The day this record came out my buddy bought it. We droppedLSD and listened to it all night long over and over again. And I’ve seen them three times live. Front row. Jane’s changed my life
The song about someone passing away is called "And then she did" and actually is my fav Jane's song, about Perry's mom and ex girl, soul crusher, "will you say hello to my ma, will you pay a visit to her, she was an artist just as you were, I'd have introduced you to her". PAINFUL
Summertime Rolls, Had A Dad, Obvious, Ain't No Right, Idiots Rule.....all great and reaction worthy songs from Jane's Addiction. But if you don't like Perry's voice so far, don't expect for it to be any different in any other song. He's got a very unique singing voice that some people can't get past.
This is one of my all time fave American alt rock songs... their album before Nothings Shocking along with Fath No Mores We Care A Lot was the 2 albums that introduced me to where rock music could go!!!
This whole song was recorded in one take with the full band in the studio As far as Perry's vocals They are distinct and therefore aquired taste, of early 90s radio played alternative vocalists, I prefer him to some and always considered him a Robert Plant type modernized to a hippieized goth The reason at the beginning they are going on about Xiola, is the song before this is about Xiola's suicide this song is about an orgy, which to this band is a celebration of depravity which is a theme of the whole album Suggestions : Been Caught Stealing And then she.... Mountain Song No One is Leaving
Ironically it also has huge religious undertones. I think Perry was really sorting out his spirituality on this one. Stop! talks about Noah's flood, 'Ain't No Right' talks about sin and pleasure, 'Been Caught Stealing' - thou shall not steal.. etc etc. It was an ongoing theme with his music. 'Had a Dad' on Nothing's Shocking is to me about the search for a God figure. The musical version of Nietzsche proclaiming 'God is Dead'. "Had a dad, big and strong Turned around, found my daddy gone He was the one made me what I am today It's up to me now, my daddy has gone away Well I spoke to the mountain, I listened to the sea Both told me that the fountain was the best that you can be My daddy's hand, it growed Slow to the lickin' sonny boy Grow to whip him even tried to call Got that funny feeling He's not there at all" Perry always struck me as conflicted. Three Days is the penultimate rise of this. A man in a weekend of 'sin' in a three way, struggling with his carnal pleasures and the reduction of the family structure by his own pursuit of those physical pleasures.
It is about the love of Perry Ferrell's , the singer, life. Three days of heroin, love and lust. And then his love died of an overdose. There is a video out there of he and her in a room doing...things.
Yeah, JA was intro'd to me right after college and I thought Perry's vocals had that edge to them that the music had to follow and did. So everyone in the band made JA, can't take Perry out. And if you heard it with another singer it just wouldn't work. Like Michael Stipe in REM...the music worked because of the way he sung/sounded.
That said though, he's like Axl Rose in the fact that most seemed to like the band despite his vocals. I grew out of Axl though. Can't hear him no more.
Agree 100% It would never be Jane's without Perry. I'm biased as I've loved them for almost 33 years now and Perry is just as important as the rest of the band. But I do get why some people don't get into his vocal style. It is an acquired taste. I'm just grateful that I love it as much as the music. This song has been favourite of mine since I was 17 in 1990. Love it :)
The man was possessed by some higher being, I think. Have you ever heard anyone play like that before? Maybe Hendrix or Stevie Ray...but I also think they were possessed at times.
Nah, it's just muscle memory, you play something so many times you can do it unconscious. I have plenty of recordings I don't remember and they were some of my best performances.
Live in concert, Navarro makes playing guitar look so easy. He plays all that crazy stuff, casually standing there with a big smile on his face, watching the nutty people in the front rows of the audience, barely looks at his guitar, and does it all flawlessly.
I love Perry's vocals. Listening to Janes Addiction always puts me in a trance, it's like an out of body experience. And Perry's ephemeral voice is a huge part of that.
Perry, at times, sings "out of tune" on purpose. He chooses, at times, dissonant harmonies on purpose. He sounds the way he sounds, on purpose. He is the icing on the Jane's Addiction sound cake.
not on purpose, he had only been singing for about seven years when they recorded this album. later on, by the 90s , he improved as a singer. live versions of this song he sings more in tune.
