I'm just gonna list my favorite albums. All equal to my ear REM- Green Pixies- Surfer Rosa The Waterboys- Fisherman's Blues Jane's Addiction- Nothing's Shocking Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation Billy Bragg- Workers Playtime Dinosaur Jr- Bug Camper Van Beethoven- Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart Hothouse Flowers- People Yeah, there was a lot of good music released that year. Setting the stage for that groundbreaking music explosion that would happen just three short years away, in '91. '88 is when Indie/Alternative, was still, legitimately, Indie/Alternative.
OU812 for the album though there were so many and how am I supposed to pick a song from 1988? So many good ones (but you can add "Candle In the Wind" to the list of way overplayed songs...)
Y Kant Tori Read - Self Titled 😁 singles: Please Don't Go Girl - New Kids On the Block (amazing, well-written ballad.. I don't care what anyone says) Nite and Day - Al B. Sure!
When I discovered Jane’s Addiction in 1988, it was a musical awakening for me. I still listen to Nothin’s Shocking from start to finish. I’m 53 and Jane’s is still important to me.
Your story is just like mine, it seems when I discovered Jane's it was an awakening and such a beautiful time in my life I'm your age also. I wish I could go back to that time again. Jane's was my soundtrack to life.
I can relate, I was 25 when this album came out and it rocked me to the core. It will always be one of my top 10 albums, if it weren’t for Zeppelin it would be top 3.
Absolutely. I'm 52 and remember buying Nothing's Shocking when it first came out. Changed my world. I love everything they did dearly, but I still can't listen to Three Days / ...And Then She Did without feeling like my guts are on the floor. Such emotive masterpieces that capture a certain era in my life. They just don't make 'em like this anymore do they?
I went down the dark and sordid road of heroin addiction. It was fun for about a week, but after that I was using just to stay well. Became homeless and all of that fun stuff. I've been clean for about 2 years now, just one day at a time! Edit: Someone in the comments brought my awareness to something. I snorted the shit a couple of months prior to shooting it up. What I meant by it being fun for a week, was shooting it. Because I was getting a buzz snorting it, but after my first shot, I found out what all the fuss was about. I actually got faded. Thank you Prismo for the awareness.
I went down the same path. 5 years on and off of hell. And ur right it’s fun for about a week but I, too, ended up homeless. I got over a year clean and my god his music speaks to me on such a deep level.
@@Krullmatic totally! Those two are big influences to me as well. Sad stories but my god they had a lot to say and anytime I listen to their music it’s like they’re speaking straight to me.
Same. I always loved that one too. Felt like a Lotta weight in simple words.. " Jane said I'm goin away to Spain, gonna get my money saved, gonna start tomorrow. I'm gonna kick tomorrow"
The best version is the live version they played in Irvine California in 1991. Ended up on the Kettle Whistle album and the audio to the main music video on TH-cam. Easily the best performance and MUCH better than the studio version.
I was 15 when I bought Nothing's Shocking on cassette. I walked from there to McDonald's and ate a burger. I began walking back home and realized I didn't have the cassette I just bought. I deduced that it was on the McDonald's tray that I'd emptied into the garbage, so I walked back to McDonald's and was able to fish it out of the garbage, luckily. This album changed everything about what I believed music could be. It was at once harmonic and laid back to in your face all at once. Truly one of the albums that shaped me as a person and as a music fan, and almost lost in a McDonald's garbage bin.
Freedom of artistic expression is over. Music, comedy, film, it's all been destroyed by sjws that just look for reasons to be offended. I wish people would stop giving in to them and just cancel them already.
This guy is a real artist. You have to have some dark spots in your soul to create really great art. You can tell Perry is a square peg in a world of round holes, and the fact that he’s able to channel that into great art is what makes him so intriguing.
Nothing’s Shocking & Ritual de Lo Habitual are stone cold classic albums. What they captured on those 2 albums has rarely been matched by anyone. Still listen to those two albums.
No one has ever sounded like Jane’s to me. From the influences for the songs to the actual songs themselves and the lyrics and bass lines and guitar riffs.
@@jiminut I foolishly lent my copy of Jane's Addiction to a friend to tape and never saw him again. I love all three of those albums for different reasons. Must get another copy of the Roxy recording.
Saw a comment about this, but I was also surprised this was in the late ‘80’s. I’ve always thought of Jane’s Addiction as a 90’s band. Guess they were ahead of their time! How about this for an intro? If you ever kept a healthy stash of 45 adapters with your 45’s... Keep bringing us joy, Professor and crew! Love this channel! ❤️💋
Professor does the best interview of musicians I have ever heard, no lie. He knows his subject and what to ask and then he lets them talk without interrupting or cutting them off...no one has patience or manners hardly at all in interviews anymore and I can't stand to hear someone telling a story and to be cut off over and over These Interviews are so interesting that I have listened to about a dozen today just doing my housework.
We speculated on the meaning of this song for years. One of the things about Janes A that I remember was how it crossed over into so many peoples listening lists. Seemed like pretty much everyone who was a serious music fan was into this album at the time.
Jane's Addiction was one of those bands that blew my mind. I'd grown up with punk and new wave so nothing really surprised me and gave such a jolt as Jane's Addiction. Super group!
Cool interview. Very raw and real. Perry was a dreamer and a doer that made things happen. Loved Jane's Addiction and still listen. The album cover is a classic and so creative. Interesting to finally hear the back story. Thanks and keep up the good work.
I first heard Jane's Addiction in '89. I heard summertime rolls and they immediately became my favorite band and still are to this day. I've seen them 6 times (including the first Lalapalooza), and most recently last Tuesday.
What a fantastic interview 👍👍 Jane’s Addiction was so much more than great music to me back then, it was a way of life. I remember a late 1980’s show at The Moore Theater in Seattle when we the audience turned into one collective voice singing along with the band. It was as though the walls themselves were singing. What a beautiful life it has been thus far!
JA was one of the coolest and most unique bands to come out of LA, no bands would dare copy their sound or style because they knew if they tried they would fail miserably.
88 I was 20. Went to see a guy friend and he was so into this album. Jane says he'd play over and over.....but I loved it.....unique and different than anything else at the time 💗
Wow, great interview!! Ya know, back then I wasn’t into alternative music. And I too have had my addictions. Addictions are all kinds of things, not just drugs. And I have found that people with addictions are not necessarily bad people, usually the opposite. There are exceptions of course. But after watching this interview I want to learn more about this band. What a nice man. Has a good heart and it shows through. Thank you for posting this wonderful interview. Has made me want to learn more and that is priceless!! ❤️💜💚
First time I heard Jane’s Addiction was when my boyfriend and a bunch of his roommates took a volts wagon bus to some Dead shows in Ohio. I had a blast and I remember when we drove home through these rolling Ohio cornfields that were electric green against blue summer sky. I was happy, high, completely in love with this new man in my life and Summertime Rolls came on. First time ever heard it and I loved it and Jane’s instantly. It’s one of those perfect rare moments of absolute joy you get to keep from your time in this life. I always thought Perry and I would’ve been kindred spirits if we met. So glad he is out there living his life and so grateful I got to love that band.
