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."
Posters of love surrounding me
Lost in a world of fantasy
Every night she comes to me
And gives me all the love I need
Now this hot girl, she's not your average girl
She's a morpharotic dream from a magazine
And she's so fine, designed to blow your mind
She's a dominatrix, supermodel, beauty queen, ooh
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
Angelina Jolie's lips to kiss in the dark
Underneath Cindy C's beauty mark
When it comes to the test, well, Tyra's the best
And Salma Hayek brings the rest, oh-whoa
Now this hot girl, she's not your average girl
She's a morpharotic dream from a magazine
And she's so fine, designed to blow your mind
She's a dominatrix, supermodel, beauty queen, ooh
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
Looks ain't everything, she's got the sweetest personality
Like Halle B
My mama thinks I'm lazy, my friend all think I'm crazy
But in my mind, I leave the world behind every night I dream
Liquid dreams, my liquid dreams
Waterfall and streams, these liquid dreams
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
Lost in a world of fantasy
Every night she comes to me
And gives me all the love I need
Now this hot girl, she's not your average girl
She's a morpharotic dream from a magazine
And she's so fine, designed to blow your mind
She's a dominatrix, supermodel, beauty queen, ooh
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
Angelina Jolie's lips to kiss in the dark
Underneath Cindy C's beauty mark
When it comes to the test, well, Tyra's the best
And Salma Hayek brings the rest, oh-whoa
Now this hot girl, she's not your average girl
She's a morpharotic dream from a magazine
And she's so fine, designed to blow your mind
She's a dominatrix, supermodel, beauty queen, ooh
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
Looks ain't everything, she's got the sweetest personality
Like Halle B
My mama thinks I'm lazy, my friend all think I'm crazy
But in my mind, I leave the world behind every night I dream
Liquid dreams, my liquid dreams
Waterfall and streams, these liquid dreams
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
I dream about a girl who's a mix of Destiny's Child
Just a little touch Madonna's wild style
With Janet Jackson's smile
Throw in a body like Jennifer
You got the star of my liquid dreams
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The title, Liquid Dreams, is a better term for wet dreams, and they made it all sort of classy, if that was even thought to be possible. People have criticized them for calling it Liquid instead of Wet, but whoever would put out a song called 'Wet Dreams' must be straight-up skanky and they're not going to sell many records. Unless they're some comedian, even then I have my doubts..but anyway.
wet dream: (Noun) An erotic dream accompanied by ejaculation of semen.
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