原文网址 www.metalsucks.net/2014/07/18/twelve-reasons-babymetal-best-thing-happen-metal-decade/ http://goo.gl/fw2tpB 翻译网址 http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4358597760 刊出时间:2014/07/18/ Babymetal are sweeping the world by storm.After catching the Internet off guard last year and quickly turning confusedmetalheads into believers, now everyone wants in on the action from members ofSlayer, Deftones, Anthrax and Dragonforce to Lady Gaga. 现如今，Babymetal的流行程度就像风暴一般席卷全球。去年（2013年）她们在网络上崭 露头角，使得众多金属乐迷由一开始的困惑不解到成为她们坚定的信徒，如今每个明星都 想要借此机会去接近认识她们，比如Slayer（超级杀手合唱团，美国着名重金属乐队）、 Deftones （盲音乐团，同为美国金属乐队）、Anthrax（炭疽乐队，同前）、Dragonforce（龙之动 力，英国着名金属乐队）和Lady Gaga。 Babymetal are the next big thing! This muchhas been made clear from the fact that they've been able to sell out largevenues all over the world during their first-ever international tour. But, aswith any new metal act who benefits from meteoric ascent, they』renot without detractors: one look at the comments section on a post aboutBabymetal on this or any other website should give you a good idea of the manybrands of negativity being lobbed their way. Babymetal将是下一个巨星级组合。在她们第一次国际巡演之时，世界各地的大舞台场场 都能门票脱销，这些事实已足够证明她们的实力。然而，就像任何一夜爆红的金属乐队那 样，反对者同样大有人在：你可以任意去一家网站浏览一条关於Babymetal的帖子，你会 清晰地看到，针对她们的各种负面评价或恶语中伤比比皆是。 Here's the thing: Babymetal are absolutelyincredible! I haven't been this excited about a new metal act in a looooongtime. I was initially completely baffled and even averse tothe concept, but I've come to embrace it over time and you should too. Here'swhy: 但这也反映出了下列事实：Babymetal她们绝对超出你的想像！我已经很长很长很长一段 时间没有像现在这样对一支金属组合如此心潮澎湃了。刚开始的时候，对於这样的音乐概 念，我是完全摸不着头脑的，甚至还带有一丝抵触情绪。然而现在，时间的推移已经让我 彻底拜倒在了她们的音乐风格之下，而你也不会是例外，下列原因能够解释一切： 1. It's something different. 1、这是非同寻常的组合 For a genre that prides itself on beingmade by and for outsiders, metalheads are an extremely conservative bunch thatare incredibly averse to change. Babymetal arecompletely different than anything you've ever seen — and you can be forgivenif you were completely bewildered the first time you heard their music or sawone of their videos — and we salute them for stepping outside the tiny,constraining box in which heavy metal is supposed to exist. Let's face it:metal has become very predictable. It's easy to spot new trends and uprisingsin metal from a million miles away and they move at a snail's pacebefore burning up and fading out. Babymetal are completely out of left field,and they』re a breath of fresh air 作为一种被音乐界的圈外人创作，并且能够为之服务，让他们引以为豪的音乐体裁，重金 属乐的乐迷们通常都十分保守，极不情愿去作出改变。Babymetal则完全能给予你前所未 见的体验——如果你初次接触她们的音乐或者看了一部她们的视频就痴迷到流连忘返，那 麽你绝不会遭到怪罪，我们之所以向她们的表现致敬，是因为她们完全跳出了重金属乐的 局限性和陈规旧习。面对现实吧：金属乐的发展已经变得可以为人所预判了。即使目光放 得长远一些，我们也不难察觉到新式音乐潮流和革命，然後它们就以缓慢如蜗牛的速度发 展，直至热情殆尽，淡出时代。Babymetal则是个彻头彻尾的意外惊喜，她们就好比是金 属乐坛注入的一股新鲜空气。 . 2. Babymetal make 「tr00」 metalheads angry. Babymetal让真正的黑金属乐迷抓狂（译者注：tr00指的是忠实的黑金属乐迷） Nothing's better than watching a bunch of30- or 40-somethings who've spent thousands of dollars having their bodiestatted up get completely emasculated by a group of teenage Japanese girls whodidn't even know what metal was a few years back. Sorry bros, these girls havemore talent in their pig-tails than your stoner-post-crust-doom band will everhave in your lifetime. And they wrote a song about chocolate — （censored） — that'sbetter than your stupid song about beer or weed or whatever. 