Janes Addiction - “Ted Just Admit It”. Will take you where you were hoping to go. It’s a massive build up of tribal drumming, epic guitar and echoing chants!!!!
Everyone always says Nirvana Nirvana Nirvana. I say Jane’s. Always. They were the genius, ground breaking, innovative and most influential band of the early 90’s.
Nirvana sucked..... Jane's addiction Soundgarden Alice in chains and Stone Temple to name a few..... Better than that depressing crap that Cobain & company put out
@chrisbowman7280 That "depressing crap" was obviously something you failed to grasp. Sure, the aforementioned bands were musically superior, but Nirvana were as authentic as you could hope for!
if you graduated high school in 1988 and were weened on classic rock radio, Nothing's Shocking was a watershed release that overlapped metal, goth, prog, glam, hard rock, etc. It may not be obvious now with revisionist rock and roll history, but if you're a gen-xer you know.
You guys should definitely check out Jane’s Addiction’s “Mountain Song”. Amazing grooves and riffs. All the stuff you liked about this one, it’s all compacted into a shorter, rocking piece. Perry sings in a more aggressive manner too. He had a unique voice for sure.
How do you figure they’re underrated? I can see that they maybe don’t get enough credit for helping to bring on the musical change of the early 90s. That musical sea change often referred to as alternative. Not underrated in my opinion.
@@anthonyv6962 I just don't think their name gets thrown around enough. I think they should be in the same breath as Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins. JA wasn't as big as those bands but they influenced a lot of those bands. I think their first 2 albums should on any rock fans playlist.
@@pauliewalnuts829 You might be right about underrated. Those first two albums and XXX are great albums. I was never able to get into anything else they did as Janes.
My personal favorite rock song of all time. Dave Navarro really tears your heart out with those leads. The song itself evolves from a personal story into a statement about the the generation of the time. "We choose no kin but adopted strangers", summing up a people born alienated and in pain while uplifting the soul towards the end. I've played this song over the past 30 years to fans of Jazz, Heavy Metal and Rap. Each one was stunned with a deer in headlights look by the end and usually follow with 20 seconds of silence and then, "Wh-what, what was that?"
This is one of my favorite songs of all time and perhaps the best Jane's song there is although most of their discog is gold. Navarro gets a ton of shit for his personal life but when it comes to his guitar playing and songwriting he's severely underrated. The solos, the vocal performance, the rhythm section. It's one of those jammy songs that doesn't feel too repetitive or overstays it's welcome. Great choice boys!
One of the most obvious things on this planet - Dave Navarro is a fuckin' beast on guitar! He should be on many more minds when it comes to his incredible skill and creative ideas and killer tones! Dave continually blows me away!
Stephen Perkins is the drummer and Eric Avery is such an underrated bass player. When he didn't return when they got back together, the music has suffered ever since. As for suggestions for me, this is one of the best songs ever created, but also check out Stop!, Would for You, Ted Just Admit It and Then She Did.
@@andinarcadiai I get that but I highly doubt eric is back in for good. Just a quick money grab. I highly doubt they will put aside the issues that have been there since the beginning enough to break them up twice, for any long term situation.
Stephen Perkins is the Drummer. He is killer. Eric Avery is a Killer Bass Player. But for me Dave Navarro is one of my favorite Guitar Players. When saw them live right after the solo they started player T-Rex Bang a Gong. Killer. So amazing. I can do without Perry's voice.
I was in college in the Seattle area in the early 90’s so it pains me to say this, but you are right!!!! Jane’s is from LA but they were alternative before it was even a term in our vernacular.
Next Jane's Addiction song: Ted, Just Admit It. You guys will love the layers, transitions and over all difference it has to anything else out there, especially for its time.
This is a true free thinkers band... always has been... they came out in the middle of the 80s... sounded like no one else... and they are pretty much underrated... a band with a small audience... but everybody in the audience started their own band... you know? ...
Man, you got that right! I finally got to see them a few months ago and for their entire show and especially during 3 Days I was in heaven. Unfortunately Dave wasn't there but I feel like I'm closer to dying a happy man after finally seeing them live.
I saw them first on the Nothing's Shocking tour but then I saw them twice for RDLH and they play so good live. The second time I saw them the Pixies and Primus opened for them and the third time I saw them it was on the first Lollapalooza tour.
