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."
[JuJu]
Callate la boca y bajate los panties
my ten minute ride sastis y fumanti
beatnuts y proyect uno, una loquera
bajatelos chula, que lo que tu espera
JuJu te lo pega, de todas las maneras
despues nos vamos shopping, vaciamos la chequera
a mi si no me importa, te compro lo que quieras
te saco toda la noche, y te dejo con ojeras
[Swinger]
ya llego el muchachon, tigaraso, ladron
bucano, marinero oye esta cancion (se acabo)
pasame el tabaco y ron, como no si asi
se comienza loqueria, no juegues con tu vida
juega loteria, tu ano ya pasado,
esta vuelta es mia, para platino, con animo
It's a Beatnuts thing yo you know how that goes
[Pyscho Les]
quien entro, el super borracho tumbando
todo estos raperos de cuadro
el pyscho y esta vez te lo traigo
directo del barrio de queens, tocando heavy
en el radio, como un steam, estamos calientes
como un trago de aguardiente
este es un toast pa mi gente de santo domingo y COLOMBIA
boricua esta es la bomba
[JuJu and Psycho Les]
no pares sigue,sigue pala playa en convertible
sin relajo yo te dije
montate, no te fijes
hay fiesta, agarrate chula y aprieta
no te me peocupes, que juju te respeta
doblate pa' lante y agarrate la teta
mami coje gusto y quedate me quieta
no te pongas loca te doy con la chancleta
tengo proteccion, adentro de la chaqueta
se que tienes novio, ojala que no se meta
en caso de problemas ahi tengo la metra, metra metra metra
(prrrraaaaaa prraaa prraaaaaa)
Chorus
Se Acabo X 4
[Magic Juan]
Dominicanos! mira quien llego
el negrito del swing nigga
yea thats him nigga, Benz nigga
rolex with tha gems nigga
no lo digo por decirlo porque todo es mio
in a nutshell perros cuerros un 38.0
pa'los joloperos y fregos
dame eso, money comes in ingles y spanish
Nigga I'm like a Jay-Z duet; two voices, one talent
Ya tu sabe who is I, Mr. Juan Dilema
te caigo en sima, rompete la madre
fly pa arriba, sube para las nubes so screw this
no soy boriqua so dont call me papa
simply pure,
puffing hierba,en la,
presidential suite with two hevas
tres botellas y seis condones
Beatnuts y Magic Juan we tha shit los gran majones
manos arriabas, sigue la familia X4
Magic Juan and the Muthafucking Beatnuts
Chorus till fade
Callate la boca y bajate los panties
my ten minute ride sastis y fumanti
beatnuts y proyect uno, una loquera
bajatelos chula, que lo que tu espera
JuJu te lo pega, de todas las maneras
despues nos vamos shopping, vaciamos la chequera
a mi si no me importa, te compro lo que quieras
te saco toda la noche, y te dejo con ojeras
[Swinger]
ya llego el muchachon, tigaraso, ladron
bucano, marinero oye esta cancion (se acabo)
pasame el tabaco y ron, como no si asi
se comienza loqueria, no juegues con tu vida
juega loteria, tu ano ya pasado,
esta vuelta es mia, para platino, con animo
It's a Beatnuts thing yo you know how that goes
[Pyscho Les]
quien entro, el super borracho tumbando
todo estos raperos de cuadro
el pyscho y esta vez te lo traigo
directo del barrio de queens, tocando heavy
en el radio, como un steam, estamos calientes
como un trago de aguardiente
este es un toast pa mi gente de santo domingo y COLOMBIA
boricua esta es la bomba
[JuJu and Psycho Les]
no pares sigue,sigue pala playa en convertible
sin relajo yo te dije
montate, no te fijes
hay fiesta, agarrate chula y aprieta
no te me peocupes, que juju te respeta
doblate pa' lante y agarrate la teta
mami coje gusto y quedate me quieta
no te pongas loca te doy con la chancleta
tengo proteccion, adentro de la chaqueta
se que tienes novio, ojala que no se meta
en caso de problemas ahi tengo la metra, metra metra metra
(prrrraaaaaa prraaa prraaaaaa)
Chorus
Se Acabo X 4
[Magic Juan]
Dominicanos! mira quien llego
el negrito del swing nigga
yea thats him nigga, Benz nigga
rolex with tha gems nigga
no lo digo por decirlo porque todo es mio
in a nutshell perros cuerros un 38.0
pa'los joloperos y fregos
dame eso, money comes in ingles y spanish
Nigga I'm like a Jay-Z duet; two voices, one talent
Ya tu sabe who is I, Mr. Juan Dilema
te caigo en sima, rompete la madre
fly pa arriba, sube para las nubes so screw this
no soy boriqua so dont call me papa
simply pure,
puffing hierba,en la,
presidential suite with two hevas
tres botellas y seis condones
Beatnuts y Magic Juan we tha shit los gran majones
manos arriabas, sigue la familia X4
Magic Juan and the Muthafucking Beatnuts
Chorus till fade
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