原文： http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/10-things-you-never-knew-about-damon-albarn (以下为我的不专业翻译～欢迎大家来讨论哪一段翻译的不清楚啦～谢了) 【Clash Music Exclusive General音乐杂志专栏】 你可能不知道有关 Damon Albarn 的10件事?! 10 Things You Never Knew About Damon Albarn 16/09/2011 Words by Errol Anderson From ‘Parklife’ meddling to animated band head honcho; we peek into the weird and wonderful life of the Britpop innovator. ---------------- 从 blur 第3张张录音室专辑《Parklife》到组 GORILLAZ 虚拟乐团所带领的音乐潮流 ，我们可以大约窥见Damon Albarn 这位 Britpop 音乐革命的美好迥异的生活。 【1.】Blur were originally known as Seymour, but their record company refused to sign them up until they changed their name to something else. Blur was one of the names on a long list of choices that they finally decided on. Tough love. ---------------- Blur 原始团名叫做 Seymour ，直到唱片公司 Food Records拒 绝签下他们才改成我们现 在所熟悉的团名，听说在选新团名的时候当时准备了一长串的名单，最後才决定要叫 Blur ，好感人的故事。 【2.】 In the Gorillaz jam ‘Clint Eastwood’, the lyrics “I got sunshine in a bag” are in fact a reference to marijuana or a similarly illegal import. The line was plucked from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, where Eastwood refers to a saddlebag full of gold as sunshine in a bag. ---------------- 在 Gorillaz 2001年首张专辑 "Clint Eastwood" 这首歌的歌时写到“I got sunshine in a bag（我有一袋子的阳光）”，其实这句歌词写的是 "我有装满一袋子的毒品" 要 非法偷渡的意思，歌词取自电影"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"中，演员 Eastwood 的台词，比喻靴子装毒品好像是装满了黄金，就像阳光一般金光闪耀。 *电影台词 Kid: Hey Mister where ya heading? Clint: Don't know Kid: You gonna be alright Clint: Yeah Kid, I got sunshine in a bag. 【3.】 Albarn’s regular alias, Dan Abnormal, is actually an anagram of his name, used most famously in the title of a song on ‘The Great Escape’. Other anagrams include Abandon Marl, Banal Random, Anal Mad Born and Ban Damn Oral. Just in case he ever got bored of his current one. ---------------- Blur 《The Great Escape》专辑里 "Dan Abnormal" 这首歌，其实是 Damon Albarn 用 自己的名子拼成的，其他有关他的分身名字还有 Abandon Marl, Banal Random, Anal Mad Born 还有 Ban Damn Oral ....等等，会有这些分身名字只是为了以防万一当 他厌倦当他自己的时候可以使用。 【4.】‘Song 2’ is not only two minutes and two seconds long. It’s also the second song on Blur’s self-titled album, the second single from that album to be released, and the second song on their greatest hits collection, ‘Blur: The Best Of’. ---------------- Blur 同名专辑《Blur》里的"Song 2" 这首歌，不只是一首长度两分多钟的歌曲，这首歌 也是《Blur》里的第2首曲目，同时也是《Blur》发行单曲里的第2张单曲，甚至在精选辑 《Blur: The Best Of》也是放在曲目中的第2首歌的位置。 【5.】 Damon’s radically beset anti-war stance stems from the strong relationship he shared with his grandfather. Grandpa Albarn was one of the many soldiers imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War II. He’s previously worked with CND and the Stop The War coalition, organising campaigns to raise awareness of the potential dangers of the UK’s involvement in a war. ---------------- Damon 之所以会反战，跟他祖父是二次大战期间的许多被监禁的士兵之一有着很大的关系 ，他曾参与反核组织 CND 和 反战组织的游行活动，想借此提高人们对英国在战争中参与 的潜在危险性的认识。 【6.】 Before Blur, he attempted to make ends meet by attempting a career as a mime and also working as a tea boy at the Beat Factory studio. He also performed briefly with a host of other groups including Two’s A Crowd , The Aftermath and Real Lives. ---------------- 在还没开始组团玩 Blur 之前， 年轻时的 Damon 度过一段艰苦与入不敷出的苦日子， 他当过The Beat Factory 录音室里的端茶小弟 ， 还加入过几个乐团，玩得是synth pop 流行乐风,，他的第一个乐队叫做 Two's A Crowd，而在组 Blur 之前他还加入过一个叫做 The Aftermath and Real Lives 的乐团。 【7.】 Here’s a bit of dimensional trivia for you. Damon did backing vocals for Massive Attack’s ‘100th Window’ album under his Gorillaz pseudonym 2D, the spiky-haired front man of the group. Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja is nicknamed 3D. ---------------- 这边有几件小事你要知道， Damon 曾经在 Massive Attack（强烈冲击）《100th Window》 专辑中"Small Time Shot Away"献唱和声，Damon 用的是他在虚拟乐团 Gorillaz 里留有 spiky-haired 发型虚拟歌手 2D 作为歌手的化名 ，而 Massive Attack 主唱 Robert Del 的匿名叫做 3D。 【8.】 Damon Albarn and Dan Nakamura sampled the theme for Gorillaz’ ‘Rock The House’ from the 1966 film Modesty Blaise. In the spy film, a secret agent with the ability to change her hair instantly gets used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. ---------------- Damon Albarn and 日籍嘻哈制作人 Dan Nakamura 共同打造了Gorillaz "Rock The House’"这首歌，歌曲的灵感来自於1966年由英国经典漫画所改编的电影 《Modesty Blaise》作为蓝本，在这部间谍片中，一位顶着风情万种时尚发型的女特务成功 替英国政府阻止了一件钻石窃案。 【9.】 The album ‘The Fall’ was composed predominantly on an Apple iPad. The entire thing was recorded and produced in just thirty-two days, and was written while Gorillaz were touring the States for their previous hit album ‘Plastic Beach’. Many of the tracks make references to where they were made. ---------------- 2010年 Gorillaz 第4张正式专辑《The Fall》，Damon 运用了时下最流行的科技产品 Apple iPad 作为录制专辑的机器，利用第3张专辑《Plastic Beach》在美国巡回宣传途 中完成，只花了短短32天的时间制作。 【10.】 Blur were nominated twice for the Mercury Prize: for ‘13’ and ‘Parklife’. Damon Albarn is the only artist to ever withdraw a nomination for the Gorillaz back in 2001. Since then, none of his albums have been nominated. ---------------- 《13》and 《Parklife》这两张专辑曾经让 Blur 获得 the Mercury Prize（英国水星音 乐奖）两次被提名为，至於 Damon 个人以 artist 的身分被 the Mercury Prize 提名， 是以2001年发行的 Gorillaz 首张同名专辑入选。 图文版本：http://www.indievox.com/evonndog/post/72600 --

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