PBS高端访谈:海滩男孩乐队的加州风格

AMNA NAWAZ: Tonight's Brief But Spectacular features singer and songwriter Mike Love, best known as one of the founding members of the Beach Boys. The band won over fans around the world with infectious harmonies and their unique California sound.

MIKE LOVE, Beach Boys: For our original fans, it's nostalgic when we do Wouldn't It Be Nice. But if somebody is in grade school and listens to the Beach Boys and hears Wouldn't It Be Nice for the first time, it totally relates to them at that stage of life. The Beach Boys have always emphasized harmony. And what brought us together is the love of harmonizing, at Christmas parties and Thanksgiving. My earliest memories of my cousin Brian sitting on my grandmother Wilson's lap singing Danny Boy, and what an amazing voice he had. I enjoy personally sing the bass¹ parts, with all the other parts above. But the real specialness of it is when it all comes together, all the various parts and blending. That's the secret sauce there, the blend, as well as the harmonies. I remember the first time we ever heard our record on the radio in 1961. Our song, Surfin' was played on a radio station which played like four or five brand-new singles by various groups. And the one that got the most call-in requests would become the record of the week the following week. And we had cousins and uncles and aunts and everybody phoning in. And we easily won the record of the week. The problem was started with my uncle Murry not being very ethical². And he actually took and sold our publishing for a minuscule³ amount compared to what it really is worth. That was a tough thing to deal with. I know it was tough on Brian, Dennis, and Carl. It was tough on me, too. He also didn't credit me with writing so many of the songs that I created all the words for. I, unfortunately, because of that, had to go into a lawsuit⁴ situation to establish my authorship. These are unfortunate things that happened.

But if you focus on that stuff, it loses sight on the incredible positivity that our music has meant, transcended⁵ boundaries and borders and ethnic⁶ groups. To be able to just go out on stage and sing these songs, and seeing that they're so appreciated and people still love them, that is somewhat of a precious miracle. My name is Mike Love, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on my life as a Beach Boy.

AMNA NAWAZ: And you can watch additional Brief But Spectacular episodes on our Web site. That's PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.

阿姆纳·纳瓦兹：今晚《简短而精彩》的主人公是歌手兼作曲家迈克·洛夫，他最为世人所知的是——他是海滩男孩乐队的创始人之一。这支乐队在全球有许多粉丝，和声颇具感染力，而且有加州独特的风格。

迈克·洛夫，海滩男孩：对我们一开始的粉丝来说，我们的《岂不更好》是给人思乡情绪的。上小学的人第一次听到海滩男孩的《岂不更好》，会感觉到这首歌描述的就是他们那个阶段的生活。海滩男孩强调的永远是和声。让我们几个人聚在一起的原因也是对和声的热爱，无论是在圣诞节聚会上，还是在感恩节上。我对表兄弟布莱恩最早的记忆就是他坐在祖母威尔逊的腿上唱着《丹尼男孩》，他的嗓音真好听啊。我个人最喜欢唱的是贝斯的部分。但它的特别之处在于和声的部分。

和声是独特的配方。我还记得1961年第一次在广播中听到我们录音的时候。我们的歌《冲浪》在广播电台播放。那时候还播放了许多团体的四五支全新单曲。听众点播次数最多的就会成为下一周的周唱片。我们的表兄弟、叔叔、婶婶都会打电话进来，所有亲朋好友都点播了。所以我们轻松获得了周唱片。问题开始于我的叔叔默里开始做起了不端的事情。他拿走我们的专辑并低价售出。这个事情很难处理。我知道这对于布莱恩、丹尼斯、卡尔来说都是如此。我也觉得难处理。叔叔没有尊重我写的歌。不幸的是，我因为这个而原因也必须要通过法律的方式来维权。这件事很不幸。但如果仅专注于这件事的话，就会忽略掉我们音乐所带来的积极性，它超越了疆界、边界和族群。能站在舞台上唱歌，看到有这么多人喜爱自己的歌，这就是一种珍贵的奇迹了。我是迈克·洛夫，这是我本期分享的与海滩男孩乐队有关的《简短而精彩》。

阿姆纳·纳瓦兹：其他期节目可以在官网PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief观看。

1 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

2 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

3 minuscule   

adj.非常小的；极不重要的

参考例句：

• The human race only a minuscule portion of the earth's history.人类只有占有极小部分地球历史。
• As things stand,Hong Kong's renminbi banking system is minuscule.就目前的情况而言，香港的人民币银行体系可谓微不足道。

4 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

5 transcended   

超出或超越（经验、信念、描写能力等）的范围( transcend的过去式和过去分词 )； 优于或胜过…

参考例句：

• He wanted assurance that he had transcended what was inherently ambiguous. 他要证明，他已经超越了本来就是混淆不清的事情。
• It transcended site to speak to universal human concerns. 它超越了场所的局限，表达了人类共同的心声。

6 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。