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I'm kind of half-watching "MTV's Most Controversial Videos." They just had Jeremy by Pearl Jam, unedited. I remember seeing that video once before, a long time ago; I paid close attention to it this time. It was excellently directly and shot, more like a short film.

The show host said that it was based on the real story of a Texas boy who shot himself in front of his school class. Looking at it after all the school schootings of the last 4 years, it has a different significance to me. Almost freaky in its precognition. The character stylized in the music video and the song seemed to emboy all those elements of alientation, anger, pain, fear, and frustration that were described in the real world school shootings, though this boy only shot himself.

It made me sad.

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It also makes me angry (not about this kid, about the killers), because I got mocked somewhat in middle school and I never shot anyone, or blew anyone up. It's very.... weak. It's weak of them.
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I think I'm going to go back to reading Rowling now. Maybe Harry will get so upset he'll avera-kedavera his entire class. He still seems to be a Very.Angry.Young.Man.

Also, somewhat self-involved, now that I think about it. But I can see where he'd develop that from.

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Just surviving is a noble fight...

[octopedingenue]

Give a moment or two to the angry young man
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor
And he likes to be known as the angry young man


*giggles and runs away*

Re: Just surviving is a noble fight...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

That's cool. What's it from?

With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor

I'm not sure I understand the significance of that line. I get the imagery, but I don't know what the medals and maps together mean.

Re: Just surviving is a noble fight...

[octopedingenue]

That's cool. What's it from?

From the appropriately titled Angry Young Man by Billy Joel, which is a bouncy and cynical song and delightfully both. ^_^ I often VERY much identify with the third stanza, and he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell makes me giggle Every Time.

I'm not sure I understand the significance of that line. I get the imagery, but I don't know what the medals and maps together mean.

It's from a song, so it's very open to interpretation, of course. My thought on that particular line is that the medals are those he's won for his political struggles (or for his prize rutabagas, if he thinks those are politically inciting), and the maps are ones he's using to plan his next protest/march/target/attack.

Re: Just surviving is a noble fight...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

you know, I watched a great Trigun music fan video to 'Jeremy'. I still have it saved on a CD I think.

Re: Just surviving is a noble fight...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I got the "plan-attack" thing. That always seems to be what's going down when someone sits down wiht maps on a floor. Cause no Angry YoungMman who takes himself seriously would ever plan a road trip to get away from Things That Make Him Angry. ;P