輕松美語(yǔ)會(huì)話第2輯聊天大王和王子的風(fēng)采

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00:00.00]When king Meets
prince
[00:01.42]聊天大王和王子的風(fēng)采
[00:02.84]LARRY KING .HOST:Tonight,he's
rocked, he's shocked,
[00:04.43]拉里·金（主持人）：今晚，他攜著搖滾和震撼而來(lái)，
[00:06.01]he's
been telling us to party like it's 1999 for 17 years, the artist formerly known
as Prince is our
guest,
[00:10.24]十七年以來(lái)一直像1999年那樣告訴我們?nèi)⒓优蓪?duì)；今晚，我們的客座嘉賓就是以前以“王子”聞名的，
[00:14.47]a
music world original, next on LARRY KING
LIVE.
[00:16.69]原創(chuàng)音樂(lè)藝人，他會(huì)出現(xiàn)在接下來(lái)的拉里·金現(xiàn)場(chǎng)直播節(jié)目。
[00:18.90]It's a great
pleasure to have with us tonight the artist formerly known as
Prince.
[00:21.51]今晚，我們很榮幸相約前知名藝人“王子”與我們相聚。
[00:24.12]His first album in
three years has just been
released.
[00:25.83]他三年以來(lái)的首張專輯剛剛發(fā)行，
[00:27.54]It's called "Rave Un2 the
Joy Fantastic."There you see the cover of the CD.
[00:31.14]名為《Rave Un2 the
Joy Fantastic》。這里我們可以看到這張CD的封套。
[00:34.74]And for the artist, the obvious
first question is why three
years?
[00:37.93]我們要問(wèn)“王子”的第一個(gè)問(wèn)題顯然就是，為什么時(shí)隔三年才推出？
[00:41.11]PRINCE:Well,
there're three things I wanted to get out of my system,mainly "The Crystal Ball
Project,"
[00:44.39]“王子”：有三件東西是我想從我的音樂(lè)里面剔除掉——可以稱之為“水晶球計(jì)劃”
[00:47.66]which
was a reissue of a lot of the bootlegs that have been coming out all over the
world.
[00:50.13]就是把在全世界出版的翻版歌碟中的大多數(shù)歌重新發(fā)行。
[00:52.60]I am probably one of
the most bootlegged artists out
there.
[00:54.59]我可能是受翻版之害最甚的藝人之一。
[00:56.59]I wanted to clean that up and
get the real good mixes out,
[00:58.61]如果有機(jī)會(huì)完成的話，我想把它清理清理。
[01:00.62]let
people hear what they're really supposed to sound like if ever given the chance
to complete them.
[01:03.74]做一張真正的好專輯，讓人們聽(tīng)一聽(tīng)這些音樂(lè)本來(lái)的聲音。
[01:06.85]KING:So
that's the reason for this space of
time?
[01:08.71]金：這就是花了這么長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間的原因？
[01:10.56]THE ARTIST:Yes .We did a
couple of other projects.
[01:12.09]“王子”：是這樣，我們還策劃了另外幾個(gè)項(xiàng)目。
[01:13.62]I was
working with Chaka Khan. I did an album with her, and with Larry
Graham.
[01:16.75]我和Chaka Khan合作。我和Larry Graham一起做了一張唱片。
[01:19.88]KING:
She's terrific.
[01:20.78]金：她非常了不起。
[01:21.68]THE ARTIST: Yes , she
is.
[01:22.78]“王子”：確實(shí)如此。
[01:23.88]KING: What can an artist do about
bootlegging?
[01:25.48]金：作為一個(gè)藝人，對(duì)于盜版能做些什么呢？
[01:27.08]THE ARTIST: What the
best thing you can do is go back and get those mixes again and fix them up the
way you always saw them completed
,
[01:31.60]“王子”：做些什么——需要做的事就是回去重新錄一遍音，看著它們按照慣常的方式完成。
[01:36.12]adn then
,you know ,reissue them.
