新闻周刊:裸体淑女合唱团Stunt专辑成功背后的故事(3)

Question: Were you nervous about rapping?

问：说唱的时候你感到紧张吗？

Answer: No. I wasn't, like, a hardcore rap dude, but I was freestyling in every show we ever did since '88. It was part of who I was.

答：不，不紧张，就像硬核说唱歌手那样，但自88年以来，我们每一场表演我都是即兴发挥。这是我的一部分。

Question: That era was kind of the golden age of rap-rock. Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock were really big, but that stuff has aged¹ terribly.

问：那个时代可以说是说唱摇滚的黄金时代。软饼干乐队和摇滚小子真的很火，但也老得很快。

Answer: I didn't like that either. But I don't think that's what "One Week" was at all. It's a totally non-heavy song. The verses are very lilting and light. If it's hip² hop³-influenced, it's influenced by Dream Warriors⁴ and De La Soul, not hardcore hip hop.

答：我也不喜欢那样。但我不认为《一周》是这样的。这是一首完全不沉重的歌。这首歌基调轻快。如果它是受嘻哈影响，则是受梦想勇士和De La Soul的影响，而非硬核说唱。

Question: How difficult is it to do the rap verses live?

问：现场表演说唱歌词有多难?

Answer: It's super easy, actually.

答：其实超级简单。

Question: Is it all muscle memory at this point?

问：这一切都是肌肉记忆吗?

Answer: Yeah. My friend calls it "word Tetris." All my lyrics⁵ fit together with no spaces. I go for a Tetris on every line.

答：是的。我朋友称之为“词汇俄罗斯方块”。我所有的歌词都没有空格。每行我都当做俄罗斯方块。

Question: What was life like for the band when "One Week" took off and the album started selling millions?

问：当《一周》走红，专辑开始销售数百万张的时候，乐队的生活是怎样的?

Answer: It was weird⁶. It's still weird, when I think back on it. We're a band that has always seen ourselves as underdogs. We've had very little major exposure. Can you think of another band that's sold over 15 million records and been around 30 years and hasn't been on the cover of any major music publication? We've never gotten that sort of nod. We've always been outliers.

答：这很奇怪。当我回想起来，还是觉得很奇怪。我们是一个总是把自己看作弱者的乐队。我们很少受到重大影响。你能想到另外一个乐队吗？他们的唱片销量超过1500万张，已经有30年的历史了，却没有出现在任何主流音乐出版物的封面上。我们从来没有得到过这样的肯定。我们一直是局外人。

We just got inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and the overwhelming feeling I had was, we're the band that makes fun of the bands in the Hall of Fame. How are we getting inducted now? I think we always felt like the class clowns. Then, all of a sudden, we had a No. 1 single, we were all over MTV and VH1 and we were selling out arenas⁷. We were doing all the big festivals. Because we had a dress rehearsal⁸ of success in Canada years before, I think we knew the whole thing could be fleeting⁹. We just tried to enjoy the ride.

我们刚刚被选入加拿大音乐名人堂，我有一种压倒一切的感觉，我们是那个拿名人堂里的乐队开涮的乐队。我们现在是怎么入校的？我认为我们总感觉像班上的小丑。然后，突然间，我们有了一首冠军单曲，MTV和VH1到处都是我们的身影，我们的专辑都卖光了。

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

3 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

4 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

5 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

6 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

7 arenas   

表演场地( arena的名词复数 )； 竞技场； 活动或斗争的场所或场面； 圆形运动场

参考例句：

• Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。
• Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？

8 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

9 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。