听译/时间轴/字幕制作：李大米不是李糯米
What's up, gamers? This video took a very long time to make.
大家好啊 红榜视频用了很长时间才做完
Well, actually it didn't. It just took me a long time to feel like making it.
其实没用多久 但我感觉用了好长时间啊
Why is that?
这是为什么呢
Well, hating things is easy, hating things is fun.
讨厌某件事物很简单 很有趣
But liking things, liking things takes a lot out of me.
但喜欢某件事物 是种负担
'Cause if I hate a song, and then someone calls me stupid,
因为如果我讨厌一首歌 有人骂我
they're probably just some dumb kid.
那他大概是个小屁孩
But if I like a song and someone calls me stupid,
但如果我喜欢一首歌 还有人骂我
that makes me feel like the dumb kid.
我感觉自己才是那个小屁孩
I don't want to be a dumb kid anymore.
我不想再当小屁孩了
I've had, I've had like 19 years of being a dumb kid. I'm done with that shit.
我已经当了19年小屁孩了 我受够了
God, if only there was some song out there about
天哪 要是有一首歌能描述这种
being confident when placed in a vulnerable position.
在脆弱时刻充满自信的歌就好了
♫ Why men great 'til... ♫
Lizzo - "Truth Hurts"
No, no, no. Try again.
不是这首 换一首
♫ ...hair toss ♫
♫ Check my nails ♫
♫ Baby how you feelin'? ♫
♫ Feeling good as hell ♫
There we go.
这才对嘛
You know, I like the idea of "Truth Hurts",
我喜欢"Truth Hurts"的理念
but I feel like it's greatly improved by the inclusion of some actual chords.
但我觉得它还是缺了点真正好的和弦
I also don't really know if I like the way
我也不确定自己是否喜欢
"Truth Hurts" kinda toes the line between confidence and arrogance.
"Truth Hurts"介于自信与自负之间的感觉
"Good As Hell" does not have that problem.
"Good As Hell"却没有这个问题
It is nothing but uplifting.
完完全全地鼓舞人心
♫ All the big fights, long nights that you been through ♫
♫ I got a bottle of Tequila I been saving for you ♫
Good stuff. I like it.
这是首好歌 我喜欢
And yes, I know it came on 2016, who cares?
我知道这首歌是2016年发行的 那又怎样
Did you know about this song in 2016?
你2016年就知道这首歌了吗
This isn't actually a thing that matters. Don't bring it up.
这种事无关紧要啦 别再提啦
♫ Hah ♫
♫ Pack in the mail, it's gone (Uh) ♫
♫ She like how I smell, cologne (Yeah) ♫
♫ I just signed a deal, I'm on ♫
You know what? I like this guy. He's cool, he's nice,
我喜欢这个家伙 他很酷 人不错
got a nice little voice, cute little flow, he's cute.
声音好 节奏好 他很可爱
I'd fuck him.
我可以为他做1
But would I let him fuck me? Probably not.
但我会不会为他做0呢 应该不会
And that's why the song's only #14.
这就是为什么这首歌只能排第14名
♫ ...let a n***a think that I'm broke ♫
♫ Until I pop out with a million (I pop) ♫
♫ Take 20K and put that on your head ♫
♫ And make one of your partners come kill you (Yeah) ♫
What feels like year after year after year is
这么多年过去了
new rappers popping up out of nowhere with terrible gimmicks ranging from
感觉新生代说唱歌手的本事越来越差了
sounding like Migos, to sounding like Future,
听起来要么像Migos 要么像Future
to having committed horrible crimes.
要么就跑去犯罪
It's genuinely really refreshing to hear a new guy pop out of nowhere
能看到出现这样的说唱歌手 真是耳目一新
whose gimmick is just that he's an energetic, witty guy who can be funny when he wants to be.
精力充沛 幽默诙谐 随时随地能搞笑
which used to just be the bare minimum, but
这以前可是说唱歌手的最低标准
fuck it, what do I know?
不管了 我懂啥啊
♫ I got the horses in the back ♫
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Old Town Road"
Hmm. Guess it was that other guy.
我以为是另一个人呢
I'm not entirely sure that I get "Old Town Road",
我不确定我完全理解了"Old Town Road"
but I am incredibly glad that it happened.
但是我很高兴能看到这首歌的出现
I mean, it is objectively hilarious that Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men got out charted by
能看到Mariah Carey和Boyz II Men被超越太有趣了
some 20-year-old dude. weird country chap fusion about
他只是个二十来岁 浑身乡村风格打扮
cheating on his girlfriend with a horse, or
出轨女友 和自己的马偷腥的年轻人
At least, I think that's what that song's about.
至少我觉得这首歌的内容就是这样
Also, "Old Town Road" was a song that showed the world that
"Old Town Road"也向世界证明了
you don't need to make a three and a half minute song to have a hit.
不是所有的热单都需要三分半钟那么长
Props for that. I mean, really,
我真的很支持这一点
when's the last time you sat down and thought to yourself, hmm,
想一想 你最近一次这样想是什么时候
I could really go for 4 straight minutes of Migos right now?
