Jeremy
Lyrics
At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top Lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a V And the dead lay in pools of maroon below Father didn't give attention, ohfull lyrics...
Features Of This Song
hard rock rootsgreat lyrics
a subtle use of vocal counterpoint
a subtle use of vocal harmony
mild rhythmic syncopation
interweaving vocal harmony
extensive vamping
a clear focus on recording studio production
thru composed melodic style
mixed minor & major key tonality
melodic songwriting
dirty electric guitar riffs
an emotional male lead vocal performance
a gravelly male vocalist
These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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Jeremy spoke in class today Lemon yellow sun, arms raised in a V Jeremy spoke in class today My jaw left hurtin', oh, dropped wide open Try to erase this Jeremy spoke in, spoke in, yeah And he hit me with a surprise left Father didn't give attention, oh Jeremy spoke in class today But we unleashed a lion, gnashed his teeth Jeremy spoke in, spoke in And bit the recess lady's breast, how could I forget? Jeremy spoke in class today King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world From the blackboard, oh oh Father didn't give affection, no Songwriters: Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder King Jeremy the wicked, oh, ruled his world And the dead lay in pools of maroon below The boy was something that mother wouldn't wear At home, drawing pictures of mountain tops, with him on top Jeremy spoke in, spoke in Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy Jeremy spoke in class today Publishers: POLYGRAM INT'L MUSIC PUBG GROUP, SCRIBING C-MENT SONGS Jeremy spoke in class today Seemed a harmless little fuck Try to forget this Jeremy spoke in Just like the day, oh, like the day I heard Jeremy spoke in class today Jeremy spoke in, spoke in To the fact that mother didn't care
No Riley, the song is about the kid who killed himself. The lead singer of Pearl Jam actually said so.
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No it wasnt, his cousin who is a drag queen is named jeremy, thats who its about
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"Jeremy" was inspired by a newspaper article Vedder read about a high school student who killed himself in front of his classmates.
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"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..."
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Is it just me, or does Vedders hooting during this song sound like the mating call of a spotted owl?
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this song is so great, love pearl jam an wat they've done for rock muzic
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This song is soo great, it put Pearl Jam in the spotlight for their music career
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thinlizzy60: You are wrong, wrong, wrong. This song tells the story of a kid named Jeremy that came to school and wasted himself and, as I recall, some kids who bullied him in his class back in the late 80's in a Dallas suburb. It was one of the first, highly publicized school shootings.
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this song is referring to the abuse eddie had to deal with when he was a kid. to me this is a chilling but amazing song.
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pandora understated a couple attributes for this song.. it's not 'great lyrics', its 'HOLY S**T VEDDER'S ON VOCALS'.
get it right. gawd. :P |
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