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Tue 20 Jan, 2004 05:51 am
Hi all.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Okay, I've been trying to track down the artist of a song that I forget. Here's what I remember: The song is a rock/alternative song I believe, from a popular group (a male rock/alternative group); and considering that there was a publicly-released video of it, I think the song is pretty popular too (so hopefully you'll know it!). It's a fairly recently-made song, considering I saw the music video of it last year (early 2003).
The music video is about a true event (I believe), where an adolescent boy in the US (in, or related to Beverly Hills (you see 90210 actually flash in the video)) committed suicide in front of his classroom at school. This happened at the end of the video, where you don't actually see the shooting directly, but then the frame freezes and the camera fixes on the kids in the classroom, just as it occurs - the colour of the shot is distorted so you just see the children sitting at their desks, turning away with the (blood) splatter from the blast hitting them.
Um, if that's not enough - just as how the colour of the shot was "distorted" etc., the entire video is practically set in that kind of environment, perhaps to accentuate the kids perspective of the world. At the beginning, you see the band, I think...and it is quite flashy (as the 90210 flashes, for example). Also, in the video, I remember the boy going up to his parents, but they don't notice him, or just argue...and also, another scene is when the boy is in the classroom, trying to get attention, but no one pays attention to him, and he gets frustrated.
Anyway, it's a really thought-provoking video with a deep message and I was wondering if you could tell me the name of it..thanks a lot.
-Dale
Hi daleliop, welcome to A2K. The song and video sound like Jeremy by Pearl Jam. Here are the 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
Daddy didn't give attention
Oh, to the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world...
Jeremy spoke in class today... (2x)
Clearly I remember pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little ****
Ooh, but we unleashed a lion...
Gnashed his teeth and bit the recess lady's breast...
How can I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurtin'...ooh, dropped wide open
Just like the day...oh, like the day I heard
Daddy didn't give affection, no...
And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked...oh, ruled his world
Jeremy spoke in class today... (3x)
Woo... (14x)
Try to forget this...try to forget this...
Try to erase this...try to erase this...
From the blackboard...
Jeremy spoke in class today... (2x)
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in... (2x)
Jeremy spoke in class today...
Woo... (29x)
Woooooohhh...spoke in, spoke in...
Woooooohhh...uh huh, uh huh...
Ah thanks a lot. I thought it was Pearl Jam, but couldn't figure out which song.