Very emotive song, probably my favourite on the album. The video's strangely emotive too.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
Yeah man that's some crazy shit. And it doesn't just happen in foreign places. There are sweat shop type places all over this great and wonderful nation of ours.
I remember hearing a news story about a sweatshop that got shut down in socal some months back. What gave authorities a clue was the fact that it was surrounded by a fence that was angled inward as opposed to outward.
It's like when I go down to Tijuana and see those small children standing on the sidewalk and selling chewing gum. I want to buy a bunch of gum from them because I feel so sorry for them, but then again I don't want to fund an enterprise that exploits children.
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- the great Sir Leo Harrison
I remember hearing a news story about a sweatshop that got shut down in socal some months back. What gave authorities a clue was the fact that it was surrounded by a fence that was angled inward as opposed to outward.
It's like when I go down to Tijuana and see those small children standing on the sidewalk and selling chewing gum. I want to buy a bunch of gum from them because I feel so sorry for them, but then again I don't want to fund an enterprise that exploits children.
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipan#Controversy
That's a sad video. :(
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