Jeremy spoke in class today. No one would listen to Jeremy though, so the gun spoke for him. As mentioned in another comment, "Try to erase THIS from the blackboard." It has been 30 years since this was written (man I feel old) yet sadly it is still very relevant today.
@@horizonblack Also being a suicidal teen screaming and crying to Alive, way before I knew the true meaning of the song, but it helped me out so much during my dark days!
The song is about Jeremy Delle who shot himself in front of his class in January 1991. That's all that's factual in the song. Eddie didn't know if Jeremy was bullied or disregarded by his parents. Eddie read the story about the suicide and was inspired to write the song and bullying was an issue then too. It's kind of sad that not much has changed in 30 years. A little trivia - the young actor portraying Jeremy passed away in 2016 in a drowning accident at 36.
The lead singer Eddie Vedder is one of the most passionate artists out there when it comes to his performances. Check out Pearl Jam 'Jeremy' live on MTV Unplugged and you'll see it. That and 'Black' from the same show are two of the best live performances of all time.
More Pearl Jam!!! Anything from mtv unplugged and pink pop 92. Jeremy is loosely based on two boys: one who committed suicided in Texas in front of his class and also about someone that Eddie went to school with.
Such an emotional song and video. I remember when it played on the radio and I had no idea at the time what it was about. I think the symbolism at the end is like you said, white shirts represent purity, but now they are stained by blood, forever altering them. And also the reaction poses are a symbol of eyes being opened to the part the played in his life to lead him to this moment. So sad.
The salute that had you taken aback was the Bellamy salute. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute I second the recommendation to check out "Black" by Pearl Jam on MTV Unplugged. It's like a rite of passage, or something. :) There's quite a rabbit hole to go down with Pearl Jam, so I'll be back. :)
Really enjoyed you picking the video apart and analysing the song as a first time listener and non PJ fan. I’ve seen them live a few times and the crowd always joins in or almost drowns the band out with those final big ‘woooaaah’s’. It’s a moment. Great vid man 👍
The Bellamy salute was used in the USA during the pledge of allegiance. When it was adopted in Germany during WWII, it was banned in America, and replaced with the hand over the heart.
So yes..this depicts a true story of a kid named Jeremy that committed suicide in front of his class in HS in the early 90’s. Eddie Vedder is the lead singer. PJam has been one of my all time favorite bands since 1991. Still love them. You ABSOLUTELY have to react to more of them. You will NOT be disappointed. My all time favorite LIVE performance of anyone is the BLACK live MTV. You should check out the LIVE MTV of Jeremy and Even Flow.
Pearl Jam is one of the best, Eddie Vedder the singer has such a unique voice, not to mention he's really a great guy. Black Unplugged will blow you away with his emotion ✌❤💫
he's saying Jeremy spoke in class today the band is from Seattle and would randomly show down by the piers and give a free concert and us natives loved it Eddie Vedder is the lead singer
I was bullied as a kid! I came from Finland as a 4 year old to Canada and didn't speak a word of English, in grade 1 through grade 4 my English was not great. It still hurts when those memories come back!
Shout out to Eddie Vedder's lyrics too which are sadly just as poignant today as they were 30 years ago. The salute, if it's not already been mentioned below, was the Bellamy salute to the flag. It was taken out of schools after WWII for obvious reasons.
I like how you got to the artistry of this work, the symbolism. I remember when it came out it was talked about but it’s emphasis is on mental health issues with your children. Parents then they didn’t really pay a lot of attention to what was happening in schools with bullying etc. It was a wake up call
It's the Bellamy Salute. It's how we as Americans saluted the flag from the late 1890's to the 1920's when fascist Italy started using it, then we stopped. Then Hilter also adopted it.
Great reaction! Yes, you need to check out more Pearl Jam! Pull up Pearl Jam's "Black" played live on MTV Unplugged! That song is amazing! Also, watch the "Even Flow" video!
As to mishearing the lyric, the first time I ever heard this was live on some awards show and I could have sworn he was saying, "Tell me Spokane clears today." and yet I STILL found it incredibly powerful.
I am 42 now back than this was my song I liked the music from perl jam...but Jesus I never knew Jeremy really exist 😢😢😢 I mean we doesn't have internet back then and in Germany we never get news like this. Oh man 😢
Jeremy spoke in class today. Lead singer of pearl jam read a story in a newspaper about this kid jeremy who killed himself in front of his class. True story happened in texas in 91 or 92.
The Nazi thing can symbolize going along with the crowd, mindlessly. Hatred. Jeremys news story inspired the song. Please watch the TH-cam documentary on the real events. Side note, the young actor that plays Jeremy tragically died in a drowning accident. RIP to all 😞
I was 15 when this came out on MTV. They censored it by editing out the clip of him putting the gun in his mouth. I thought it was about shooting his classmates.