我真想完完整整地听四分钟Migos啊
Brevity is the soul of wit.
简洁是智慧的灵魂
此句出自莎士比亚《哈姆雷特》
So thank you, "Old Town Road" for showing us the pop songs can be really short and also really good.
"Old Town Road" 谢谢你证明了流行歌能又短又好
Wait, did I just say "Old Town Road"?
等等 我刚说的是"Old Town Road"吗
No, no, I meant the other one.
说错了 我指的是另一首歌
♫ Ayy, Panini, don't you be a meanie ♫
♫ Thought you wanted me to go up ♫
♫ Why you tryna keep me teeny? I ♫
I really do admire how compact this song is.
我真的很欣赏这首歌如此紧凑
In less than 2 minutes,
在不到两分钟的时间内
In less than 2 minutes, we get 2 verses, 2 choruses and a bridge.
我们听到了两段主歌 两段副歌和一个桥段
It's really impressive.
这太令人钦佩了
I mean, it's weird to say, right? The song is good because it's short.
这么说有点奇怪 一首歌好是因为它短
It sounds like an insult. And it is one.
这听起来更像是骂它 也确实是
I mean, if this song were a full 4 minutes, I would absolutely hate it, no question.
如果这首歌整整有四分钟 我肯定会讨厌它
It's a very tense song, which is why it works great in short vers.
这首歌情绪很紧张 所以歌短反而表现很好
It's like salt and vinegar chips.
它很像咸酸口味的薯片
You get nice little handful, it's great.
吃一小把 感觉很好吃
Eat the whole bag, your mouth hurts and you feel like shit.
吃一整袋 嘴疼得要死还难受
♫ I'ma need to sit down, don't mean to make demands ♫
♫ But I need you to... ♫
♫ Say to me... ♫
And you know, salt and vinegar chips aren't for everyone。
要知道 咸酸口味薯片并不是每个人都能享受
They're really strong,
他们的味道真的很强烈
they've got a baseline that places a little bit off key every now and then,
低音部分还时不时玩点脱离伴奏的花样
they're sandwiched by this weird whistling thing.
其中还夹杂着奇怪的口哨声
But you know what, I like the wisterly thing,
但是你知道吗 我喜欢这个口哨声
and I think the tinted baseline has a lot of personality to the chips.
我认为这个低音部分为薯片增色不少
I may have mixed my metaphor as a bit. Moving on now.
我可能把比喻整混了 下一首
So I guess Sam Smith's non-binary now. That's cool.
现在Sam Smith是非二元性别了 挺好的
I guess they're no longer suffering from male-pattern baldness, just regular-pattern baldness.
所以他那不能叫男性M字秃 只能叫正常M字秃了
♫ How Do You Sleep when you lie to me? ♫
♫ All that shame and all that danger ♫
I always kinda like Sam Smith's older stuff,
我还算喜欢Sam Smith之前的作品
you know, the old, slower, ballot type songs.
那些舒缓的芭蕾舞曲
Well, that one in between kind of song they have with Normani on it.
还有那首和Normani合作的歌曲
Sam Smith, Normani - "Dancing With A Stranger"
They're, they're good. I like it. But,
它们都很不错 我很喜欢 但是
I always had this gut feeling that they'd be amazing on top of an actual beat.
我一直觉得如果配上更好的伴奏 它们会更好
♫ ...keep you up tonight ♫
♫ Tell me how do you ♫
This is one of those songs that hits all the right notes for me,
我觉得这首歌每一点都恰到好处
I don't even really know why. It's one of those 6s that I think is an 8.
我也不知道为什么 这首6分歌让我觉得有8分
It's got a very smooth atmosphere, and
它的气氛异常丝滑
I could say one or two more little pretentious things right here, but I really don't feel like it.
有一些元素过于刻意做作 但我没有太大感觉
♫ Oh, oh (oh, oh) ♫
A lot of people got really mad at me for putting "The London" on my worst list
很多人因为我把"The London"放进黑榜生气了
行吧 你在说什么屁话 "The London"听起来像"In My Feelings"? 这首歌又没有采样 而且这是今年最好的一首歌了 - 还说什么"Time"像"Me, Myself & I"... - 你不能这样把歌曲相互比较啊 - 不要抱怨每首歌的缺点了 多听听它们好的方面行吗 - 不要做散发着负面情绪的人 活出正能量可以吗 -
Mo Bamba两年前就出来了 它就是最无敌的!!! -
别碰瓷了 不是所有歌的节奏 - 都像"In My Feelings" - "The London"是完全不同的
and saying it sounds like "In My Feelings",
还被我说它像"In My Feelings"冒犯到了
如果你再不尊重"The London"有你好果子吃!!! -
快闭嘴吧 我知道 - "The London"就是最屌的
To clarify, I only put it on the worst list to complete the joke.
澄清一下 我把它放进黑榜只是玩梗
"The London" is a very good song.
"The London"是一首很好的歌
♫ You can meet me at the London (London) ♫
♫ If you find time, we can run one (run one) ♫
♫ Talk about some things, we can undo (undo) ♫
Yeah, just kind of a masterpiece.
