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美国当地时间2010年1月31日,第52届格莱美颁奖典礼在洛杉矶斯台普斯中心隆重举行。2009年的美国音乐界不大好过,不但要面对金融危机的冲击,还失去了一代巨星;不过各位新老天后还是成功交出了不错的成绩单,今年的格莱美可以说是“女人天下”,一起来重温当晚的盛况吧――
Host: We now know the winners of the Grammy Awards. Here is a partial list.
Reporter: Beyonce.
Host: Beyonce.
Reporter: Beyonce.
Host: Beyonce.
Reporter: Beyonce.
Host: And Beyonce.
She won six of the music awards, including Song of the Year for “Single Ladies,” handed out last night注1 in Los Angeles.
Reporter: Beyonce didn’t quite take all the honors. Country
musicians won two of the top prizes Record of the Year went to “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, and Album of the Year went to Fearless by 20-year-old Taylor Swift.
Swift: I just hope that you know how much this means to me and to Nathan, my producer, and to all these musicians you see on the stage, that we get to take this back to Nashville注2...
Host: ...Which could use it. Nashville music has suffered lately as big-box stores注3 cut back their shelf space for its CDs.
Fearless was the top-selling album of the year, according to Nielsen SoundScan, ahead of Susan Boyle’s much-reported-on
I Dreamed a Dream, which did not feature at all in last night’s telecast[电视广播]. That seeming oversight caught the attention of the evening’s first presenter, Stephen Colbert注4.
Colbert: Remember, you may be the coolest
people in the world, but this year your
industry was saved by a 48-year-old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes注5.
Reporter: In fact, Susan Boyle’s album was released after the qualifying period for the Grammy’s. Colbert’s own release did not have that problem. He won a Best Comedy Album Grammy for A Colbert Christmas, and said, “I should thank Jesus Christ for having such a great birthday.”
Host: The evening’s most touching moment came after a 3D video of the late Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song,” when his children, Paris and Prince took the stage.
Prince Jackson: Our father was always concerned about the planet and humanity. Through all his hard work and dedication[贡献],
he has helped through many charities[慈善团体] and donated to all of them. We’d also...through all his songs, his message was simple: love. We will continue to spread his message and help the world. Thank you. We love you, Daddy.
主持人:现在我们已经知道本届格莱美各奖项花落谁家了。以下是部分获奖名单――
记者:碧昂斯。
主持人:碧昂斯。
记者:碧昂斯。
主持人:碧昂斯。
记者:碧昂斯。
主持人:以及碧昂斯。
她夺得了六个奖项――1月
31日晚上在洛杉矶评出的“年度最佳歌曲”就是她的《单身女人》。
记者:碧昂斯并没有包揽所有大奖。乡村音乐人赢得了其中两个最高奖项――“年度最佳唱片”是“莱昂国王”乐团的《使唤他人》,年仅20岁的泰勒・斯威夫特则凭着《放手去爱》夺得“年度最佳专辑”。
斯威夫特:我希望你们知道,这对于我和我的制作人内森――以及舞台上所有这些音乐人来说都非常重要,我们将把这个大奖带回纳什维尔……
主持人:……纳什维尔确实需要这个大奖。各大卖场最近纷纷削减乡村音乐的CD货架数量,令纳什维尔音乐备受打击。
根据尼尔森唱片市场调查公司的调查结果,《放手去爱》是2009年度最畅销的专辑,打败了苏珊・
博伊尔的《我曾有梦》――尽管后者受到媒体的普遍关注。1月31日晚上的电视广播中完全没有提及博伊尔的专辑,这种“忽视”引起了当晚的首席主持人斯蒂芬・科尔伯特的
注意。
科尔伯特:大家请记住,你们可能是世界上最炫的一群人,但是在这一年度,你们的行业救星是一位现年
48岁、平凡普通的苏格兰剩女。
记者:实际上,苏珊・博伊尔的专辑发行超过了(本届)格莱美奖提名资格的时间范围。科尔伯特自己的专辑可没遇到这个麻烦。他凭着《科尔伯特的圣诞节》赢得“最佳喜剧专辑”,并说:“我要感谢耶稣,因为他的生日实在太棒了。”
主持人:已故巨星迈克尔・杰克逊的《地球之歌》3D版音乐录像播放完毕后,他的孩子帕丽斯和普林斯登上舞台,成为当晚最感人的时刻。
普林斯・杰克逊:我们的父亲一直关心着这个星球和全人类。通过努力和奉献,他帮助了很多慈善团体,向所有这些团体捐助财物。我们也会……在所有歌曲中,他要传达的只是一个简单的字――爱。我们会继续传播他的信息,向世界伸出援助之手。我们爱你,爸爸。
注1:本文写于美国当地时间2月1日。
注2:纳什维尔市是美国田纳西州首府,也是美国乡村音乐的发祥地。
注3:指的是沃尔玛等大型连锁百货零售店,各类商品以仓储形式展示,由于外型酷似大盒子而得名。
注4:斯蒂芬・科尔伯特是美国著名讽刺明星,他的脱口秀节目《科尔伯特报告》(The Colbert Report)红遍全美,以讽刺挖苦、幽默辛辣为特色。
注5:“cat lady”指的是四五十岁还没结婚、只能养猫为伴的老处女;“in sensible shoes”指某人平淡普通,连一双稍微夸张一点儿的高跟鞋都没有。