CNN全球明星英語采訪 Lady Gaga：我的搞怪藝術(shù)觀
采訪對話
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Infectious2 melodies, the biggest debut3 album of the year and hit singles including one of the best-selling digital songs of all time. The 23-year-old New Yorker has risen to global fame in barely a year.
感染力十足的旋律、年度最受歡迎的首張專輯，還有許多熱門單曲，包括一首史上最暢銷的電子歌曲。這個23歲的紐約人，不到一年就紅遍全球。
You've achieved a massive4 amount of fame in a short period of time, so how has it all been for you?
你在短時問內(nèi)就獲得了很大的名氣，這對你有什么影響?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
It's been life-changing, but very exciting for my music, and as a songwriter it's been a long time coming. I spent two and a half years writing my album, and it's my greatest hits.
我的人生岡此改變了，對于我的音樂而言，這是非常令人興奮的事情。身為歌曲創(chuàng)作者，這是長期努力的結(jié)果。我花了兩年半的時間創(chuàng)作我的專輯，里面收錄的都是我的最佳單曲。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
You're also a songwriter; you write your own stuff. So, how does that creative process take place?
你也是歌曲創(chuàng)作者，你會寫自己的歌。這樣的創(chuàng)作過程是怎樣開始的?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
In all sorts of ways. Inspiration comes to me all day long, every day. Sometimes when I'm falling asleep, I have these visions5 . But it's not just music—it's music, it's the clothing, it's the stage performance.
各種各樣的方式都有。我在每天的任何時刻都會獲得靈感。有時候，在我的睡眠中也會出現(xiàn)一些畫面。不只是音樂，有音樂、服裝，也有舞臺表演。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Do you feel that you're more of a performance artist than a pop star?
你會不會覺得與其說你是流行歌星，不如說你更像行為藝術(shù)家?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
I certainly am a performance artist, yes.
我的確是行為藝術(shù)家，沒錯。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Yeah. And do you ever fear that what you got goin' today with your costume, your per6 no, I shouldn't say persona, because you are Gaga-your music, the entire package7... will it be able to stay
there? I'm trying to ask about the longevity8, 'cause pop careers, sometimes they last like this (snaps fingers). How are you gonna stick around?
的確。你會不會擔(dān)心你今天深受歡迎的服裝和你所扮演的角色——不對，我不該說角色，因為你是Lady Gaga-還有你的音樂，這整套的呈現(xiàn)……是不是能夠持續(xù)下去?我問的是演藝壽命，因為流行音樂事業(yè)，有時候彈指之間就結(jié)束了。你要怎么繼續(xù)下去?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
How am I going to stick around? Well, the truth is that careers are either (snaps fingers), like you said, lightning fast, or they're forever, and they're historical9 . They are made up of a select10 group of women that changed the way that society views what a lady is supposed to be. And I just must remain prolific11 and relevant, as equally irrelevant12, and continue to make great music. Longevity has a lot to do with discipline13 and ambition14, which are two things that are certainly in my blood.
我要怎么繼續(xù)下去?事實上，每個人的事業(yè)要不是像你說的那樣稍縱即逝，就是恒久持續(xù)，并在歷史上占有重要地位，這部分是由一群優(yōu)秀的女性組成，她們改變了社會對于女性該扮演什么角色的觀點：而我就是必須不斷推出大量作品，跟上時代潮流，同時又不理會時代潮流，持續(xù)創(chuàng)作好聽的音樂。事業(yè)壽命的長短與自制力及野心息息相關(guān)，而我絕對天生具備這兩項特質(zhì)。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Now, you've cited15 Andy Warhol as a major influence. I mean, he's someone who did have a lot of longevity in his work, of course-it still resonates16 today-but why is he in particular an influential17 person to you?
你曾說安迪·沃霍爾對你的影響非常大。我是說，他是一個作品流傳相當(dāng)久遠(yuǎn)的人——至今仍能引起共鳴——可是為什么他對你的影響特別大?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
He made commercial art that was taken seriously as fine art. And I'm starting to notice a change in the Tides18 as well. When I first came out it was, "Who is this crazy girl?" And then it's, "Who's this crazy girl with all the hit records?" And now I find that I'm being probed19 a bit more.
他創(chuàng)作的商業(yè)藝術(shù)作品獲得了正視，被當(dāng)做藝術(shù)品看待。我也開始注意到流行潮流中的一個變化。我剛出道的時候，大家的反應(yīng)是“這個瘋狂的女孩是誰?”接著是“這個每張唱片都這么暢銷的瘋狂女孩是準(zhǔn)?”現(xiàn)在，我則發(fā)現(xiàn)自己受到的刺探多了一點。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
What do you mean being probed?
你說受到刺探是什么意思?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
People want to know more about my musical background as a musician. They want to understand more about my songwriting process. They're interested in the inspirations behind the shows. It's not just about trying to put me in a category anymore. People are starting to realize that I don't belong in a category, and they're alright with that. Change bothers people, but I'm sort of a pop musical misfit.