算得上一首杰作
J Cole putting in some effort, Young Thug just kind of be in himself,
J Cole表现很棒 Young Thugs发挥稳定
and Travis Scott is hitting us with a surprisingly good chorus.
Travis Scott贡献了一段令人惊喜的副歌
I really like the way it just kind of pops in it, weirdly satisfying.
我很喜欢副歌响起的瞬间 有种奇妙的满足感
♫ 'Ey fuck your IG, I put somethin' on your sonogram ♫
♫ I'm the man (ayy, ayy) ♫
♫ You can meet me at the London (London) ♫
It's very different from most other Travis Scott songs I've heard,
它和我听过的Travis Scott的歌都不一样
mainly because I've only heard like four Travis Scott songs, but
主要因为我只听过大概四首Travis Scott的歌
I think I prefer this to anything else I've heard from him.
但我觉得我最喜欢的还是这一首
You know, it's not too loud, it's not drowning in its own production.
它没有过于喧闹 没被复杂的制作淹没
Travis Scott has this tendency to kinda get lost in his own style.
Travis Scott总有种沉浸在自己世界里的感觉
You actually kind of see a glimmer of this on "The London"
你在"The London"也能感受到这一点
in that bit at the end where it kind of just does his thing.
就是在歌曲结尾处的那一段
But it really works here, because he does it for exactly enough time to
但在这首歌里很不错 因为时间恰到好处
both make an impact and not overpower everything else.
足够出彩 却又不会喧宾夺主
♫ ...I knew ♫
♫ Aight, crushed down we get money ♫
♫ 44 times... ♫
It's a really good song, I like it a lot.
这首歌很不错 我很喜欢
And it does sound a lot like "In My Feelings".
而且它确实听起来很像"In My Feelings"
I had a couple of people on my last video try to argue that it doesn't, it does.
有些人在我上一个视频里说它不像 它确实像
It does. I will absolutely double down on this.
它真的像 我很确定
Hey, now that I like the song,
既然我喜欢这首歌
I guess it actually doesn't matter that I think it sounds like something else.
那我觉得它像别的歌也没有关系了吧
So, don't bring it up.
所以别再提啦
#10 is "Easier" by 5 Seconds of Summer.
第十名是5 Seconds of Summer的"Easier"
♫ I love you so... ♫
No, not that one. This one.
不是那个版本 是这个
♫ Why do we always gotta run away? ♫
♫ And we wind up in the same place ♫
I was honestly blown away the first time I came across the real version of this song.
我第一次听到这个版本的时候被惊艳到了
The one I heard on the radio all the time was the Charlie Puth remix, which,
电台一直放的都是Charlie Puth的remix版本
well, I think I'm getting sick of Charlie Puth all over again.
我真是太烦Charlie Puth了
He's a one-trick pony.
他只会那么一招
If you haven't heard his recent single "Mother",
如果你还没听过他的最新单曲"Mother"
don't, it's fucking awful.
千万别听 太烂了
It's the worst version of that one song he's made 7 times now. You know the one.
是他用仅有的那一招重复七次 做出最烂的歌
Dark, quiet, empty.
黑暗 安静 空洞
Take a decent baseline, milk it for all its worth,
找个好的低声部 从头用到尾
twiddle around with a muted guitar, sing in a whisper,
加上段模糊不清的吉他 小声唱歌
play with the falsetto a bit.
偶尔加上假声高音
Build up to the chorus, only to kill absolutely all the momentum when it hits.
主歌递进还可以 副歌一响就完蛋
This formula doesn't even sound good anymore when it's performed by the guy who made it,
这一招用到它发明者的歌里已经不怎么好听了
imagine how bad it sounds when it's on top of what's supposed to be a rock song.
想象一下 这招用到摇滚歌曲里会烂成什么样
♫ ...oh ♫
♫ But I know that I'm never, ever gonna change ♫
♫ And you know you don't want it any other way ♫
I mean, just listen to this, listen to what they did to my boys.
听听它把这个乐队折磨成什么样了
♫ ...of me ♫
♫ You know we need it like the air we breathe ♫
♫ Air we breathe, yeah ♫
♫ I love you so much that I hate you ♫
♫ Right now, it's so hard to blame you ♫
♫ 'Cause you're so damn beautiful ♫
♫ You're so damn beautiful ♫
♫ Is it easier to stay? Is it easier to go? ♫
♫ I don't wanna know, oh ♫
♫ But I know that I'm never, ever gonna change ♫
♫ And you know that you're always gonna stay the same ♫
The original is so big, it's a blowout, it's exhilarating.
原版气势宏大 令人兴奋
The remix sounds more like an experiment than a song.
而remix版本听起来不像一首歌 而像一场实验
It's weird, it's tense with no real payoff.
气氛诡异 节奏紧张得莫名其妙
I mean, look at the video, they're literally trapped in a fucking cave.
看看这个MV 他们实实在在困在了山洞里
What more explanation do you need?
这还需要什么解释吗
Do you guys remember the Drake & Josh movie,
Drake & Josh Go Hollywood 2006年迪士尼喜剧电影
还记得Drake & Josh那部电影吗
where Drake has this fun little song he wrote with his band?
