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The General Strike - Pugon (2016) / Filipino blues rock

The General Strike - Pugon (2016) / Filipino blues rock

Youtube: https://youtu.be/PE2zGYX4QTw

This song was played in the ending credits of the #HorrorMovie #Nocebo. The entire album slaps and it's all about the experiences and suffering of workers and labourers. I'll post the translation in a bit since there's a word count limit on Mastodon.

@alternativenation #blues #Filipino #TootSEA #Philippines #Tagalog

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  • @alternativenation

    Translation from Tagalog taken from a Youtube comment by @chartreuse00000

    "Pugon" (Furnace)

    Bars in the windows
    A lock on the door
    Not criminal
    But worse than a prisoner

    They are workers
    Deliberately caged
    Amidst hardship and hunger, suffering and pain
    Until one day, befell in tragedy

    2/🧡

    • @alternativenation

      Making a living but instead dying in living
      in this ablazing "box" while imprisoned and buried
      They turned into ashes inside a factory that became a "furnace"

      Making a living but instead dying in living
      in this ablazed "box" while imprisoned and buried
      They turned into ashes inside a factory that became a "Furnace"

      Bars in the windows
      A lock on the door
      Not criminal
      But worse than a prisoner

      3/🧡

      • @alternativenation

        They are workers
        Deliberately caged
        Amidst hardship and hunger, suffering and pain
        Until one day, befell in tragedy

        Making a living but instead dying in living
        in this ablazed "box" while imprisoned and buried
        They turned into ashes inside a factory that became a "Furnace"

        4/🧡 end

  • Hey this is great! Thanks for translating . I’m assuming you have seen Nocebo? I’ve never heard of that one. Is it in Tagalog?

    • Nope it's English, it's an Irish-Filipino production. Most of it is filmed in Ireland and there are some flashback scenes in the Philippines but they're subtitled.

      I like the movie, it goes in really surprising places. I haven't seen another English-language horror movie covering global south labour exploitation so it deffo gets bonus points for that one.

    • @useless_modern_god Nope it's English, it's an Irish-Filipino production. Most of it is filmed in Ireland and there are some flashback scenes in the Philippines but they're subtitled.

      I like the movie, it goes in really surprising places. I haven't seen another English-language horror movie covering global south labour exploitation so it deffo gets bonus points for that one.

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