On the salute to the flag: info, The Bellamy salute is a palm-out salute created by James B. Upham as the gesture that was to accompany the American Pledge of Allegiance, whose text had been written by Francis Bellamy. It was also known as the "flag salute.” Later, during the 1920s and 1930s, Italian fascists and Nazi Germans adopted a salute which was very similar, attributed to the Roman salute, a gesture that was popularly believed to have been used in ancient Rome.[1] This resulted in controversy over the use of the Bellamy salute in the United States. It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.
Its based on two seperate stories. One being the story of Jeremy wade Dele which the primary influence where he walked up in front of his class and blew his brains out. But also there was a kid Eddie used to bully back in high school that went up on the roof of the high school and jumped to his death Eddie wasn't there that day but of course he heard about it. So the he hit me with a surprise left was in reference to the kid he used to bully.
I was forty years old when this song ( and video ) were released on MTV. I remember not being able to understand all the words he was singing and most of us didn't have the internet then to "look them up". Being bullied for eight years in school, I can really identify with the song.
The image of Jeremy standing in front of the huge fire with his hands raised is powerful!! And talking about this shit is the only way we are gonna work through it. You see how Jeremy handle shit alone
I like how he strolled in and flipped the teacher an Apple before pulling out a gun it took both hands to hold up!! What an image to study on and file away
No one ever catches that this lyric " King Jeremy the wicked ruled his world" is more like "King Jeremy, the wicked ruled his world" if you say it one way it sounds like he's the wicked one but he's not he's the hero in his own story unfortunately he just couldn't take it no more
@@90sGrungeFreak yeah i just notice that most reactors don't catch it, it's assumed he is the wicked, but the whole thing is to show him feeling like he is being attacked so he felt like he was the wicked cuz that's how people perceived him it's a good mix of both story's, idk if the real Jeremy if he was attacked or if he was how but he was obviously going through something irl because the mental frustrations he had were very real I hope him n others like him have found peace
Unfortunately Eddie placed the emphasis in the wrong place. Which left it sounded like Jeremy was the wicked and ruled 'his' world rather than what he meant was that Jeremy perceived that that wicked ruled his HIS world.
One of the reasons why he wrote this song was the fact that Jeremy's tragedy was only on a small article in the back of a newspaper instead of the front page PLUS the fact that the school leadership wanted to erase this tragedy as if it didn't happen thus the "try to erase it from a blackboard" lyric.
"And the boy was something that Mommy wouldn't wear." What a way of describing the feeling that you're an object or possession in your family; that you don't feel like you fit in; that you don't think you meet your parents' expectations. (And a touch of the greedy consumerism of the 80s). Yeah, this video was censored when it released. Many people misunderstood that it was Jeremy shooting his classmates. This was before Columbine, before school sh00tings were commonplace. Intense.
Interesting note, when Eddie sings about picking on the boy that bit the recess ladies breast, and getting hit with a surprise left. Eddie isn't singing about Jeremy at that point, he's singing about a personal experience he had in school where he picked on another student.
I was a kid when this song came out and I remember all our parents hating this song and all the groups like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, etc…most of the negative reaction was for the music video, not the song itself…
The first time I was ever suspended from school was in elementary school for wearing the Pearl Jam shirt that was produced for this song. The shirt design is called "Choices" and it has a kid sitting with a box of crayons and a gun in front of them and they're reaching for the gun. On the back it says "9 out of 10 kids choose crayons over guns". I was suspended and the shirt was banned by the school system of South Carolina for inappropriate imagery. Imagine that shit
I was called into the office for the sane shirt when i was 16. My vice principle asked where i got it so he coukd buy more. Perspective is key. That dude saved my ass so many times @neilpatrickhairless
Fun Fact #1 This was filmed at my high school in Bayonne, NJ. The classroom is located in the original building before they added to it. Fun Fact #2 The video was edited to take out the gun going in the kids mouth and as a result it was worse because now the kids look like he shot them. The kid was bullied and had mental health issues. He made the song because this was becoming a bigger issue and no one was speaking on it. When you have a platform you have a responsibility to use it properly. This was not too long before Columbine and the rising school shootings. It's kind of warning that many just closed their ears on. Here the kid hurt himself due to the bullying, a few years later they began taking others with them.
