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."
Well another bad day's gone by,
Another day of feeling green.
Never known a person who can spend so much time being mad at me.
And I didn't mean to get here late,
But my car ran out of gas
And then an airplane crashed into the road
And I had to save the people.
Didn't think you'd get so mad,
But here we go, here we go again.
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
I'm glad that you calmed down,
Never thought I'd ever see you smile
After your head spun 'round
And you spit all that green stuff out on me.
We can't go to the mall,
That really sucks,
You know how much I love the way
You change again and again and again and again and again.
Didn't mean to let you down
But here we go, here we go again
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
I'm really sorry that
I made you mad again.
(That doesn't really mean I'm sorry.)
It's really not my fault
That you over reacted.
Here we go
Here we go
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
Don't look now 'cause here we go again
Don't look now 'cause here we go again
Don't look now 'cause here we go again
Another day of feeling green.
Never known a person who can spend so much time being mad at me.
And I didn't mean to get here late,
But my car ran out of gas
And then an airplane crashed into the road
And I had to save the people.
Didn't think you'd get so mad,
But here we go, here we go again.
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
I'm glad that you calmed down,
Never thought I'd ever see you smile
After your head spun 'round
And you spit all that green stuff out on me.
We can't go to the mall,
That really sucks,
You know how much I love the way
You change again and again and again and again and again.
Didn't mean to let you down
But here we go, here we go again
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
I'm really sorry that
I made you mad again.
(That doesn't really mean I'm sorry.)
It's really not my fault
That you over reacted.
Here we go
Here we go
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
Reach cramps and you make a frown,
Then you make a whiney sound,
Then it won't be long till we both reach ground zero,
So here we go again.
And I know you didn't get your way,
Now I guess you want to fight all day.
Better watch out what I say,
Don't look now, 'cause here we go again.
Don't look now 'cause here we go again
Don't look now 'cause here we go again
Don't look now 'cause here we go again
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this song is about Clint (singer) and Dustin's (lefthandGuitar) exgirlfriends kind of combined into one......awesome song. All their songs are fuckin great
yep
i love it.. it's tells a great story, but keeps the song upbeat at the same time. and it gets stuck in your head quite easily...
I love the analogy to the Exorcist about "Never thought I'd ever see you smile after your head spun around and you spit all that green stuff out on me. " Like relating the girl to being Devil-like.