Pearl Jam Songs to react to: Black (unplugged), Alive, I am mine, Better Man, Porch, Even Flow, Do the evolution, Garden, Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town... and so many more
That salute is called the Belamy Salute. This was used by Americans with the Pledge of Allegiance until WWII when the Nazis used a similar one. We stopped then.
The song is about Jeremy Delle Who shot himself in front of his classmates at Texas' Richardson High School in 1991. He apparently left a note with a friend, but the contents have never been released. Pearl Jam was trying to use this as a way to bring awareness to teen suicide. They tried to reconstruct the circumstances around the event, but family and friends of Jeremy Delle say that the portrait is inaccurate at best. Without the note, and maybe even with it, we'll never really know what led him to do this.
This song is about a boy who kills himself at school to get revenge on the students who tormented him. It is based on the true story of Jeremy Wade Delle, a 15-year-old sophomore who killed himself in front of his English class at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas, on January 8, 1991. R.I.P Jeremy.
MTV demanded a censored version. But if you didn't know the story behind the video, it ended up giving more of a school shooter impression than of Jeremy commiting suicide (or it could be ambiguous). They showed Jeremy picking up the gun, removed most of the part where he put the barrel in his mouth and kept the end scene with the kids in class being bloody.
This song is a fabrication of Eddie Vedder's thoughts around a REAL LIFE EVENT. Let us please not forget this is about a 13 year old kid, Jeremy Wade Dell who KILLEED HIMSELF in front of his entire classroom. I love this song, it is fantastic, but please, do not forget the real life people who suffer still today. Those that knew and loved him, and those that only know this reductive song about his life. I know that Pearl Jam knows that this song is not enough, but we carry on regardless.....
Yes...don't forget the unfabricated Vedder story of bullying a kid when he was younger....later that same kid arrested, carried a gun and used it but luckily no one was injured. When Jeremy story came out this obviously affected and sadden Eddie to write this inspiring song..parents don't abandon your kids and the bullying continues....peace!
You should definitely do Pearl Jam "Black" Live MTV Unplugged. m.th-cam.com/video/5ZH2it92ZmA/w-d-xo.html Do this version over the studio one. Lead singer Eddie Vedder puts on an amazing vocal performance. Thank you.
would be good if u pull up the lyrics and set them to the side as you react to a song so that you dont spend too much time trying to guess what you heard
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Jeremy spoke in class today.
No one would listen to Jeremy though, so the gun spoke for him. As mentioned in another comment, "Try to erase THIS from the blackboard."
It has been 30 years since this was written (man I feel old) yet sadly it is still very relevant today.
Shifty76 very relevant ✌🏾❤️
And always will be, bullying will never stop 😢 I hope it will change I grew up the same way jeremy did being bullied but my parents loved me though
“Jeremy spoke in class today”
thanks
And he did....
This is a real story. And yes he made a hell of a statement that can never be erased from the black board. But somehow we still have bullying.
Yes he did...
@@jamesbailey1502 yup
RIP Jeremy Delle....... song saved a lot of lives when I was in school. “King Jeremy the wicked ruled his world”
Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" and "Why Go" made my suicidal self feel seen as a child. Music is powerful.
@@horizonblack Also being a suicidal teen screaming and crying to Alive, way before I knew the true meaning of the song, but it helped me out so much during my dark days!
@@VesperLestrange "Alive" is wonderful. We played the shit out of that tape, didn't we?
"Black" unplugged. So much emotion
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That song breaks my heart ♥️
❤ yeah
The song is about Jeremy Delle who shot himself in front of his class in January 1991. That's all that's factual in the song. Eddie didn't know if Jeremy was bullied or disregarded by his parents. Eddie read the story about the suicide and was inspired to write the song and bullying was an issue then too. It's kind of sad that not much has changed in 30 years.
A little trivia - the young actor portraying Jeremy passed away in 2016 in a drowning accident at 36.
correct.
Listen to Pearl Jam even if you don't do more videos of them. Is just great music. Also having the lyrics on to will help. Eddie sings in cursive....
"Eddie sings in cursive" is probably one of the best descriptions of his vocals I've ever heard/read!
this is by far the best description of eddie's singing i could ever hear
Eddie speaks in cursive might be the best description I ever read...kudos!
I love that you say he sings in cursive... the best way to describe..... :)
The lead singer Eddie Vedder is one of the most passionate artists out there when it comes to his performances.
Check out Pearl Jam 'Jeremy' live on MTV Unplugged and you'll see it. That and 'Black' from the same show are two of the best live performances of all time.
The jeremey performance was awesome
Jeremy was a real kid. Jeremy spoke in class today. Video won 4 awards
Jeremy Delle was was bullied horribly at school, his parents were neglectful, and he couldn't cope anymore. He shot himself in front of his class.
