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Michael would use some of the money from his candy store
邁克爾會拿他賣糖果的錢
to go and buy 45s,
去買唱片
because in those days, that's what kids bought, 45s.
那時的孩子都是買唱片
And if you were lucky, you'd buy an lP.
運氣好才能買黑膠唱片
But he started listening strongly to James Brown
但是他差不多從五歲起
from the time he was about five years old.
就開始很喜歡聽詹姆斯·布郎
He had a great taste for real R&B,
他很喜歡R&B音樂
gritry R&B, like Wilson Pickett,
有點粗糙的R&B 像威爾遜·皮克
the Dells,
戴爾斯合唱團
great singers like levi Stubbs.
還有像利瓦伊·史塔布斯這樣的大師
We sang country songs and we sang folk songs.
我們唱鄉村音樂也唱民謠
And then they started singing the Temptations
我們買了電視后
when we got a television.
他們就開始唱誘惑合唱團的歌
My father had a guitar that he kept locked in the closet.
我父親有一把吉他鎖在衣櫥里
One day, he didn't lockthe closet the closet
有天他忘了鎖
and l started playing that thing.
我就把它拿出來彈
l learnt evety song on the radio
我學會彈所有收音機上播放的歌曲
and made my brothers sing with me.
并逼兄弟們跟我合唱
Joseph had warned them, "Don't play my guitar, now."
約瑟夫警告過他們 別亂玩我的吉他
And so, Tito took it out and played it, and a string broke.
蒂托還是拿出來彈 結果斷了一根弦
There was no way of hiding that he hadn't had his guitar.
他玩吉他的事就曝光了
He punished him for it.
結果被懲罰
Then he said, 'let me hear you play. '
然后他說 你彈給我聽聽
And Tito played for him.
蒂托就為他彈奏
Joe just said nothing else to him,
喬之后什么都沒說只跟他說
You can play it if you want to.
喜歡就拿去彈吧
