『T.S. 89』滚石文章翻译:为TS的115首歌排名(并附评价)
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All 115 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
From teenage country tracks to synth-pop anthems and little-known covers, a comprehensive assessment and celebration of Swift's one-of-a-kind songbook.
【一楼提示:请不要在帖内回复姨妈/有屁, 三木木/新浪漫之争的梗,很无聊而且没必要。最爱歌曲排名本来就是主观意见,有不同看法欢迎讨论。】
原文地址:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/taylor-swifts-songs-all-ranked-by-rob-sheffield-w504193
By Rob Sheffield
Taylor Swift the celebrity is such a magnet for attention, she can distract from TaylorSwift the artist. But Swift was a songwriter before she was a star, and she'llbe a songwriter long after she graduates from that racket. It's in her musicwhere she's made her mark on history – as a performer, record-crafter, guitarhero and all-around pop mastermind, with songs that can leave you breathless,or with a nasty scar. She was soaring on the level of the all-time greatsbefore she was old enough to rent a car, with the crafty guile of a Carole Kingand the reckless heart of a Paul Westerberg – and she hasn't exactly sloweddown since then.
名人Taylor Swift是吸引关注的大磁铁,她能转移人们对艺术家Taylor Swift的注意力。但是Swift首先是个词曲人,其次才是个明星。待到她从绯闻、头条等等周遭喧嚣中成功脱身,她仍然是位词曲人。她青史留名的依据是她的音乐——作为一个表演者,纪录创造者,吉他专家,全面发展的流行大师,她的歌曲能让你“喘不过气,或留下深深的伤疤”。在她还不能自己租车的年纪,Swift就已凭借她Carole King水平的狡黠“骗术”和Paul Westerberg的无畏之心,高飞在永恒经典的行列之中。并且,她自此并未停止前行。
So with all due respect to Taylor the myth, the icon, the red-carpet tabloidstaple, let's celebrate the real Taylor – the songwriter she was born to be.Let's break it down: all 115 tunes, counted from the bottom to the top. Thehits, the flops, the deep cuts, the covers, from her raw 2006 debut as a teencountry ingénue to "...Readyfor It?" – her latest offering. Every fan would compile a different list –that's the beauty of it. But they're not ranked by popularity, sales orsupposed celebrity quotient – just the level of Taylor genius on display, fromthe perspective of a fan who generally does not give a rat's nads who the songsare "really" about. All that matters is whether they're about you andme. (I guarantee you are a more fascinating human than the Twilight guy, thoughI'm probably not.)
Taylor乐坛偶像,红毯小报话题人物的身份暂且放在一旁,我们还是来赞美那个注定要成为天才词曲人的真实Taylor吧。仔仔细细,从头到尾地把她115首歌分析个遍:无论是热单还是成绩不佳的歌曲,还有人们挚爱的歌,或者是翻唱;从2006年青涩的同名时期里那个稚嫩少女到最近的 "...Readyfor It?"。每个粉丝都能排出一个不同的榜单,这也就是她的魅力所在。不过这些歌曲不是按照受欢迎程度、销量或者是体现名人全貌这种标准排的,而是按照歌中展现出来的天才之处有多少评判的,从我这个粉丝的角度来看,我根本就不在乎这些歌究竟是关于谁的。
Sister Tay may be the last true rock star on the planet,making brilliant moves (or catastrophic gaffes, because that's what rock starsdo). These are the songs that sum up her wit, her empathy, her flair foremotional excess, her girls-to-the-front bravado, her urge to ransack everycorner of pop history, her determination to turn any chorus into a ridiculousspectacle. So let's step back from the image and pay homage to herone-of-a-kind songbook – because the weirdest and mostfascinating thing about Taylor Swift will always be her music.
Taylor可能是这个星球上最后一个真正的摇滚明星,她常有惊为天人之举,但也会犯灾难性的大错,因为这就是摇滚明星所为。这些歌很好地概括了她的智慧与同理心,她对泛滥情感的独到眼光,挺身而出一往无前的勇敢,横扫流行乐历史每一隅的渴望,还有把每一段副歌都变成现实透镜的决心。所以不要再管她的公众形象如何如何了,向她绝无仅有的歌曲集合致意吧,因为关于Taylor Swift的所有事情中,最奇怪,最让人着迷的永远是她的音乐。
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二楼说明:因为曲目众多所以更新稍慢,争取今天翻完。
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115. "Bad Blood" (2014)
Melodicallyparched, lyrically unfinished, rhythmically clunky – this was a mighty strangepick for a single from an album as loaded as 1989. There are a million thingsTaylor has in common with Paul McCartney – one is that celebrity grievancestend to sound like a penny-ante waste of their time, even when they're totallyunderstandable (unless you're a fan of Macca's "Dear Boy," where JohnLennon is his Katy Perry). The single remix is improved by Kendrick Lamar – buthe wasn't saving his A-game for this one.
Bestline: "Band-Aids don't fix bullet holes."
