prince

[00:01.42]聊天大王和王子的風采

[00:02.84]LARRY KING .HOST:Tonight,he’s

rocked, he’s shocked,

[00:04.43]拉里·金(主持人)：今晚，他攜著搖滾和震撼而來，

[00:06.01]he’s

been telling us to party like it’s 1999 for 17 years, the artist formerly known

as Prince is our

guest,

[00:10.24]十七年以來一直像1999年那樣告訴我們去參加派對;今晚，我們的客座嘉賓就是以前以“王子”聞名的，

[00:14.47]a

music world original, next on LARRY KING

LIVE.

[00:16.69]原創音樂藝人，他會出現在接下來的拉里·金現場直播節目。

[00:18.90]It’s a great

pleasure to have with us tonight the artist formerly known as

Prince.

[00:21.51]今晚，我們很榮幸相約前知名藝人“王子”與我們相聚。

[00:24.12]His first album in

three years has just been

released.

[00:25.83]他三年以來的首張專輯剛剛發行，

[00:27.54]It’s called "Rave Un2 the

Joy Fantastic."There you see the cover of the CD.

[00:31.14]名為《Rave Un2 the

Joy Fantastic》。這里我們可以看到這張CD的封套。

[00:34.74]And for the artist, the obvious

first question is why three

years?

[00:37.93]我們要問“王子”的第一個問題顯然就是，為什么時隔三年才推出?

[00:41.11]PRINCE:Well,

there’re three things I wanted to get out of my system,mainly "The Crystal Ball

Project,"

[00:44.39]“王子”：有三件東西是我想從我的音樂里面剔除掉——可以稱之為“水晶球計劃”

[00:47.66]which

was a reissue of a lot of the bootlegs that have been coming out all over the

world.

[00:50.13]就是把在全世界出版的翻版歌碟中的大多數歌重新發行。

[00:52.60]I am probably one of

the most bootlegged artists out

there.

[00:54.59]我可能是受翻版之害最甚的藝人之一。

[00:56.59]I wanted to clean that up and

get the real good mixes out,

[00:58.61]如果有機會完成的話，我想把它清理清理。

[01:00.62]let

people hear what they’re really supposed to sound like if ever given the chance

to complete them.

[01:03.74]做一張真正的好專輯，讓人們聽一聽這些音樂本來的聲音。

[01:06.85]KING:So

that’s the reason for this space of

time?

[01:08.71]金：這就是花了這么長的時間的原因?

[01:10.56]THE ARTIST:Yes .We did a

couple of other projects.

[01:12.09]“王子”：是這樣，我們還策劃了另外幾個項目。

[01:13.62]I was

working with Chaka Khan. I did an album with her, and with Larry

Graham.

[01:16.75]我和Chaka Khan合作。我和Larry Graham一起做了一張唱片。

[01:19.88]KING:

She’s terrific.

[01:20.78]金：她非常了不起。

[01:21.68]THE ARTIST: Yes , she

is.

[01:22.78]“王子”：確實如此。

[01:23.88]KING: What can an artist do about

bootlegging?

[01:25.48]金：作為一個藝人，對于盜版能做些什么呢?

[01:27.08]THE ARTIST: What the

best thing you can do is go back and get those mixes again and fix them up the

way you always saw them completed

,

[01:31.60]“王子”：做些什么——需要做的事就是回去重新錄一遍音，看著它們按照慣常的方式完成。

[01:36.12]adn then

,you know ,reissue them.

[01:37.45]然后，重新發行。

[01:38.78]KING:Does the

listener know if they buy one of these in Germany that this isn’t what you

intended?

[01:41.61]金：如果人們在德國買到的不是按你的本意發行的唱片，他們自己知道嗎?

[01:44.44]THE ARTIS:

A lot of my so-called fans do, and they actually thrive off the fact that it’s

stolen property, you

know.

[01:48.20]“王子”：我的很多所謂的歌迷就是這樣。而且他們的隊伍日趨壯大，對于這是一種產權剝竊的事實視而不見。

[01:51.96]KING:You

are--you would admit to being an unusual

personality?

[01:54.93]金：你是否認為你的個性很特別呢?

[01:57.90]THE ARTIST: It

depends.

[01:58.87]“王子”：那比較難講，視情況而定。

[01:59.84]KING:Well, let’s say you’re

different.

[02:01.12]金：那，至少可以說你是與眾不同的。

[02:02.40]THE ARTIST: As compared

to what?

[02:03.57]“王子”：和什么相比較呢?

[02:04.74]KING: As compared to most

people in , let’s say,show business, you’re an unusual

person.

[02:07.49]金：和大多數演藝界的人相比，你是一個獨特的人。

[02:10.25]Most people don’t get

famous with one name and then change it,right,would you

say?

[02:12.97]許多人并不是以一個名字成名之后就換個名字，對嗎?

[02:15.68]What’s the story on that

,by the way?

[02:17.27]你能順便講講這里面的故事嗎?

[02:18.85]THE ARTIST: Well, I had to

search deep within my heart and

spirit,

[02:20.71]“王子”：我得深入到自己的內心與靈魂中去，

[02:22.56]and I wanted to make a

change and move to a new plateau in my

life.

