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[情報] MJ在愛爾蘭的日子

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The return of waxo Jacko　　好爛的標題但內容很不錯 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0407/1224267823030.html 來源:Irishtimes When Michael Jackson lived in Ireland for five months, it was in Paddy Dunning ’s lodge in Westmeath. Now, his host unveils a model of the King of Pop and remembers his stay 當MJ在愛爾蘭住了五個月的時間他是待在了Paddy Dunning在Westmeath的住所今天他展出了MJ的蠟像來紀念MJ曾經住在這裡的時光 ‘I NEVER ASKED him to moondance, and I never asked him for a picture. Michael said that when he was leaving. He said, ‘Paddy, you’re the only person who I’ve met in my whole entire life who’s never asked me for a picture.” 我從來沒要求過他月球漫步也從沒跟他要過合照當MJ離開的時侯他說Paddy你是我這一輩子碰過唯一一個不跟我要求合照的人 Entrepreneur Paddy Dunning is talking about Michael Jackson, who, with his children, spent five months in 2006 living at Dunning’s recording studio complex at Grouse Lodge in Co Westmeath. The photograph that accompanies this article, and in which the two do finally appear together, is of a live Dunning and a brand-new waxwork of Jackson, which went on show yesterday at the National Wax Museum Plus; another of Dunning’s businesses. Paddy談到了MJ和他三個孩子們在2006年住在這裡五個月和使用他錄音室的情形文中這張照片是Paggy總算和MJ合照了不過是MJ的蠟像這個蠟像昨天在國家蠟像博物館展出這也是Paggy有的另一項事業 Grouse Lodge is located some winding potholed miles from the village of Rosemount in Co Westmeath, among lovely countryside peppered with cairns and historic sites. It’s purposely unsigned, but that hasn’t stopped many famous names in the music industry finding it. Among those who have used the studios here, which opened in 2002, are Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, REM, Shirley Bassey, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, The Thrills and Westlife. Grouse Lodge(Paggy的房子) 位在Westmeath幾哩遠外的近郊有很多美麗的鄉村景色還有很多歷史遺跡這並不是一個很公開的地方但很多音樂界名人還是找到了這裡很多人都借用過這裡在2002年啟用的錄音室包括了Snow Patro......名單看原文 The studio’s most famous resident to date, however, was undoubtedly Michael Jackson. After the 2005 trial in California, when Jackson was acquitted of charges of child sexual abuse allegations, he spent very little time in the US. Five months of 2006 were spent in rural Westmeath. Rumours leaked out at the time of Jackson being sighted in Moate, Kilbeggan or Horseleap; locations that all seemed surreally unlikely places for the Prince of Pop to be wandering around. 而這個錄音是最有名的使用者無疑的就是MJ 在05年的MJ被宣告無罪後他只在美國停留了短暫的時間 2006年他有五個月待在了Westmeath 很多謠言傳出說看見MJ出現在 Moate, Kilbeggan等他似乎不應該會出現的地方 Paddy Dunning sits over coffee in one of the converted stableblocks at the secluded Grouse Lodge, reminiscing about Jackson’s time there, together with his children Prince Michael Junior, Paris and Blanket, and their nanny and tutor. There are two recording studios and comfortable, but modest, accommodation in a variety of converted stone buildings in the complex. The all-in price for renting the studios, accommodation and food used to be € 1,500 a day; now it is a “recession-friendly” €850 a day. Paddy回憶起MJ和他孩子們在這裡的時光這裡有兩個錄音室環境很舒適附近還有很多石頭的建築租用錄音室和提供食物的價格是每天1500英鎊但現在不景氣降為850磅 Across the road from Grouse Lodge is Coolatore House, a beautiful late Victorian mansion, which can also be rented by artists or the public. Jackson lived in the Grouse Lodge complex for a month, and at Coolatore for four. Seamus Heaney has also stayed there for a period. The weekend before I arrive, 14 gardaí had rented the house for a hen party. 