“Ted, just admit it...” was one of the strongest tracks on that album. I was lucky enough to attend the first year of Lollopalooza in VA and when they performed this song it was haunting but amazing. Also, their live album was incredible, especially the dual Lou Reed/Rolling Stones cover.
What an awesome shirt! Just started the video, so most likely editing to follow 😆 Ok, so I think the best show I never saw was at Einstein-a-Gogo in Jax Bch FL. It was just after Nothing's Shocking came out. But I was petrified of asking my dad if I could go, because I knew he would ask me to see the album cover. I knew he’d say no. Fortunately I later saw them (when I no longer had to ask) at the first Lollapalooza in Daytona FL, and in a huge barn near Orlando, with Suicidal Tendencies opening for them (the only show that I ever feared for my safety in a concert). But imo that hardly compares to a venue with a max crowd of only 250-300 people and 4 miles from my house. How things have changed since 1989. I did enjoy. Thank you Professor! Another excellent interview.
I've cried over a few boys, lying in bed, upset & depressed. I partied many yrs underneath the Florida moonlight (grew up in St. Petersburg, FL.), stumbled to work many a bleary-eyed morning aft another wild night, cheered & shouted w/friends old & new in bars & clubs. All those memories happened as "Jane Says" played in background. I was 17 when song was released in '88, a recent h.s. dropout, a soul who joined embarrassing statistic of that time period- it was lgst amt of h.s. dropouts in US history. No restrictions, or ramifications existed in '88 if a teen chose to leave school. No automatic removal of d.l. , like nowadays. No forcible attendance @ "at-risk" h.s. Jobs were available paying a living wage & providing benefits for the taking. College wasn't even impossible to afford, seems like more scholarships were offered & available back then too. You didn't have to go to college to find a decent job , parents weren't held responsible for a willful & rebellious teen's actions. The world was a little different then. One thing I didn't know about this beautiful, mesmerizing song was who it was written about, or that Jane was even a real person. Thank you so much for doing this episode & what a great interview w/ Perry Farrell, always a gentleman, polite, soft-spoken & brilliant & hilarious, all at once. He's wonderful to listen to, so many other bands & musicians say what a great friend Perry Farrell is. So many people I've known & some I still know, became waylaid by addiction, untimely & premature deaths from something so deceptive & seductive all at the same time. It thrives whenever it kills, it always seems to kill the ones who shined brightest, making the shock of their death that much more painful.
Hello Professor of Rock, One of the most powerful moments I've had from music was in 2014. I was five weeks out from going back to Arizona from Texas to help my mother move to Texas. The plan on the way back was to stop off and see my father. I'm listening to music and I started to play Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics. For the next five weeks I played that song on my headphones constantly. Crying to myself inside and sometimes on the outside (when no one was around). I thought of everything I wanted to say, and just hoping when the moment came I could say it. The day came, I said it all, and it help bring closure to our relationship. I never saw him again. He died this past December 2020. I was not upset and I haven't cried about his passing, because nothing was left unsaid. I would like you to feature this song so, maybe others could hear the message and maybe get the chance to say it now, because it's true, that it's too late when we die. Thank you for your time, Ray Anthony DeElena
this was soooo cool, I love getting to know more about the artists I love, it also helps a lot to get to live those awesome times through this interviews since I wasn't even born until 2002, thanks for the interview
My introduction to Jane's Addiction, was "Been Caught Stealing." When I first saw the video for the song, I was amazed by what I was seeing. Perry Farrell's lyrics were remarkable on how open he was, about life & paths taken. Excellent band for a generation of lost souls, trying to find their way. If you made mock instruments to emulate your idols, you've come to the right place.
what a cool guy! not a lot of artists these days (or even then) coming up with the idea for and photographing their own album cover! not to mention crafting the hat himself. impressive!
Not that it means much, but i did 3 of my 4 solo album covers. I used a slide projector, used different materials inside the frames, oil, salts, different coloured foils, or i would paint something on them, then project them onto a screen and then take photos of it. Sometimes, if there was a lot of liquid, a ms after the picture was taken, the image would explode into something completely different....that is why i chose them for my albums because the pieces were all improvised but recorded on 4 track or 16 tracks and after hours of building track after track, the piece would be finished and i never did retakes, all 1st takes.....great times, great fun on Magic Mushrooms too, we would sit in front of these crazy images for hours and get lost in them. Besides that, he was insanely creative back in those days. Have you seen his and his girlfriend's movie "Gift"? If not, you better find it, it is all in there, the music, the art, the drugs, the man!
16 years old, went to first lolapalooza. Didn’t know Janes other than radio playlist. Blown away. Aesthetic moment. Im 50, still remember everything, the temperature/smell, the beautiful blonde girl i met, still remember what she wore, each song, became immediately hooked. Have purchased multiple copies of the cd. If they could package and bottle that feeling of seeing them live, they’d be billionaires.
Bought that album on vinyl the day it came out. It was the most striking album cover I had ever seen. Still is. As for the music, it was better than I imagined it would be. I was already a fan, being in L..A., and they delivered a masterpiece.
Saw Janes at Cat Club in late 80’s. They kept bowing out towards the end and people would leave. They kept coming back till there was like 10 people left! Great show!!!
Awesome interview! I really got into them as a teenager in the 90's. At the time they released " Jane Says" with Flea from RHCP, and had the steel drum. Such an amazing song, really takes to another time. 🙏
I had a plastic 'diamond' tear drop pendant from my sister's necklace that perfectly fitted in the grooves. Way better than pencil. Jesus, you sparked so many memories.
@@virgochild I'm 53 , I have a ten y o son, I tried to explain what it was like when some threw out an old or broken cassette and the would be tape for miles, caught in bushes., and trees, wrapped around telephone poles and benches etc He looked at me like I was crazy...we'll it was the 80s so maybe he's right!
I was a professional radio contest player in high school and college. Meaning I called and won a lot. One summer I stayed with my Grandmother in Indiana and she had a rotary phone. I actually was the 3rd, 7th then 10th caller and won an album. With a rotary phone. (Some don't know what that is!) 😎👍
Thank you, thank you, thank you @Professor of Rock! These guys were and still are the sound track to my life. I'm almost 50 now and I've taken my kids to a Janes concert (the silver spoon tour, what a concert). I seriously haven't seen a more artistic person than Perry. He embodies music and art and music as an art.
I get a lot of friends singing the title of this song to me, due to my name. I was 16/17 in 1988, and I hated my name, but between this song and Cowboy Junkies’ cover of “Sweet Jane” around the same time, I finally realized it wasn’t so bad and I grew into the name. Thank you for sharing the story of the song. I appreciate it in a different way than the norm. 🙂
Memory: Early eighties and my best friend just moved away, the previous fall. Not old enough be in middle school let alone drive, it was mid to late summer 1982 after school our parents agreed to meet halfway so we could spend a week together. We spent everyday outside playing as hard as we could, and every evening calling in votes for Tainted Love on the top 9 at ten radio show. The TNT show. That week it was Survivor, Eye of the Tiger vs. Soft Cell, Tainted Love, and we called in as many votes as we could for Tainted Love! It was a local radio show and I think each song won first different nights. Both songs were great but Tainted Love was my favorite that summer, one I’ll never forget. So....if you’ve ever relentlessly called in your favorite song to try to help it win number one spot on the top nine at ten, then professor of rock is the show for you.
