MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, AND WRITER WHO IS JOINING US FROM SOMEWHERE

音樂家、作曲家和作家，他正從澳洲中部某處加入我們

IN THE MIDDLE OF AUSTRALIA, THE AMAZING TIM MINCHIN!

歡迎最棒的TIM MINCHIN！

HE'S HERE ON THE SHOW.

他連線節目啦。

HOW ARE YOU, TIM?

你好嗎，TIM？

>> HI, JAMES.

>> 嗨，詹姆斯。

I'M PRETTY GOOD, REALLY.

我過得不錯，真的。

YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.

對，我很好。

I'M HERE IN THE HOUSE -- >> James: WHERE ARE YOU IN THE

我現在在屋子裡...... >> 詹姆斯：你到底

WORLD RIGHT NOW?

躲去世界的哪個角落?

WHERE ARE YOU?

你在哪裡？

>> I'M IN A LITTLE VALLEY A COUPLE OF HOURS SOUTH OF S SYDNE

>> 我在距離雪梨南部幾個小時車程的一個小山谷裡，

BELOW THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AND I'M HERE, BASICALLY, I'M IN THE

南方高地的山腳下。我在這，確切來說，我在一座

MIDDLE OF 12 ACRES OF RAIN FOREST AND KIND OF IN A HOUSE

12英畝大的雨林中間，一棟類似房子、

BUILT IN, CLEARLY, 1981, AND, YEAH, IT'S NICE.

明顯在1981年建成的建築物，然後，對，它很棒。

CAN YOU HEAR THE CECADAS?

你能聽見蟬叫聲嗎？

>> James: I CANNOT.

>> 詹姆斯: 我聽不到。

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SCREAMING CECADAS.

儘管身處雨林聽起來十分浪漫，但我們現在被一群尖叫的蟬包圍。你知道蟬嗎，詹姆斯? 你知道.....

>> James: I DON'T.

>> 詹姆斯。我不太知道。

YOU SHOULD, JAMES.

你應該要知道一下，詹姆斯。

THEIR LIFE CYCLE -- >> James: IS SHORT, I KNOW

他們的生命週期 -- >> 詹姆斯：很短，我知道。這我曉得。

>> THEY SPEND SEVEN YEARS UNDERGROUND AS NYMPHS AND FEED

>> 牠們破土後就活不久了沒錯，但牠們在地底以若蟲的形式度過了七年的時間，靠吃

ON ROOT MATTER FOR SEVEN YEARS.

植物根部的養分活七年

THEY COME OUT OF THE GROUND.

然後牠們從地裡鑽出來

THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL WINGS, LITTLE PLATES ON THEIR ABDOMEN

牠們長出美麗的翅膀，飛到一棵樹上，牠們的腹部有個會震動的小板子

WHICH VIBRATE AND THEY SCREAM AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS

然後牠們就開始尖叫，成千上萬的蟬

SCREAMING AT THE SAME TIME AND IF YOU SPEAK CECADA, WHICH I DO,

同時一起叫。如果你懂蟬語的話，我就懂，

IS THEY'RE SAYING SOMEONE COME AND SHAG ME, I HAVE BEEN

他們是在說，誰快來和我做愛吧! 我已經在

UNDERGROUND SEVEN YEARS, I'M DESPERATE FOR A SHAG!

地下住了七年，我等不及要來愛愛了！

I'M UP HERE ON A TREE!

我在這裡的樹上！

AND IT'S BASICALLY TINDER, AND SOMEBODY SHAGS THEM AND THEN

就像是蟬的Tinder交友網，直到有人終於來和他或她做愛，然後

THEY DIE.

他們就死了。

SO IT'S TOUGHER THAN BEING IN LOCKDOWN.

所以那比被防疫在家還還難過。

>> James: ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT'S HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL

>> 詹姆斯。的確。儘管我確信那將是很多人在防疫結束後會做的事，

LEAVE LOCKDOWN WHEN IT COMES.

等那天到來的時候。

>> I THINK 2022 IS, LIKE, I WANT SOMEBODY SHAG ME!

>> 我想2022年就會像是，我想跟別人上床！

DEFINITELY.

絕對是這樣。

>> James: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW, YOU JUST

>> 詹姆斯。上次你上節目的時候，你剛

RELEASED YOUR AL ALBUM, "APART TOGETHER," AND IT'S BEEN THE

發佈了你的專輯 "APART TOGETHER"，目前已經獲得

MOST PHENOMENAL SUCCESS.

廣大的迴響

IT WENT STRAIGHT TO NUMBER THREE IN THE AUSTRALIAN ALBUM CHARTS.

它直接殺進了澳洲專輯排行榜的第三名。

DID YOU EXPECT THE ALBUM WOULD DO SO WELL COMMERCIALLY?

你有想過這張專輯會有這麼好的商業表現嗎？

>> YEAH, I DID.

