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Posted: Feb 2nd 2006 11:21PM (Unverified) said

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I feel dirty.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 12:06AM (Unverified) said

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wow, me too....those lyrics are.......they are shocking.

Japanese kids play these games!?
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 12:23AM (Unverified) said

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I found this site last year and it has translations of most of the Katamari Damacy songs in an easier to read format:

http://chudahs-corner.com/lyrics/index.php?title=Katamari+Damacy
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 12:34AM (Unverified) said

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"Japanese kids play these games!?"

Couple things -

a) KD is not only for kids. In fact, some of the artists on the soundtrack (including the duo that sings "Katamari Mambo", which is quoted above) are well-known to the older generation - sort of the equivalent to Barbra Streisand or Bette Midler here. (There's a mix of styles on the soundtrack, ranging from traditional pop to more modern stuff.)

b) At least that translation above in the summary is a bit... "liberal", I guess. "Stick it to me" is an idiom that doesn't exist in Japanese. I don't know what the actual expression is in Japanese but it's a pretty literal language; if you wanted to, you could make almost anything in Japanese sound dirty in English by applying various euphemisms to the otherwise bland-sounding literal translations.

Most of the songs that I can understand on this soundtrack are just about love or about literally rolling around and picking things up. Though "Katamari Mambo" does make my native-speaking wife laugh whenever she hears it.
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 3:22AM Marcel2097 said

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O O
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 5:28AM (Unverified) said

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Stick it to me baby... Yeah
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 7:16AM (Unverified) said

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i enjoy the katamari soundtrack!
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2006 5:29PM (Unverified) said

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The good ol' backyard conservative US would be surprised to learn that sex is very open in Japan.

You persecutive hicks.
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