电影里Drake和他的乐队写了首不错的歌
He got a record deal, and they transformed the song
他因此拿到了唱片合约 但唱片公司
to a monstrosity without his input or approval.
未经他同意 将这首歌变成了毫不相干的东西
That's what the industry is actually doing to 5 Seconds of Summer right now.
这就是唱片行业如何对待5 Seconds of Summer的
It's not even my song! What did you do with it?
这根本不是我的歌了 你们做了什么
Uh, we just had our best mixers and producers work on it for 6 days straight. It's great.
我们请最强混音师和制作人做了六天 它很棒
Drake.
Don't Drake me!
别拦着我
They can't do that to my song!
他们不能这么对我的歌
I honestly thought "Youngblood" was a fluke,
我真心以为"Youngblood"只是偶然的成功
but as it turns out, "Youngblood" is what these guys have been
但事实证明"Youngblood"就是他们的真正水平
or the very least wanted to be the whole time.
或者是他们发自内心想制作的音乐
I really do hope these guys break out or whatever hell contract they're in right now.
我真心希望他们能早日摆脱现在的烂合同
because, oh my God...
因为 天哪
Between Charlie Puth and The Chainsmokers,
被Charlie Puth和The Chainsmokers拖累
these guys are way better than they're allowed to be.
他们真实的能力远不止如此
Like, holy shit.
天哪
♫ Yadadadadadadada ♫
Khalid - "Young Dumb & Broke"
♫ Yadadadadadada ♫
I don't like Khalid.
我不喜欢Khalid
I don't like the way he sings.
我不喜欢他唱歌的方式
I don't like this weird thing he does with his beats where they don't sound real.
我不喜欢他随着伴奏唱出来奇怪的失真感
His songs always sound gloomy and sad when they're not supposed to be,
他的歌总是悲伤忧郁 即使这不是有意为之的
which particularly irritates me because
这一点让我非常恼火
every other song on the chart is already gloomy with full intend to be that way.
因为榜上的其他歌都故意做得悲伤忧郁
We don't need some guy who keeps being gloomy by accident.
我们不需要意外变得忧郁的歌手了
Khalid is the man who may be understand why everyone hates millennials.
Khalid应该会懂为什么很多人都讨厌千禧代
His success is baffling and he will be remembered as a knockoff and a joke.
他的成功令人困惑 会被人视作冒牌货和笑话
But to be fair to him, he's also very good.
但公平地说 他还挺不错的
♫ I'm on the other side, it's alright, just hold me in the dark ♫
I think I finally get it now.
我觉得我终于听懂了
This is what every other Khalid song was trying to sound like the whole time.
这首歌是Khalid其他所有歌想成为的样子
There's just something to be said about the mood this song puts out.
这首歌表达出的情绪值得讨论
The way it kinda sounds from the outside, you'd imagine it'd be really sad and kinda a drag, but then
这首歌乍一听会觉得悲伤忧郁 乏味无聊
you actually listened to it, and he sounds so relaxed.
但仔细一听 他竟然如此放松惬意
Very deep, soft spoken, kind of happiness. It's like he's
深沉舒缓 还有一丝愉快喜悦
got his arm around this girl, just gazing at the stars. Sounds content.
仿佛他抱着这个女孩望着星星 令人满足
♫ ...better, no, no ♫
♫ We don't gotta hide ♫
You did it, you finally did it.
你做到了 你终于做到了
You finally made the song you've been trying to make for years now,
你终于成功做出了这么多年一直想做的歌
so I guess you can leave now.
所以你可以走了
See ya.
再见
Goodbye.
拜拜
さようなら.
撒由那拉
Have a nice life. I won't miss you.
祝你生活愉快 我不会想你的
This song was not a hit.
这首歌不是热单
♫ I heard you on the phone last night ♫
♫ We live and die by pretty lies ♫
♫ You know it, oh, we both know it ♫
I wish people didn't forget about the song so fast.
我希望这首歌不要这么快被遗忘
I felt the need to put it on here, because
我觉得自己有义务把这首歌放到红榜里
if I didn't, then who else would, you know.
如果我不放到红榜里 还有谁会放呢
This will just go completely unacknowledged, and that's really not fair.
这首歌不被人赏识 太不公平了
There's something so satisfying about the way these melodies kinda slide around.
这首歌的旋律顺滑得令人满足
It's really well structured.
编排也很巧妙
They find a good groove, they use it two or three times,
找到了一段好歌词 重复了两三次
then they switch it up at the end, keep you fully engaged.
但结尾的时候做了改变 让你全程投入
♫ Well, there's broken silence ♫
被打破的寂静
♫ By thunder crashing in the dark (Crash in the dark) ♫
在雷声过去后慢慢恢复安宁
Alright. So there's the first line right there.
好吧 这是第一句
♫ And this broken record ♫
被用坏的唱片
♫ Spin endless circles in the bar (Spin 'round in the bar) ♫
依然在不停旋转播放着歌曲
Okay, so we have a pattern established.
