滬江網(wǎng)“外語業(yè)界精英”訪談系列之?世界頂級DJ Pete Tong

[本期Steven視線登場人物]
·P：Pete Tong，世界頂級DJ
·S：安家良，Steven An，滬江英語網(wǎng)主編 Steven視線主持人

和Petetong見面是在外灘15號的Attica（活動也是該俱樂部主辦），之前我對中國以外的DJ一無所知，更不知道Pete Tong那么有名。所以，我完全把這次會晤當(dāng)作了學(xué)習(xí)的過程，查資料、準(zhǔn)備提綱、見面、專訪，我不亦樂乎。結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)：前衛(wèi)的舞曲、討人喜歡的英國口音、認(rèn)真隨性的Petetong。。。這樣的組合，很好！

DJ之路，從婚禮開始

S: As we know, you started being a DJ at the age of 15. What was it like?

P: I just want to be involved in music, and I couldn't really play any instruments. Every kid wanted to be in a band. I just saw a DJ one day and I thought I could do that. So it started from that. It's very humble. Nobody was famous for being a DJ then, but at that stage we were just doing parties and weddings and different things. And eventually, after a couple of years, I got started running my own club. That was the best thing I ever did. I was very young still, but I ran my own night. And you started to get crowd, you started to get reputation, and people told other people that you worked as a DJ. It just went from there. Those were very early days. It was pre-acid house thing, and no one has thought by then of doing that in Shanghai or Tokyo, or Sydney, or Brazil. You know not that long ago, like ten years ago, traveling to Manchester would seem to be a long way from London. Now I go to shanghai for weekends, so we can say that the world has changed.

S：你從十五歲開始做DJ，那時候是怎么樣的情況？

P：我只是想接觸音樂，但是我什么樂器都不會。每個孩子都成為樂隊的一份子。有一天我見到了一個DJ，我想我也能做。一切就從那時開始了。當(dāng)時的狀況很簡陋。那時候沒有人因為做DJ出名，但是在那個時候，我們作派對、婚禮和其他的一些東西。幾年后，我開始經(jīng)營自己的俱樂部。那是我做過的最棒的事情。盡管當(dāng)時我還很小，但是已經(jīng)做自己的專場。后來，人越來越多，開始有了名氣，一傳十，十傳百。一切都是從那里開始的。那是很早的事情了，早于酸浩室舞曲。沒有人會想在上海、東京、悉尼或者巴西做這種浩室舞曲。就像十年前，從倫敦去曼徹斯特都被看作是長途旅行?，F(xiàn)在我可以來上海過周末，所以我們可以說世界變了。

S: Incredible. And your first experience is a wedding. How was that like?

P: I mean I started it by doing weddings. But I don't do many weddings now.

S：難以置信。你從一個婚禮開始做起，那是個什么樣的婚禮？

P：我是說我從做婚禮開始的。但是我現(xiàn)在不太做婚禮了。

S: What kind of weddings?

P: I just did normal ones. And I found some famous weddings as well. Now I mean, when you are DJ, back in where I stay, early 80es or late 70es, anybody would book people. So anyway you could play your music and do your thing. But then I quit it very quickly, because I think doing weddings is not a good thing. Because they want me to do this, but I want to do that.

S：什么類型的婚禮？

P：我做過普通的婚禮。我也做過一些名人的婚禮。當(dāng)你是一個DJ，回到我生活的地方，70年代末80年代初，每個人都會預(yù)約人，所以你可以玩你的音樂做你的事情。但是我很快就不干了，因為我覺得做婚禮不太好。因為他們想讓我這樣做，我卻想要那樣做。

S: Do you personally play any musical instruments? ?

P: I am kind of teaching myself back to piano. I learned piano and then I blunted it when I was a kid at school. And I wish I could really have done it. I mean I would recommend to any kid now that things will finally work out . It is a real regret that I didn't follow up on it. Because I realize now how much it could have helped me. So you know it's never too late.