在Gourse Godge旁有另一個Coolatore House是個很漂亮的維多利亞建築也提供出租 MJ住在Grouse Lodege一個月後來搬到Coolatore House住了四個月 “Michael had heard about the place through an agent; he had lots of agents,” Dunning relates. Once the family arrived, the gates were closed and the Jackson children settled down to a routine of lessons in a small room off one of the studios, playing with Dunning’s two children in the afternoons. Jackson made his own porridge in the mornings, favoured grilled chicken, fish and rice for dinner, went for walks, and read The Irish Times daily. MJ透過仲介知道了這個地方當MJ一家人抵達後小孩們會在小房間裡上課下午則和Paddy的兩個小孩玩 MJ早上會吃麥片粥晚上則會吃烤雞魚米飯有時出去走走和每天會讀愛爾蘭日報 “He was very interested in how this country worked, and the boom that was on here at the time. He was an avid reader of The Irish Times ; he read it every day from start to finish.” 他對於這個國家怎麼創造榮景的歷程很感興趣他是愛爾蘭日報的忠實讀者每天都把每頁都讀了 At the time of his death last summer, Jackson was reported to be taking an extensive range of drugs on a regular basis. However, Dunning says he saw no evidence of this. “Not that I saw and he was here, or around, all the time. We’d go for walks, and he was fit. Michael could move really quickly; I’ve never seen anyone move so quickly. He was like a ballet dancer.” 去年MJ過世的消息所有新聞都報導MJ一直以來有很大的藥癮但Paggy說他看不到任何跡象 Paddy:我沒看過任何那樣的事情我們會出去走走他很健康 MJ可以走的超快的我沒看過任何人可以移動這麼快的他就像個芭雷舞者 The staff working at Grouse Lodge did not even tell their partners who the studio’s current resident was, although Dunning himself cracked. “I eventually told my mam,” he confesses. “And then my mam was saying prayers for Michael. And then Michael rang his mother and told her that my mother was saying prayers for him, and then she was saying prayers for my mother, so I went back to my mother and told her ‘Michael Jackson’s mother is saying prayers for you, Mam’. My mother is a small little lady up in Walkinstown and it’s just mad to think that Michael Jackson’s mother was saying prayers for her.” 在Grouse Lodge工作的人都沒告訴其他人誰租了這個地方但Paddy後來告訴了他媽嗎然後我媽為MJ祈禱之後MJ告訴他媽說我媽在為他祈禱然後MJ的媽就為我媽祈禱當我跟我媽說MJ的母親在為她祈禱時我媽簡直是受寵若驚 Jackson, one of the world’s most recognisable faces, sometimes left the estate to explore other parts of Ireland, usually accompanied by Dunning. How was it that nobody in Ireland appeared to notice him? MJ有時會離開住所去愛爾蘭其他地方逛逛通常是Paddy陪著他怎麼可能都沒人發現? “Sometimes they did,” Dunning replies simply. “Sometimes I’d drive him to Dublin and we’d pull up a red light and Michael would look out the window, because he’d be sitting up front with me, and a person would not believe their eyes. They would go into semi-shock at the sight, not knowing what to believe – is this Michael Jackson that’s pulled up alongside me on Dame Street or wherever?” 有時他們真的會發現有時候我開車載他碰到紅燈時 MJ會坐在乘客座看向窗外然後外面的人會不敢置信他們當下整個嚇呆不知該不該相信眼前看到的 Michael Jackson在同條街上在我旁邊等紅燈? The pair of them sang in the car as they drove around the country. “Although I’m a crap musician, I can say I’ve played with Michael Jackson,” Dunning laughs. “I played drums with him. And I sang with Michael. We’d be singing in the car. We sang that song, The Girl Is Mine , that Michael recorded with Paul McCartney. He did Paul McCartney’s part, and I did Michael Jackson.” 他們在車上會一起唱歌 Paddy:雖然我是個很爛的音樂家但我可以說我跟MJ合奏過我跟他一起打過鼓一起唱過歌我們在車上會唱The Girl is Mine 他會唱Paul McCartney的部份我會唱他的部份 One of the places that Dunning took Jackson was to the nearby Hill of Ú isneach, a historic site associated with the High Kings of Ireland. “He loved history and mythology,” says Dunning, who is developing a Mayday festival around Úisneach – the Festival of the Fires – which will, he hopes, eventually radiate out across Ireland. Paddy還帶過MJ到附近的一個跟愛爾蘭國王相關的歷史景點他很愛歷史和神話 A fire will be lit on Úisneach on the evening of May 1st, where there will be music, craft, a market, and talks about the history