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."
We see each other through different eyes
Segregating ourselves by class and size
It's me against you in everything that they do
This planet's become one big spinning disaster
If you don't like where we're going
Then you won't like what's coming next
What will we look like?
In a post American world
Why cower to all those
Who oppose the American world?
When you walk away from that which makes you strong
You only fool yourself; you only weaken your cause
There's creeping hate if you resist the false narrative
Crushing all the dissenters who still think for them selves
If you don't like where we're going
Then you won't like what's coming next
What will we look like?
In a post American world
Why cower to all those
Who oppose the American world?
Segregating ourselves by class and size
It's me against you in everything that they do
This planet's become one big spinning disaster
If you don't like where we're going
Then you won't like what's coming next
What will we look like?
In a post American world
Why cower to all those
Who oppose the American world?
When you walk away from that which makes you strong
You only fool yourself; you only weaken your cause
There's creeping hate if you resist the false narrative
Crushing all the dissenters who still think for them selves
If you don't like where we're going
Then you won't like what's coming next
What will we look like?
In a post American world
Why cower to all those
Who oppose the American world?
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Post American World Lyrics as written by Kiko Loureiro Dave Mustaine
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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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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Page
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There aren’t many things that’ll hurt more than giving love a chance against your better judgement only to have your heart crushed yet again. Ed Sheeran tells such a story on “Page.” On this track, he is devastated to have lost his lover and even more saddened by the feeling that he may never move on from this.
This song is about the divisive and subversive (using false narrative) approach of politicians who want a globalist agenda or a post-American (also a post-nationalistic) world. Demonization of those who resist the false narrative and hesitate to move away from what has made them strong creates segregation and suspicion of those within one's own nation. Creating outrage and animosity toward others creates motivation to vote and engage in activity that supports the agenda of those who want a post-American world (“creeping hate if you resist the false narrative”). However, Dave points out how short-sighted this globalist vision is: if they do not like what is happening now and America is so wrong, what in the world makes them think they will like what is coming next? If there’s a new way, Dave will be the first in line.
Dave seems to have understood the world much better 20 years ago as he does today. He's transformed into a propaganda machine and I don't like it. It is the U.S. it's own fault the rest of the world is hoping for a post American (dominated) world to become reality soon. We do not want your wars, we do not want to pay for your extreme capitalist system, we don't want criminal bankers and politicians ruining the world, we want a post American world!