Iconic Singer Tells the Fascinating Story of this 1988 Alternative Rock Classic

Iconic Singer Tells the Fascinating Story of this 1988 Alternative Rock Classic | Professor of Rock

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Up next the Godfather of Alternative rock Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction tells us the very personal story of one of the true standards of 1988, Jane Says. We solve the mystery of this very eerie and brilliant song and the woman who inspired the song and the band’s name. Plus he goes in depth on how he created the band’s seminal album cover. A bonafide Must see story behind the song next on professor of rock
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Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction is one of my favorite interviews I’ve ever done. I’m coming up on 600 interviews so there have been quite a few, but Perry is one of those unique talents. He’s the Godfather of Alternative rock, the kinds of music that was created for the outcasts and the strange ones like you and me. I mean he started Lollapalooza THE live event of my generation. Gen X,
he has created may songs that have been the supreme soundtrack of our coming of age years. and today we are presenting the story of arguably their greatest composition and the one that put them on the map. Jane Says. from their essential 1988 LP Nothing’s Shocking. Unfortunately due to KZfaq policy we have to blur the controversial cover. But it’s a brilliant cover that Perry actually created with Paper Mache and he tells that story in our interview. I always love it when a song has a mystery to solve.
When I first heard the song so many years ago, I was extremely curious who Jane was and then I heard the urban legend that the band was also named after this same Jane. Perry tells us about the real jane and how she inspired the song. It’s a really great story, sad and compelling masterfully told by it’s unique lyricist… As we go into this interview with Perry Farrell I want to thank our sponsor, Zenni Eyewear. a support of keeping the music alive. Speaking of unique Zenni frames, that I wear all the time, are a true alternative choice, with their variety of colors, shapes and styles they add a cool look to those who wear them. go to www.zenni.com today and design your own pair. Here’s the great Perry Farrell with the story

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@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

1988 was a big year in music. What is your favorite album and song from that year?

@jimmygownley9573 3 жыл бұрын

Green REM

@Phuckinehring 3 жыл бұрын

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!!

@veritasrex66 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@SaneAsylum 3 жыл бұрын

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...)

@just_me_melanie 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@michaelclarke9488 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Laura-ef1mb Жыл бұрын

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.

@joannesheaffer9522 3 ай бұрын

They created music unlike anyone, anywhere. SUPERB.

@jeremiahtree-dweller7370 Ай бұрын

same! except i'm 47.

@Krullmatic 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@RyRoc 3 жыл бұрын

Congrats! You got this! 12/10/18 for me, one day at a time.

@Junkiescum 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

@@Junkiescum Indeed! Lane Staley and Scott Weiland spoke to me as well. At least Perry is still alive though.

@Junkiescum 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@aaronbickford8725 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ejp123md6 Ай бұрын

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.

@derekbury7262 3 жыл бұрын

I like all versions of "Jane says", but I love it when its performed with Steel Drums

@scummydummy 3 жыл бұрын

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"

@Quaerite_Verum Жыл бұрын

I don’t recall it ever being without the steel drums. 🤷‍♂️

@Codgerism Жыл бұрын

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.

@Junkiescum Жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq. Easily the best performance and MUCH better than the studio version.

@justingurley836 Жыл бұрын

As someone from the island where the steelpan was invented, I completely agree with you.

@carlec74 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@knightamongknaves 3 жыл бұрын

once mistook for trash then became a treasure ... and change a life.

@standardofexcellence 3 жыл бұрын

Most of today's music is like McDonald's mass produced and trash, thanks for the metaphor

@Phuckinehring 3 жыл бұрын

If you've ever had to wait until Friday Night Videos to see your favorite song, or worn out a cassette from playing it literally to death...you will be as in love with this channel as the rest of us here

@5roundsrapid263 3 жыл бұрын

I did both of those, and you’re correct; I love this channel!

@Tr0nzoid 3 жыл бұрын

I still have some of an episode of "Friday Night Videos" from 1986 that David Lee Roth hosted. I recorded it because "Danger Zone" was on, which was like having three minutes of "Top Gun" to watch at any time.

@NekoMouser 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever said the word "cassingle" then this channel is for you!

@irenec7665 3 жыл бұрын

We made mix tapes and mix videos. It was great not having to wait for our favorite videos.

