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."
She leads a lonely life
She leads a lonely life
When she woke up late in the morning light
And the day had just begun
She opened up her eyes and thought
"Oh, what a morning"
It's not a day for work
It's a day for catching tan
Just lying on the beach and having fun
She's going to get you
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
(All that she wants)
(All that she wants)
So if you are in sight and the day is right
She's the hunter, you're the fox
The gentle voice that talks to you
Won't talk forever
It is a night for passion
But the morning means goodbye
Beware of what is flashing in her eyes
She's going to get you
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah (is another baby, yeah)
Ahh
Ahh
All that she wants is another baby (is another baby)
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah (is another baby, yeah)
All that she wants is another baby (is another baby)
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah (is another baby, yeah)
All that she wants
All that she wants
She leads a lonely life
When she woke up late in the morning light
And the day had just begun
She opened up her eyes and thought
"Oh, what a morning"
It's not a day for work
It's a day for catching tan
Just lying on the beach and having fun
She's going to get you
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
(All that she wants)
(All that she wants)
So if you are in sight and the day is right
She's the hunter, you're the fox
The gentle voice that talks to you
Won't talk forever
It is a night for passion
But the morning means goodbye
Beware of what is flashing in her eyes
She's going to get you
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah
All that she wants is another baby
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah (is another baby, yeah)
Ahh
Ahh
All that she wants is another baby (is another baby)
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah (is another baby, yeah)
All that she wants is another baby (is another baby)
She's gone tomorrow, boy
All that she wants is another baby, yeah (is another baby, yeah)
All that she wants
All that she wants
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Punchline
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Ed Sheeran sings about missing his former partner and learning important life lessons in the process on “Punchline.” This track tells a story of battling to get rid of emotions for a former lover, whom he now realized might not have loved him the same way. He’s now caught between accepting that fact and learning life lessons from it and going back to beg her for another chance.
i think this song is about a girl who just play with boys, she's lonely, and i think she's sad, and she wants to have a lot of guys in just one night stand, and leave them in love with her at the next morning, she has evil ways, but she's not bad, she's just depressed.
Jeez, I can't believe how stupid I was - I always thought this was some bizarre song about a woman who wanted a baby - literally. The colloquial use of 'baby' did not occur to me with regards to this song. Another lover. So I always just thought it was an extremely odd song about an extremely weird woman. HA!
@Heliamphora HAHA, same here !! lool<br /> And now reading through the lyrics, the hunter and the fox stuff... thinking "Man she wants that little baby so hard..."
@Heliamphora Nowadays, she may want "another baby,", especially for welfare and child support. There are single women with numerous children from as many men to collect a child support check and get all the welfare subsidies.
@Heliamphora "Nowadays, she may want "another baby,", especially for welfare and child support. There are single women with numerous children from as many men to collect a child support check and get all the welfare subsidies."<br /> -nice Republican brainwashing, pal. Straight from Reagan propaganda in the 80's.
I LOVE this song! OMG the memories Ace of Base brings back, lmao. It's about a girl who's basically a vixen, and instead of working she likes to lounge around, get a tan, and treat herself like a queen. She's always on the lookout for guys, but she just wants some fun. She'll be with him for the night,ya know a one night stand, and then she's gone in the morning...ready for her next "baby"
I used to think this was about a girl who was going on holiday to find a man for a one-night stand so she could get pregnant and not have to have the guy around. And that 'another' baby was because she had a miscarriage or something. Man, my mind is a dark and horrible place.
Mike... :)<br /> <br /> You don't know me but buddy you made me laugh so much that I was really unable to control myself. Pls. excuse my overly expression of feelings but its been more than a year for me trying to get over a breakup with a woman who has had 15 boyfriends or relationships by the age of 30 and although I knew it all but she was so much successful to make a big fool out of me. No doubt Adam was deceived so successfully by Eve in the heaven! Phew.... women... Grrrrrrr!!!! :)<br /> <br /> You did make my day and I just wanted to thank that beautiful mind of yours which you called as "dark and horrible place" lolz!!! Pls. accept my heartiest thanks for being yourself there! Sometimes we say some words in our innocence that they are able to cause a profound impact on someone else' life without our own knowledge.<br /> <br /> Thanks again buddy :) if you happen to be in NY or just wish to say hi, here's my number 201-204-9015<br /> <br /> amir
Did she have any children? Because you're not a BIG fool until you get into a relationship with a woman who has given birth 5 times and each child has a different daddy and you're suckered into believing she's the abused ex-wife when the judges awarded full custody to the two dads she actually married. 3 of her children don't even know who their real dads are and every six months she brings home a new "daddy".<br /> I would just love to see someone see through her deception and put her in her place- in a straight jacket at a mental institute. Those children are innocent victims of her insanity.<br /> <br /> And for the record, Adam wasn't deceived by Eve, he knew what he was doing and voluntarily left with her because they were commanded to stay together. But I know what you're getting at, some women just really know how to play the innocent victim and are just full of lies. Just don't accuse Eve of such things. :)
@WavinGerbs I'm SO glad to know I'm not the only one! In '93 I jammed out to this, I was 6, then when I was 8, I was like, "huh?!"
@WavinGerbs I hope that your mind is in a much better place now.
i think this is about like a lady who is like missing something and she fills it with a guy. She wants to feel loved because she feels empty and the guy will make her feel loved for that one night of passion and than she'll leave and look for another baby to fill her soul.
The girl in this song reminds me of the chicks I see every day on the Maury Show-
Maury- "[Guy's name], you ARE the father!" ATSW Girl- "I told you dat's yo' baby! Pay me my child support! Where my money at?!?"
i think this is about like a lady who is like missing something and she fills it with a guy. She wants to feel loved because she feels empty and the guy will make her feel loved for that one night of passion and than she'll leave and look for another baby to fill her soul.
This song is exactly what it sounds like to me. As Heliamphora once thought it meant, she literally wants another baby, and it's a strange song about a strange woman. It has a very literal meaning for me and I cannot hear this song any other way. I know a woman exactly like this. She has given birth 5 times, each baby has a different father. The first one was given up for adoption, the next two are under custody of the fathers, and the two after that don't even know who their fathers are. It's a cycle for her, every six months she hooks up with a guy until she gets pregnant, then she kicks the guy out so she can keep the baby. Six months after the baby is born, she's starting over with another guy. It's really sad. It's a sad song about a woman with a serious mental illness and the men who fall victim to her wiles because they just want to help an "abused" welfare mom.
Exactly how I hear it too. And especially nasty how it's expressed by another woman – the vocals of Ace of Base, who, oddly, don't look the part ether way. Not that looks matter, but since we're calling a duck for a duck...
I can't hear it any other way, either, because it happened to me...
but what is time anyway <br /> (other than a minor demon in the pantheon of adversaries...)<br /> <br /> This song is an anthem to teen pregnancy in the welfare state - OR a glimpse into the mind of an a beach combing man-hunter...
This song just came on the radio and reminded me about it. I miss these hearing it...it used to be on all the time...times change tho it seems. I don't think she wants a child, just a man, which it seems she'll be getting.
Yep. She always wanted a man and that's what she ended up with although most of the band members aren't so lucky. I'm so excited about the new album though! :)