The real Jane's Addiction

Found this today... really brings me back. It's off the amazing "soul kiss" video, which to me really defines what "alternative" rock was bringing to the table in the early 90's. It was vibrant and alive and fresh and wasn't afraid to cross boundaries or to just be silly... they weren't trying to be too serious and they weren't pigeonholing themselves into needing to achieve a certain sound.  Albums from this era tended to be all over the place sonically and philosophically, and I think the best bands still manage to fit this aesthetic into their recording today. Mind you, there are VERY few who pull this off today, everybody's too worried about trying to be something specific, and they always tend to overshoot.  Jane's seemed to be one of those bizarre bands that defined themselves based on their scattered efforts.  Beautiful stuff.

I don't believe this track came out officially until Kettle Whistle (by which time Jane's had really lost some of their flavor), and this version is different from that in some noticeable ways, but best of all, this one's got some other footage from the video intact beforehand, which really brings out the feel of it.  I'm gonna go listen to Nothing's Shocking...