Jane's Addiction wrapped up a free concert in Times Square last night with their hit song "Stop," featuring scantily-clad female acrobats in high heels twirling above the stage while frontman Perry Farrell ad-libbed about the vital importance of oral sex. Here's a somewhat NSFW clip (naughty language):
"I want to get my dick sucked, I do," Farrell announced. "I'm not saying you have to suck it, I'm saying I want my dick sucked. Is it Friday night? It's Friday night, time to get your dick sucked." Sure, it may have been Sunday night for you people, but not for Farrell, who informed the crowd that "every Friday night, which is tonight, I'm licking [my wife's] pussy." Elmos throughout Disneyfied Times Square blushed in unison.
After the song wound to a close and the half-naked women were lowered back to the stage, Farrell apologized for his vulgarity and offered to perform one more song, the anthemic classic "Three Days." Unfortunately, the show—which concluded the five day CBGB Music & Film festival—had reached its 7:25 p.m. curfew time. Thanks de Blasio!
"Mayor What's-His-Name!" Farrell screamed, blaming the curfew on NYC's mayor. "Bring that motherfucking mayor out! Let him tell it to my face I can't do 'Three Days.'" As you can see in the above video, Farrell tried to rally the band to play past curfew, but his microphone was cut and the music died before it started. To be fair, "Three Days" is over ten minutes long, and Times Square shuts down at 7:30 p.m. sharp every night.
It's unclear what Farrell was saying after his mic was cut off, but it was probably something about how one of de Blasio's advisors is too cozy with Al Sharpton and is dating someone whom the NY Post editors disapprove of. But de Blasio administration sources insist it wasn't the curfew, it's just that the mayor wanted Jane's to play "Trip Away" instead.
Ubiquitous NYC concert photographer Edwina Hay was at the show; she adds via email, "Perry had the weirdest fucking banter yesterday. He proposed shutting down Times Square every Friday for the sabbath so we could celebrate and eat challah bread (I WISH I WAS MAKING THIS UP). He did not know de Blasio's name (I think someone told him it was de Blasio and his response was, 'Never heard of him.') and went on a very pro fellatio rant and didn't exclude the women and essentially said that if he doesn't go down on his wife, she won't speak to him for two days. Apparently she came out and hit him." (Farrell's wife Etty Lau Farrell is a dancer who often performs with the band.)
Hay's final verdict: "THREE STARS. WOULD BRAVE TIMES SQUARE FOR THIS AGAIN."
Here's Jane's performing "Three Days" live in Milan way back in 1990. Such a great song. Happy Friday, ladies!