干巴巴的曲调配上半成品一样的词,再加上笨重的节奏,内容丰富如五专,居然选出这么首歌打单真是太奇怪了。Taylor和Paul McCartney相像的的地方千桩百处,其中之一就是他们表达怨气的歌都像是下注时押错地方的钱,尽管他们的举动是可以理解的(你要是不这么想,除非你是Paul的歌Dear Boy的粉丝,这里面John Lennon就是对应的BB里的KP)。单曲版里的Kendrick Lamar把这首歌提升了点档次,但是他也没有拿出绝活。
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114."Santa Baby" (2007)
Yes,she made a Christmas album, which is full of contenders for the basement ofthis list. But an oldie about a gold digger wooing Little Saint Nick wasperhaps a dubious pick for a singer still in her teens.
Bestline: "I've been an awful good girl."
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没错,TS出过一张圣诞专辑,里面的歌基本都是榜单垫底位置的有力竞争者。但是一个青春少女翻唱这么一首描述拜金女孩追求圣诞老人的老歌可是够让人生疑的。
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辛苦sunny了。
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113."A Place in This World" (2006)
Apprenticework from the debut, when she was still learning the ropes as a countrysongwriter. Yet, the seeds of greatness are already there. Historicalsignificance: This was the song where Tay discovered rain imagery, which in herhands was the equivalent of Sir Isaac Newton inventing calculus.
Bestline: "I'll be strong/I'll be wrong/But life goes on."
首专时期的习作,这时候她还在学习如何谱写乡村歌曲。不过成长为伟大创作者的种子已在此处埋下。历史性的一刻:在这首歌中Tay发现了雨的意象,这在她的职业生涯里,重要性等同于牛顿发明微积分。
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112."Christmas Must Be Something More" (2007)
Ahymn about how Jesus is the reason for the season, with the hook, "Sohere's to the birthday boy who saved our lives." Unlike most boys Swiftsings about, Jesus didn't comment publicly.
Bestline: "What would happen if God never let it snow?"
一首关于耶稣是庆祝圣诞节的缘由的颂歌,抓耳部分歌词是:"Sohere's to the birthday boy who saved our lives."不像大多数Swift在歌中唱到过的男生们一样,耶稣没有公开评价过这首歌。
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稣哥当然不会为了这么点儿小事(对他而言)公开评价赞美他的歌
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111."I'm Only Me When I'm With You" (2006)
Couldthere be a less Swiftian sentiment? For better or worse, this girl is always herself. That's kinda the point.
Bestline: "I'm only up when you're not down/Don't wanna fly if you're still onthe ground."
还能有比这首歌的歌名更不像Swift本人作风的观点吗?不管是好是坏,Swift永远都是她自己。这才是重点啊亲。
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110."Two Is Better Than One" With Boys Like Girls (2009)
Along, long, very long duet with former Good Charlotte and Fall Out Boytourmates Boys Like Girls, who are either from London or Nashville (they seemto switch accents at random).
Bestline: "You already got me coming…undone."
一首长长长到过分的合作曲,合作对象是曾经与Good Charlotte和Fall Out Boy的搭档巡演的Boys Like Girls,这个组合可能是伦敦的也可能是纳什维尔的(好像他们能随机切换口音)。
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109."Out of the Woods" (2014)
Taylorloves to sing about boyfriends who are terrible drivers, but this guy takes theprize – he crashes her snowmobile and gets 20 stitches in the hospital. Call acab, girl.
Bestline: "Two paper airplanes flying, flying, flying."
Taylor喜欢在歌里写开车技术烂到爆的男朋友,但是这个男的得了头奖——他开雪地摩托车的时候出了车祸,在医院里缝了20针呢。还是叫个计程车吧妹子。
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Rob Sheffield简直对OOTW mean for no reason,制作和其他那么好的歌词都被他扔哪里去了[喷]
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这层楼简直实名反对[呵呵]
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108."Silent Night" (2007)
Thisbizarre version manages to miss almost every single note in the melody. Theysure were in a rush to get this Christmas album out.
Bestline: "Shepherds quake at the sight."
这个奇怪的翻唱版本巧妙地避开了每一个准音,大机器当初发这张专辑的时候肯定蛮急的吧。
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107."Both of Us" With B.o.B (2012)
Nicetry at remaking "Airplanes," but that Hayley Williams lightning doesnot strike twice.
Bestline: "Your money's all gone, and you lose your whip."
想复刻’Airplanes’的成功,想法还不错,但是HayleyWilliams的魔力可是换人就消失的。
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说实在我挺喜欢这首歌的
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106."The Last Time" With Gary Lightbody (2012)
Herduet with the guy from Snow Patrol. Unfortunately, their voices don't mesh atall – what, is he auditioning for a Spandau Ballet tribute band? The funnymoment is the trèsEighties synth-horn blurp at the three-minute mark.
Bestline: "This is the last time I'm asking you this/Put my name at the top ofyour list."
她和Snow Patrol里的Gary合作的歌曲。不幸的是,他们的声音完全融不到一起去。他到底在干嘛啊?是在为斯潘道芭蕾舞剧团的乐队试音吗?好笑的节点在3分钟附近,那个八十年代合成器鼓噪。
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太mean了,这首歌我最爱之一
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105."The Outside" (2006)
Stilla rookie, still learning, still trying to get away with "read between thelines" and "the road less traveled by" in the same verse.
Bestline: "Nothing ever works the first few times/Am I right?"
当时的她还是个菜鸟,还在学习,还会犯在同一段主歌中既让你自己去体会歌词深意,又把歌曲主题昭昭然写出这样的低级错误。
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