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."
It's cool if we ain't got every thing figured out
'Cause love ain't got all the answers baby
This mess we in, they don't ever really talk about it
But that don't mean we can't navigate it
It's unpredictable
But I feel so good about it
I'm not saying that we can climb it
Ain't no way to get around it
Take this open road
And I wanna get it right
We can't win if we don't try
And I'm scared I can't deny it
Well if it ain't enough
We just gonna give up?
It ain't easy trying to stay in love
Are we gonna walk out?
When it rains
Tell me we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough of our love to keep us together
Arguments, back and forth, disagreements, yeah
Can we make it up, make it right, can we fix it? Hm
'Cause it ain't always gon' be perfect baby
It's gonna be crazy, we fight
I'm wrong, you're right, maybe, sometimes
Unpredictable
But I feel so good about it
I'm not saying that we can climb it
Ain't no way to get around it
Take this open road
And I wanna get it right
We can't win if we don't try
And I'm scared I can't deny it
Well if it ain't enough
We just gonna give up?
It ain't easy trying to stay in love
Are we gonna walk out?
When it rains tell me we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love, of our love
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love, of our love
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love, of our love
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love
Well if it ain't enough
We just gonna give up?
It ain't easy trying to stay in love
Are we gonna walk out?
When it rains tell me we got enough
Of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough
Of our love
To keep us
Uh uh together
Said we got enough
Of our love
To keep us
Together uh
Together
Together
Together
Together
'Cause love ain't got all the answers baby
This mess we in, they don't ever really talk about it
But that don't mean we can't navigate it
It's unpredictable
But I feel so good about it
I'm not saying that we can climb it
Ain't no way to get around it
Take this open road
And I wanna get it right
We can't win if we don't try
And I'm scared I can't deny it
Well if it ain't enough
We just gonna give up?
It ain't easy trying to stay in love
Are we gonna walk out?
When it rains
Tell me we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough of our love to keep us together
Arguments, back and forth, disagreements, yeah
Can we make it up, make it right, can we fix it? Hm
'Cause it ain't always gon' be perfect baby
It's gonna be crazy, we fight
I'm wrong, you're right, maybe, sometimes
Unpredictable
But I feel so good about it
I'm not saying that we can climb it
Ain't no way to get around it
Take this open road
And I wanna get it right
We can't win if we don't try
And I'm scared I can't deny it
Well if it ain't enough
We just gonna give up?
It ain't easy trying to stay in love
Are we gonna walk out?
When it rains tell me we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love, of our love
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love, of our love
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love, of our love
Said we got enough, said we got enough
Of our love
Well if it ain't enough
We just gonna give up?
It ain't easy trying to stay in love
Are we gonna walk out?
When it rains tell me we got enough
Of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough of our love to keep us together
Said we got enough
Of our love
To keep us
Uh uh together
Said we got enough
Of our love
To keep us
Together uh
Together
Together
Together
Together
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Mountain Song
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Jane's Addiction
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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."
I Can't Go To Sleep
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
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Magical
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
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