| Maroon 5 is an American rock band. Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States and nearly 15 million worldwide. While they were in high school, the four original members of Maroon 5 played in a garage band called Kara's Flowers, which was active from 1994 to 2001. In 2002, the band members reformed as Maroon 5 and released their debut album Songs About Jane. |
Maroon 5（魔力紅樂(lè)隊(duì)）是一支來(lái)自美國(guó)的搖滾樂(lè)隊(duì)。自從2002年發(fā)行了首張專輯以來(lái)，樂(lè)隊(duì)在美國(guó)的專輯銷(xiāo)量超過(guò)了千萬(wàn)張，在世界范圍的銷(xiāo)量達(dá)到將近1500萬(wàn)張。Maroon 5的四個(gè)初始成員在中學(xué)時(shí)組成了一個(gè)叫做Kara's Flowers的車(chē)庫(kù)樂(lè)隊(duì)，這個(gè)樂(lè)隊(duì)在1994年至2001年之間比較活躍。在2002年，樂(lè)隊(duì)進(jìn)行重組，成立了Maroon 5，并發(fā)行了他們的首張專輯《Songs About Jane》（珍·情歌）。 |
| The album yielded a four chart-topping singles. One of them, "This Love," earned Maroon 5 a Best New Artist at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. The other, "She Will Be Loved," scored a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. The other two singles from Jane, "Harder to Breathe" and "Sunday Morning," reached the Billboard Top 20 and Top 40 respectively. The band also snagged a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, which it went on to win. |
在這張專輯中產(chǎn)生了四首排行榜冠軍歌曲。其中《This Love》（這份愛(ài)）為Maroon 5贏得了2004年MTV音樂(lè)電視大獎(jiǎng)最佳新人獎(jiǎng)；另一首《She Will Be Loved》（她會(huì)得到愛(ài)）獲得了格萊美最佳流行樂(lè)隊(duì)/組合獎(jiǎng)提名；專輯中另外兩首單曲《Harder to Breathe》（無(wú)法呼吸）和《Sunday Morning》（周日上午）分別沖進(jìn)告示牌排行榜的前20和前40位。此外，Maroon 5樂(lè)隊(duì)還獲得了格萊美最佳新人獎(jiǎng)提名并最終獲獎(jiǎng)。 |
| Original drummer Ryan Dusick left Maroon 5 in 2006, citing injuries, and was replaced by Matt Flynn. Maroon 5's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long came out in 2007. It is clear that Maroon 5 has once again captured all of the elements that create a universally popular pop rock song. In the hyperkinetic rock meets hip-hop of "A Little of Your Time" (which Levine calls "the most unique track on this album, with some of the best lyrics we've ever written"), a relationship must overcome the challenge of distrust and miscommunication to persevere, and the bass-pulsing "Won't Go Home Without You" asks plaintively for "one more chance to make it right." |
2006年，原鼓手Ryan Dusick因傷離開(kāi)樂(lè)隊(duì)，取而代之的是Matt Flynn。在2007年，Maroon 5推出了第二張專輯《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》（著魔嗎·久等了）。他們顯然又一次抓住了創(chuàng)作大受歡迎的流行搖滾歌曲的所有必要元素?！?/span>A Little of Your Time》（一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)你的時(shí)間》融合了動(dòng)感十足的搖滾和嘻哈的元素，講述了一段感情必須克服種種不信任和誤解才能堅(jiān)持下去。樂(lè)隊(duì)主唱兼吉他手Levine稱這首歌是“這張專輯中最特別的一首歌，其中部分歌詞是我們有史以來(lái)最杰出的作品?！倍?/span>Won't Go Home Without You》（沒(méi)有你我不愿回家）這首歌則通過(guò)貝斯躍動(dòng)的節(jié)奏，苦苦請(qǐng)求一次彌補(bǔ)的機(jī)會(huì)。 |
| Also known for their commitment to the environment, Maroon 5 was honored at the 2006 Environmental Media Awards and recently pledged their time and energy toward Global Cool, a newly launched initiative to fight global warming by motivating a billion people worldwide to reduce their personal energy use. |
Maroon 5還以積極投身環(huán)保事業(yè)為人稱道。他們?cè)?/span>2006年榮獲環(huán)保媒體獎(jiǎng)，最近又將時(shí)間精力投入一個(gè)剛剛成立的環(huán)保倡導(dǎo)組織Global Cool，該組織的目標(biāo)是在世界范圍內(nèi)動(dòng)員十億人減少個(gè)人能源消耗，對(duì)抗全球變暖。
（China.org.cn 李瀟 譯）
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