作者sakurai0615 (Mr. Rabbit)
看板BrunoMars
标题[新闻] The complete Q&A interview part 2
时间Sun Jun 12 14:16:41 2011
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: 听起来你认为音乐这方面是学海无涯的呢。
A: 当然。我是很严肃的看待身为歌手这一件事的。如果我想要继续当个歌手以及其他歌
手的制作人的话，我必须要在音乐路上不断的再学习，这是我的职责。我必须要广泛
的接受各种音乐，必须要持续的迈向顶尖。
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: 多年来，我一直对一些歌手出人意料的喜欢某些歌手这件事很感兴趣。比如Johnny
Cash告诉我他是Iron Maiden和Bulgarian Womens Choir中的Jeff Beck的粉丝。你
有没有什麽会让人跌破眼镜的音乐灵感来源呢？
A: 噢...(停顿) 我想想。我爱Sex Pistols，我是Beach Boys的粉丝，以及Zeppelin、
Queen的狂热饭。
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: 刚才我们讨论到了Elvis Presley和Michael Jackson，两个有着传奇人生却悲剧收
场的人物。从事业的角度而言，你会将他们的一生当成警世故事吗？
A: 这个嘛，再也不会有另外一个像是Michael Jackson从七岁就开始演艺生涯的巨星了。
那因为我是一个家庭导向非常强烈的人，且我曾在夏威夷生活过，我并不害怕悲剧结
尾。事实上我并不认为我会如此。
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: 你今年赢得了葛莱美奖最佳流行男声，而当年Michael Jackson也曾赢得这个奖项。
被提名这个奖项对你来讲影响有多大呢？
A: 我和Michael Jackson一起被提名耶！他是This Is It的同名歌曲被提名，某种方面
来说，我觉得我欠了他，如果不是他的歌伴随着我成长...我不知道那个年代的小孩
谁不听他的歌。大家受到激励希望成为像他一样伟大的歌手。我不认为至今有哪个人
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: 你弹吉他和打鼓两者是如何相互影响的？
A: 打鼓在我制作或写歌的时候帮了很多忙，我对鼓的认知确实在这方面很有助益，虽然
我在制作或写歌这两个的表现都不是很杰出。那我们刚讲到Hendrix-es是吉他手。(应
该是指受他影响的意思)我可以把一些和弦放在一起然後写首歌，但我还是每天都在学
习，这是很有趣的。
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: 你很认真的看待你的音乐，但我很好奇的是，你觉得幽默在你的歌中有多重要？比
如Runaway Baby中有以胡萝卜来做隐喻，以及Grenade中被详细描述的极端的痛苦。
A: 这个嘛，我觉得我不是很严肃的看待自己，人生到目前为止都还算是充满乐趣的。我
很用心在做音乐，但那也可以很有趣，认识我的都是这样形容我的。我希望我的音乐
可以体现出部分的我，我相信我所有的成功都是这样来的。就算是Just the Way You
Are这样非常简单、歌词内容已经在其他歌里出现过一千次的歌曲，人们还是可以从中
听到一些真实存在过的故事。我不是刻意要写出来迎合评论家或是小女生甚至是其他
女孩子的歌，我写歌的方式就是我平常说话的方式。
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※ 编辑: sakurai0615 来自: 58.115.80.14 (06/12 16:45)
1F：推 foamb:推Q12~ 他是个活得很真的人=) 发自内心的作品 不用很华丽 就 06/12 16:54
2F：→ foamb:可以打动他人! 06/12 16:54
3F：推 foamb:我刚刚才看到下面的注册商标XD 全部翻这些好用心!! 推~ 06/12 16:58
4F：推 nttu94310:推翻译 06/12 18:11
5F：→ sakurai0615:推BB 你用一句话就概括我整段了XD 06/12 18:17