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Pearl Jam - Jeremy
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Nymphae
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Meowzers
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Any version is insane.
Newly Vacant
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I remember seeing the premiere, or whatever, on MTV. It stuck with me. It's weird nowadays, that the thought of a student killing themselves in a performatory fashion seems almost quaint. Remember when dramatic personal pain was shocking enough, without inflicting it on others?
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Great song! I love young, poor, and angry Pearl Jam.
Lionel Richie
Member
Great song!
LegendOfKage
Member
As for the topic, yep, great song. Not even sure it was supposed to be a single, originally. I remember reading long ago that the band approached the director and said he could make a video for any song on their album, and he picked Jeremy.
Kev Kev
Member
jeremys smokin glass... nope not right
jeremys smokin crack... nah
jeremeys smokin grass... god dammnit what is it?
*checks lyrics online*
also here are actual lyrics from the end of that (and basically every) PJ song...
"Uh uh uh uh (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
(Spoke in)
Uh uh uh uh (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Whoa oh (spoke in)
(Spoke in, spoke in)
Whoa oh (spoke in)
Whoa oh (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Ah ah ah yeah
Ah ah ah ah (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Yeah yeah ah ah ah (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Ah ah ah ah ah"
in a serious note, Ten is one of the best albums of the 90's, defines grunge rock more than Nirvana ever did (and i love nirvana) and eddie vedders into the wild soundtrack is a great album that really takes me to a special place.
i'd say my favorite PJ song is black. the aaron lewis (Staind) cover is particularly amazing.
jeremys smokin crack... nah
jeremeys smokin grass... god dammnit what is it?
*checks lyrics online*
also here are actual lyrics from the end of that (and basically every) PJ song...
"Uh uh uh uh (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
(Spoke in)
Uh uh uh uh (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Whoa oh (spoke in)
(Spoke in, spoke in)
Whoa oh (spoke in)
Whoa oh (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Ah ah ah yeah
Ah ah ah ah (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Yeah yeah ah ah ah (spoke in, spoke in, spoke in)
Ah ah ah ah ah"
in a serious note, Ten is one of the best albums of the 90's, defines grunge rock more than Nirvana ever did (and i love nirvana) and eddie vedders into the wild soundtrack is a great album that really takes me to a special place.
i'd say my favorite PJ song is black. the aaron lewis (Staind) cover is particularly amazing.
Kev Kev
Member
alice in chains has gotta be the best of the bunch for me. i cant even say i dug into their albums that much, but their sound is so raw heavy and i really believe it influenced a lot fo the heavier industrial/death metal scene we have now (of course slayer and cannibal corpse were even more influential but i dont want to discount grunge bands bc i think they altered rock history in a huge way, for better or worse)
heres a list of hundreds of school shooting that happened before the year 1990 (well, the list is 2000 but Ten came out in 1991 i think)
they are mostly 1 and 2 people death tolls, but plenty of them are 3 or more which is considered "mass shooting". there will always be sick people that do bad things. although influential, the world, current events and culture are not the only contributors to people committing atrocities. its been happening since the beginning of time and it will keep happening (unfortunately).
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Foamy
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You for real?
LegendOfKage
Member
Jeremy isn't even about a school shooting, though. It's about someone who sadly took their own life in the middle of their classroom, and it's based on a true story.
ValiantTraveler
Member
Ten is what of my favorite rock albums, it's consistently great from one track to another unlike many others that have filler songs. So much power and emotion in Jeremy, Black, Alive, etc. My favorite is Even Flow though, it would make for a great Jojo stand name.
MrS
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Black >
pr0cs
Member
Saw them live 1993 here in Calgary, before they really took off.
Tiny little hockey arena in the middle of summer, no AC so the place was a giant sweat box, so hot that sweat and condensation was dripping from the rafters. Didn't stop them from putting on a great show including crowd surfing and tons of energy.
