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."
Que la guitarra me haga un sonido asi
Seguido por el bajo
Desde el caribe yo vengo directo aquí
Para asegurarte que
Milagro tiene bomba para afincar
Vannesa tiene bomba para brincar
Carmela tiene bomba para pegar
Y Maria tiene bomba para gosar
Y yo que no me quedo atrás
Te traigo la chamagna para empezar
El agua de la virgen del manantiar
Y así que dios nos libre de todo mal
Desde Puerto Rico hasta Nueva York
Afinco con mi negra y así es mejor
América Latino aquí estoy yo
Y te traigo mi marisco del malecón
Y yo quiero que todas las mujeres me digan ah
Y yo quiero que todos los machos me digan oh
Y yo quiero que todas mis gatitas me digan ah ah
Y yo quiero que todas mi raza me tenga cuerpo, alma, sangre, valor y
Bomba para afincar
Porque yo tengo bomba para brincar
Joanna tiene bomba para pegar
Jahayra tiene bomba para gosar
Maritza tiene bomba para afincar
Awilda tiene bomba para brincar
Selaya tiene bomba para pegar
Damari tiene bomba para gosar
Y ami que me gusta el sol
Bailamos nuestro limbo con sui y calor
Después la tardesita tengo un color
Y si quiere detenernos pues no señor
Usted esta hablando con el manda más
Así que no se ajite y eche pa' traz
Cuando haga un show te voy a evitar
Tu y tus amistades van a masticar
Uno pal volumen otro pal bajo
Si no te gusto vete pal carajo
Aquí yo mama jeco con el relajo
Si viene el policía con el me fajo
Bomba para afincar
Puerto Rico tiene bomba para brincar
Venezuela tiene bomba para pegar
Colombia tiene bomba para gozar
Santo Domingo tiene bomba para afincar
España tiene bomba para brincar
México tiene bomba para pegar
Panamá tiene bomba para gozar
Y ami que me gusta vestir
Tengo mi ropa rasta para lucir
Porque a los jamicinos quiero incluir
Y su sangre con la nuestra poder unir
Quiero una poca salsa mezclao con calipso
Que son en nuestros cueros haciendo un lechiso
Oyga me usted, eche paca
Asómate mamita que me llaman el dulce sexy sexual
Perdonando acabando me voy pal solar
Afina la garganta que tenemos que sonar
Me gusta pa' ya
Si te coje la sinfónica te va despreciar
Seguido por el bajo
Desde el caribe yo vengo directo aquí
Para asegurarte que
Milagro tiene bomba para afincar
Vannesa tiene bomba para brincar
Carmela tiene bomba para pegar
Y Maria tiene bomba para gosar
Y yo que no me quedo atrás
Te traigo la chamagna para empezar
El agua de la virgen del manantiar
Y así que dios nos libre de todo mal
Desde Puerto Rico hasta Nueva York
Afinco con mi negra y así es mejor
América Latino aquí estoy yo
Y te traigo mi marisco del malecón
Y yo quiero que todas las mujeres me digan ah
Y yo quiero que todos los machos me digan oh
Y yo quiero que todas mis gatitas me digan ah ah
Y yo quiero que todas mi raza me tenga cuerpo, alma, sangre, valor y
Bomba para afincar
Porque yo tengo bomba para brincar
Joanna tiene bomba para pegar
Jahayra tiene bomba para gosar
Maritza tiene bomba para afincar
Awilda tiene bomba para brincar
Selaya tiene bomba para pegar
Damari tiene bomba para gosar
Y ami que me gusta el sol
Bailamos nuestro limbo con sui y calor
Después la tardesita tengo un color
Y si quiere detenernos pues no señor
Usted esta hablando con el manda más
Así que no se ajite y eche pa' traz
Cuando haga un show te voy a evitar
Tu y tus amistades van a masticar
Uno pal volumen otro pal bajo
Si no te gusto vete pal carajo
Aquí yo mama jeco con el relajo
Si viene el policía con el me fajo
Bomba para afincar
Puerto Rico tiene bomba para brincar
Venezuela tiene bomba para pegar
Colombia tiene bomba para gozar
Santo Domingo tiene bomba para afincar
España tiene bomba para brincar
México tiene bomba para pegar
Panamá tiene bomba para gozar
Y ami que me gusta vestir
Tengo mi ropa rasta para lucir
Porque a los jamicinos quiero incluir
Y su sangre con la nuestra poder unir
Quiero una poca salsa mezclao con calipso
Que son en nuestros cueros haciendo un lechiso
Oyga me usted, eche paca
Asómate mamita que me llaman el dulce sexy sexual
Perdonando acabando me voy pal solar
Afina la garganta que tenemos que sonar
Me gusta pa' ya
Si te coje la sinfónica te va despreciar
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