作者sakurai0615 (Mr. Rabbit)
看板BrunoMars
标题[新闻] The complete Q&A interview
时间Sun Jun 12 01:00:44 2011
原文
http://0rz.tw/xyXJz
以下先来一小部分
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: 过去几年你是否做过比你能想起的还要多的多的访谈呢?
A: (笑) 有做过一些啦
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: 我希望等等问的有关音乐的问题你之前没有被问过
A: 感谢上帝!
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坐下来聊一聊，你会
选择谁呢?
A: Whoo! 那要看那天是怎样，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，以及歌曲是多麽简单却又有
才华，像是以下这几首歌：Redemption Song、Is This Love?以及I Shot the Sheriff
，我觉得他在他的歌曲中做到了作曲家最难做到的事，就是坐下来诚恳的告诉人们你的
感受，我想要知道他是怎麽做到的。
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当清新的，但是你的Stratocaster吉他声对我
而言像是一个对Jimi Hendrix微妙的致敬，是这样吗?
A: 当然，他是世界上最棒的吉他手，完全吉他神手，他弹起吉他像在说话一样，当他独奏
时，他的吉他是在哭喊的，听起来彷佛是来自恶魔的扩音器。
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: 我很幸运曾经访问过Ray Charles几次，我问他挑选其它其他作曲家写的曲子来表演
的标准是什麽，Ray的回答是这样的，他觉得他有这个权力依他喜欢的方式来调整一
首曲子，如果他无法马上和歌词产生联结，他就不会想去做了。你的live表演有时会
有Michael Jackson的Billie Jean、Nirvana的Smells Like Teen Spirit、White
Stripes的Seven Nation Army还有Barrett Strong的Money(The Beatles曾翻唱过)
你挑选这些歌曲来表演的标准是什麽呢?
A: 我曾经以乐团型式在bar和pub表演过，我们会翻唱Bilie Jean和Smells Like Teen
Spirit。这是表演的一部分，大家听到这就会嗨起来，而我们靠这来赚钱，所以我必
须要会唱这些歌。这些歌演奏起来很棒，我很喜欢，这是我成长过程的一部分。
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: 所以说，你在成长过程中不断表演着Elvis Presley和Michael Jackson的歌曲。
从音乐的角度而言，你觉得你在他们身上学到了什麽?
A: 掌控力吧。我印象最深的是他们对舞台的掌控，像是如何去控制观众和乐队。Elvis
有一次在Ed Sullivan show上表演Hound Dog，在表演最後他慢了下来，我觉得那应
该是个即兴表演而不是彩排过的，就像Elvis看见一群女生发疯，然後他对自己说：
「看着我慢下来...好，开始疯吧。」反正他就慢了下来，并且开始跳舞，观众全都
爱死他了。我真的很推崇Elvis和Michael在舞台上散发出的自信心。
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