"Paraiso" and Smokey Mountain

I've moved this post to my other blog, Drunken Sobrieties. Click pic to go there.


Smokey Mountain: The quintessential symbol of poverty in Philippines.
(Photo by an Italian dude named Sergio Ferraris)


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Here's Paraiso as performed by some dude in Japan:
(1 min. 16 secs.)

--Forgive me, but this is an utter bastardization of the song. Fine, I give 'em kudos for the slick and catchy production... but really, come on! (They could've at least gotten a guy who could sing! Ugh. But on the bright side, he's cute. =))

(Trouble viewing it here? Try this.)

To listen to the original song, or to get a glimpse of its social context, here.

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