Jane's Addiction is the band that got me to pay attention to alternative rock. I was mostly into metal at the time - I liked a lot of what we now derisively call "hair metal" and hard rock from the '70s and '80s - but I found enough elements of that in Jane's that I decided to buy a copy of Ritual de lo Habitual shortly after it came out. In the small town where I lived, I was probably the group's only fan! I eventually got a copy of Nothing's Shocking shortly after I went back to university.
I consider it metal. I mean, I consider that to be the objectively most fitting category. These are just labels, admittedly, but if we're gonna use them let's get as accurate as is appropriate, and the primary way to do thatvis through comparison rather than equipment or song structure used. The live album was technically punk. Watch the video of it; nothing like that occurred in metal, and definitely not in alternative, which I find to be such a reduction as to be insulting, in their case. They weren't an alternative to anything; they were just themselves, and everything else that was considered alternative cane nowhere near them in lyrical depth, variety of influence, the truly artistic nature of it all, and sheer explosive force. They also improvised more than alternative and metal bands did, a lot more. Punk fits that best, but their studios albums were pristine, which shouldn't negate the punk attribution. A punk should be willing and able to work with whatever they can get their hands on. Does it have to be out of tune and second-hand? Limits like that are why punk was quickly a farce near the beginning of it. In those terms, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd was more punk than anything since. There became a formula for punk, how it should sound, which is stupid af and contradictory. It obviously should sound like Backstreet Boys, but Perry could've pulled that of in the 80s too. Imagine The Backstreet Boys dancing around choreographed while also being as intimidating as GG Allin in terms of behavior and aesthetic. Nothing's Shocking sounded like a pop album to the first few times I heard it, because I was used to listening to Floyd and Addiction's nuance hadn't hit me. Once I hear it loud on a home stereo. Heard the lyrics, solos, and force of the drums, I know it wasn't pop. Thereafter, when I perceived its transformative moments, lyrically and via the impossible sounding bridges or transitions, I realized I was dealing with art. After I blasted it on a huge system, I always thought of it as an art metal band in studio and an experimental (psychedelic) punk band, live. It really doesn't sound like rock to me, still. It sounds more like pop with heavy guitar (Michael Jackson etc) than rock. Perry incorporated some hair-band aesthetic with his fashion, so along with that, their sound (and performances) fit hair-band better than it did alternative. It's like if Van Halen were punk, headed by Robert Plant/GG Allin as front man, lyrics written by Syd Barrett, a metal lead guitarist idolized Gilmour, and the drummer had too much coke to get Bonham's style perfect, which all ended up perfect. The bass is reminiscent of John Paul Jones later in live concerts and in the BBC sessions, but as a more fittingly basic combination of that and Roger Waters' early stuff with Floyd, before and in the few years after they kicked Syd out. Alternative encapsulates none of that. The term seems hipsterish by comparison, and what people are known to dislike hipsters and alternative music for, is artificial sincerity. Jane's were the opposite of (and so much more than) that. These are all just words though anyway, arbitrary distinctions. The sound and experience themselves are so far beyond that, which is rare.
WOW!! This was SUCH a compelling interview! one of my favourites that you've done! had to pass this on to a friend who is a big Jane's fan and she loved it, too. please don't ever stop what you're doing! your content is truly in a league of its own!
I'm surprised the creators of "Breaking Bad" didn't use "Jane Says" in the soundtrack when Jesse Pinkman was in his doomed relationship with Jane Margolis.
Great great interview!!!!!!! Perry seems like such a cool guy.....i was coming of age when janes addiction blew up....i cant hear the song without shedding tears.....partly for longing to geel the beauty youth and freedom i fealt when this song came out....and also because i have battled with heroin addiction.....
my mom babysat perry in queens as a young child. my grandmother and his mother were best of friends. rip to both...without sharing his business I will say my mother said perrys mom was a beautiful wonderful woman and my mom loved perrys sister. she did say perry was a really cute little boy
Well, here's my story: I learned english with Bon Jovi, y barely learned anything from my teachers back in highschool, but the moment I picked up that pirated copy of CrossRoads (I bought it original a few years afterwards, twice in fact), I went to the then very early consumer internet, logged into Altavista, downloaded the lyrics, memorized them, sang them, then I bought These Days, then New Jersey, then Slippery... If you ever have the chance, please tell them that somewhere in Colombia someone speaks english because of them.
Love this song 1st hearing in the 90s. And never truly understood. Until hearing again recently after over a 7 yr battle with severe depression and heroin addiction and getting to point several attempts at suicide and still being here for some reason. I'm now since October 2021 clean from my addiction and rebuilding my life and getting back to enjoying life. During my addiction yrs I knew about 5 people whom died from heroin addiction. Sadly people judge a lot but don't realise its not always by choice but circumstances. Like I did. After some very hard times. But there is help available I admit I failed a couple attempts to get clean. But then woke up 1 day and decided either carry on way I am and succeed in ending my life or take control and get my life back. Its not easy some days its a struggle but I remind myself how far I've come and what I want for myself. Admit to yourself you have a problem and get yourself help. Peace and love to all
Great song I still listen to it to this day great interview I always wondered what the true meaning behind the song is thank you for explaining or thank Perry
@@samanthab1923 Best ever beginning to a movie! Unbelievably, I played the Bauhaus intro from The Hunger movie in 1992 and these 18 year old goths had NEVER seen that amazing movie opening !
@@ProfessorofRock Right. On stage, he's 12 feet tall, surrounded by angels and demons. Offstage, he's just trying to get away. He had a heart attack not too long ago and he hates it when people gush over him. But you might pull it off if you get the chance. Who knows? I wasn't even expecting you to respond to me. Thanks! BTW, One thing is it's not fair to dwell on Bela Lugosi's dead or Bauhaus at all. Not just Gothic, he pioneered atmospheric rock as well, two whole genres. Cascade, Dust, Lion. His biggest hit here in Europe is All Night Long.
So many music memories! One thing I loved about mix tapes was the random associations that would form. My older brother had a mix tape that I stole one time. It had American Pie followed by AC/DC's Shook Me All Night Long. To this day, I cannot hear American Pie without hearing the first riff of Shook Me All Night Long starting in my head and I *have* to go listen to that song or it bothers me all day. I even still put them back-to-back on iTunes playlists to this day because of that one random tape of my brother's hits I stole from him in like 1985.
I was strung out on that crap for several years and I mustve known a dozen Jane's so when I heard the lyrics to that song I thought 'shit, this is a universal thing.." Today not all of them are alive, I hope Jane is.
I think the song, Jane Says, along with 2 others, Like a Rolling Stone and She Talks to Angels, are a great trilogy that capture the essence of the beautiful, sophisticated and/or intelligent woman that gets brought down by addiction. Living in the city during my late teens and early twenties, I knew these women, and these songs always bring the feelings I had around them back to life. Thanks for this interview.