I moved to LA when I was 20. One day my drummer friend Scott said: "If you like Led Zeppelin and John Bonham, you have to go see this band called Jane's Addiction." At the time, they had just recorded their first album and were not famous beyond LA - they were the 'house band' at a club called Scream. I went to see them and was blown away. They played in this little room, to maybe 100 people or so. I started going to see them every time they played at Scream, because it was the most amazing live show... hard to describe. I stopped loving them once Lollapalooza started and Perry got a bit up himself, but holy crap they were great, back then.
This song is great..from an era where track listing matters. I always hear the next song begin in my head when this one stops because the song is a vibe and the vibe of the album switches after this song which is like the midpoint of the album to a more chill vibe for the remainder of the album..
You really gotta listen to this song followed by 'Then She Did', just an epic 20 minutes of music. Love Eric Averys bass lines. If you want more of his awesomeness try to find the album he released under the name Polar Bear, Why Something Instead of Nothing.
Dude!!!!! This song is so special to me. Instantly brings me back to my teenage years, hanging out with friends, drinking, dabbling in the LSD and just enjoying each other's company. I had such a tight group of friends. Im turning 48 in April, life moves on. Ive never had friendships like that ever since. Miss those days
I felt that comment, big time. Turning 49 in a couple months and I miss my people. Never managed to find friends like them again. Hope they are all doing well.
Janes addiction has been in my life since the 80's. Perry is janes. He is unique for sure and I would listen to some more songs. When they came out they blew my mind. I knew the drummer a little when I was young. I've met Perry and he was as strange as one would think but super cool. Nobody sounds like them. Now I have adult kids who also love them
To showcase Perry’s singing, I’m sure there are other songs, but you should do either Jane Says or Mountain Song. It may be unique, but he really does have an awesome voice
The Guitar Center sessions version here on YT of Jane Says is ridiculously beautiful. Perry sings it w/ a very profound sense of longing & nostalgia, more velvety than the more ‘shrill’ original version. It’s quite nice.
Yeesss!! You guys FINALLY got around to this song. Listen to this song straight through without stopping/pausing. That will help to get the flow of the song. Keep at it with JA. Perry's voice will dig into you if you give it time. Check out 'Mountain Song' - especially the video! No one in 1988 was doing anything even remotely like JA. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1kAIMlISHhU.html
I always took Perry’s vocals to be transcendent, existing in & through the music but also outside of & around it, contrasting with & complimenting the music in their ballady type songs. It always made me think male-female, old-young, soft-harsh. He was like an old Greek oracle in these type of songs, channeling something beyond, coming down the tunnel of his voice like you said! To be a teen outside the norm when these albums came out made them instant hits for me & our skate “crew”. For sure a unique cathartic experience like you said compared to so much on the radio at that time. By the time Porno For Pyros came out, music had begun to move towards this direction & they weren’t the flag bearers that Jane’s Addiction was. Put on your Stranger Things Hellfire Club ears & brain to replicate!!!
I've always felt the same way about Thom Yorke. Any time I hear somebody say they don't like his voice I just feel bad for them that they aren't able to appreciate just what they're missing.
@@Loked420 I just got done commenting about the tone of Perry's voice and described it as thin and nasal and then I read this about another thin and nasal artist I love🤓
Love Perry Farrell's vocal style... it's sublime and it is Jane's Addiction. Not for everyone I guess. JA's had a very unique sound, so I understand your struggle to classify them. Influenced a ton of bands that came after. Unfortunately Farrell blew it up right when they were hitting the big time. You should check out the entire album this song is from... all great songs. Other albums were spotty in places.
@ George and Ryan, remember the first time you heard Rush? I think you guys had some trouble with Geddy Lee’s voice at first too, but you recognized how well it goes with the music. With Jane’s Addiction there’s a lot of story in the lyrics which you will get into more on subsequent listens and probably appreciate Perry more (even though he can be alot lol). He’s the perfect vocalist and lyricist for this band. Cheers!
Ah many a hazy day spent listening to this in my youth :) Dave Navarro is definitely underrated (the guitar work on this is phenomenal), but then so are Stephen Perkins and Eric Avery.