and mythology of the area. Sharon Shannon, Mundy, Kíla and others are scheduled to play. Landowners with hills in surrounding areas are being invited to light their own hilltop fires at dusk, and gather their communities to celebrate Mayday. Dunning’s dream is to develop it into a 32-county festival that will attract the diaspora back to their local regions, and bring in seasonal revenue. “We want to send a global invitation to all the diaspora to come back to their home county in May to celebrate the ancient festival of Bealtaine.” He doesn ’t like talking about the possibility of rain on the evening. 以上兩段與MJ無關 Although staff, neighbours, the shopkeepers at Rosemount – and Dunning’s small children – kept quiet about the fact Michael Jackson was in residence, in the end, a US reporter eventually revealed his whereabouts. One Billy Bush, nephew of George Bush senior, first cousin of George Bush junior and presenter of Access Hollywood , a syndicated cable entertainment-news show, arrived to interview Jackson in Westmeath. He went into nearby Moate straight after filming and told the men, women, children and dogs in the street where Jackson was. “Stupid man,” Dunning says mournfully, but really, could any other result have been reasonably expected? 雖然鄰居員工甚至是Paddy的小孩都沒到處宣揚MJ住在這美國的記者最後還是發現了老布希的姪子小布希的堂哥同時也是access hollywood的製作Billy Bush來到了這裡他來這裡拍攝採訪了附近的男女老幼和狗 Paddy悲哀的說:這個笨蛋 Jackson departed the midlands soon afterwards, to attend the funeral of soul icon, James Brown. He left the Dunnings his television; toys that had been bought for Prince Michael Junior, Paris and Blanket; various hats; a signed piece of wood (all visitors sign a slice of tree trunk); and a page of scrawled signature in the Visitors’ Book. “He was a very generous man,” says Dunning. 不久之後 MJ就離開去參加James Brown的葬禮他留給Paddy他的電視還有他為Prince Paris Blanket買的玩具還有很很多頂帽子以及一塊他簽了名的木頭和訪客簿上草率的簽名 Paddy:他實在是個很大方的人 Jackson had agreed, in theory, to open Dunning’s Wax Museum last summer. “We ’d told him about the museum. He was always interested in wax museums. He said, ‘If I’m around, I’ll launch it for you’. He was due to be in England at the time to do the shows at O2, and we were going to be going over to the shows and all of that. It was a massive shock when we heard he was dead.” MJ之前答應他如果Paddy去年蠟像館開幕的話他會去參加我們跟他提過蠟像館的事他總是對蠟像館很有興趣他說:如果我在附近的話我就會來參加 MJ本來會在當時準備倫敦演唱會我們本來全都要去看他的演出聽到他去世的消息我們實在太震驚了 http://tinyurl.com/ybso3yj 相關補充照片這是MJ的留言的照片照片解說文字如下 Paddy Dunning says that he and Michael Jackson became friends during his stay: “Michael actually spent most of his time recording in Studio Two. He really seemed to like the sound of that room,” he says. MJ通常都待在Studio Two 他似乎非常喜歡這個房間的音效 “What was amazing for me was discovering just how incredible Michael was at playing any instrument. He’d sit at the piano and play all the Beatles songs for us to all sing along to, or get on the drums, or play guitar. Michael was working with people like Rodney Jerkins, Will.i.am and other musicians, but the tracks he recorded were never finished.” 對我來說最讓我驚訝的事發現MJ對於各種樂器居然都很拿手他會坐在鋼琴前彈所有披頭四的歌給我們聽還邊彈邊唱或是打鼓或是彈吉他 (好Lucky的老闆聽MJ邊彈邊唱好忌妒阿~~~~) MJ當時和一些人合作像是Rodney Gerkins和Will I am等但是他錄的歌曲都還未完成 Ken Waters adds: “We still have one of Michael’s old keyboards here. It’s a battered old Casio keyboard that I actually nearly threw out by accident. I guess he just used it for ideas or as a MIDI controller.” 我們還保留有MJ用過的一個舊Keyboard 這個東西超舊的型號我差點就不小心丟了我想MJ是拿來試驗一些他的點子或是用來做MIDI的 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 130.85.56.84 ※ 編輯: oldtrafford 來自: 130.85.56.84 (04/09 04:43)

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