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发表于 2009-7-4 21:33:54
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本帖最后由 yilong_1991 于 2009-7-4 21:40 编辑
在录制History里的Smile的时候，Bruce觉得如果让Michael和管弦乐团同步录会很不错。当然，我们事先没有告诉乐团离得乐手们。我们把Michael安排在旁边的一个录音小隔间里头。乐团先在没有人声的情况下排练了一下子。等到Michael第一次出声时，乐团的人几乎都要被从椅子上吓倒在地了。
During the recording of "Smile" on HIStory, Bruce thought it would be great if Michael would sing live with the orchestra. But of course, we didn't tell the players that. We set him up in a vocal booth off to the side. They rehearsed a bit without vocals in, then during the first take Michael sang, just about knocked them out of their chairs.
顺便提提Notorious B.I.G（说唱界传奇），情况大概是这样的。Michael曾经请其他艺人客串他的专辑。有意思的是，如果是Michael打来电话邀请的话，这个星球上几乎所有的人都会去接。不管怎么说，我听到了Biggie（Notorious B.I.G的另一叫法）要来的传言后十分兴奋，因为我明白到时候到时候肯定是叫我去录，毕竟This Time Around（里面的Rap部分就是Notorious B.I.G唱的）整首歌几乎都是我录的。
所以Dallas和我做好了他随时到的准备。Biggie相当准时的缓步走了进来。他的身躯魁梧，当时也正是声名显赫之时。我完全不知道他会表现出怎样的态度，但是从他走进来的动作来看他是个不错的人。应该没问题的。然而他立刻就说道：“Yo，Dallas，我能见见Mike么?”Dallas回答说没问题。然后他就谈起了这个机会对他来说意味着多少，因为Michael是他的偶像。不管怎么说，Dallas告诉他我们要先把Rap部分录好，所以他就走到隔间里去准备开始录音。
然后我们按了录音键，开始录音。在第一次录时，我就和Dallas互相看了看，因为录得相当到位，Wow！我感到印象深刻，Dallas也是。我们又听了一遍，然后Dallas就说:"我觉得就是这样了！"据我回忆，我们后来又额外录了第二次，但我当时相当肯定我们最后会用第一次的采样。所以Biggie走出来，问现在是不是能见Michael了。我们把Biggie已经录完了，想要见Michael的话传到后面的房里去，当时Michael正在里头工作。
为了安全Michael的保镖进来查看了一下，确认没有不该出现的人在里面，而确认了之后（就只有我，Biggie和Dallas），Michael进来了。Biggie几乎要泪奔了。我能够想象这对他来说有多大的意义。Michael能对任何人产生这样的影响，即便是Biggie这样的最最硬汉级的说唱歌手。Biggie有些语塞了，他鞠了个躬，然后继续说着他有多么爱Michael。我看着Biggie变成了这样一个普通的圆胖的汉子，能见证这样的时刻实在很温馨，毕竟，谁说到底都不过是一个普普通通的人罢了。
Michael终于说要听听我们的成果，我们那大音响把它放了出来。Michael很喜欢，我记得他对着Biggie兴奋的说到：“Oh，再听一次！”，然后我们又听了一遍。Michael很是喜欢，他为Biggie从费城远道而来致谢。Biggie有些羞赧的问道是否能来张合影，Michael答应了。拍完合影后，我们又听了一遍，Michael再次向Biggie致谢，然后走了出去，而看起来Biggie依旧完全沉浸于刚才的惊喜之中。
（我看Biggie有这样的经历都死而无憾了吧.........哎，这些音乐奇才们都走得早，走得充满争议啊）
By the way, to elaborate a bit on the Notorious B.I.G. session, it was kinda like this. Michael used to call people to ask them to participate on albums. It was interesting knowing that nearly anyone on the planet would come to the phone if it were Michael calling. Anyway, I heard rumors that B.I.G. was going to come, and I was excited about that! I knew that I would be the one to record that, as I had recorded nearly all of that tune, "This Time Around".
So, Dallas and I were expecting him any minute, and pretty much on time, Notorious strolls in. He was quite an imposing figure when he walked in, as he was quite popular at the time. I had no idea what to expect from him in terms of attitude, but he seemed nice when he walked in. No problem. But almost immediately, he blurted out, "Yo, Dallas, can I meet Mike?" To which, Dallas replied that he thought so. Biggie went on to talk about how much this opportunity meant to him, as Michael was his hero. Anyway, Dallas tells him that we're going to lay down the rap first, so Biggie heads in the booth, we get some headphone levels and get ready to start recording.
So, we hit the big red button (on a Sony 3348 machine), and away we go. During his first take, Dallas and I looked at each other, because it was spot on. wow. I was impressed, and so was Dallas. We listened back, and Dallas was like, "Wow, I think we got it". As I recall, we took another take for good measure, but I'm fairly certain that we ended up using the first take. So, Notorious comes in, and asks if he can meet Michael now. We sent word to the back room where Michael was working that Biggie was finished and wanted to meet him.
Simply for security, Michael's security would enter and make sure that no one was in the room that shouldn't be, and once that was confirmed (it was just me, Biggie and Dallas), Michael came in. Biggie nearly broke out in tears...I could tell how much this meant to him. Well, Michael could have this effect on anyone, even the most hardcore rappers! Biggie was tripping up on his words, bowing down and telling Michael how much his music had meant to him in his life. Michael was, as always, very humble and kept smiling while Biggie just went on and on how much he loved Michael. I watched Biggie just become this big butterball of a man, and it was really very sweet to witness. After all, we are all just people.
Michael finally asked to hear what we had done, and we popped it up on the big speakers and let her go. Michael LOVED it and was excited to tell Biggie that! "Oh, let's hear it again", I recall Michael saying, and we listened again. Michael just loved it...and thanked Biggie for coming all the way from Philadelphia. Biggie asked rather sheepishly whether he could get a photo, and Michael agreed. A shot was taken, we listened again, and Michael thanked Biggie. Michael said goodbye and stepped out, leaving Biggie standing there looking completely stunned. |
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