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10首阴暗沉郁的死亡之歌(上)

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Music is one of the few things in life that is universally enjoyed. The first few notes of our favorite songs are enough to instantly brighten our day. Yet despite the good vibes, the music industry itself is a bit of a horror show. Between songs said to drive the listener mad, murderers citing song lyrics as inspiration, and supposedly cursed pieces of music, it's enough to wipe the smile from anyone's face. Check out these terrifying tales of musical mayhem.

能让每个人都喜闻乐见的事物不多,音乐便是其中之一。听到最爱的歌曲的前奏足以让我们舒心一整天。音乐可以产生正能量,但也能自带恐怖效果。在那些让听者疯狂的歌曲中,凶手除了把歌词作为行凶的灵感之外,据说还有被诅咒的音乐片段,这些足以让任何人都笑不出来。下面就来看看这些带有暴力色彩的音乐引发的一系列骇人听闻的事件。

10 'Suicide Solution'

10.《自杀解脱》——奥兹·奥斯本

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On October 26, 1984, John Daniel McCollum was listening to a record by his idol, Ozzy Osbourne. The 19-year-old was lying on his bed, his headphones turning out the tracks. During the final song, "Suicide Solution," the seemingly cheerful teen grabbed a gun and ended his own life.

1984年10月26日,19岁的约翰·丹尼尔·麦卡伦戴着耳机躺在床上,听着偶像奥兹·奥斯本的专辑,当播放到专辑最后一首歌《自杀解脱》时,这名平时看似开朗的阳光少年抓起一把枪结束了自己的生命。
McCollum's parents were quick to accuse Osbourne of encouraging their son to commit suicide, claiming that lyrics like, "Suicide is the only way out," had brainwashed him. They took the artist to court in 1986, where Osbourne claimed that the tragedy had been a simple misunderstanding. " 'Solution' as in liquid, not a way out," he explained. "The song's about the dangers of alcoholism."
很快,麦卡伦的父母指控奥斯本煽动他们的儿子自杀,并声称自己的儿子被“自杀是唯一的解脱”之类的歌词洗脑。他们于1986年将这位歌手送上法庭,而奥斯本表示这场悲剧其实是一个小误会。“‘solution’在歌词里指溶液,并非表示一种解脱”,他解释说:“这首歌实则讲述了酗酒的危害。”
The case was dismissed in 1988, but the supposedly evil tune wasn't finished yet. The very same year the McCollums filed their lawsuit, another teen took his own life after listening to the notorious song. The result was another dismissed lawsuit—as well as a bizarre and unsettling pattern.
该案于1988年被驳回,但传说中的魔鬼之音并未就此结束。同年,麦卡伦夫妇提起诉讼,另有一名少年在听了这首臭名昭著的歌曲之后自杀身亡。审判再次将起诉驳回,这个结果奇怪又令人不安。

9 'Exit'

9.《出口》——U2

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U2's "Exit" tells the dark tale of a religious fanatic turned murderer. Inspired by the story of executed convicted killer Gary Gilmore, it's understandably a bit heavy. But it became even more so following the events of July 18, 1989, when a madman decided the song had ordered him to take a human life.

U2乐队的歌曲《出口》讲述了一个宗教狂热分子变身杀手的阴暗故事。歌曲的创作受已被处决的杀人犯盖里·吉尔摩事件的启发,勉强算情有可原。但在1989年7月18日之后,问题变得严重了,一个精神失常的人认定这首歌驱使他杀人。
Arizona native Robert John Bardo, obsessed with actress Rebecca Schaeffer, stalked her for three years before murdering her outside her apartment building. Later in court, Bardo claimed the lyrics from "Exit" had inspired him to commit the savage point-blank shooting, specifically lines like "pistol weighing heavy." When played during the trial, the normally emotionless Bardo disturbingly lit up, bobbing to the music and mouthing the lyrics.
来自亚利桑那州的罗伯特·约翰·巴多痴迷于女演员丽贝卡·莎佛尔。在跟踪她三年后,巴多在该女演员的公寓楼外将其杀害。后来在法庭上,巴多称是歌曲《出口》的歌词激发了他残暴射杀的犯罪行为,尤其是“沉甸甸的手枪”这样的歌词。在审判过程中,平时冷漠的巴多躁动起来,随着音乐摆动身体,嘴里还哼唱着歌词。
Luckily, the senseless tragedy wasn't pinned on the band, and Bardo was convicted of first-degree murder. He remains imprisoned—and presumably completely nuts—to this day.
幸运的是,法院没有把这场突如其来的惨剧归罪于U2乐队。巴多被判一级谋杀,他至今仍被囚禁,而且很有可能已经完全疯了。

8 The Ninth Symphony

8.《第九交响曲》——任何中咒作曲家

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For nearly 200 years now, a curse has plagued composers the world over: Soon after completing his ninth symphony, a musician is doomed to die. Despite all logic and rationality, a tenth symphony remains tragically just out of reach for a staggeringly large number of composers.

