This is my cover of Jane's Addiction's song "Been Caught Stealing" (1990). I love Perry Farrell's lyrics and voice, so I put up with Dave Navarro's wanky guitar antics and "too cool for you" attitude. Sure, Navarro looks alternative with the Doc Martens, black T-shirts, and torn jeans. But he comes across to me as a Classic Rock get-wasted-and-fuck-girls-type macho man rocker (complete with an STD that he brags about and shirtless performances), which is exactly what grunge bands and other alternative rockers were fighting against! (Jane's Addiction is not grunge, but it is alt-rock.) On top of that, his guitar solos often go on and on and on and on...So boring.
This song expresses the alternative tactic of sabotage against those in power. It doesn't have to be shoplifting/stealing obviously, but some people did that or other kinds of subversive behaviors as an anti-corporate political statement...including "slacking" - i.e., not doing what the man says or expects, but instead something you love even if it doesn't pay well.
I played it on my modified Fender American Standard Stratocaster which has Fender Red Lace Sensor pickups in the bridge and middle positions, Grover tuners, and a perloid pickguard. I selected the bridge & middle pickups. I ran it through my 1970s Silverface Twin Reverb with various effects. I used a Boss ME-6 for the two basic sounds: (1) an overdrive for everything except the big solo, and I added a slight delay on my Line 6 DL4 in the short solo after the first verse; (2) for the big solo after the second verse I use an ME-6 distortion/delay plus a wah from my Digitech XP-100 Whammy Wah (patch #4). To record it, I played the MP3 with my Mac on Itunes, and recorded it using the Mac's PhotoBooth program which puts it in mirror image (sorry). I used a Samson CO1U microphone with USB connection into my Mac.
I've been caught stealing; once when I was five.
I enjoy stealing. It's just as simple as that.
Well, it's just a simple fact.
When I want something I don't want to pay for it
I walk right through the door. Walk right through the door.
Hey all right! If I get by, it's mine. Mine all mine!
Yeah, my girl, she's one too. She'll go and get her a skirt.
Stick it under her shirt. She grabbed a razor for me.
And she did it just like that.
When she wants something, she don't want to pay for it.
She walk right through the door. Walk right through the door.
Hey all right! If I get by, it's mine. Mine all mine!
We sat around the pile. We sat and laughed.
We sat and laughed and waved it into the air!
And we did it just like that.
When we want something, we don't want to pay for it.
We walk right through the door. Walk right through the door.
Hey, all right! If I get by, it's mine, Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine...
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