[01:37.45]然后，重新發(fā)行。
[01:38.78]KING:Does the
listener know if they buy one of these in Germany that this isn't what you
intended?
[01:41.61]金：如果人們?cè)诘聡?guó)買(mǎi)到的不是按你的本意發(fā)行的唱片，他們自己知道嗎？
[01:44.44]THE ARTIS:
A lot of my so-called fans do, and they actually thrive off the fact that it's
stolen property, you
know.
[01:48.20]“王子”：我的很多所謂的歌迷就是這樣。而且他們的隊(duì)伍日趨壯大，對(duì)于這是一種產(chǎn)權(quán)剝竊的事實(shí)視而不見(jiàn)。
[01:51.96]KING:You
are--you would admit to being an unusual
personality?
[01:54.93]金：你是否認(rèn)為你的個(gè)性很特別呢？
[01:57.90]THE ARTIST: It
depends.
[01:58.87]“王子”：那比較難講，視情況而定。
[01:59.84]KING:Well, let's say you're
different.
[02:01.12]金：那，至少可以說(shuō)你是與眾不同的。
[02:02.40]THE ARTIST: As compared
to what?
[02:03.57]“王子”：和什么相比較呢？
[02:04.74]KING: As compared to most
people in , let's say,show business, you're an unusual
person.
[02:07.49]金：和大多數(shù)演藝界的人相比，你是一個(gè)獨(dú)特的人。
[02:10.25]Most people don't get
famous with one name and then change it,right,would you
say?
[02:12.97]許多人并不是以一個(gè)名字成名之后就換個(gè)名字，對(duì)嗎？
[02:15.68]What's the story on that
,by the way?
[02:17.27]你能順便講講這里面的故事嗎？
[02:18.85]THE ARTIST: Well, I had to
search deep within my heart and
spirit,
[02:20.71]“王子”：我得深入到自己的內(nèi)心與靈魂中去，
[02:22.56]and I wanted to make a
change and move to a new plateau in my
life.
[02:24.85]我想要有一些改變，想要達(dá)到生活的另一個(gè)高度。
[02:27.13]And one of the ways in
which I did that was to change my name.
[02:29.40]改名字是方式之一。
[02:31.67]It
sort of divorced me from the past and all the hangups that go along with
it.
[02:34.19]它多少能夠讓我和過(guò)去以及與過(guò)去相連的那些煩心事分離開(kāi)來(lái)，
[02:36.71]I was as it's been
well chronicled in deep dispute with my record
label....
[02:39.82]以前……由于我的名字和唱片商標(biāo)權(quán)之間的爭(zhēng)拗由來(lái)已久……
[02:42.94]KING: Which is
Warner Bros..right?
[02:43.98]金：是和華納兄弟，對(duì)嗎？
[02:45.02]THE ARTIST:
Yes.
[02:45.76]“王子”：對(duì)。
[02:46.50]KING: Which owns this network, I might
add, just to throw...
[02:48.35]金：我想補(bǔ)充的是，擁有網(wǎng)絡(luò)的人只是想扔下……
[02:50.21]THE
ARTIST: Oh ,they do?
[02:51.23]“王子”：噢，是嗎？
[02:52.26]KING:
Yes.
[02:53.30]金：是的。
[02:54.35]THE ARTIST: They --we had some issues that
were basically about ownership of the music and how often I was supposed to
record and things like that
.
[02:59.21]“王子”：他們……我們之間有一些爭(zhēng)議，主要是基于音樂(lè)的所有權(quán)以及我應(yīng)該多久出一張唱片之類(lèi)的。
[03:04.07]We
got along otherwise.
[03:05.20]不過(guò)我們還是繼續(xù)合作。
[03:06.34]We just had come to
ahead in those types of ..
[03:08.32]我們只是在那些類(lèi)型的……方面有些爭(zhēng)議。
[03:10.30]KING:
So there was no clash over what you would record or what kind of music you were
singing ,et
cetera?
[03:13.32]金：就是說(shuō)和你要錄制什么或者你演唱哪種類(lèi)型的歌曲方面并沒(méi)有什么沖突對(duì)嗎？
[03:16.34]None of
that ?
