The Rotowhirl(Live) - Laurie Anderson

The Rotowhirl (Live) - Laurie Anderson
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Around 1978 I met a comedian Andy Kaufmann
大约在1978年 我遇到了一位喜剧演员 安迪·考夫曼
And he was performing his avant-garde Elise act in a club in Queens
他在皇后区的一家俱乐部表演他的前卫喜剧节目
The performance started with Andy playing the bongos
演出开始时 安迪演奏邦戈鼓
And for some unknown reason sobbing
然后不知为何 他突然哭了起来
We became friends
我们成为了朋友
And I acted as Andy's straight man in clubs and field trips
我在俱乐部和实地考察中扮演安迪的搭档
At the Improv in New York
在纽约的即兴喜剧俱乐部
Andy would begin his show by insulting women and saying
安迪会以侮辱女性的话语开始他的表演
I won't respect them until one of them comes up here
除非他们有人上来把我打倒，否则我不会尊重他们
And wrestles me down
把我摔倒在地
This was supposed to be my job
这本该是我的工作
I sat in the club drinking whiskies trying to get up the nerve
我坐在俱乐部里喝着威士忌，试图鼓起勇气
In the meantime I was also supposed to be heckling him
同时我还应该去嘘他
And after three whiskies I managed to get pretty abusive
三杯威士忌下肚后，我变得相当粗鲁
Wrestling him down though was really hard
但把他摔倒在地真的很难
Because Andy really fought
因为安迪真的很能打
On our field trips we would go to Coney Island
在我们的郊游中，我们会去康尼岛
To try out some of Andy's theories on cutting-edge comedy
尝试安迪那些关于尖端喜剧的理论
We'd stand around the “test your strength” games
我们会站在“测试你的力量”游戏旁
The one with the big sledgehammer in the bell
那个有大锤和铃铛的游戏
And Andy would make fun of all the guys
安迪会嘲笑那些
Who were swinging away
拼命挥锤的家伙
And I was supposed to beg him for
而我则要假装向他乞求
One of the huge stuffed bunnies
一个巨大的毛绒兔子
Oh Andy Honey please get me a bunny please please
哦，安迪，亲爱的，请给我一只兔子，拜托了，拜托了
Finally Andy would step up
最终，安迪走上前
To the big thermometer and take a swing
来到那个巨大的温度计前，挥了一拳
The indicator would rise a few inches and
指针上升了几英寸
“Try again weakling ” would flash
“再试一次，弱者”字样闪现
At this point Andy would start yelling
这时，安迪开始大喊
That the game was wicked and demanding to see the manager
说这个游戏太邪恶了，并要求见经理
We also went at the rotowhirl
我们还去了旋转游乐设施
The ride that plasters everyone against the walls of a spinning cylinder
那旋转的圆柱体将所有人紧贴在墙上
And stretches their bodies into Dopplered blobs
将他们的身体拉伸成多普勒效应的模糊形状
Before the ride actually starts
在游乐设施真正启动之前
There are a couple of awkward minutes
有几分钟尴尬的时间
While the attendant checks the motor and the riders
工作人员检查着马达和乘客
Bound head and foot stare at each other
被绑住头和脚的乘客们面面相觑
This was the moment that Andy seized
这正是安迪抓住的时机
He would start by looking around in a panick
他会先惊慌地环顾四周
And then he would start to cry
然后他开始哭泣
I don't wanna be on this ride
我不想再继续这个游戏
I've changed my mind; we're all gonna die
我改变了主意；我们都会死去
The other riders would look around self-consciously
其他乘客尴尬地环顾四周
Should they help
他们是否应该帮忙
He would then begin to sob uncontrollably
他开始无法控制地抽泣
I loved Andy
我爱安迪
He would come over to my house
他常常来我家
And read from a novel he was writing
他朗读着自己正在创作的小说
He would read all night
整夜都在读
And I don't know if any of this book was ever even published
我不知道这本书是否曾经出版过
I have never been one that hoped
我从未抱有过希望
That Elvis is still hanging around somewhere hiding
认为猫王还躲在某个地方
But I will probably always expect to see Andy reappear someday
但我可能永远期待着某天能再次见到安迪