Jeremy (song)
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| “Jeremy” |
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| Single by Pearl Jam |
| from the album Ten |
| B-side |
“Footsteps” / “Yellow Ledbetter” |
| Released |
1992 |
| Format |
CD single, Cassette, Vinyl |
| Recorded |
March 27 – April 26, 1991 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle, Washington |
| Genre |
Grunge |
| Length |
5:18 |
| Label |
Epic |
| Writer(s) |
Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament |
| Producer |
Rick Parashar, Pearl Jam |
| Certification |
Gold (RIAA) |
| Pearl Jam singles chronology |
| “Even Flow”
(1992) |
“Jeremy“
(1992) |
“Oceans”
(1992) |
| Ten track listing |
| “Black”
(Track 5) |
“Jeremy“
(Track 6) |
“Oceans”
(Track 7) |
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| Audio sample |
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file info · help |
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| Music video |
| “Jeremy” at YouTube (Adobe Flash video) |
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“Jeremy” is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by bassist Jeff Ament, “Jeremy” was inspired by a newspaper article Vedder read about a high school student who killed himself in front of his classmates. “Jeremy” was released in 1992 as the third single from Pearl Jam’s debut album, Ten (1991). The song reached the number five spot on both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Billboard charts. The song was included on Pearl Jam’s 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). A remixed version of the song was included on the 2009 Ten reissue.
The song especially gained notoriety by way of its music video (directed by Mark Pellington and released in 1992), which was put into heavy rotation by MTV and became a hit. In 1993, the “Jeremy” video was awarded four MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Video of the Year.[1]
- 1 Origin and recording
- 2 Composition
- 3 Lyrics
- 4 Release and reception
- 5 Music video
- 5.1 Original video
- 5.2 Official video
- 5.2.1 Video summary
- 5.2.2 Controversy
- 6 Live performances
- 7 Cover versions
- 8 Track listing
- 9 Chart positions
- 10 Accolades
- 11 References
- 12 External links
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[edit] Origin and recording
“Jeremy” features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by bassist Jeff Ament. The song’s music was written before the band went out on tour in support of Alice in Chains in February 1991.[2]
Ament on the song:
I already had two pieces of music that I wrote on acoustic guitar…with the idea that I would play them on a Hamer 12-string bass I had just ordered. When the bass arrived, one of [the pieces] became “Jeremy”….I had an idea for the outro when we were recording it the second time…I overdubbed a 12-string bass, and we added a cello. That was big-time production, for us….Rick [Parashar]’s a supertalented engineer-musician…Stone [Gossard, Pearl Jam’s rhythm guitarist] was sick one day, and Ed, Rick and I conjured up the art piece that opens and closes the song. That was so fun—I wanted to make a whole record like that.[3]
In another interview, Ament stated:
We knew it was a good song, but it was tough getting it to feel right—for the chorus to sit back and the outro to push over the top. The tune went from practically not making it on the record to being one of the best takes. I’m not sure if it’s the best song on the album but I think it’s the best take. On “Jeremy” I always heard this other melody in the choruses and the end, and it never sounded good on guitar or bass. So we brought in a cello player which inspired a background vocal, and those things made the song really happen. Most of the time if something doesn’t work right away, I just say fuck it—but this was an instance when perseverance paid off.[2]
[edit] Composition
“Jeremy” is in the key of A, and intertwines the parallel modes of major and minor frequently. It features prominent usage of Ament’s 12-string Hamer bass guitar, which is pivotal to the sound of the introduction and end of the recording. The song starts off with the bassline and quiet harmonic notes also on the 12-string bass, and continues in a sedate vein until after the second chorus, when densely layered guitars and vocals gradually enter. At the end the instruments gradually fade out until all that is audible is a clean guitar and the 12-string bass, like the intro. Both instruments play a descending minor key melody, fading out with one single note.