>> 是的，我想過。

I THOUGHT, WHEN THIS COMES OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE AC/DC, BTS AND

我當時想，等我的專輯釋出時候，排行將會是AC/DC，BTS，再來就是......

ME DOING THIS.

我。

I DON'T SEE MYSELF AS THAT SORT OF ARTIST.

我其實完全沒有想過排行榜啦，我不認為自己是那種藝術家。

I HAVE BEEN WRITING SONGS FOR 30 YEARS AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

我寫歌已經30年了，我一直都很獨立，

DOWNIT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT MY LIVE SHOWS, YOU KNOW HOW IT

一直都專注於我的現場表演，你知道是怎麼樣的。

WENT, AND I WASN'T SOMEBODY THAT GOT RADIO PLAY IN THE SOUTH

我不是那種會被放到廣播節目

BECAUSE TO HAVE THE CONTENT IN MY SONGS AND BECAUSE THEY'RE

只因為我的歌詞內容好的人，因為那些歌詞都

STUPID AND, YES, ALTHOUGH I REALLY WANTED THIS RECORD TO BE

很蠢。所以，是的，雖然我真的很想讓這張唱片能夠

OUT OF REACH OF A NEW AUDIENCE, CHARTS.

觸及新的觀眾群，我仍然沒有去想排行榜

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CHARTS MEAN THESE DAYS, BUT THE RESPONSE HAS

我不太明白排行榜在現今代表的意義，但觀眾的反應

BEEN SO GORGEOUS.

簡直再好不過了

AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THE VINYL AND STUFF.

而且人們開始買黑膠唱片之類的東西

HOW GREAT'S THAT, THERE'S VINYL BACK IN THE WORLD?

多好啊，世界上又出現了黑膠唱片?!

>> James: IT'S RICHLY DESERVED BECAUSE I THINK THE ALBUM IS

>> 詹姆斯：它絕對值得這一切，我認為這張專輯

COMPLETELY BRILLIANT.

超級了不起

THE SONG YOU WILL PERFORM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONG TITLES MAYBE

你即將要表演的是我最喜歡的曲目之一，也許是有史以來最愛，

EVER BUT CERTAINLY THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT

但可以肯定的是，你已經知道

A FAN I AM, BUT THE SONG IS CALLED "TALKED TOO MUCH, STAYED

我是個多麼大的粉絲。不過這首歌叫做 "說了太多，待

TOO LONG."

了太久"

>> YEAH.

>> 是的。

DOES THAT RING A BELL.

是否有似曾相識的感覺呢？

>> James: TELL US WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT AND WHERE IT CAME

>> 詹姆斯：請告訴我們這首歌的內容和

FROM.

由來

>> QUITE OFTEN, I FIND MYSELF WAKING UP IN THE MORNING HAVING

>> 很多時候，我一早醒來，才發現自己前一天

BEEN OUT WITH FRIENDS OR AT A DINNER PARTY.

和朋友一起出去玩或者參加了晚餐派對。

I LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN DRINKING WINE WITH FRIENDS

我最愛的就是和朋友們一起

AROUND A DINNER PARTY AND HAVING A GOOD CHAT.

在晚餐派對喝酒，然後大聊特聊。

AS YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND A WRESTLE OVER IDEAS AND I LOVE A

你知道，我不介意為某個論點大打出手，我也喜歡

GENTLE ARGUMENT, BUT I QUITE OFTEN WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND

溫和理性的辯論。但我經常在早上醒來然後

SAY TO SARAH, DID I -- DO WE -- I THINK I MIGHT HAVE -- DID WE

問Sarah說，我有沒有 - 我們有沒有 - 我想我可能有 - 我們是不是--我是不是

TALK TOO MUCH AND STAY TOO LONG?

說了太多話，有點待太久了？

AND IT'S THE REFRAIN THAT MY REMORSE IN THE MORNING IS I

這就是我每天早上不斷循環的懊惱

SHOULD HAVE LEFT EARLIER AND JUST SHUT UP.

我是不是又......? 我應該早點離開，閉嘴就好。

AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EPITAPH, I SHOULD HAVE IT

於是我想那會是個不錯的墓誌銘，我應該把它

ON MY TOMBSTONE, "TALKED TOO MUCH, STAYED TOO LONG."

刻在我的墓碑上，"說了太多，待了太久。"

AND IF I'M GOING TO HAVE IT ON MY TOMBSTONE I SHOULD TRACK ALL

既然我要在我的墓碑刻上這句話，那我就應該寫一首歌，記錄下這輩子所有

THE TIMES I'VE NOT SHUT UP.

沒有閉嘴的時刻

>> James: COMPLETELY BRILLIANT AND WE'RE SO THRILLED ANYTIME

>> 詹姆斯。太精彩了，我們每次都很興奮

YOU'RE ON THE SHOW.

你上節目