In 1991 Janes Addiction played Festival Hall in Brisbane. I didn't go but attended an after party at an alternative venue called Volcanic Bass. It was one of my biggest live concert regrets of my yoof. 33 years later in Zurich I finally saw them live. It was worth the wait. I've been listening to Nothings Shocking & Ritual de lo Habitual every few days since.
Was a radio junkie in high school. Would call my favorite dj everyday after school. He invited me to the station for his show one afternoon. Was brought down to earth when I realized every phone line blinking had some radio groupie on it just like me!! 🤪Still, it was so fun to see a great dj behind the scenes. PS. I wound up working at his station. 👍
Farrell, man, if it wasn't for the addiction, he could have been CEO of like Disney or Pixar. What an amazing imagination. Love his interviews with you Prof.
Yes, drugs kick out the life balance that makes you function well and maximizes your talent. But I love the unjudgmental style of the interview, addiction can all find us in a desperate situation.
Finally got to see the OG lineup last Monday in Houston. They are perfect, and always will be. All three of the OG albums are iconic works of art and album covers. Favorite songs are Obvious and Then She Did… They played one of them Monday.
I remember in the 90s watching SNL call mom in this van call Jane’s addiction started playing. At first I’m thinking oh my God look at these people. By the end of Jane says, I was completely obsessed. This band and this song is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. What teenage self got some things right. I love the channel professor, rock ‘n’ roll forever.
He’s done two other videos with Perry Farrell already this interview has over 2 hours of footage done over 2 days. The other videos are for been caught stealing and mountain song. Also the story of Pets is on the professors patreon
It was cool he did manage to mention Casey Niccoli a little when describing the artistic creative process, but man he was stuttering over her name 😅 Don't get me wrong, I love Jane's songs, I think Perry is a fascinating character, and it was a great interview; I'm just interested too in how credit for Casey has vastly waned over time.
Love Iggy Pop and the Pretenders. Also going to the Nina Hagen show at St.Andrews in Detroit. Got her autograph on my motorcycle helmet and still proudly ware it. Thanks Professor.
The first tape I ever bought for my own car was They Might Be Giants' Flood. I walked into a Turtles music store and it was playing over the loudspeakers. I'd just turned 16 and had my own used car and some birthday money. I had no idea what I was going to get, but it was going to be for *my* car. Birdhouse in Your Soul was playing and I went straight to the counter, pointed up, and said "what's that? I'll take it." I had no idea who they were, but I knew I loved that song already. I played that tape until it broke.
I remember the first time a song ever scared me!! I love music every genre! I don’t particularly love this song. But is one of my many musical firsts!! I wonder often if I am the only one?? So I love it for being one of my first’s. SEASONS IN THE SUN ❤️😢😬
My first album was the live recording before Nothings Shocking. That live version is the most captivating, heart breaking song this side of Love Will Tear Us Apart. I had a good idea about Jane but this confirmation story fills in so much. Life would’ve been unbearable without this influential band. Perry a marvelous fella with incredible vision as an artist. Dave’s guitar sound unlike anyone else!! I was 19 when I first heard them.
Just a quick tip when he said perry wrote the songs. Perry didn't write the songs, he did write the lyrics and was the visionary for Jane's, but Eric Avery actually wrote most of the material. Dave and Stephen made it spectacular(musically). Jane's is one of my top favorite bands. The intensity when they are together is pretty crazy
1988 was a big year in music. What is your favorite album and song from that year?
Green REM
Vivid by Living Colour, Cult of Personality is a monster smash hit and gets your heart pounding every single time it comes on, crank it up!!
I'm just gonna list my favorite albums. All equal to my ear
REM- Green
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
The Waterboys- Fisherman's Blues
Jane's Addiction- Nothing's Shocking
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Billy Bragg- Workers Playtime
Dinosaur Jr- Bug
Camper Van Beethoven- Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
Hothouse Flowers- People
Yeah, there was a lot of good music released that year. Setting the stage for that groundbreaking music explosion that would happen just three short years away, in '91.
'88 is when Indie/Alternative, was still, legitimately, Indie/Alternative.
OU812 for the album though there were so many and how am I supposed to pick a song from 1988? So many good ones (but you can add "Candle In the Wind" to the list of way overplayed songs...)
Y Kant Tori Read - Self Titled 😁
singles:
Please Don't Go Girl - New Kids On the Block (amazing, well-written ballad.. I don't care what anyone says)
Nite and Day - Al B. Sure!
When I discovered Jane’s Addiction in 1988, it was a musical awakening for me. I still listen to Nothin’s Shocking from start to finish. I’m 53 and Jane’s is still important to me.
Your story is just like mine, it seems when I discovered Jane's it was an awakening and such a beautiful time in my life I'm your age also. I wish I could go back to that time again. Jane's was my soundtrack to life.
They created music unlike anyone, anywhere. SUPERB.
same! except i'm 47.
I can relate, I was 25 when this album came out and it rocked me to the core.
It will always be one of my top 10 albums, if it weren’t for Zeppelin it would be top 3.
Absolutely. I'm 52 and remember buying Nothing's Shocking when it first came out. Changed my world.
I love everything they did dearly, but I still can't listen to Three Days / ...And Then She Did without feeling like my guts are on the floor. Such emotive masterpieces that capture a certain era in my life. They just don't make 'em like this anymore do they?
I went down the dark and sordid road of heroin addiction. It was fun for about a week, but after that I was using just to stay well. Became homeless and all of that fun stuff. I've been clean for about 2 years now, just one day at a time!
Edit: Someone in the comments brought my awareness to something. I snorted the shit a couple of months prior to shooting it up. What I meant by it being fun for a week, was shooting it. Because I was getting a buzz snorting it, but after my first shot, I found out what all the fuss was about. I actually got faded. Thank you Prismo for the awareness.
Congrats! You got this! 12/10/18 for me, one day at a time.
I went down the same path. 5 years on and off of hell. And ur right it’s fun for about a week but I, too, ended up homeless. I got over a year clean and my god his music speaks to me on such a deep level.
@@Junkiescum Indeed! Lane Staley and Scott Weiland spoke to me as well. At least Perry is still alive though.
@@Krullmatic totally! Those two are big influences to me as well. Sad stories but my god they had a lot to say and anytime I listen to their music it’s like they’re speaking straight to me.
7-24-2011. I’m grateful every day that I’m clean. It’s fun in the beginning but then it quits working and turns against you.
I like all versions of "Jane says", but I love it when its performed with Steel Drums
Same. I always loved that one too. Felt like a Lotta weight in simple words.. " Jane said I'm goin away to Spain, gonna get my money saved, gonna start tomorrow. I'm gonna kick tomorrow"
I don’t recall it ever being without the steel drums. 🤷♂️
The intro to the 2006 live version with steel drums is amazing. For me it's the definitive version but I did hear it before the original.
The best version is the live version they played in Irvine California in 1991. Ended up on the Kettle Whistle album and the audio to the main music video on TH-cam. Easily the best performance and MUCH better than the studio version.
As someone from the island where the steelpan was invented, I completely agree with you.
