Wrong. First EP (XXX Records) version.



Live, raw ; no fruity Bahamian steel drums.

rocinante721: Wrong. First EP (XXX Records) version.

Nope. Otherwise, I would've submitted it instead. This is the only live version of it that I like, I might add.

*Sigh* Takes me back to my college days.

Saw 'em live back in their heyday. Awesome show.

Local rock radio has played this song so many damn times that it's really worn off for me.

JerseyTim: Local rock radio has played this song so many damn times that it's really worn off for me.

It's one you never hear on radio here. They do play "Been Caught Stealin'" like there's no tomorrow, though.

What about Jenny Says?

Is that Flea playing bass?

Jebdiahbob: Is that Flea playing bass?

I was curious about why Flea was there as well.

But if he comes 'round again, tell him to wait right here for me... try again tomorrow...
/gonna kick tomorrow.
//THANK YOU

apparently he was getting over Hillel Slovak's death at the time and working like mad according to da Wiki

frostus: Jebdiahbob: Is that Flea playing bass?

I was curious about why Flea was there as well.

That was during their '97 "Relapse" tour. Saw their performance in Atlanta that tour. It was a fantastic show.

I like that song.

I like Jane's Addiction quite a bit too.

That clip didn't seem so special to me either.
Version on the first record is best I think.

They appear to be way overacting or something.
They seem so hackneyed and pretentious there.

Make no mistake,in 1987 they were pretty damn exciting and original.

that version sucks, XXX version was best!

Sorry subby, Perry's wicked flat and the doubled up acoustic guitar riffs on the studio version are missing here.

Good, but not the best.

frostus: Jebdiahbob: Is that Flea playing bass?

I was curious about why Flea was there as well.

that was from the late 90's reunion tour that Eric A. declined to be a part of.

bikerdiva: apparently he was getting over Hillel Slovak's death at the time and working like mad according to da Wiki

Hillel had been dead for years when that was filmed

I love Jane's Addiction, but i HATE that song. HATE IT.

It's 5 minutes of two chords. TWO! G and A. That's it.

Argoran: frostus: Jebdiahbob: Is that Flea playing bass?

I was curious about why Flea was there as well.

That was during their '97 "Relapse" tour. Saw their performance in Atlanta that tour. It was a fantastic show.

I was at that Atlanta show, not as quite as good as the 88 Metroplex show, 91 Center Stage show or Lollapolooza. but then again I missed most of that International Ballroom show because I got punched in the face and had to go to the hospital to get stitches. Lots of fun!!!

the Kettle Whistle version is from 1991. That video is from 1997.


whiskey tango foxtrot

ok, I just compared them, the KW version is way different than this video.

this one is better:

1990 (new window)

Come on! I actually dig it!

Argoran: That was during their '97 "Relapse" tour.

That was also the time when Dave Navarro was in RHCP, so he and Flea were "crossing over"/guesting on this.

Wicked cool.

Derwood: I love Jane's Addiction, but i HATE that song. HATE IT.

It's 5 minutes of two chords. TWO! G and A. That's it.

I liked this song until the alterna-stations killed it for me slowly and steadily everyday for the last umpteen years...still an ok song but as always, the popular song isn't anything close to a band's best.

Okay that makes some sense. I had kind of blocked out the Navarro in RHCP.

No Eric A, no Jane's Addiction.

Know Eric A, know Jane's Addiction.

Yes indeed, here be screen cap, 'tis Flea, in all his awesomeness. Dave Navarro was in the band for a minute too, they recorded another (live) version of Jane Says when he was in the band too, I'm so glad that Perry admits that he'll never get a lineup that good again, and won't try to reform and tour/record again, guy has great talent, but some people equate them (JA and PFP) to Rush, if it weren't for the damn lead singer...

Dave Navarro's ridiculous solos almost killed that band.

That being said, Nothing Shocking and Ritual still stand the test of time. The song "Of Course" on Ritual is one of my all-time favorite songs. Everyone can relate to the older brother making you hit yourself.

Why does Perry always have to sing with so much delay/reverb? It's ridiculous.

seabass242: Dave Navarro's ridiculous solos almost killed that band.

That being said, Nothing Shocking and Ritual still stand the test of time. The song "Of Course" on Ritual is one of my all-time favorite songs. Everyone can relate to the older brother making you hit yourself.

