搬运译Pitchfork评10年代200首最佳单曲第169名：St. Vincent: “New York” (2017)

翻译：Nomanlandever

Surrounded by hypersexual synth workouts and fuzzed-to-all-hell basslines, this bare piano ballad is the heartrending centerpiece of MASSEDUCTION, Annie Clark’s fifth album as St. Vincent. The song’s intimate verses, cribbed from Clark’s own text messages to old friends, honor people and places who may have drifted away but will never be completely out-of-mind. “You’re the only motherfucker in the city who can stand me,” she sings. The chorus, meanwhile, zooms out into the cosmos, as she pays homage to fallen musical heroes like David Bowie and Prince. It’s a song about living, loving, and losing in the big city—and not regretting any of it. –Noah Yoo

在“放荡不羁”的合成器和狂躁模糊的贝斯线轰炸的氛围里，这首赤裸的钢琴抒情曲是Annie Clark第五张专辑《MASSEDUCTION》里悲情憔悴的核心曲目。歌曲暧昧的歌词，直接截选自Annie Clark发给老朋友的短信，纪念那些可能会逐渐褪去，但绝不会彻底忘却的人事物。（歌词）“You’re the only motherfucker in the city who can stand me,”她唱道。与此同时，副歌放眼寰宇，她向过去像David Bowie和Prince的音乐圣雄们致敬。这是一首关于在大城市生活、热爱和失去的歌曲——毫不后悔。 –Noah Yoo