遥不可及 这可不行
♪ Is out of reach, not good enough ♪
我不知道 你到底想从我这里得到什么…
♪ I don’t know What the hell you want from me, oh… ♪
基本上 在那段时间 我有过三个女朋友
Basically, all through that time, I’d had three girlfriends
而且我也一直在
and I’d cruise as well
从小长大的郊区寻找床伴
out in the suburbs where I grew up
那个时候 我是个很困惑的男孩
Confused boy, wasn’t I, really, at the time?
♪ Do do do ♪
♪ La la la la la… ♪
我欺骗了自己
I deluded myself
有人告诉我
♪ Somebody tell me, oh ♪ -♪ Won’t you tell me? ♪
-噢 -你不告诉我吗?
我为何要为你如此努力 -给你钱…
♪ Why I work so hard for you ♪ -♪ Give you money… ♪
我们开始了一次重要的英国巡演
We went on a major UK tour
现在你告诉我 你有了我的孩子
♪ And now you tell me That you’re having my baby ♪
我会告诉你 我很开心 如果你愿意的话…
♪ I’ll tell you that I’m happy If you want me to… ♪
规模超大的一次巡演
It was a far bigger scale
(伦敦)
♪ One step further ♪
(大型巡演 1984年至1985年)
♪ And my back will break ♪
如果最好的我依旧…
♪ If my best isn’t… ♪
我们演唱会的票都卖♥♥空了
And we were selling out arenas
(都柏林)
我们在专辑名称上花了巧思
We had fun with the album title
威猛乐队 功成名就
Wham! Make It Big
这是乔治的主意 这是个好主意
It was George’s idea. It was a great idea
这让我们俩乐不可支
It amused us immensely
这是我们所做的很多事情的 主要驱动力之一
and that was one of the primary drivers for a lot of things we did
我们要带着它世界巡演
We were gonna take it around the world
今天是威猛乐队表演日 这里是富有异国情调的…
It’s Wham! Day and coming to you from an exotic location…
(威猛乐队 日本站)
♪ How can it be good enough for two? ♪
(东京)
因为威猛乐队在全世界都很火爆
Because Wham! are big all around the world
为了能看一眼威猛乐队
To get a glimpse of Wham!
歌♥迷在墨尔本机场外露营 等了一整晚
they camped overnight at Melbourne Airport
(悉尼)
威猛乐队
Wham!
有人告诉我
♪ Somebody tell me, oh ♪ -♪ Won’t you tell me? ♪
-噢 -你不告诉我吗?
我为何要为你如此努力 -给你钱
♪ Why I work so hard for you ♪ -♪ Give you money ♪
噢 给你钱 噢…
♪ Oh, to give you money, oh! ♪
尽管巡演非常成功
But despite a successful tour
但对乔治来说
for George
排行榜才是对其天赋的最终评判
chart position was the ultimate validation of his talent
(威猛乐队 第一名)
拿到第一名对他来说真的很重要
To get to number one really mattered to him
(1《自♥由♥》威猛乐队)
♪ Oh! ♪
(1《无心快语》 3 《自♥由♥》)
♪ Why do I do the things I do? ♪
我为什么要做这些事…
(1《功成名就》 威猛)
如果我知道 就会告诉你…
♪ I’d tell you if I knew… ♪
乔治需要作为词曲作者的成功
George needed success as a songwriter
来获得个人肯定
for personal affirmation
我甚至不觉得我爱你…
♪ I don’t even think that I love you ♪
某个星期日
One Sunday
在他妈妈爸爸的家里 电视里正在播放一场足球赛
at his mum and dad’s house, there was a football match on the TV
除了我和安德鲁 没人在家
No one was in except Andrew and I
约格一下子跳起来说:“我要上楼”
And Yog just sat up bolt upright and said, “I’ve gotta go upstairs.”
“我有了个想法”
“I’ve got an idea.”
我把曲子录到 那个四轨移♥动♥磁带录音机里
And I wrote it on one of those four-track portastudios
我走下楼 对安德鲁说:“我写好了”
I went downstairs, and I said to Andrew, “I’ve done it.”
“今年我们要取得四个第一
I said, “We’re gonna have four number ones this year
我们会获得圣诞节第一
and we’re gonna have a Christmas number one
我刚已经把歌♥写好了”
and I’ve just written it.”
我给他播放了一遍 他说: “老天啊 这可真是…厉害”
I played it to him, and he went, “Fuck yeah, that’s… Yeah.”
你懂我的意思吗?
Know what I mean?