[edit] Lyrics
“Jeremy” is based on two different true stories. The song takes its main inspiration from a newspaper article about a 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle, born February 10, 1975, from Richardson, Texas who shot himself in front of his English class at Richardson High School on the morning of January 8, 1991 at about 9:45 am. In a 2009 interview, Vedder said that he felt “the need to take that small article and make something of it—to give that action, to give it reaction, to give it more importance.”[4]
Delle was described by schoolmates as “real quiet” and known for “acting sad.”[5] After coming in to class late that morning, Delle was told to get an admittance slip from the school office. He left the classroom, and returned with a .357 Magnum revolver. Delle walked to the front of the classroom, announced “Miss, I got what I really went for”, put the barrel of the firearm in his mouth, and pulled the trigger before his teacher or classmates could react.[5] A girl named Lisa Moore knew Jeremy from the in-school suspension program: “He and I would pass notes back and forth and he would talk about life and stuff,” she said. “He signed all of his notes, ‘Write back.’ But on Monday he wrote, ‘Later days.’ I didn’t know what to make of it. But I never thought this would happen.”[5]
When asked about the song, Vedder explained:
It came from a small paragraph in a paper which means you kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you’re gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. Sixty-three degrees and cloudy in a suburban neighborhood. That’s the beginning of the video and that’s the same thing is that in the end, it does nothing … nothing changes. The world goes on and you’re gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Be stronger than those people. And then you can come back.[6]
The other story that the song is based on involved a student that Vedder knew from his junior high school in San Diego, California. He elaborated further in a 1991 interview:
I actually knew somebody in junior high school, in San Diego, California, that did the same thing, just about, didn’t take his life but ended up shooting up an oceanography room. I remember being in the halls and hearing it and I had actually had altercations with this kid in the past. I was kind of a rebellious fifth-grader and I think we got in fights and stuff. So it’s a bit about this kid named Jeremy and it’s also a bit about a kid named Brian that I knew and I don’t know…the song, I think it says a lot. I think it goes somewhere…and a lot of people interpret it different ways and it’s just been recently that I’ve been talking about the true meaning behind it and I hope no one’s offended and believe me, I think of Jeremy when I sing it.[7]
[edit] Release and reception
While the “Jeremy” single was released commercially to international markets in 1992, the commercial single was not released in the United States until June 27, 1995 and was only available as a more expensive import version beforehand. “Jeremy” was released as a single in 1992 with the previously unreleased B-sides “Footsteps” and “Yellow Ledbetter”, both of which can also be found on the compilation album, Lost Dogs (2003), the former as an alternate version, and the latter of which can also be found on the band’s greatest hits compilation, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003). “Jeremy” became the most successful song from Ten on the American rock charts. The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and Billboard Modern Rock Tracks charts. The “Jeremy” single has been certified gold by the RIAA.[8] At the 1993 Grammy Awards, “Jeremy” received nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance.[9]
Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. In Canada, the song reached the top 40 on the Canadian Singles Chart. “Jeremy” reached the UK Top 20. It peaked at number 93 in Germany, reached the top 40 in New Zealand, and was a top ten success in Ireland.
Chris True of Allmusic said that “Jeremy” “is where Pearl Jam mania galvanized and propelled the band past the ‘Seattle sound’ and into rock royalty.” He described it as a “classic buildup tune” and proclaimed it as “arguably Pearl Jam’s most earnest work and one of their most successful singles.”[10] Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork Media said, “‘Jeremy’ is the most pat Freudian psychodrama on an album full of them.”[11]
In March 2009, “Jeremy” was made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series as a master track as part of the album Ten.[12]
[edit] Music video
[edit] Original video
In July 1991, Vedder became acquainted with photographer Chris Cuffaro. Vedder suggested Cuffaro film a music video for the band. On Vedder’s insistence, Epic gave Cuffaro permission to use any song off Ten. He decided on “Jeremy”, which was not intended to be released as a single at the time.[13] Epic refused to fund the clip, forcing Cuffaro to finance it himself.[14]
Cuffaro raised the money by taking out a loan and selling all of his furniture and half his guitar collection. He first filmed several scenes of a young actor, Eric Schubert, playing the part of Jeremy. Cuffaro and his crew spent a day filming Schubert playing the part of Jeremy. The scenes with Pearl Jam were filmed in a warehouse on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 1991. A revolving platform was rigged at the center of the set, and the members of the band climbed on it individually to give the illusion of the song being performed as a crew member spun the giant turntable by hand. Vedder appeared with black gaffer’s tape around his biceps as a mourning band for the real Jeremy.