行吧 我找到歌词的规律了
♫ This world can hurt you ♫
而被伤害的你
♫ It cuts you deep and leaves a scar ♫
心中却留下难以愈合的疤痕
♫ Things fall apart, but nothing breaks like a heart ♫
万物皆会破裂 唯有心碎难补
Whoa, wow, I'm surprised.
哇 我太惊讶了
I need to process this, give me a second.
我得消化下这段歌词 给我点时间
♫ Don't show up (Don't show up), don't come out (Don't come out) ♫
I like this, it's a good pop song.
我喜欢这首歌 很棒的流行歌
♫ ...about me now ('Bout me now) ♫
♫ Walk away (Walk away)... ♫
It's tight, it's bouncy, somehow both fun and ethereal.
节奏紧凑明快 有趣却又飘逸
It's like a tribute to every single decade at once,
这首歌像是同时向各个年代致敬
and it's climbing the charts right now, which, yeah, cool.
而且它的排名还一直在升 棒耶
Dua Lipa is something special. We should probably keep her around.
Dua Lipa很特别 我们应该留住她
♫ Walk away, walk away, oh ♫
A lot of people call Maroon 5 a disappointing band,
Maroon 5被很多人称为令人失望的乐队
but are they really that anymore? Like,
但他们真的是那样吗
how long does it take for a consistently disappointing band to just become normally bad?
一支乐队要令人失望多久 才会变成烂乐队
Whatever spark these guys had on "Songs About Jane"
他们首专"Songs About Jane"表现出的音乐火花
has gone from bonfire to glistening lumber, to lump of dirt a long time ago.
像熊熊燃烧的篝火渐渐熄灭 只剩一滩淤泥
Now it's a little fossilized stone, a mere suggestion of its former self.
这滩淤泥渐渐变成化石 暗示着曾经的辉煌
Dug up and placed in a museum
而这块化石被挖掘出来 放在博物馆展览
where millions can see it, but no one actually values it.
成千上万人来参观 却没有一个人重视它
It's so weird they've never been more popular than they are right now,
奇怪的是 他们从未像现在这样流行
but I've literally never heard a single person mention them in real life.
可我从未听过现实中任何一个人谈论过他们
They may have been tailing a pit after hit for years,
他们多年来一直在努力追求热单
but what does it matter exactly when every single one of them
但那些努力都白费了 他们的每首单曲
ranges from genuinely horrible rot to
要么烂得彻头彻尾
decent but insignificant radio fodder.
要么还凑合 但电台播放量不行
I'd given up hope for these guys a long time ago.
我很早之前就放弃对他们的希望了
It's safe to say I wasn't alone in having absolutely zero expectations for them.
我也不是唯一对他们不抱有任何希望的人了
And then a few months ago, they released "Memories",
但几个月前他们发行了"Memories"
one of their best songs yet.
他们最好的单曲之一
Yes, I'm serious.
没错 我是认真的
♫ Here's to the ones that we got ♫
♫ Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not ♫
♫ 'Cause the drinks bring back all the memories ♫
I've seen many of my friends express total exasperation,
我的很多朋友表示对这首歌失望透顶
seeing the song rise to the top five on the turn so quickly.
尤其是看到它还很快登上了前五名
It's kind of a mystery, you know,
这件事太不可思议了
of course all the radio stations are reading it up, but
电台一直放这首歌还可以理解
why is it getting streams?
但为什么流媒体播放量还这么高呢
Who's listening to this, who's actively seeking it out?
谁在听这首歌 谁在一直寻求它的帮助呢
So why exactly is this song so good?
那这首歌好在哪呢
The answer is that it's not. Not even a little bit.
答案是哪都没有 它没有一点好
Both of the chords and the melody are
这首歌的和弦和旋律
directly and unambiguously ripped straight from Pachelbel's Canon.
就是彻头彻尾 毫无掩饰地照搬卡农
The lyrics are vague and at times incomprehensible.
歌词模糊 有时候还听不清他在唱什么
And the vocal aren't even good. They are just...
唱功都算不上好 只能算
normal, which is good for Maroon 5,
一般吧 不过这对于Maroon 5已经算好了
yeah, but you'd still be way better off choosing to listen to almost anyone else.
但有那么多好歌手不听反而来听他们呢
But despite all of these glaring problems, being honest with myself,
除去这些显而易见的问题 我扪心自问
if this is a list of the songs I've enjoyed the most over the past several months,
如果这个榜单是过去几个月我最喜欢的歌
"Memories" deserves to be where it is.
那"Memories"绝对值得一席之地
I don't get it, there's really nothing special about it.
我自己也不懂 这首歌没有任何特别之处
But I like it, a lot.
但我喜欢它 很喜欢
Makes me feel nice, comfortable, calm.
它让我感觉愉快 舒适 冷静
When I'm mad, it calm me down.
当我生气的时候 它能安抚我
You know, not a lot of songs do that.
没有多少歌能做到这点
Maybe I'm just too forgiving. Maybe I like to root for the overdog, you know.
也许我太宽容了 也许我喜欢支持主流歌手
I don't know. You don't know. No one knows.
我也不理解 你也不理解 没有人能理解
Knowing things is a myth, it's not real. You can't know things.
