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."
ATTENTION. Piss to the parties, the politicians
The pratt-stud men and their slaughter games
ATTENTION. Reagan. Thatcher. Andrapov. You stink
and kill this earth for your powerful silk-purse
morality
ATTENTION. These rulers are already dead, murdered
by their own greed and the world pays homage. SHIT
ATTENTION. It’s fucking stupid to let so few run
our lives into death. Don’t let them do it
ATTENTION. Why the fuck do we allow this world to
slowly die from self-inflicted wounds? Tell me
ATTENTION. Cruise missiles are at your door
Safely delivered for Christmas. Hooray
ATTENTION. Big shit Heseltine assures us he will
Shoot anyone to protect them. Who’s fucking mad then?
ATTENTION. In every country on the streets the police
and army protect the stage that’s set for the holocaust
ATTENTION. Trapped in their camp of concentrated
filth they expect us not to cut our way out. Scum
ATTENTION. We refuse to take a bit part in their
pathetic Hollywood nightmare, our reality
ATTENTION. Stand up and fight. Choose life or
destruction, love or hate. You cannot have both
and survive. Go forward. Get out on the streets. Down
the sewers. Snap the rules. Creep through the net.
Fuck their diseased system. The words are no longer
enough. The information has been given. The lies have
been exposed. Choose your path. It’s time to fucking
act. No time to be nice. It’s time to fucking act.
The pratt-stud men and their slaughter games
ATTENTION. Reagan. Thatcher. Andrapov. You stink
and kill this earth for your powerful silk-purse
morality
ATTENTION. These rulers are already dead, murdered
by their own greed and the world pays homage. SHIT
ATTENTION. It’s fucking stupid to let so few run
our lives into death. Don’t let them do it
ATTENTION. Why the fuck do we allow this world to
slowly die from self-inflicted wounds? Tell me
ATTENTION. Cruise missiles are at your door
Safely delivered for Christmas. Hooray
ATTENTION. Big shit Heseltine assures us he will
Shoot anyone to protect them. Who’s fucking mad then?
ATTENTION. In every country on the streets the police
and army protect the stage that’s set for the holocaust
ATTENTION. Trapped in their camp of concentrated
filth they expect us not to cut our way out. Scum
ATTENTION. We refuse to take a bit part in their
pathetic Hollywood nightmare, our reality
ATTENTION. Stand up and fight. Choose life or
destruction, love or hate. You cannot have both
and survive. Go forward. Get out on the streets. Down
the sewers. Snap the rules. Creep through the net.
Fuck their diseased system. The words are no longer
enough. The information has been given. The lies have
been exposed. Choose your path. It’s time to fucking
act. No time to be nice. It’s time to fucking act.
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Mountain Song
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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."
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