To save money, Cuffaro did all of the post-production himself. He finished the video after six months, but it was ultimately rejected by Epic. Cuffaro’s version was never broadcast, and lived on only in bootlegs. It is currently available on his website.
[edit] Official video
By the time Cuffaro finished his music video, Epic had warmed up to the idea of releasing “Jeremy” as a single. Music video director Mark Pellington was brought in to handle the project.[15] Pellington said that he “wasn’t a huge fan of the band, but the lyrics intrigued me—I spoke to Eddie, and I really got connected to his passion.”[16] Pellington and Pearl Jam convened in Kings Cross, London, England in June 1992 to film a new version of the “Jeremy” music video.[17]
Working with veteran editor Bruce Ashley, Pellington’s high-budget video incorporated rapid-fire editing and juxtaposition of sound, still images, graphics and text elements with live action sequences to create a collage effect. Actor Trevor Wilson portrayed Jeremy. Wilson filmed his classroom scenes as Jeremy at Bayonne High School in New Jersey.[18] The video also featured many close-ups of Vedder performing the song, with the other members of Pearl Jam shown only briefly. Some of the stock imagery was similar to the original video, but when it came to the band Pellington focused on Vedder. Vedder thus serves as the video’s narrator. Ament said, “It was mostly Mark and Ed’s vision. In fact, I think it would have been a better video if the rest of the band wasn’t in it. I know some of us were having a hard time with the movie-type video that Mark made, because our two previous videos were made live.”[3]
The video premiered on August 1, 1992,[15] and quickly found its way into heavy rotation on MTV. Michele Romero of Entertainment Weekly described the music video as “an Afterschool Special from hell.” She stated that “when Eddie Vedder yowls the lyric ‘Jeremy spoke in class today,’ a chill frosts your cranium to the point of queasy enjoyment.”[19] The success of the “Jeremy” video helped catapult Pearl Jam to fame. Pellington stated, “I think that video tapped into something that has always been around and will always be around. You’re always going to have peer pressure, you’re always going to have adolescent rage, you’re always going to have dysfunctional families.”[20] The video won four MTV Video Music Awards in 1993, including Best Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Metal/Hard Rock Video and Best Direction.[1]
[edit] Video summary
In Pellington’s video, Jeremy is shown being taunted by classmates at school, running through a forest, and screaming at his parents at a dinner table. Jeremy is the only character that actually moves throughout the video. The other characters in Jeremy’s life are in stationary tableau. Shots of words such as “problem”, “peer”, “harmless”, “bored”, and “child” frequently appear onscreen. Also, the phrase Genesis 3:6 appears, which references the creation of sin, specifically Eve eating from the tree of knowledge and giving some of the fruit to Adam. As the song becomes more dense and frenetic, Jeremy’s behavior becomes increasingly agitated. Strobe lighting adds to the anxious atmosphere. Jeremy is shown standing, arms raised in a V (as described in the lyrics at the beginning of the song), in front of a wall of billowing flames. Jeremy is later shown staring at the camera while wrapped in a US flag, surrounded by fire.
