突然心血来潮,想纪念下Busted.
The Band’s Resume from the official site of Busted
With a Number One single, a double platinum album and a sold-out UK tour under their belts, Busted have established themselves as one of the most important chart acts in the UK. And if this all seems to have happened quickly, it has: while it might seem difficult to imagine the charts without them Busted’s debut single was released in September 2002. Thing is, the story goes back a little further than last summer…
2002年9月,Busted的首支单曲问世le~~
Mattie Jay, 20 grew up in Surrey on the border of East Molesey and West Molesey, just where the West bit goes posh, and the East bit goes working class. His early years were a catalogue of broken bones and tree-climbing - not totally unrelated - and by his early teens his older brother’s record collection was informing his own musical tastes. At the age of 13 he managed to win himself, much to his neighbours’ disgruntlement, a full-size drum kit, and formed a Green Day covers band with a couple of mates. One night, while on holiday with his parents Mattie was coerced into a karaoke contest: one rendition of ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ later he’d been spotted by someone whose eye for a budding popstar eventually led Mattie to meet a music management team. They suggested he get together with a guy called James Bourne.
故事的起因是这样di ,Mattie Jay和Jame Bourne两哥俩先混在了一起.Mattie不会是Green Day的fans吧?
As it happened, James and Matt already knew each other. They’d met a few times at auditions and gigs, and writing sessions soon took shape at James’ parents house in Southend. James had been obsessed with music since he first laid eyes on Michael Jackson, and still maintains that seeing the King Of Pop on his ‘Dangerous’ tour was one of the most important moments of his life. When he was 17, James had chucked in a music technology course at a local college in order to actually pursue a career as a musician, having laid the groundwork in his teenage band Sic (sic) Puppy, whom he formed with friends at the age of twelve. James brought a smart, pop sensibility to Matt’s punky background, drawing on his love of Swedish uber-producer Max Martin as a cue for some of the poppier moments in the Busted catalogue. But you can’t have a band with two members, so Mattie and James placed an ad for a third member in the NME.
James原来是迷迈克杰克逊的,就这样想做音乐了.他在12岁就成立了只乐队叫Sic Puppy.后来与mattie一起在NME上投放了广告找组成乐队所需的另一名成员.
Flicking through the NME live ads one afternoon was a 16-year-old Ipswich boy by the name of Charlie Simpson. When he passed the audition - Mattie and James still say there was no competition - Charlie found Busted to be a slight change of direction. Through his early-to-mid teens he’d been more at home behind a set of drums, in bands going under names like FUBAR. But if it’s good for the Grohl it’s good for the Simpson, and before long Charlie’s role as one of the trio’s three frontmen was cast in stone. Where James brings the pop to the Busted table, Charlie throws in his encyclopedic and sometimes terrifying knowledge of the alternative world, from global acts like The Deftones and Jimmy Eat World to the output of tiny indie labels like Fierce Panda and Chemikal Underground. Charlie recently bought his first Porsche, and has yet to receive a parking fine.
一天下午,来自Ipswich的一个名为Charlie Simpson的16岁的小孩无意间看到了NME上的广告.接着他加入了mattie&james.成立了一个叫Busted的乐队.
The band demo’d and recorded dozens of tracks in London’s Brick Lane, in a dodgy studio with a leaky roof. James, Charlie and Matt were determined to get the sound right - they’d written these songs themselves, and wanted to make sure the songs which had been in their heads all these years made a good transition to CD. They needn’t have worried: the punk pop sound of the Brick Lane sessions perfectly complemented the band’s music and after signing to Universal Island at the start of 2002 chose ‘What I Go To School For’ - an infectious, Blink-182 style homage to extra-curricular rumpo and one of the songs they’d performed acoustically when touring record labels in search of a deal - as a first single. The single drew in rave reviews everywhere from Smash Hits (Crashing guitars, head-bopping beat and a catchy chorus make this a sure-fire winner) to NME (Big-balled, big-chorused, big-eyebrowed… Ace.), and debuted at Number 3 on September 23, 2002. Wondering what the real Miss Mackenzie made of the whole thing? She’s very flattered, she says, but she doesn’t like to talk about it. So now you know.