This was a sad 😔 song 🎵 it differently makes a statement. It gets you thinking 🤔 💭 more?? I remember first hearing Jeremy it was shocking. But overall I have always liked 👍 the song 🎵 🎶 it is a good song but when you really know what the lyrics mean it is heartbreaking 💔 🎶 😢. Thanks for sharing 👍 and going deeper into this song 🎵 🎶. Wish you the best on your other song 🎵 reaction videos 📹 here on You Tube.
I always say people can only take something bullying, and being pushed to far before that person snaps and when that happens who knows what the outcome will be tragically this was his outcome.
putting it perspective a bit…. this was written back before cell phones, internet and obviously social media. This was the best way to bring awareness to an issue. Through music and music videos.
Their last music video ever ! Besides the animated so the evolution! Mark Pellington directed the video if not mistaken!! Well done to all the people involved!! People just didn’t understand it at first!! It took thought and we all know people don’t like giving that much attention to their music!! They just want electronic noise and crap! This is actually true blue feel something music!!! Love em
I was a sophomore at the time and remember talking about this song with my friends. Even talking to our parents saying "This is going to happen. A lot. You don't listen." There were a number of really bad ideas that started in the 90's and they're only magnified now with social media and your every move being recorded somewhere online. If I had to guess in the next 4 years, after the rona nonsense, this'll hit another high.
It saddens me that you seem to be more interested in 'seeing' the video rather than 'hearing' the song. Perhaps, it would have been less disappointing for me if you had listened to the song instead of watching the video, I think you may have gleaned more from the experience. Thank you for sharing all the same and keep up the good work.
I think it is better to react to a video without preconceived ideas or info. Also, listen to the music without obsessing over lyrics. Keep at it! Best of luck from a new sub.
The beginning and end of the video state the day and weather to signify that life goes afterwards. The kid wanted to make a scene and be remembered forever. Instead, the incident was just a small paragraph in the newspaper. The world just kept going as it was. The only way to make a difference is to keep fighting and not give up on life. That's how you win in the long run. Not by suicide.
But also alludes to the fact that while sad, still after death no one gave a shit. It was a news piece and the world moved on like nothing happened. No gun legislation, no mental health. Just judgement. The thing that forced him to kill himself in the first place. Humans... most intelligent species. Yeah, okay
I was suspended in elementary school for wearing the shirt that was produced for this song. The shirt design is called "Choices". I was suspended and the shirt banned from the school system in the very Conservative, very gun-friendly State that I live in for "inappropriate design or imagery". Micromanagement to avoid introspection and adult responsibility at its finest. Fast forward 30 or so years and Texas, the State the real life Jeremy lived in, passed HB 1147. It's enough to gag a person.
oh man, please do not judge. Everyone has a story. Maybe yours does not include what others who have had suicidal ideation have gone through. Teenagers especially are bullied more today more than ever due to the internet and social media. The world has moved on in such strange ways and most not for the better. We have incredibly high rates of suicide in the Veteran community. Please, If you do not have clinical depression or other mental illness or chronic physical illness, do not judge. This song saved lives and Jeremy will never be forgotten because of this song. Peace , love and please reach out to someone - anyone if you are feeling hopeless.
@@John_Locke_108 my bad - I misunderstood you. I guess I missed what Eddie said about the song. I love your laid back reply. Thank you for not making me feel bad for having misjudged your comment! Peace and good health to you.
He went to like 4 schools parents went through a divorce he was also in a phych ward and net some girl who said she was pregnant but ended up being not true he even wrote several letters to people
A lot of the controversy in the past over this video, is that was too easily misinterpreted. Considering how prevalent school shootings were in the news, most people thought he was shooting the other students, not himself.
😮I think you need to stop talking too much. Sorry don’t mean to be too forward. But the whole idea is to watch Your reaction. And let the viewer decide their own idea. But I get it, 15 min vid! I had to speed up the taking, but other than that, good choice in song! 💔
i see your point, but honestly I like that he says things, means he's trying to put himself into the shoes of the person in the song. If there's to much pausing maybe its because theres alot of material to unpack
Maybe you should go touch grass or better yet make your own reaction video 🤔 instead of trying to control someone else’s channel. You know, just a thought that may have never crossed your mind.👍🏽
Oh, you’re not gonna say it on RUclips that he cheated on me from the moment I met him until the time I left him and threw all his shit out on the driveway because he’s a wife beater that Eddie Vedder
I thought this was a reaction video. Not a narration. 🤷♂️🤦♂️😐 Also, you stop way too much. When you do stop, go back a few seconds when to start again.
