[情報] 一個幫MJ工作過的人講的小故事

[Lconfusing (confusing)]

http://axecollectorblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-brush-with-badness.html
前面原文落落長就不翻了 從他碰到老大後開始翻 有興趣的自行去看 07年的文章
作者說他每次跟他朋友講到 大家都很high 所以他就寫出來了

This project would eventually become Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" album.
When I first started, Michael was working with three different groups of
producers all trying to take the place of Quincy Jones, who had not been
chosen to work on this project. I think Michael wanted to go out on his own
for this one, but the problem was that he had no idea what he wanted! One
day, Slash from Guns N' Roses would be recording a searing guitar solo, while
the next day, a chorus of thirty children would be singing a nursery rhyme or
something.

我被唱片公司派去做一個特殊計畫 後來就是MJ的 Dangerous專輯
當我剛去時MJ和三組製作人合作 這三組人馬都想在Quincy Jones之後做這張專輯
我想MJ這次想要自己來 但是問題在於他不知道他到底想要甚麼
某一天會有GNR的Slash跑來錄吉他獨奏 另一天會有小朋友合唱團來 或其他

Michael didn't say much to me at first, until one day he ran in screaming
that there was a "vagabond" sitting in the alley behind the studio. I took a
look, expecting Charlie Chaplin to pop out or something, but there was just
some homeless guy sipping malt liquor out of a bag on the back steps.

他剛開始並沒有怎麼和我說話 直到有一天他尖叫著跑進來說 錄音室後面巷子坐著
一個vagabond (卓別林的一個默劇角色) 我跑出去看期待看到像卓別林樣的人
但是只是一個無家可歸的人坐在那裡喝酒

Eventually, Michael warmed up to me, and even started talking to me once in a
while if he was in the mood. Once, he asked if I was going to have to go
fight in the (Gulf) war. I told him I was probably too old to be drafted, and
he responded by saying that he was relieved, because "if you went to the war,
you could die."

最後MJ和我熟絡了 在他心情好時會跟我聊天 有ㄧ次他問我要不要去打波斯灣戰爭
我跟他說我太老了不適合 他說他放心了 因為我去打仗的話會死的

He also started sending me out on errands, like going out with his credit
card one afternoon to fill his huge Blazer up with gasoline. If I remember
correctly, he had an auxiliary gas tank mounted, so he could get up to his
ranch without having to get out and fill up along the way.

他開始會要我做些差事 像是拿他的信用卡去幫他的車子加油 如果我沒記錯的話
他總是會有很多個備用油箱 這樣他就不用在來的路上還要沿路去加油

I guess I should mention at this point that Michael is an awful driver. He
hit everyone's car in the studio lot at least once, including mine. One time,
he rear-ended a guy on the 101 freeway, and just left the scene because the
guy got out of his car and started screaming at him. Eventually, he gave up
and got someone to drive him in to work every day.

我必須說的是 MJ實在是個很糟的駕駛人 他把錄音室所有人的車至少都撞過一次
包括我的車 還有ㄧ次他在101公路上撞到一個人 後來他就走掉了
因為那個人一下車就一直對著他尖叫 最後他總算放棄了 讓人每天載他去工作

Other memorable experiences include calling Tower Records (RIP) an hour
before they closed, and having them shut down early so that Michael and I
could go shopping. Even thought it was just up the road, I was glad to get
out of MJ's car and into the safety of the store! I think he dropped about
$1500 on CDs that night.

另一個很棒的回憶 是他打電話給淘兒唱片行 要他們早點關門 讓我和MJ可以去購物
即使唱片行只在街頭 我還是很高興我能從MJ的車走出來 然後進到很"安全"的店
我想他那天晚上大概買了1500元美金的CD (買好多阿!!)

Anyway, one day Michael shyly asked me if I could do him a special favor. I'm
pretty sure this was after he stopped driving, so I guess he really didn't
have any other way to get stuff during the day. Of course I agreed, which was
when he told me flat-out that he had just run out of underwear.

總知 有一天 MJ很害羞的問我可不可以幫他一個特別的忙
我記得因為他已經不開車了 所以他也沒別的方法去買東西 我當然答應他
然後他快速的告訴我 他內褲沒了

For pretty much the whole two years that I worked with him, Michael came in
every day wearing black dress pants and a red button-down shirt. He had a
whole rack of just these two items in his office, which I assume he either
had cleaned and returned to him, or just threw away at the end of the day.
But on this particular day, I guess he was running low on drawers.

我跟他工作的兩年間 MJ每天都穿黑色的褲子 紅色的襯衫 他在他辦公室有整櫃的
這兩樣東西 我猜想他不是送洗然後還給他 不然就是穿完就扔了
但在這一天 我想他衣櫃庫存不足

At first, he just said that he wanted underwear. When I asked him what kind,
he just repeated "Underwear!" When I told him I wasn't his mother and didn't
know what to get, he kind of laughed, and then said "Hanes thirty please."
When I was almost out the door however, he came running up and yelled "make
them thirty-twos, I don't want them to be too tight!" So there it is folks.
The King of Pop wears tightie-whities!

起初 他只告訴我他要買內褲 但當我問他要哪種時 他只是重複就內褲阿
我跟他說 我不是他媽 我怎麼知道要買哪種 他笑了然後說請買Hanes牌子30尺寸的
而當我快走出門時 他突然跑出來然後大喊:32的好了 我不想要太緊
所以 各位觀眾 Kind of Pop穿tightie-whities!! (有點難翻)

Other than that, I never saw any funny business going on for the two years I
worked with him. I really enjoyed this experience, and even got my name on
the CD! Michael was always polite and reserved in the studio, but he had his
silly moments as well.

