一国外Prince粉丝写的关于MJ的帖子！

forever_show

I have been critical of MJ for many years, often poking fun at him. And truth be told, although I think he's more talented than most of the singer/performers you see today, I'm not really what you would call a fan.

However, it was Micheal Jackson that got me into music. Back in the early 80s, pop music was like a dead, catchy, rehash of 70's disco, but with short guitar solos or heavy reliance on synthesizers. That's not to say there weren't really great acts bubbling up in the music scene--but what MTV and the radio stations were throwing our way was relatively homogenized music that fit into safe little categories. All the songs had little guitar solos, and seldom went over 3 1/2 minutes in length.

What was black was black, and what was white was white in pop music. Sure, Prince's 1999 was a great blend of genres and traditional R&B, funk, married to 'white' rock elements. But 1999 (and Prince) weren't really a part of the national pyche.

It was Micheal Jackson's Thriller that blew me away when it was released. The video for Beat It was everything music videos on MTV was lacking. MJ took elements from classic musical/dance movies like West Side Story and made them gritty, modern, and downright awe-inspiring. Even today when I see the video for Beat It or Thriller, I'm still impressed.

There was nothing like it before Jackson. Nothing.
What was most unique about the situation (if any of you can still recall) was that the music industry was in a lull just prior to the release of Thriller.
Michael Jackson got people excited about buying music. I mean, prior to MJ, a few kids owned Rick Springfield, Bryan Adams, or Olivia Newton John tapes, but after MJ, EVERYBODY was rushingout to buy music.
The entire music industry--not just MJ fans benefited from his success. It was a phenomenon.

Although within a year from the album's released, I discovered and fell in love with Prince, and MJ became like an embarrassing old girlfriend I'd rather just forget about, looking back I realized it was MJ--not Prince--that set me on my musical journeys in youth and to some extent today. It was MJ that made me see music is more than just catchy songs you listened to while playing with your friends.


So, yeah. Even in my cynical old age, not being an MJ fan in the slightest, he still left a mark on my life.

coolshark

占好首页等译文

一生所爱

看看能不能占到地板..英文半桶水了,全还给老师了

悦悦月月

我也来等一个
帮不上忙

Jincole

虽然prince是他的偶像，但却是mj带他进入音乐的殿堂的，虽然他不是MJ的fan，但mj始终是他人生里挥之不去的一个印记。同时也歌颂了下迈的卓越。

great包子

大致看了下，讲的MJ对一个PrinceFAN生活的影响，MJ无疑是他人生中的一页。

fayefreedom

我怎么就不喜欢prince呢

主要是歌颂了一下thriller的开创意义，盘活了一个时代的音乐产业，振兴了唱片市场，同时也就激活了80年代的音乐圈

我是青青

多年来，我一直对MJ很苛刻，常常嘲笑他。而且说实话，虽然我认为他比现在你看见的大多数歌手或表演者要更有天分。但我的确不是你们所说的粉丝。
  然而，是MJ把我带进了音乐世界。早在80年代初期，流行音乐就像是70年代迪斯科的死板、上口的翻版，只带有简短的吉他伴奏，或者是严重的依赖合成技术。这不是说当时音乐现场没有冒出真正优秀的表演，但是，MTV频道和电台传递给我们的都是一些中规中距的相对趋同的音乐。所有的歌曲都是简短的吉他伴奏，很少超过三分半钟的长度。
  （当时）在流行音乐界，黑人是黑人，白人是白人。诚然，Prince的1999是一个伟大的混合体，传统的R&B、funk与白人的摇滚元素相结合。但是，1999（和Prince）并不是真正意义上的民族精神的一部分。
MJ的Thriller 出版的时候，我的热情被引爆了。Beat it 的MV有MTV频道上别的MV所缺少的一切。MJ从古典音乐和类似《西区故事》这样的歌舞片里提取元素，并且使得它们更加强劲、现代且威风凛凛。甚至现在当我看Thriller 或Beat it的MV时，我仍印象深刻。
在杰克逊之前，没有任何像这样的东西。从来没有。
当时最独特的状况是（假如你们中的任何一个能想起来的话），在Thriller 出版之前，音乐产业正处于一个低迷的阶段。
MJ激发了人们去购买音乐。我的意思是，在MJ之前，有些孩子有Rick Springfield,、Bryan Adams或者 Olivia Newton John 的磁带，但是在MJ之后，每个人都冲出去购买音乐。
整个音乐产业——而不仅仅是MJ的粉丝，都从MJ的成功中获利。这是一个现象。
虽然在该专辑出版一年后，我发现并爱上了Prince，而MJ就像变成了我想要忘记的旧女友，但是回想起来我意识到，是MJ——而不是Prince，使我踏上了音乐的路程，在年轻时是这样，在某种程度上说现在也是这样。是MJ让我知道，音乐不仅仅是和朋友一起玩耍时听的朗朗上口的歌曲而已。
所以，是的。甚至在我玩世不恭的过往岁月里，虽然我根本不是MJ的粉丝，但他仍然在我生命中留下了印迹。

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乱翻的，大家轻拍，凑合的看吧。。。

可怜可爱

还是我没跟错人，，，
就是喜欢迈，，，

fayefreedom

多年来，我一直对MJ很苛刻，常常嘲笑他。而且说实话，虽然我认为他比现在你看见的大多数歌手或表演者要更有天分。但我的确不是你们所说的粉丝。
  然而，是MJ把我带进了音乐世界。早在80年代初期，流行音乐就像是70 ...
我是青青 发表于 2009-8-3 17:51

关于那个你说不会翻译的词，我觉得应该是拼错了，可能是少写了一个S
把psyche写成了pyche

我觉得应该是national psyche吧，这个词组还比较常用，意思上也比较通。

josecarreras

先顶顶看~~~！！！！这个帖子以前也看到过了~~~！！确实挺真实的，很客观！！！

唯爱MJ

看见这个头都疼,,,,

我是青青

关于那个你说不会翻译的词，我觉得应该是拼错了，可能是少写了一个S
把psyche写成了pyche

我觉得应该是national psyche吧，这个词组还比较常用，意思上也比较通。
fayefreedom 发表于 2009-8-3 18:01

谢谢。。。俺当时也觉得不对劲咧

lovejackson926

呃。。mark 等。。。。

moyuqi

占位，谢谢翻译

MJ不可能独霸音乐界，但不可否认，没能有人能有他这样的影响！

我庆幸我跟了他的步伐，也开始知道，音乐并不是听听这么简单，变的开始有兴趣起来，是MJ开启了我~