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經典唱片
皇后樂隊 《A Night At The Opera》
就像火箭一飛沖天 It took off like a rocket.
唱片剛上市就銷量猛增 Suddenly we were in demand.
突然好像從此再不用舉債度日了 Suddenly we were looking like we were not going to be in debt.
太不可思議了 And incredible.
*I see a little silhouetto of a man,*
歌曲《Bohemian Rhapsody》
*Scaramouche, Scaramouche,*
*will you do the Fandango*
*Thunderbolt and lightning,*
*very, very fright'ning me*
*(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo)*
*Galileo (Galileo)*
*Galileo figaro*
*Magnifico*
樂隊四位成員作曲風格迥異 It's four writers that write very different songs.
*I've been with you such a long time*
歌曲《You're My Best Friend》
*You're my sunshine*
*And I want you to know that my feelings are true*
*I really love you*
*Oh, you're my best friend*
不像一般個人專輯里那種單曲 They were not individual song done like some solo record,
而是帶有皇后樂隊整體審美觀的獨立單曲 It was--It was individual songs as part of Queen aesthetic.
*Don't you hear my call though you're many years away*
歌曲《'39》
*Don't you hear me callin' you*
*Write your letters in the sand*
*For the day I take your hand*
*In the land that our grandchildren knew*
我喜歡看到藝術家大膽冒險 I love artists to take big risk,
對我們聽眾來說 會有更多樂趣 It's just more fun for the rest of us.
*I'm in love with my car.*
歌曲《I'm In Love With My Car》
*Gotta feel for my automobile,*
*Get a grip on my boy racer rollbar,*
*Such a thrill when your radials squeal.*
我們得有個重大轉折 We needed a big turning point,
所以在這張專輯里 and so we sort of banked everything
幾乎一切都推翻重來 On the album, you know, and
也許那就是我們發行出這張 I don't know, maybe that's one of the reasons
相當大膽專輯的原因之一吧 we released a rather daring recoard as a single.
*So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye*
歌曲《Bohemian Rhapsody》
*So you think you can love me and leave me to die*
*Oh, baby,*
*Can't do this to me, baby,*
*Just gotta get out,*
*Just gotta get right outta here*
有時候一支樂隊發行了專輯 Sometimes a band produces its album
尼克·霍恩 電臺DJ
實在太有創意的專輯 that is just so seminal, I suppose.
你就知道 這支樂隊從此將再不一樣 then you know that nothing is going to be same again with that band.
唱片發行后 樂隊一時名聲大噪 There comes a moment we were a band gets so big,
鮑勃·哈里斯 電臺DJ 電視制作人
一經問世就受到萬眾矚目 You know, all arrive in people's consciousness to such an extend,
即使不是很喜歡聽音樂的人 That even people who weren't really into the music
也知道了樂隊的大名 know who they are.
《A Night At The Opera》發行的兩年前
他們的首張專輯發行前 百代給了我一盤試聽帶 I got a white label through from EMI of the first album.
之前我還從未聽過他們的演唱 and I hadn't really heard anything about them.
唱針放到唱片上 Put the needle on the vinyl,
放的是《Keep Yourself Alive》 and it was "Keep Yourself Alive",
那段吉他的開場 And you know guitar intro...
聽了15秒 我只能驚嘆 And within 15 seconds I just thought: "wow"
這是誰呀 You know, who is this?
*Keep yourself alive(yeah)*
*Keep yourslef alive*
歌曲《Keep Yourself Alive》 1973年發行
*It'll take you all your time and money*
*Honey you'll survive*
我聽過皇后樂隊的首張專輯 愛死它了 I heard Queen album and I absolutely loved it.
皇后樂隊首張專輯《Queen I》 1973年發行
就像顆精美切工的寶石 It was like a beatifully cut jewel,
就等著拋光 準備著一鳴驚人了 landing in your lap, ready to go,
之所以說它完美 It was perfection because
杰克·霍茲曼 艾麗卡唱片公司創始人
因為不像大多首張專輯 Unlike most first albums,
它具有某種平衡 某種廣度 It had a...It had a proportion, a size to it.
那一直是我們努力的目標之一 It was always part of what we wanted to achieve,
布萊恩·梅 皇后樂隊吉他手
在我們腦海中一直有這樣的景象 that's the vision I had in our head
我們的聲音應該是非常高昂 of what a sound shoud be absolutely broad,
極端的深遠 和極致的寬廣 absolutely incredibly deep, and incredibly wide,
一言以蔽之 The one word that
這張專輯總的來說就是 層次分明 I think in itself, sums it all up, is layered.
非常有層次的聲音 It was very layered sound,
有層次的吉他聲 you know, layered guitars,
有層次的嗓音 層層分明 ah, layered voices, you know, lots of them,
偉大的作品 big production,
他們首張專輯發行是1973年 在倫敦 Well, it was '73 there, before us, in England.
我們認為他們很棒 因為... We thought they were good because I--
專輯最后兩首歌簡直能令我達到高潮 I would come in during the last two song,
伊恩·亨特 馬特與虎伯合唱團成員
分別是《Keep Yourself Alive》和《Liar》 Which were "Keep Yourself Alive" and "Liar".
那兩首真的是好歌啊 and those were, those were good songs, you know,
我沒見過他們組合的其他人 I didn't see the rest of the set,
但弗雷迪一直問我 你覺得怎樣 But Freddie said "What do you think?" "What do you think?"
我說 你們沒問題的 一定能紅 I said "You are alright, you are gonna be fine,
因為你們的歌好 Cause you've got the songs."
*Fear me you lords and lady preachers*
皇后樂隊第二張專輯《Queen II》 1974年發行
*I descend upon your earth from the skies*
歌曲《Seven Seas Of Rhye》1974年發行
*I command your very souls you unbelievers*
*Bring before me what is mine at the seven seas of Rhye*
他們雄心勃勃 They were hugely ambitious
米克·洛克 攝影師
要展現極致的古典英格蘭風格 in a fabulously old fashioned British kind of old way.
而且那些并不是... I mean, these were not,
不會因為唱片公司的影響 而放慢腳步 they were not gonna get slowed down by record companies,
更不會因迷幻劑或任何其他因素放棄 by, you know, by narcotic intake, by any of that.
不管怎么說 Whatever the hell was going on,
他們逐漸成名 They, they were going for the big one.
一旦進這行 就一定得有自信 When you start this business, you have to be confident,
作為新樂隊一定要 A new band has got to have
對自己充滿自信 a real confidence in yourself,
弗雷迪·麥考利 皇后樂隊主唱
一定得有某種程度的自大 But you have to have a certain amount of arrogance,
或者自負 諸如此類 and that ego, whatever it is,
因為你一定得對自己的作為有自信 because you have to believe what to do.
我們就有這樣一種自信 So we had that sort of confidence,
第三張專輯《Sheer Heart Attack》 1974年發行
真正知道我們能夠為大眾所接受 and actually knowing that we will get through to the public.
*She's a Killer Queen*
*Gunpowder, gelatine*
歌曲《Killer Queen》 1974年發行
*Dynamite with a laserbeam*
*Guaranteed to blow your mind(anytime)*
*Recommended at the price*
*Insatiable an appetite*
*Wanna try?*
那絕對是紅遍全球的開始 There were definitely a start of something,
絕對是頭版頭條 they were headlining acts.
