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本帖最后由 天是红河岸 于 2009-8-18 23:15 编辑
在这个《迈克尔杰克逊是如何教育他的孩子》这个帖子里 http://www.mjjcn.com/mjjcnforum/thread-75353-1-1.html，有提到Michael代表一个杂志去采访一名年轻的音乐人Pharrell Williams的部分中文版翻译。有迈迷在回帖里希望我提供一下英文原文原版，这次采访的目的本来是MJ采访这位年轻的音乐人，其间他们认真讨论了关于非洲黑人音乐等等诸多问题，Michael很认真地提问，尽职尽责好像一个真正的采访记者，而采访的最后，原本Michael是要客气地和对方说再见的，但是这个年轻人却话题一转，将话题转到Michael的身上，这后面的话让我在惊喜之余更加感动。我也把英文原版贴在这里，与大家分享。比较长，我分两帖。后面与MJ有关的话题重点翻译。
英文链接的网址：http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_33/ai_105735866/
Pharrell Williams: music's hottest hitmaker talks to the thriller
Interview, August, 2003 by Michael (American pop singer) Jackson
BY MICHAEL JACKSON
If a song is currently burning up the charts, chances are that Pharrell Williams' fingerprints are all over it. Whether he's crafting beats for Britney, singing alongside Snoop, or remaking rock with his band N.E.R.D., Williams is music's man with the golden touch. As one half of the production team the Neptunes (with Chad Hugo), he has translated soulful rhythms and infectious melodies into a slew of hits for the likes of Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Nelly, No Doubt, P. Diddy, and Busta Rhymes. With Star Trak Presents . . . Clones (Star Trak/Arista), a star-studded compilation of Neptunes tracks due this month, Williams is at pop music's pinnacle--a place his interviewer, the legendary Michael Jackson, knows all about.
MICHAEL JACKSON: Hello?
PHARRELL WILLIAMS: Hello! How are you, man?
MJ: You must forgive me, but Gregory Peck, who died yesterday, was a very dear friend of mine, and I've been helping his wife prepare the memorial and all those things. So please forgive me for being late with this call.
PW: No, listen, man, I can't believe I'm on the phone with you.
MJ: Oh, God bless you.
PW: Thank you, sir. You too.
MJ: Thank you. So, I'm interviewing you, right? And I think it's seven questions, or something like that?
PW: Sure. Whatever you like.
MJ: Okay. What would you say inspires you in your music? What is it that inspires you to create your music?
PW: It's a feeling. You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard. So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air. I know that might sound corny, but--
MJ: --No. No, that's a perfect analogy.
PW: And when you know it's done, you know it's done. It's like painting or sculpting. When you let it go it's because you know that it's finished. It's completed. And vice versa-it tells you, "Hey, I'm not done."
MJ: Yeah. And it refuses to let you sleep until it's finished.
PW: That's right.
MJ: Yeah, I go through the same thing. [laughs] And what do you think of the music today--are you into the new sounds that are being created and the direction that music is going?
PW: Well, personally, I kind of feel like I'm taking notes from people like yourself and Stevie [Wonder] and Donny [Hathaway], and just sort of doing what feels right.
MJ: Right.
PW: You know, like when everyone was going one way, you went Off the Wall [1979].
MJ: Right. [laughs]
PW: And when everyone else was going another way, you went Thriller [1982]. You just did it your way. And I'm taking notes from people like yourself, like not being afraid to listen to your feelings and turn your aspirations and ambitions into material. Making it happen, making it materialize.
MJ: That's beautiful. That's lovely. You said that very well. I wanted to ask you--do you feel, the way I do, that it's almost like a pregnancy, giving birth? Writing a song is like having a child, and once the song is finished, it's like letting the child into the world. Do you ever feel like that, like it's hard to let go?
