FLAVA BREAKFAST BEST BITS: Your Kids Are Singing Dirty Songs!

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Let's go! The Flava Breakfast Podcast.

Charlie (0:03)

Oh, kia ora whanau, just in case you missed the show, we got a goodie for you guys. This is why we have the podcast, man. We got you guys. Look, we were talking about songs that don't match the lyrics. Lyrics that don't match the songs. That is crazy work.

Azura (0:16)

I know, some of the, like, your favorites, like Makarina, the song going viral at the moment, like the Tongan song.

Charlie (0:22)

I mean, like, we are poets. When we are writing music, we're metaphorically speaking.

So, like, you know, we can use the metaphor, but we're really talking about a girl.

Azura (0:32)

And also, another thing is, is it's not your fault that when English translates some of those words, it gets a bit weird.

Charlie (0:38)

Weird.

Azura (0:39)

Weird. Weird. And a new bet has been set for the first time ever. The Kiwis have entered the chat. And by that, I mean, me, I've never done a bet before here at Flava. And as you know, we do a lot of that here.

So you'll be able to hear what it is that me and Charlie are putting on the line, putting on the line for this weekend.

Charlie (0:59)

I mean, I love it. The bet's realistic, and it's achievable. And there's no, I think that there's more advantage for you than there is for me in this bet.

Azura (1:10)

Oh, yeah, baby. Let's go Kiwis. Yesterday for Morning Finky, I brought to the table this Mexican love song.

Charlie (1:22)

It's catchy, by the way.

Azura (1:30)

And the thing is about this song is that when you translate the lyrics to English, he's talking about how the physical body, he doesn't care what you look like.

Charlie (1:41)

Yeah, don't change.

Azura (1:43)

And that's quite beautiful, isn't it? So you can go, oh yeah, that's why it's a Mexican love song. Well, that very first lyric that you heard him sing, he says, with the body like a grape and the waistline of a chicken.

Charlie (1:56)

Even mention something that...

Azura (1:57)

Don't do aerobics.

Charlie (1:57)

I don't care if your undies look like they're too tight on me. I take you as you are.

Azura (2:04)

Yes. And it's dawned on us that it's not just the Mexican love songs that are doing the same thing.

Charlie (2:11)

And you know what, we have come to the conclusion. These are lyrics that don't match the song.

SPEAKER_1 (2:17)

Yeah buddy.

Azura (2:19)

So we've done all the digging for you Flava. And there is one song in particular that you sung and you danced to in primary school at discos.

Charlie (2:29)

I'm guilty of this man.

Azura (2:30)

And the clip. And that is the song, The Macarena.

Where the literal English translation is, you know, give your body joy, Macarena. Because your body is giving joy and good things to others. So this 90s staple that's been played at children's birthday parties and school discos worldwide, it's actually wildly inappropriate. The direct lyrics celebrate a woman named Macarena, who's actively cheating on her boyfriend with two of his best friends. Up to Macarena. Well, he's out of town being drafted into the army.

That's right. Yeah, I know.

Charlie (3:15)

I know.

Azura (3:15)

And the Macarena, Charlie, isn't the only one. There's a Spanish song called Laas Ketchup by, oh, called the Ketchup song by Laas Ketchup. It was huge in the year 2002

Charlie (3:31)

There's also a dance to this song, too. Yeah, that one.

Azura (3:35)

Where the literal English translation is, with the soup of the morning, he enters looking for his favorite slot machine, and he dances Fridaying his verse, Fridaying, like literally. And it's because apparently, Laas Ketchup, they loved, love, love, love, Rappers Delight by Sugarhill Gang. And so basically what they tried to do is their own version of that. So they actually try to say, a hippity hoppity, a hippity hop hop hop. But it just translates to Fridaying his verse and chasing slots.

Charlie (4:10)

Wow.

Azura (4:11)

So didn't get it quite, didn't get it quite right.

Charlie (4:13)

Yeah.

Azura (4:14)

But it's so catchy.

Charlie (4:15)

It's catchy as. And this is why. It's lyrics that don't match the song.

Azura (4:19)

There's so many that are like this. And in fact, you Tongans, you've got one song in particular that's viral at the moment.

Charlie (4:28)

Oh man, since it's the World Cup, there's a song that you hear all the time. But mate, you will be surprised at the translation because you've got to remember when Tongans write music, right?