《Killer Queen》的優秀使之毫無懸念 "Killer Queen" had seen to that
皇后樂隊一向都有種沖力 Queen always had a momentum,
我也見過很多歌手 創作了精彩的專輯 I have seen artists make wonderful albums,
但不具備那種沖力 That they didn't have momentum,
就不會給觀眾留下長久印象 The public didn't give them the time necessary,
皇后樂隊就有 Queen had momentum.
在《A Night At The Opera》發行的前夕 Immediately prior to Night of the Opera
我們正經歷一個困難時期 We, we were really going through a difficult period.
羅杰·泰勒 皇后樂隊鼓手
此前我們也有過成功的專輯 We had a very successful album,
如《Sheer Heart Attack》 "Sheer Heart Attack",
我們認為那是一張優秀的專輯 we thought it was, you know we thought it was a good album,
做得很好 It's done very well
《Killer Queen》這首歌在全球大紅大紫 We had a major worldwide hit with "Killer Queen",
但我們卻窮困潦倒 and we were broke,
我們很想知道原因 And, um, and we wanted to know why.
我們在準備這張專輯時 When we were planning to put this record out,
《A Night At The Opera》這張 "A Night At The Opera"
這張專輯的第一首歌 The first track of the record,
《Death On Two Legs》 "Death On Two Legs"
很明顯是出自弗雷迪心聲的一個聲明 was a pretty obvious statement from Freddie's point of view,
鮑勃·美智 1976-1980年任百代總經理
他在向自己的商業合作伙伴發表聲明 as to, eh, the kind of people he'd been in business with.
那首歌很有幽默感 There's a sense of humor to it,
但對弗雷迪 又飽含了他的憤怒 with Freddie, there was a lot of anger there,
他當時對我們的經紀人非常不滿 He was very aggrieved at our management, at that time,
覺得沒得到應有的尊重 和應有的報酬 who, he felt, didn't respect him, hadn't paid him,
覺得被竊取了...不管是什么 had stolen from him, you know, whatever...
他想把這些都表現在這首歌里 and he wanted to put it down on record,
*You suck my blood like a leech*
歌曲《Death On Two Legs》
*You break the law and you preach*
*Screw my brain till it hurts*
*You've taken all my money*
*And you want more*
那首歌的曲子很棒 即興重復段很棒 Musically it was great, too. The riff is great.
當然 那即興重復段不是我想出來的 Of couse I didn't invent the riff,
而是弗雷迪的創作 this is Freddie's riff,
首次是在鋼琴上表現的 'Cause it was done on piano first.
但用吉他表現 也很棒 But it's a, it works great on guitar, this..
*Death on two legs*
*You've never had a heart *
*Of your own*
*Kill joy bad guy big talking small fry*
*You're just an old barrow boy*
*Have you found a new toy to replace me? *
*Can you face me? *
*But now you can kiss my ass goodbye*
我覺得當時我們都很震驚... I think even we were a bit taken aback with the...
弗雷迪竟然如此公開叫罵 with how vicious Freddie wanted to be,
我記得自己當時心想 天啊 I remember thinking: "Oh..."
但那是弗雷迪想要的 But it was what Frieddie wanted,
我們有不成文的規矩就是 you know, and the kind of unwritten law was that
作曲的人 自己做主 the author of the song got his own way.
有時我們也會產生分歧 Sometimes, we just disagreed,
但最終 還是詞曲作者說了算 and in the end, What just happened is the writer is...the boss of...
他可以說 來看看 'cause he can say: "Yeah, look,
這首歌我想這么寫 this is the way I want the song,
這首歌我要這樣表現 and this is the way I'm gonna have it."
*A dog with disease*
*You're the king of the sleaze*
*Put your money where your mouth is *
*Mister know-all*
*Was the fin on your back part of the deal*
*Shark*
*Death on two legs*
*You're tearing me apart*
*Death on two legs*
*You've never had a heart of your own*
*Insane you should be put inside*
*You're a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride *
*Should be made unemployed*
*Then make yourself null and void*
*Make me feel good I feel good*
長話短說 To cut a very long story short,
我們最終同意約翰·里德當我們經紀人 We...we agreed that we would go with John Reid as our manager.
而約翰·里德的計劃... And John Reid's plan, you know,
我們問他怎樣擺脫財務困境時 'cause we said how do we get out of this?
他的計劃是 好了孩子們 His plan was: "Okay, boys,
我會處理好財務狀況 I will deal with the financial situation,
你們就回錄音室去 you guys go back in the studion
做出你們的最佳專輯來 and make the best album you've ever made"
我覺得也許我們是下意識受了 I think maybe we were subconsciously influenced by the fact,
披頭士專輯的影響 by the Beatles albums, I think, really.
尤其是他們最近的幾張 Um, especially the later ones like, you know,
如《Rubber Soul》《Revolver》《Abbey Road》 like "Rubber Soul", "Revolver", "Abbey Road".
這些無疑都是佳作 They were, they were very eclectic albums.
*I go out to work on Monday morning*
歌曲《Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon》
*Tuesday I go off to honeymoon*
*I'll be back again before it's time for sunnydown*
*I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon*
當時我們所用的效果 絕大部分 In those days, a lot of effects that we used
加里·里昂 調音師
都是自然效果 而不是現在的電子效果 were natural effects as opposed to digitals we use today.
當時對主唱聲音是這樣處理的 The things that we did on the lead vocals were this,
羅伊·托馬斯·貝克 制作人
要做出擴音器效果 is that we needed the megaphone effect,
就是那種早期的麥克風效果 you know, the old megaphone, from the old salad days.
主唱現在錄音室錄音 He was singing in the studio,
然后放入控制臺 it was being fed into the console.
控制臺再輸出到耳機里 The console was then sending it out to a pair of headphones,
耳機是在金屬罐里的 which were in a metal can,
然后把麥克風也放入金屬罐 and then a microphone was in the metal can,
錄下該金屬罐里發出的聲音 recording the voice coming out of the can.
那才是正式錄到磁帶里的聲音 And that is waht went to the tape.
*Bicycling on every Wednesday evening*
*Thursday I go waltzing to the Zoo*
同時還錄有和聲 We had background vocals bits as well,
是整個樂隊都有參與的 where the whole band's saying...
現在大致就該漸漸開始了 and they should be coming in about now.
*Fridays I go painting in the Louvre*
*I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night*
*There he goes again*
*I'll be lazing on a Sunday lazing on a Sunday*
我們的音軌不夠用 We also ran out of tracks,
當需要兩把吉他和聲時 so when we need two guitars,
甚至將其錄入聲樂軌 we also did those on the vocal tracks.
他們做《A Night At The Opera》這張專輯時 What they did with, you know, this album, "Night At The Opera",
運用了某種錄音技術 is just take, sorta, recording techniques
達到了前所未有的境地 to an, to an area that they'd never gone before.
他們將那種技術運用到了極致 They pushed the technology to its very limits.
邁克·斯通的技術實在太贊了 We had a fabulous engineer in Mike Stone, you know,
這話我不止一次強調過 I've...I've said this more than once, I'm sure,
邁克·斯通絕對是這一切的幕后英雄 but Mike Stone is really the unsung hero of this whole thing.