Great band live, obviously evidenced by the great videos posted above.
For many of us GenX Perl Jam are one the swan-song bands of our generation and royalty of the grunge scene.
Tiny little hockey arena in the middle of summer, no AC so the place was a giant sweat box, so hot that sweat and condensation was dripping from the rafters. Didn't stop them from putting on a great show including crowd surfing and tons of energy.
Great band live, obviously evidenced by the great videos posted above.
For many of us GenX Perl Jam are one the swan-song bands of our generation and royalty of the grunge scene.
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Jezbollah
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Nah I think it was the Boomtown Rats who completely invented the concept of Song-Inspiring-Mass-Shootings-At-School with "I don't like Mondays".
#Phonepunk#
Banned
song was real even back in the 90s
there was a lot of media about fantasizing about school violence. Calvin and Hobbes used to show him blowing up the school with a fighter jet. The Simpsons had Bart literally grabbing a machine gun.
there was a lot of media about fantasizing about school violence. Calvin and Hobbes used to show him blowing up the school with a fighter jet. The Simpsons had Bart literally grabbing a machine gun.
#Phonepunk#
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synchronicity
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I'm not the biggest Pearl Jam fan (I don't dislike them), but there is little greater joy for me than a passionate live music performance.
cryptoadam
Banned
Great song. They don't make em like this anymore. Man the 90's were amazing. What a scene it was back then. If you weren't around you missed out.
here is another classic
here is another classic
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Kev Kev
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while we are on the subject of grunge and chris cornell, did everyone hear the cover of GnR's Patience by him? my god dude, i had a moment with this song. took me way back, and he does an amazing job. check it out if you havent...
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Jezbollah
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All those clips just remind me of how much of a best Dave Abbruzzese was with PJ. I really like Matt Cameron, but PJ just sounded incredible with DA on the sticks.
Also, catch PJ if you can if you get the chance to - they are still an incredible live band. Last saw them at the O2 Arena last year - the rescheduled gig after Eddie lost his voice - I think it was the only time he had to postpone a gig because of that.
They made up for it by cramming in 33 songs in three hours...
Also, catch PJ if you can if you get the chance to - they are still an incredible live band. Last saw them at the O2 Arena last year - the rescheduled gig after Eddie lost his voice - I think it was the only time he had to postpone a gig because of that.
They made up for it by cramming in 33 songs in three hours...
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Sakura Doritos
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I loved it as a teen when it was new. Then as they played it for the millionth time on MTV and the local rock channel I became comfortably numb to it. Eh.
KormaChameleon
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Became more common after "Pumped Up Kicks" came out. Sorry, too dark to joke about!
KormaChameleon
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bigsnack
Member
Yeah I agree, I thought PJ hit the hardest when Dave A. was drumming for them. The beats / grooves just really complimented the songs that they were writing. From what I've watched / heard. The fame became so intimidating to Eddie Vedder that he basically intentionally started working his way into the writing process and pseudo sabotaging their success.
Liljagare
Member
I remember reading this essay by a guy who went to the same school as the boy the song is loosley based off of. It kind of makes one think about how one can twist the truth to suit one's needs or rather making a media martyr. But then, the song "Jeremy" does remind me of a time where things such as school shootings or even just taking a gun to school just seemed so unreal.
Not to say Pearl Jam was not a great band for the 90s and one of my favorites for the genre.
Not to say Pearl Jam was not a great band for the 90s and one of my favorites for the genre.
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TrainedRage
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I remember being in 10th grade and my kick ass lady health teacher showed us this video as an introduction to her lesson about suicide/peer pressure/depression.
So cool.
Totally un related but on my last day in rehab. After like 60 days, this guy who never talked sang this song in group for us and said he would miss me.
I cried and gave him a big hug.
So cool.
Totally un related but on my last day in rehab. After like 60 days, this guy who never talked sang this song in group for us and said he would miss me.
I cried and gave him a big hug.