I was 15 when I bought Nothing's Shocking on cassette. I walked from there to McDonald's and ate a burger. I began walking back home and realized I didn't have the cassette I just bought. I deduced that it was on the McDonald's tray that I'd emptied into the garbage, so I walked back to McDonald's and was able to fish it out of the garbage, luckily. This album changed everything about what I believed music could be. It was at once harmonic and laid back to in your face all at once. Truly one of the albums that shaped me as a person and as a music fan, and almost lost in a McDonald's garbage bin.
once mistook for trash then became a treasure ... and change a life.
Most of today's music is like McDonald's mass produced and trash, thanks for the metaphor
The fact that Perry had to preface the interview with an apology shows there will never be another band like them
Freedom of artistic expression is over. Music, comedy, film, it's all been destroyed by sjws that just look for reasons to be offended. I wish people would stop giving in to them and just cancel them already.
Yeah Perry shouldn't feel the need to qualify their Art. Egg shells suck.
This guy is a real artist. You have to have some dark spots in your soul to create really great art. You can tell Perry is a square peg in a world of round holes, and the fact that he’s able to channel that into great art is what makes him so intriguing.
Nothing’s Shocking & Ritual de Lo Habitual are stone cold classic albums. What they captured on those 2 albums has rarely been matched by anyone. Still listen to those two albums.
I agree 100%. Thanks for watching!
That first album at the Roxy always underrated.
No one has ever sounded like Jane’s to me. From the influences for the songs to the actual songs themselves and the lyrics and bass lines and guitar riffs.
@@Junkiescum and Stephen Perkins’ drumming!
@@jiminut I foolishly lent my copy of Jane's Addiction to a friend to tape and never saw him again. I love all three of those albums for different reasons. Must get another copy of the Roxy recording.
Saw a comment about this, but I was also surprised this was in the late ‘80’s. I’ve always thought of Jane’s Addiction as a 90’s band. Guess they were ahead of their time!
How about this for an intro? If you ever kept a healthy stash of 45 adapters with your 45’s...
Keep bringing us joy, Professor and crew! Love this channel! ❤️💋
1. If you've ever had to wind the tape back into a cassette with a pencil
2. If you remember MTV when they actually played music videos 😁
Or maybe remembering sitting in font of the tv the day MTV went live for the first time. I think I was 10 or 11.
Professor does the best interview of musicians I have ever heard, no lie. He knows his subject and what to ask and then he lets them talk without interrupting or cutting them off...no one has patience or manners hardly at all in interviews anymore and I can't stand to hear someone telling a story and to be cut off over and over
These Interviews are so interesting that I have listened to about a dozen today just doing my housework.
We speculated on the meaning of this song for years. One of the things about Janes A that I remember was how it crossed over into so many peoples listening lists. Seemed like pretty much everyone who was a serious music fan was into this album at the time.
Very true. Good observation.
I lived in Los Feliz area in the early 90’s and used to go past St. Andrews Place a lot and always thought of this song lol
Jane's Addiction was one of those bands that blew my mind. I'd grown up with punk and new wave so nothing really surprised me and gave such a jolt as Jane's Addiction. Super group!
Cool interview. Very raw and real. Perry was a dreamer and a doer that made things happen. Loved Jane's Addiction and still listen. The album cover is a classic and so creative. Interesting to finally hear the back story. Thanks and keep up the good work.
I first heard Jane's Addiction in '89. I heard summertime rolls and they immediately became my favorite band and still are to this day.
I've seen them 6 times (including the first Lalapalooza), and most recently last Tuesday.
What a fantastic interview 👍👍 Jane’s Addiction was so much more than great music to me back then, it was a way of life. I remember a late 1980’s show at The Moore Theater in Seattle when we the audience turned into one collective voice singing along with the band. It was as though the walls themselves were singing. What a beautiful life it has been thus far!
“She pulls her dinner from her pocket”. That line always drove it home for me.
For me it was "I've never been in love, I don't know it means, I only know someone wants me"
Frank Taylor It's DEFINITELY a standout, very telling.
Wow, never would have thought he did the cover from start to finish -including taking the photo. Great interview Professor!
Great interview. I love Perry what an amazing man. I still listen to Jane says daily. Just brings back such great memories of the 80s
JA was one of the coolest and most unique bands to come out of LA, no bands would dare copy their sound or style because they knew if they tried they would fail miserably.
Yes. I still turn them up. Always liked them.
They r the Led Zeppelin of Generation X ✌🏻
88 I was 20. Went to see a guy friend and he was so into this album. Jane says he'd play over and over.....but I loved it.....unique and different than anything else at the time 💗
Wow, great interview!! Ya know, back then I wasn’t into alternative music. And I too have had my addictions. Addictions are all kinds of things, not just drugs. And I have found that people with addictions are not necessarily bad people, usually the opposite. There are exceptions of course. But after watching this interview I want to learn more about this band. What a nice man. Has a good heart and it shows through. Thank you for posting this wonderful interview. Has made me want to learn more and that is priceless!! ❤️💜💚
We are all addicted to something.
First time I heard Jane’s Addiction was when my boyfriend and a bunch of his roommates took a volts wagon bus to some Dead shows in Ohio. I had a blast and I remember when we drove home through these rolling Ohio cornfields that were electric green against blue summer sky. I was happy, high, completely in love with this new man in my life and Summertime Rolls came on. First time ever heard it and I loved it and Jane’s instantly. It’s one of those perfect rare moments of absolute joy you get to keep from your time in this life. I always thought Perry and I would’ve been kindred spirits if we met. So glad he is out there living his life and so grateful I got to love that band.
“Ted, just admit it...” was one of the strongest tracks on that album. I was lucky enough to attend the first year of Lollopalooza in VA and when they performed this song it was haunting but amazing. Also, their live album was incredible, especially the dual Lou Reed/Rolling Stones cover.
THANK YOU! I literally just commented how Ted just admit it is my alltime favorite song period not just my fav Janes song. It’s a masterpiece
Attended the first 3 lollapaloozas and loved every single second...I think, I don't really remember much of the second and third
What an awesome shirt! Just started the video, so most likely editing to follow 😆
Ok, so I think the best show I never saw was at Einstein-a-Gogo in Jax Bch FL. It was just after Nothing's Shocking came out. But I was petrified of asking my dad if I could go, because I knew he would ask me to see the album cover. I knew he’d say no. Fortunately I later saw them (when I no longer had to ask) at the first Lollapalooza in Daytona FL, and in a huge barn near Orlando, with Suicidal Tendencies opening for them (the only show that I ever feared for my safety in a concert). But imo that hardly compares to a venue with a max crowd of only 250-300 people and 4 miles from my house. How things have changed since 1989.
I did enjoy. Thank you Professor! Another excellent interview.
Hope you enjoy!