一大群三、四十岁的金属狂人，花上几千几万美刀给自己纹满身，被一群几年前还不知金 属乐为何物的日本少女迷得神魂颠倒，没有什麽比这更得人心的事情了。抱歉哥们，那些 女孩们透过发辫就能流露出来的灵气，足够秒杀你一生所听过的重金属、後摇滚、硬壳金 属和末日金属乐队。她们还写过一首关於巧克力的歌——（译者注：此处用词不当已省略 ）——比起你那些愚蠢的关於啤酒、大麻或者其他什麽的陈词滥调要强多了。 3. Their music is surprisingly andincredibly advanced. 她们的音乐深度惊为天人 J-Pop extraordinaire Marty Friedman summedit up thusly when I spent a day with him in Tokyo (I』m paraphrasing here): 「Ifyou sit down to try and learn a Western pop song by an artist like Adele, her songsare great, but each song only has six chords in the entire thing. J-pop songshave something closer to 64 chords in them. They』re incredibly complicated.」Though Babymetal's formula might seem like it's got a sparkly pop veneer, digbeneath the surface and there's nothing simple about it: it's complicated musicpainstakingly written. You think it's easy to write pop songs; it's not! So thethree girls don't write the music themselves: who cares? Someone (or somepeople) does, and it's fantastic. Most lead singers in modern metal bands don'twrite the music either. 有一天我在东京和日本流行音乐专家Marty Friedman交谈（译者注：美国吉他演奏家与作 曲家，由於喜爱东方文化，自2003年，他定居於日本东京的新宿地区，并拥有自己的电视 节目《Rock Fujiyama》以及《Jukebox English》。），他这样总结道（我只是在这里概 括下）：「如果你坐下去尝试学习像阿黛尔那样风格的西方流行歌曲，你会发现她的歌曲 很赞，但整首歌毕竟只有六和弦而已，而日本流行歌曲听上去感觉能接近64个和弦，十分 复杂。」说到Babymetal的表演准则，尽管从外表上带有闪亮的流行色彩，然而深入挖掘 就能看出，没有什麽是能够简单了事的，所有的音乐工事都是作者煞费苦心的成果。你认 为写流行歌曲很简单？不可能！至於那三个女孩自己不写歌？谁在乎？反正是有人写了， 而且写得超凡脱俗。况且其他现代的金属乐队主唱同样不亲自上阵写歌。 4. Excellent musicianship. 卓越的音乐修养 If you can't get into the girls and theirvocals, take a look at the music itself: the guys who play in Babymetal's bandare hella talented! As noted in #3 above, it's not easy stuff to play, either. 如果还对这三人以及她们的声乐技巧不感冒的话，那就看看音乐本身吧：Babymetal乐队 的乐手们也是天赋异禀。就像上面条目3里所提到的那样，演奏也绝非易事。 5. A Babymetal show is a theatricalexperience. Babymetal的一场演出能够让你体验到盛大的戏剧效果 Metal is best experienced in a sweaty,cramped venue 99% of the time, but there's something about a massive arena showthat can send chills down your spine and elevate your conscious experience toanother level like a typical metal show simply cannot (see also: Iron Maiden).Metal lends itself to a theatrical experience with a massive, elaborate stage show,and Babymetal bring all that and more. 99%的情况下，人体验金属乐最好的方式就是把自己弄得大汗淋漓、全身抽筋才够味。但 是一场盛大的舞台演出有时能够让你感受到透彻脊骨的寒气，并且让你能有意识地去经历 一场高级别演出，这种体验是典型的的金属乐演出未尝拥有的。金属乐能够让自身融入到 一场宏大、精致到称得上是剧院级别的舞台演出。Babymetal带来的正是这些，而且还远 不止这些。 6. Sigg dance moves. 完全新颖的舞步（译者注：由於未能追溯到Sigg的出处，此处翻译有待考察） When This or The Apocalypse and Structures pull their choreographed stage moves they look like abunch of chumps desperate to make their mediocre music stand out; it's a cryfor attention. When the ladies ofBabymetal dance it's positively mesmerizing! Their style of dance is also completelyfresh to the Western eye. 当This or The Apocalypse（美国一支於2005年成立的金属乐队）开始演绎他们精心设计 的舞步时，他们就像一群无脑白痴那样想要把他们泯然众人的歌曲吹捧上天：他们的舞步 是对公众注意的恳求呼喊。 而当Babymetal的三位小姐跳起舞来，那简直是让人如痴如醉！她们的舞蹈在西方人眼中 可是全然标新立异的风格。 7. They』re Japanese. 