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."
Here comes that guy with shiny teeth. A nicer guys easy to meet.
Nuge you with a bony elbow and tell you something you dont wanna know.
I'm sat here wishing I was with somebody else,
If I hear much morecrap them my ears gonna melt.
By the end of the night it'll end in a fight, I just can't help myself.
He's got his tan straight from a tub, it glows bright orange in a club.
Talk the hind legs of a donkey, his voice drones on its all inione key.
I'm sat here wishing I was with somebody else,
If I hear much morecrap them my ears gonna melt.
By the end of the night it'll end in a fight, I just can't help myself.
He's an obscene guy, a not too clan guy
Give anything a try, his whole lifes a lie,
Just like a piece of pie, greasy enough to fry,
Na na na an na.
Oi, oi, oi, oi! Oi, oi, oi, oi!
Nuge you with a bony elbow and tell you something you dont wanna know.
I'm sat here wishing I was with somebody else,
If I hear much morecrap them my ears gonna melt.
By the end of the night it'll end in a fight, I just can't help myself.
He's got his tan straight from a tub, it glows bright orange in a club.
Talk the hind legs of a donkey, his voice drones on its all inione key.
I'm sat here wishing I was with somebody else,
If I hear much morecrap them my ears gonna melt.
By the end of the night it'll end in a fight, I just can't help myself.
He's an obscene guy, a not too clan guy
Give anything a try, his whole lifes a lie,
Just like a piece of pie, greasy enough to fry,
Na na na an na.
Oi, oi, oi, oi! Oi, oi, oi, oi!
Lyrics submitted by 13hoursofeverything
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