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美国之声:Kelly Clarkson
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
-----Ludwig van Beethoven
音乐是比一切智慧、一切哲学更高的启示。
—路德维希·范·贝多芬
在《早餐英语》节目中,我们学了《Because Of You》,那么我们就来了解一下演唱者Kelly Clarkson的故事。Kelly Clarkson,1982年4月24日在德克萨斯州沃思堡市出生,美国女歌手、演员。2002年,成为第一届《美国偶像》冠军,赛后发行个人单曲《A Moment Like This》并登顶美国公告牌百强单曲榜首位。2003年发行个人首张专辑《Thankful》,获得美国公告牌二百强专辑榜冠军。她凭借第四张专辑《All I Ever Wanted》再次获得格莱美奖所颁发的“最佳流行专辑”奖项。
下面一组数字可以充分说明Kelly的实力了:
Chartmaster更新了Kelly的全球专辑和单曲销量:
Thankful:363W
Breakaway:1098W
My December:151W
All I Ever Wanted:175W
Stronger:183W
Greatest Hits:130W
Wrapped In Red:114W
Piece By Piece:46W
Meaning of Life:30W
其他:16W
总计:2306W
单曲方面,Kelly的全球单曲总销量为6200W张,其中美国本土以3600W单曲与500W铃声下载成为其最大的市场,因此目前Kelly Clarkson的全球总唱片销量为8500W。
《Because of You》收录在Kelly·克莱森于2004年11月30日发行的第二张录音室专辑《Breakaway》,并作为专辑中的第二张单曲,于2005年8月16日通过美国广播唱片公司发布。
据说,这首歌,是Kelly根据自身的经历写下的。Kelly 6岁时,父母结束了17年的婚姻。离婚之前,父母就因为感情不和经常发生争吵,使得Kelly的童年生活一团糟。Kelly有一个朋友,跟她遭遇相似。Kelly16岁的一天,她跟这位朋友促膝长谈了一晚。回到家里,她写下了这首歌的草稿。
Kelly自己的事业发展可谓是蒸蒸日上,难能可贵的是,她还很乐意提携后辈。
15-year-old Brynn Cartelli became the youngest-ever 'Voice' winner.
15岁的Brynn Cartelli成为《美国之声》史上最年轻的冠军。
The morning after her victory, Cartelli spoke briefly with Rolling Stone about choosing songs that allowed her to defy genre constraints, working with first-time Voice coach Kelly Clarkson and aiming for pop radio with her new single "Walk My Way."
在她赢得比赛的第二天早上,Rolling Stone 对Cartelli进行了简短的采访。采访中说到她在选歌的时候打破了常规束缚,在《美国之声》和初次执教的Kelly Clarkson的合作,以及实现她借助新单曲《Walk My Way》冲刺流行音乐电台的目标。
“Kelly was so supportive of my crazy song ideas.”
“Kelly非常支持我关于歌曲的疯狂想法。”
What kind of advice did Kelly offer you as a first-time coach?
作为初次执教的导师,kelly给你提供了什么样的建议?
“Just to have fun with it. Take my moments to remember and live in the normalcy of life. It's really crazy; it's been crazy already, and I know it will get crazier. But it's going to simmer down at some point. But I need to enjoy it and soak it up while it lasts because you never know what's going to happen. I want it to be a long career; I really do. I'm going to work really hard at that, and I know Kelly will help me. But she's really good at reminding me to remember the normal things in life and to live in those. I already am missing it! I'm missing a lot of things.”
“玩儿的开心就好。花时间去回忆并且正常生活。这真的很疯狂,其实已经很疯狂了。我知道以后会越来越疯狂,但是会在某个时间点冷静下来。但是在这期间,我必须去享受并沉浸于此,因为你永远不知道接下来会发生什么。我希望唱歌能成为我长期的事业,我真的是这么想的。我会非常努力的唱歌,我知道kelly会帮助我的。Kelly非常擅长引导我回忆生活中普通的事情,并且按照正常生活的节奏进行。我已经开始怀念那段时光了,我在怀念很多事情。”
Do you think her previous experience on a singing show made her an especially good coach?
你认为Kelly之前在节目中的经历有没有让她变成一个特别优秀的导师?
“Oh my God, yes. She had all these ideas: This is what you're going to feel like in this moment, but this is what you can do. It really helped me. She knows exactly what it feels like. The other coaches may think [they know], because they've been there longer, but she literally knows what it's like to be standing on that stage and be judged by millions of people when you're just trying to sing and enjoy yourself.”
“我的天,当然了。她有很多想法:这是你此刻将要感受到的,但是这些是你能做的。她的话对我帮助很大。她很清楚的知道所有的感觉。其他导师就会觉得(他们是知道这种感觉的),因为她们在节目中待的时间长了。但是Kelly很清楚,当你站在那个舞台上努力唱歌并且沉浸于此,同时接受上百万观众点评的时候,那种感觉是什么样的。”
最后我们来学习一下文中的生单词:
revelation ['rɛvə'leʃən] n. 启示;揭露;出乎意料的事;被揭露的真相
defy ['difaɪ] vt.藐视;公然反抗;挑衅;使落空n. 挑战;对抗
genre ['ʒɑnrə] n. 类型;种类;体裁;样式;流派;风俗画adj. 风俗画的;以日常情景为主题的
constraints [kən'streint] n. [数] 约束;限制;约束条件(constraint的复数形式)
normalcy ['nɔrmlsi] n. 常态
simmer down 冷静下来
literally['lɪtərəli]adv. 照字面地;逐字地;不夸张地;正确地;简直
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