Sultans of swing -- Dire Straits
Dire Straits 是英国非常俱有份量的乐团. 灵魂人物主唱 Mark Knophler 所弹的一手好吉他, 与Eric Clapton可以并列英国两大吉他之神. 其实Mark Knophler 原本是一位记者, 我想这与他的作品中的歌词都好像在说故事有点关联. 另一首与 Sting 合唱的 Money for nothing 也是描述他在路边听到两个工人的对话所写成的. 这首 Sultans of swing 最後的吉他 solo 非常好听, 也是本曲的高潮.
You get a shiver in the dark 在黑暗中 你感到颤抖
It's been raining in the park but meantime 外面的公园还下著雨 但同时
South of the river you stop and you hold everything 泰晤士河的南岸 你停下脚步 你停止你的呼吸
A band is blowing dixie double four time 你听到一个乐团在演奏 dixie double four time
You feel all right when you hear that music ring 当你听到这曲子 你感觉一切很棒
You step inside but you don't see too many faces 你走进去 里面没有几个人
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down 会冒著雨来这里听爵士乐
Too much competition too many other places 有太多这样的地方 这行业竞争太大
But not too many horns can make that sound 可是没有几个乐手能演奏得这麽好
Way on downsouth way on downsouth london town 在遥远的伦敦南区
You check out guitar george he knows all the chords 你看到吉他手 乔治 他会所有的和弦
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing 他只专注自己的旋律不想唱歌
And an old guitar is all he can afford 他只能买得起一把老吉他
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing 当他站在灯光下 弹奏他的乐曲
And harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene 哈利并不在乎他是否能造成轰动
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright 他白天有一份正职 而且做得很得心应手
He can play honky tonk just like anything 他可以将他的乐器玩得像任何一种声音
Saving it up for friday night 但他要留在星期五晚上
With the sultans with the sultans of swing 和那些爵士乐之王一起演奏
And a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner 一群年轻的男孩在角落嬉闹
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles 穿著他们最炫的垮裤和平底鞋, 全都醉了
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band 他们根本不懂什麽管乐团
It ain't what they call rock and roll 那不是他们所说的摇滚乐
And the sultans played creole 而那些爵士之王正在演奏纽奥良的正统爵士
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone 那个人 走到麦克风旁边
And says at last just as the time bell rings 在快要打烊的时候说
'thank you goodnight now it's time to go home' 感谢大家 是该回家的时候了
And he makes it fast with one more thing 他最後又很快的说一句
'we are the sultans of swing' 我们是爵士乐之王