邁克·斯通 1951-2002
從一開始就是 從我們的頭三張專輯 Right the way through, from the first 3 albums
到《A Night At The Opera》 再到《A Day At The Races》 to "A Night At The Opera", to "A Day At The Races"
絕對是他成就了我們 Which he, he really just produced with us,
不然就沒有我們的今天 'cause we had already had gone somewhere else by then.
他真是太了不起了 And the guy was really a phenomenon.
當時真是非常美好 非常有創造性 I remember it has been a very good time, very creative time.
我們合作無間 非常偉大的一個團隊 We were a great team. It was a great team.
我們加上羅伊跟邁克 You know, between us and Roy and Mike.
是錄音室里一個偉大的團隊 Stupendous team in the studio.
在我聽來 It sounded to me like
喬·佩里 空中鐵匠樂隊吉他手
制作《A Night At The Opera》時 皇后樂隊已踏上成功之路 Queen was on this path, and when they hit "A Night At The Opera"
他們已開始展翅翱翔 it was, it was their wings had spread,
他們將自己在巡演時 所學到的每一分 they took everything they had learned from,
以及之前的錄制經驗 都運用到了極致 from touring all over the place, and having recorded before,
最終確立了自己的風格 They finally found their voice,
所以那張專輯才如此神奇偉大 and that's what makes that record so magic.
我們喜歡錄音室 We love the studio.
一向喜歡 我至今還喜歡 We always did, and I still do,
因為它兼容并蓄 because it's an open canvas,
讓你能做各種嘗試 and you can do anything you want.
我們還借鑒了亨德里克斯和披頭士的做法 And we were kind of deciples of Hendrix and The Beatles,
尤其是他們將錄音室 particularly the way they used studios as,
幾乎看成某種樂器 almost like an instrument.
但顯然我們的技術比他們當年更為成熟 But obviously we, we had more technology than they had had,
所以能表達得更為深入 so we pusched things a lot further.
與皇后樂隊在錄音室共事感覺非常棒 Being in a studio with Queen was facinating,
羅西 音樂記者
但也很糾結 but very long winded,
因為他們是完美主義者 because they were such perfectionists.
跟他們在錄音室錄一整天 但我覺得他們 One day I spent with them, I don't think they did
最終放到唱片中的還不到30秒 more than about 30 seconds of what actually ended up on a record.
那不是我最喜歡的方式 so it wasn't perhaps my favorite,
作為音樂技師 我不是很喜歡過于較真的他們 not being a musical technician, my favorite way of seeing them.
我喜歡看他們的現場演奏 I liked to see them live.
歌曲《I'm In Love With My Car》
*Car*
*The machine of a dream*
*Such a clean machine*
*With the pistons a pumpin'*
*And the hub caps all gleam*
我從未見過一個像他們那樣全面的樂隊 I had never really heard a band in its entirety quite like that.
很多樂隊都會為不同受眾 創作不同歌曲 You know, you heard bands of different cuts for different people.
但都沒有這么異彩紛呈 but not as varied as this,
這可能正說明他們每個人都很有才華 and it probably reflected the fact they all did right,
喬·史密斯 1975-1983年任艾麗卡唱片主席
都參與了唱片的創作 and all did have something to do with the producing of the record,
影響了唱片效果 the production of the record.
皇后樂隊總讓我想起披頭士 It reminds me a lot of the Beatles,
約翰·英格拉姆 音樂記者
四位成員勢均力敵 都才華橫溢 that you had this kind of four equal people
同時 都有超乎尋常的感染力 at the same time, they had the influences that extended way beyond
有種類似藍調音樂的感覺 that kind of blues background
這樣的感染力在當時的樂隊身上并不常見 that was, sort of the usual influence of bands at that time.
它跟你一般認為的搖滾歌曲 有點不同 It was slightly different from your average rock song,
基本上都是6/8拍的 it's basically in 6/8 time,
即基本都是華爾茲節拍 which is basically Waltz time.
類似...就是類似這樣的 It was sorta...it was very sort of...
那種節拍很有節奏感 It's a great time signature to play in,
有搖滾的感覺 讓人想隨之搖擺停不下來 it rolls, it has a certain unstoppable rolling quality.
*When my hand's on your grease gun*
*Oh it's like a disease son*
*I'm in love with my car.*
我做了個很粗糙的唱片小樣 我記得 I made up a very rough demo of it, and I remember
我去問布萊恩 你覺得如何 turning around to Brian: " So, what do you think of that?"
他看著我 說道 He looked at me, he said:
你開玩笑的 是吧 " you are joking, aren't you?
你開玩笑的吧 you are joking?"
我回答說 不 布萊恩 我很認真的 and I said: "No, no, Brian, dealy serious.
這首歌是說一輛車的 You know, it's about a car,
然后有人愛上了這輛車 and you know, and you know, someday who's in love with it."
他肯定會說 那歌描述的是別人 He'll tell it's written about someone else,
但我們都心知肚明 不是嗎 羅杰 you know, but we know the truth, don't we Rog?
羅杰一向都喜歡速度快的東西 And, I mean, Roger was always into fast things,
快車 you know, fast cars,
諸如此類的 etc. etc...
旋律朗朗上口 It's very tuneful,
但當然 聲音才是主題 but of course the vocal is the theme,
聲音才是歌的主題 yeah, the vocal is the song,
是非常值得紀念的一首歌 and that's a very memorable peice of writing there.
*When I'm cruisin' in overdrive*
*Don't have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive*
*I'm in love with my car*
*Gotta feel for my automobile*
*I'm in love with my car*
*String back gloves in my automolove*
實在太過繁復 包括處理聲音的方式 It's just so excessive, the way the vocals are all treated
和漸近漸遠的背景音 and things going off backwards,
天知道這歌里有多少種配音和多軌合成 and god knows how much overdubbing and multi-tracking are...
我一直很喜歡唱片主創們 I've always been in love with producers
一往無前的感覺 who don't know when to stop,
我認為羅伊·托馬斯·貝克非常拿手 and I think Roy Thomas Baker was very very good at knowing how,
知道怎樣做到極致 how to go too far,
恰到好處的極致 but just enough too far.
而且他的這種極致 And I think he at this point,
恰好是他的 也是樂隊能做到的 is coming into his own just the way the band did,
他們做到了這點 且彼此間合作無間 They were very much in tune with each other at that point.
詞曲作者不止一個 There was no one writer,
但皇后樂隊的特色是獨一無二的 yet there was one Queen sound.
一聽到歌曲 你就能聽出這其中的區別 And you could hear all the differences in the song,
你可以通過他們的嗓音 but you could hear, with the vocal sounds,
通過吉他聲 鼓聲等等 and the guitar sounds and the drum sounds, etc.
這就是其中之一 Which is one of the things
對我最重要的事情 就是要確保 which is important to me is to make sure that
當人們第一次聽到一首歌 when people hear a song for the first time,
即使在電臺中剛聽到 完全搞不清狀況 even if they don't know how it is, on the radio,
但能一下子就聽出來 這是皇后樂隊 they could hear instantly it was Queen.
