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I'm Pat Bodnar. And I'm Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Janis Joplin. She was one of the greatest white blues-influenced rock singers of her time. Her intense and emotional voice has become one of the most famous in American popular music.
That song is called "Ball and Chain." It was performed by Janis Joplin and her first band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. Some experts say that this performance is among the greatest in rock history. It was recorded live on June eighteenth nineteen sixty-seven at the Monterey International Pop Festival. This was an important event in San Francisco, California. Many famous rock musicians of the nineteen sixties gathered there for three days of performances. Before this concert, Janis Joplin and her band were only known on the West Coast of the United States. Once she performed at this festival, however, Janis Joplin became a star.
Janis Joplin did not start out in the world of rock music. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas, in nineteen forty-three. Even as a child, Janis showed an interest in music and the arts. She sang in the local church music group and soon became very interested in blues music. For example, she was influenced by the blues music of Bessie Smith and the soul sound of Otis Redding.
When she was seventeen years old, Janis started performing in small towns around Texas. She would copy the blues sounds of the musicians she liked best. After some time singing in New York City and San Francisco, Janis returned to Texas to attend university. She also needed to recover from her use of illegal drugs and dependence on alcohol. This struggle with drugs and alcohol would continue throughout Joplin's life.
In nineteen sixty-six, Joplin learned that a group of rock musicians she knew in San Francisco was looking for a female singer. This band was called Big Brother and the Holding Company. Joplin once said: "All of a sudden, someone threw me in front of this rock and roll band. And I decided then and there that this was it. I never wanted to do anything else".
Janis Joplin recorded two albums with Big Brother. Here is a famous song she made with the band during their two years together. It is called "Piece of My Heart". This song is an excellent example of Joplin's explosive and emotional voice.
Janis Joplin did not stay with this band for long. In nineteen sixty-eight, she and the band's guitarist, Sam Andrew, formed a new group. Joplin wanted to play music that had more of a rhythm and blues sound.
The late nineteen sixties were a complex period in America. Many political and cultural movements were going on at the same time. These included the fight for equal treatment for black people, the women's rights movement and the movement protesting America's involvement in the war in Vietnam. In some ways, the rock bands of this period expressed the conflicts many young people were feeling.
Janis Joplin represented the culture of some young people during this period. She dressed in very unusual clothing. She let her long wavy hair fly about as she sang. She drank alcohol and used illegal drugs. Once she became famous, she even drove around San Francisco in a special sports car. This was not your average car. It was painted many colors with images of Joplin and her band. To many people, Janis Joplin's voice and actions represented freedom and social rebellion.
Janis Joplin and her new band performed around the United States. They received both good and bad comments from critics in America. However, when they performed in Europe, they were a big success. In nineteen sixty-nine, they released an album called "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama!" Here is a song from that album. It is called "Kozmic Blues," a title that became the name of the band.
Janis Joplin soon formed yet another band called Full Tilt Boogie. Many people say this was the best band she ever played with. The Full Tilt Boogie Band first played together in May of nineteen seventy. A few months later, they started to record the album "Pearl." It would become Janis Joplin's most successful album.
One song on that album is called "Mercedes Benz". Here, Janis Joplin sings a cappella, without any musical instruments. The words of the song are funny. But they also comment about the desire for costly things.
Janis Joplin did not live to see this album completed and released. In October, nineteen seventy, Joplin died of an accidental heroin drug overdose in Los Angeles, California. She was twenty-seven years old.
Janis Joplin once said this about her singing: "When I am there, I am not here. I can't talk about my singing. I'm inside it. How can you describe something you are inside of?"
This statement expresses how serious Janis Joplin was about her music. She was an intense singer who lived during an intense time in American history. While she did not have a long career, Joplin became one of the most important voices of her time.
We close with Janis Joplin's most popular song. It was written for her by a friend, the famous singer and songwriter Kris Kristofferson. Here is "Me and Bobby McGee".
重点解析
1.recover from恢复
And we will do whatever is necessary to help the Gulf Coast and its people recover from this tragedy.
我们将尽所能提供必要的援助，帮助墨西哥湾地区及人民从这场悲剧中恢复过来。
2.All of a sudden突然
All of a sudden, your schedule clears up, and your to-to list shrinks down to almost nothing.
突然间，你的日程表清空了，你要去做的事情列表缩减到几乎没有了。
3.close with以...结束
One piece of advice: if you have a song that your fans love, open and close with it.
建议之一：如果你有一首粉丝特别喜欢的歌，那么用这首歌开始演奏，也用它结束。
4.at the same time同时
But at the same time, I know that underneath all that is an evil soul.
但是同时，我知道在所有这些表象下面是一颗邪恶的灵魂。
5.In some ways某种程度上
In some ways I agree with those who want stricter punishments.
我在某些方面同意那些从严惩处的人的意见。
6.struggle with与...作斗争
We still have to struggle with all kinds of difficulties.
