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."
"And it was just about the time
For the part of the close
When the hinges went out flyin' off
The motherfuckin' doors"
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Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Every death is an abrupt one
Every cop is a corrupt one
Without no cash up in the trust fund
Every cat with a gat wanna bust one
Every guest want a plus-one
Every tenement's a penitent
Every tried man is innocent
Time served should be the cent spent
Everybody wanna hear the lick
Every one a y'all is getting pimped
Every time I spit I'm feelin' ripped
Every cancer is a homicide
Every boss better run and hide
Every human is some kin to black
Every Visa got a pin to crack
Every verse is from the cardiac
Every search is involuntary
Every inmate want commissary
Every bank note is promissory
Every broke motherfucker finna form a gang
And when we come we takin' everything
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Every mack want a Cadillac
Every mark want they scrilla back
Every narc want a hit of crack
In the park or a Pontiac
Every little cent is to the rent
Every roach is a resident
Every truth ain't evident
Every slave story, present tense
Every up lies a consequence
Every time it be something sweet
Every banker is a fuckin' thief
Everybody betta holla with me
Every fiend need a dolla fifty
Every crime that I do is petty
Every criminal is rich already
Every lender got a complex
Every single is a bomb threat
Every sellout, may ya hate my verse
Everybody, they gon' get it first
Every broke motherfucker finna form a gang
And when we come we taking everything
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
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Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
For the part of the close
When the hinges went out flyin' off
The motherfuckin' doors"
Superior sound quality
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Superior sound quality
Superior sound quality
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Every death is an abrupt one
Every cop is a corrupt one
Without no cash up in the trust fund
Every cat with a gat wanna bust one
Every guest want a plus-one
Every tenement's a penitent
Every tried man is innocent
Time served should be the cent spent
Everybody wanna hear the lick
Every one a y'all is getting pimped
Every time I spit I'm feelin' ripped
Every cancer is a homicide
Every boss better run and hide
Every human is some kin to black
Every Visa got a pin to crack
Every verse is from the cardiac
Every search is involuntary
Every inmate want commissary
Every bank note is promissory
Every broke motherfucker finna form a gang
And when we come we takin' everything
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Every mack want a Cadillac
Every mark want they scrilla back
Every narc want a hit of crack
In the park or a Pontiac
Every little cent is to the rent
Every roach is a resident
Every truth ain't evident
Every slave story, present tense
Every up lies a consequence
Every time it be something sweet
Every banker is a fuckin' thief
Everybody betta holla with me
Every fiend need a dolla fifty
Every crime that I do is petty
Every criminal is rich already
Every lender got a complex
Every single is a bomb threat
Every sellout, may ya hate my verse
Everybody, they gon' get it first
Every broke motherfucker finna form a gang
And when we come we taking everything
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Superior sound quality
Superior sound quality
Superior sound quality
Superior sound quality
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
Everybody throw your lighters up
Tell me, y'all gonna fight or what?
Everybody get your shit started
This is your motherfuckin' party
Dub your shit, baby
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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."
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