I've cried over a few boys, lying in bed, upset & depressed. I partied many yrs underneath the Florida moonlight (grew up in St. Petersburg, FL.), stumbled to work many a bleary-eyed morning aft another wild night, cheered & shouted w/friends old & new in bars & clubs. All those memories happened as "Jane Says" played in background. I was 17 when song was released in '88, a recent h.s. dropout, a soul who joined embarrassing statistic of that time period- it was lgst amt of h.s. dropouts in US history. No
restrictions, or ramifications existed in '88 if a teen chose to leave school. No automatic removal of d.l. , like nowadays. No forcible attendance @ "at-risk" h.s. Jobs were available paying a living wage & providing benefits for the taking. College wasn't even impossible to afford, seems like more scholarships were offered & available back then too. You didn't have to go to college to find a decent job , parents weren't held responsible for a willful & rebellious teen's actions. The world was a little different then. One thing I didn't know about this beautiful, mesmerizing song was who it was written about, or that Jane was even a real person. Thank you so much for doing this episode & what a great interview w/ Perry Farrell, always a gentleman, polite, soft-spoken & brilliant & hilarious, all at once. He's wonderful to listen to, so many other bands & musicians say what a great friend Perry Farrell is. So many people I've known & some I still know, became waylaid by addiction, untimely & premature deaths from something so deceptive & seductive all at the same time. It thrives whenever it kills, it always seems to kill the ones who shined brightest, making the shock of their death that much more painful.
If you have ever recognized a song as “the soundtrack to my life” then this is the channel for you.
Hello Professor of Rock,
One of the most powerful moments I've had from music was in 2014. I was five weeks out from going back to Arizona from Texas to help my mother move to Texas. The plan on the way back was to stop off and see my father. I'm listening to music and I started to play Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics. For the next five weeks I played that song on my headphones constantly. Crying to myself inside and sometimes on the outside (when no one was around). I thought of everything I wanted to say, and just hoping when the moment came I could say it. The day came, I said it all, and it help bring closure to our relationship. I never saw him again. He died this past December 2020. I was not upset and I haven't cried about his passing, because nothing was left unsaid.
I would like you to feature this song so, maybe others could hear the message and maybe get the chance to say it now, because it's true, that it's too late when we die.
Thank you for your time,
Ray Anthony DeElena
this was soooo cool, I love getting to know more about the artists I love, it also helps a lot to get to live those awesome times through this interviews since I wasn't even born until 2002, thanks for the interview
🎉 Jane's was such a part of my life in L.A. !!! The Scream, John Anson Ford Thratre, Universal, and all of the pop up gigs in surreal places 🎉
Plus, it was Always great when they all used every kind of percussion instrument including plastic buckets to do Chip Away !!!
Mind blown! Perry Farrell! This channel is getting better and better every day! Well done Sir!
Perry is an interesting guy. Jane Says sounds and feels like a place and time that doesn't exist anymore. A great song no doubt. Thanks, Adam.
My introduction to Jane's Addiction, was "Been Caught Stealing." When I first saw the video for the song, I was amazed by what I was seeing. Perry Farrell's lyrics were remarkable on how open he was, about life & paths taken. Excellent band for a generation of lost souls, trying to find their way.
If you made mock instruments to emulate your idols, you've come to the right place.
what a cool guy! not a lot of artists these days (or even then) coming up with the idea for and photographing their own album cover! not to mention crafting the hat himself. impressive!
Especially considering the fact that I always assumed he bought it!
Not that it means much, but i did 3 of my 4 solo album covers. I used a slide projector, used different materials inside the frames, oil, salts, different coloured foils, or i would paint something on them, then project them onto a screen and then take photos of it. Sometimes, if there was a lot of liquid, a ms after the picture was taken, the image would explode into something completely different....that is why i chose them for my albums because the pieces were all improvised but recorded on 4 track or 16 tracks and after hours of building track after track, the piece would be finished and i never did retakes, all 1st takes.....great times, great fun on Magic Mushrooms too, we would sit in front of these crazy images for hours and get lost in them.
Besides that, he was insanely creative back in those days. Have you seen his and his girlfriend's movie "Gift"? If not, you better find it, it is all in there, the music, the art, the drugs, the man!
Great interview professor, you are such a great listener, thank for the video
Thanks for listening
16 years old, went to first lolapalooza. Didn’t know Janes other than radio playlist. Blown away. Aesthetic moment. Im 50, still remember everything, the temperature/smell, the beautiful blonde girl i met, still remember what she wore, each song, became immediately hooked. Have purchased multiple copies of the cd. If they could package and bottle that feeling of seeing them live, they’d be billionaires.
Bought that album on vinyl the day it came out. It was the most striking album cover I had ever seen. Still is. As for the music, it was better than I imagined it would be. I was already a fan, being in L..A., and they delivered a masterpiece.
So cool that you've interviewed over 600 artists!!! Keep.up.the awesome work professor......u bring back so many memories on a daily basis brother!!!
Saw Janes at Cat Club in late 80’s. They kept bowing out towards the end and people would leave. They kept coming back till there was like 10 people left! Great show!!!
Awesome interview! I really got into them as a teenager in the 90's. At the time they released " Jane Says" with Flea from RHCP, and had the steel drum. Such an amazing song, really takes to another time. 🙏
If you ever rewound your cassette with a no. 2 pencil eraser top, THIS CHANNEL IS FOR YOU
Damn! I nearly forgot I use to do that
I had a plastic 'diamond' tear drop pendant from my sister's necklace that perfectly fitted in the grooves. Way better than pencil. Jesus, you sparked so many memories.
The 6 sided Crystal BiC Pens worked great as re-winders! I still have my 400+ cassettes from the 80's!
@@virgochild I'm 53 , I have a ten y o son, I tried to explain what it was like when some threw out an old or broken cassette and the would be tape for miles, caught in bushes., and trees, wrapped around telephone poles and benches etc
He looked at me like I was crazy...we'll it was the 80s so maybe he's right!
If you ever sat by your rotary phone waiting to call in for a contest when the DJ asks for the 10th caller, then this is the show for you!
I was a professional radio contest player in high school and college. Meaning I called and won a lot. One summer I stayed with my Grandmother in Indiana and she had a rotary phone. I actually was the 3rd, 7th then 10th caller and won an album. With a rotary phone. (Some don't know what that is!) 😎👍
That was me! Only my phone was push-button. lol
I used to dial all of the numbers, except the last one. Then I waited, and waited. I never did win. Probably around 1967. 😎
Thank you, thank you, thank you @Professor of Rock! These guys were and still are the sound track to my life. I'm almost 50 now and I've taken my kids to a Janes concert (the silver spoon tour, what a concert). I seriously haven't seen a more artistic person than Perry. He embodies music and art and music as an art.
Great interview with Perry! Thanks for sharing . Keep smiling🤘🙂
I get a lot of friends singing the title of this song to me, due to my name. I was 16/17 in 1988, and I hated my name, but between this song and Cowboy Junkies’ cover of “Sweet Jane” around the same time, I finally realized it wasn’t so bad and I grew into the name.
Thank you for sharing the story of the song. I appreciate it in a different way than the norm. 🙂
Memory: Early eighties and my best friend just moved away, the previous fall. Not old enough be in middle school let alone drive, it was mid to late summer 1982 after school our parents agreed to meet halfway so we could spend a week together. We spent everyday outside playing as hard as we could, and every evening calling in votes for Tainted Love on the top 9 at ten radio show. The TNT show. That week it was Survivor, Eye of the Tiger vs. Soft Cell, Tainted Love, and we called in as many votes as we could for Tainted Love! It was a local radio show and I think each song won first different nights. Both songs were great but Tainted Love was my favorite that summer, one I’ll never forget. So....if you’ve ever relentlessly called in your favorite song to try to help it win number one spot on the top nine at ten, then professor of rock is the show for you.
