[新聞] The complete Q&A interview part 1

看板BrunoMars作者sakurai0615 (Mr. Rabbit)時間13年前 (2011/06/12 01:00)推噓4(4推 0噓 4→)

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原文 http://0rz.tw/xyXJz 以下先來一小部分 Q1: I'm wondering if, over the past year, you have done more interviews over past year than you care to recall? MARS: (laughs) I’ve done quite a few. Q1: 過去幾年你是否做過比你能想起的還要多的多的訪談呢? A: (笑) 有做過一些啦 Q2: Well, I'd like to throw some music-related questions at you that — I hope — you haven't been asked before. MARS: Thank god! Bless you heart for that. Q2: 我希望等等問的有關音樂的問題你之前沒有被問過 A: 感謝上帝! Q3: To begin with, if you could sit down with one of the following three artists — Bob Marley, Miles Davis or Elvis Presley — who would you pick and why? MARS: Whoo! That would depend on what day it is. Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from 'Redemption Song' to 'Is This Love?' and 'I Shot the Sheriff.' I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do — to sit down and say how you feel. He really did that on all his songs and it was just so genuine, and I want to know how he did it. Q3: 首先，如果你可以和Bob Marley、Miles Davis或Elvis Presley坐下來聊一聊，你會選擇誰呢? A: Whoo! 那要看那天是怎樣，像今天我就想要和Bob Marley聊天，Bob是史上最好的作曲人之一，我不知道大家是不是了解他歌曲有多powerful，以及歌曲是多麼簡單卻又有才華，像是以下這幾首歌：Redemption Song、Is This Love?以及I Shot the Sheriff ，我覺得他在他的歌曲中做到了作曲家最難做到的事，就是坐下來誠懇的告訴人們你的感受，我想要知道他是怎麼做到的。 Q4: There's nothing flashy about your guitar intro to your live version of " Grenade," but your liquid-sounding Stratocaster (guitar) sound strikes me as a subtle homage to Jimi Hendrix. Is it? MARS: For sure. He's the greatest guitar player in the world ... a guy who mastered that instrument. It was talking when he played. And when he did a solo, he made the guitar cry — or made it sound like it was coming from the devil's amplifier. Q4: 在Grenade的live版本中吉他前奏是相當清新的，但是你的Stratocaster吉他聲對我而言像是一個對Jimi Hendrix微妙的致敬，是這樣嗎? A: 當然，他是世界上最棒的吉他手，完全吉他神手，他彈起吉他像在說話一樣，當他獨奏時，他的吉他是在哭喊的，聽起來彷彿是來自惡魔的擴音器。 Q5: I was lucky enough to interview Ray Charles a few times, and I asked him what his criteria was for picking songs to perform that were written by other artists. He replied that he felt he had earned the right to tweak the song musically many way he likes, but that if he can't connect immediately with the lyrics, he won't even bother. Your live shows sometimes include parts or all of 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana, 'Seven Nation Army' by White Stripes and the Barrett Strong classic 'Money,' which The Beatles later covered. What is your criteria for picking songs by other artists? MARS: Well, my background is I used to play (in bands at) bars and pubs. We used to cover Nirvana and sing 'Bilie Jean' over 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' We did that at the bars and would get everyone going. That was part of the show and we used to do this back in the day to make a buck. Defintiely, I gotta be able to sing it. I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do. Q5: 我很幸運曾經訪問過Ray Charles幾次，我問他挑選其它其他作曲家寫的曲子來表演的標準是什麼，Ray的回答是這樣的，他覺得他有這個權力依他喜歡的方式來調整一首曲子，如果他無法馬上和歌詞產生聯結，他就不會想去做了。你的live表演有時會有Michael Jackson的Billie Jean、Nirvana的Smells Like Teen Spirit、White Stripes的Seven Nation Army還有Barrett Strong的Money(The Beatles曾翻唱過) 你挑選這些歌曲來表演的標準是什麼呢? A: 我曾經以樂團型式在bar和pub表演過，我們會翻唱Bilie Jean和Smells Like Teen Spirit。這是表演的一部分，大家聽到這就會嗨起來，而我們靠這來賺錢，所以我必須要會唱這些歌。這些歌演奏起來很棒，我很喜歡，這是我成長過程的一部分。 Q6: You grew up performing songs by both Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. From a musical perspective, what did you learn from each of them? MARS: Really, it was just their command. The biggest thing is the command they both have on stage... how they can control the crowd and the band. I think there’s a performance of Elvis on the Ed Sullivan (TV) show where he does 'Hound Dog.' At the end he slows it down, and — to me — it looked like an improv moment, not like something they rehearsed. It was like he (Presley) saw girls (in the audience) freaking out and said to himself: ' Watch me slow it down — and then really go nuts.' And he slows it down at the end and (then) starts his little dance, and he had them. The confidence Elvis and Michael exuded from stage, I'm a fan of. Q6: 所以說，你在成長過程中不斷表演著Elvis Presley和Michael Jackson的歌曲。從音樂的角度而言，你覺得你在他們身上學到了什麼? A: 掌控力吧。我印象最深的是他們對舞台的掌控，像是如何去控制觀眾和樂隊。Elvis 有一次在Ed Sullivan show上表演Hound Dog，在表演最後他慢了下來，我覺得那應該是個即興表演而不是彩排過的，就像Elvis看見一群女生發瘋，然後他對自己說：「看著我慢下來...好，開始瘋吧。」反正他就慢了下來，並且開始跳舞，觀眾全都愛死他了。我真的很推崇Elvis和Michael在舞台上散發出的自信心。 ptt/BrunoMars*sakurai0615 轉載請告知註明，有翻譯錯誤也請指正 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 58.115.80.14