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."
Schlechtgelaunte Deutschgesichter
laufen hin und laufen her
Im bunten Grau der Neonwelt
ersaufen sie im Menschenmeer
Aggressive Wohlstandskinder
Polizei und Menschenschinder
Gottesdiener und Propheten
müssen um ihr Leben beten
Selbstgenannte Überflieger
machen uns das Leben schwer
Stündlich neue Alltagskrieger
Kein Platz für dieses Menschenheer
Religiöse Terroristen
Spießer und Moralfaschisten
Staatsbeamte und Soldaten
auf zu neuen Heldentaten
Wer glaubt noch an die 10 Gebote
Wer glaubt noch an den Sieg
Wer glaubt noch an den alten Mann
Der diesen Schwachsinn schrieb
Es regnet Glas Glas Glas
Depressive Stadtmutanten
laufen hin und jagen her
Erschießen dicke Patentanten
vormittags im Stadtverkehr
Nadelstreifen fiese Schläger
In ihrem Sold die Blaumannträger
Herrenmenschen und Primaten
Hochdotierte Psychopathen
Religiöse Terroristen
Spießer und Moralfaschisten
Staatsbeamte und Soldaten
Auf zu neuen Wundertaten
Macht kaputt was euch zerstört
Holt euch was euch nicht gehört
Schwäche zeigen heißt verlieren
Härte heißt regieren
Es regnet Glas Glas Glas
laufen hin und laufen her
Im bunten Grau der Neonwelt
ersaufen sie im Menschenmeer
Aggressive Wohlstandskinder
Polizei und Menschenschinder
Gottesdiener und Propheten
müssen um ihr Leben beten
Selbstgenannte Überflieger
machen uns das Leben schwer
Stündlich neue Alltagskrieger
Kein Platz für dieses Menschenheer
Religiöse Terroristen
Spießer und Moralfaschisten
Staatsbeamte und Soldaten
auf zu neuen Heldentaten
Wer glaubt noch an die 10 Gebote
Wer glaubt noch an den Sieg
Wer glaubt noch an den alten Mann
Der diesen Schwachsinn schrieb
Es regnet Glas Glas Glas
Depressive Stadtmutanten
laufen hin und jagen her
Erschießen dicke Patentanten
vormittags im Stadtverkehr
Nadelstreifen fiese Schläger
In ihrem Sold die Blaumannträger
Herrenmenschen und Primaten
Hochdotierte Psychopathen
Religiöse Terroristen
Spießer und Moralfaschisten
Staatsbeamte und Soldaten
Auf zu neuen Wundertaten
Macht kaputt was euch zerstört
Holt euch was euch nicht gehört
Schwäche zeigen heißt verlieren
Härte heißt regieren
Es regnet Glas Glas Glas
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Glas und Tränen Lyrics as written by Alexander Wesselsky Werner Johann Weninger
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Great version of a great song,
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there´s a pun in "glas und tränen". translated meaning: "glas and tears" leave out the "l" in glas = gas and tears => teargas