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Michael called me when he got home from doing Motown 25,
邁克爾后來打給我 《摩城25周年紀念》表演回家后
and said, 'l've just given the greatest performance of my life. '
跟我說 我剛經歷了此生最棒的表演
How excited we all were for him,
我們都很替他興奮
it was like, 'l guess l've arrived, ' you know?
有種我終于到達這境界的感覺
With an armful of Grammys. lt was wonderful.
通吃了葛萊美各獎項 真的很棒
Michael!
邁克爾!
Michael Jackson is one of the greatest artists of all time,
邁克爾·杰克遜是史上最偉大的歌手之一
who transcended being labelled black, white, red, yellow,
跨越了種族的界線
it didn't matter, he appealed to everybody, everywhere.
全世界所有人都愛戴他
l think he came here ready 'cause he always wanted to be a superstar.
我想他一直都準備要當名巨星
He was wearing little rings on his fingers when he was a little man, you know.
他小時候就喜歡戴戒指
He was vety conscious
他很強烈的意識到
of the iconoclastic nature of 'Michael Jackson, '
邁克爾·杰克遜這個偶像的光環
and what it would mean historically.
以及他在歷史上的定位
Michael's image was vety important to him，
邁克爾非常注重他的形象
because Fred Astaire and the people that he studied,
因為那些他所學習的榜樣 佛雷·亞斯坦
Jackie Willson, James Brown...
杰基·威爾遜 詹姆斯·布郎...
How are they being revered? Why are they so terrific and what did they do?
他們是如何擄獲粉絲的心? 他們為何如此成功?
And he was a great student.
他是個很聰明的學生
lt just didn't come upon him,
他不是突然開竅
he studied his craft, he worked at it.
而是非常努力
He was directing his career,
主導著自己的事業
he was so street smart
他很機靈
and he knew how to make a campaign work,
知道怎么營銷
and more importantly, how to make it last.
更清楚怎么去維持
