火星哥 我屬於所有音樂風格

For this year’s annual White House Easter celebration, US first lady Michelle Obama danced to the song Uptown Funk with cast members from US TV show “So You Think You Can Dance”.

在今年的白宮復活節慶典上，伴着“Uptown Funk”，美國第一夫人米歇爾•奧巴馬和美國真人秀節目《舞林爭霸》的成員們一起熱舞。

Uptown Funk, recorded by American pop singer-songwriter Bruno Mars and English producer Mark Ronson, has ruled the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart for 14 consecutive weeks, tying it for the second-longest run on the chart in history.

Uptown Funk出自美國創作型流行歌手“火星哥”布魯諾•馬爾斯與英國製作人馬克•羅森之手。這首歌已經連續14周蟬聯美國公告牌百強單曲榜冠軍，蟬聯時間有望躋身歷史第二。

The Billboard chart measures songs’ sales, radio airplay and streaming data. Members of its “10 or more weeks at No 1” club include Happy by Pharrell Williams (10 weeks), We Belong Together by Mariah Carey (14 weeks), and I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston (14 weeks), all of which enjoyed international popularity.

美國公告牌排行榜是依據單曲銷量、電臺播放量以及在線收聽量綜合評選而出。目前“蟬聯十週以上冠軍”的單曲包括：法瑞爾•威廉姆斯的《Happy》（10周），瑪麗亞•凱莉的《We Belong Together》（14周），以及惠特尼•休斯頓的《I Will Always Love You》（14周），這些歌曲都享譽國際。

The top honor belongs to Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s One Sweet Day, which reigned for 16 weeks about 20 years ago.

而蟬聯冠軍的最長記錄由瑪麗亞•凱莉與Boyz II Men樂隊合唱的《One Sweet Day》創造。二十年前，這首歌曾佔據榜首長達16周之久。

MTV music journalist Brenna Ehrlich wrote Uptown Funk had made such a big splash due to its structural simplicity and unique dynamism. You can hardly just sit listening to it and resist the urge to rock your body to it, she said.

MTV電視臺？的音樂記者布倫納•埃利希認爲，簡單的結構以及獨特的動感是《Uptown Funk》頗受關注的原因。她說，你根本不可能坐着聽完這首歌，因爲你的身體會情不自禁地想要（隨着音樂）搖擺。

With only two studio albums under his belt, 29-year-old Mars has already scored five No 1 songs on the Billboard charts, including the soulful ballad When I Was Your Man and the reggae-rock-style Locked Out of Heaven.

今年29歲的“火星哥”雖然只發行過兩張錄音室專輯，但是已有5首單曲登頂公告牌排行榜，其中既有深情民謠《When I Was Your Man》，也有雷鬼搖滾風的《Locked Out of Heaven》。

People tend to pin labels on singers – Taylor Swift is country and pop, Pharrell Williams is hip-hop. But for Mars, it seems hard to place him under just one category.

人們總喜歡給歌手們貼標籤，比如：泰勒•斯威夫特代表鄉村流行音樂，法瑞爾•威廉姆斯則是嘻哈的代表。但是人們卻很難用一種音樂風格形容“火星哥”。

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times believes that Mars’ fame comes particularly from his genius in displaying a wide variety of musical styles.

《紐約時報》的音樂評論家喬恩•卡拉曼尼卡認爲“火星哥”的成功很大程度上是因爲他玩轉了多種音樂風格。

“Mars is one of the most versatile and accessible singers in pop, with a light, soul-influenced voice that’s an easy fit in a range of styles. There’s nowhere he doesn’t belong,” wrote the music critic.

他在樂評中寫道： “布魯斯•馬爾斯是流行音樂中最具多元性、最有親和力的歌手之一。他的聲音輕柔卻能感動心靈，可以輕鬆勝任各種音樂風格。因此，他無所不在。”

“I don’t really know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing as no one knows what to categorize my voice or my music,” Mars told .

而“火星哥”自己在接受網站採訪時則表示：“沒人知道如何給我的聲音或者音樂進行分類，我不知道這是好事還是壞事。”

“I just know that I’m a fan of all different kinds of genres. You’re supposed to be free doing music and that’s how I feel. So when we get in the studio – whether it’s a hip-hop song, or a big ballad – I want to do it all,” he said.

“我只知道，我熱愛所有的音樂風格。做音樂就要自由，而這也是我的感受。所以，每當走進錄音室，各種風格的音樂我都想做，不管是嘻哈還是抒情。”