The final scene of the video shows Jeremy striding into class, tossing an apple to the teacher and standing before his classmates. He reaches down and draws back his arm as he takes a gun out of his pocket. The gun only appears onscreen in the uncut version of the video. The edited video cuts to an extreme close-up of Jeremy’s face as he puts the barrel of the gun in his mouth, closes his eyes, and pulls the trigger. After a flash of light the screen turns black. The next shot is a pan across the classroom, showing Jeremy’s blood-spattered classmates, all completely still, recoiling in horror.
[edit] Controversy
MTV restrictions on violent imagery prevented Pellington from showing Jeremy putting the gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger at the climax of the video.[20] Ironically, the ambiguous close-up of Jeremy at the end of the edited video, combined with the defensive posture of Jeremy’s classmates and the large amount of blood, led many viewers to believe that the video ended with Jeremy shooting his classmates, not himself.[20]
Pellington himself dismisses this interpretation of the video.[20] He said, “Probably the greatest frustration I’ve ever had is that the ending [of the "Jeremy" video] is sometimes misinterpreted as that he shot his classmates. The idea is, that’s his blood on them, and they’re frozen at the moment of looking.”[20] He had filmed a scene where Jeremy is shown putting the gun in his mouth, but this footage was edited with a zoom effect for the MTV version of the video so the gun was not visible.[20] Pellington also filmed a slightly different take of the classroom Pledge of Allegiance sequence. In the MTV version of the video there is a brief shot of Jeremy’s classmates making a gesture that could be either the American Bellamy salute or the Nazi Hitler salute; in the original cut of the video this scene is longer.
After “Jeremy”, Pearl Jam backed away from making music videos. “Ten years from now,” Ament said, “I don’t want people to remember our songs as videos.”[21] The band did not release another video until 1998′s “Do the Evolution”, which was entirely animated.
In 1996, a shooting occurred at Frontier Junior High School in Moses Lake, Washington that left three dead and a fourth injured. The legal defense team for the shooter, Barry Loukaitis, stated that he was influenced by the music video.[3]
After the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, MTV and VH1 rarely aired the video, and mention of it was omitted in retro-documentaries such as I Love the ’90s. It is still available on the internet, on websites such as YouTube. It can also occasionally be seen playing at Hard Rock Cafe locations. The video has been getting airtime on VH1 Classic and MTV Hits programming as of 2006, and is currently in circulation via late night playlists featured on Scuzz. The video was included in MuchMusic’s list of the 12 most controversial videos. The reason was because of the topic of suicide, and recent school shootings. The scene of Jeremy with the gun in his mouth was not shown. It was also included on VH1′s countdown of the “100 Greatest Songs of the ’90s” at number 11,[22] with several clips of the video shown, including part of the ending. The uncensored version of the video was shown as part of the retrospective “Pearl Jam Ten Revisited” on VH1 Classic in 2009 prior to the album’s re-release, including the shot in which Jeremy puts the gun in his mouth.
[edit] Live performances
“Jeremy” was first performed live at the band’s May 17, 1991 concert in Seattle, Washington at the Off Ramp Café.[23] Pearl Jam performed the song for its appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1992. Pearl Jam also performed “Jeremy” at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1992. The band had intended to perform the Dead Boys song “Sonic Reducer”, but MTV insisted that it play “Jeremy” since the song’s music video was already in heavy rotation. (It had been released after the deadline for that year’s awards.) At the end of the intense performance, Vedder managed to sneak in a reference to the Dead Boys song by singing the first line of “Sonic Reducer”, “I don’t need no … I don’t need no mom and dad.”[24] Live performances of “Jeremy” can be found on the “Animal” single, the “Dissident”/Live in Atlanta box set, various official bootlegs, the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set, and the Drop in the Park LP included in the Super Deluxe edition of the Ten reissue. Performances of the song are also included on the DVD Touring Band 2000 and the MTV Unplugged DVD included in the Ten reissue.
[edit] Cover versions
A version of “Jeremy” by MiG Ayesa can be found on the 2007 album, MiG.
evilempire96 (2 years ago) Show Hide
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YEH MAN, i saw them in New York recently, they were heavy as fuck!
