Jane's Addiction

Certain Songs #730: Jane’s Addiction – “Obvious”

December 15, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Ritual De Lo Habitual
Year: 1990

While I’ve always had my doubts about Nothing’s Shocking, I really liked the follow-up, 1990’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, which is where I think they really let their freak flag fly.

Or maybe I was just more ready for them.

Either way, Ritual split its time between funky hard rock and hazy psychedelic epics, and right in the middle of the two was my favorite track, the trancey spacey near-reggae “Obvious.”

Certain Songs #729: Jane’s Addiction – “Jane Says”

December 14, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Nothing’s Shocking
Year: 1988

I’ll say this: it takes some balls to name your band kinda after what is clearly your signature song, especially when that signature song doesn’t sound anything like the rest of your music.

With 884 layers of acoustic guitars playing a couple of chords back and forth colored only by steel drums, “Jane Says” is almost ridiculously pretty on the face, with only Perry Farrell’s strained, weirdly empathetic vocal signaling the horrific tale of addiction in the lyrics.

Certain Songs #728: Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”

December 13, 2016 by Jim Connelly

Album: Nothing’s Shocking
Year: 1988

So here’s the thing: the hype surrounding Jane’s Addiction was SO MASSIVE in 1987-88 that I totally resisted, especially when their first self-titled album — the live one that nobody really remembers — turned out to be kind of a dud.

But the hype machine — and the critical acclaim, to be sure — geared back up for their major-label debut, Nothing’s Shocking, and still, outside of a handful of songs, I just couldn’t get into it.

Medialoper Bebop Episode 13: Phony Clashmania

August 4, 2011 by Jim Connelly

MTV turned 30 this week, and Jim, Tim & Kirk discuss its influence and the time that Kirk said “I Want My MTV” for a cable tv contest. (03:45 – 15:25)

Then, it’s a Musical Moment to Die For with “Duel” by Swervedriver (15:30 – 17:33)

Game of Thrones is totally blowing up right now, so we get into a spoiler-free discussion about how we all got into it and why we like it. (17:35 – 29:10)

Medialoper Bebop has a sponsor now: DuroSport Electronics. We’re not happy about it at all. (29:30 – 31:50)

After that, we look at why the London Tourism Bureau is using “London Calling” to try and bring people to London for the 2012 Olympics. (29:35 – 37:16)

Finally, Tim shares the music in his mix: Portugal.The Man; Arctic Monkeys; Fountains of Wayne. And tosses in an extra plug for the new Jane’s Addiction song. (37:18 – 41:05)

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