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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Ooh
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Went uptown to see my cousin
Plays guitar, sounds like a chainsaw buzzin'
In the crowd, I see his mom and dad
I said hey, hey uncle, man your son is bad
But sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Across the street, a neon sign
All you can eat for a dollar ninety nine
Aww, that old stew is the baddest in the land
But a one dollar's worth was all that I could stand
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo, aw
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Ooh
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Back uptown to see Marie
Nobody home, I opened the door with my key
I love you, Huey was the note I read
But there's a strange pair of shoes underneath the bed
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Oh
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
Ooh
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
Went uptown to see my cousin
Plays guitar, sounds like a chainsaw buzzin'
In the crowd, I see his mom and dad
I said hey, hey uncle, man your son is bad
But sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Across the street, a neon sign
All you can eat for a dollar ninety nine
Aww, that old stew is the baddest in the land
But a one dollar's worth was all that I could stand
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo, aw
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Ooh
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo
Back uptown to see Marie
Nobody home, I opened the door with my key
I love you, Huey was the note I read
But there's a strange pair of shoes underneath the bed
Sometimes, sometimes bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Ah doo doo doo doo doo doo ah
I said cool is a rule, but, sometimes, bad is bad
Oh
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