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one of the few singers that still can sing pretty well after all the years…..
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It’s true he does still sing pretty well but… wouldn’t you have loved to have seen them perform this in like ’91/’92?
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of the vs album pearl jam just got really crap! pity though they used to be soo amazing…
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He’s getting old. But Jeremy always remindes me on an old grunge days. And Nirvana. And Soundgarden. They were amazing.
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To me, Pearl Jam is the best band ever! I saw them in June here in Germany and I was about 20 feet from Eddie Vedder and it was the most intense thing. The entire concert was amazing! You have to see them live!
Check out their acoustic stuff…(Benaroya Hall) …great stuff!!!
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he’s voice isn’t that good anymore
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You, insect brain, are a dork.
Moskieto (1 year ago) Show Hide
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it is true, but i’m still a big pearl jam fan
so shut the fuck up
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This from a tiny, irritating blood sucking insect. Wow. Glad you are a fan. Take english lessons and you’ll think of a better comeback. Your tone was a little off.
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Eddie sings differently now that he is older, but in no way is it worse. I don’t know if its better, but different. Still he sounds great and is a great performer.
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ah men, couldn’t agree more
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of course you will lose sound over the years. Are you stupid? Listen to your own voice 20yrs ago, then listen to it now. It’s totally different.,
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great band, great song, great lyrics, does it get any better
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at least we foreigners learn english.. you americans should learn about other cultures instead expect us speak fluently english
want als ik nederlands ga typen wordt het toch best moeilijk voor je.
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lazy bastards
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ya it is different, i like his old voice, it has a lot of vibrato now, but o well, still amaazing
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i hate matt cameron when he plays pearl jam’s stuff, he ruined a legacy he worked so hard on in soundgarden
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this is dave abbruzzese
he’s a genius on drums in pearl jam
matt didnt play in PJ till like 1999..
i thought matt C was a god from his early drummin but his drummin in pearl jam is pretty pathetic really and he struggles wit dave a’s original beats n fills
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yea, I just don’t think he can cut the gig.
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Dave Abbruzzese didn’t play drum on Ten, Dave Krusen did, he joined a couple months after Ten was released.
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oh? I didn’t know that! cool cool. Who was the drummer with the LONG straight hair that played evenflow and jeremy with the band live? was that Krusen or Abbruzzese?
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the drummer who playd live till 94 was Abbruzzese.. had a little goattie 2
his drummin’s similar 2 bonham from led zep
abbruzzese also recorded vs. and vitalogy with pearl jam then they sacked him 4 polical differences
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over political differences!? thats lame! people often lose sight of the music over stupid shit like religion and political views… quite sad. I say, it doesn’t matter if you worship a friggin rock! as long as your a good person, thats all that matters!
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Eddie’s voice is still completely there as much as it was in the beginning. He just holds back on the yelling parts because if he did that part over and over again, night after night, he really would lose his voice. But I’ve heard him do it full on even recently.
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f**k ,you’re right guys, I’m a drummer and only now I realize Matt plays very bad Pearl Jam’s parts , that are in fact much more easier that his own old odd stuff with Soundgarden-maybe the only band better than PJ in this world .
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I wouldn’t say Matt played them really bad, if you listen to the 2000 bootlegs, it gives the sense of feelin that he just tries to get through the songs…….with a few combos here & there……& as the years went by, it sounds like he’s finally starting to put effort into it from the recent tour…..does anyone agree?…
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He’s so not into doing his old songs.
Looks forced to me. His eyes would always have a certain look when he did this song. Still sounds good, no passion.
We need you to get it back Eddie.
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Look at the end of the Alive video from the same concert. He breaks down in tears, and thanks the crowd over and over again.
Somehow I think he enjoyed it. 
