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 got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got yo' dogs on a collar, balla
So how you like that?
Chokechain for their necks, and I don't think they bite back
Woof woof, How they howl
Give some chow, they bout to growl
Little dogs will kill you dude, as soon as you let 'em out
Purebread (Purebread)
Got 'em with the nice coat
Your head (Your head)
When I stick em' at the right throat
big teeth (big teeth)
Shock collars on their necks
You fuck with 3OH!3, and motherfuckas know they next
Now get yo' drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
Getcha getcha drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
I got a chokechain for my pitpull mayne
I got a shock collar for my rotweiler
Got a - chockchain for my pitbull mayne
I got a shock collar for my rotweiler
Got a - Chokechain (ch-ch-chokechain)
I got a shock collar ( sh-sh-shock collar)
I got a choke chain (ch-ch-chokechain)
I got a shock collar (sh-sh-shock collar)
I got my woof from a white tee, He won't bite me
Fuckin with me, and you'll get bitten most likely
Howlin' at the moon, growling at the lightning
ugh, this fling i spin is mad frightening (??)
We got the drum hits, tell your kid to get a better etiquitte
Before he splits his seed to try to spin a bit of rhetoric
You gotta sa-say, g-g-go put it away
Yeah we be runnin' the game, now it's all one in the same
Now get yo' drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
Getcha getcha drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
I got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got yo' dogs on a collar, balla
So how you like that?
Chokechain for their necks, and I don't think they bite back
Woof woof, How they howl
Give some chow, they bout to growl
Little dogs will kill you dude, as soon as you let 'em out
Purebread (Purebread)
Got 'em with the nice coat
Your head (Your head)
When I stick em' at the right throat
big teeth (big teeth)
Shock collars on their necks
You fuck with 3OH!3, and motherfuckas know they next
Now get yo' drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
Getcha getcha drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
I got a chokechain for my pitpull mayne
I got a shock collar for my rotweiler
Got a - chockchain for my pitbull mayne
I got a shock collar for my rotweiler
Got a - Chokechain (ch-ch-chokechain)
I got a shock collar ( sh-sh-shock collar)
I got a choke chain (ch-ch-chokechain)
I got a shock collar (sh-sh-shock collar)
I got my woof from a white tee, He won't bite me
Fuckin with me, and you'll get bitten most likely
Howlin' at the moon, growling at the lightning
ugh, this fling i spin is mad frightening (??)
We got the drum hits, tell your kid to get a better etiquitte
Before he splits his seed to try to spin a bit of rhetoric
You gotta sa-say, g-g-go put it away
Yeah we be runnin' the game, now it's all one in the same
Now get yo' drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
Getcha getcha drum on (c'mon and getcha drum on)
I got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
I got this shit on lock
I got this shit on lock
Holla' Holla' at me if you on my block
Lyrics submitted by BrittanyHOcake
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i love this band so much. that are fer real gangsters XD