[SMAP] [Lyrics] 「Bang! Bang! バカンス！」Bang! Bang! Vacation!
BANG! BANG! VACATION!
The shower broke with a "boop!"(1) at midnight
Gripping the air conditioner remote control tightly(2)
I wheezed all last summer(3)
I really want a driver's license for a motorcycle
Plus, I also want a bike too
But after all, I was just loafing around two summers ago
Half of the word "BAKANSU"(vacation) is BAKA(idiot) BAKA BAKA(4)
If you're going to be a BAKA then you should at least be a cheerful BAKA! (woooow!)
BABY
BANG! BANG! BANG! GO NOW, barefoot!
Go against the progress of humanity!
BABY
BANG! BANG! BANG! Oh! Like a BAKA(5)
Jump into the sea while wearing your suit!
Come on, Let's get an appointment with the sun!
Kimura-kun is so handsome!
Of course he is, Mr. Maeda!
But there's no Mr. Maeda here! (6) (For real?)
I really want a driver's license for a motorcycle (Why are you saying this again?!)
However, I really have to go to the dentist
But it seems after all that I'm going to loaf around this summer too
Half of Inagaki's name is GAKI(brat) GAKI GAKI
If you're going to be a brat then you should at least be an annoying brat! (woooow!)
BABY
BANG! BANG! BANG! GO NOW, barefoot!
Leave behind your decency and pride!
BABY
BANG! BANG! BANG! Oh! Like a BAKA
Ending up on an international flight in your trunks!
Love is something local to you!
Things are kinda not going according to plan
That's just what an idiot's vacation is like
But until you return home, you should be a cheerful BAKA!
BABY
BANG! BANG! BANG! GO NOW, barefoot!
Regrettably putting your sunglasses on your head(7)
BABY
BANG! BANG! BANG! Oh! Like a BAKA
Knotting your shirt (8)
Come on, making peace signs (9) in pictures is a standard!
Regret and reconsideration are souvenirs.
NOTES:
(1) I love japanese sound effects. "crack" doesn't give this sound justice, SMAP actually says "broke with a BU!" hahahahah. So I figure "boop" is the closest thing. Because have you actually broken the shower-head off of one of those shower-heads with a cord? It actually does make that sound!
(2) Yes, in japan few people have central air conditioning and every air conditioning machine has a little remote control. He's gripping it tightly here because it's SO HOT IN TOKYO DURING THE SUMMER WTF I ALMOST DIED WHEN I WAS THERE.
(3) Literally, "I was saying, zee..zee..." which is the Japanese onomatopoeia for wheezing. Again, Tokyo summers are fucking hot.
(4) I had to leave this sentence in Japanese because let's face it, it's a pun and they have the best effect when not translated. Because "half of the word vacation is idiot?" doesn't make sense in complete english, thus, i left the important parts in japanese with english on the side just in case.
(5) It says バカ面で, which literally is "with the face of an idiot", but basically, it means "like a baka."
(6) Another pun, you kinda have to know the japanese to get it. The japanese is: Otokomae da ne Kimura-kun!
Atarimae da yo Maeda-san
Maeda-san nante uchi ni ha inai
They do a pun on how often they use the sounds "maeda" and maeda is a common surname so they just throw in Mr. Maeda. It's like saying "you's a fool in da pool Mr. O'toule!!" hahaha, ok that was pretty cheesy, but it's the same concept and effect. So, when Kimutaku says "But there's no Mr. Maeda here!" it's also a pun because it can mean "but Mr. Maeda isn't at home." He uses "uchi" which can mean either home or amongst us. thus, the pun.
(7) The -teshimau form is my favorite verb conjugation. It either indicates completeness in action or action done with some regret, ahahah, there's just no english equivalent. So basically, he put sunglasses on his head and he now regrets it, because at least in japan, it's not so cool to put your sunglasses on your head.
(8) What they mean by knotting your shirt is remember back in the 80's when there was always that sassy girl with the super volumized permed hair that would always tie a knot with her shirt so that her belly button showed? Yeah, that's what they mean, ahahahha.
(9) They say, V-sign, which is basically a peace sign.
Comments: FIRST NON-ARASHI! GASP! But omfg i love the shit outta this song. It's so hilarious! I did over do it with the exclamation marks didn't i? but this song should be entirely punctuated with exclamation marks because it's just so YEA! LET'S ALL ACT LIKE IDIOTS AND ENJOY SUMMER!!!