最近發現了一個來自紐約的寶藏男孩樂隊--AJR.
AJR is an American indie pop band composed of multi-instrumentalist brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Met.
Indie是獨立製作的意思，也就是沒有籤唱片公司，寫詞、譜曲、後期製作全都自己來。（DIY band）
90年的Adam、97年的Jack和94年的Ryan還是親兄弟。
樂隊名字就是他們各自名字的首字母組成的。
They started street performing when they were very young.
Using the money they made from busking, the AJR brothers bought instruments to the living room of their New York City apartment, where they have been making their music ever since.
他們一開始是從街頭賣唱做起的。
通過賣唱掙到的錢買了樂器、在曼哈頓切爾西公寓客廳錄製歌曲。
後來在2013年，AJR的Ryan通過Twitter發了他們「I’m Ready」這首歌的MV給了80個明星，
其中Sia Furler成為了他們的伯樂，
幫他們找到了一家澳大利亞唱片公司發行了他們的首張EP。
今天我們來聊聊AJR其中一首很清新的歌--《Sober Up》。
我們先看看歌詞說了什麼：
Last time that I saw your face
上次我見到你時
Was recess in second grade
是在二年級的假期
And it made me feel young
這讓我覺得我回到了很小的時候
Won't you help me sober up
你會助我從這場迷夢中醒來嗎
Growing up it made me numb
成長早已讓我麻木
And I want to feel something again
我願重新感觸這世界
什麼意思呢？
AJR says,
"'Sober Up' is about that first crush in elementary school.
這首歌是關於在小學的第一次心動。
這裡的crush可不是壓碎的意思噢，而是指迷戀。
比如說，我喜歡上你了，可以說：I have a crush on you.
Before you knew what love was, and reminiscing: questioning if you can ever get back to that simplicity in an emotion."
「如果能回到最初的單純該多好呀。」
AJR的Jack說：
"The idea came when Ryan and I were in college.
We did our first couple of semesters at Columbia, we were experiencing the whole college vibe, going to parties and doing that sort of thing."
在哥倫比亞大學念電影學的前幾個學期，Jack和Ryan感受到了所謂的「大學氛圍」，參加了很多party之類的。
"And then there was a time where we just started getting depressed a little bit. We started getting sad because we felt a little bit too grown up,
because one of the things we kind of pride ourselves on is staying young and having that little-kid experience. 」
後來覺得好像自己太「大人」了。本來他們幾個一直很驕傲的是自己依舊有童年時候那種可以很小孩子的體驗。
「And we thought that we felt a little bit too adult and we wanted to go back to that feeling we used to have in elementary and middle school,
where we kind of just liked a girl and that's all there was to it. 'I just like this person without having all of that other baggage that comes along with it.'」
所以他們就想寫一首歌，回憶最初沒有任何包袱的、喜歡上別人的感覺，也找回最初的單純。
而他們一直以來也都是很純粹地在做音樂。
起初只是做街頭表演，但他們卻說：
」I think that was probably the most valuable thing we did in our entire career.」
Because the street performing in the park has taught them how to intrigue an audience.
因為這教會了他們怎樣去吸引對他們完全不感興趣的人，可能剛好只是路過，或者剛好在接電話，他們得琢磨怎樣能讓這些路人停下來聆聽一分鐘。
[左起Adam、Jack、Ryan]
他們的第一場演出只有三個觀眾。
但他們卻說：
Because we actually played that show for them they became lifelong fans...I think we grew because we paid attention to every single person who cared.
認真對待每一個聽眾，讓他們自己也成長了。
而本來大家以為他們的鄰居整天聽到他們唱歌會投訴，
沒想到AJR卻說他們的鄰居後來變成了他們的粉絲。
多年前樓下的阿姨還上來敲過門，對他們說：「Make sure not to quit your day job!」 千萬別罷工啊。
其實他們當時才14、5歲，都還沒有正式工作。
AJR真的是個寶藏男孩樂隊啊。他們很多歌都很好聽，之後有機會再一一和你們分享。
好吧今天就聊到這兒啦，周末愉快~