PW: You know what? I did an interview the other day to present a video, and I was afraid to let it go. That was for a video, but the video to me is like the second part of the song because it is the interpretation given in a visual perspective. So, yes, I completely feel that way. And it's like sometimes if you play something to people and they don't get it, it's kind of like your child who's done something and everyone is pointing fingers and you're like, 'Wait! This is my kid!" Now, I'm not a father, but I imagine that's the way it would be--at least that's how I feel about my songs.
MJ: Right. Now the different forms of music--popular-culture music--that the black race has been responsible for bringing in, ushering in, from jazz to pop to rock 'n' roll to hip-hop, you name it, what do you think that is all about? Is it given from God?
PW: I think all music is a gift from God. And--[a fan interrupts] Michael, can you hold on for one second? [Williams talks to fan for a few seconds, then resumes talking to Jackson] Sorry.
MJ: [laughs] Blues, rock 'n' roll, all the different forms of popular-cultural music--like rock 'n' roll was invented by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino.
PW: Absolutely.
MJ: Even the dances from the cakewalk to the Charleston, the popping, the breaking, the locking. Don't you think they're a gift from God?
PW: Absolutely. God gave us that gift when he gave us the gift of interpretation. I mean, when you write your lyrics, (more Williams page 123) you're writing to someone, or to the world. When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear. When you're dancing, you're dancing for people to see. It's just a form of expression. And then there are times when you might be a little more introverted about it, when you're dancing, writing, or playing for yourself, and you have no idea how amazing what you're doing looks, sounds, or feels, until somebody else tells you, or until you record it and go back and look at it.
MJ: That's right. Who are some of the older artists--not the artists on the radio today--who inspired you when you were younger? Like the artists your father listened to, did you learn anything from those artists?
PW: Absolutely. The Isley Brothers.
MJ: Yeah, me too. I love the Isley Brothers. And I love Sly and the Family Stone.
PW: Donny [Hathaway], Stevie [Wonder] ...
MJ: You like all the people I like. [laughs)
PW: Those chord changes. They take you away.
MJ: Beautiful, beautiful. Okay, well, where are you? In New York?
PW: I'm in Virginia Beach, Virginia, sir.
MJ: Virginia! Oh, beautiful. Will you give my love to Virginia?
PW: Yes. Thank you.
MJ: And your mother and your parents? Because God has blessed you with special gifts.
PW: Thank you, sir. And I just want to say something, and I don't know if you want to hear this, but I just have to say it because it's on my heart. But people bother you--
PW:谢谢，先生。我还想对你说几句。但我不能确定你是否想听，但我必须要说，因为这是我的真心话。我想说的是：人们烦扰您……
MJ: --Yeah.
MJ:是啊。
PW: --Because they love you. That's the only reason why. When you do something that people don't necessarily understand, they're going to make it into a bigger problem than they would for anybody else because you're one of the most amazing talents that's ever lived. You've accomplished and achieved more in this century than most any other men.
PW:实际上是因为他们爱您。这就是唯一的原因。当你所做的一切不被人理解的时候，他们就会把它们变成大问题，尤其对您，因为你是世界上最天才的活传奇。您在这个世纪成就了大多数人都无法完成的丰功伟业。
MJ: Well, thank you very much. That's very kind of you.
MJ:噢，非常感谢你。
PW: What you do is so amazing. When you are 100 years old, and they're still making up things about what you've done to this and what you've done to that on your body--please believe me, if you decided you wanted to dip your whole body in chrome, you are so amazing that the world, no matter what they say, is going to be right there to see it. And that is because of what you have achieved in the music world, and in changing people's lives. People are having children to your songs. You've affected the world.
PW:您所做的一切是那么的惊人，您100岁的时候我想都还会有人对您所做的事情评论再三——但请相信，您是那么的坚强，您是那么得令人目眩神迷，以致于无论外界怎么评价诋毁您，您都不会失去一分光彩。你在音乐世界里成就了太多，还改变了无数人的生活。许多人的下一代都依然眷顾着你的音乐。你影响了整个世界。
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