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."
(Feel it)
You touch every inch of me
You drive me right out of my mind
You're love's so high I can't resist
You give me, oh, the dose? every time
You let me do everything
Ain't nothing I won't do for you
I can feel ya, feel ya coming for me
Now can't you feel me to
Feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
'Cause you're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body, oh feel my body
You give me action every time
You show me thing I ain't seen before
You got that rhythm you can call your own
You always keep me begging for more
Your body heat is rising high
My heart is down in overdrive
Oh, I can feel ya, feel ya moving me
Now can't you feel me too
Feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
'Cause you're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body, oh feel my body
Oh yeah
Oh, feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
You're the only one that moves me
(Body, feel it)
Oh, the way you're lovin' me
You're doing it like nobody before
Electric sensational
Baby won't you do it some more
You let me do everything
Ain't nothing I won't do for you
I can feel you, feel you coming for me
Now can't you feel me too
Feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
Cause you're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body, come on feel my body
(Feel my body, feel it)
You got that rhythm which you call your own
(Feel my body, feel it)
You give me action, satisfaction
(Feel my body, feel it)
Electric sensational
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel it, come on feel it
(Feel my body, feel it)
You touch every inch of me
You drive me right out of my mind
You're love's so high I can't resist
You give me, oh, the dose? every time
You let me do everything
Ain't nothing I won't do for you
I can feel ya, feel ya coming for me
Now can't you feel me to
Feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
'Cause you're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body, oh feel my body
You give me action every time
You show me thing I ain't seen before
You got that rhythm you can call your own
You always keep me begging for more
Your body heat is rising high
My heart is down in overdrive
Oh, I can feel ya, feel ya moving me
Now can't you feel me too
Feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
'Cause you're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body, oh feel my body
Oh yeah
Oh, feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
You're the only one that moves me
(Body, feel it)
Oh, the way you're lovin' me
You're doing it like nobody before
Electric sensational
Baby won't you do it some more
You let me do everything
Ain't nothing I won't do for you
I can feel you, feel you coming for me
Now can't you feel me too
Feel my body
You're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body
Cause you're the only one that does me
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel my body, come on feel my body
(Feel my body, feel it)
You got that rhythm which you call your own
(Feel my body, feel it)
You give me action, satisfaction
(Feel my body, feel it)
Electric sensational
(Feel my body, feel it)
Feel it, come on feel it
(Feel my body, feel it)
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