied")
I agree with you actually, upon reading the lyrics.<br /> <br /> Especially these lines:<br /> "It's my innocence that makes you yearn,<br /> For that perfect gift that you can't return"<br /> <br /> You can't return someone's virginity - once it's taken, it's gone for good! And I think that's what she's referring to here.
she is telling this guy that her love is real and she wont let him say its not
I liked this song when I was young, but now it kind of makes me laugh, cause in real life things ain't that simple and a guy would crack up laughing if you tell something like this when all they want to do is well, have sex with you!...but it was good for that time I guess...but there was Christina Aguilera and much before the Dirrty era she said "you've got to rub me the right way", which was a little more close to reality, in my opinion. But well, they can't be compared!. Now I see Mandy Moore (which is younger than me) and I can't imagine her singing it to Andy Roddick or the guy in Scrubs lol