Released two weeks later, Busted’s debut album established the band as that rare breed: a pop act not afraid to rock out, and a rock band not afraid to embrace the finer points of pop. Once again, the reviews spoke for themselves. The Times were impressed by its catchy punk-pop tunes with a sense of humour, Q went for the inspired one-liners and clever gimmicks, and Smash Hits concluded that the boys were set to kick some boyband butt [with this] rock-inspired masterpiece. But it didn’t go double platinum overnight, and its beginnings were rather modest. ‘Busted’ debuted in the Top 40, but swiftly disappeared from view and spent a few weeks meandering around outside the Top 100. Gradually, however, the album began to thrive on good word of mouth and by the time second single, ‘Year 3000’, was announced the album was back in the charts, eventually nesting in the Top 10 for months on end. To date the album has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK alone.
首支单曲what i go to school for发行后,The Times ,Q,Smash Hits都对他们褒奖有嘉.但当第二首单曲YEAR 3000出来后才真正开始走红起来,单单在英国预定他们的首张同名专辑就了超过六百万份.他们的歌充满着幽默俏皮的旋律,是容易让人情不自禁跟着打拍子的流行摇滚.
‘Year 3000’ came next - released in January with a syper-stylized, Roger Rabbit-esque video propelling us forward into the next millennium with some nifty live footage from a special shoot at London’s Garage. The track stormed the Top 5 in January 2003, going one better than ‘What I Go To School For’ by romping in at Number 2, and bringing the world of mathematics to its knees. When we wrote it, James explains, we knew that 'great great great granddaughter' didn't actually work over the period of 1000 years. We did rather hope people would get the gist though - it's not literal! Like 'Walking On Sunshine' isn't actually about walking on the Sun, because you'd die.
In May, to tie in with their third single ‘You Said No (Crash & Burn)’, the band set off on their first UK tour. Being a Busted tour it was always going to be a bit different, but the audiences (teenage, but with a respectable showing of adults attending of their own accord) found a pop show like nothing they’d ever seen. Partly because it came with none of the costume changes, backing dancers, special effects and seen-it-beforeness of your average pop spectacle. But mainly because it wasn’t really a pop show at all: just the boys and their band, and a string of tunes taking on a whole new personality in the live arena. Matt’s trousers defied gravity, James moonwalked and, on the penultimate night, Charlie smashed his guitar. During the course of the tour ‘You Said No’ gave Busted their first Number One - making them the first act in UK chart history to have their first three singles hit Number 3, then 2, then 1.
2003年5月等到他们第三首单曲You said no出来后,Busted就开始了他们的全英巡回演唱会,没有太多华丽的服装与舞台,这是仅仅属于一个男孩们与他们的乐队的演出.
Last summer, the fourth and final track to be lifted from ‘Busted’ was ‘Sleeping With The Lights On’. The end of the ‘Busted’ story takes us back to the beginning of the Busted story: it’s the first song James and Mattie ever wrote together, round at James’ house in Southend. Girl's left you, James summarises. Classic excuse for writing a song. Mattie adds that sleeping with the lights on is useful if you come in pissed. Put the lights on, keep one hand touching the floor, and it stops the room spinning.
他们的第四首,最后的单曲Sleeping with the lights on发行.把我们带回了故事的开始,这是James和Mattie一起写的第一首歌.James说到:这是首经典的失恋后的歌,在喝醉后听听很有用的.
Now, with a best selling book, a sold out arena tour, a brand new album A Present For Everyone' and yet another smash hit single in the shape of Crashed The Wedding' Busted are hotter than Mattie's pants. 'A Present for Everyone' once again, was written by the band themselves. A lot of work was done during the course of their tour, and the successor to 'Busted' is a clear progression in the lads' songwriting capabilities without jettisoning any of the cheek, style, humour or spunk that made them so unique.</p>
<p align=left><span style=`>他们的第二张专辑于2003年底问世,首推单曲是Crashed the wedding.风格仍然继承了首张专辑的顽皮,诙谐.轻快的旋律使Busted非常独特.
