Which comes first for you as a songwriter, the music or the lyrics?
作为一名词曲创作者 创作时会先写曲还是写词?
I think for me, it more comes as a general idea.
我觉得对我来说 更多的是一个整体的想法
And my favorite thing about songwriting is that
我最喜欢写歌的一点就是
it's so spontaneous and unpredictable what's going to hit me first,
什么会先击中我 这是非常自发的 不可预测的
whether it's going to be a general thought.
会不会是一个整体的的想法
Like, for example, you know, I'll be going through something.
比如 我肯定是在经历什么事情的
When I wrote the song Love Story,
我写《Love Story》这首歌的时候
that's a song I wrote sitting on my bedroom floor
我当时坐在我卧室的地板上
because I liked a guy and my parents didn't want me to date him, and...
因为我当时喜欢一个男生 我父母不想让我和他在一起 然后
So I got this idea in my head,
我脑海里就出现了这个想法
it just popped into my head,
就是突然想到了
"You were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles.
"你是罗密欧 你偷偷朝我的窗户扔石子儿来找我
and my daddy said stay away from Juliet."
我爸爸说 别做朱丽叶"
And I didn't know where in this song that was gonna fit,
我也没想好它适合放在这首歌的哪里
but I just started there and I built out from there. And...
但我就是从这里开始构建整首歌的 然后
It's crazy how the fastest songs that I write end up being my favorites,
我写得最快的歌最后成为了我最受欢迎的歌 真的很疯狂
the ones that just happen in just a surge of idea,
它们就诞生于想法的迸发
a surge of inspiration.
灵感的迸发之间
本课语言点
general /'dʒɛnrəl/ adj. 整体的 大体上
spontaneous /spɑn'tenɪəs/ adj. 自发的 自然产生的
unpredictable /ˌʌnprɪ'dɪktəbl/ adj. 不可预测的
pop into one's mind (突然)想到
end up 最后 结果
surge /sɜːrdʒ/ n. (感情等)洋溢 汹涌