[03:16.90]沒(méi)有任何這樣的沖突？
[03:17.46]THE ARTIST: No ,no creative issues
whatsoever.
[03:19.03]“王子”：沒(méi)有，創(chuàng)作方面的爭(zhēng)議一點(diǎn)都沒(méi)有。
[03:20.59]And they were
gracious enough to allow me a very wide palate to , you know ,put colors
onto.
[03:23.92]他們給了我權(quán)利去體會(huì)，去增加一些色彩。
[03:27.25]KING: About the highest risk
one would think someone who gets famous would take is to drop the name that got
them famous.
[03:31.43]金：在我們看來(lái)，一個(gè)名人丟掉他們藉以出名的那個(gè)名字將會(huì)冒最大的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。
[03:35.60]THE
ARTIST: Well,that was one of the things that I dealt with , is that I really
searched deep within to find out the
answer
[03:39.28]“王子”：這是我要面對(duì)的事情之一，我深入到自己的內(nèi)心中去尋找答案，
[03:42.95]to whether
fame was most important to me or my spiritual well being,and I chose the
latter.
[03:46.03]聲名顯赫與心靈安寧，哪一個(gè)對(duì)我更重要？我選擇了后者。
[03:49.10]KING: Was it
difficult to not be what you had become known as
?
[03:51.34]金：成為一個(gè)和以前那個(gè)為人所知的你不同的人是不是很難呢？
[03:53.57]THE ARTIST: You
mean...
[03:54.41]“王子”：你是指……
[03:55.26]KING: I think --well, let's
say--the only other famous person I know who did this was Cassius
Clay.
[03:58.77]金：我想……我所知道的另一個(gè)也是唯一一個(gè)這么做的名人是Cassius Clay.
[04:02.28]He's a
dear friend, and he changed his name to Muhammad Ali as heavy weight champion of
the world.
[04:05.32]我們這位親愛(ài)的朋友在成為世界重量級(jí)拳擊比賽冠軍之后更名為穆罕默德·阿里。
[04:08.36]That
was incredible to change your
name.
[04:09.59]改名字是讓人不可思議的一件事。
[04:10.81]That was due to a faith
belief.
[04:12.09]這件事取決于一個(gè)人的信仰。
[04:13.37]But he wasn't selling
records.
[04:14.54]不過(guò)他并沒(méi)有賣(mài)唱片。
[04:15.71]He was in the ring as long as he
won ,it sold.
[04:17.60]他是在拳擊場(chǎng)，他只要贏，就能賺錢(qián)。
[04:19.49]You ,though ,a person
in show business, is almost dependent on
recognition.
[04:22.42]而你是在演藝圈，一個(gè)幾乎完全靠知名度的地方，
[04:25.36]You stopped being
Prince.
[04:26.67]你改了名字就不再是“王子”了。
[04:27.98]THE ARTIST: Well, I --that's a
good point.
[04:29.57]“王子”：你說(shuō)的很不錯(cuò)。
[04:31.15]I pretty much wanted to be
dependent upon God.
[04:33.01]但我很想聽(tīng)從上帝的指引。
[04:34.86]And when you get the
inner calling to do something and you know that you're being inspired by
God,
[04:37.69]當(dāng)你內(nèi)心的呼聲要求你做什么而你知道這是上帝在指引你時(shí)，
[04:40.51]you pretty much know
you'd better answer that call or suffer the
consequences.
[04:43.23]你會(huì)清楚的知道，最好是聽(tīng)從這一呼聲，否則你會(huì)為此而痛苦。
[04:45.95]KING: Do
you think this was God inspired as
well?
[04:47.53]金：你認(rèn)為這件事也是上帝在指引你嗎？
[04:49.12]THE ARTIST: I do believe,
yes.
[04:50.16]“王子”：是的，我確實(shí)這么認(rèn)為。
[04:51.20]KING: Ok,next
question,hmm,..
[04:52.84]金：好，下一個(gè)問(wèn)題是……