理解事物是虚构的 你不可能理解万事万物
♫ Memories bring back, memories bring back you ♫
2019 was the year that Post Malone finally became president.
2019年Post Malone终于获得了空前的流行
♫ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♫
Post Malone has always been wildly popular, despite everything about him.
Post Malone一直都很火 尽管他有各种争议
Something about the way he mumbles and soaks just seems to connect with people.
他模糊陶醉的唱歌方式总是能引起大家共鸣
And I never really got it before, but it's safe to say I do now.
我以前一直无法理解他 但现在我理解了
♫ ...'til we were upside down ♫
He spent years churning out hit after hit after hit,
这么多年来他发行了一首又一首热单
and you know, most of them were good.
大多数歌还很好
"Wow.", good song,
"Wow." 好歌
"rockstar", good song,
"rockstar" 好歌
"Goodbyes", good song,
"Goodbyes" 好歌
"Congratulations", good song,
"Congratulations" 好歌
"Sunflower", good song, but now that
"Sunflower" 好歌 但现在
"Circles" hit #1,
"Circles"夺冠了
he finally has a hit that feels massive and career defining,
他终于有了一首音乐生涯的关键之作
one that pretty much everyone can agree.
一首基本上所有人都喜欢的歌
Yeah, that's a great song.
没错 这首歌非常好
Seriously, name one person who hates this song. You can't.
真的 找出一个讨厌这首歌的人 你找不到的
Because they're dead, I just killed them.
因为他们都死了 我刚把他们都宰了
I just, I don't know, it's just self-evidently really good.
我也说不明白 这首歌的优秀不言而喻
I love all the chords, I like the way his voice sounds,
我喜欢所有的和弦 我喜欢他的声音
I like the reverb, that is, that is a good reverb right there.
我喜欢那些混响 真是非常棒的混响
It's warm, it's soft, it's somehow intensely relaxing,
这首歌温暖轻柔 极度惬意
it's like Xanax, only it doesn't ruin your life.
它就像Xanax 只不过不会毁了你的生活
轻微镇静剂 容易药物成瘾
♫ ...circles ♫
♫ Run away, run away, run away ♫
♫ Let go... ♫
Oh, I'm glad it hit #1. It deserves that.
我很高兴它夺冠了 名副其实
This song was also not a hit. But it should have been.
这首歌也不是热单 但它本应是
♫ Every time I turn around, you disappear ♫
2019 wasn't a bad year for music, not by a long shot,
2019年并不是音乐史上糟糕的一年
but Jesus Christ that needed a song like this.
但这一年确实需要这样的好歌
♫ ...blow your mind, just come with me, I swear ♫
♫ I'm gonna take you somewhere... ♫
Cut through all the fog machines and 808s,
别一个人在房间玩烟雾机和808鼓机了
I mean, that feeling of being suspended in a warm, dark, comfortable room.
我懂那种在温暖舒适的小黑屋里独处的感觉
You know, It's nice, it's a nice feeling.
那种感觉很舒服 很棒
It's inviting, it's relaxing,
很诱人 很舒适
but it gets overwhelming.
但有时这种感觉也会难以忍受
Every now and then, you got to open the blind, let some light in,
小黑屋也需要偶尔拉开窗帘 见见阳光
get out of bed, brush your teeth, live your goddamn life,
下床刷牙 面对现实的生活
find a girl, have sex that never talk to her again.
找个女孩约个炮 之后再也不往来
♫ ...meet ya, what's your name? ♫
♫ Let me treat ya to... ♫
He is my favorite kind of pop artist, the kind
他是我最喜欢的流行歌手的类型
that just doesn't really seem to give a shit about success in numbers
看起来并不在意自己有多么成功
and just makes whatever sounds good to him.
只是随心所欲 做自己喜欢的音乐
Also, he just seems like a really cool guy, fun to be around.
此外 他看起来还像个很酷很有趣的人
Well she's not very good at this, she's left her phone behind...
她不太擅长悄悄离开 还把手机落我这了
Watching the One Direction split play out has been, I...
看到One Direction解散 我感觉到
I know absolutely nothing about One Direction.
我对One Direction什么感觉都没有
I just, I just don't care about One Direction,
我真的不关心One Direction
and I'm not going to pretend that I do.
我也不想假装我关心他们
I get the general impression, please let me know of them anywhere in the ballpark here
我只有大概的了解 如果我说的有错请指正
that Zayn kind of flamed out,
Zayn好像已经过气了
Harry found success in his own little niche,
Harry在自己的领域闯出了一片天地
Liam Payne is just absolutely embarrassing himself,
Liam Payne就是在自取其辱
and Niall is kind of quietly owning it.
而Niall好像做得挺成功
♫ Nice to meet ya ♫
It is so interesting to see Liam Payne just desperately flailing around,
有趣的是 Liam Payne还在四处白费劲
trying to capture some cool, dignified, mature tone and failing miserably,
试图做出些严肃成熟的歌 却以失败告终
meanwhile, Niall masters it without even trying.
而与此同时 Niall轻轻松松就做到了
That's, that's a story for another day.
剩下的故事以后再讲吧
So there's this show on Netflix called "Black Mirror",
网飞上有一部网剧叫做 黑镜
probably haven't heard of it.