*Ooh you make me live*
歌曲《You're My Best Friend》
*Whatever this world can give to me*
*It's you you're all I see*
*Ooo you make me live now honey*
*Ooo you make me live*
*Oh you're my best friend that I ever had*
通常 要是別的樂隊唱那么傻的歌詞 Normally, I think any other band that's saying that lyric:
努諾·貝特恩考特 極限樂隊吉他手
"你是我最好的朋友" "You're my best friend",
人們肯定朝他們扔臭雞蛋了 then people would throw things at them,
在電臺直播的時候 they would go...they would burn their records,
他們會燒了他們的專輯 You know, live on the radio.
但這首歌多么美好 but what a beautiful song.
讓你不得不信服 就這樣一首單純的流行歌曲 Just the conviction of doing a simple pop song,
非常巧妙... well crafted...
突然 約翰·迪肯通過他的歌曲為人熟知 All of a sudden, John Deacon emerged from his vows of silence.
就像在大聲宣布 他也可以獨當一面 to, to speak up that he wanted his song out as a single.
他沒有寫很多歌 He didn't write that many,
但只要你想想他寫的這些 but, you know, if you think about it:
《Another One Bites The Dust》 《You're My Best Friend》
《I Want To Break Free》
全都是偉大的作品 Big, big hits.
其中《You're My Best Friend》 And "You're My Best Friend"
至今仍是美國電臺最常播放的歌曲之一 is still one of the most played tracks in American radio.
《You're My Best Friend》相當偉大 "You're My Best Friend" was a significant song
安東尼 音樂記者
至少全美的電臺肯定都這么想 as far as radio is concerned in the United States.
我覺得那首歌飽含了更多的友情 I mean, I think that it was a kind of friendlier,
比當時皇后樂隊的其他作品更易引發理解和共鳴 more accessible song, to some of the stuff Queen was doing.
約翰通常都是一匹黑馬 John was awlays a dark horse.
一直都是 他通常話不多 He always was, you know, he's the guy who doesnt' say very much.
但有時說到某些話題 Up to a certain point,
他也會突然發狂般 滔滔不絕 I mean, he would go nuts sometimes and say a lot,
但通常都非常沉默 but generally he was the quiet guy,
通常都是他過來 然后我們問 有什么靈感嗎 and he would come in and we'd say: "Have you got anything?",
約翰會說 我寫了這個 但不知道效果 John'd go: "Oh, I've got this. I don't know",
就是說 不知道這歌好不好 you know, "Don't know if it's any good,
不過我們可以試下 but we could try this. "
他非常的謙遜 You know, very self effacing.
我認為是他們鼓勵了他 I think they encouraged him,
樂隊的其他成員想要 the other guys wanted
想要得到更多的獎金 ah, the more-- to have more of a staking,
因為畢竟 作為詞曲作者 'Cause after all, the songwriting...
會有額外的版稅收入 you know, there's all those extra royalties,
而那是搖滾樂隊經常遇到的問題 and that's often an issue with rock&roll bands,
是其中很多樂隊解散的原因之一 and quite often, a reason why some of them break up.
所以他們需要一顆定心丸 So they wanted to make sure.
我早就認識弗雷迪 和早期的皇后樂隊 I know Freddie, I mean, even as early as Queen too,
他一直在鼓勵約翰投稿 he's been encouraging John to contribute,
而約翰一直有點沉默 and I think John was just a little reticent.
他是最后加入樂隊的 He was the last to join,
同時也肯定是最害羞的一位 and he was certainly the most shy.
他寫的歌一般主題比較集中 He just write in that on area, which he likes,
類似一個汽車城這樣的感覺 which is almost like a motown, sort of...
我很喜歡那樣 喜歡那種主題的歌 and I love that, 'cause I love to sing on songs like that.
他真的很與眾不同 So he's very different,
他所創作的歌曲 永遠都不會沉重 I mean you can never call his songs heavy.
那歌就是在汽車擋風板上寫的 It was written on a fender Rhodes...
約翰自己彈奏 在自己鍵盤上彈奏 John played it. John played his own keyboards.
據我所知 約翰寫這首 And John, as far as I know,
寫的是他可愛的小妻子 wrote the song about his lovely lady wife.
更多信息 你恐怕得自己問約翰了 Further than that, you would have to ask John.
雖然我覺得他可能不會有興致回答 And I don't think he's probably in the mood to answer, at that point.
很可惜的是 他是真的覺得 And it's a shame that, you know, he he really feels
如今他不想再參與到音樂事業中來 that he doesn't want to be part of the music business, these days.
某種程度上我能理解他的想法 I see his point, in some ways,
但... but, um,
他差不多是真的不想 you know, He just sort of doesn't really want to,
不想整天拋頭露面 he doesn't like meeting people a lot,
而是選擇過自己安靜的生活 and he has opted for the quiet life,
盡管他肯定我們的所為 although, he approves of what we do,
他這樣說過 and has said so.
*And I really love you.*
*Oh, you are my best friend.*
皇后樂隊唱片中的和音 The vocal harmonies, you know, on a Queen record,
總給人渾然天成的感覺 are gonna provided with untiy,
不管是哪種類型的 regardless of what the kind of,
不管是哪種類型的 哪首歌曲 you know, individual style of a particular song is.
總有著某種特質... You know, there's something that's,
讓你一聽立刻就能感知他們的特色 you know, instantly indentifiable about what they do.
我們三個人的聲音一旦放在一起 The three voices that we had blended instantly,
效果立馬不同 and sounded very big.
互相間能神奇地互相烘托 They interacted quite magically,
且我們的聲音都各有優勢 and we all had qualities in our voices,
我的優勢在于高音區 and I had a sort of high serin quality,
弗雷迪在絕大部分音域都有非凡強度 Freddie had an incredibly powerful quality in most ranges,
而布萊恩在低音區 音質非常優美 and Brian had a very nice quality in the lower range,
所以三個人的聲音組合 非常完美 and so that three made a very good combination,
但我們不會每人去唱某個片段 but what we would do is we would not take a single part each,
而是一起合唱每個部分 we would all together sing every part.
所以 我們三個人的合唱 So, as soon as the three of us sang a line,
效果本就驚人 it alreayd sounded quite big.
做成雙音軌 效果就更驚人 You double track that, it sounds quite big.
然后 我們再一行一行唱下去 And then we would sing the next line, and the next line...
所以 我們的聲音完全能涵蓋高低兩個音區 So, you really were looking after both ends of the sort of spectrum,
到達高低音的極致 there, in fact all ends,
從而涵蓋了所有 and you were covering everything,
出來的效果也就特別強勁 So it came out particularly strong,
而這也正是皇后樂隊的特色所在 and...and that was really part of the queen sound,
我們三個人會合唱所有部分 I think, the fact that the three of us sang every part.
這里就是和聲 It's the backing vocals there.
*Ooo still come back to you*
*I'm happy at home*
他們能唱得層次分明 The skill that they could just build
又極其協調的這種能力 those layers and layers and layers of harmony,
讓整體的效果凸顯 and, and make the whole thing work
而不是讓人關注其中某一點 rather than you focus one elements of it,
然后忽視其他的 and then, you know, forget the rest,
我認為 也正是這一點 that I think, is what always was the thing
讓他們的作品總能脫穎而出 that made them stand out from anybody else.
從來不會去想 只是簡單地寫一首歌 Well, there was never any question of writing a single,
而是寫一整張專輯 然后... you just...we just wrote albums and then...
