Monday, March 26, 2012

Jeremy - Pearl Jam

Jeremy is a song by Pearl Jam, with lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, who was inspired in a true story about a 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade, who killed himself in front of his classmates. The video music gets a lot of attention for two reasons. The first reason is about the edition of the video, which uses a technique like collage that shows fast images of Eddie Vedder, recreation of the true story and also some messages. The second reason is for showing strong images, which recreate in somehow that Jeremy Wade lived in a cruel way. Even it shows the moment of his suicide. Due to this, the video was censured in many countries.

The music video message can be understood in different ways, but all of them point out that depression leads people to suicide, it is caused by not being part of a group, feeling lonely, or discriminated against by your peers. In this video it is clear that Jeremy suffered from constantly bullying, and that his parents did not pay attention to him and how he was feeling.

 The message has been sent to show a particular fact that called Eddie Vedder’s attention when he saw it in the newspapers. Besides to show the reasons that allow these events happen.

Héctor Vielma.

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