她们来自11区 That Babymetal come from a place soculturally different than America increases the appeal exponentially;you could even say it is the appeal. This cannot be overlooked: Babymetal wouldnever work if the band consisted of three 15-year old American girls. OrCanadians, or Germans, or Egyptians, or what have you. The fact that they』refrom Japan in particular gives this entire thing a license to exist. And that'sbecause Japanese culture is SO INSANELY FASCINATING! 由於来自一个与美国文化大相径庭的国家，Babymetal无疑为自己的吸引力指数加分不少 。你甚至可以说她们就是一个现象。无法被忽视的一点在於，Babymetal如果让三个15岁 的美国女孩，或加拿大女孩，或德国女孩，或埃及女孩，或者干脆让你来撑场的话，这个 组合根本就没办法活动下去。鉴於她们来自日本的特殊事实，一切都有资格循序渐进。那 也正是因为11区的文化实在是太让人爱！不！释！手！了！ 8. The cute factor. 可爱因素 For real! Absolutely adorable. I couldpinch their cute little cheeks all day long! 说真的，她们是绝对可爱！我真想一整天都捏着她们可爱的小脸蛋（译者注：你个Hentai ！） 9. It's heavy metal you can listen to withyour kids. 这是一种可以和你孩子分享的重金属 Rare is the band that's high-minded enoughfor adults to appreciate and simple enough for kids to enjoy. Call Babymetalthe Seinfeld or Simpsons of heavy metal. Crank it up and headbang with thewhole family! 现存的音乐组合很少有兼具让成年人欣赏的深刻度以及让小孩便於理解的通俗度。 Babymetal完全称得上是这种重金属音乐组合的始祖（译者注：Seinfeld《宋飞正传》和 Simpsons《辛普森一家》都是美国老少皆宜的情景剧，既能让青少年欢笑同时也富含成年 人的哲理）。调大音量，跟随你的家人一起随节奏摇摆吧！ 10. Women in metal are always a good thing. 女性对金属乐而言永远是利大於弊 The subject of 「women in metal」 is one thatrears its head in the metal press once every few months or so, yet I've barelyseen it mentioned in any coverage of Babymetal — it's just accepted and takenfor granted that the band's members are girls. Which is a fabulous thing! Havewe finally reached the point at which having women in a metal band is no bigthing? 「金属乐中的女性」这个话题，每几个月都会在金属音乐的出版物上占据篇幅。然而我很 少看到Babymetal在这个话题中被提到过。现在，金属组合中存在女孩这一现象已经被大 众所接受甚至当成了理所当然的事情。这简直难以置信！我们是不是真的进入了女性涉足 金属乐坛成为家常便饭的一个时代？ 11. Babymetal can continue on forever. Babymetal能够永垂不朽 In the tradition of all Japanese idolgroups, when the current members of Babymetal grow too old (like, 18, I guess?)they』ll be substituted out for younger, shining stars from the Sakura Gakuinidol group from which they came, ensuring Babymetal will never suffer the fateof growing old and stale like the rest of us mortals. 在日本偶像团体的传统中，当现有的Babymetal成员年龄偏大（就像18岁，我猜的？）， 她们就可以被其他来自樱花学院新生代的、更年轻的未来之星所代替，因为这支组合也是 在樱花学院成型的，这保证了Babymetal不会像其他团体那样经历衰老的命运最终像我们 很多同类型的人一样成为历史的牺牲品。（PS：但译者本人认为此处观点存在争议性） 12. They』re fun! 很有趣哟！ Metal these days is way too serious! Itwasn't always, but somewhere along the way we lost the plot. There's plenty toanalyze, rationalize, debate, pore over and get angry about whenit comes to modern metal — and that can be totally fine — but sometimes it's OKto just get lost in the moment and enjoy something for what it is withoutletting cognition interpret how you feel about it in the process. Babymetal areall about fun: get sucked into their savory, delectablechoruses, be entertained by their dance moves, become enraptured by the cult of theirpersonalities and the absurdity of not only their existence but theirwidespread viability. Most metalheads these days hatefun. Let go, just enjoy! 如今的金属乐都太严肃了。虽然不总是这样，但在金属乐的历程上我们似乎失去了什麽。 提到现代金属时，我们有很多方面能够去分析，去据理力争，去辩论，去研究，去为之疯 狂。这些其实都没问题，但有时我们也应适时放纵一下自己，享受那些不被你原有的认知 所接受的新事物，并且不让固化思维冲淡你的感觉。Babymetal从头到脚都趣味十足：你 会被她们优雅体面的歌声所吸引，被她们的舞步激起愉悦感，甚至神魂颠倒在对她们性格 的嫉妒崇拜以及对她们强烈的存在感和生命力极端无理性。现在有很多金属乐迷不喜欢趣 味。管他们呢，尽情享受就是了！ --

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