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."
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"There's a lot innocent people being crucified"
you things things things of the flesh do it slow
down avenues fuck me lust my eyes
licking lips encouraging mr. careworn
to gaze upon a screen bask on after the flesh
we'll infect your carnal mind after the flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
kissed their feet and found them calm calm calm
still I don't have any money money money
my body suffers after the flesh
"I am the way of the future"
"They blew his brains out at gunpoint"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"Get in and fasten your seatbelt,"
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
After the Flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
Kissed their feet, and found them calm, calm, calm
Still I don't have any money, money, money
My body suffers after the flesh
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the way of the future"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"There's a lot innocent people being crucified"
you things things things of the flesh do it slow
down avenues fuck me lust my eyes
licking lips encouraging mr. careworn
to gaze upon a screen bask on after the flesh
we'll infect your carnal mind after the flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
kissed their feet and found them calm calm calm
still I don't have any money money money
my body suffers after the flesh
"I am the way of the future"
"They blew his brains out at gunpoint"
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
"Get in and fasten your seatbelt,"
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
We'll infect your carnal mind, mind, mind, mind
After the Flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits
Kissed their feet, and found them calm, calm, calm
Still I don't have any money, money, money
My body suffers after the flesh
"I am the new way to go"
"I am the way of the future"
Lyrics submitted by Forevergreen, edited by DodgerFuckYou
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He sounds nothing like Reznor... why do people who know nothing about industrial always compare every band to NIN? The only comparison I might make is Electric Hellfire Club, and that's because Thomas Thorn was in TKK at the time...
this is on the Crow soundtrack. It's good.
THANK YOU NEXUS! Seriously. TKK was around before NIN.
not only that, the crow version is a ministry remix of an older TKK song which sounds nothing like it does on the crow soundtrack and even less like NIN. (not that it does at all).
Not only was this song on the soundtrack for the Crow, the band was also in the movie performing it when the guy fell through the ceiling.
The Crow ST version is essentially TKK warped into Ministry. A much better version is TKK's own morph into Nervous Xians.
@TriangleMan Frankie (Groovy Mann) was IN Ministry in the mid-80s. But back then Ministry was synthpop.
song meaning anyone?? i mean that IS the concept of the damn page, hence the very concept....and for the record the singer dont sound a DAMN THING Like Trent Reznor....THe song is about a Neo religion mutiny... or at least thats what i gather..
The correct lyrics, without the repeated lines that do not repeat are:
(I am the new way to go I am the way of the future)
(I am the new way to go I am the way of the future)
(There's a lot innocent people being crucified)
You things things things of the flesh Do it slow Down avenues Fuck me Lust my eyes Licking lips Encouraging Mister Careworn To gaze upon a screen Bask on After the flesh
(I am the way of the future) (They blew his brains out at gunpoint) (I am the way of the future) (Get in and fasten your seatbelts)
We'll infect your carnal mind mind mind (mind) We'll infect your carnal mind mind mind mind We'll infect your carnal mind mind mind mind We'll infect your carnal mind mind After the flesh
I walked through forests with ugly spirits (spirits) Kissed their feet and found them calm calm calm (calm) 'Til I don't have any money money money money My body suffers after the flesh
(I am the way of the future) (They blew his brains out at gunpoint) (I am the way of the future) (Get in and fasten your seatbelts)
(I am the way of the future)
Presented in a comment because "we must submit this to the copyright owner" means "we will not fix the wrong lyrics here"
this song is great on the soundtrack to the crow. notice how much the singer sounds like reznor