Song is about getting high and staying up for 3 days with a lover. Based on an experience Perry Farrell. Personally I think the lyrics are mostly not all that important but what is more important is how Farrell makes those words sound. I would highly recommend you guys do "Ain't no right" (live version off of 'Kettle Whistle'). I feel that song captures the essence of what those guys could do, each player interlocking into an unstoppable wall of sound.
Maybe, but that misses Farrell's religious and rebirth imagery: Jesus was buried for 3 days. The 2 Marys in the song are the Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene - the virgin and the prostitute - both were present at the Crucifixion. 'Erotic Jesus' is a reference to controversial and apocryphal scriptural texts suggesting Jesus had a wife ... Perry was a smart f*cker!!
This song is like nothing you've ever heard. On first listen you won't love it but it will peak your interest. As you hear it more often you will begin to understand and you will appreciate the uniqueness. Only then will you begin to love it
@Dizzle 75 not at the one I attended. It was at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit. We missed opening act. I don't think it was anyone notable. The Rollins Band opened the 2nd time I saw them. Springtime just before the first Lollapalooza tour in '91.
yeah I never paid any attention to them in the 90s except I liked Jane says and then I happened to see them by accident maybe 10 years ago and it was unreal. Never heard anyone like them
Jane's married Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, Love and Rockets....basically post punk and goth with Led Zeppelin and Jefferson Airplane. The bass playing (Eric Avery) was very influenced by Peter Hook from Joy Divsion/New Order and Simon Gallup (The Cure). Eric was the foundation of Jane's and most of the grooves were built around his lines. You should do "Idiot's Rule" by them. It has Christopher and Angelo from Fishbone and Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers on horns.
Oh this album is so good. Perry can sing and he can make his voice do some crazy shit. This song is absolutely perfect in my eyes. Its just beautiful and eerie at the same time. This is their best.
To me the voice is as much Janes Addiction as Eddie Van Halen’s guitar is Van Halen. It’s what makes them instantly recognizable and unique. They don’t get enough credit at a time of pre-grunge hair bands.
Light some candles, turn off the lights, raise the volume & allow this song to take you on opiate journey without the use of narcotics. Let the unusual but necessary voice of Perry Ferrell & the virtuoso guitar riffs of Dave Navarro transcend you to a place beyond fantasy & reality. The pure spiritual aspect of this song heightens your senses & makes you appreciative of being alive. Very few groups possess the power to do that. The Cult is another one of those profound bands.
I saw Jane's Addiction open for Smashing Pumpkins a few weeks ago and they were honestly amazing. Like I was surprised how legitimately great they still are. Outshined the Pumpkins tbh.
Saw this show in Seattle and totally agree. Jane's catalog is so much smaller than the pumpkins so you're more likely to get a set full of songs you like. Where as the pumpkins catalog is huge, and a lot of the set is the hits (most fans hate) and the newer stuff (also most fans hate). The only song I enjoyed from pumpkins set was Cherub Rock.
I personally love Perry's voice, but it can be an acquired taste for sure, much like Billy Corgan (another of my favorites). I really love unique voices.
Perry Farrell is a true original vocalist . Everything he touches is gold . Sure he doesn’t have a huge range but he is a good high tenor. He isn’t a blues singer . He is pure bel canto ! I think his vocals are perfect and give this song that spiritual edge both complimenting and counterbalancing the excellent instrumentation .
I have loved Jane’s Addiction for so long, it is weird to hear someone not like Perry’s voice. Oddly, I watched this with my girlfriend who asked if the 3 different sections referred to each day of the 3 way, or if it is for each of the lovers. I had never thought about it in the 30 years I have listened to them.
Perry will grow on you. Once you listen a few times to their first two albums you’ll get addicted to the moodiness. Jane’s sounded so different to everything in that time and still does.
Mind-blowing song, my head still hasn't recovered from the first time I heard it 30 odd years ago. I've always imagined it's about sex, drugs, death and resurrection ( all the good stuff) .
Everybody swears by Ritual. For me, it's always been XXX. Raw and uncompromising. One of the best debuts in rock history, one of the best "live" albums in rock history.
One of the best songs of all time by any band in the history of all time, Perry Ferrell is also one of the greatest storytellers and singers of out time. Pure perfection!!!!