@delilasloan8914 3 жыл бұрын

I still am amazed to have access to what ever song I want to hear at any moment. I also grew up waiting for music on the radio, buying tapes for three dollars that had singles on them..and saving money to buy tapes...I discovered bmg at age thirteen and got some free tapes and my parents made me stop because I had no job and they knew I didn't intend to pay for the tapes I got. I remember the first single I bought was runaway train and don't remember what song was on the other side...and four non blondes what's up. I got so many tapes through bmg but I remember clearly Sarah McLachlan fumbling toward ecstacy and Adam Sandler their all gonna laugh at you.

@AnonymousAccount514 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that Perry had to preface the interview with an apology shows there will never be another band like them

@brandonjohnson5732 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@jamescotner2459 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Perry shouldn't feel the need to qualify their Art. Egg shells suck.

@bethshadid2087 3 жыл бұрын

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 😁

@tebo2770 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mattmcatee7446 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@oldschoolpunkguy1 5 ай бұрын

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.

@IvanLendl87 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. Thanks for watching!

@jiminut 3 жыл бұрын

That first album at the Roxy always underrated.

@Junkiescum 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@dropthehammer1360 3 жыл бұрын

@@Junkiescum and Stephen Perkins’ drumming!

@GoDamnWeird 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@damianpress Ай бұрын

Incredible chemistry between 4 very different band members. Just glad they gave us 3 albums

@kylelewis4685 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

Very true. Good observation.

@mikeangelo1179 3 жыл бұрын

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

@steveacevedo820 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@agoogleuser3787 Жыл бұрын

Yes. I still turn them up. Always liked them.

@friedricengravy6646 6 ай бұрын

They r the Led Zeppelin of Generation X ✌🏻

@megm38 12 күн бұрын

When I make lists of my favorite songs every, this song is always in my top 5. It's such a great song!

@kristieMiller3774 6 ай бұрын

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.

@reeb9016 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@delilasloan8914 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@franktaylor7978 3 жыл бұрын

“She pulls her dinner from her pocket”. That line always drove it home for me.

@rolandogamez 3 жыл бұрын

For me it was "I've never been in love, I don't know it means, I only know someone wants me"

@joeymorvant161 3 жыл бұрын

Frank Taylor It's DEFINITELY a standout, very telling.

@tfodthogtmfof7644 3 жыл бұрын

If you have ever recognized a song as “the soundtrack to my life” then this is the channel for you.

@rivrivrivera2916 9 ай бұрын

I met Perry back in the 80s , he and the band were scouting Mt Baldy for a video shoot . I did not know who they were , had a beer with him and the band , nice guy , invited me to be part of the video . Wish I would of gone ….

@nightowlnancy9400 3 жыл бұрын

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! ❤️💋

@xxstormbringerxx 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@sticknskin Жыл бұрын

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!

@bethshadid2087 3 жыл бұрын

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 💗

@Jabberwok28 3 жыл бұрын

“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.

@UnwrittenSpade Жыл бұрын

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

@ChrisC-vk4jf 11 ай бұрын

Attended the first 3 lollapaloozas and loved every single second...I think, I don't really remember much of the second and third

@mightybean7840 4 ай бұрын

Musically, it was such a dark time during the 80s. I mean, growing up in the 70s, the bands were just awesome. I grew up with bands like the Eagles, E L & P, Yes, Black Sabbath, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many others. These guys & gals would experiment and take chances with their music. And unlike today every following album just got better and better. The first song that really put the bite on me was one late night and being 11 at the time, this song came on that sounded like the gates of Heaven had just opened for me. I was mesmerized by this music and loved her journey to capture her desire to get into Heaven. This led me onto my own journey to find other bands with their own unique music. Yes, that song was of course Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven. It opened up a whole new world for me. As I said the 80's music seemed so uninspired and empty of Passion & Soul. It was a time where I gave up on finding music that had touched my Soul and Rocked me had. Then, at the age of 28, I'm lying on my bed listening to m😢usic on the radio when when this song came on and grabbed me & shook me silly. I didn't know it, at the time, but it turned out to be two songs, "Up the Beach" & "Ocean Size." I had turned up the volume that woke up my girlfriend. A bit angry, she told me, "Can you please turn that Satanic music down! It sounds like a band playing in HELL!!" Yep, it was Jane's Addiction. That morning I immediately fell in Love with these guys. And I didn't care if they were Musical Demons from Hell. They had broken me free from my deep depression of 80's music. Hope had finally arrived for me. I wanted to hear everything from them. I wanted to know everything about them. And I wanted to know who the hell is Jane, and what is her Addiction? Eventually, the 90's started up, and like the 70's great great music was all around that came from Grunge, Alternative, and Industrial Rock. God, what a great time for music.

