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."
If you want to be with me, yeah, let me hear you say Warren G, Warren G
If you want to be with me, well well well, let me hear you say Warren G,
Warren G
Smokin' me out to the finish, I thought you knew,
I thought they knew, who was up in this,
Ron Isley, I's be Warren G,
Baby said would ya please come roll deep,
Chocolate Thai, I said I,
Got the Hennessy chaser, skirt you look fly
Peepin' them lips, hittin' two finger sips,
On the 710 freeway, I straight dips
Wit a fat one rolled up to puff
I'm ready to hit it and I won't quit it until I get enough
Tokin' nothing but the bomb that's without no doubt,
As she twist up another split she's straight smokin' me out
[Chorus]
She's smokin' me out, smokin' me out
Smokin' me out, smokin' me out,
Oh she's smokin' me out with the homey's love
I slinkin' while I'm thinkin' just how good it is,
To do it how we do it in the hood I live,
Passin' homies on the block, gettin' major respect,
And by then y'all the hen dog is taken effect,
Never panic hit Atlantic then I banked to right
Pulled straight Nellin B's order steak and rice,
With the gravy, baby gets the shrimps and fries,
I'm diggin' on her figure as I glimpse her thighs,
She's satisfied, I left the tip and dipped to get back
To twist another zag and to grab a six pack,
She went back, so we proceed to parlay,
Everything is lovely and we doin' it always
[Chorus: x2]
This ain't no love ballad,
But see baby I gots to have it,
When I see that bomb I grab it, 'cause its a habit,
So don't come with that toe down stretch,
I ain't stressin', Long Beach baby keep smokin' me out, she learned a lesson,
Floatin' high as a kite as I chill and lay low,
Bumpin' time is collected, Sunday nights on the radio
Oh, I forgot, how lit I was, crazy glued to the seat
Dog said she need,
So conversation ain't needed,
When she know that I'm weeded,
Headin to the hotel to regulate it and beat it
I exhaled, I seen a cloud of smoke,
I banged it to the boogie by my head and got locced
[Chorus: x6]
If you want to be with me, well well well, let me hear you say Warren G,
Warren G
Smokin' me out to the finish, I thought you knew,
I thought they knew, who was up in this,
Ron Isley, I's be Warren G,
Baby said would ya please come roll deep,
Chocolate Thai, I said I,
Got the Hennessy chaser, skirt you look fly
Peepin' them lips, hittin' two finger sips,
On the 710 freeway, I straight dips
Wit a fat one rolled up to puff
I'm ready to hit it and I won't quit it until I get enough
Tokin' nothing but the bomb that's without no doubt,
As she twist up another split she's straight smokin' me out
[Chorus]
She's smokin' me out, smokin' me out
Smokin' me out, smokin' me out,
Oh she's smokin' me out with the homey's love
I slinkin' while I'm thinkin' just how good it is,
To do it how we do it in the hood I live,
Passin' homies on the block, gettin' major respect,
And by then y'all the hen dog is taken effect,
Never panic hit Atlantic then I banked to right
Pulled straight Nellin B's order steak and rice,
With the gravy, baby gets the shrimps and fries,
I'm diggin' on her figure as I glimpse her thighs,
She's satisfied, I left the tip and dipped to get back
To twist another zag and to grab a six pack,
She went back, so we proceed to parlay,
Everything is lovely and we doin' it always
[Chorus: x2]
This ain't no love ballad,
But see baby I gots to have it,
When I see that bomb I grab it, 'cause its a habit,
So don't come with that toe down stretch,
I ain't stressin', Long Beach baby keep smokin' me out, she learned a lesson,
Floatin' high as a kite as I chill and lay low,
Bumpin' time is collected, Sunday nights on the radio
Oh, I forgot, how lit I was, crazy glued to the seat
Dog said she need,
So conversation ain't needed,
When she know that I'm weeded,
Headin to the hotel to regulate it and beat it
I exhaled, I seen a cloud of smoke,
I banged it to the boogie by my head and got locced
[Chorus: x6]
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