No, he didn't. *The video on MTV was censored (both language and content)* , it flashed from him tossing the apple to facing the class, the top of his face (from the nose) and then the kids being splashed with red being in shock. That's what the line "try to erase this from the blackboard" is trying to convey. The MTV video did show Eddie's pantomime leading to self harm, instead of turning it on the kids. This is the whole, original uncut video.
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If Pearl Jam hadnt done this song, how many people would remember Jeremy today? So glad they immortalized this kid.
it's not only about Jeremy.
It's about suicide awareness.
I think Pearl Jam helped quite a lot in society.
"Try to erase this from the blackboard" I get goosebumps every time I hear that line
Sends chills down your spine 🥶
Absolutely my favorite line also!! Screamed like only Eddie can
On the salute to the flag: info, The Bellamy salute is a palm-out salute created by James B. Upham as the gesture that was to accompany the American Pledge of Allegiance, whose text had been written by Francis Bellamy. It was also known as the "flag salute.”
Later, during the 1920s and 1930s, Italian fascists and Nazi Germans adopted a salute which was very similar, attributed to the Roman salute, a gesture that was popularly believed to have been used in ancient Rome.[1] This resulted in controversy over the use of the Bellamy salute in the United States. It was officially replaced by the hand-over-heart salute when Congress amended the Flag Code on December 22, 1942.
Its based on two seperate stories. One being the story of Jeremy wade Dele which the primary influence where he walked up in front of his class and blew his brains out. But also there was a kid Eddie used to bully back in high school that went up on the roof of the high school and jumped to his death Eddie wasn't there that day but of course he heard about it. So the he hit me with a surprise left was in reference to the kid he used to bully.
I was forty years old when this song ( and video ) were released on MTV. I remember not being able to understand all the words he was singing and most of us didn't have the internet then to "look them up". Being bullied for eight years in school, I can really identify with the song.
The image of Jeremy standing in front of the huge fire with his hands raised is powerful!! And talking about this shit is the only way we are gonna work through it. You see how Jeremy handle shit alone
I like how he strolled in and flipped the teacher an Apple before pulling out a gun it took both hands to hold up!! What an image to study on and file away
No one ever catches that this lyric " King Jeremy the wicked ruled his world" is more like "King Jeremy, the wicked ruled his world" if you say it one way it sounds like he's the wicked one but he's not he's the hero in his own story unfortunately he just couldn't take it no more
You could’ve said that any better right there man 🤟🏽 RIP Jeremy seriously a hero 🙏🏽
@@90sGrungeFreak yeah i just notice that most reactors don't catch it, it's assumed he is the wicked, but the whole thing is to show him feeling like he is being attacked so he felt like he was the wicked cuz that's how people perceived him it's a good mix of both story's, idk if the real Jeremy if he was attacked or if he was how but he was obviously going through something irl because the mental frustrations he had were very real I hope him n others like him have found peace
Unfortunately Eddie placed the emphasis in the wrong place. Which left it sounded like Jeremy was the wicked and ruled 'his' world rather than what he meant was that Jeremy perceived that that wicked ruled his HIS world.
@@CeiStockport-nx2qi yeah it took me a while of listening to catch it too because of the emphasis
One of the reasons why he wrote this song was the fact that Jeremy's tragedy was only on a small article in the back of a newspaper instead of the front page PLUS the fact that the school leadership wanted to erase this tragedy as if it didn't happen thus the "try to erase it from a blackboard" lyric.
That song hurts my heart for any kid getting bullied and feels unloved or unlovable. 😢
I feel ya right there 😓
"And the boy was something that Mommy wouldn't wear." What a way of describing the feeling that you're an object or possession in your family; that you don't feel like you fit in; that you don't think you meet your parents' expectations. (And a touch of the greedy consumerism of the 80s).
Yeah, this video was censored when it released. Many people misunderstood that it was Jeremy shooting his classmates. This was before Columbine, before school sh00tings were commonplace. Intense.
