翻译：thesweetescape

原文链接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-best-songs-of-the-1990s/

Björk: “Venus as a Boy” (1993)

Not to get all What Women Want about it, but it’s hardly surprising that the idealized male figure Björk rhapsodizes about in “Venus as a Boy” is described in terms of how he makes the narrator feel, and not what he looks like. This is beauty, according to Björk: attentiveness, the capability of making one’s partner feel beautiful, and an apparent willingness to go down on her. She’s not excited by his biceps or the bulge in his pants, but his sense of humor. Sonically, this Nelle Hooper-assisted single from Debut is something like a chanson in the Earth section of Epcot on Mars. Strings recorded at film studios in India do a ton of heavy lifting; every figure sounds like a different variation on swooning. At once intelligible and singular, “Venus” encapsulated Björk’s particular pop genius so preciously. –Rich Juzwiak

并非揣测女人的心思，但在歌曲“Venus as a Boy” 中，很少能出乎意料地见到Björk如痴如醉地幻想她的理想型会给他带来什么感受，并非幻想他的模样。根据Björk的说法，这就是美：心无旁骛，拥有让伴侣感到美丽的能力，以及尊重她的意愿。她并非被对方的肱二头肌或裤子上的大包吸引，而是被他的幽默感吸引。音乐上，这首与Nelle Hooper共同打造的收录于专辑《Debut》的单曲，仿佛未来火星世界的地球生态区。在印度的电影制片厂录制的弦乐大幅拔高了歌曲的层次感。每个单独的音轨如同痴迷状态下的不同形态。通俗易懂又独特无比，“Venus”浓缩了Björk这位音乐奇才的独具匠心之处。 –Rich Juzwiak