More Pearl Jam!!! Anything from mtv unplugged and pink pop 92. Jeremy is loosely based on two boys: one who committed suicided in Texas in front of his class and also about someone that Eddie went to school with.
thanks for the insight
What you saw was the “Bellamy salute” that’s how the pledge of allegiance was done pre WWII
Such an emotional song and video. I remember when it played on the radio and I had no idea at the time what it was about.
I think the symbolism at the end is like you said, white shirts represent purity, but now they are stained by blood, forever altering them. And also the reaction poses are a symbol of eyes being opened to the part the played in his life to lead him to this moment. So sad.
yes very sad
Yes Jeremy Wade Dell was an Actual kid that did take his own life in front of his teacher and 30 classmates in Texas.
consider having the lyrics open in another tab during reactions
some singers can be a lil tough to understand at times
The kid who played Jeremy actually died somewhat recently due to a tragic drowning accident.
How much it feel if you never was loved and seeing no end
The salute that had you taken aback was the Bellamy salute. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute
I second the recommendation to check out "Black" by Pearl Jam on MTV Unplugged. It's like a rite of passage, or something. :) There's quite a rabbit hole to go down with Pearl Jam, so I'll be back. :)
I always thought they were just raising there hand
Really enjoyed you picking the video apart and analysing the song as a first time listener and non PJ fan.
I’ve seen them live a few times and the crowd always joins in or almost drowns the band out with those final big ‘woooaaah’s’. It’s a moment. Great vid man 👍
The Bellamy salute was used in the USA during the pledge of allegiance. When it was adopted in Germany during WWII, it was banned in America, and replaced with the hand over the heart.
So yes..this depicts a true story of a kid named Jeremy that committed suicide in front of his class in HS in the early 90’s.
Eddie Vedder is the lead singer. PJam has been one of my all time favorite bands since 1991. Still love them. You ABSOLUTELY have to react to more of them. You will NOT be disappointed. My all time favorite LIVE performance of anyone is the BLACK live MTV. You should check out the LIVE MTV of Jeremy and Even Flow.
Great reaction and analysis. You really broke it all down with insight into his situation and things that I never picked up on in the video before.
As said... Jeremy spoke in class today.... try to erase THIS from the blackboard
Great reaction Fort Worth. Eddie Vedder is the lead singer of Pearl Jam.❤️😀👍❤️✌️🌼
Pearl Jam is one of the best, Eddie Vedder the singer has such a unique voice, not to mention he's really a great guy. Black Unplugged will blow you away with his emotion ✌❤💫
he's saying Jeremy spoke in class today
the band is from Seattle and would randomly show down by the piers and give a free concert and us natives loved it Eddie Vedder is the lead singer
He shot himself in class and the blackboard represented in the video was the one that got blood all over it after the event took place
Jeremy spoke in class today..
I was bullied as a kid! I came from Finland as a 4 year old to Canada and didn't speak a word of English, in grade 1 through grade 4 my English was not great. It still hurts when those memories come back!
Shout out to Eddie Vedder's lyrics too which are sadly just as poignant today as they were 30 years ago. The salute, if it's not already been mentioned below, was the Bellamy salute to the flag. It was taken out of schools after WWII for obvious reasons.
It's Eddie Vedder the front man for Pearl Jam.
I like how you got to the artistry of this work, the symbolism. I remember when it came out it was talked about but it’s emphasis is on mental health issues with your children. Parents then they didn’t really pay a lot of attention to what was happening in schools with bullying etc. It was a wake up call
3 biggest qustions of our lives
1 are we alone in the universe
2 what happens to us after we die
3 where do we go after we reach our breaking point?
It's the Bellamy Salute. It's how we as Americans saluted the flag from the late 1890's to the 1920's when fascist Italy started using it, then we stopped. Then Hilter also adopted it.
Great reaction! Yes, you need to check out more Pearl Jam! Pull up Pearl Jam's "Black" played live on MTV Unplugged! That song is amazing! Also, watch the "Even Flow" video!
"Told the world how he felt with the sound of a gat".
P. O. D= youth of the nation
As to mishearing the lyric, the first time I ever heard this was live on some awards show and I could have sworn he was saying, "Tell me Spokane clears today." and yet I STILL found it incredibly powerful.
Anything from their first album "ten" will whet your appetite for more 👍
I am 42 now back than this was my song I liked the music from perl jam...but Jesus I never knew Jeremy really exist 😢😢😢 I mean we doesn't have internet back then and in Germany we never get news like this. Oh man 😢
MAN!!!! THIS IS A GREAT REACTION
You hit it all bro, well done.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 the soundtrack of my late teens. Not a bad track on the album.
Jeremy spoke in class today.
Jeremy spoke in class today. Lead singer of pearl jam read a story in a newspaper about this kid jeremy who killed himself in front of his class. True story happened in texas in 91 or 92.