[02:24.85]我想要有一些改變，想要達到生活的另一個高度。

[02:27.13]And one of the ways in

which I did that was to change my name.

[02:29.40]改名字是方式之一。

[02:31.67]It

sort of divorced me from the past and all the hangups that go along with

it.

[02:34.19]它多少能夠讓我和過去以及與過去相連的那些煩心事分離開來，

[02:36.71]I was as it’s been

well chronicled in deep dispute with my record

label....

[02:39.82]以前……由于我的名字和唱片商標權之間的爭拗由來已久……

[02:42.94]KING: Which is

Warner Bros..right?

[02:43.98]金：是和華納兄弟，對嗎?

[02:45.02]THE ARTIST:

Yes.

[02:45.76]“王子”：對。

[02:46.50]KING: Which owns this network, I might

add, just to throw...

[02:48.35]金：我想補充的是，擁有網絡的人只是想扔下……

[02:50.21]THE

ARTIST: Oh ,they do?

[02:51.23]“王子”：噢，是嗎?

[02:52.26]KING:

Yes.

[02:53.30]金：是的。

[02:54.35]THE ARTIST: They --we had some issues that

were basically about ownership of the music and how often I was supposed to

record and things like that

.

[02:59.21]“王子”：他們……我們之間有一些爭議，主要是基于音樂的所有權以及我應該多久出一張唱片之類的。

[03:04.07]We

got along otherwise.

[03:05.20]不過我們還是繼續合作。

[03:06.34]We just had come to

ahead in those types of ..

[03:08.32]我們只是在那些類型的……方面有些爭議。

[03:10.30]KING:

So there was no clash over what you would record or what kind of music you were

singing ,et

cetera?

[03:13.32]金：就是說和你要錄制什么或者你演唱哪種類型的歌曲方面并沒有什么沖突對嗎?

[03:16.34]None of

that ?

[03:16.90]沒有任何這樣的沖突?

[03:17.46]THE ARTIST: No ,no creative issues

whatsoever.

[03:19.03]“王子”：沒有，創作方面的爭議一點都沒有。

[03:20.59]And they were

gracious enough to allow me a very wide palate to , you know ,put colors

onto.

[03:23.92]他們給了我權利去體會，去增加一些色彩。

[03:27.25]KING: About the highest risk

one would think someone who gets famous would take is to drop the name that got

them famous.

[03:31.43]金：在我們看來，一個名人丟掉他們藉以出名的那個名字將會冒最大的風險。

[03:35.60]THE

ARTIST: Well,that was one of the things that I dealt with , is that I really

searched deep within to find out the

answer

[03:39.28]“王子”：這是我要面對的事情之一，我深入到自己的內心中去尋找答案，

[03:42.95]to whether

fame was most important to me or my spiritual well being,and I chose the

latter.

[03:46.03]聲名顯赫與心靈安寧，哪一個對我更重要?我選擇了后者。

[03:49.10]KING: Was it

difficult to not be what you had become known as

?

[03:51.34]金：成為一個和以前那個為人所知的你不同的人是不是很難呢?

[03:53.57]THE ARTIST: You

mean...

[03:54.41]“王子”：你是指……

[03:55.26]KING: I think --well, let’s

say--the only other famous person I know who did this was Cassius

Clay.

[03:58.77]金：我想……我所知道的另一個也是唯一一個這么做的名人是Cassius Clay.

[04:02.28]He’s a

dear friend, and he changed his name to Muhammad Ali as heavy weight champion of

the world.

[04:05.32]我們這位親愛的朋友在成為世界重量級拳擊比賽冠軍之后更名為穆罕默德·阿里。

[04:08.36]That

was incredible to change your

name.

[04:09.59]改名字是讓人不可思議的一件事。

[04:10.81]That was due to a faith

belief.

[04:12.09]這件事取決于一個人的信仰。

[04:13.37]But he wasn’t selling

records.

[04:14.54]不過他并沒有賣唱片。

[04:15.71]He was in the ring as long as he

won ,it sold.

[04:17.60]他是在拳擊場，他只要贏，就能賺錢。

[04:19.49]You ,though ,a person

in show business, is almost dependent on

recognition.

[04:22.42]而你是在演藝圈，一個幾乎完全靠知名度的地方，

[04:25.36]You stopped being

Prince.

[04:26.67]你改了名字就不再是“王子”了。

[04:27.98]THE ARTIST: Well, I --that’s a

good point.

[04:29.57]“王子”：你說的很不錯。

[04:31.15]I pretty much wanted to be

dependent upon God.

[04:33.01]但我很想聽從上帝的指引。

[04:34.86]And when you get the

inner calling to do something and you know that you’re being inspired by

God,

[04:37.69]當你內心的呼聲要求你做什么而你知道這是上帝在指引你時，

[04:40.51]you pretty much know

you’d better answer that call or suffer the

consequences.

[04:43.23]你會清楚的知道，最好是聽從這一呼聲，否則你會為此而痛苦。

[04:45.95]KING: Do

you think this was God inspired as

well?

[04:47.53]金：你認為這件事也是上帝在指引你嗎?

[04:49.12]THE ARTIST: I do believe,

yes.

[04:50.16]“王子”：是的，我確實這么認為。

[04:51.20]KING: Ok,next

question,hmm,..

[04:52.84]金：好，下一個問題是……