大家想要知道更多我身為音樂人的音樂背景。他們想要進一步了解我創(chuàng)作歌曲的過程。他們對于我表演背后的靈感感興趣，不再只想把我歸入一個類別，人們開始意識到我不屬于一個特定的類別，而且也能接受這一點。改變總是讓人不安，但我就像個與其他人格格不入的流行樂藝人。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Now let's get back to your background and I want to ask you what it was like being Gaga as a kid, and I can gather20 that you weren't a shy kid.
接下來再談?wù)勀愕谋尘啊Ｎ蚁胍獑栃r候的Gaga是什么模樣，而且我猜應(yīng)該不是個害羞的孩子。
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
No.
不是。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Did you like showing off?
你小時候喜歡出風(fēng)頭嗎?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
I was a real pain in the ass.
我是個讓人很頭痛的小孩。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
Yeah? How so? What did you do?
真的嗎?怎么會?你做了什么事?
LADY GAGA. POP PERFORMER
流行樂歌手 Lady Gaga
I just was very loud. I was always singing and dancing, and my father was always laughing with me, and... I had a great childhood. I just was a very dramatic21. young woman. During free time, I was in the chapel22 playing some classical piece that I was learning or writing music. I just was [a] very creative young woman. And I'm just a very Secluded23 person. I mean, just in all honesty, I only associate now even with the people that I work with. I don't really have many friends and it's the life that I
Choose.
我很愛吵鬧，我隨時都在唱歌跳舞，我爸爸總是和我一起大笑……我的童年過得很精彩。我是個很愛表現(xiàn)的小女孩?？臻e時間，我不是在教堂里彈奏我正在學(xué)習(xí)的古典樂曲，就是在寫歌。我就是個充滿創(chuàng)作力的小女孩。不過，我也是個很封閉的人。我是說，老實說，我現(xiàn)在甚至只和共事的人來往。我的朋友不多，這是我自己選擇的生活。
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
And when you were writing the song Poporozzi24 at the time, were you already conceiving25 the stage performance at the same time?
你在寫《Paparazzi》這首歌的時候，就已經(jīng)同時在構(gòu)思舞臺表演方式了嗎?
KRISTIE LU STOUT, TALK ASIA
《亞洲名人聊天室》克里斯蒂·盧·斯托特
I was a little bit, but I truthfully was just reading Tabloids26 like they were textbooks. I just ... would buy every scandal book, every paper, every magazine that I could get my hands on, and I would tear sheets out and imagery27. That is the most Warholian28 thing about what I do is that I embrace29 pop culture. The very thing that everybody says is Poisonous30 and ostentatious31 and shallow32 , it's my ... it's like my chemistry book, and I look through everything, and I make what I believe to be art out of it.
有一點，但其實我當(dāng)時只是把八卦小報當(dāng)成教科書來讀。我會買每一本我找得到的有關(guān)丑聞的書籍、報紙和雜志，然后把里面的頁面和圖片撕下來。我最厲害的一點，就是我熱愛流行文化，就是大家都說是有害、做作又膚淺的東西。流行文化就像我的化學(xué)課本，我什么都看，然后從中得出我所認(rèn)為的藝術(shù)。
英語單詞注釋
1.Misfit n. 與別人合不來的，行為(或思想)怪異的人
2.infectious adj. 有傳染的，有感染力的
3.Debut n. 首次亮相;初次登臺
4.Massive adj. 巨大的;大規(guī)模的
5.vision n. 想象;畫面;幻象
6.persona n. 人物角色;形象
7.package n. 包裝，整套節(jié)目
8.longevity n. 持久，長壽
9.historical adj. 歷史性的
10.select adj. 精選的;嚴(yán)格挑選的
11.prolific adj. 多產(chǎn)的;創(chuàng)作豐富的
12.irrelevant adj. 不相關(guān)的;無關(guān)緊要的
13.discipline n. 紀(jì)律;自制力
14.ambition n. 野心;抱負(fù)
15.cite v. 提及;列舉
16.resonate v. 引起共鳴
17.influential adj. 影響很大的
18.tide n. 潮流;趨勢
19.probe v. 追問;探究;調(diào)查
20.gather v. 認(rèn)為;猜想;推斷
21.dramatic adj. 戲劇性的;夸張的
22.chapel n. 教堂
23.seclude v. 使隔離;使孤立
24.paparazzi n. 專門追逐名人的攝影記者(單數(shù)形式為paparazzo)
25.conceive v. 想出;構(gòu)想
26.tabloid n. 小報;通俗小報
37.imagery n. 畫像;照片
28.Warholian adj. 沃霍爾風(fēng)格的
29.embrace v. 欣然接受;樂意采納
30.poisonous adj. 有毒的;邪惡的
31.ostentatious adj. 夸張的;招搖的
32.shallow adj. 膚淺
