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."
Surprised?
Yes, it's me again
I have just returned from the island of Chandelier
What am I doing in town?
Well, I'm glad you asked
I'm just passing through in search of the ever elusive Thunderbird
I got a job as a public relations man
Passing out handbills on Austin Street
Merely an effort to improve my financial situation
And ward off a case of the D.T.'s
So farewell, my darling
Perhaps we'll meet again
On some sin-infested street corner in Houston Texas
Yes, it's me again
I have just returned from the island of Chandelier
What am I doing in town?
Well, I'm glad you asked
I'm just passing through in search of the ever elusive Thunderbird
I got a job as a public relations man
Passing out handbills on Austin Street
Merely an effort to improve my financial situation
And ward off a case of the D.T.'s
So farewell, my darling
Perhaps we'll meet again
On some sin-infested street corner in Houston Texas
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Heaven, Hell or Houston Lyrics as written by Dusty Hill Billy Gibbons
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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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In the first verse(and rest of the song), the narrator is talking about he has left the island of Chandeleur(not chandelier, as that doesn't make sense, and Chandeleur is in the gulf of Mexico, which is in a similar region to Texas) and working some temporary job make sure he has money(Second verse) "I got a job as a public relations man Passing out handbills on Austin Street Merely an effort to improve my financial situation" This man is trying to catch or tame the thunderbird. What does he mean when he says thunderbird? Well in Texas, there was a myth about a giant bird, which could control the weather and would rip it pray from limb to limb with its massive talons. It also would make thunderstorms when hunted(kisselpaso.com/the-legend-unique-formation-of-el-pasos-thunderbird-mountain/.) The narrator has returned to whatever town this interaction takes place in, in order to continue his quest to catch the bird(It might have caused a death or injured someone he knows, or himself. Also the fact that he has a bad financial situation, means it he kills it he may get a reward) ,or tame it(He might want to have the power of controlling the weather.)
I strikes me as a Texas take on “Sympathy With the Devil”.
“Perhaps we'll meet again on some sin-infested street corner”
this song is so cool. i love the guitar/bells thing.
I think it's not chandelier but en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandeleur_Islands
@HUX888 Yep, I think you got it right.