Oh Nacho. Why can't we quit you?
Many thanks for reader Belenchu for pointing us to, and translating, a television ad Spanish director, Academy Award winner and friend of Twitch, Nacho Vigalondo, made for mattress company. Pikolin, who is a part of a campaign called "Awareness Campaign for Acoustic Health". It is classic Nacho. Enjoy!
It's 3 in the morning
3:26 and here I am,
wide awake,
biting my pillow
It's not a worry about love
or money
or stress/I haven't any aches
or had a cup of coffee...
It's that drill lover
What will it be today?
Another painting, another shelf, another piece of corner furniture...
Or that washer/
dryer on the 5th floor,
that washes, rinses, spin-dryes, and dances...
Come on!
Or that kid with the motorbike
who's become addicted
to my neighbourhood
The party next door
that I haven't been invited to,
by the way...
Give peace a chance!
The dog in the inner courtyard
What do you expect to get
with that nonsensical barking?
Puppy, it doesn't work that way,
please hold back...
Or the couple upstairs,
what ardor!
Thank goodness love
doesn't last forever...
What makes you drag
that heavy chair
in the middle of the night?
Why do you wake me up
instead of the one who falls asleep
with her tv blasting?
That heavy metal fan screaming hits/of yesterday and the day before...
That crying fridge,/that microwave-oven coughing non-stop...
The alarm shouting/at the wrong time...
That toilet sounding/like it holds a cat inside...
The mixer,
the parrot,
the horn,
the alarm,
the radio,
the slamming door,
the people shouting,
the telephone,
the lady in high heels...
Noise prevents many people from sleeping
Respect your neighbors' rest
Awareness campaign
for acoustic health
This man is a hero of mine.