我们仍得和各种各样的困难作斗争。
参考译文
我是帕特·博德纳，我是鲍勃·道蒂。这里是这里是VOA慢速英语栏目《美国人物志》。今天我们讲述詹尼斯·乔普林的故事。她是那个时代受白人布鲁斯影响最大的摇滚歌手之一。她那充满激情的声音已经成为美国流行音乐中最著名的声音之一。
这首歌曲名为《铁球铁链》。这是由詹尼斯·乔普林和她的第一支乐队，老大哥和控股公司乐队一块演奏的。一些专家说这是摇滚史上最伟大的表演之一。这首歌曲于1967年6月18日年在蒙特雷国际流行音乐节现场录制。这个音乐节是加州旧金山的重要的活动。很多20世纪60年代的著名摇滚音乐家都聚集于此进行为期三天的表演。在这场音乐会之前，詹尼斯·乔普林和她的乐队只在美国西海岸为人所知。然而，一旦她在这个节日上表演，詹尼斯·乔普林就成了明星。
詹尼斯·乔普林一开始并没有进入摇滚乐的世界。她于1943年出生在得克萨斯州阿瑟港。甚至在孩提时代，詹尼斯就对音乐和艺术表现出了兴趣。她在当地教堂的音乐团体里唱歌，很快就对蓝调音乐产生了浓厚的兴趣。例如，她受到贝西·史密斯的蓝调音乐和奥蒂斯·雷丁的灵魂之声的影响。
17岁的时候，詹尼斯开始在德克萨斯州的小镇演出。她会模仿她最喜欢的音乐家的蓝调音乐。在纽约和旧金山唱了一段时间之后，詹尼斯回到德克萨斯州上了大学。她还需要从吸毒和酗酒中恢复过来。乔普林与毒品和酒精的斗争将继续伴随她的一生。
1966年，乔普林了解到，她在旧金山认识的一群摇滚音乐家正在寻找一位女歌手。这个乐队被称为“老大哥和控股公司”。乔普林曾经说过：“突然间，有人把我扔到了这个摇滚乐队面前。那时我就决定了，这就是我要做的事情。我不想做其他任何事情。”
詹尼斯·乔普林与老大哥乐队录制了两张专辑。这是她和乐队在一起的两年里创作的一首著名的歌曲。它叫“心的碎片”。这首歌很好地诠释了乔普林爆发力强、感情丰富的嗓音。
詹尼斯·乔普林并没有在这个乐队呆多久。在1968年，她和乐队的吉他手，山姆·安德鲁，成立了一个新的乐队。乔普林想要演奏更具节奏和布鲁斯风格的音乐。
20世纪60年代末是美国的一个复杂时期。很多政治和文化运动都在同时进行。其中包括争取黑人平等待遇的斗争、妇女权利运动和抗议美国卷入越南战争的运动。在某种程度上，这一时期的摇滚乐队表达了许多年轻人所感受的冲突。
詹尼斯·乔普林代表了当时的一些年轻人的文化。她穿着非常不寻常的衣服。唱歌时，她让自己长长的波浪卷发在空中飞舞。她酗酒，服用非法毒品。一旦她出名了，她甚至开着一辆特殊的跑车在旧金山到处跑。这不是一般的汽车。它上面画了乔普林和她的乐队的许多颜色的图案。对很多人来说，詹尼斯·乔普林的嗓音和行为代表了自由和对社会的反抗。
詹尼斯·乔普林和她的新乐队在全美国表演。他们收到了来自美国评论家的褒贬不一的评论。然而，当他们在欧洲表演的时候，他们取得了巨大的成功。1969年，他们发行了一张专辑，名为《妈妈我再次找到了老科兹米克蓝调！》。这是那张专辑的一首歌曲，名为《包罗一切的布鲁斯》，这个名字后来成为了这个乐队的名字。
很快，詹尼斯·乔普林成立了另一支乐队，名为“猛冲布吉乐队”。很多人认为这是她合作过的最好的乐队。猛冲布吉乐队于1970年5月进行了首次演奏。几个月后，他们开始录制专辑《珍珠》。这张专辑将成为詹尼斯·乔普林最成功的专辑。
那张专辑里有一首歌叫《梅赛德斯·奔驰》。在这里，詹尼斯·乔普林唱无伴奏合唱，没有任何乐器。这首歌的歌词很有趣。但他们也评论了对昂贵物品的渴望。
詹尼斯·乔普林没有活着看到这张专辑的完成和发行。1970年10月，乔普林在加州洛杉矶死于意外过量吸食海洛因。她当时27岁。
詹尼斯·乔普林曾这样描述她的歌唱：“当我在那里的时候，我就不在这里。我不能讨论我的歌唱。我在它里面。你怎么能描述一个你在它里面的东西呢？
这个表述表达了詹尼斯·乔普林对待她的音乐有多认真。她是一位热情的歌手，生活在美国历史上一个热情的时代。虽然她的职业生涯并不长，乔普林成为她那个时代最重要的声音之一。
我们以詹尼斯·乔普林最流行的歌曲结束。这首歌是她的朋友、著名歌手兼词曲作家克里斯·克里斯托弗森为她写的。这是《我和鲍比·麦基》。
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