[新聞] The complete Q&A interview part 2

看板BrunoMars作者sakurai0615 (Mr. Rabbit)時間13年前 (2011/06/12 14:16)推噓3(3推 0噓 2→)

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Q7: It sounds like you continue to be a student of music. Are you? MARS: Of course, absolutely. I take the artist side of what I do very seriously. I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve. Q7: 聽起來你認為音樂這方面是學海無涯的呢。 A: 當然。我是很嚴肅的看待身為歌手這一件事的。如果我想要繼續當個歌手以及其他歌手的製作人的話，我必須要在音樂路上不斷的再學習，這是我的職責。我必須要廣泛的接受各種音樂，必須要持續的邁向頂尖。 Q8: Over the years, I've been intrigued by the music that some artists like, or are inspired by, that their fans might really be surprised by. For example, Johnny Cash told me he was a fan of Iron Maiden and Jeff Beck cited the Bulgarian Womens Choir. Do you have any musical inspirations that might surprise people? MARS: Geez. (pauses) I'm trying to think. I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan. Q8: 多年來，我一直對一些歌手出人意料的喜歡某些歌手這件事很感興趣。比如Johnny Cash告訴我他是Iron Maiden和Bulgarian Womens Choir中的Jeff Beck的粉絲。你有沒有什麼會讓人跌破眼鏡的音樂靈感來源呢？ A: 噢...(停頓) 我想想。我愛Sex Pistols，我是Beach Boys的粉絲，以及Zeppelin、 Queen的狂熱飯。 Q9: A little earlier in this interview, we discussed Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, two bigger-than-life icons who both had very tragic endings. From a career perspective, do you look at their lives as cautionary tales? MARS: Sure, sure. There will never be another Michael Jackson, a huge pop star since (the age of) 7. With my being from Hawaii and being very family oriented I don't really have a fear of a tragic ending. I dont see any tragic ending for me. Q9: 剛才我們討論到了Elvis Presley和Michael Jackson，兩個有著傳奇人生卻悲劇收場的人物。從事業的角度而言，你會將他們的一生當成警世故事嗎？ A: 這個嘛，再也不會有另外一個像是Michael Jackson從七歲就開始演藝生涯的巨星了。那因為我是一個家庭導向非常強烈的人，且我曾在夏威夷生活過，我並不害怕悲劇結尾。事實上我並不認為我會如此。 Q10: How big was it to you to win a Best Male Pop Vocal Grammy Award this year, especially being nominated in the same category that Michael Jackson won for back in the day? MARS: I was nominated with Michael Jackson! He was nominated for 'This Is It,' the song that came out of the movie (of the same name.) In a way, I owe it to him. I feel like, if it wasn't for his music and my upbringing listening to him...I don't know what kid didn't listen to him at my age. You aspire to be as great as he is as an artist. I don't think any artist in pop, rock or hip-hop has ever done it any bigger than him. You know what I mean? He's the man. Q10: 你今年贏得了葛萊美獎最佳流行男聲，而當年Michael Jackson也曾贏得這個獎項。被提名這個獎項對你來講影響有多大呢？ A: 我和Michael Jackson一起被提名耶！他是This Is It的同名歌曲被提名，某種方面來說，我覺得我欠了他，如果不是他的歌伴隨著我成長...我不知道那個年代的小孩誰不聽他的歌。大家受到激勵希望成為像他一樣偉大的歌手。我不認為至今有哪個人成就比他更大的。 Q11: How does your guitar-playing influence your drumming, and how does your drumming influence your guitar playing? MARS: The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them. The guys we're talking about, the Hendrix-es, are guitar players. I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I'm learning every day. And that's the fun part. Q11: 你彈吉他和打鼓兩者是如何相互影響的？ A: 打鼓在我製作或寫歌的時候幫了很多忙，我對鼓的認知確實在這方面很有助益，雖然我在製作或寫歌這兩個的表現都不是很傑出。那我們剛講到Hendrix-es是吉他手。(應該是指受他影響的意思)我可以把一些和弦放在一起然後寫首歌，但我還是每天都在學習，這是很有趣的。 Q12: You are obviously very serious about your music, but I wonder if you could talk for a minute about how important it is to include humor in your songs. For example, there's your carrot metaphor in 'Runaway Baby' and the physically painful extremes you detail in the lyrics to 'Grenade.' MARS: Well, I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it is a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun. When people meet me, that's what they get out of it. I want there to be a piece of me in my music, you know? I genuinely believe that's the secret of all the success that's happened (for me). Even with (my song) 'Just the Way You Are,' it's a very simplistic love song with words that have been said before in 1,000 other love songs. But people can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young girls, or older girls. The way I talk is the way I write a song. Q12: 你很認真的看待你的音樂，但我很好奇的是，你覺得幽默在你的歌中有多重要？比如Runaway Baby中有以胡蘿蔔來做隱喻，以及Grenade中被詳細描述的極端的痛苦。 A: 這個嘛，我覺得我不是很嚴肅的看待自己，人生到目前為止都還算是充滿樂趣的。我很用心在做音樂，但那也可以很有趣，認識我的都是這樣形容我的。我希望我的音樂可以體現出部分的我，我相信我所有的成功都是這樣來的。就算是Just the Way You Are這樣非常簡單、歌詞內容已經在其他歌裡出現過一千次的歌曲，人們還是可以從中聽到一些真實存在過的故事。我不是刻意要寫出來迎合評論家或是小女生甚至是其他女孩子的歌，我寫歌的方式就是我平常說話的方式。 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 ※ 編輯: sakurai0615 來自: 58.115.80.14 (06/12 16:45)