Launched in 1991 as part of the debut album Pearl JamIN Ten“Jeremiah“This is one of the most shocking songs of the grans not only because of its musical intensity, but also for the real tragedy that inspired it. The song was written Eddie Vedder After reading in the Morning News Dallas newspaper The story of Jeremy Wade Cell, a 15 -year -old teenager from Richardson, who committed suicide before his class on January 8, 1991.Field
As Songfacts recalls, the article reported: “Since the class is missing, the English professor of the second period told Jeremy to get permission to join the secretariat. Instead, she returned with weapons, according to the police. She went right in the front of the class.
Vedder, transferred by the news, connected the story of Della with the story of a former classmate, who also lived in silenceIn fact, in an interview with 1991, the field with journalist Karen Bliss, he said that the child “went crazy and once brought the class of a gun.” Nevertheless, he shot in a fish jug.
This mixture of experience gave rise to this song, which soon became one of the hymns Pearl jam In what issues, such as loneliness, rejection of family and bullying, are resolved, reflecting the lack of communication that many young people suffer.
