美国国家公共电台 NPR--Library of Congress adds 25 new recordings to its National Recording Registry

Library of Congress adds 25 new recordings² to its National Recording¹ Registry

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Included in the registry is the oldest surviving recording of mariachi music and Koko Taylor's "Wang Dang Doodle." For the first time, the list includes a female rapper and a video game soundtrack.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

What does this Queen Latifah song from 1989...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LADIES FIRST")

QUEEN LATIFAH: (Rapping) Some think that we can't flow.

FADEL: ...Have to do with this...

(SOUNDBITE OF KOJI KONDO'S "GROUND THEME")

FADEL: ...The "Super Mario" theme?

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

They're all bangers? But they're also 2 of 25 recordings the Library of Congress recently added to its National Recording Registry. For the first time, the annual list includes a female rapper and a video game soundtrack.

FADEL: Carla Hayden is the librarian of Congress and she explains the selection process.

CARLA HAYDEN: Some of the recordings are classic rock and pop music, John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads." And as I'm saying it, I'm almost bursting into song.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS")

JOHN DENVER: (Singing) Country roads, take me home.

HAYDEN: Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)")

EURYTHMICS: (Singing) Sweet dreams are made of this.

HAYDEN: "What The World Needs Now Is Love," first recorded by Jackie DeShannon, 1965.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE")

JACKIE DESHANNON: (Singing) What the world needs now is love.

HAYDEN: One of the oldest recordings on this list this year is from 1908, and it's one of the first recordings of mariachi music.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "EL PERIQUITO")

CUARTETO COCULENSE: (Singing in Spanish).

HAYDEN: And something that's very significant culturally, "Gasolina."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GASOLINA")

DADDY YANKEE: (Singing in Spanish).

HAYDEN: It's a reggaeton recording. Yankee Doodle - or Daddy Yankee. And to see how I can get mixed up there, too. But that's why we want to bring that awareness⁴.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

CARL SAGAN: (Reading) ...Than this distant image...

HAYDEN: But then there are things that people might not think about.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

SAGAN: (Reading) It underscores our responsibility...

HAYDEN: Carl Sagan reading from his book in 1994, "Pale Blue Dot."

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

SAGAN: (Reading) The pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

MART?NEZ: We asked the Librarian of Congress if she has a favorite.

HAYDEN: Well, I actually do - "Wang Dang Doodle" by Koko Taylor.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WANG DANG DOODLE")

KOKO TAYLOR: (Singing) We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long.

HAYDEN: 1966, Chicago blues⁵. And Koko Taylor had a very dusty, husky voice.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WANG DANG DOODLE")

TAYLOR: (Singing) Tell ol' Pistol Pete.

HAYDEN: And when that was suggested, I said, oh, my goodness, they're going to put "Wang Dang Doodle" on. OK.

MART?NEZ: Hayden says anyone can nominate recordings, in case you have ideas for next year's list.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WANG DANG DOODLE")

TAYLOR: (Singing) We gonna kick down all the doors. We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long.

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

5 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。