你可能没听说过
♫ Oh honey, I'll do anything for you ♫
♫ Oh honey... ♫
I hear a lot of people say how ironic it is that the song charted.
我听很多人说这首歌上榜很讽刺
They say it's a self fulfilling prophecy.
他们说这首歌是自证预言
It's supposedly ironic that they tried to make a bad pop song on purpose
讽刺的是 他们试图故意做一首流行烂歌
to demonstrate the pop music is bad.
来证明流行音乐行业很烂
People bought it because they actually liked it,
大家相信了这个说法因为他们喜欢这首歌
"ah, they're so stupid."
哈 他们太蠢了
Well, if they were trying to make a bad pop song, they definitely fucked it up.
如果他们真的想做烂歌 肯定会很烂
Here's my theory.
我的理论是这样的
They were trying to make a good pop song, and they succeeded.
他们实际上是想做一首好歌 并且成功了
♫ 'Cause I'm going down in history ♫
♫ Hey, yeah, whoa-ho, I'm on a roll ♫
The production here is immaculate. Everything has a real impact.
这首歌的制作完美无瑕 每一点都不可或缺
The synth shift on the verses, the choppy build up,
主歌的效果切换 起伏的渐进
the key change out of the chorus,
副歌的音调变化
that little affected vocal clip that keeps popping in and out
还有时而出现类机械的声音片段
to give this whole thing kind of a non-human vibe.
让整首歌有一种非人类的感觉
It is a hell of an experience,
真是一种奇妙的体验
if Ariana Grande released this, you'd all love,
如果这首歌是Ariana Grande的 喜欢的人会更多
it probably still be on the charts.
它可能现在还在榜上
♫ ...what I deserve ♫
These creators, they're not stupid.
这首歌的创作者不傻
If they wanted to make a bad pop song, they would have done that.
如果他们真想首做烂歌 他们肯定能做到
They wanted to make a song that would make people go
他们真正想做一首歌 能让大家这样想
"Hum, I'm led to believe, from context, that I'm supposed to hate this,
从语境上看 我理应讨厌这首歌
but I actually like it, wow, that's funny.
但我却很喜欢它 这太有意思了
I'm going to go watch the episode now."
我应该去看看这一集网剧
Worked on me.
反正我看了
But honestly, I think the reason the song resonates me so much
但说实话 我之所以如此有共鸣
is the way I discovered it,
是因为我发现这首歌的方式
because immediately after listening to the song,
因为听完这首歌不久
I came across some clip on Youtube at the ending at the episode.
我在油管上就看到了这一集的结尾片段
With Miley singing the quote, unquote real version of the song,
Miley唱着这首歌所谓的真实版本
which is just "Head Like A Hole" by Nine Inch Nails.
也就是Nine Inch Nails的"Head Like A Hole"
OK, so I guess "On A Roll" is some kind of parody of "Head Like A Hole".
原来"On A Roll"是"Head Like A Hole"的模仿
That's kind of clever, it's a song about greed, I guess
这一招很聪明 那首歌就是有关贪婪的
maybe the episode is about the greed of the pop industry.
所以这一集就是反映流行音乐界的贪婪
All right, sounds interesting, I guess I'll check it out.
听起来挺有意思的 我应该去看看
Then I actually watched the episode.
我也真的看了这一集
And I saw that one scene where they used that machine
然后我看到了他们用那一台机器
to take the grungy song straight from Miley's brain
直接提取Miley脑海中那首颓废的歌曲
and turn them into manufactured pop songs.
变成了一首非常工业化的流行歌
Pitch shift?
换个音调
Increase positivity?
提高积极度
And then I realized, holy shit,
这时我才意识到 天哪
"On A Roll" isn't a cover of "Head Like A Hole".
"On A Roll"不是"Head Like A Hole"的模仿
It is "Head Like A Hole".
它就是"Head Like A Hole"
It is "Head Like A Hole" after it's been run through that machine.
它是"Head Like A Hole"未经过那台机器之前的样子
This isn't a parody, this is an anti-cover.
这不是模仿 而是返璞归真
I can't think of anything else like this.
我想不到其他和这一样的剧了
Suddenly, everything about the song made sense.
突然之间 这首歌的一切就说得通了
The way the chorus starts with some nonsense, filler noise,
副歌响起时无意义的语气词
'cause I guess there were just no matches.
是因为没有能和"Head Like A Hole"匹配的词
♫ I'm on a roll ♫
♫ Ridin' so high... ♫
The word "verve" is awkwardly placed in there, too,
歌词中"verve"这个尴尬的词汇
as a little artifact of the machines imperfection,
也是那台机器缺陷的产物
searching through some rhyming dictionary without
它可能翻遍了词典寻找押韵的词
taking the time to consider if it actually makes sense in the language.
但没有花时间考虑放在歌词里是否通顺
I assumed all these little kinks were intentionally included to make fun of the laziness of pop music,
我以为歌里的怪异是用来讽刺音乐行业的懒惰
but as it turns out, no, they're intentionally included to signify that it's auto generated.
