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 I think the time has come
To tell you how I feel about everything
That's been inside my mind
Since the day we crossed
The line into this real life fantasy
'Cause I poured my heart into
The last 3 years of wondering
What I should do
Should I cash the check
And trade in what I thought I knew
Your promises don't help to make it easier
'Cause the last thing that I need is somebody like you
To push me around and tell me what to do
I know there's a time and place where you can call the shots
But it't not here
'Cause I poured my heart into
The last 3 years of wondering
What I should do
Should I cash the check
And trade in what I thought I knew
Your promises don't help to make it easier
Because the last thing that I need is somebody like you
To push me around and tell me what to do
I know there's a time and place where you can call the shots
But it't not here
'Cause I think this whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
This whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
I don't remember what you said to me that night
So I just signed the dotted line
'Cause now I find out this whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
This whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
To tell you how I feel about everything
That's been inside my mind
Since the day we crossed
The line into this real life fantasy
'Cause I poured my heart into
The last 3 years of wondering
What I should do
Should I cash the check
And trade in what I thought I knew
Your promises don't help to make it easier
'Cause the last thing that I need is somebody like you
To push me around and tell me what to do
I know there's a time and place where you can call the shots
But it't not here
'Cause I poured my heart into
The last 3 years of wondering
What I should do
Should I cash the check
And trade in what I thought I knew
Your promises don't help to make it easier
Because the last thing that I need is somebody like you
To push me around and tell me what to do
I know there's a time and place where you can call the shots
But it't not here
'Cause I think this whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
This whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
I don't remember what you said to me that night
So I just signed the dotted line
'Cause now I find out this whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
This whole life is just overrated
This whole life is too complicated
This whole life is just overrated now
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Overrated Lyrics as written by Lenny Wolf John Burt Frank
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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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dudes and babes, i really like this song its my first song that i heard from the allisters. i always go to mca record and i dont see there namwe on there roster. probaly drive thru records. didnt want the allisters to sign up with mca. will i just wanted to tell you guys this song kick ass