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"I'm done with Sergio
He treat me like a rag doll"
She hides
The television
Says "I don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me or,
Try again tomorrow"
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow...
I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
Jane says
"Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it"
She knows
They all want her to go
But that's ok man
She don't like them anyway
Jane says
"I'm going away to Spain when I get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow"
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow...
I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but she can't hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know... (don't know, don't know)
What else to do about it.
Jane goes
To the store at eight
She walks up on Saint Andrews.
She waits
And gets her dinner there.
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket.
Jane says
"I've never been in love
I don't know what it is"
She only knows if someone wants her
"I want 'em if they want me...
I only know they want me..."
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but she can't hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know...
What else to do about it
Jane says...
Jane says...
From https://one-percent.com/faq/faq_details.phtml?id=2: Q: Who is Jane? A: The "Jane" of Jane's Addiction is Jane Bainter, and old friend of Perry Farrell and Eric Avery. Jane, Eric and Perry all lived in Wilton House in Hollywood with a number of other aspiring musicians. The band took their name as an allusion to Jane's drug habit, and the chaos that it brought in the lives of their housemates. A picture of Jane can be found in the self-titled Jane's Addiction album. On the CD version, her picture appears on the page with the lyrics to the song Jane Says. The vinyl version of this album has three pictures on of Jane on the backside of the liner notes. The song Jane Says is story about Jane and her troubled life. She loved to tell stories of her desire to travel to Europe, ("Jane Says, 'I'm going away to Spain, when I get my money saved'"), had an abusive boyfriend named Sergio ("Jane says, 'I'm done with Sergio. He treats me like a rag doll") and during frequent arguments, Jane would break down and cry, and would even take a swing at whomever was causing her pain ("She gets mad, and starts to cry. She takes a swing, but she can't hit!") Jane had a heroin habit that she was attempting to fight ("'I'm gonna kick tomorrow!'") Today, Jane lives in California, and no longer uses heroin. According to an interview with the Washington Post, she doesn't frequently tell that she is "the Jane" of Jane's Addiction and the song Jane Says. Perry and Eric fell out of touch with Jane soon after the band started to take off. This is one of the main reasons behind the bands numerous vague answers when people asked about Jane. There is a lot of misinformation about Jane. Jane is credited with introducing Eric Avery and Perry Farrell to each other. This is apparently not true. According to Eric Avery and Carla Bozulich, of the Geraldine Fibbers, Ethyl Meatplow and another Wilton House resident, it was Carla who introduced the two. Contrary to popular belief, Jane was never a prostitute. There was a prostitute that managed Psi Com in their last days, and Jane's Addiction in their first, her name was Bianca. Perry and Eric apparently lost her a lot of money in those performances, and she disappeared soon afterward. This also nullifies the theory that Jane's boyfriend, Sergio, was a pimp.
Bump for the history - backstory. Great stuff.
Big Day Out. LSD. Porno for Pyros launch into a couple of Jane's Addiction songs. I brush through the crowd because it feels great as people blur into my peripheral vision. You catch the eye of the odd person who stares straight through you as you do them and you both smile the smile of the knowing. What a day. What a feeling.
I was there too and on LSD. what a great day. 1996. Nick Cave with Kylie, RATM, the Gurge, the Finger, the Bait , Prodigy and Radio Birdman to top it all off. I think we stared straight through each other
I was there as well. Incredible experience.
me, too.
i saw them in a small venue in pittsburgh a year or two before. that was also an incredible experience.
One of my favorite live shows all time at the very first Lollapalooza!
I was there as well. Incredible experience.
They are as varied as can be. Some of them, but certainly not all, are straight-laced dull T-totallers. But I've also known a few sober kids who were every bit as much ravers dancing all night side-by-side with kids out of their minds on pills, acid, weed, and/or speed. Some folks just don't like to lose control, and when you take an intoxicating substance, you are certainly doing that. Personally, I find it useful to let the reins go every now and then, but every individual has to decide where they draw the line.
Some of the final words of Justin Townes Earl were, "I'm a grown man, I reserved the right to go off the rails sometimes."
With all due respect, I wonder about people that claim to have never done drugs. Do they have limited curiosity?
Lack of trust in something you get in a baggie from some dude in an alley.
Be transparent about what's in it, label it clearly, maybe provide a support contact, and I'm on board.
agreed.
At first I was thinking, "no way Bill is playing JA!"... not sure I've ever heard this song played here. The intro is epic and unmistakable.
With all due respect, I wonder about people that claim to have never done drugs. Do they have limited curiosity? Were they succesfully indoctrinated about the inevitable and precipitous slide from alcohol to heroin and/or crack cocaine?
Or did they have a personal or family tragedy involving drug abuse?
If necessary, apologies to Giselle62 and those whose opinions differ from my own.
They are as varied as can be. Some of them, but certainly not all, are straight-laced dull T-totallers. But I've also known a few sober kids who were every bit as much ravers dancing all night side-by-side with kids out of their minds on pills, acid, weed, and/or speed. Some folks just don't like to lose control, and when you take an intoxicating substance, you are certainly doing that. Personally, I find it useful to let the reins go every now and then, but every individual has to decide where they draw the line.
classic...
That's awesome.
WonderLizard wrote:
Somebody asked Perry Farrell just why he thought he should lead a rock band—having apparently little or no prior experience. His response? "I look like a rock star."
Don't listen then. Save your negative energy and do something that's actually productive - like sharpen your ice pick or something. Personally love Jane's Addiction and would take Ritual de lo Habitual to a desert island so I could listen to "Three Days'' periodically (no I will not suggest the obvious). What a great inspired album from those guys....(imho). Brilliant addition of steel drum to a rock/pop song.
With all due respect, I wonder about people that claim to have never done drugs. Do they have limited curiosity? Were they falsely indoctrinated about the inevitable and precipitous slide from alcohol to heroin and/or crack cocaine?
Or did they have a personal or family tragedy involving drug abuse?
If necessary, apologies to Giselle62 and those whose opinions differ from my own.
Surprises me...7.4?! Really....I think it's OK...but far from a 7.4....
just my opinion
Me to, I think closer to 9.
Surprises me...7.4?! Really....I think it's OK...but far from a 7.4....
just my opinion
Somebody asked Perry Farrell just why he thought he should lead a rock band—having apparently little or no prior experience. His response? "I look like a rock star."
Hmmm... I love them too...
yesthreedayspleaseplaythreedays
Sloggydog:
Awesome. Thanks for the inside look.
Gotta agree with ya there! The songs are just fine the way they were; don't like all that reverberation stuff, sounds gimmicky. BTW Nothings Shocking is one of the most creative albums of the 90's IMO.
I particularly like the rambling introduction he gives for Been Caught Stealing (which I noticed gets panned heavily here at RP when I clicked to see if any other tracks from this album were in the Library).
And I firmly agree with the previous posters who felt that the steelpans add liveliness beyond that of the original studio cut. Good times!
it is a gem. But I really dig the whole of "Nothing's Shocking" and wish we could hear more of it on RP
8 to 9
I think this is one of the most annoying songs ever written.
Totally with you on that one.
I think this is one of the most annoying songs ever written.
So good.