圣诞快乐
♪ Happy Christmas ♪
《去年圣诞》的音乐视频
The “Last Christmas” video shoot
我们在位于瑞士阿尔卑斯山高处的
we shot it in Saas-Fee in Switzerland
萨斯费进行拍摄
high in the Alps
♪ Ah, ah ♪
(威猛乐队 《去年圣诞》)
♪ Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ♪
去年圣诞 我将心交给你
但是第二天 你就弃我而去
♪ But the very next day You gave it away ♪
今年…
♪ This year… ♪
圣诞节对约格来说一直都很重要
Christmas was a big deal for Yog, always
《去年圣诞》必须传达出这一切
“Last Christmas” had to convey all of that
♪ Last Christmas… ♪
我们所感受到的那种圣诞氛围
That sense of Christmas as we perceived it
一种奇幻感
a fantasy
你弃我而去…
♪ You gave it away… ♪
《去年圣诞》拍摄基本上 用的都是我们的朋友
“Last Christmas” was all our mates, basically
我们在那里度过了一段美好的时光
And we had a whale of a time
…给一个特别的人…
♪ …to someone special ♪ -♪ Special ♪
你可以想象 大家的兴致都很高
Spirits were really high, as you can imagine
我们热衷于出自己的洋相
We were so taking the piss out of ourselves
一朝被蛇咬 十年怕井绳…
♪ Once bitten and twice shy… ♪
我记得 我们结束了一天的拍摄之后…
And I remember, as we went through the filming of the day…
傻乎乎的助理导演
The assistant director, in his wisdom
had filled each glass to the brim
把每个杯子都倒得满满当当
都是烈酒 很多烈酒
Real booze, loads of booze
♪ It doesn’t surprise me ♪
而且我认为我们共同的幽默 融入了我们所做的很多事情
And I think our joint humor went into so much of what we did
我认为 当时我们有意
I think there was a deliberate attempt
不惜一切代价避免真正的肤浅
at avoiding true slickness at all costs
…我曾经多么愚蠢…
♪ …what a fool I’ve been… ♪
从那时起 情况就开始失控
You know, it went downhill from there
不停地一口干 越来越醉
Knockin’ it back, getting gradually more drunk
去年圣诞 我将心交给你…
♪ Last Christmas, I gave you my heart… ♪
我觉得有趣的是 到处都是头发
What I think’s funny is how much hair there is
头发太多 你几乎都看不清是谁
You can barely see the people for all the hair
今年 为了不再泪流
♪ This year, to save me from tears ♪
我会将我的心给一个特别的人…
♪ I’ll give it to someone special… ♪
一片混乱
It was mayhem
实际上 这是一次非凡的视频拍摄
It was a remarkable video shoot that it ever got made, actually
我就实话实说了
to be honest with you
你却将那外表扯碎
♪ But you tore him apart ♪
也许明年…
♪ Maybe next year… ♪
我们知道自己已经取得了多项第一
We knew we had a number one on our hands
12月的第二周推出了新歌♥
The release was for the second week in December
一张特版流行唱片的销♥售♥
The Ethiopian famine appeal
会推动大家对埃塞俄比亚饥荒的关注
will be boosted by sales of a special pop record
超过25位歌♥手在伦敦今日的 录制过程中 免费献唱
Over 25 stars sang for nothing at today’s recording session in London
所有收益都将用来饥荒救济
and all the proceeds will go to famine relief
当我们从萨斯费回来的时候
When we returned from Saas-Fee
办公室发出一份
the office sent a request
参加慈善录制活动的要求
to attend a recording for a charity record
当布姆镇鼠的鲍勃格尔多夫
When Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats
看到来自埃塞俄比亚的电视画面时
saw the TV pictures from Ethiopia
他决定自己必须做点什么
he decided he had to do something
他发现自己的摇滚乐朋友们也有同感
and he found his rock-music friends felt the same
于是威猛乐队的乔治迈克尔 警♥察♥乐队的史汀
So George Michael of Wham!, Sting of the Police
史班杜芭蕾的汤尼哈德利
Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet
芭娜娜拉玛和其他群星歌♥手
Bananarama, and a score of other stars
齐聚一堂 录制一首 表示自己态度的圣诞歌♥曲
gathered to record a Christmas song with a message
所有收益都将捐给埃塞俄比亚
from which all the profits will go to Ethiopia
喂饱全世界…
♪ Feed the world… ♪
当有很多其他流行歌♥星在场时 我总是会很害羞
I always get really shy when there’s loads and loads of other pop stars about
我会突然一声不吭
I just tend to clam up a bit
但一切都很顺利 这首歌♥很朗朗上口
But it’s been good. The song’s really catchy
这对我们冲击第四次第一 构成了严重的威胁
It’s a major threat to our fourth number one
你们的第四次第一? 你们下一首单曲是什么?
Fourth number one. What’s your next single?
名字是《去年圣诞》
It’s called “Last Christmas.” It’s a Christmas single
很有圣诞氛围吗? -非常有
Is it very Christmassy? -Very
我没法叫你唱几句 你会很郁闷
I can’t ask you to sing a bit. You’ll get mortified
我唱几句给你听 -好吧
You can’t ask? I’ll sing you a bit. -All right
是这样… -好
It goes… -Right
去年圣诞 我将心交给你
♪ Last Christmas, I gave you my heart ♪
但是第二天 你就弃我而去…
♪ But the very next day You gave it away… ♪

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