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I agree with you too dude, I think everyone loses their fire…the guys been doin this since 91 and at some point your passion just dies…but you also have to take into account that their set lists are really fuckin long today compared to what they were
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In this interpretation the anger give his place to sadness. The flames still burning on Eddie but in another way, he can touch your soul with is voice.
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i totally agree with you mixgreat!and i think this performance was a bit fast!but they’re still legends
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o belial su voz… su voz…
yo este grupo lo escucho desde que tengo uso de razon y joder su voz…
aun asi sigue siendo el grupo k mas amo y que mas me ha llegao en mi vida.
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If I could meet any celebrity it would be Eddie Vedder
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yeah i agree too its a nice vid and it sounds good but if you compare it to the live pinkpop show in 92, honestly you even get a vibe just by watching the freaking video
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Pearl Jam rules the fucking world
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Aye, well, they rule mine anyway^^
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f·ck who said that pearl jam doesn’t have passion
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The man was like 42 here i’m pretty sure. Give him a break! He’s not 26 anymore. I don’t care I still think it was beautiful.
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he not singing hes miming. its not hard to tell.
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No.. the audio and vidio are off… “its not hard to tell”
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lol you just have to look at the drums eh, the audio is totally off
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what the hell? do you think he’s ryan cabrera or something?!
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Eddie Vedder looks like Bono
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dnt even compare him to that dick bono!!! eddie is the man!!! i love pearl jam!!
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that was freakin awesome!
Eddie Vedder is god!
and they sound so damn good live
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why father and mother ? daddy and mommy sounds cooler ! although hes an old man but not a coot !
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I am so JEALOUS of the people who are there! =) What an amazing set list!!
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Pearl Jam is amazing… Eddie Vedder brings hope to rock and roll
Such a legendary band, their loyalty to fans is so admirable
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nah not really, eddie said the reason they changed their style of music was because they didnt like their fans, hard case aye
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NO WAY!
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then what kind of fans liked them before?
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dunno but thats just what eddie said
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Jeremy was based on a kid who shot himself in mouth after being quiet and stuff. To me it’s a sad song. 
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For me too, the end always gives me chils (the bass part)
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man there geting old… in age not song wize i listen to them every day
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No way on anyday can we find another EDDIE VEDER!!
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whats he doing at :52 telling the sound people to turn up his voice?
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yea its looks that way
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There’s a lack of strength in his voice, like he used to have…but he’s still THE man
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i half agree…hee he does seem to lack the strength…but this is the first time i have heard this side of him, he still has that strength…just not hear for some reason
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Eddie looks HOTTTT
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They weren’t formed in the late eighties. They came out of mother-love bone..the lead singer died in 1990 and the remaining members formed Pearl Jam.
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He looks sorta nervous hes a great performer tho and rad music brings back memories…
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im only 13 and i luv pearl jam aspecially this song eddie is so awsome!!!
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im only 13 and i luv pearl jam aspecially this song eddie is so awsome!!!
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who cares if ur 13, as long as u like the music-im also 13
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he didnt do this song with the emotion he did in jeremy-live 92 check it out
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i think hes dissapoiunted in dis vid because they all got theier hair cut..
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that is a awesome bass
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8 strings… Kinda cool…
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No, no no…
12 strings bass actually…
counted wrong
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yup, a 12 string Hamer
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ohhh i see a canadian flag!
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I love Pearl Jam, but this performace is not as good as when they were still young.
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I don’t know I like this verion better. more contolled other than yelling
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he lacks the strength in his voice indeed.:<
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I was there at the front watching them
Along with another 80,000 other people!
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Eddie messed up on the lyrics, oh well, great song
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really? which part?
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i like this version than the others! like the expressions on eddies face when he sings this.
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it is pretty obvious that eddie’s lacking the intensity and passion he used to have, and people thumbs-downing the comments saying that are just in denial.
