What are peoples thoughts on the meaning of this song.
2006-08-16 01:01:47 · 12 answers · asked by a cottage by the sea 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Clearly i remember, picking on the boy,seemed a harmless little....its meaning, well, bullying springs to mind, what happens when someone is tipped over the edge, given the nature of pearl jams output, the fact that they seem to be outsiders, its probably about a loner/misfit/someone different from the in crowd who kinda flips....Jeremy spoke in class today....with his pistol not his mouth. personally, I love PJ, the debut album was a masterpiece, still gets played v.loud v.regularly by moi, once heard that the song was based on a real life incident in a US school, given the number of aholes with guns in the US it could be true but more than likely an urban myth, although dont be surprised if some ahole takes it literally and does a Jeremy
2006-08-16 01:18:43 · answer #1 · answered by minesaphatone 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I alway thought the song was about the weird quiet kid who gets bullied at school, until one day he lashes out in a rage:
"Clearly I remember picking on the boy.
Seemed a harmless little ****...but we unleashed a lion.
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast.
How could I forget?"
...and the singer realises in later years that Jeremy was being abused/neglected at home as well, and now feels guilty for picking on him at school:
"And he hit me with a surprise left.
My jaw left hurting, dropped wide open.
Just like the day...like the day I heard
Daddy didn't give affection and the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear."
According to Wikipedia:
"One of Pearl Jam's first singles, the song was inspired by a newspaper article about a 16-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle from Richardson, Texas who shot himself in front of his English class in Richardson High School on the morning of January 8, 1991."
2006-08-16 01:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by tjs282 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was about a boy who went in to school, and killed classmates & teachers. I think Jeremy is the name of the first boy to do this
2006-08-16 01:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by Folded Paper Figures 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what i took from the song is this kid, jeremy, took the lives of several of his class"mates" in a gun spree after enduring years of bullying at the hands of others in the school...eventually,( and having neglectful parents who he may have also killed) jeremy snaps in his classroom. the meaning is simple...even seemingly long suffering victims of bullying can turn...it's just a matter of time. cool video too,coincedently.
2006-08-16 06:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't care,love Pearl Jam
2006-08-16 11:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Swan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About a child with no friends and family who care or have love for him. Then he showed all the billies how hurtful they were by committing suicide in front of them -- realising him from his torment and in return passing the torment on to the tormentors with the vision of his death !!!
2006-08-16 07:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by cammy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a song about bullying and bad parents who were to busy to realize he was being picked on.
2006-08-16 01:06:00 · answer #7 · answered by Eric R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure about the meaning, but i used to LOVE that song,
havnt heard it in years.
2006-08-16 01:05:54 · answer #8 · answered by robmurfitts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its about a real incident that was in the paper. about a boy who was struggling to be heard, until he "spoke in class today" and much of it was cause his parents were too busy for him. its a great soooooo-ooooo-oooo-oo-oo-oong.
2006-08-16 07:29:30 · answer #9 · answered by loveboatcaptain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's about a boy who shot himself in his english class. Eddie Vedder talks about it here...http://www.korat.co.il/pearljam/Ibook/Ten/jeremy.html
2006-08-16 01:11:39 · answer #10 · answered by calios1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