Interesting note, when Eddie sings about picking on the boy that bit the recess ladies breast, and getting hit with a surprise left. Eddie isn't singing about Jeremy at that point, he's singing about a personal experience he had in school where he picked on another student.
I was a kid when this song came out and I remember all our parents hating this song and all the groups like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, etc…most of the negative reaction was for the music video, not the song itself…
Yeah man nobody really had the love for these bands but they know how to put out some great hits I’ll tell you what 🤟🏽
The first time I was ever suspended from school was in elementary school for wearing the Pearl Jam shirt that was produced for this song. The shirt design is called "Choices" and it has a kid sitting with a box of crayons and a gun in front of them and they're reaching for the gun. On the back it says "9 out of 10 kids choose crayons over guns". I was suspended and the shirt was banned by the school system of South Carolina for inappropriate imagery. Imagine that shit
@@neilpatrickhairless Imagine how they’d react now…you’d be locked away and they’d throw away the key…
I was called into the office for the sane shirt when i was 16. My vice principle asked where i got it so he coukd buy more. Perspective is key. That dude saved my ass so many times @neilpatrickhairless
Fun Fact #1
This was filmed at my high school in Bayonne, NJ. The classroom is located in the original building before they added to it.
Fun Fact #2
The video was edited to take out the gun going in the kids mouth and as a result it was worse because now the kids look like he shot them.
The kid was bullied and had mental health issues. He made the song because this was becoming a bigger issue and no one was speaking on it. When you have a platform you have a responsibility to use it properly. This was not too long before Columbine and the rising school shootings. It's kind of warning that many just closed their ears on. Here the kid hurt himself due to the bullying, a few years later they began taking others with them.
Bayonne Bees! I had an ex girlfriend that went there. The video to Nada Surf's song "Popular" was also filmed there
@@neilpatrickhairlessyep and Mariah Carey Someday and Waking the Demon by Bullet for My Valentine was filmed there too
This was a sad 😔 song 🎵 it differently makes a statement. It gets you thinking 🤔 💭 more?? I remember first hearing Jeremy it was shocking. But overall I have always liked 👍 the song 🎵 🎶 it is a good song but when you really know what the lyrics mean it is heartbreaking 💔 🎶 😢. Thanks for sharing 👍 and going deeper into this song 🎵 🎶. Wish you the best on your other song 🎵 reaction videos 📹 here on You Tube.
Amazing 😢❤
I always say people can only take something bullying, and being pushed to far before that person snaps and when that happens who knows what the outcome will be tragically this was his outcome.
Ahead of his time,it’s all about mental health now…Talk about it to anyone it helps
putting it perspective a bit…. this was written back before cell phones, internet and obviously social media. This was the best way to bring awareness to an issue. Through music and music videos.
Their last music video ever ! Besides the animated so the evolution! Mark Pellington directed the video if not mistaken!! Well done to all the people involved!! People just didn’t understand it at first!! It took thought and we all know people don’t like giving that much attention to their music!! They just want electronic noise and crap! This is actually true blue feel something music!!! Love em
Nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Go Avs! Checkout Pearl Jam's song "Release"
On a mission 😎🤟🏽
he tried to tell us.
I was a sophomore at the time and remember talking about this song with my friends. Even talking to our parents saying "This is going to happen. A lot. You don't listen."
There were a number of really bad ideas that started in the 90's and they're only magnified now with social media and your every move being recorded somewhere online. If I had to guess in the next 4 years, after the rona nonsense, this'll hit another high.
It saddens me that you seem to be more interested in 'seeing' the video rather than 'hearing' the song. Perhaps, it would have been less disappointing for me if you had listened to the song instead of watching the video, I think you may have gleaned more from the experience. Thank you for sharing all the same and keep up the good work.
heavy
Deep stuff right here man
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I think it is better to react to a video without preconceived ideas or info. Also, listen to the music without obsessing over lyrics. Keep at it! Best of luck from a new sub.
Thank you so much! Check out my Chris Cornell reaction did a lot better on that reaction and getting a better feel of things! God bless 🤟🏽🔥
The beginning and end of the video state the day and weather to signify that life goes afterwards. The kid wanted to make a scene and be remembered forever. Instead, the incident was just a small paragraph in the newspaper. The world just kept going as it was.
The only way to make a difference is to keep fighting and not give up on life. That's how you win in the long run. Not by suicide.
