怎样遭受美国消费文化的冲击 and how it was under attack from American consumer culture.
英格兰的某些地方 was actually about these areas of England, like Essex,
比如他的出生地Essex就处两种文化夹击之下 where he was from, sort of caught in this cultural twilight zone,
到处都是美国货 that all this American stuff was flooding over.
商场越来越多 So everyone was building shopping malls,
像是Bluewater之类的地方 like Bluewater and all these places,
还有麦当劳 肯德基等等多如牛毛 and obviously McDonalds, KFC and all that.
活在这个充满清洁消毒水 British people sort of
日渐企业化的环境下 didn't really know where they were any more,
英国人已经不知道自己是谁了 and were living in this sanitised, corporatised environment.
这是各种各样的糖 Here you have your sugars
'Starshaped' 导演 Matthew Longfellow
而这里则是文化 and here, you have your culture.
我觉得这个国家非常混乱 I just felt that the country I lived in was very confused
我只是生活在里面的其中一个 and I was just another person who lived there
又正好能够把这种混乱 and I just happened to be able to express it
用一种比大多数人更公然的方式表达出来 in a probably more blatant way than most people.
接着Parklife问世 And then 'Parklife' came and then obviously
显然大家想的都跟我一样 everyone felt the same way as I did.
Parklife是这个团体的第三张专辑 'Parklife' was the group's third album,
主打单曲Girls & Boys势头强劲 with lead off single, the irrepressible 'Girls & Boys'.
这歌一上手 As soon as the guy started to play around with it,
在录音室录曲时 and playing it in the studio,
Alex就加进了那种很特别的 Alex put on that ridiculously funky
音低节奏强的贝斯线 kind of back bassline.
*Street's like a jungle*
*So call the police*
人的直觉才最准确 It was one of those things you just felt straightaway is right.
我们肯定要坚持这么做下去 This is definitely something we should go on with.
*Down to Greece*
*On holiday -*
迪斯科的鼓声 Duran Duran的低音 Disco drums, Duran Duran bass,
和吉他的下流之音 nasty guitars and
Alex James Blur
演奏着混乱 singing about shagging
醉酒时听来非常棒 plus it sounded great when you were drunk.
*Take your chances looking for*
*Girls who are boys*
*Who like boys to be girls*
副歌唱得非常逃避现实 The chorus was just so hooky,
什么女孩爱男孩 爱男孩 "Girls who like boys, who like boys..."
我一听到就想 这样会... as soon as I heard that I just though, "This is gonna be...
每个人都能直接跟歌词产生共鸣 "Everyone's gonna relate to this straightaway."
*Avoiding all work*
Girls & Boys Blur
*Because there's none available*
*Like battery thinkers*
*Count your thoughts on 1 2 3 4 5 fingers*
*Nothing is wasted*
Damon Albarn在Mallorca度假时目睹了 'Girls & Boys' was written after Damon Albarn
英国18到30岁年轻人的狂欢享乐 witnessed the hedonism of British 18 to 30 holiday makers
之后写成了Girls & Boys while he was out in Mallorca.
*But we haven't been introduced*
*Girls who are boys*
*Who like boys to be girls*
*Who do boys like they're girls*
我写这个是因为我 That was written 'cos I
在Mallorca的Magalluf呆了一晚 had spent a night in Magalluf in Mallorca,
第二晚好像是在Dei and the next night in Dei?
完全是两种氛围 Which is a totally different atmosphere.
但我纯粹是为了好玩 But I just sort of, for fun,
很容易就找到了两种气氛的中间态 I find it easy to sort of go between the two.
*Always should be someone you really love*
他看着这些年轻的度假者 He's watched these crowds of young holiday makers
酒醉 性交 getting drunk and having sex with each other,
因此沉醉其中 and he's drawn to it,
但同时他对这种景象也很震惊 but he's also absolutely appalled by it at the same time.
我在有欲望的同时又觉得很厌恶 It's a kind of desire and also disgust.
有一半的我真的很想 Half of me would really would like to
加入他们 get in there right in the middle of it.
*Always should be someone you really love*
Girls & Boys罂粟般的吸引力 The poppinness of 'Girls & Boys'
让Blur壮大起来 broadened Blur's appeal
也使Parklife一跃成为榜单冠军 and helped 'Parklife' make its way to the top of the album charts.
Parklife一夜成名 Overnight 'Parklife' revolutionises
不仅改变了乐队的命运 not just their fortunes,
还推动了英国独立音乐的改革 but started to revolutionise British indie music.
我们现在讲第一专辑 第一唱片 We're talking now No. 1 albums, No. 1 records,
电视报纸上全是你的面孔 your face all over the TV, all over the newspapers,
简直铺天盖地 it crosses over in such a massive way.
时代在改变 Times were changing,
Parklife在英国如日中天时 and when it was Parklife's turn at the Brits,
Blur不仅频频被邀请出场 Blur weren't just invited to play
还拿到四次大奖 but also walked off with four awards.
