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Four extraordinary women (Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, The Interrupters’ Aimee Interrupter, White Lung’s Mish Way, The Last Internationale’s Delila Paz) and the ferocious production of The Bloody Beetroots breathe life into the true story of the Radium Girls, young Illinois factory workers who were the victims of one of the most heinous crimes in US industrial history. I spent every summer as a kid near Ottawa, Illinois where these doomed girls used deadly radium laced paint to make glow in the dark watches. They were encouraged to lick the paintbrushes to a point to increase productivity and profit and in the end their bones literally fell apart from cancer and they were so toxic they had to be buried in lead lined coffins. The resulting court cases and publicity led to historic nationwide labor protection legislation. Every year I place flowers at the small monument to these quiet heroes and this song is dedicated to their memory.
Written by Tom Morello, Jehnny Beth, Carl Restivo, Nadya Tolokonnikova, and Simone Cogo
Produced by The Bloody Beetroots and Carl Restivo
Vocals by Nadya Tolokonnikova, Aimee Allen, Mish Way and Delila Paz
Guitar by Tom Morello
Engineered, and Additional Guitar by Carl Restivo
Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering at Coffin Studios by The Bloody Beetroots & Pietro “ Twntymls" Ventimiglia
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Directed by Tom Morello
Edited by Ted Roach / Sammy Slate Productions
Views : 123,100
Genre: Music
Date of upload: Jun 4, 2021 ^^
Rating : 4.892 (97/3,503 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-02-05T03:28:28.857029Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Decades from now rock music historians will speak about Morello with reverence. Genius
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Didn't know about this sad part of History, Thank you: Tom, Nadya, Aimee, Delila and Mish for keeping their memory alive. Music is always the most useful tool for remembrance and education. ❤️Radium Girls🌹.
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The Last Internationale is so underrated
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My favorite guitar player, my favorite electronic music producer, and the lead singer of my sons' (6 & 10) favorite punk band? Yeah, this'll work.
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I just read Tom Morello’s OP “Hard Times in My Hometown” NYTimes Sunday, Jan 9th. His hometown was Marseilles, Illinois. I had no idea the dials of glow- in- the-dark watches caused the young factory workers (mainly girls) horrible cancers. The company did not care about these girls’ lives. Nor did they care about the town’s citizens. The radium used so we could see the time in the dark soaked into the soil, sewer lines and foundations of nearby homes. Thank you, Tom, for using your musical and literary talents to bring this story to light.
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Reading the story behind this song actually educated me about something I didn't know. Thanks Tom 🙏
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Definitely a song with a message. A history lesson. 👍👍🎶
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Tom Morello I was listening to you on Sat radio on my way home from a road trip and I was so intrigued at how intelligent you are !Man I loved listening to you and your music brother !!! You are very interesting !
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Soloist of The Interrupters and Tolokonnikova from Pussy Riot on the same track, produced by Tom Morello. Perhaps this is too cool a collaboration. Yes, and the girl in the hat also sings well. That's it, the guitar riffs and the motive of this song stuck in my head.
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I’m a St Louisan and recently learned about this after hearing Tom on XMSirius Lithium. 💔 I was really sad to hear about more Midwestern environmental catastrophe. Thank you for sharing and for bringing awareness. This song has been my anthem lately, it’s playing on repeat in my head. Great jam. I’m planning to visit the memorial of Radium Girls very soon to honor these women.
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I absolutely love this song. Heard it first on XM
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I never heard this story, thanks for bringing it to my attention
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Fan-friggin-tastic! And what the actual "Radium Girls" endured is a pure horror show.
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First, I heard voices in my head
Could never do the things they said
And still, they whisper in the night
Now I've decided, they might be right
Radium girls
Radium girls
Radium girls
Radium girls
Radium girls
Bosses told me, don't worry, young lady
Shut up, sit down, and look pretty
Lick, lick, lick, lick, lick radium
Shut up, sit down, and look pretty
Did you know I was carrying a baby
And now my baby is [?]
Let me choose [?]
To make [?]
There's something wrong, I can see it
Everybody knows, no one's talking about it
Death is glowing in the dark, my bones, they fall apart
These lines of poison paint, they're gonna be my last sentence
Do what you're told
Lick the tips of the paintbrush
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I love that
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I love your latest collaborations!
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SIMPLY AMAZING! Are you going to have any more collaborations with these ladies? Their voices add so much to this track. Thank you for this song!
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i will never not appreciate tom for his sick work. ✊🏾🔥
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Tom Morello is a mad genius. A kick-ass rock song about a tragic series of events from the patriarchy! unfortunately a lot of people who have or will jam to this will not hear the story!
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@kbusby4824
2 years ago
Thanks Tom et al. for memorializing these women. As a fellow Illinoisan, I was well aware of the history of the radium girls. Thanks for bringing awareness to this gross injustice. Well done all!
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