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."
Don't pretend to be anything
But an American boy who drives Japanese toys
Making noise with the boys on Saturday night
And down on the corner of Olive and Queens
We talk about things that we've never seen
Like the Sistine, and the heart of Spain and God
We all want to see God
Right now, we all want to see God
Right now, right now, right now
Get into the car
And shut the door
These twenty-two years will be twenty-two more
And after that, we'll rest at last, but not now
No, We'll keep driving 'till the sun goes down
And the sea explodes into the evening hours
And we'll sing that we've done something good
To the trumpets of Hollywood
(We all, we are)
Right now, we all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
Oh, we
(We all, we are)
We all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
We, we will have the last laugh as we step on the gas
And only heaven knows, heaven knows where we'll go
And only heaven knows what we don't
We will have the last laugh as we step on the gas
And only heaven knows, heaven knows where we'll go
(We all, we are)
Right now, we all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
Oh, we
(We all, we are)
We all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
But an American boy who drives Japanese toys
Making noise with the boys on Saturday night
And down on the corner of Olive and Queens
We talk about things that we've never seen
Like the Sistine, and the heart of Spain and God
We all want to see God
Right now, we all want to see God
Right now, right now, right now
Get into the car
And shut the door
These twenty-two years will be twenty-two more
And after that, we'll rest at last, but not now
No, We'll keep driving 'till the sun goes down
And the sea explodes into the evening hours
And we'll sing that we've done something good
To the trumpets of Hollywood
(We all, we are)
Right now, we all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
Oh, we
(We all, we are)
We all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
We, we will have the last laugh as we step on the gas
And only heaven knows, heaven knows where we'll go
And only heaven knows what we don't
We will have the last laugh as we step on the gas
And only heaven knows, heaven knows where we'll go
(We all, we are)
Right now, we all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
Oh, we
(We all, we are)
We all want to see God
(We all, we are)
Right now, right now, right now
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i love you! thank you!
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