Not really, I'm an older brother. We care not for your pain.

sewiusproductions: Dave Navarro was in the band for a minute too, they recorded another (live) version of Jane Says when he was in the band too

what? Dave has appeared on each album...


I think I rarely ever listen to the first album outside of Trip Away and Whores.

I sit here after many beers.....and I watch this POS....This band sucks...this song sucks...Perry, Parry, whatever, is an attention whore with a shiatty band behind him...grow a set and listen to absolutely anything else other than this crap band....

Subby, so you got a greenlight, stop monitoring the thread....this band sucks...get over it...

xdedd: Why does Perry always have to sing with so much delay/reverb? It's ridiculous.

Because he sucks, but not as much as Anthony Kiedis (trying to keep some perspective).

Saw them nearly twenty years ago; google for JA Anson Ford Theater. They were okay, kind of sonic pedestrian. Nothing really crazy or dangerous, just safe pre-Alt rock for the dorky LA-Weekly crowd and chowder-headed doper jocks.

Both RHCP and JA are the best examples of what I hate in LA bands. Technically great, but both fronted by tone-deaf singers.

/Also saw Porno for Pyros. Utter crap.
//Wish I would have seen NWA or GnR in 89.
///Get out of my cactus garden.

"Jane Says" is a blot on an otherwise fantastic Nothing's Shocking.

Derwood: I love Jane's Addiction, but i HATE that song. HATE IT.

It's 5 minutes of two chords. TWO! G and A. That's it.

I feel the same. At least a bridge would have been nice, but this song has the same chord complexity as Achy Breaky Heart. It is tedious. And I love Jane's Addiction too.

seabass242:

...Nothing Shocking and Ritual still stand the test of time.

Came in to say this.
Still listen to both regularly after, wow, nearly 20 years.

/My lawn, will someone mow it for me.

xdedd: Why does Perry always have to sing with so much delay/reverb? It's ridiculous.

because it sounds awesome when you are tripping

ahhh, man. gotta love jane's. i remember seeing them on the first lollapalooza tour. they played "don't call me n*gger, whitey" by sly and the family stone with a guest vocal by ice T, all in the pouring summer rain. good times, good times.

/lsd helped
//lots of lsd
///LOTS

rocinante721: Wrong. First EP (XXX Records) version.



Live, raw ; no fruity Bahamian steel drums.

Kettle Whistle Version
XXX Version
Nothing's Shocking Version

/Steel Drums > Bongos

CoachBlack: Subby, so you got a greenlight, stop monitoring the thread....this band sucks...get over it...

Maybe you should OD on some Midol. It'll help with the biatchiness.

shadowself: Derwood: I love Jane's Addiction, but i HATE that song. HATE IT.

It's 5 minutes of two chords. TWO! G and A. That's it.

I feel the same. At least a bridge would have been nice, but this song has the same chord complexity as Achy Breaky Heart. It is tedious. And I love Jane's Addiction too.

OK, the musical complexity may be the same, but at least Jane Says has better lyrics and no Billy Ray.

No Eric A, no Jane's Addiction.

I have always notice MANY Jane's Addictions songs begin with a bass vamp.
I think he was the profound force in that band.

I'm annoyed that Jane Says and Been Caught Stealing are the two most "known" Jane's Addiction songs, when they are probably the two songs that least represent the sound of the band.

Not that this is exclusive to JA....most record companies sell albums on the back of the one song that doesn't fit

CoachBlack: Subby, so you got a greenlight, stop monitoring the thread....this band sucks...get over it...

Better get going or you'll be late.

All songs must have multiple chords and complex arrangements to be enjoyable.

Drunk assholes that have nothing better to do than shiat in threads are hilarious.

SharkTrager:
OK, the musical complexity may be the same, but at least Jane Says has better lyrics and no Billy Ray.

But who had better hair: Perry Farrell in 1997 or Billy Ray Cyrus in 1991? I don't think there are any winners in that horse race, chief.

drredhook: All songs must have multiple chords and complex arrangements to be enjoyable.

Drunk assholes that have nothing better to do than shiat in threads are hilarious.

Calm down there, spanky. No one said that.

My complaint is that this song is a one-bar loop. It is incredibly boring, and not a good example at all of what JA is like.