所以 那些歌整體間都會是一致的 讓人驚嘆 you know, so they would really by consensus it would be:
啊 這首聽起來像主打曲 "Ah, that sounds like the first single"
當然 也可能會爭論到底哪首該做主打曲 you know, and then...and then maybe there might be some argument.
顯然 每個人都會把自己的作品當做自己孩子 Obviously, you have certain...of your own babies,
一旦你寫了首歌 肯定想讓它 if you wrote the song, and you want them to be, um
廣為傳頌 heard in a wide area.
通常 寫那首歌的那個詞曲作者 Usually the writer of that particular, right song
肯定會爭著想讓它成為主打 would be arguing that he should have the single.
一旦失去了這個機會 And if you miss that opportunity,
就永不再有了 it's kind of gone forever,
在我看來 我們都遭遇過這樣的事 and in my case I think we all had things like that,
為之傷心難過 that we felt sad about.
對我來說 就是這張專輯里的《Long Away》 In my case there's things like "Long Away",
或《'39》這樣的歌 "'39" off this album,
其實都是可以作為主打的 you know, which...which could have been a single,
作為我來說 我也是這么希望的 and part of me wishes they had been,
因為它們更能引起大眾的共鳴 because they had been much more in the public consciousness,
這兩首都跟人的生活息息相關 um, you knw, songs become hooked into people's lives
勾起人美好的回憶 in a very wondeful way, you know,
聽到這首歌 就能讓你想起在某個海灘 you hear a song that reminds you of being on a beach somewhere,
與某個人 共度的某段美好時光 in a particular time, with a particular person,
總的來說 如果不能成為主打 and if... generally if the song hasn't become a single,
那這首歌就沒辦法 那么廣泛為人所銘記 it doesn't have that opportunity to, to become part of, of life.
*In the year of thirty-nine*
歌曲《'39》
*Assembled here the volunteers*
*In the days when lands were few*
*Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn*
*The sweetest sight ever seen*
*And the night followed day*
*And the story tellers say*
*That the score brave souls inside*
*For many a lonely day*
*Sailed across the milky seas*
*Ne'er looked back never feared never cried*
我是想把這首歌寫成類似 It was meant to be sort of, um
科幻太空民歌 science fiction space folk.
我記得某天醒來 有個念頭冒出來 I remember waking up with the idea, thinking:
很多人彈著美聲吉他 創作民歌 "A lot of people do folk songs with acoustic guitars
為遠航的水手送行 with sailors that went off on a long trip,
但從沒人為宇宙飛船寫過歌 and nobody ever did anything about spaceship.
為宇航員送行的 and spacemen who go off,
整個故事對我來說 非常有感染力 and the whole story seemed to be very appealing to me,
宇航員乘坐著宇宙飛船遠航 of the guy going off, to search for new lands,
去尋找新的行星 um, in a spaceship, um,
但根據相對論 廣義相對論 but because of the relativeistic, General Relativity.
時間是有相對性的 time dialection effect,
飛船的行駛速度接近光速 he's going at speeds near to, to light speed,
所以他對時間的感覺 so his perception of time
跟地球上的人們 截然不同 is completely different from the people back home.
他以為自己出去了一年 He comes back after what he thinks is a year,
但對地球上的人們 卻是整整一百年 but to the people back on earth it's been a hundred years.
歌曲的中間部分 講的是太空旅行本身 The middle part is of course the, the journey itself
中間穿插著非常奇怪的和音 and it goes through very strange chords,
那是羅杰一定要加的部分 It's a tour de force for Roger,
他的聲音又高又飄 who does this very high ethereal vocal.
非常類似我們小時候看的那種 It's very much like science fiction movies where...
科幻電影的效果 when we were kids,
正是我夢寐以求的效果 that's kind of the effect I was looking for.
*In the year of thirty-nine*
*Came a ship in from the blue*
*The volunteers came home that day*
*And they bring good news*
*Of a world so newly born*
*Though their hearts so heavily weigh*
*For the earth is old and grey*
*Little darlin' well away*
*But my love this cannot be*
*Oh so many years have gone*
*Though I'm older but a year*
*Your mother's eyes from your eyes cry to me*
唯一一點要補充說明的是 很可能 The only thing to add to that is, perhaps that, um,
整首歌有更多層的含義 all song have more layers in than,
通常都比創作者意識到的更多 very often, the writer even realises,
相信宇航員在宇宙航行的一路上 在返程途中 and I'm sure there's a lot of, this feeling of what to be on tour
都有這樣的感覺 and come back and...
回來后發現所有的一切面目全非 and find life very changed when you get back, um,
實在是非常難以適應的一件事 it was a pretty difficult thing to adjust to,
相信我們每個人 其實都有過這樣的感覺 and I think we all, we all suffered from it.
布萊恩確實為這張專輯傾盡了全力 Well, Brian did work his ass off on this album, actually.
布萊恩絕對是偉大的搖滾吉他演奏家 Brian is one of the great rock guitarist, I mean, you know,
尼基·霍恩 電臺DJ
毫無疑問 there's no argument here.
他是位了不起的吉他演奏家 He's a wonderfull guitar player.
非凡的音樂家 He's a brilliant musican,
我們在舞臺上的合作非常棒 we make a very good noise together on stage,
真是非常神奇的事 and it's quite a magical thing,
給人極大的驚喜 and it's a big wow.
歌曲《Sweet Lady》
*Oh, you are my*
*Sweet lady *
*You are my*
*Sweet lady*
弗雷迪·麥考利有幾項特質 I mean, there are certain points about Freddie Mercury
非常明顯 很容易就熟視無睹了 that are so obivous, that it's easy to miss them,
某種程度上說 他有種夸張的表現力 you know, and in a sense, the kind of theatricality,
用各種不同的方式表現著 running through a variety of different styles,
正是這 讓他進入音樂殿堂 is what drew him to you know, music hall,
正是這 讓他唱出動人的搖滾 is what drew him to glam rock, you know.
正因此他喜歡重金屬樂 it's what he liked about metal,
正因此他喜歡他所鐘愛的搖滾 it's what he liked about the rock&roll that he liked,
整個這些 I mean, running through all that
不過是他表演的一部分 was just this element of performance,
還衍生出一種特色 有戲劇效果 and inventing a character, theatricality.
他能引起廣泛的精神共鳴 He could take a broad range of emotions in his psyche,
包括一點點的懷舊之情 and that did include a little nostalgia.
但不是爛俗的懷舊 回顧往昔之類 but not nostalgia in the corny, looking back sense,
而是將思古之幽情 but calling some of that emotion
帶入到更生動的現在 and bring it into the dynamic present.
最明顯的就是他那首《Seaside Rendezvous》 And that's obviously what he did with "Seaside Rendezvous".
*Seaside whenever you stroll along with me*
歌曲《Seaside Rendezvous》
*I'm merely contemplating what you feel inside*
*Meanwhile I ask you to be my Clementine*
*You say you will if you could but you can't*
*I love you madly*
*Let my imagination run away with you gladly*
*A brand new angle highly commendable*
*Seaside rendezvous*
我喜歡快速地譜寫出一首歌 I like to capture a song very quickly,
弗雷迪·麥考利 皇后樂隊成員
都是最新鮮的靈感 so that it's fresh.
然后再慢慢地加工完善 and then you can work on it afterwards.