Glad I'm not the only one who used to think he said "Jeremy's spoken as clear as day".
Jeremy's spoken, class today (in class today).
Mark Pelington made a great movie called Arlington road. You should watch it. It’s crazy and really good
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Another great "anti suicide" song is R.E.M, - "Everybody Hurts"
The Nazi thing can symbolize going along with the crowd, mindlessly. Hatred. Jeremys news story inspired the song. Please watch the TH-cam documentary on the real events. Side note, the young actor that plays Jeremy tragically died in a drowning accident. RIP to all 😞
Jeremy spoke in class today
Lost a friend to suicide last week, he had a similar story to Jeremy
I think the fire represents hell. His life was hell.
I was 15 when this came out on MTV. They censored it by editing out the clip of him putting the gun in his mouth. I thought it was about shooting his classmates.
jeremy spoke in class today...
Pearl Jam Songs to react to: Black (unplugged), Alive, I am mine, Better Man, Porch, Even Flow, Do the evolution, Garden, Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town... and so many more
That salute is called the Belamy Salute. This was used by Americans with the Pledge of Allegiance until WWII when the Nazis used a similar one. We stopped then.
Jeramy spoke in class today
The song is about Jeremy Delle Who shot himself in front of his classmates at Texas' Richardson High School in 1991. He apparently left a note with a friend, but the contents have never been released. Pearl Jam was trying to use this as a way to bring awareness to teen suicide. They tried to reconstruct the circumstances around the event, but family and friends of Jeremy Delle say that the portrait is inaccurate at best. Without the note, and maybe even with it, we'll never really know what led him to do this.
The song is a true history.
This song is about a boy who kills himself at school to get revenge on the students who tormented him. It is based on the true story of Jeremy Wade Delle, a 15-year-old sophomore who killed himself in front of his English class at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas, on January 8, 1991.
R.I.P Jeremy.
I have always loved Pearl Jam
MTV demanded a censored version. But if you didn't know the story behind the video, it ended up giving more of a school shooter impression than of Jeremy commiting suicide (or it could be ambiguous). They showed Jeremy picking up the gun, removed most of the part where he put the barrel in his mouth and kept the end scene with the kids in class being bloody.
Please react to Rooster by Alice in Chains, it's a great song about mental impact caused by war in the soldiers, specifically the Vietnam war
Jeremy spoken in Class today is the Lyric. Great reaction...Powerful and tragic
Spoke in class today
Sure it's been covered, but the words are "Jeremy spoke in class today" it's about school shooting.
The meaning will be displayed by the end of the video
It’s the American Bellamy salute
The kid shot himself in Front of his English Class. Eddie read about it and wrote this song.
Eventually the one being bullied will roar back
I think the I think the Nazi salute represents how mass mentality can make people do terrible things ie the whole class bullying him.
Eddie Veddar is the lead singer of Pearl Jam.🙂
It is sad as well that the actor who played Jeremy died in a drowning a few years back.
Great analysis!
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Great insight!
lead singer is Eddie Vedder.
Eddie Vedder is the lead singer
Yes. Jeremy Delle was a real person. R.i.p.
True story!!!
Not creepy, agonized! Pure screaming lament and despair.
Yes. Jeremy was a real person. The whole situation was real. His family sued Pearl Jam over this song...
This song is a fabrication of Eddie Vedder's thoughts around a REAL LIFE EVENT. Let us please not forget this is about a 13 year old kid, Jeremy Wade Dell who KILLEED HIMSELF in front of his entire classroom. I love this song, it is fantastic, but please, do not forget the real life people who suffer still today. Those that knew and loved him, and those that only know this reductive song about his life. I know that Pearl Jam knows that this song is not enough, but we carry on regardless.....
Yes...don't forget the unfabricated Vedder story of bullying a kid when he was younger....later that same kid arrested, carried a gun and used it but luckily no one was injured. When Jeremy story came out this obviously affected and sadden Eddie to write this inspiring song..parents don't abandon your kids and the bullying continues....peace!
lead singer is Eddie Vedder...
Based on a true story
White can also symbolize death in literature.
Ooh pleese Eddie Veeder 😂❤ the besta until today ❤
You should definitely do Pearl Jam "Black" Live MTV Unplugged. m.th-cam.com/video/5ZH2it92ZmA/w-d-xo.html
Do this version over the studio one. Lead singer Eddie Vedder puts on an amazing vocal performance. Thank you.
You should have the lyrics pulled up when you react. These songs would all make more sense to you. 🤗
would be good if u pull up the lyrics and set them to the side as you react to a song so that you dont spend too much time trying to guess what you heard
Pearl Jam Black MTV unplugged
Jeremy
It was based on a true story
class today
Black on MTV unplugged
Eddie Vedder is a genius
Cause and effect
In class
In class today
It’s based on a true event
Eddie Vetter.this is a true story.