近200年来,世界各地的作曲家都受到诅咒:在完成第九交响曲后,该作曲家便会不久于人世。尽管一切都不合常理,但第十交响曲对于绝大部分作曲家而言都是可望不可即的。
Beginning with Beethoven's untimely death while penning his tenth in 1827, the curse has since claimed scores of classical musicians, such as Anton Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, and Antonin Dvorak. Of course, it could be argued that the deaths are simply a product of old age. After all, it can take decades to write nine symphonies. But there are also the ridiculously early deaths of Gustav Mahler at 50 of heart failure and Franz Schubert of typhoid at a depressing 31, both after writing their ninth symphonies.
贝多芬于1827年英年早逝,那时他正在创作自己的第十交响曲。自那以后,这个诅咒对许多古典音乐家来说成了一道迈不过去的坎,其中包括安东·布鲁克纳、沃恩威廉斯以及安东尼·德沃夏克。可能有人认为作曲家们的死亡是由于年事已高,毕竟,要写九部交响曲可能需要数十年时间。但有些死亡事件也让人匪夷所思,如奥地利作曲家古斯塔夫·马勒,年仅50岁便死于心脏衰竭,弗朗茨·舒伯特在他31岁时因感染伤寒抱憾辞世,以上两位作曲家均在完成各自的第九交响曲后身亡。
But fear not, would-be music makers, because American composer Philip Glass has recently beaten the dreaded curse. He wrote his tenth before releasing his ninth, just to be safe. It seems to have worked, although an audience member collapsed at number nine's premiere.
但是,想作曲的音乐家们不用害怕,最近美国作曲家飞利浦·格拉斯(Philip Glass)打破了这个可怕的诅咒。为安全起见,他预先写好第十交响曲后才正式发布第九交响曲,这似乎奏效了,不过有一名观众在第九交响曲首映式上倒下。

7 'Better By You, Better Than Me'

7.《你的好,我比不上》——犹大圣徒乐队

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On a December evening in 1985, 20-year-old James Vance and 18-year-old Raymond Belknap stumbled into an abandoned playground. The two had spent the day drugging themselves into oblivion and decided to cap it off with a little suicide. Belknap shot himself and died immediately, but Vance only managed to injure himself. (He finally killed himself three years later.)

1985年12月的一个下午,20岁的詹姆斯·万斯和18岁的雷蒙德·贝尔纳普跌跌撞撞地走进了一个废弃操场。两人在此地逗留了一天,并以吸毒麻醉自己,最后他们用自杀结束了一切。贝尔纳普开枪自尽当场死亡,而万斯只是自残受伤。(3年后,万斯自杀身亡。)
Following the incident, the duo's parents decided the obvious culprit was a song they'd listened to that day, "Better by You, Better than Me," by Judas Priest. They claimed subliminal messages hidden in the track told listeners, "Let's be dead," and to "do it." This led to a bizarre six-week trial which ended with lead singer Rob Halford actually singing the song in the courtroom. The judge ultimately decided that the band had indeed planted hidden suicidal messages in the tune (they hadn't) but that the ordinary listener wouldn't hear them. So the case was dismissed, but it was a grave defeat for common sense.
事件发生后,两人的父母认定罪魁祸首是孩子们当天所听的一首歌,犹大圣徒乐队的《你的好,我比不上》。他们称这首歌向听者灌输“让我们走向死亡”以及“动手吧”之类的潜意识信息。法院进行了一场为时六周的离奇审判,以乐队主唱罗伯·哈尔福德当庭演唱这首歌曲告终。法官最终判定,该乐队确实在歌曲中植入了潜意识的自杀信息(实则没有),但普通听众是听不出这些信息的。案件最终被驳回,但对大众而言,这是一场非常失败的审判。

6 'Cross Road Blues'

6.《十字路口布鲁斯》——罗伯特·约翰逊

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Blues musician Robert Johnson had a short but massively influential career in the 1930s. However, rumors abound that his popularity was due to a deal he made with the Devil himself at a crossroads in Mississippi, granting him musical success but cursing him with an otherwise tragic life. And after his death at 27, that curse decided to hang around.

20世纪30年代,蓝调音乐家罗伯特·约翰逊有着一段短暂但颇具影响力的职业生涯。但有传言说,他之所以能大红大紫是因为在密西西比州的一个十字路口与魔鬼做了交易,用受到诅咒的悲剧人生换取音乐上的成功。他于27岁去世后,这个诅咒却阴魂不散。
Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" seems to leave a trail of tragedy in its wake. After Eric Clapton covered the tune, his band broke up, and his young son fell to his death from a 53rd floor window. Members of the Allman Brothers Band died in motorcycle accidents at actual crossroads after their cover. Lynyrd Skynyrd's infamously fatal plane crash and the death of Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant's son also followed soon after performances of Johnson's musical monster. Kurt Cobain's death—also at 27—is even rumored to have been linked to his plan for a cover on a future album.
继约翰逊的《十字路口布鲁斯》之后,一连串悲剧似乎接踵而来。埃里克·克莱普顿翻唱了这首歌之后,他的乐队解散了,他的小儿子则从53楼公寓的窗户坠亡。欧曼兄弟乐队翻唱这首歌后,一名乐队成员在一场发生于十字路口的摩托车交通事故中丧生。同样在演唱完约翰逊那首受诅咒的歌曲后不久,林纳德·斯金纳德乐队经历了空难变故,齐柏林飞船乐队主唱罗伯特·普兰特之子夭折。科特·柯本同样于27岁殒命,甚至有传言说其死因和他未来的一张专辑封面计划有关。

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adj. 命中注定的 动词doom的过去式和过去分词

 
musician [mju:'ziʃən]

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n. 音乐家,作曲家

 
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