Thank you for this. Janes Addiction has been my favorite band since I was 14 years old. They are truly the soundtrack of my life.
This actually came out mid-November of 1987, but I bought in 1988. 'This Corrosion' from Sisters of Mercy's album 'Floodland'.
Jane's Addiction is the band that got me to pay attention to alternative rock. I was mostly into metal at the time - I liked a lot of what we now derisively call "hair metal" and hard rock from the '70s and '80s - but I found enough elements of that in Jane's that I decided to buy a copy of Ritual de lo Habitual shortly after it came out. In the small town where I lived, I was probably the group's only fan! I eventually got a copy of Nothing's Shocking shortly after I went back to university.
I consider it metal. I mean, I consider that to be the objectively most fitting category. These are just labels, admittedly, but if we're gonna use them let's get as accurate as is appropriate, and the primary way to do thatvis through comparison rather than equipment or song structure used. The live album was technically punk. Watch the video of it; nothing like that occurred in metal, and definitely not in alternative, which I find to be such a reduction as to be insulting, in their case. They weren't an alternative to anything; they were just themselves, and everything else that was considered alternative cane nowhere near them in lyrical depth, variety of influence, the truly artistic nature of it all, and sheer explosive force. They also improvised more than alternative and metal bands did, a lot more. Punk fits that best, but their studios albums were pristine, which shouldn't negate the punk attribution. A punk should be willing and able to work with whatever they can get their hands on. Does it have to be out of tune and second-hand? Limits like that are why punk was quickly a farce near the beginning of it. In those terms, Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd was more punk than anything since. There became a formula for punk, how it should sound, which is stupid af and contradictory. It obviously should sound like Backstreet Boys, but Perry could've pulled that of in the 80s too. Imagine The Backstreet Boys dancing around choreographed while also being as intimidating as GG Allin in terms of behavior and aesthetic.
Nothing's Shocking sounded like a pop album to the first few times I heard it, because I was used to listening to Floyd and Addiction's nuance hadn't hit me. Once I hear it loud on a home stereo. Heard the lyrics, solos, and force of the drums, I know it wasn't pop. Thereafter, when I perceived its transformative moments, lyrically and via the impossible sounding bridges or transitions, I realized I was dealing with art. After I blasted it on a huge system, I always thought of it as an art metal band in studio and an experimental (psychedelic) punk band, live.
It really doesn't sound like rock to me, still. It sounds more like pop with heavy guitar (Michael Jackson etc) than rock. Perry incorporated some hair-band aesthetic with his fashion, so along with that, their sound (and performances) fit hair-band better than it did alternative. It's like if Van Halen were punk, headed by Robert Plant/GG Allin as front man, lyrics written by Syd Barrett, a metal lead guitarist idolized Gilmour, and the drummer had too much coke to get Bonham's style perfect, which all ended up perfect.
The bass is reminiscent of John Paul Jones later in live concerts and in the BBC sessions, but as a more fittingly basic combination of that and Roger Waters' early stuff with Floyd, before and in the few years after they kicked Syd out.
Alternative encapsulates none of that. The term seems hipsterish by comparison, and what people are known to dislike hipsters and alternative music for, is artificial sincerity. Jane's were the opposite of (and so much more than) that.
These are all just words though anyway, arbitrary distinctions. The sound and experience themselves are so far beyond that, which is rare.
If you remember walking around your neighborhood with your boom box on your shoulder, listening to you favorite song, you'll love this channel!
WOW!! This was SUCH a compelling interview! one of my favourites that you've done! had to pass this on to a friend who is a big Jane's fan and she loved it, too. please don't ever stop what you're doing! your content is truly in a league of its own!
I'm surprised the creators of "Breaking Bad" didn't use "Jane Says" in the soundtrack when Jesse Pinkman was in his doomed relationship with Jane Margolis.
That was a miss opportunity.
Yaaaas exactly
I always wondered if her character's name was inspired by the song.
Great great interview!!!!!!! Perry seems like such a cool guy.....i was coming of age when janes addiction blew up....i cant hear the song without shedding tears.....partly for longing to geel the beauty youth and freedom i fealt when this song came out....and also because i have battled with heroin addiction.....
my mom babysat perry in queens as a young child. my grandmother and his mother were best of friends. rip to both...without sharing his business I will say my mother said perrys mom was a beautiful wonderful woman and my mom loved perrys sister. she did say perry was a really cute little boy
Now that is a wonderful comment! So sweet.
Great interview! Perry’s great. So much talent.
One of THE great Alternative bands Criminally Underrated .
This might be my favorite interview you’ve done so far!
Well, here's my story:
I learned english with Bon Jovi, y barely learned anything from my teachers back in highschool, but the moment I picked up that pirated copy of CrossRoads (I bought it original a few years afterwards, twice in fact), I went to the then very early consumer internet, logged into Altavista, downloaded the lyrics, memorized them, sang them, then I bought These Days, then New Jersey, then Slippery...
If you ever have the chance, please tell them that somewhere in Colombia someone speaks english because of them.
Nice interview. They made cool songs and video images that I can't ever forget. That's art.
Love this song 1st hearing in the 90s. And never truly understood. Until hearing again recently after over a 7 yr battle with severe depression and heroin addiction and getting to point several attempts at suicide and still being here for some reason. I'm now since October 2021 clean from my addiction and rebuilding my life and getting back to enjoying life. During my addiction yrs I knew about 5 people whom died from heroin addiction. Sadly people judge a lot but don't realise its not always by choice but circumstances. Like I did. After some very hard times. But there is help available I admit I failed a couple attempts to get clean. But then woke up 1 day and decided either carry on way I am and succeed in ending my life or take control and get my life back. Its not easy some days its a struggle but I remind myself how far I've come and what I want for myself. Admit to yourself you have a problem and get yourself help. Peace and love to all
Great song I still listen to it to this day great interview I always wondered what the true meaning behind the song is thank you for explaining or thank Perry
Great video man! Would love to see Classic Girl next
I am so happy you put this together! Subscribed.
That’s well done right there…one of the best interactions with a famous person that I’ve ever seen. Perry gets lots of credit here too 😉🤘🏻
Nice Bauhaus shirt. I've met Peter Murphy twice. Very nice guy. How about an interview with him?
We've tried. He's doesn't like to do them. We'll keep trying though. I'm a big fan.
Always liked Bela Lugosi's Dead from the Hunger
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Best ever beginning to a movie!
Unbelievably, I played the Bauhaus intro from
The Hunger movie in 1992 and these 18 year old goths had NEVER seen that amazing movie opening !
Frosted I love that! Turned my twenty year old son on to it.