But also alludes to the fact that while sad, still after death no one gave a shit. It was a news piece and the world moved on like nothing happened. No gun legislation, no mental health. Just judgement. The thing that forced him to kill himself in the first place. Humans... most intelligent species. Yeah, okay
I was suspended in elementary school for wearing the shirt that was produced for this song. The shirt design is called "Choices". I was suspended and the shirt banned from the school system in the very Conservative, very gun-friendly State that I live in for "inappropriate design or imagery". Micromanagement to avoid introspection and adult responsibility at its finest. Fast forward 30 or so years and Texas, the State the real life Jeremy lived in, passed HB 1147. It's enough to gag a person.
oh man, please do not judge. Everyone has a story. Maybe yours does not include what others who have had suicidal ideation have gone through. Teenagers especially are bullied more today more than ever due to the internet and social media. The world has moved on in such strange ways and most not for the better. We have incredibly high rates of suicide in the Veteran community. Please, If you do not have clinical depression or other mental illness or chronic physical illness, do not judge. This song saved lives and Jeremy will never be forgotten because of this song. Peace , love and please reach out to someone - anyone if you are feeling hopeless.
@@mariamason1919 I wasn't judging. I was paraphrasing what Eddie said about the song.
@@John_Locke_108 my bad - I misunderstood you. I guess I missed what Eddie said about the song. I love your laid back reply. Thank you for not making me feel bad for having misjudged your comment! Peace and good health to you.
Try reacting to R.E.M Everybody hurts
That WOULD be a good one, too . . . another very POWERFUL, well written song and the video is great.
He went to like 4 schools parents went through a divorce he was also in a phych ward and net some girl who said she was pregnant but ended up being not true he even wrote several letters to people
Chris Cornell Nothing Compares 2U
Got a Chris Cornell reaction on my list next 🤟🏽
It's sad that u didn't kno and wasn't around even when this happened
Do Alice In Chains
Wished Granted! 😎🤟🏽 this weekend stay tuned 😉
A lot of the controversy in the past over this video, is that was too easily misinterpreted. Considering how prevalent school shootings were in the news, most people thought he was shooting the other students, not himself.
Unfortunately I am named after this song.
I don’t go by the name Jeremy anymore
The worst part is that his parents aren’t there for him. He’s very disturbed obviously and kids bullying him is adding to it. No love for him 💔
It’s sad to hear and even get a visual idea of what he completely went through. Very sad indeed 😞
Try R,E.M every body hurts
On the list 🤟🏽
😮I think you need to stop talking too much. Sorry don’t mean to be too forward. But the whole idea is to watch Your reaction. And let the viewer decide their own idea. But I get it, 15 min vid! I had to speed up the taking, but other than that, good choice in song! 💔
i see your point, but honestly I like that he says things, means he's trying to put himself into the shoes of the person in the song. If there's to much pausing maybe its because theres alot of material to unpack
I mean… watching reactions are about watching people react. Link to the straight video is below. Calma.
Maybe you should go touch grass or better yet make your own reaction video 🤔 instead of trying to control someone else’s channel. You know, just a thought that may have never crossed your mind.👍🏽
Oh, you’re not gonna say it on RUclips that he cheated on me from the moment I met him until the time I left him and threw all his shit out on the driveway because he’s a wife beater that Eddie Vedder
I thought this was a reaction video. Not a narration. 🤷♂️🤦♂️😐
Also, you stop way too much. When you do stop, go back a few seconds when to start again.
So many are not good at this reaction thing!! I hate when people stop toooo much and in the wrong places!
Shut up and let people be unique on THEIR channel
WTF? The gun in the mouth wasn't in the original! He shot his classmates.
No, he didn't. *The video on MTV was censored (both language and content)* , it flashed from him tossing the apple to facing the class, the top of his face (from the nose) and then the kids being splashed with red being in shock. That's what the line "try to erase this from the blackboard" is trying to convey. The MTV video did show Eddie's pantomime leading to self harm, instead of turning it on the kids.
This is the whole, original uncut video.
@@AngB517 No.
This is the original the one ur thinking is the edited version
It was. MTV censored it. So people assumed he killed his classmates
Huh? He didn't shoot his classmates, he shot himself in front of them. But not surprising for a flat-earther to get the facts all mixed up.
CIA music.
Ok truther