Mountain Song

Eric Avery's thumping bass line is what really get this song started. The whole 'nothing's shocking' album owes a lot to his bass lines, they toss perry's vocals around like a raging sea.

The song is in reference to two of Perry Farrell's friends that died. Everbody has their own opinion is talking about how people have their own opinion of death and the death surrounding his friends' death. "Cash in" is talking about "cashing in their chips".

According to good ol Wiki, it's about two girls Perry knew who died.

I'm not sure exactly what impact this band had on my teenage years, good or bad.. I'm just looking at the album cover for "Nothing's Shocking" and it reminds me of how, back then, there was this little shop that had like incense and some knick knacks, maybe they had pipes I don't know.. and LP's back then, in addition to CD's and tapes... it was the place to go to find a lot of what had been by then labelled as 'alternative' music... and I distinctly remember they had a huge display of the cover of this album, a promotional thing. It was so cool.. you used to just get a buzz out stuff like this because it was totally unique.. their sound, to this day, is so remarkable in how they put together elements of funk and metal.. all around you have to admit it is a great sound.. the guitars are so decadent.. they did it as a wall of sound.. of crunch sound, but also the high notes with all the sustain in them. It's really a feat of production in so many ways, in addition to all it meant culture-wise, at least to me. I'm a guitarist so what just kills me is Dave Navarro's guitars.. he is one hell of a talented guy and innovative. The sound he puts together, with the layering and all the fills. He must of just been having a field day. These guys, Perry and all of them, seem like they already had the world beat before they even got the first album made. And then it just kind of came in went, in a fit of intensity not unlike the women's flaming naked bodies. Love that! Of course, as I said, their influence spans far and wide (not just in the music world, but in the lives of all teenage kids like me who's world completely changed the first time they hit 'play' on this baby..)

How could no one have commented on this song yet? This is the song that got me into Jane's Addiction so it will always be one of my favorites.

It is about being surrounded by so many people who are individuals...and then finding another individual who has something in common or a bond with you, and the beauty of the moment when a two people find each other out of a sea of individuals. The girls "pin" eyes describe the size of her pupils which means what they had in common was probably drugs...but of course there is more to the song than that

marxist perspective vs. freudian perspective LOL

You've go to "cash in" on what you keep inside. Holding it back hurts so bad!

Wow, the first time I heard this song was watching it on Headbanger's Ball on MTV (am I dating myself?!?). Hooked ever since.

This song is about coming down off heroin