我隐秘的世界 - 莎拉厂牌的故事（2014）

We also sent it to Cherry Red
同时也寄给了Cherry Red
Rough Trade and Factory
还有Rough Trade和Factory
I love the idea that we had the nerve
我们当时可真有勇气
to send it to Factory
敢把小样寄给Factory
they must have laughed
他们一定笑死了
And Sarah actually got back to us
Sarah真的回复了
They were the only record label
只有这个厂牌回了
that got back to us and said yeah
他们说 不错
The Field Mice
They're probably
他们大概是
the hardest band it is for us
我们最难
to be unemotional about I think
不带感情描述的乐队
We sort of saw them go from
我们差不多见证了他们
you know a little tape with the world's
从只发过一盘小小的磁带
sort of sweetest hand written letter
附有全世界最甜蜜的手写信
songs recorded in the bedroom
歌♥都是在卧室录的
you know band that didn't really exist
几乎称不上乐队的乐队
Through to
逐渐发展到
I mean I guess a band who were
我觉得差不多是
really on the cusp of something
所能达到的巅峰
Who had quite a lot of acclaim
赢得了许多赞誉
and you know played some quite big gigs
演了一些相当大型的演出
and were really very popular so
真的很受欢迎
You know to have been part of that journey
当你处于这整个历程中时
doesn't really leave you untouched
很难不为之动容
I was at school with Bobby
我和Bobby是同学
We were at high school together
是同所高中的
so we knew each other from when we were about 15
我们大约15岁就认识了
If you wanted to have a title
如果要起个名字
a good title for a Field Mice
我认为最合适The Field Mice合集
compilation record would be
的名字应该是
'Growing Up In Public' I think
《Growing Up In Public》
We didn't know what we were doing
单曲《Emma's House》出来前
Before Emma's House came out
我们都不知道自己在做什么
we'd only been playing for about 3 months 4 months
才组建了三四个月
You know, not a long time
真的不算太久
You know I think you change quite a lot
要知道在那个年纪
at that age and you maybe change
你会改变许多
daily back and forth
甚至一天里都会反复
And I think their music almost reflects that
他们的音乐正反映了这点
I mean one minute they are country
前一分钟可能还是乡村
the next they're sort of dance
下一分钟就成了舞曲
the next they're back to writing ballads
接着又回到抒情小调路线
And I think the diversity of it is
我认为这种多样性
really just phenomenal to be honest
实话说是非常惊人的
There were a lot of different sounds
当时有许多
going around at that time you know
不同的音乐风格并存
It was the start I suppose of grunge
Grunge刚刚兴起
but then there were also bands like the Stone Roses
也有The Stone Roses那样的乐队
New Order were there making great dance music
New Order创作了一些非常棒的舞曲
There were a lot of different influences
存在许多不同的影响
around and we were never thinking
我们从没想过
we mustn't listen to that
一定不能听某些音乐
We played dates but a lot of the time
我们有过一些演出 但大多数时候
when it was just the two of us it was very
只有我们两个人 感觉非常
it wasn't very much
真的不太……
it wasn't fun
不太有趣
You know we never came off stage thinking
我们走下台的时候
yeah rock and roll you know!
从没有非常摇滚的感觉
Or that was fantastic
觉得刚刚演得很好
No we generally went on stage very scared
通常都是胆战心惊地上台
and got off stage very scared
然后胆战心惊地下台
When Harvey joined
Harvey（Williams）加入以后
we had another guitar
我们加了一把吉他
and sometimes a keyboard part
有时还有键盘
which gave us a bit more sound
让我们的音乐多了点层次
So once Harvey came in
Harvey来了以后
it became more enjoyable for me
演出比以前享受得多 对我而言
It was fantastic
那种感觉很妙
Yeah it was really,
真的是
you know it was like being in a proper band
感觉加入了一支真正的乐队
And certainly when we then got
后来有了Mark打鼓
Mark in the drummer and Anne Mari
Anne Mari也加入以后
it was like you know a full proper band
感觉全员都到齐了
We played a gig in Toulouse
我们在图卢兹演了一场
and we were driving to this place
是开车去的
and it was through fields and fields
路过一大♥片♥向日葵
of sunflowers and it was just gorgeous
景色非常美丽
Absolutely gorgeous but it was
绝对壮观
in the middle of nowhere
但前不着村后不着店
and you think oh this is going to be
你开始想
one of those gigs were there's
接下来的某场演出
like 12 people at the front and you are
可能台下会只有12个人
looking into their eyes playing
就这样大眼瞪小眼地演出
and it's all a bit awkward
场面一定会非常尴尬
And it was just amazing
但结果完全出乎意料
I don't know where these people came from
我都不知道这些人从哪里来的
but it was packed
但是场地满了
And suddenly there was this French mosh pit
然后人群突然就mosh了起来
and they all knew every word
他们还知道
to every song and it was
每首歌♥的每句歌♥词
that was fantastic
太不可思议了
You just think
你会想
where did everybody come from?
这些人到底是从哪来的？
You know fundamentally
根本上来说
the songs were built from Bobby's creations
这些歌♥都出自Bobby之手
There was no jamming or anything like that
没有任何即兴成分
Bobby would right say here's
Bobby会对你说
a song that I've written
这是我写的一首歌♥
The chords were done
和♥弦♥已经完成了
the arrangement was pretty much done
我肯定在他脑子里
in his head I'm sure
整个编曲也差不多搞完了
the music, the words were always ready
音乐歌♥词也都就绪
Yeah it's you know, Bobby is the talent
你知道的 Bobby就是一个天才
I genuinely think Robert Wratten
我真心觉得Robert Wratten
is one of you know the great English songwriters
是非常伟大的英国创作人之一
You feel like you've got this almost portal
你会感觉自己好像找到了
into his world and his life
通往他的内心、生活
and his emotions
和情感世界的入口
So I think that's one of the things
我想这就是为什么
that made them so popular with people
他们如此受欢迎的原因之一
I think that real sort of emotional fragility as well
他不惧怕表露
that he wasn't afraid to display
自己的那种情感脆弱
Something comes across through those vocals
从那些歌♥声和歌♥词里
and through those lyrics
传递出的东西
that seems incredibly personal
是极为个人的
You know like more personal than
超出了大多数其他乐队
than most bands ever allow themselves to be
允许自我暴露情感的底线
Really going against the grain of a lot of the stuff
这和当时其他许多人的做法
that was around at the time
是截然不同的
This was a time when
那是Nirvana和Oasis
Nirvana and Oasis were big
正当红的时期
And the mood was very much whatever
大家都是一副无所谓的样子
you know whereas here came along a band
然而出现了这样一个乐队
and a label
和这样一个厂牌
that for me was saying
告诉我说
that it's worth striving after truth
追求真理是值得的
it's worth striving after beauty
追求美感是值得的
Working with them was sometimes quite emotional
和他们的合作有时会非常情绪化
I mean really they wanted to spend time
他们想要花时间
in the studio and experiment