@@ProfessorofRock Right. On stage, he's 12 feet tall, surrounded by angels and demons. Offstage, he's just trying to get away. He had a heart attack not too long ago and he hates it when people gush over him. But you might pull it off if you get the chance. Who knows? I wasn't even expecting you to respond to me. Thanks! BTW, One thing is it's not fair to dwell on Bela Lugosi's dead or Bauhaus at all. Not just Gothic, he pioneered atmospheric rock as well, two whole genres. Cascade, Dust, Lion. His biggest hit here in Europe is All Night Long.
When I make lists of my favorite songs every, this song is always in my top 5. It's such a great song!
What a FASCINATING individual and story!
1988 I turned 21 living in L.A. Jane's and RHCP were the best bands to watch on the Sunset Strip.
Jane's Addiction 1990 at First Ave in Minneapolis is still the greatest show I've seen! The atmosphere in the club that night, the band, was unreal.
I love Perry so much I can listen to this man tell stories forever
So many music memories! One thing I loved about mix tapes was the random associations that would form. My older brother had a mix tape that I stole one time. It had American Pie followed by AC/DC's Shook Me All Night Long. To this day, I cannot hear American Pie without hearing the first riff of Shook Me All Night Long starting in my head and I *have* to go listen to that song or it bothers me all day. I even still put them back-to-back on iTunes playlists to this day because of that one random tape of my brother's hits I stole from him in like 1985.
Glad to know the songs inspiration sometimes. It’s still emotional for me, 6 years clean from IV opiate use.
Man you’ve got to show us the whole interview...this is pure gold
I was strung out on that crap for several years and I mustve known a dozen Jane's so when I heard the lyrics to that song I thought 'shit, this is a universal thing.." Today not all of them are alive, I hope Jane is.
I think the song, Jane Says, along with 2 others, Like a Rolling Stone and She Talks to Angels, are a great trilogy that capture the essence of the beautiful, sophisticated and/or intelligent woman that gets brought down by addiction. Living in the city during my late teens and early twenties, I knew these women, and these songs always bring the feelings I had around them back to life.
Thanks for this interview.
In 1991 Janes Addiction played Festival Hall in Brisbane. I didn't go but attended an after party at an alternative venue called Volcanic Bass. It was one of my biggest live concert regrets of my yoof.
33 years later in Zurich I finally saw them live. It was worth the wait. I've been listening to Nothings Shocking & Ritual de lo Habitual every few days since.
Was a radio junkie in high school. Would call my favorite dj everyday after school. He invited me to the station for his show one afternoon. Was brought down to earth when I realized every phone line blinking had some radio groupie on it just like me!! 🤪Still, it was so fun to see a great dj behind the scenes. PS. I wound up working at his station. 👍
Wow!!! What an awesome interview!!!! What an honor for you Professor you deserve it!!!!! Very well done!
Glad you liked it!
My first concert when I was 16 at John Anson Ford Theater. Blew my mind!!!!
Farrell, man, if it wasn't for the addiction, he could have been CEO of like Disney or Pixar. What an amazing imagination. Love his interviews with you Prof.
Artists and business don't mix, but nice try
and he also wanted to be paid astronomically way more than the other members of the whole band which helped break them up...Greed
Yes, drugs kick out the life balance that makes you function well and maximizes your talent. But I love the unjudgmental style of the interview, addiction can all find us in a desperate situation.
Finally got to see the OG lineup last Monday in Houston. They are perfect, and always will be. All three of the OG albums are iconic works of art and album covers. Favorite songs are Obvious and Then She Did… They played one of them Monday.
I remember in the 90s watching SNL call mom in this van call Jane’s addiction started playing. At first I’m thinking oh my God look at these people. By the end of Jane says, I was completely obsessed. This band and this song is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. What teenage self got some things right. I love the channel professor, rock ‘n’ roll forever.
Not “call mom in this van” lmao. *on comes this band called
The book ,"Whores" the autobiography on JA is a fascinating read. Highly recommend it. They delve into the Jane stories a bit as well.
I've read it a couple of times and it's one of the best books on a band from that time. Thanks for the comment, I second it.
I just snorted a huge dust bunny off the cover of that book.
Great book, indeed!
The best Perry Interview! Nice work!
It a little wonder, how Perry Farrell survived the late 80s and early 90s in LA. However he looks quite marked by all that dope.
True, but but he is still recognizable.
Theres no denying that but he still doesn't look that bad for 62. Back in the 1950s everyone looked like that by 50 without the drugs.
On b.s., he looks fine.
He had some plastic surgery done a few years ago. Great interview with Perry Farrell.
Jane’s Addiction is an all timer they should be considered with the greatest rock n roll bands ever. Thank you Perry & boys. Xxo
Great interview. I wish it was longer. Very cool for him to describe his eye and creation for art.
He’s done two other videos with Perry Farrell already this interview has over 2 hours of footage done over 2 days. The other videos are for been caught stealing and mountain song. Also the story of Pets is on the professors patreon
It was cool he did manage to mention Casey Niccoli a little when describing the artistic creative process, but man he was stuttering over her name 😅
Don't get me wrong, I love Jane's songs, I think Perry is a fascinating character, and it was a great interview; I'm just interested too in how credit for Casey has vastly waned over time.
Great riveting interview with the iconic Perry Ferrell!
"if you ever called to a radio station asking for a song you didn't know the name...".
Love Iggy Pop and the Pretenders.
Also going to the Nina Hagen show at St.Andrews in Detroit.
Got her autograph on my motorcycle helmet and still proudly ware it.
Thanks Professor.
The first tape I ever bought for my own car was They Might Be Giants' Flood. I walked into a Turtles music store and it was playing over the loudspeakers. I'd just turned 16 and had my own used car and some birthday money. I had no idea what I was going to get, but it was going to be for *my* car. Birdhouse in Your Soul was playing and I went straight to the counter, pointed up, and said "what's that? I'll take it." I had no idea who they were, but I knew I loved that song already. I played that tape until it broke.
Wow , great interview, he is so awesome and genuine
I remember the first time a song ever scared me!! I love music every genre! I don’t particularly love this song. But is one of my many musical firsts!! I wonder often if I am the only one?? So I love it for being one of my first’s.
SEASONS IN THE SUN ❤️😢😬
Loved this. Been listening to the albums Nothing Shocking and RitualI and forgot how amazing Jane’s were. More Jane’s content, please.
Fantastical genius.
Looking forward to more of this interview.
Great video...great interview! 👍👍
My first album was the live recording before Nothings Shocking. That live version is the most captivating, heart breaking song this side of Love Will Tear Us Apart. I had a good idea about Jane but this confirmation story fills in so much. Life would’ve been unbearable without this influential band. Perry a marvelous fella with incredible vision as an artist. Dave’s guitar sound unlike anyone else!! I was 19 when I first heard them.
Caught Stealing is one of the best rock songs of all time.
That was an amazing interview!! Would love to see the whole thing, seemed shortened.
Just a quick tip when he said perry wrote the songs. Perry didn't write the songs, he did write the lyrics and was the visionary for Jane's, but Eric Avery actually wrote most of the material. Dave and Stephen made it spectacular(musically). Jane's is one of my top favorite bands. The intensity when they are together is pretty crazy