但我不喜歡 類似那種 but, I mean, I hate, sort of...
絞盡腦汁寫歌 然后暫時寫不出的話 trying to wrtie a song, and if it's not coming,
就痛苦地在那糾結那種 "Oh, come on, let's try this..."
要不就靈感迸發 一蹴而就 It either comes quickly, and then you have it,
就像搭出基本的骨架 you know, like the basic skeleton,
然后說 我作了首歌... and then I say "Yes, we have a song, and now..."
然后可以慢慢潤色 then we can start putting in all the clever bits.
有個悶熱的下午 我跟弗雷迪在一起 One sweaty afternoon I was with Freddie,
就我們倆 just two of us there,
我們一起嘗試了很多創作 I think, we did a lot of those things,
跳了"指尖舞" we would ta... we did the tap dancing,
就是指尖套個金屬頂針 在桌上敲打的那種 was...thimbles on the fingers on the metal bit on the top of the desk,
羅杰·泰勒 皇后樂隊成員
我用黃銅頂針來敲出旋律 and, I think I did a little brass section
弗雷迪則用嘴模擬出木管樂器聲 and Fred was doing the woodwind with his mouth, you know...
就像個實驗 It was like experimentation,
但同時覺得非常好玩 but we were sort of laughing at the same time, and...
但我覺得結果非常不錯 but, I think it turned out rather well,
注定就是一出滑稽的喜劇 it was meant to be cod, and...cod it was.
*I feel like dancing in the rain*
*Can I have a volunteer (Just keep right on dancing)*
*What a damn jolly good idea*
你永遠不會覺得 這支樂隊太把自己當回事 You never got a sense that this band was taking itself too seriously,
安東尼 音樂記者
他們的那種風趣 那種多元化 there was a kind of wit, and a compiness, a...
那種自我嘲諷 讓人覺得很愉快 a self irony, ah, that was, that was really a pleasure,
布萊恩·梅 皇后樂隊吉他手
這是喬治·福姆比牌的 This is a George Formby,
著名歌手
真正的喬治·福姆比尤克里里琴[四弦琴] genuine George Formby ukulele,
甚至... 這還有他的照片 it has even... there you can see his picture,
這是我爸爸在二戰期間 and this is, this is the instrument my dad carried with him,
隨身帶著的樂器 all through the war, the second world war...
這是把尤克里里-班卓琴 It's a ukulele banjo,
不是單一的尤克里里或班卓琴 it's not a ukulele or a banjo,
而是尤克里里-班卓琴 It's a ukulele banjo.
能發出這種獨特的聲音 And, um, makes this particular sound,
是我童年記憶中難忘的聲音 which was part of my upbringing.
我爸爸通常都坐著 把這個放膝蓋上... My dad used to sit and put this on his knee and get a...
我就是這樣學會吉他的 This is how I learned the guitar.
我爸教我像這樣撥動琴弦 The chord shapes that my dad taught me, to play things like that,
讓我學吉他很容易上手 transfered quite easily to the guitar,
我還記得 我七歲的生日禮物就是吉他 and I remember I got, I got the guitar for my 7th birthday,
然后就開始學著彈吉他了 and started working out the chords for the guitar.
《Good Company》這首歌的靈感 就由此而來 So the idea of "Good Company", obviously comes from here,
*Take good care of what you've got*
*My father said to me*
*As he puffed his pipe and baby B*
歌曲《Good Company》
*He dandled on his knee*
*Take care of those you call your own *
*And keep good company*
一晃都二十年了... It's been twenty years, you know...
*Take care of those you call your own*
*And keep good company*
*Soon I grew and happy too*
*My very good friends and me*
*We'd play all day with Sally J*
*The girl from number four*
*And very soon I begged her*
*Won't you keep me company*
而且讓我了解到其他風格的音樂 It also developed to another place,
也就是爵士樂隊的風格 which is the place of the jazz band,
那也是我童年的一部分 and that's pretty much part of my childhood too,
德克謝爵士樂隊 the Dexieland jazz band,
在我童年時 他們的歌又重新流行起來 was kind of revived when I was a kid,
當時有個極好的組合叫作"禁欲七人" and there was a wonderful group called The Temperant Seven,
他們將德克謝爵士樂隊的歌重新編排混音 who played a mixture of Dixieland
在模仿20年代音樂風格上非常成功 and very arranged pseudo '20s music.
從他們身上 我學到了很多 And I learned a lot of my arrangement from, from those guys.
所以在《Good Company》的獨奏部分 So when it came to doing the, the solo part for "Good Company"
我想表現出爵士樂隊的效果 I wanted it to sound like a jazz band,
當然是用吉他來表現這點 and of course, I wanted the guitar to be the jazz band.
那首歌節奏感很強 每個音符都很清晰 It was very work intensive , every...every note was done seperately
以完美突出小號 to get teh actual proper trumpet sounds,
和長號的聲音 and the trombone sounds, etc.
非常辛苦 但很有樂趣 Very painstaking, but a lot of fun,
因為這可以說前無古人 'cause it had never been done before.
同時 其實也是后無來者 I don't think I would do it these days, really,
我們這樣做是有理由的 unless this was a very good reason.
我太喜歡這樣了 Just love this stuff,
能不緊不慢地在錄音室做這樣的嘗試 it was wonderful to be able to take the time
那種感覺太好了 to do this stuff in the studio,
這一直是我夢寐以求的 which I'd always dreamed of doing, I guess.
這也正是《A Night At The Opera》的偉大之處 That's the great thing about "Night At the Opera",
我們有時間 也給了我們機會 we had the time...that we were given the opportunity
去做各種嘗試 to explore all those avenues,
而不是催著趕著要結果 rather than be rushing in and out.
很難相信那個吉他的效果 It's hard to believe that it's a guitar,
努諾·貝特恩考特 吉他演奏家 極限樂隊成員
創作出那樣音樂的人簡直太神了 and that somebody had actually created that.
作為皇后樂隊的樂迷 我真的想不通 I mean, am I a Queen fan? Is that a Queen fan, I don't know...
但即使我不是皇后的樂迷 I mean, you know, even if I wasn't a fan,
也會不由自主地疑惑 這是什么 you'd have to just go: "What is that?
怎么能做出這種效果 是誰做出來的 How did that happen? Who was responsible for that?"
大致上就是這樣的聲音 不配合其他樂器 This is roughly what they sound like, without anything else...
還有這鈴聲 And the bells....
麥考利日漸走紅
當你聽到其他歌手 嘗試演繹皇后樂隊的歌 When you hear any other vocalist trying to sing a queen song
當你真正聽到他們的翻唱 it's not until you hear them trying,
你才會意識到 弗雷迪是多么非凡的歌手 that you realise what an incredible vocalist Freddie was,
有多么寬的音域 what a range he had,
鮑勃·哈里斯 電臺DJ 電視制作人
有多么強的感染力 what great expression he had,
其中那些歌有多么的獨特 and how idiosyncratic some of the songs were,
那些為他自己量身打造的歌 in terms of being written for him,
他那種演繹歌詞的方式有多獨特 and his way of expressing lyrics in a song.