Blur的Parklife Blur and 'Parklife'!
最佳英文单曲获得者 The winner of Best British Single goes to
Blur的Parklife Blur, 'Parklife'.
Blur Parklife Blur, Parklife!
女士们先生们 得奖的是 And ladies and gentlemen, the winner are...
Blur Blur!
在得胜之际 Damon Albarn认为他理当 In their moment of triumph, there was one other band
给予另一支乐队肯定 that Damon Albarn felt he ought to recognise.
太棒了 Very good!
这个奖也 This should have been...
我认为这个奖也是给Oasis的 I think this should have been shared with Oasis.
我们非常爱戴他们 Much love and respect to them.
Definitely Maybe作为Oasis的首张专辑 'Definitely Maybe', the debut album from Oasis,
紧随Parklife四个月 had followed four months after 'Parklife'.
完美地展现出他们随心所至的天才之处 A perfect distillation of their casual genius,
很好地联系到 it connected with an audience
底层生活的听众 that lay far outside the indie getho.
那时没人在做这样的事 There was no one else doing it at the time.
没人拿着吉他组成乐队 像个帮派似的 No one was out there with guitars as a band... as a gang, really,
Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs Oasis
发自内心的说话表演 and sort of talking and playing from the heart.
唱出人们真实的想法 And singing about things that people were feeling.
专辑中的每首曲子都是Noel最好的作品 All songs on that Album are Noel's best, really.
*I'd like to be somebody else and not know where I've been*
*I'd like to build myself a house out of plasticine*
Shakermaker Oasis
*Shake along with me*
专辑中live Forever和Cigarettes and Alcohol等歌曲 With songs like 'Live Forever' and 'Cigarettes and Alcohol'
使Oasis精确地抓住了九十年代的精神 Oasis had crafted an album that captured the spirit of the 1990s,
也表现出他们对摇滚史的崇拜 yet worshipped at the altar of rock history.
Oasis的成功就在于 The key to Oasis is they are
John Robb 摇滚作家 音乐家
集英国流行音乐乐队的精华于一体 the sound of every great moment of British pop rolled into one.
Cigarettes and Alcohol 'Cigarettes and Alcohol'.
他们就像Slade和The Kinks They're Slade and The Kinks...
你会发现他们还有点像Bowie you can find even a bit of Bowie,
有时像The Who The Who pulls in there a few times.
那种旋律 It's kind of got the melody
跟The Beatles有点类似 to The Beatles
又有The Pistols的力量 and the power of The Pistols,
Liam唱出了John Lydon那种嘲讽感 and it's got Liam to sing that sneer of John Lydon,
还有The Stone Roses那种冷酷感 the coolness of The Stone Roses.
*Is it worth the aggravation*
Cigarettes & Alcohol Oasis
*To find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?*
歌里有那种"鬼才会理"的不负责任 It had that sort of "Devil-may-care" irresponsibility about it.
"当根本没有值得做的工作时 'Is it worth the aggravation
还有必要找工作吗" to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?'
唱得太好了 It's just brilliant.
正因如此才让十万人疯狂扭跳 That's the stuff that will make 100,000 jump up and down.
因为他唱的就是你 'Cause he's singing about you.
不是 也不是Leonard Cohen It's not Cap. It's not Leonard Cohen.
[Leonard Cohen 游吟诗人]
Tim Abbot Creation Records
而是Oasis 是特约表演 It's Oasis. It's a gig.
很有趣 空气像有形的 All it's fun. It's like punch the air,
你打一拳他会回你 生活真美妙 get whacked, life's great.
然后在第二天头疼酸痛 Sore head the next day.
*You might as well do the white line*
*Cos when it comes on top...*
*You gotta make it happen!*
Cigarettes & Alcohol这样的歌会经久不衰 Songs like 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' will last forever.
那些歌词你能背出来 You could recite those words
不是因为那像该死的诗句 and it's not fucking poetry but
而是因为它对每个十六岁的人都适用 it applies to every 16 year-old in every generation.
因为你所需要的就是一点行动 'Cos really all you need is a bit of action.
只要你来支烟 大醉一场 And some fucking fags and booze, and that's it.
就感觉到了 You're having it.
*I wanna do great things*
*I don't wanna compromise*
在英伦摇滚之家Campden镇 By now, Campden Town, home of britpop
一场盛大的派对开始了 was host to one enormous party.
The Clash和The Pistols跟大家混迹在一起 For the first time probably since '76,
差不多是76年的事了 when The Clash and The Pistols and people were hanging out,
那时你在伦敦的任何一条街 you could walk down virtually any street in London
都能碰上一个流行歌手 and bump into a pop star.
歌星的意思就是 And by a pop star I mean
某个在周榜单前列的歌手 somebody who'd been on 'Top of the Pops' that week.
