Jeremy – Pearl Jam

Jeremy is based on two different true stories. The vocal takes its main inspiration from a news report article around a 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle, born February 10, 1975, from Richardson, Texas who shot himself in front of his English physical body at Richardson High School on the morning of January 8, 1991 at about 945 am. In a 2009 interview, Vedder said that he felt the train to take that small article and make something of itto give that action, to give it reaction, to give it more importance. Delle was described by schoolmates as real quiet and known for performing sad. 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. A girl named Lisa M oore 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 didnt know what to make of it. But I never thought this would happen. 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 youre gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. Sixty-three degrees and cloudy in a suburban neighborhood. Thats the beginning of the video and thats the same thing is that in the end, it does nothing nothing changes.The world goes on and youre gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Be stronger than those people. And then you can come back. The other story that the song is based on twisty 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, didnt 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 its a bit about this kid named Jeremy and its also a bit about a kid named Brian that I knew and I dont know the song, I think it says a lot. I think it goes somewhere and a lot of people interpret it different ways and its just been recently that Ive been talking about the true meaning behind it and I hope no ones offended and believe me, I think of Jeremy when I sing it.