基本上 如果你想把這些歌都放一起 Basically, I... I think if you sort of put them all in one bag,
我的歌都應歸類為 情感類 I think my songs are all under the label: "Emotion",
都是講情感和感覺的 you know, it's emotion and feeling,
我所寫的歌 之前很多人都寫過 so, I mean, I write songs that a lot of people have written before,
都是永恒的話題 愛和情感 it's always to do with love and emotion,
我只是個真正浪漫的人 you know, I'm just a true romantic.
我想人人都會寫這方面的歌 And I think everybody's written songs in that field,
我只是用我自己的方式在寫 I just write it in my own way,
所以呈現出的效果 有種... so that they carry a different, sort of...
有種獨特質地 諸如此類 It's a different texture or whatever.
其中有些明顯是關于瑪麗的 那是他的摯愛 Some of them were obviously about Mary, who he was very fond of,
羅西 音樂記者
也是他終其一生的摯友 um, and was his best friend I think all his life.
這點本身就很迷人 That's fascinating in itself,
事實就是 that she...it really was,
諷刺的是 他的愛并未經受住... ironically, the love of his...not withstanding, whatever,
他的感情經歷并不...但她是他一生的摯愛 his sexual life, was that...actually she was the love of his life.
那段感情非常動人 But that was fabulous,
我保存著一些精彩照片 他們都風華正茂 I was, I mean, I have these wonderful pictures, they are all pretty,
看得出來 弗雷迪很愛她 and you can see that Freddie loves her.
*Love of my life*
*You hurt me*
*You broken my heart*
歌曲 《Love of My Life》
*And now you leave me*
*Love of my life, can't you see*
*Bring it back*
瑪麗·奧斯丁
*Bring it back*
*Don't take it away from me*
*Because you don't know what you mean to me*
弗雷迪唱出了不少像這樣動人的背景和音 It's some lovely backing harmonics from Freddie on this as well.
弗雷迪有能力精確地唱出多層次歌聲 Freddie has the ability to sing multi-tracked so accurately
會完美相合 that it would actually phase...
各個層次互相融合 one take would phase with another,
每次的層次融合都非常特別 because he would sing it so singualarly each time.
這種背景和音實在太美麗 It's beautiful backing harmonies.
*Love of my life*
*Don't leave me*
*You've taken my love*
羅伊·托馬斯·貝克 制作人
*You now desert me*
這里是背景元音 It's the background vocals.
*Love of my life, can't you see*
這里加入合唱 And they blossom there
*Please bring it back, back*
*Don't take it away from me*
*Oh, know *
*Means to me*
我記得他在錄音室這樣做 I just remember him doing it in the studio, um...
弗雷迪的鋼琴彈得非常好 He had a wonderful touch of the piano, Freddie.
他從不覺得自己彈得好 Really didn't think he did, you know,
他總是貶低自己的鋼琴彈奏能力 he was deprecating about his piano playing,
后來的歲月中 幾乎都不碰鋼琴 and in later years, really didn't do any of it.
在舞臺上 也彈得越來越少 Um, he played less and less piano on stage,
因為他想穿梭于舞臺 更好地與觀眾交流 because he wanted to run around and deliver to the audience,
這點他做得非常棒 which he did so magnificantly.
他彈奏的并非是那種古典的旋律 He didn't have the classical range,
但能獨創性地 發自內心地創作出 but he could play what came from him, inside him,
與眾不同的 like nobody else,
非凡的旋律 with incredible rythem,
帶有非凡的激情與感覺 incredible passion and feeling.
*To remind you how I still love you*
*I still love you*
但我愛這首歌 But I love this song,
幾乎每場演唱會 and pretty much every concert we play,
我都會為弗雷迪演唱這首 I sing this song for Freddie.
而且覺得比唱我自己創作的歌 更令人滿意 And I find it much more satisfying than singing one of my own songs.
因為這首歌能將弗雷迪帶回大家身邊 It's because it seems to bring back so much of Freddie,
帶回我和觀眾身邊 with me and with the audience.
*When I grew older*
*I will be there at your side*
*To remind you how I still love you*
*I still love you*
*Hurry back*
*Don't take it away from me*
*Because you don't know what it means to me*
*Love of my life*
很多年內我們都未意識到 We didn't really realise, for years,
包括我自己和布萊恩 這也是他的心聲 Brian and myself, I'm really speaking for him now...
可能也是約翰的心聲 and probably John,
我們沒有真正意識到 他有多么偉大 um, we didn't realise how great he was, actually.
人們往往忘記 他是位偉大的音樂家 People forget he's actually a great musician,
有時候我就覺得很憤怒 and...and that sort of pisses me off sometimes,
人們總是說 他是位偉大的藝人 'cause, I mean, they say: "He's a great showman", you know,
但不僅僅是藝人 it wasn't just showman,
他還是位偉大的音樂家 it was, actually he was a brilliant musican,
且是富于靈感的音樂家 and...and quite an inspirational one, and um...
我覺得應該給他一個更公平的定位 So, you know, I think there should be a bit more balance there,
而不僅僅是想簡單地 I mean, you know, it wasn't just all about
提醒人們認可 getting people to go:"Hey, hey,
他是位偉大的音樂家 you know, it was...He was a great musician."
*Is this the real life*
*Is this just fantasy*
*Caught in a landslide*
*No escape from reality*
關于《Bohemian Rhapsody》 早就有了諸多評論 So much has been said about"Bohemian Rhapsody", of course,
那是弗雷迪的寶貝作品 一直都是 and it's Freddie's baby, it always will be,
那是弗雷迪的夢想 it's Freddie's dream.
當然我們都有所貢獻 Of course we all contributed pieces to it,
但他是無可爭議的主導 but really he, he's the mastermind.
在我看來 那個是非凡的概念 It is an amazing conception, in my opinion.
不得不說 那絕對是我最愛的單曲 I have to say, it was definitely my choice for a single,
因為我喜歡它開始那段的旋律 'cause I love the original melody of the, you know,
媽媽 我殺了個人"那段 非常有力量 "Mama, just killed a man..." that, that was very strong,
我喜歡這個開頭 I love the beginning of it.
但也并不總如此 But it wasn't, wasn't obvious.
當時 作為單曲 In those days, you know singles would,
長度不能超過三分鐘 they had to be no longer than 3 minutes,
得一下就抓住你的注意力 and, you know, had to grab you.
*Mama, just killed a man*
歌曲《Bohemian Rhapsody》
*Put a gun against his head*
*Pulled my trigger, now he's dead*
*Mama, life had just begun*
*But now I've gone and thrown it all away*
*Mama, ooo*
*Didn't mean to make you cry*
*If I'm not back again this time tomorrow*
*Carry on, carry on*
*As if nothing really matters*
艾麗卡唱片公司審歌的時候有點擔心 There was some concern on the part of Elektra,
有天我正好走進總裁辦公室 I just happened to walk into the presidential office one day,
他說 看看你的樂隊給我送來了什么歌 and he said: "Look what your band sent us."
霍茲曼 艾麗卡唱片創始人
說的正是《Bohemian Rhapsody》 and it was this single,
他當時是半開玩笑地說的 and he...he sort of, he said that sort of half jokingly,
然后放完這歌的全部5分55秒試聽 and he played all 5 minutes and 55 seconds of it
問我 你覺得怎樣 and said: "What do you think?",
我說 這歌非常經典 快點發行 I said: "You got a high class problem, release it."