除了這個 在這兩年我就沒看過甚麼好笑的事了 我真的很享受這個經驗
甚至我的名字還出現在CD上 MJ很有禮貌很內向 但他也是有他呆呆的時候

He was also really concerned about doing anything that would inadvertently
upset anybody around him. Even though he was spending five thousand bucks a
day on studio time, Michael left me this note one day on my desk. I kept it
as a souvenir, and pull it out now and then if people ever question my story.
It pretty much tells you everything you need to know about him as a person
and an artist.

他同時總擔心會無意間做了甚麼事讓附近的人不開心 雖然他每天花了5000塊在錄音室
MJ有天在我桌上留了這個小紙條 我把他留下來當紀念 而且拿出來證明我的故事
(照片請看連結 From MJ:I took one ink pin)
這幾乎可以告訴你 你需要知道關於這個人和這個藝術家的所有事

For the purposes of clarification, Michael was just telling me that he took a
pen off my desk. Also, the French translation of "tightie-whities" to
"panties," although humorous, is not accurate. The type of undergarment I am
describing is just a plain white pair of men's cotton briefs. Many men
continue to wear these into adulthood, though most switch to boxer shorts at
some point.

最後跟大家講清楚 MJ只是要告訴我他從我桌上拿了一支筆
還有我要說的是 他穿的褲子就是一般男生的白色棉質內褲
(他前面那個形容詞是開了MJ內褲的一個小玩笑)

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※ 編輯: Lconfusing      來自: 68.50.148.65         (10/21 10:08)
推 mieya:>////<
推 LadySweet:駕駛人那邊我笑了內褲更是大笑XD
推 ChesterB:很可愛的小故事 話說MJ拼錯pen嗎 XDDD
→ LadySweet:老大超可愛的啦>/////////////<這篇整個溫馨有趣
→ ChesterB:可憐跟他工作的人 車都讓他撞壞了XDD
推 mummyncku:MJ可能太常在neverland開碰碰車，所以上路後一時改不掉
→ mummyncku:上一行推文（誤......XD）
推 ab2:推翻譯  開車那邊超好笑的  而且他真是個愛害羞的人>///<
推 Jossie:感謝分享+翻譯~(我從流浪漢就開始大笑了
→ rafikii:他在自己的homevideo還說麥考利克金是crazy driver.....
→ rafikii:是不是出了neverland竟然被他"同化"了!!!??
推 yutakaglay:其實我真的也很想知道他穿什麼樣的內褲耶...羞!!!!!!!!
推 fanny423:開車和內褲那邊真的很好笑XDD,老大好可愛阿!撞車了想要處
→ fanny423:理結果對方一直尖叫XD,內褲查關鍵字大概會知道了>///<
推 mj830122:太好笑了XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 撞車跟內褲都太白痴了XD
推 halulu:可是要是我也會尖叫吧XDDD
推 mj830122:老大應該一臉無奈XDDDDDDD
推 ncumew:金古椎耶 XD
推 sinonjo:這篇好可愛XDDD  害我在圖書館想笑又無法出聲XDDD
推 yutakaglay:可是是三角的還是四角的呢?羞~~~~XD
推 pongui:感謝分享！沒看過呢！太爆笑了！
推 beyond56:老大好可愛唷XDDDDDDDDDD~~!!!
推 oscillation:XDDDDD 感謝分享~
推 july24:XDDDD 好可愛~~
推 yunnuy: XDDDDDD 老大真的好可愛
推 vallote:mj真的好可愛 根本就還是個小孩嘛
推 oldtrafford:XDD 整篇都好好笑喔 哈哈
→ yixxxx:謝謝翻譯.L大辛苦了.這篇好好笑XDDD
推 Bartele:好可愛喔!!!!!
推 kamejklfu:看完連自己都好羞+想爆笑XDDD"
推 khch:滿腦子白色小褲褲.....XDDDDD
推 mj830122:他突然跑出來然後大喊:32的好了 我不想要太緊 XDDDDDDD
推 pongui:http://kuso.cc/53*d  2007年9月拍VOGUE穿Hanes XDDDD
推 sunkist01:XDDDDD 超可愛的
推 ncumew:哇  還真的是Hanes耶  好害羞 >o<
推 tarcy1122:好可愛的故事，笑點很多 XDDD
推 oldtrafford:MJ真是忠實好客戶 內褲多年都同一個品牌 應該代言XD
推 yutakaglay:太可愛了!!
推 TunaP:不知道上次掉在台灣的  是不是也是這牌內褲
推 MJJ:新聞：是一件私人名牌貼身底褲，風格走純白簡潔路線
推 MJJ:沒有講哪牌 可是印象中不知哪裡看到是CK?
推 anglee:尖叫是因為看到king吧
推 mj830122:新聞搞好認真  更好笑了XDDDDDDDDDDDD
→ mj830122:偷偷把P大的圖打包XDDDDDDDD
推 lovemjj:推...好溫馨又好笑的故事，謝原po用心翻譯
推 dormice:mummy的推文太好笑了拉XDDDD 老大我可以給你載跟幫你買東
推 u7273:好可愛的小故事 XDD