事实上 这些怪异是证明这首歌是机器生成的
It's so convincing, I honestly started to
这太令人信服了 以至于我
forget that the machine from the episode doesn't actually exist.
忘记剧里的那台机器不是真实存在的
It's genius, it's honestly genius, I don't know. Maybe I'm just
天才 太天才了 我也说不好
stupid for being impressed by a "Black Mirror" episode.
可能是我太笨才会被一集黑镜惊艳到
Actually, no, no, you know what? No, fuck that.
不 不 我撤回刚才那个说法
No self deprecation, this time I'm gonna be a man,
我不会再自我贬低了 我要做个真男人
I stand by my analysis,
我坚持我的分析
come get me, I dare you.
不服来打我啊 看你敢不敢
♫ So you're a tough guy ♫
♫ Like it really rough guy ♫
♫ Just can't get enough guy ♫
It is so, so sad to me, that "bad guy" is Billie Eilish's biggest hit song,
我觉得可惜的是 "bad guy"是Billie Eilish最火的歌
and that it probably will be, for a very long time.
而且它在未来很长时间内还会是她最火的歌
I don't like it.
我不喜欢它
Billie Eilish is something special, "bad guy" is not.
Billie Eilish很特别 但"bad guy"不特别
is it a good song? Yeah, sure.
它是首好歌吗 当然是
It's bouncy, it's fun, but it's weird.
活泼有趣 但很怪异
Billie Eilish was 17 when she wrote this song.
Billie Eilish在17岁写的这首歌
It is a song about she likes to seduce older guys,
内容是关于她喜欢勾引比她大的男人
it was co-written by her brother, her older brother
这首歌是由她哥哥共同创作的
who has a girlfriend who looks a lot like Billie.
他女朋友还很像Billie
What I mean to be fair, a lot of girls look just like Billie, I don't know.
公平地说 很多女孩都很像Billie 我也不懂
I also hate the little "duh" in the chorus.
我还很讨厌副歌里的那个"duh"
♫ I'm the bad guy ♫
♫ Duh ♫
I know it makes the song for a lot of people,
我知道很多人都喜欢这一点
but for me, just throws off the tone.
但对我来说它和这首歌格格不入
It makes me kind of dread the chorus, instead of anticipating it.
这让我讨厌 而不是喜欢上这段副歌了
Yeah, it's just not really her best single.
没错 这真不是她最好的单曲
It's this one, this one is her best single.
这一首才是她最好的单曲
♫ Don't you know I'm no good for you? ♫
Do you ever hear a song that just leaves you speechless?
你听过美到让你说不出话的歌曲吗
♫ I've learned to lose you, can't afford to ♫
It is rare that a song use as silence as an instrument so effectively.
很少能见到一首歌 把安静作为一种乐器
♫ Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin' ♫
It almost feels wrong to talk over this,
这首歌播放时说话是不对的
I guess talk in between this.
在歌曲空白处说话也不行
It's one of those songs that doesn't hit nearly as hard,
这首歌乍一听并没有多少感觉
if you're not completely absorbed into it and take everything in.
但全身心投入地听完 冲击力是巨大的
♫ I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that ♫
You really are better off just listening to it on your own.
你最好自己听一听这首歌
There's nothing I can add, you know, my commentary has limits.
不要总听我说 我的评价是有限的
Hey, remember when I said that "when the party's over" is Billie Eilish's best single?
还记得我刚才说"when the party's over"是Billie Eilish最棒的歌吗
♫ Keep you in the dark, what had you expected? ♫
♫ Me to make you my art ♫
♫ And make you a star and get you connected? ♫
Yeah, Billie Eilish Top 2.
没错 Billie Eilish包揽前二
Billie Eilish Top 2, everyone!
大家快看啊 Billie Eilish包揽前二
Whatever. She deserves it.
不管了 她实至名归
♫ Your talk'll be somethin' that shouldn't be said out loud ♫
I actually was going to put "when the party's over" at #1 for a while. But,
我本来想把"when the party's over"放在第一名
then I listen to this song at a high volume in a car
结果有天深夜 我在寂静小路上开车的时候
on a lonely road at night,
用超大音量听到了这首歌
and yeah, there's really no contest.
这首歌完胜了
This song is terrifying and exhilarating.
这首歌令人害怕又兴奋
It has such an amazing feel of control and suspense,
有一种紧张 悬疑的气氛
everything I've ever said about "The Hills", multiply that by twenty five.
把我对"The Hills"评价乘以25倍就行了
♫ I wanna end me ♫
♫ I wanna, I wanna, I wanna end me ♫
♫ I wanna, I wanna, I wanna- ♫
Saying more about the song must feel like a spoiler.
对这首歌评价太多像是在剧透
It's not something to be talked about, it's something to be experienced.
这首歌不需要评价 而是需要亲身体验
Go turn off the lights, get some speakers that rattle.
关掉灯 找个音量大的播放器听听
This song doesn't need me to speak for it.
这首歌不需要我评价了
♫ When we all fall asleep, where do we go? ♫
当我们进入梦乡 又将身往何方
Well, I'm about to find out.
我准备去探索一番了
Good night, everyone.
大家晚安