打雷姐：以自由的靈魂歌唱

2014-04-29 00:00:00ScottSimon

瘋狂英語·原聲版 2014年10期

Host： Lana Del Rey is one of the biggest names in music right now. She packs venues around the world， she sings in the new Disney movie， Maleficent， and now her latest CD Ultraviolence.

Host： All of this from a woman who used to be known as 1）Lizzy Grant， and remade herself in part with a viral video sensation called “Video Games”.（Soundbite of “Video Games”）

Host： Lana Del Rey is about to 2）embark on a European tour， but first， we’re so glad that she’s come by to chat with

us.

Host： 3）Allen Ginsberg was an early influence？

Lana： Yes， he was an early influence， and the whole beat poetry m o v e m e n t ， a n d

4）Vladimir Nabokov and 5）Walt Whitman.

Host： Do we hear this in your music， do you think？

Lana： Well， I mean I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with words， and when I found out that you could have a profession doing that， it was thrilling to me， and I mean， it just became my passion immediately， playing with words and poetry...（Soundbite of “Ultraviolence”）

Host： There’s some tough stuff here...

Lana： Yeah.

Host： ...and not everybody has thought it’s a good idea to have lines like “He hit me and it felt like a kiss.”

Lana： Definitely. But that’s been the theme of my career. The thing about me is， like， coming from an 6）alternative music background and singing for nine years， like， being basically invisible， I’m so used to writing for myself， and， at the end of the day， I do it ’cause I...I feel like I have to. So， when I’m recording or writing， I don’t have other people in mind. It’s not always comfortable for me...

Host： Mm hmm.

Lana： ...but， I don’t kind of not say what I want to.

Host： You’re perfectly entitled to say， “listen to the song，” by way of answering this， but， since this is an interview...what are you trying to say in a song like this？

Lana： Well， there’re so many things， really. I guess one of them is like a personal experience I had with a person， who believed in breaking you down to build you back up again. And although that， like， mindset didn’t really agree with me， there was something freeing in letting go， for me.

Host： Mm hmm.

Lana： It’s a little bit about being in love with the act of 7）surrendering.

Host： There’re some people who are very uncomfortable with the idea of women surrendering.

Lana： I know. I don’t feel， it’s just that I don’t feel uncomfortable with it. The act of surrendering sort of puts me in a…in a different mindset that allows me to be more of a channel， because I’m not holding on so tightly to things...

Host： Mm hmm.

Lana： ...I’m letting go. And I find， like， in letting go， I become like more of a channel for life to really happen on life’s terms. I mean， maybe that sounds sort of 8）metaphysical， but， that…that…that’s just honestly how I feel. The way that you heard it recorded is the way that I free-styled it， so I made it up on the spot with my guitar-player， and left it as it was with that session drummer， and just called it a day on that song.

Like， the vocal 9）inflection has its own narrative， you know， it’s not all lyric-driven. It’s just， kind of， moments in time that are meaningful to me， left as they were， kind of untouched. You know， the fact that I didn’t go back and...and try and sing it better is really the story of that song， because that’s sort of me revealing to you a facet of myself. You know， I don’t care that it’s not perfect. And that’s why that song is more important in that way than maybe just what I’m actually saying.

Host： Is Lana Del Rey a character played by 10）Elizabeth Grant？

Lana： No. Lana Del Rey is exactly who she’s supposed to be， free enough to be her own person， and that’s exactly who I am. You know， I’m not...not like a persona， I’m not a 11）caricature of myself.