August 1, 1992 –
Pearl Jam’s hit Jeremy makes its debut on MTV on this date.
At the end of the video, we see Jeremy walk, shirtless, into his classroom, throw an apple to the teacher, and make a gesture as if pulling something from his pocket. We later see his classmates shocked and sprayed with blood, implying that Jeremy has shot himself. Originally, this section showed the gun, but MTV ordered it removed, citing a policy against showing firearms. This didn’t sit well with director Mark Pellington, “MTV made us edit out the gun going in the mouth. That created the great confusion, which made it appear like he brought the gun and shot his classmates, which was a huge misinterpretation and years later connected “Jeremy” to school shootings, which was not it at all. Yet, people like to make the connection.“
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