Thursday, April 16, 2015

I witnessed Ate Neneng humming to whatever was playing from her iPod and I realized it was Barbie Girl. Liking to tease her, I asked if she knew what the lyrics meant and told her it was about sex. She vehemently protested this and explained she was listening to a Tagalog version and began to sing it. The translators looked at "kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky," and thought the best way to bring this to a Filipino audience was to make it a list of food. It's not what I would expect, so you can imagine my surprise when she said, "Bananas, potatoes, and barbeque." I only managed to get a few lines from her, god knows what the rest of the song was like. Maybe deep frying. ...Actually, that sounds awesome. Can we get that version in America?

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