搬运译Pitchfork评Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam 2016年单曲"A 1000 Times"

搬运自：网易云音乐专栏【Music Online Zine Courier】（在原文基础上添加了英语原文与排版调整）

翻译：Beans_Beans 

“A 1000 Time”是Hanmilton Leithauser与Rostam Batmanglij合作的单曲，同Hamilton的其他几首伟大的歌曲一样，它讲述的故事发生在一切即将结束的时候。但是，当Leithauser在“In the New Year”中胜利地凝视着未来，在“The Rat”记录下一段关系着痛苦、绝望的结束时，“A 1000 Times”中的情感太过痴迷，以至于近乎无视它周遭所发生的一切。“The 10th of November, the year’s almost over, ”Leithauser梦幻般地唱道，尽管这也可能是一年中的任何其他一天。“If I had your number, I’d call you tomorrow.”

As “A 1000 Times” evolves from a baroque,unmistakably Rostam lullaby into a blustery, *Basement Tapes *stomp, itsinstantly catchy chorus (“I had a dream that you were mine/I’ve had that dreama thousand times”) seems to have come and gone 1,000 times itself. It’s anaffecting, infectious technique; the song’s shapeshifting structure elevatesLeithauser’s simplistic, repetitive melody into something approaching a popstandard. As illustrated by the stars of the video, portraying Hamilton andRostam at various ages, “A 1000 Times” is a song you can imagine growing oldwith.

当“A 1000 Times”从一首巴洛克式的Rostam摇篮曲演变为声势浩大的、《Basement Tapes》是顿足爵士乐时，其朗朗上口的副歌（“I had a dream that you were mine/I’ve had that dream a thousand times”）似乎真的告诉我们他自己已历经一千次的旅程。这是一种感人至深、感染力爆表的表达技巧；这首歌多变的结构将Leithauser简单、重复的旋律提升到接近流行标准的程度。正如MV中的明星所演绎的那样，Hamilton和Rostam虽有着不同年龄段的形象，但“A 1000 Times”是一首会令你想象着你的一生慢慢迎来终结的歌曲。