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Dan Mulligan. Born 1966.Headed A and R department at Island Records for two years.
丹·穆里根 生于1966年 在島嶼唱片公司星探部待了兩年
Left to cofound indie label Distressed Records with Harvard classmate Saul Byron.
后與哈佛同學索爾·拜倫 創辦了獨立廠牌 憂郁唱片公司
So you own Distressed Records?
所以說 憂郁唱片公司是你的嗎
I sold all my interests due to emotional difficulties.
由于情緒問題 我把我的股份都賣了
What emotional difficulties?
什么情緒問題
I was too emotional. Read on.
我太情緒化 繼續讀
Very active on the hip-hop scene in New York in the early '90s,
九十年代初 活躍在紐約嘻哈音樂界
the pair were responsible for discovering numerous breakthrough artists. Won two Grammys as producer.
兩人挖掘了許多大紅的新人 贏得兩屆格萊美最佳制片人獎
Lives in New York with wife, music journalist,Miriam Hart, and their daughter.
與妻子米里亞姆·哈特和女兒住在紐約 其妻為音樂記者
What happened to the Grammys?
格萊美獎杯呢
I pawned them.
我拿去當了
You pawned them?How much did you get for them?
你當了 當了多少錢
125 for the both of them,which got me nice and wasted one weekend a couple months ago.
兩個125塊 幾個月前 只用了一個星期我就花光了
Were you drunk when you heard my song?
你聽我唱歌的時候醉了嗎
Absolutely, that's when the magic happens.
當然 喝醉了才有魔力
What magic?
什么魔力
I hear things.
我會聽到一些聲音
You hear things?Arrangements.
什么聲音 編曲
You need to be drunk for that sort of thing.
只有醉了才能體驗到
You must've been drunk tonight,because nobody else heard anything.
你今晚肯定是醉了 因為別人都沒聽到
No, your song's good. It's you.Standing up there like a tomboy.I don't mean to be offensive,but don't you think that look's a little passé?
你的歌很好聽 就是你 像個假小子一樣站在臺上 我沒有惡意 不過你不覺得自己有點過時嗎
Really?
真的嗎
Seriously. We get you a look and a killer video,and you'll go straight to the top.
真的 我們給你換個造型 再拍個MV 保證你火速躥紅
I'm thinking Norah Jones,singer-songwriter thing at a piano.
我想到了諾拉·瓊斯在鋼琴上彈唱作曲
Or the... or The Cardigans,back in the day, when they...when they first came to America?
或是羊毛衫合唱團回到他們剛來美國的...那個黃金時代
Maybe even Deborah Harry.A male band behind you.
或者黛布拉·哈里 一個男子樂隊站在你身后
What? You find that amusing?
你覺得這很好笑嗎
No, I'm sorry, something went down the wrong way.Sorry? No, you were saying
抱歉 我有點走神了 你說什么來著
Me with a Cardigan on? Norah Jones?
我和羊毛衫合唱團 諾拉·瓊斯
Babe, who the fuck do you think you are?
親愛的 你把自己當誰了
You're gonna stand up on a stage with a beat-up guitar and you think you're Carole fucking King?
站在臺上拿著把破吉他就覺得自己是卡洛爾·金嗎
No, I just think that an A&R man telling an artist how they should dress or come across is total bullshit.
我只是覺得你作為一個星探卻告訴歌手要模仿別人 簡直是扯淡
People don't want that. They want authenticity.
人們不喜歡這些 他們要原創
OK, babe. Authenticity.Give me the name of one artist that you think passes your authenticity test.
天啊 寶貝 原創 那你說一個你覺得原創氣息最濃的人
Dylan.
迪倫
Dylan!That is the most cultivated artist you could've thought of.His hair, his sunglasses. He changes his look every decade.
迪倫嗎 他簡直是太有藝術氣息了 那破發型 破墨鏡 十年才換一次造型
Randy Newman. I fucking love Randy Newman.
蘭迪·紐曼 我愛死蘭迪·紐曼了
OK? You got me on that.Listen to me.
算你贏了 聽好
I am not saying that you can't be a real bona fide motherfucker in this business,but you got to do whatever it takes and get people in to see your shows,where the music can start to do its real work.
我不是說你不可以在這個行業里做自己 但你得全力以赴 讓別人去看你的演出 然后才能用音樂打動他們
Oh, my God. What are we even talking about?You can't sign me, and I don't want to be signed.
天啊 為什么我們要談這個 你簽不了我 我也不想簽約
That's right! What's not to like?
沒錯 這樣最棒了
Come on, let's get out of here.Ah, shit. You're gonna have to get these beers, though.
我們走吧 該死 麻煩你買單了