@sabss_13 5 күн бұрын

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

@mikebennett6713aceadventures Жыл бұрын

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

@sarahweaver5016 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Devious480 10 ай бұрын

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.....

@stampscapes 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, never would have thought he did the cover from start to finish -including taking the photo. Great interview Professor!

@dianamgallagher 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@broncodeviltexas 3 жыл бұрын

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!) 😎👍

@EphemeralProductions 3 жыл бұрын

That was me! Only my phone was push-button. lol

@douglaspuett1900 3 жыл бұрын

I used to dial all of the numbers, except the last one. Then I waited, and waited. I never did win. Probably around 1967. 😎

@stormfield9431 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever rewound your cassette with a no. 2 pencil eraser top, THIS CHANNEL IS FOR YOU

@RaiderfanCali 3 жыл бұрын

Damn! I nearly forgot I use to do that

@lemmypop1300 3 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

The 6 sided Crystal BiC Pens worked great as re-winders! I still have my 400+ cassettes from the 80's!

@stormfield9431 3 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@Torgo1001 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@joemack7709 3 жыл бұрын

That was a miss opportunity.

@theonlycindarelly 3 жыл бұрын

Yaaaas exactly

@jakeguitarzone2640 2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered if her character's name was inspired by the song.

@bryanburge3310 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@SilverbackOrangutan71 9 ай бұрын

Ok since it’s about my favorite band- I was in high school here in Cincinnati and very much into hip hop I had no idea about new music in rock. I was in 10th grade photography class we were allowed to listen to music we liked. Alfie had a janes addiction bootleg with the Harley Davidson symbol. I was blown away on a crappy tape that had been copied who knows how many times into a single speaker tape deck with a red record button. It still sounded amazing… I asked Alfie if I could take the tape home to copy it we ended up listening to the tape in school smoking weed with out photography teacher- my step dad sold the photography equipment to the school. Mr Gregory was the most legit teacher ever-i see him from time to to time and he always brings up how much weed we all smoked in his class listening to janes addiction. I listened to alfies tape today on the way home..I’ve had his tape for 32 years later. I spoke with Alfie a few years ago and told him about the tape he was blown away Alfie made the largest impact on me as a kid and as an adult- from style to music a few days later Josh Dewitt brought in ramones mania.. somebody brought in Metallica that lasted all of 1 minute somebody took the tape out and destroyed it-“hiphop or 97x only”. Yes 97x was a real station in Oxford Ohio if you Spotify 97x modern rock 500 great station.

@arejaycee5484 3 жыл бұрын

One of THE great Alternative bands Criminally Underrated .

@MrPhilm00r 3 жыл бұрын

If you remember walking around your neighborhood with your boom box on your shoulder, listening to you favorite song, you'll love this channel!

@johntanner3122 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@stev0a179 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@davecarroll4163 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@whitneygibson3431 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@billwarner213 3 жыл бұрын

What a FASCINATING individual and story!

@jotacalvo 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

@saskhiker3935 Жыл бұрын

A record store opened down the street from me. Hanging out in a record store, getting excited about new releases and looking at the posters on the wall.

@pdmullgirl 3 жыл бұрын

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!! ❤️💜💚

@fivestring65ify 3 жыл бұрын

We are all addicted to something.

@FoundingYouTuber-2005 Жыл бұрын

Great riveting interview with the iconic Perry Ferrell!

@jessieelectric 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@darkjedi447 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview with Perry! Thanks for sharing . Keep smiling🤘🙂

@raydeelena6385 3 жыл бұрын

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

@heidismutti Жыл бұрын

My first concert when I was 16 at John Anson Ford Theater. Blew my mind!!!!

@alberthempfling2886 3 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@tense99 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@javierortiz82 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@paulferdyn1738 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview professor, you are such a great listener, thank for the video

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening

@DinsdalePiranha67 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Josephine_Mass 7 ай бұрын

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.

@kerrypotenza1679 Жыл бұрын

Mind blown! Perry Farrell! This channel is getting better and better every day! Well done Sir!

@timharper3390 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastical genius. Looking forward to more of this interview.

@DingleMcDangle 3 жыл бұрын

This might be my favorite interview you’ve done so far!