真是個野獸 是吧 It's a monster, isn't it?
伊恩·亨特 馬特與虎伯合唱團成員
因為這首歌將永世流傳 It's one of those...'cause it's not gonna go away,
而且會繼續大熱 繼續紅下去 it's just gonna go where it supposed to go.
簡直堪稱藝術品 It's a piece of art,
米克·洛克 攝影師
老實說 Let's be honest about it.
那是一首偉大的搖滾歌曲 I don't...it was great rock&roll.
說它是偉大的搖滾歌曲很準確 it's fair enough if it's great rock&roll,
搖滾歌曲不一定都是藝術 it doesn't have to all be art,
但這首歌就是藝術 but that is art.
從沒有哪家唱片公司能做到這樣 There was no record company invention going on here,
鮑勃·美智 1976-1980年任百代唱片總經理
從來沒有 there wasn't any...
不是說我們比別人更聰明 we weren't smarter than anybody else,
我們只是騎虎難下 Ur, we just had a tiger by the tail,
我們唯一做得聰明的地方 and the only place we were smart,
就是更多地同意他們的做法 was we said yes more often than we said no.
那是唱片史上最昂貴的一張專輯 It was one of the most expensive records ever made,
喬·史密斯 1975-1983年任艾麗卡唱片主席
單單錄制這一首歌就花了整整三周 and it took them over 3 weeks to cut this one single.
但那些吉他的多層次 那些混音 But the, the layers of guitars, the overdubs of the vocals
還有我之后看到的錄像 and then when I got to see the video,
你就能意識到弗雷迪·麥考利的超凡魅力 and you realised that Freddie Mercury was so charismatic
和獨特之處 and so unique.
*It's too late*
*My time has come*
*Sends shivers down my spine*
*Body's aching all the time*
*Goodbye everybody *
*I've got to go*
*Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth*
我最喜歡的吉他獨奏就是這段 My favorite solo is in...again,
我最喜歡皇后樂隊的是 what I liked about Queen was...uh,
喬·佩里 吉他演奏家 史密斯飛船樂隊成員
布萊恩的演奏是如此... and, and Brian's playing, is that
當你想通過音樂表達什么 it is...you try and make a little statement,
當你從開始到中間過程 到最后 you try to have, like, a beginning, a middle and an end,
都在吉他獨奏時加入活力的變化 and some kind of dynamic change in a solo.
我感覺似乎... I find it easier to, um...
比起自己的歌 更容易融入他人的歌曲當中 to get into it with other people's songs than my own,
可能是因為那是來自別人的靈感 I think, because the inspiration comes from a separate place,
而且你覺得更自由 and perhaps you feel more free.
通過弗雷迪 So with Freddie's stuff,
我遠在自己演奏之前就能聽到他那版本的獨奏 I always could hear the solo long before I played it, on his tracks,
他能激發我想象 because they just invited something.
為了這首歌 我用這兩個拾音器 For this I use these two pickups out of phase again,
都是我最喜歡的 因為能產生尖叫效果 which is a favorite, because it makes it scream.
營造出和聲效果 It really makes the harmonics come out.
我每次演奏都能出不同效果 It'll be different every time I play it,
但基本上都是那種尖叫效果 but basically it, it has that screaming kind of quality to it.
*I don't want to die*
*I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all*
唱片排行 第一名《A Night At The Opera》
*I see a little silhouetto of a man*
我們與"歌劇院"有個約會
*Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the fandango*
這是皇后樂隊樂迷的入門專輯 It is the crossing-the-threshold album, ah, for Queen,
將他們從比較受歡迎的樂隊一舉變成 I think, from, from popularity into, sort of, you know,
超級巨星 superstardom.
從此他們進入嶄新的階層 It took them to a completely different level,
不管是薪水 both in terms of their sales,
尼基·霍恩 電臺DJ
還是人們對這樂隊的感覺 and in terms of the perception of the band,
或者是他們的人生 and in terms of their life shows.
皇后樂隊邀您共度"歌劇院之夜"
我們終于有了機會去海德公園表演 The opportunity to play Hyde Park came up,
門票售完
他們說 你們可以用這個新位置 and they said: you're gonna have this new site,
以前從未用作表演的地方 which had never been played before,
供你們免費使用 you can play it for free,
公園野餐演唱會
而且不限定你們吸引多少觀眾來 and there's no limit to the amount of people you can get there, "
對我們來說真是太棒了 which was amazing for us.
皇后樂隊在海德公園開唱的消息 The thought of being able to put that show on,
皇后樂隊 公園內免費開唱
居然吸引來了 and be able to get it across
超過十萬名觀眾 to more than a 100, 000 people,
遠超我們想象 was really beyond our imagining.
這是皇后樂隊認識自己能力的一大步 It was a major step in Queen realising what they could do.
皇后樂隊 世上最棒的演出
當然他們會繼續擴大影響 And, and of course they went on to do it.
弗雷迪在百名觀眾面前就像巨星 Freddie could play in front of a 100 people and act like a total star,
約翰·英格拉姆 音樂記者
而在這里 整個倫敦都在他腳下 and here he had, you know all of London at his feet,
都沉醉在他魅力下 and clearly in his element.
而他就是有這樣一種超凡魅力 You know, he's...he had the kind of charisma that I think,
世界對他來說也不過是個小舞臺 the world was just about small enough a stage for him
他完全可以輕松自如地表現 to feel comfortable on.
*So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye*
*So you think you can love me and leave me to die*
*Oh baby*
*Can't do this to me baby*
*Just gotta get out *
*Just gotta get right outta here*
當一支樂隊能達到那樣的巔峰 I think, what happens when a band hits that stride,
粉絲們不由自主感受到偶像魅力 it's so true that the fans can't help but feel it.
所以那種共鳴肯定會轉化成銷量記錄 And that's why it translates to a record that just resonates.
然后這就成為這支樂隊和他們粉絲的標志 And then it becomes almost iconic for that band and their fans.
*Doesn't really matter to me*
剛開始的時候 只是個普通的樂隊歌手 I think it just started off as a band with a singer,
后來他們發現了潛藏的種種天賦 and then they found all this great stuff hidden away
他們每一個人身上的能力和天賦 in everybody...in everyone of them, you know.
然后他們的演出規模 完美程度 The size of it, the perfection of it,
愿意到各地巡演 從音樂廳到爵士吧 the willingness to go everywhere, from music hall to jazz,
去穿上獨特的音樂外衣 and to have them wear those different musical costumes
貼近自身 變成他們自我的一部分 close to their skin and part of who they were,
那些都不是假的 it was not fake,
而是真實的 it was always genuine,
能很清楚看到差別 and you can always tell the difference.
在英國 歐洲 澳洲大受歡迎 In England and Europe and Austalia,
這成就了我們 I think it defined us,
在很大程度上成就了皇后樂隊 令人興奮 it defined us as, as something big, something exciting,
有重大意義 something significant.
那是我們的成名期 It was the...it was our sort of epiphany,
是我們的轉折點 it was our turning point,
我想說 從這個意義上來說 and I would say, ah...so in that sense
我們的大熱正是從《A Night At The Opera》開始 with the single that came from it and, and the album,
那可能是史上最為重要的一張專輯 it was really probably the most important album ever made.
皇后樂隊 《A Night At The Opera》 