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."
El otro día yo vi a un hombre
un hombre feo parece chango,
esta peludo hasta la barriga
y el en su espalda parece bosque
Pero ay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo
Pero como baila, pero como goza, ...
Como va bailando?
El otro día lo vi bailando con una changa ,
Changa bonita
Pero como baila con su changa, changa peluda ,pero como brin...mira
Míralo que hay... que feo chango
Pero que míralo
Pero como baila, pero como goza?
Por la bailando
El otro dia yo vi a un hombre
Un hombre feo ,se llama Chepe esta peludo hasta la barriga
Y el en su espalda parece bosque
Pero ay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo
Pero como baila, pero como goza, pero anda bailando
El otro día lo vi bailando con unas changas, cuatro changas, cuatro changas, cuatro changas, seis changas, ocho changas, cinco changas, nueve changas, ocho changas, diez changas, once changas
Pero hay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo
Pero como baila, con la modosa, ...como va bailando?
Pero hay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo míralo
Feo pero que bien baila.
un hombre feo parece chango,
esta peludo hasta la barriga
y el en su espalda parece bosque
Pero ay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo
Pero como baila, pero como goza, ...
Como va bailando?
El otro día lo vi bailando con una changa ,
Changa bonita
Pero como baila con su changa, changa peluda ,pero como brin...mira
Míralo que hay... que feo chango
Pero que míralo
Pero como baila, pero como goza?
Por la bailando
El otro dia yo vi a un hombre
Un hombre feo ,se llama Chepe esta peludo hasta la barriga
Y el en su espalda parece bosque
Pero ay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo
Pero como baila, pero como goza, pero anda bailando
El otro día lo vi bailando con unas changas, cuatro changas, cuatro changas, cuatro changas, seis changas, ocho changas, cinco changas, nueve changas, ocho changas, diez changas, once changas
Pero hay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo
Pero como baila, con la modosa, ...como va bailando?
Pero hay,,que feo chango,, pero que míralo míralo
Feo pero que bien baila.
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Mountain Song
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction
Mountain Song
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."
No Surprises
Radiohead
Radiohead
Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Trouble Breathing
Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio
While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a negative lens constantly and how as much as the writer tries to show the beauty in the world, this person refuses to see it. It's one or another between the rope and the bottle. There is no good option for this person. They can't see it. Skiba sings it in a kind of exasperated way like He's tired of hearing this negative view constantly and just allowing that person to continue feeling the way they feel knowing he can't do anything about it. You can hear it when he says maybe you're a vampire.
Indigo
Of Mice & Men
Of Mice & Men
This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman Aaron Pauley. “It's about comforting a loved one in a time of loss by telling them you feel blue, too.”
can someone translate this?
can someone translate this?
These lyrics are truncated, but here's what the lyrics here mean:
The other day I saw a man An ugly man, like a monkey. Hairy except for his stomach. His back is like a forest. But alas ugly, ugly. That ugly monkey. Look at him.