你进到Campden的任何一家酒吧 You could go in any pub in Campden
都可以请榜单歌手 and know that you could buy a drink
或是你买过唱片的歌手买杯酒 for somebody who'd been on Top of the Pops
那感觉实在太好了 and whose records you had bought. It was amazing.
晚上好 我们是Pulp Good evening. We're Pulp.
大家好 我们是Elastica Hello. We're Elastica.
*Than you can count the bullets in a war*
*Oh what do I know*
*There's gotta be so much I don't know*
我们就是在为青春狂欢 It was just a celebration
这东西写不出来 of being young and it was an unwritten thing,
你能感觉到 但不能实打实地触摸到 you feel it, you can't put your finger on it,
但你知道这确实他妈的棒 but you know it's fucking great.
街上都是人 It was just people out on the streets.
Campden的星期六之夜太好玩了 Saturday nights in Campden were amazing.
夏天更棒 And the summer was great.
94 95年的夏天叫人惊艳 The summer of 94 and 95 were amazing.
好像没下过一场雨 I don't think it rained once.
我想出来的 I sorted that out.
*I wanna know what love is,*
*Is it something I do to myself,*
*Something I do to myself.*
我们是九十年代的摇滚 Rock 'n roll of the fucking 90s
忘掉六十年代 忘掉过去 Forget the 60s. Forget the past.
独立音乐不再被排除在主流之外 Indie music was no longer about being outside the mainstream,
而是变成了主流 it was the mainstream.
在键盘上演绎出来效果惊人 They were appealing right across the board.
征服了全国所有的学生 and were appealing to all the students, to all the guys
建筑工 that were working on building sites
和货车司机 and in vans around the country.
他们的唱片成了白金唱片 And their records were going multi-platinum.
简直前所未闻 No one had heard of this before.
通常出白金唱片只会是Celine Dion That was the domain of Celine Dion,
Tina Turner和Phil Collins等人 and Tina Turner and Phil Collins.
前所未闻 It was like unheard of.
突然我意识到 我应该知道 And suddenly then I realized "I should know
这种非主流音乐 this kind of alternative music,
这是我们一直在致力的东西 the stuff that we'd always been working on,
我们一直以为我们只处于二三市场 and always thought was a kind of secondary, if not third, market
现在却变成了第一市场 has now become the premier market.
这种音乐才是人们想要听 想要买的 It's what people want to listen and buy.
对独立音乐取得的成就的所有疑问 If there was any doubt about how far indie music had come,
都将在1995年8月14日那周烟消云散 it was all made clear in the week of August the 14th, 1995.
两支英国最受欢迎的流行音乐团体 Another battle. Two of Britain's most popular pop groups
开始了长达30年的榜单之战 have begun the biggest chart war in 30 years.
来自曼切斯特的乐队Oasis The Manchester band Oasis,
和他们最大的竞争者Blur and their archrivals Blur
今天同时发行新单曲 released new singles today,
都希望在下周问鼎冠军 each hoping to reach the #1 spot next week.
自从The Beatles和Rolling Stones The music history hasn't seen anything like it
在六十年代那一战后 since The Beatles fought it out
音乐史上还从未有这样的景象 with the Rolling Stones in the '60s.
我们会在伦敦的一些发布会上遇到Oasis We bumped into Oasis in London at some launch party,
那时候我们之间的关系 and at the time the relationship
还没那么糟 between the bands wasn't that bad.
所以有次Blur也跟过去了 So Blur went along.
我记得Liam一拳挥在Damon脸上 I remember Liam coming up to Damon and right in his face,
叫道 "去你妈的第一" "Fucking #1",
Damon简直惊了 and Damon was like, "Wow!".
那人在挑衅 And the guy was being quite aggressive.
我觉得Damon肯定在想 And I think Damon felt like,
走着瞧 "Well... Let's see."
Country House Blur
*City dweller*
*Successful fella*
*Thought to himself:*
*"Oops, I've got a lot of money*
Damon 祝福他 Damon... Bless him!
他不喜欢不被认定是 He don't like not being
英格兰在世最伟大的作曲者 fated as the greatest living songwriter in England.
他受不了这个 He can't stand that.
当然他那时不得意 可我不同 And, of course, he wasn't at the time and I was.
他想做出点行动 And he wanted a bit of the action.
说实话 他是个非常聪明的家伙 And, to be honest, he's a very clever dude
因为我们到现在都坐在这里 because we're still sat here, how many years now,
谈论Blur和Oasis的事 and still talking about the Blur-and-Oasis thing.
你知道什么最让我烦吗 And, you know what annoys me the most about it all?
就是Blur和Oasis It's Blur and Oasis.
为什么他们老被放在一起 Why did they got to be put first?
该死的Oasis和Blur It's fucking Oasis and Blur.
去他妈的 For fuck's sake!