迈克尔·杰克逊的旅程：由摩城到《墙外》（2016）

The sonic of that album stands up against any album right now. Period.
因为还未经加工
Because it’s raw.
还没加上电子鼓 未经电脑编程
It was before drum machines, before heavy computer programing.
如今的专辑制♥作♥和之前大不相同
Making an album is totally different today than what it was.
我们当时制♥作♥专辑时
Because when we made those albums, back in the day
有现场表演的音乐人和鼓手
we had live musicians, live drummer.
这样是会产生魔力的
That way, you get magic. You get a little bit of magic
如果有人在那里这么弹奏
and if somebody’s playing just a little bit under or something like that
能赋予一张唱片生命
that’s all part of making a record breathe.
-这是一种脉动 -对 是种脉动
-That’s the pulse. -Yeah, it’s the pulse.
但如今 所有东西都是定好了的
But today, everything is right on.
-Today… -‘Cause they quantize every damn thing.
-如今 -不管什么都被量化了
现在什么都是算好定好了的
Everything is right on today.
马克罗森 制♥作♥人 / 作曲
那就像是有生命的 在呼吸的录音
These were, like, living, breathing recordings
很适合放在舞厅里
that were for the dance floor.
机器是很好
Machines are great
但伟大的音乐人总是更胜一筹
but incredible musicians, I feel like, will beat it everytime.
我总会告诉录音工程师「你们最好学学 听听」
I’m always telling engineers, like, “You better study and listen.
他们如果能做到这种程度做出这种声音
“If they were able to accomplish that type of fullness and that type of sound
他们如果能做到这样那你们现在就要做好
“they were able to do that then, you better be able to do something great now
不然就另寻下家吧
“or you’re fired.”
昆西有过非凡的成就
What Quincy has is an extraordinary history.
他掌管着贝西伯爵的乐队
He’s leading the band behind Count Basie.
合作过的人有弗兰克辛纳屈
Working with Frank Sinatra…
小萨米戴维斯
Sammy Davis Jr…
-给《典当商》配过乐 -还有《炎热的夜晚》
-Pawnbroker. -ln The Heat Of The Night
《桑德福和儿子》…
Sanford and Son…
他在法国师从一名管弦乐大♥师♥
He studied in France under a great orchestration.
瑞佛尔的老师 纳迪娅布朗热
Nadia Boulanger, who taught Ravel.
他的音乐完全不受束缚 他能…
He’s unlimited musically, he can…
只有你想不到的 没有他做不到的
God, you want anything, he can do it.
爵士 民俗 流行 古典 灵魂 福音 什么都行
Jazz, folk, pop, classical, soul, gospel, anything.
《疯狂》这张专辑中有三首歌♥是迈克尔写的
Michael wrote three songs on the Off the Wall album
《满足为止》
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
《日夜不停地工作》和《踏入舞池》
Workin’ Day and Night, and Get on the Floor.
他想要那种作为歌♥手的自♥由♥
He wanted the freedom to develop as an artist
写这三首歌♥对他来说意义非凡
and writing these three songs was very important to him.
《满足为止》迈克尔原始小样 于海文赫斯特庄园录制
从小样可以听出
The demos are kind of a revelation
它们确实证明了迈克尔的作曲能力
in that they really illuminate Michael’s abilities as a songwriter
展示了他把歌♥曲芸交给昆西琼斯时歌♥曲有多成熟
and show how developed his songs were when he brought them to Quincy Jones.
确实能看出迈克尔在节奏上的精炼
You really see Michael’s rhythmic sophistication.
就是这样
That’s what did it.
他的乐节就是那么吸引人
That’s the phrase that pays. That’s the hook right there.
迈克尔都不用开口说话
Michael ain’t got to say a word yet.
有乐节就够了
They could play that baseline
放个不停都没问题
and they could run it non-stop, and we’re good.
这张专辑的开头几个小节
The opening bars of that record is just like
你可能正在经历人生的低谷
you could be playing the worst set of your life
或者你在婚礼上 在俱乐部里 都无所谓
or you’re at a wedding, or you’re at a club, it doesn’t matter
你都会自然…
and you just first…
就像…
It’s just like…
这种小节拍
You, kind of, get this little tick, you know, that’s going on
能让周围所有人陷入其中
anybody you’re around, you know, they’re just down for it.
哪怕是难对付的人也会…
Even the guy that’s trying to be hard, like…
你就那么陷进去了
You know, you’re just in there.
《满足为止》 导演:尼克萨克斯顿
那是我以前用来「重启」每一天的歌♥
It’s the song I use to reset my day.
我需要动力时 就会听这首歌♥
It’s the song that I use when I need to be motivated.
那绝对是我最喜欢的一首迈克尔杰克逊的歌♥
It’s my absolute favorite Michael Jackson song.
那就像是我自己的歌♥
These are my own songs.
能传达我的思想 情感和想法
I’m gonna communicate my own thoughts, my own emotions, my own ideas
我的节奏敏感性
my own rhythmic sensibility
vocal trademarks, I mean you hear a lot of that in these songs
还有声音标识在这些歌♥里会听出很多这样的元素
完全不受束缚让人真切地感受到他的能量
completely uninhibited, you just feel his energy coming through
感受到那种自♥由♥
because you feel that freedom.
那是我们第一次听到他标志性的尖叫
Man, that’s the first time we heard that iconic yell.
就是他的「终于自♥由♥了 终于自♥由♥了」
That’s his “Free at last! Free at last!”
我当时和你在布法罗
I was in Buffalo with you.
表演非常精彩简直让我目眩神迷
Fantastic show. You darn near blinded me there, man.
