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."
Never believe
Never believe
Never believe
Do you still believe the myth?
Do you still believe the hype
Still following the piper
Like the corpse that draws the flies?
It was all just a load of bullshit
Born of the fake fucking news
That you read out like the gospel
And you still believe it's true
It's easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is so damn flat
It is easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is full of hate
Never just believe any old shit you read
Mixing urban myths with science fiction
Never just repeat what someone else believes
Spreading hate and fear with pure fiction
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up now
And start using your own brain
Do we still believe in ghosts?
Do we still believe the rumours
Of someone throwing apples
Over the walls of Eden?
It was all just a load of bullshit
Born of the fake fucking news
That you read out like the gospel
Full of facts from a social feed
It's easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is so damn flat
It's easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is full of hate
Never just believe any old shit you read
Mixing urban myths with science fiction
Never just repeat what someone else believes
Spreading hate and fear with pure fiction
Shut the fuck up
You crowned yourself the king
(Shut the fuck up now)
Of the weak and the cowards
You crowned yourself the king
Without using your own brain
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
Oh
Shut the fuck up now
Never believe
Never believe
Do you still believe the myth?
Do you still believe the hype
Still following the piper
Like the corpse that draws the flies?
It was all just a load of bullshit
Born of the fake fucking news
That you read out like the gospel
And you still believe it's true
It's easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is so damn flat
It is easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is full of hate
Never just believe any old shit you read
Mixing urban myths with science fiction
Never just repeat what someone else believes
Spreading hate and fear with pure fiction
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up now
And start using your own brain
Do we still believe in ghosts?
Do we still believe the rumours
Of someone throwing apples
Over the walls of Eden?
It was all just a load of bullshit
Born of the fake fucking news
That you read out like the gospel
Full of facts from a social feed
It's easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is so damn flat
It's easy to see a conspiracy
When the world is full of hate
Never just believe any old shit you read
Mixing urban myths with science fiction
Never just repeat what someone else believes
Spreading hate and fear with pure fiction
Shut the fuck up
You crowned yourself the king
(Shut the fuck up now)
Of the weak and the cowards
You crowned yourself the king
Without using your own brain
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up
Oh
Shut the fuck up now
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STFU Lyrics as written by Christoph Wieczorek Benjamin Burkhard Richter
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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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