Re: [心得] VMA award- MJ tribute wiht Jenet!!

[stopandshop (淚)]

這裡有娜姐speech的全文 (文中也有影片)

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621390/20090913/jackson_michael.jhtml


"Michael Jackson was born in August, 1958. so was I. Michael Jackson grew up
in the suburbs of the Midwest. So did I. Michael Jackson had eight brothers
and sisters. So do I. When Michael Jackson was 6 he became a superstar and
was perhaps the world's most beloved child. When I was 6 my mother died. I
think he got the shorter end of the stick.

"I never had a mother, but he never had a childhood. And when you never get
to have something, you become obsessed by it. I spent my childhood searching
for my mother figures; sometimes I was successful. But how do you recreate
your childhood when you are under the magnifying glass of the world for your
entire life?

"There is no question that Michael Jackson was one of the greatest talents
the world has ever known. ... That when he sang a song at the ripe old age of
8, he could make you feel like an experienced adult was squeezing your heart
with his words. ... That the way he moved had the elegance of Fred Astaire
and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali. ... That his music had an extra layer
of inexplicable magic that didn't just make you want to dance but actually
made you believe that you could fly, dare to dream, be anything that you
wanted to be. Because that is what heroes do. And Michael Jackson was a hero.

"He performed in soccer stadiums around the world, he sold hundreds of
millions of records, he dined with prime ministers and presidents. Girls fell
in love with him, boys fell in love with him, everyone wanted to dance like
him, he seemed otherworldly, but he was also a human being. Like most
performers, he was shy and plagued with insecurities.

"I can't say we were great friends, but in 1991 I decided I wanted to get to
know him better. I asked him out to dinner: I said, 'My treat, I'll drive,
just you and me.' He agreed and showed up to my house without any bodyguards.
We drove to the restaurant in my car. It was dark out, but he was still
wearing sunglasses. I said, 'Michael, I feel like I'm talking to a limousine,
do you think you could take off those glasses so I could see your eyes?' He
paused for a moment, then he tossed the glasses out the window, looked at me
with a wink and a smile and said, 'Can you see me now, is that better?'

"In that moment, I could see both his vulnerability and his charm. The rest
of the dinner, I was hell-bent on getting him to eat French fries, drink
wine, have dessert and say bad words, things he never seemed to allow himself
to do. Later, we went back to my house to watch a movie and we sat on the
couch like two kids, and somewhere in the middle of the film, his hand snuck
over and held mine. It felt like he was looking for a friend more than a
romance and I was happy to oblige him. And in that moment he didn't feel like
a superstar, he felt like a human being. We went out a few more times
together and then for one reason or another we fell out of touch. Then, the
witch hunt began and it seemed like one negative story after the other was
coming out about Michael. I felt his pain. I know what it's like to walk down
the street and feel like the whole world has turned against you. I know what
it's like to feel helpless and unable to defend yourself because the roar of
the lynch mob is so loud that you are convinced your voice can never be
heard.

"But I had a childhood, and I was allowed to make mistakes and find my own
way in the world without the glare of the spotlight. When I first heard that
Michael had died I was in London, days away from the opening of my tour.
Michael was going to perform in the same venue as me a week later. All I
could think about in that moment was that I had abandoned him. That we had
abandoned him. That we had allowed this magnificent creature that once set
the world on fire to somehow slip through the cracks. While he was trying to
build a family and rebuild his career, we were all busy passing judgment.
Most of us had turned our backs on him.

"In a desperate attempt to hold onto his memory, I went on the Internet to
watch old clips of him dancing and singing on TV and onstage and I thought,
'My God, he was so unique, so original, so rare. And there will never be
anyone like him again.' He was a king. But he was also a human being and
alas, we are all human beings and sometimes we have to lose things before we
can truly appreciate them. I want to end this on a positive note and say that
my sons, age 9 and 4, are obsessed with Michael Jackson. There's a whole lot
of crotch-grabbing and moonwalking going on in my house, and it seems like a
whole new generation of kids has discovered his genius and are bringing him
to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is now, he is smiling about this.

"Yes, yes Michael Jackson was a human being, but dammit, he was a king. Long
live the king."


--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) 
◆ From: 68.37.205.105
推 july24:原來91年娜姐有約MJ一起吃飯 兩個還一起吃薯條...
推 july24:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htpm8hidIPc 娜姐講的真好
推 yunnuy: 娜姐真的說的很感人..很多人都低下頭了
推 Heal:Witch Hunt..講得真好
推 marutsan:Most of us had turned our backs on him~該多無助失望..
推 TunaP:好棒好感人的演講
推 MyDice:她的演講非常感人 也只有娜姐這樣地位的人才能說出這樣的話
推 MyDice:he got the shorter end of the stick 是啥意思?
→ rafikii:他的命運不佳 (英語用抽到短籤比喻運氣不好)
推 yutakaglay:拍拍!真的說的很好!
推 QuakerH:有人可以翻譯嘛= = 英文不好...人家也想感動一下
推 sandyli:瑪丹娜說得好~還數度梗咽(聲音聽的出來QQ)
→ DiorW:他們都是天生的藝術家 只是舞台的魅力太優 蓋過他們原本的
→ DiorW:才華
推 sv1723:不介意簡字可以看這個 http://0rz.tw/7qo73
推 ulcer:推! 感人!
→ DiorW:原文感觸比較深 還是建議看原文 翻譯的語法 有時候比較不能
→ DiorW:表達真正的心意
推 oscillation:又哭了
推 yixxxx:我下午看到的翻譯跳過很多段...MJJCN提供的