@davidwise3426 3 жыл бұрын

Nice interview. They made cool songs and video images that I can't ever forget. That's art.

@williambock1821 Жыл бұрын

Great interview! Perry’s great. So much talent.

@Trix897 Жыл бұрын

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. 🙂

@brendakrieger7000 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent song and interview

@jolenecarney7514 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! What an awesome interview!!!! What an honor for you Professor you deserve it!!!!! Very well done!

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Mr316niles 3 жыл бұрын

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. 🙏

@kraigowaffles2110 3 жыл бұрын

The book ,"Whores" the autobiography on JA is a fascinating read. Highly recommend it. They delve into the Jane stories a bit as well.

@ProfessorofRock 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@dnr415 3 жыл бұрын

I just snorted a huge dust bunny off the cover of that book.

@joeymorvant161 3 жыл бұрын

Great book, indeed!

@beansnrice321 2 жыл бұрын

Caught Stealing is one of the best rock songs of all time.

@jessielakes8118 4 ай бұрын

I want to go back in time when they lived in the Wilton house, worm my way in there and experience the legends as they developed..

@karenmoen7638 3 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@hunterdavis3003 3 жыл бұрын

Man you’ve got to show us the whole interview...this is pure gold

@quproduction1107 3 ай бұрын

I am so happy you put this together! Subscribed.

@DonnaLeeCussac 2 ай бұрын

🎉 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 🎉

@DonnaLeeCussac 2 ай бұрын

Plus, it was Always great when they all used every kind of percussion instrument including plastic buckets to do Chip Away !!!

@yardleyyardley2631 3 жыл бұрын

Great video...great interview! 👍👍

@waynepatton689 3 жыл бұрын

Could be my favorite interview yet. Love Perry

@gnr311182pj 3 жыл бұрын

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 😉🤘🏻

@stalesunday 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@joeymorvant161 3 жыл бұрын

Especially considering the fact that I always assumed he bought it!

@lowandodor1150 4 ай бұрын

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!

@jardilaa 3 жыл бұрын

"if you ever called to a radio station asking for a song you didn't know the name...".

@shagrabs 3 жыл бұрын

Wow , great interview, he is so awesome and genuine

@pookiepookie8669 3 жыл бұрын

Great song - always loved it!

@hanssauer123 3 жыл бұрын

1988 I turned 21 living in L.A. Jane's and RHCP were the best bands to watch on the Sunset Strip.

@Thatguy55595 3 жыл бұрын

Great video man! Would love to see Classic Girl next

@MelaninMonarchy 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@JointFive 3 жыл бұрын

Artists and business don't mix, but nice try

@n2cable 3 жыл бұрын

and he also wanted to be paid astronomically way more than the other members of the whole band which helped break them up...Greed

@TheNinnyfee 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@chrisclarke9306 3 жыл бұрын

Jane’s Addiction is an all timer they should be considered with the greatest rock n roll bands ever. Thank you Perry & boys. Xxo

@discokillers8674 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview. I wish it was longer. Very cool for him to describe his eye and creation for art.

@Thatguy55595 3 жыл бұрын

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

@tendraftsdeep 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview, great album

@michaelfrazia4569 3 жыл бұрын

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

@lowandodor1150 4 ай бұрын

Now that is a wonderful comment! So sweet.

@Lily_of_the_Forest 11 ай бұрын

Perry was very welcoming and open. Not guarded. I like that.

@TheIncubus0 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@bigchungus540 Жыл бұрын

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

@christophaltmann8711 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@thevisionary2007 3 жыл бұрын

True, but but he is still recognizable.

@johnassal5838 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@sayrerowan734 3 жыл бұрын

On b.s., he looks fine.

@Mr316niles 3 жыл бұрын

He had some plastic surgery done a few years ago. Great interview with Perry Farrell.

@cosmicgregg Жыл бұрын

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

@Axess-sv8nq 3 жыл бұрын

Perry looks almost exactly like my older brother who passed away in 2013. So, I'll always see Perry as a long lost brother!

@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444 Жыл бұрын

It was an amazing time. 1988 to 1993. Boulder, Colorado after Lolapalooza. Carrie was so pretty. Best times of my life.

@jeffreycooley2032 11 ай бұрын

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.

@jrcrash4644 3 ай бұрын

Great interview!

@NekoMouser 3 жыл бұрын

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.