I come from a very large family. I've got five older sisters, yes, five.
Saya berasal dari keluarga yang sangat besar. Saya punya lima kakak perempuan, ya, lima.

But it was wonderful to be the only boy in a family of girls.
Tapi rasanya luar biasa jadi satu-satunya anak laki-laki di keluarga perempuan.

Life was paradise, until one day my mother surprised everybody,
Hidup terasa seperti surga, sampai suatu hari ibu mengejutkan semua orang,

including my father I think, and at the ripe old age of 45 she gave birth
termasuk ayah saya, saya rasa, dan di usia 45 yang sudah matang, dia melahirkan

to another baby boy. And his name was David.
seorang bayi laki-laki lagi. Dan namanya adalah David.

But it's the sisters. You see, our older sisters played all of their
Tapi yang jadi sorotan adalah kakak-kakak perempuan saya. Mereka sering memutar semua

beebop records on the radiogram in the front room where we lived.
rekaman beebop mereka di radiogram di ruang depan tempat kami tinggal.

The front room. It was the center of our world, because that's where we
Ruang depan. Itu adalah pusat dunia kami, karena di situlah kami

held all of our family parties. Any excuse for a party, really.
mengadakan semua pesta keluarga kami. Apa pun alasan untuk berpesta, sebenarnya.

Weddings, birthdays, funerals, you name it. A party would take place
Pernikahan, ulang tahun, pemakaman, apapun itu. Pesta pasti diadakan

in the front room.
di ruang depan.

But it was my big sisters. You see, they put on records by pop idols of
Tapi yang jadi sorotan adalah kakak-kakak perempuan saya. Mereka memutar lagu-lagu dari idola pop

their generation. People like Johnny Ray and Perry Como.
generasi mereka. Orang-orang seperti Johnny Ray dan Perry Como.

The girls did all the latest dances with their most recent boyfriends.
Para gadis melakukan semua tarian terbaru dengan pacar mereka yang paling baru.

And it's interesting to note that the dances they did resembled the
Dan menarik untuk dicatat bahwa tarian yang mereka lakukan mirip dengan

various boyfriends. They did the creep, the smooch, the boogie woogie,
berbagai pacar mereka. Mereka melakukan creep, smooch, boogie woogie,

jive, right down to early rock 'n roll.
jive, sampai ke rock 'n roll awal.

Now, my big sister had a certain record and my mother refused to have
Sekarang, kakak perempuan saya punya satu rekaman tertentu dan ibu saya menolak untuk

this record played in the house, because, according to mum, it had
memutarnya di rumah, karena, menurut ibu, liriknya terlalu seksi.

sexy lyrics. But whenever mum was out of the house, my sister would
Tapi setiap kali ibu keluar rumah, kakak saya akan

entertain her boyfriend in the front room and my young accomplice,
menghibur pacarnya di ruang depan dan rekan kecil saya,

David, remember him?, he'd get the record in question and put it on
David, ingat dia?, dia akan mengambil rekaman yang dimaksud dan memutarnya di

the radiogram and I looked through the keyhole into the front room
radiogram dan saya mengintip melalui lubang kunci ke ruang depan

to see how my sister was doing, and at the appropriate moment
untuk melihat bagaimana kakak saya, dan pada saat yang tepat

I'd turn up the volume and the whole house would throb to these
saya akan meningkatkan volume dan seluruh rumah bergetar dengan lirik-lirik

sexy subversive lyrics.
seksi yang subversif.