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."
Girl listens to mom
So she lights a match and pretends to sleep
While everything burns
Man drives nowhere
So he pressed the pedal, hit a few dogs
And felt good
Boy hears teacher's words
So he closed his eyes and stepped in front
Of a train
Woo!
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
Revenge
Nobody forgets
Chop it into bits
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
I can hear your voice echo
O.K. I lied-it's really the voice
Of the guy who kicked your head in
Look in the mirror
It seems you're drinking, miniature
And soon enough your gone
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
Revenge
Nobody forgets
Chop it into bits
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
No one saw the perfect crime
I can't wait for the next time
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
You try to make the moment
Last you sold it right in half
You die and have a nice day
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
So she lights a match and pretends to sleep
While everything burns
Man drives nowhere
So he pressed the pedal, hit a few dogs
And felt good
Boy hears teacher's words
So he closed his eyes and stepped in front
Of a train
Woo!
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
Revenge
Nobody forgets
Chop it into bits
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
I can hear your voice echo
O.K. I lied-it's really the voice
Of the guy who kicked your head in
Look in the mirror
It seems you're drinking, miniature
And soon enough your gone
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
Revenge
Nobody forgets
Chop it into bits
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
No one saw the perfect crime
I can't wait for the next time
The bitterness is hard to hide
It smells like homicide
Just nod and say it's O.K.
You try to make the moment
Last you sold it right in half
You die and have a nice day
Woops!
Sorry 'bout that
It's just an accident
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ummmm ok.... how does that relate to bill and ted? was the song in the movie?
anyways
i think this song is about getting away with anything as long as u say it was an accident hence its the perfect crime
"The bitterness is hard to hide It smells like homicide Just nod and say it's O.K." say some1 ran somebody over and killed him; it smells like homocide; but he gets away with it because it was an accident. to the victims family or some1 close to the victim: just nod and say its ok
u cant really say that the killer's a pshycho because he didnt mean it.
but then he could also have not meant it and said it was an accident when he really killed the person meaningfully, so he got away with the perfect crime
Whoops! Sorry 'bout that It's just an accident
It means that Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey kicks ass!
yep in bill & teds bogous journey they have afaith no more class or somethin and pattons there
Lester91, Are you retarded? Mike Patton does not appear in Bogus Journey at all. This song is in the movie and it plays when they robot evil usses kill Bill and Ted. Jim Martin makes an appearance, but Patton does not.
This song is played in Bogus Journey before the evil robot Bill and Ted kill the originals and assume their roles. Nobody will be able to tell that Bill and Ted have been 'dopleganged', hence it is the perfect crime. "It seems you're drinking miniture and soon enough you're gone" This line could be in reference to one of the film's many climatic deleted scenes, namely the one where Bill & Ted are attacked by their Worst Fears and must overcome them (the easter bunny, grandma S. Preston and Colonel Oats). By overcoming their fears the large representation of them shrank back into the capsules they materialized from, which then smashed on the floor.
Jim Martin appears in the film where he is invited to the future as one of the most influential musicians of all time. Also, a large Faith No More poster can be seen on the wall of Bill & Ted's apartment.
Going out on a limb but if what the events in the verses are part of the narrorator's revenge, everyone believes they are seperate and unrelated incidents.