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'm infected with AIDS, I fuck everyday
I kill everything I fuck
(REPEAT)
I fill up with my disease
Contaminate you with deadly needs
My loaded cock is like a gun
I'm a walking time bomb killing everyone
Let me be your stiff hard fuck
Cram your cunt with poisonous cock
Your hairy cunt will be my aim
Deadly penetration is my game
Drenched in my fluids, you'll never know
I plant the seeds of death untold
Before I die, I hope I do
Kill many more as I've killed you
I kill everything I fuck
(REPEAT)
I fill up with my disease
Contaminate you with deadly needs
My loaded cock is like a gun
I'm a walking time bomb killing everyone
Let me be your stiff hard fuck
Cram your cunt with poisonous cock
Your hairy cunt will be my aim
Deadly penetration is my game
Drenched in my fluids, you'll never know
I plant the seeds of death untold
Before I die, I hope I do
Kill many more as I've killed you
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I'm probably in the minority here, but I enjoy his music and think it's unfortunate that the music was overshadowed by his persona and onstage antics. He made some great punk rock that was widely influential, but his legacy will always be "The guy that shit on his fans".
As for the shit-talker up there... if you want to make a convincing argument get your shit together ahead of time. Don't contradict yourself. First you say "GG was another dumbass who used a punk/tough image to sell music to dumbass punks who buy anything that looks offensive.", then later backtrack and say he had serious mental problems stemming from his childhood. Then you go on to claim he wasn't "real" because he was fucked up? So he was totally fucked up, but he wasn't "real" because he really was totally fucked up? Wait- what?!
So, which is it? Was it just an image he created to sell records or was he really fucked up? Make up your mind, then post.
And finally, there is nothing wrong with a diverse taste in music... but I have to agree... anyone that listens to shitty emo music with 30 year old dudes crying about how the girl in homeroom won't talk to them so their life is pain and it's a nightmare doesn't get to talk shit about ANY fucking music.
G.G Allin was a pretty intense person...his lyrics are very offensive but I can't help the fact that I really like it, it's sorta a guilty pleasure thing...I've got a couple of his records...he truely is the God of Shock Rock! I don't get offended easy...so it doesn't bother me as much as it would to others. He tried to keep everything real and he tried to not please everyone! so that's cool in my book.
GG is good, not only did he hate everyone and have offensive lyrics but he took shits on stage and flung it at the audience. Check out the video biogrpahy called Hated.
Im pretty sure if there wasnt a hell god created one with GG as the fucking devil. I missed the GG Allin era when he was alive but CKY introduced me and Im sure as hell glad they did. Atomic K is a pussy. Bite it you scum
GG Allin was a shock rocker and he was real, very real!
haha gotta love GG Allin after all these years people are still talking shit
Gg Allin obviously.
Yeah GG Allin rocks you fuckers!! The greatest punk rocker of all time.
GG Allin hates everyone. There aren't any acceptions. He probably killed his mother after he was born. These lyrics are so horrible, that its actually funny. I heard this GG Allin song called die when you die that has some of the most offensive lyrics I've ever heard. "If you've got cancer, your gonna die. If you've got aids, spread them around and take some lives, die when you die when you die, your gonna die!"
Well, if there is a hell, GG Allin would be first in line...
fuckyouall, it was way more than an image. At his funeral he was dressed up in a leather jacket and a jock strap that read "eat me."