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've been taking abuse
And it's senseless
Fist into the wall
And it's painless
I've been living the lie
That I made me
Live it
Screaming into the mic
And I like it
Play it all over the air
In thick slices
Soak it all up in your head
With the anger
Like it
Older
Elder
I Am
(Grind on it)
Deeper
Bleaker
I Am
Brush the surface off and grind on it
Put a gun in my mouth
And threaten to shoot
Justice died here
And it's senseless
Fist into the wall
And it's painless
I've been living the lie
That I made me
Live it
Screaming into the mic
And I like it
Play it all over the air
In thick slices
Soak it all up in your head
With the anger
Like it
Older
Elder
I Am
(Grind on it)
Deeper
Bleaker
I Am
Brush the surface off and grind on it
Put a gun in my mouth
And threaten to shoot
Justice died here
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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Blue
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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this is what "I Am" really says: [buttnut] i've been taking abuse and it's senseless [ass suck] fist into the wall and it's painless [fist fuck] i've been living the lie that i made me [dump truck] live it [buttnut] screaming into the mic and i like it [ass suck] put it all over the air in thick slices [fist fuck] soak it all up in your head with the anger [dump truck] like it
older elder i am grind on it deeper bleaker i am
[buttnut] brush the surface off and grind on it [ass suck] brush the surface off and grind on it [fist fuck] brush the surface off and grind on it [dump truck] brush the surface off and grind on it [buttnut] brush the surface off and grind on it [ass suck] brush the surface off and grind on it [fist fuck] brush the surface off and grind on it [dump truck]
older elder i am grind on it deeper bleaker i am
[buttnut] i've been taking abuse and it's senseless [ass suck] fist into the wall and it's painless [fist fuck] i've been living the lie that i made me [dump truck] live it [buttnut] screaming into the mic and i like it [ass suck] put it all over the air in thick slices [fist fuck] soak it all up in your head with the anger [dump truck] like it
older elder i am grind on it deeper bleaker i am
put a gun in my mouth and threaten to shoot put a gun in my mouth and threaten to shoot put a gun in my mouth and threaten to shoot put a gun in my mouth and threaten to shoot justice died here