Chapter 5

To pursue a career in music
為了追求他的音樂職業道路
Chris realized that he would have to move to London
Chris意識到他必須要搬去倫敦
So in 1996, he enrolled at University College London and studied history
所以他在1996年入讀倫敦大學學院進修歷史系
Thats where he met future band members
他在那裡認識了未來的樂隊成員們
Will , John and Guy
Will、John和Guy
Most of our friends, people said (?)
我們大多數朋友說
Same mates, same mates they always said
他們總是說，怎麼還是這幾個傢伙
Yeah... [laughters]
對的
I dont think its all uncommon
我不認為這是件不同尋常的事
For bands to originate at school
樂隊發源於學校很尋常
Because like America and Great Britain alike
像是美國和英國都是這樣
This happens all the time
這樣的事常常發生
Because I think especially a university
因為我認為尤其是大學
Because for the first time
因為是第一次
Youre completely surrounded by people
你完完全全地被各種人包圍
The alike minded, their searching for similar things
有相似的想法、在尋找相似的東西的人
You know, youve got other talent and musicians around you
所有有才能的人和音樂人都就在你周圍
But yet youre completely secured in the face
但同時你又非常有安全感
In a sense that youre on campus or whatever
你感覺無論你在校園里或是什麼地方
Youve got some source of support from family
你都有家人提供一些支持的來源
But yet youre on your own for the first time
但是你也是第一次開始獨立生活了
The four of them were all housed in the same building
樂隊四人都住在同一棟樓裡
Although they were studying very different subject
雖然他們學習的專業各不相同
They all shared a passion for music
他們對音樂的熱愛卻是相同的
And London gave them the perfect playing ground
倫敦為他們提供了完美的平台去遊玩
To see what other bands wereout there
讓他們看到外面還有什麼樣的樂隊
Whenever possible
只要有機會
They were going to gigs
他們就會去看演出
I can understand why Chris Martin went to London to form the band
我能理解為什麼Chris Martin會去倫敦組樂隊
Because (?) companies are there, record companies are there
因為（？）公司都在那裡，唱片公司也在那裡
All the big bands play there
所有大樂隊都去那邊表演
You know, if you wanna see any band that you like
如果你想見到任何一個你喜歡的樂隊
Its always better to go off and see it in London
去倫敦看他們總是更好的
Because no in doubt that theyll always be on tour
因為毫無疑問，他們總是在巡迴演出
They were always gonna threw this
他們總會經過這裡
It was always a good idea to go out there
所以去那裡總是個好主意
Plus, the fact you got people living there
再加上，你能認識住在那邊的人
You wanna be in bands and wanna make it big
你想要進入樂隊並且大放異彩
Londons like this perfect setting
倫敦是個完美的環境
For the music industry to really, you know, explode
能夠讓音樂行業真正蓬勃發展的環境
Because youve got such a diversity, you know
因為你在這裡能得到多樣性
Diversity of culture
文化的多樣性
Its like the culture of center for the world, you know
它就像是世界的文化中心
Theres so much going on
太多事情在這裡發生
If you wanna go to Reggae gate, you go to Reggae gate
如果你想玩雷鬼，你就前往雷鬼大門
If you wanna go to like a guitar base gate
如果你想去吉他、貝斯大門
You go to that
你去就好了
You can go to whatever kind of music you wanna go to
你能去到你嚮往的任何一種音樂聚集的地方
Londons a great place for music
倫敦是玩音樂的絕佳地點
Probably the capital city of music
可能算是音樂的首都了
No matter what style that youre into
無論你喜歡什麼風格
Be Punk, Goth, Indie, Rock
無論是朋克、哥特、獨立還是搖滾
Theres always clubs and places to play
總有屬於它的俱樂部和演出場所
Theres all those venues and market, the stores, and the (?)
有各種各樣相關的場地、市場、商店等等
Also lots of pubs, have nice bands playing
也有非常多很好的樂隊會去演奏的酒吧
Its at these where you can meet people
在這些地方你能認識很多人
Or often into forming bands as well
或者也經常就組到樂隊了
When they were not studying
當他們不學習時
They would go to watch bands
他們就會去觀看樂隊演出
Guy and John would hang out in Chriss room
Guy和John會在Chris的房間裡一起消磨時光
And together they would write songs
他們在一起時會寫歌
A lot of the material that would end up on the bands first album
很多最後放進了他們第一張專輯中的素材
Came together here
都是在這裡完成的
They wrote hundreds of songs
在最終為專輯挑選曲目前
Before finally picking with tracks
他們已經寫了好幾百首歌曲
Which would become world-wide hits
[這兩句因為英文的順序顛倒翻譯了]
To sit down with a group of peple, like
這些曲目後來成為了全球熱門的歌曲
If you intended to go out and, like
跟一群人好好坐下
Join a band and have a successful career within that band
如果你想要出去
I mean, starting from a point where youll just sort of sit down
去加入樂隊並且和樂隊一起成就音樂職業生涯
And have a jam with someone
那麼從僅僅是坐下來開始
I think its more than important, its vital
和某些人多混在一起
Which is why so many bands successful that come out of university
我認為是非常重要並且有必要的
Because theyve had the opportunity in a time
這也是為什麼那麼多成功的樂隊都從是大學走出來的
To just sit down together, relax, have a smoke, you know
因為他們有這樣的機會
Just sit and jam
去一起坐下來、放放鬆、抽抽煙什麼的
And just pick each others brains
就是坐下一起玩
And I think when you do that
還有互相交流意見
And you get yourself in that sort of situation
我認為當你那樣做了
The more you just sort of work with it and it just evolves
你把你自己置身於那個狀態後