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l received phone calls, l received threats.
我收到了謾罵的電話還有威脅
There was a lot of prejudice in the business.
當(dāng)時這行里的種族歧視還滿嚴(yán)重的
Black records usually had to cross over from being R&B to pop stations.
非裔唱片通常都是從R&B電臺 跨越到流行樂電臺
Very rarely did a pop station just go on a black record.
很少有流行樂電臺去迎合非裔唱片
lt's the most ridiculous thing in the world when you think of it now
現(xiàn)在想想覺得很荒謬
because it's not like that any more.
因為當(dāng)今的音樂界 完全不是這么一回事
But it sure was in the '60s and '70s.
但在60與70年代確實如此
Music business was segregated
音樂界當(dāng)時實行種族隔離政策
and even though the Jackson 5 had crossed over,
雖然杰克遜五人組踏了進來
there was just always this thing that was going on
卻永遠(yuǎn)都還是有些什么
that there was a difference
R&B與流行樂之間
between R&B and pop.
終究還是不一樣
Forget the colour, listen to the music.
別管什么膚色了 認(rèn)真聽音樂
Does the music excite your audience? Yes. Play it.
音樂本身是否吸引聽眾? 有的話就播啊
Ron Alexenburg called us and asked us
郎·亞利山柏打來問我們
if we would produce them.
愿不愿當(dāng)他們的制作
l wanted to go to proven winners
我想要找已有口碑的人
and that's why l picked up the phone and called Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
所以才會打電話 給肯尼·甘柏與里昂·瑟夫
and it was only at that time that l found out that they were also
我那時才發(fā)現(xiàn)
trying to sign the Jacksons and l said,
他們本來也想簽杰克遜家族
'Well, pretend that you signed them but they're gonna be on Epic Records
我說 就假裝是你們簽到了 只是由史詩唱片公司發(fā)行
'and please produce them for me. '
拜托你們過來當(dāng)制作人
