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Michael would use some of the money from his candy store
迈克尔会拿他卖糖果的钱
to go and buy 45s,
去买唱片
because in those days, that's what kids bought, 45s.
那时的孩子都是买唱片
And if you were lucky, you'd buy an lP.
运气好才能买黑胶唱片
But he started listening strongly to James Brown
但是他差不多从五岁起
from the time he was about five years old.
就开始很喜欢听詹姆斯·布郎
He had a great taste for real R&B,
他很喜欢R&B音乐
gritry R&B, like Wilson Pickett,
有点粗糙的R&B 像威尔逊·皮克
the Dells,
戴尔斯合唱团
great singers like levi Stubbs.
还有像利瓦伊·史塔布斯这样的大师
We sang country songs and we sang folk songs.
我们唱乡村音乐也唱民谣
And then they started singing the Temptations
我们买了电视后
when we got a television.
他们就开始唱诱惑合唱团的歌
My father had a guitar that he kept locked in the closet.
我父亲有一把吉他锁在衣橱里
One day, he didn't lockthe closet the closet
有天他忘了锁
and l started playing that thing.
我就把它拿出来弹
l learnt evety song on the radio
我学会弹所有收音机上播放的歌曲
and made my brothers sing with me.
并逼兄弟们跟我合唱
Joseph had warned them, "Don't play my guitar, now."
约瑟夫警告过他们 别乱玩我的吉他
And so, Tito took it out and played it, and a string broke.
蒂托还是拿出来弹 结果断了一根弦
There was no way of hiding that he hadn't had his guitar.
他玩吉他的事就曝光了
He punished him for it.
结果被惩罚
Then he said, 'let me hear you play. '
然后他说 你弹给我听听
And Tito played for him.
蒂托就为他弹奏
Joe just said nothing else to him,
乔之后什么都没说只跟他说
You can play it if you want to.
喜欢就拿去弹吧