你出现的时候就像炸♥弹♥一般
That thing is dynamite when you come up.
大家真该看看你跳出来的样子
They have to see that with you jumping out of there.
打住
Don’t start.
杰克逊兄弟「命运」巡演 奥克兰体育馆 1979年12月16日
《满足为止》作为开场
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough had this opening groove, right
开场就是演唱会的开端
and the opening groove kind of sets you off.
If you’re a dancer, you know, you’ll let that sink in.
如果你是一名舞者你就会让其继续沉入
威肯 歌♥手 / 作曲 / 制♥作♥人
我一直把迈克尔当做最重要的声乐上的灵感来源
I always use Michael as, first and foremost, a vocal inspiration.
《疯狂》正是那首让我感觉我可以唱歌♥的
And Off the Wall was definitely the one that made me feel like I could sing.
通过《疯狂》《满足为止》我发现我可以唱假声
I found my falsetto because of Off the Wall, Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.
杰克逊兄弟「凯♥旋♥」巡演 加州英格伍德 洛杉矶广场 1981年9月26日
歌♥词很奇特 对我来说很奇特
It had these bizarre lyrics. Well, to me, bizarre lyrics
其中有《星球大战》的台词
that were quoting Star Wars.
我甚至都没发现他唱着
I didn’t even know he was saying
继续使用武力 不要停
“Keep on with the force, don’t stop.”
我还以为唱的是「叉子」
I thought it was about forks.
我小时候就会跟着唱「继续使用叉子」
When I was a kid, I was just like, “Keep on with the forks.”
我也不知道是什么叉子
I didn’t know what the forks were.
有些录影看上去实在太棒了
I remember the video, I mean, he just looked like a million dollars.
《与你共舞》 导演:布鲁斯高尔斯
他们确实也可以花大价钱 做得这么好
I think that’s before they had a million dollars to spend, too.
其实并没有花很多钱
So, it was done for relatively a small amount of money
他得凭借自己的实力来卖♥♥出去
and yet he had to single-handedly sell it.
这首歌♥是溜冰者的圣歌♥
That was the skaters’ anthem.
1979 1980年 美国有一股溜冰热
There was this skate obsession in the United States in ’79, ’80
其中唱到「我要溜旱冰」
where it was like, “I’m gonna roller-skate.”
这对于溜旱冰者是首好歌♥ 感觉就是溜冰的地面一样
A good song to roller-skate, it should feel like the floor to your skate.
足够流畅
It should be the foundation for all of that flowing.
《与你共舞》的录影带似乎还有某种象征
Rock With You seemed like there was symbolism behind the video.
就像是天使周围的光芒
They had, like, the halo around the angels.
还有闪闪发光的衣服 他穿得很酷
The shiny suit, I mean, he made that look cool.
我穿上就不好看 不过…
I can never pull that off, but…
马瑞迈克尔库珀 编剧 作品:《万恶城市》《义胆情深》
我听《与你共舞》
I can listen to Rock With You
第一次是在飞马俱乐部听到的
and know where I was the first time I heard it, at Pegasus.
这首歌♥出来时 俱乐部里所有人都停下来
When that song came on, people just stopped in the club.
就像被冻住了
They just froze.
然后大家慢慢一个个地进入到舞池
You know, and then slowly, one by one, they got on the dance floor.
杰克逊兄弟「凯♥旋♥」巡回 加州英格伍德 洛杉矶广场 1981年9月26日
节奏很快 但同时也很流畅
It’s up-tempo, but it’s smooth.
很快 很快
That’s fast. That’s fast.
快节奏的音乐做起来很难
It’s hard to make up-tempo music.
同时还要能跳舞 要有感情
When you can dance, be emotional at the same time.
很多人都很享受其中 所以你不用…
Most people just get into a groove, so you don’t…
大多数时修真实的歌♥曲 是不会表现得这么淋漓尽致的
Most of the times you don’t get that much of a real song.
所以他们就像听叙事民谣一样 不会起身互动
So they don’t stand up as well as a good storytelling ballad.
这么多年来 你都希望有一首能支撑起本身的歌♥
Through the years you want stuff that’s gonna have legs, that’s gonna hold on
而他的快节奏就撑起来了
and his up-tempo really does hold on
因为他在让听众极度享受的同时确实创造出一首真实的歌♥曲
because he really crafted a real song on top of a great groove.
我循环着《日夜不停地工作》中那段呼吸练习
I loop that breathing exercise on Workin’ Day and Night
循环了一分多钟才继续听下去
I loop that for at least a minute before I let that song go.
我就像拼命地拉住十二条斗牛犬那样
I just hold people at bay, like, I’m holding back, like, 1 2 pit bulls.
然后就放开…去抓他们
You know what’s going… Get ’em!
真不好意思承认 我以前也跟着这首歌♥
I’m embarrassed to even say this, but I used to dance by myself.
自己跳过舞
To that song.
约翰传奇 歌♥手
你能从他写的歌♥曲中判断出他在哪个节奏上
You could tell where he was rhythmically just by the ones he was writing.
很容易记住的节奏舞曲
Really catchy, rhythmic dance songs.
迈克尔参考的肯定是美国的节奏蓝调 灵魂乐和放克乐
Michael’s reference is certainly American R&B and soul and funk.
不过我也听出了非洲音乐
But I also hear Africa in there.
杰克逊五兄弟在70年代也去非洲办过巡回
And you have to also remember the Jackson 5 toured Africa in the ’70s.
所有人
Everybody!
歌♥词很疯狂
It’s crazy, the line.
马克罗森