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You cant excuse someone singing differently than they used to 15 years ago? Jeremy is more or less a forgotten classic now, theyve matured into something far greater than the gruff bravado of Ten. Here they have the immense generosity to give the festival a “Greatest hits” set list. If you want Eddie to sing the same way as he did back in 92 that means youd never be able to have heard everything amazing that came after- Given to Fly, Love Boat Captain, Life Wasted just to mention a few.
SERACH EXTINTO ROJO DENIZE I N YOUTUBE
A truly poetry in motion.
God, this is real music!!
julioperezespinoza (5 days ago)
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poor jeremy
best song ever absolutely love it!!!!
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This is Cuffaro’s video right?
dude i seen this one fuse and my mom strted to cry
Pearl Jam its alive today!
Pearl Jam lyrics are the most hard from many bands i know… i could never understand nothing in vocal neither text, prob. the best occult text ideas ! but even so besides this one Pearl Jam is one of my favorite rock bands… they have nice and unique strings ..
Vendrán al Perú ?? buuuu….
Excelente!!!!
5 estrellas….
I Loved this song
they are one of them definitely (Y)
theres a kid that goes to my school that looks like kurt cobain..just hes 16 not 23-28
wait Kurt cobain never got to be 28
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Is it me or is Pearl Jam the Greatest Band or what!!!
skateboardlover22 (1 week ago)
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They are great but Alice In Chains beats em
True…Well I like them both the same but my cousin loves Alice in Chains!!
i listen and look this song i think about 100 times
awesome
this songs about a little kid that brought a gun to school and shot himself infront of the class… jeremy spoke in class.. today…..
Pearl Jam..they never get tiresome..
One of the greatest bands around
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This song is still F’ing amazing.
eddie vedder is awesome…
this song and all the others but especially this one sends shivers down my spine. fucking awesome song!
It dosent matter how bad the video is they could never ruin the song
Great song. Really bad video! What were they thinking? Just run around in circles?
TheOnlineCommunity (2 weeks ago)
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This isn’t the real vid. The main one is on youtube. It’s better.
Es excelente, tiene todo el aguante.
this song isa just another eddie vedder masterpiece i luv it,i didnt know there was another video for it thats cool
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I looked up this song after seeing it on Kerrang I didnt know about this song till I heard the the little commentary from whoever’s top 50 it was but anyways when I heard and looked it up seems like this song was inspired by two Boys the first is poor Jeremy who killed himself and left his abusers with lifelong guilt and another kid from one of the bands youth called Brian who did something similar but instead shot up a whole classroom two sad stories and a great tribute to em both R.I.P Jeremy
Sad song, sad situation that inspired the song, RIP Jeremy.
This is a pretty good song always sort’ve reminded me of tool but still different and definitley a Great song ^^
one of my all time favourite songs
MsSocialparasite (3 weeks ago)
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i love the alternative video
whatever floats your bost i suppose…
courtneyandkitty (3 weeks ago)
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i listen to this song everyday :]
HighlanderMonkey (3 weeks ago)
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lol
thumbs up for you my buddy.
they cut th part where he blew his head off in class?
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LooksThatKill360 (3 weeks ago)
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This song has a good meaning. Be carefull who you pick on because they might commit suicide and you’ll have guilt for the rest of your live.
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Pearl Jam is by far the BEST band ever
yer defo, his sort of voice aswell
to the robert plant comment, fuck yeah dude, he does have a “Plant” appearance, and it is cool!!
im glad they ended up using the other video, Mark Pellington is the man.
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eddie has a really robert plant kind of look in this vid, that’s pretty cool
puta madre pearl jam es el mejor grupo
carajoooooooooo
where the hell’s the original video
90s grunge will live on FOREVER :]
It’s a Hamer 12-string, look up the Wikipedia article on the song.
Hamer (with one m) 12 strings
Hmm, which Hammer is it? The Chaparral has a cutaway on the upper side. The bass in the video seems tp have no upper cutaway!?
The specific model name I really don’t know. May be even a custom model. I don’t know that much about Hamer basses and their site was offline some minutes ago.
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