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."
World's greatest mystery
Love between a woman and a man
Some guys are Romeos
Others simply do the best they can
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Trying to learn the things
I never knew I had to know
What's a man supposed to do?
I can't get no kick from nine to five, no, no
And I'm not a man who thinks it's true
It's a woman's place to keep our love alive
I watched an empty time TV to know my baby's needs
Sometimes I swear she's impossible to please
She says, "You give me all that I want of your money, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing."
Think I do a lot to show how I feel about her in my ways
Roses on our anniversary, candle light, and me on her birthday
Just when I thought that I had it all worked out
She says I still don't know just what it's all about
She says, "You give me all that I want of your money, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing."
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Trying to learn the things I never knew I had to know
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
You give me all that I want of your money, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
Give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing.
Love between a woman and a man
Some guys are Romeos
Others simply do the best they can
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Trying to learn the things
I never knew I had to know
What's a man supposed to do?
I can't get no kick from nine to five, no, no
And I'm not a man who thinks it's true
It's a woman's place to keep our love alive
I watched an empty time TV to know my baby's needs
Sometimes I swear she's impossible to please
She says, "You give me all that I want of your money, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing."
Think I do a lot to show how I feel about her in my ways
Roses on our anniversary, candle light, and me on her birthday
Just when I thought that I had it all worked out
She says I still don't know just what it's all about
She says, "You give me all that I want of your money, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing."
I'm just your average, ordinary Joe
Trying to learn the things I never knew I had to know
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
You give me all that I want of your money, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
You give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing
Never take me dancing
Give me sweet little talk, call me honey, babe
But you never take me dancing.
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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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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
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