Mar 18 2005
Pocky on Boing Boing
Today's Boing Boing has a link to a post on another blog about the Pocky commercial that was in French. My coworker is the guy who wrote the lyrics. He's French. I call him "Frenchie." But not to his face.
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Would you ask Frenchie for a transcript? I can make out a few words, but my French (or possibly the Japanese girls accent) is too poor to actually make out phrases and sentences.
I asked him if he still remembers the lyrics. He just said "No," and walked away. It wasn't a good experience for him. The producers stiffed him.
Here's a transcript:
«Ce qui fait craquer les filles
C'est une collation comme un gâteau
[???]
Pocky décoré, Pocky décoré
Candies (très jolies fraises)?
C'est une collation comme un gâteau
[???]
Pocky décoré, Pocky décoré,
Pocky décoré, Pocky décoré.»
(Appologies for the missing parts : their French is horrible!)
Which means:
"What makes crack the girls (crack like in "falling in love" or like the sound)
It's a snack like a cake
[???]
Decorated Pocky, decorated Pocky
Candies (very pretty strawberries)?
It's a collation like a cake
[???]
decorated Pochy, decorated Pochy,
decorated Pochy, decorated Pochy."
That's it!
narF
I'll try to catch him in a good mood and see if he'll proof the transcript. It might jog his memory. It seems like the mere mention of it kinda pisses him off.
I have a really short sound clip where I asked him to help me test the new mic I bought for conducting interviews. He absolutely, absolutely refused to be recorded. It's pretty funny. I'll put it in the next podcast.
Really, he's a very good guy. Very intelligent, speaks terriffic Japanese and knows more about Japanese culture than most Japanese. He just likes his privacy.