The funny thing about music is how it hits everyone differently. I really like the first half of this song but the second half is a complete masterpiece. The harder notes hit so much better for me than the early parts. The guitar in the final 4 minutes or so of the song is the best thing about the song which is what you guys seemed to not like. That is the part that used to get me pumped up before a night out with friends, it brought all of the energy to the song. Just a pure difference in taste.
I just googled it so it may be bullshit, but I read that a girl named Xiola Blue came and spent three days doing drugs and having sex with Farrell and his girlfriend or wife Casey Niccoli, possibly around the time Perry Farrell's father died. Also the ceremonial reference is a good one. The lyrics after the first transition have Native American/tribal references, (along with just the quality and rhythm of the music.) The band used imagery from Santeria, Catholicism, etc. on stage and on their album art. I'd say they were thinking ceremonial vibe and it wasn't something that just happened.
I think his vocals are... unique and just part of the this band - I think they grow on you after a while. When I was a young teen and Jane's Addiction was on the alternative radio, I didn't really care for Been Caught Stealing and whatnot, but hearing their othersongs, I think the vocals are a defining part of the band
So glad you came back to JA. Three days firmly stays in my top 3 all genres ever tracks! I’d recommend you “Ted, just admit it” or “then she did”- both as long as this one and none the less mesmerizing and dazzling! From the more concise compositions “Summertime rolls”, “mountain song”, “pigs in zen”, “whores”, “stop” are all safe bets.
This tune is a masterpiece. I had Ritual for over a year before I ever listened to it, because the intro turned me off so much and it sounded too languid. I was taking a long drive one night, however, and just let it play, and was absolutely blown away. The second half, with the solo and drum breakdown, is probably the best 4 minutes if music I've ever heard.
Love Perry’s vocals and lyrics. The references to nature and consciousness and Perry’s searing delivery scorches like literal fire through the ether. It’s beautiful and relentless and wild.
I definitely agree both awesome really the whole Nothing Matters LP for 80s is so incredible kinda you can kinda see how so many people new to this and God if you were there when it was released ,I hope you were it was so amazing
Thanks for turning me onto a song I didn't even know about. Back in the 90's I didn't really get too deep into alt rock, kinda into grunge but it's when I found blues. Ad there's no rock bands anymore, atleast none that have found their way to me, I'm going back and discovering these bands more deeply, like Radiohead for instance❗️
You guys totally missed the angst and passion of his voice, which I’d dare say equally make this song work the way it does. It’s not pretty, but the conviction is EVERYTHING!!! Reconsider your thoughts. If not, cool. But I respectfully thing you’d missed the mark.
The drummer is Steven Perkins by the way. Perry is an acquired taste. I've been listening to this band since their first album. XXX. He's an odd guy with an unusual voice, but you have to take it as part of the package. You've got an incredible trio and an oddball singer. Perry is part of the charm though.
New styles of vocals require a free-thinker hat sometimes. Perry Farrell has a unique style for a male vocalist, I think. And yes, it is a bit atonal. But melody wise, if you were to replace him with Kate Pierson of the B52's she could "clearly" sing the exact same notes and lyrics and it would sound pretty much the same. Perry Farrell's vocals are actually very interesting in that regard. But the reason you need a free-thinker hat is really because Perry, at the time of this recording, was very young. And he was right in the same pocket with other vocalists like Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell, of Alice in Chains. And I know his voice isn't "the same" as that duo. But he WAS the demographic that that same type of music was trying to reach. He looked, sounded, and acted just like the majority of the audience wished they could look, sound, and act. And in that way, I think he was accepted as an insider, and people gave his new sound a chance. And honestly, it grows on you. It really isn't off-key. It is just purposefully flat.
As a Jane's fan from day one back in the 80s, I have to admit that although technically stunning, Three Days isn't one of my favorites of their catalog. They were a force of nature, though. The first time I saw them was in a small venue in Dallas, as an opening act for Love and Rockets in 1987. I had never seen or heard anything like them, and I was absolutely transfixed. They ended the set with all of the band members in a drum circle, just pounding away in rhythm. It was primal, and dirty, and I'll never forget the way it made me feel. They paved the way from the typical 80s bands and hair metal on the path to what eventually became grunge. They will never get the respect they are due for being true musical pioneers.