In less than a year, Busted have smashed the mould of pop. They are one of the defining new acts of the past five years; treating pop audiences with the respect they deserve, selling their music without selling out their musical beliefs. Busted are the alternative.
Busted赢得了他们应得的尊重,他们并不是抱着随随便便的心态在做音乐,他们并没有丢失自己对音乐的信仰.他们是三个另类独特的孩子.
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现在BUSTED早已成为过眼烟云,大概主要是因为Charlie越来越讨厌乐队象个pop band,美国的唱片公司把他们作为一个boy band来宣传(象BSB.N’SYNC这样的)这让BUSTED很很失望.Charile早在2004初时就组建了FIGHTSTAR乐队.而他在BUSTED最后第3场巡演时才告诉James和Mattie这件事.解散是要解散的,只是想不到来的这么快.下面是他们的解散声明:
Fri 14th:
Busted Announcement :
Following the departure of Charlie Simpson, Busted announced today (Friday 14th Jan 2005)
that they have decided to split up.
Over the last two years James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Willis have become household
names. Busted have had eight top three hits including four number ones. Both Busted albums,
2002’s Busted and 2003’s A Present For Everyone, have clocked up over 1 million sales each..
Busted won Best Pop Act and Best Breakthrough Act at the 2004 BRIT awards and they were
nominated for Best British Group. Most recently they topped the charts with the theme to the
Thunderbirds movie, which was voted Record Of The Year.
In the course of their career Busted have sold out 50 UK arenas including 11 Wembleys and
last year they sold more Wembleys than any other artist (equaling the all time record),
consolidating their position as the biggest and best pop act in the UK.
Says Matt Willis: “It’s a really sad day for all of us but we’ve always said that if one member
left then we’d call it a day. The last three years have been unbelievable and I’d like to say a
massive thank you to all our fans- you’ve been amazing.”
Says Charlie Simpson: “I’m incredibly proud of everything that we’ve achieved in Busted.
We’ve enjoyed some of the best
times in our lives together. I wouldn’t change one single bit of it. This has been a really difficult
decision and I hope the fans will
understand”
Says James Bourne: “I’m devastated that Charlie has chosen to quit Busted, but I have to
respect his decision and I
fully support him and wish him all the best for the future. I would like to say a personal thank
you to all the fans who have made the last three years the best years of my life. I’ll remember
these years forever.”
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作为我第一个接触的pop punk乐队,今天突然听到他们的歌,难免有些感慨.还记得以前听year 3000时的兴奋…离别就是这样在一刹那的事甚至不等你反应过来.
YEAR 3000
lyric:
One day when I came home at lunch time I heard a funny noise
Went out to the backyard to find out if it was one of those rowdy boys
Stood there was my neighbour called Peter
and a Flux Capacitor
He told me he built a time machine like the one in a film I’ve seen
yeah yeah…
He said I’ve been to the year 3000
Not much has changed but they lived underwater
and your great great great granddaughter
is pretty fine (is pretty fine)
He took me to the future in the flux thing and I saw everything
boybands and another one and another one and another one
triple breasted women swim around town totally naked!
We drove around in a time machine like the one in a film I’ve seen
yeah yeah…
He said I’ve been to the year 3000
not much has changed but they lived underwater
and your great great great grand daughter
is pretty fine (is pretty fine)
I took a trip to the year 3000
this song had gone multi-platinum
everybody brought our seventh album
it had outsold Micheal Jackson
I took a trip to the year 3000
this song had gone multi-platinum
everybody brought our seventh album
He told me he built a time machine like the one in a film ive seen
yeah yeah…
He said I’ve been to the year 3000
not much has changed but they lived under water
and your great great great grandaughter
is pretty fine (is pretty fine)He said
I’ve been to the year 3000
not much has changed but they lived under water
and your great great great grandaughter
she’s pretty fine (she’s pretty fine)He said
He said I’ve been to the year 3000
not much has changed but they lived under water
and your great great great grand daughter
she’s pretty fine (she’s pretty fine)
He said I’ve been to the year 3000
not much has changed but they lived under water
and your great great great grand daughter
is pretty fine