關於邁克爾•傑克遜的《Billie Jean》:你不知道的兩三事
It's one of the most recognizable songs in pop history, but are there facts about Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" that the average listener doesn't know?
邁克爾·傑克遜（Michael Jackson）演唱的《Bille Jean》是流行樂史上最著名的歌曲之一，但普通歌迷了解這首歌曲製作過程中的所有故事嗎?In a word, yes: NME has published a list of 30 lesser-known tidbits about the mega-single. The whole article is certainly worth a read, but here are five pieces of "Billie Jean" trivia we found most surprising:
一言以蔽之：No。新音樂快遞（注：New Musical Express，簡稱NME，英國著名流行音樂雜誌）發表了一篇文章，文中列舉了這首熱門單曲三十個不廣爲人知的事實細節。那篇文章當然值得品讀一番，不過這裏咱們只列出五個最令人驚訝的細節看看：1. Quincy Jones hated the song's bassline.
1、昆西·瓊斯（Quincy Jones，當時爲MJ製作專輯的著名製作人、音樂家）非常討厭《billie Jean》的貝斯調。
2. Jones also didn't want the song to appear on "Thriller."
2、昆西·瓊斯也並不希望這首歌出現在《顫慄》（Thriller）這張專輯中。3. Jackson recorded the song by singing into a six-foot cardboard tube.
3、錄製時，邁克爾用一個六英尺（約合183釐米）長的硬紙卷當話筒演唱了這首歌。4. He only needed one take to record the vocals for the track.
4、邁克爾只唱一遍就錄好了這首歌所需的音軌。5."Billie Jean" was mixed down 91 times before it hit the airwaves.
5、進行多達91次編曲之後，《Billie Jean》才得以面世，從各之聲播出。Rolling Stone placed "Billie Jean" at No. 58 on its list of the 500 Best Songs of All Time. The single also earned Jackson two of his record eight Grammys at the 1984 awards.
滾石雜誌（Rolling Stone）將《Billie Jean》列在其“史上500首最偉大的歌”（500 Best Songs of All Time）名單的第58位。邁克爾·傑克遜1984年創紀錄的八座格萊美（Grammy）獎盃中，有兩座是《Billie Jean》爲他贏來的。
