David Pogue: A 4-minute medley on the music wars

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翻译人员: Wang Qian 校对人员: Simon Yan
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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女士们、先生们
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the history of music and television on the Internet
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网络上的音乐电视史
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in three minutes.
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在3分钟内完整呈现
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A TED medley --
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一个TED旋律
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a TEDley.
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一个“泰迪律”
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♫ It's nine o' clock on a Saturday ♫
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♫星期六的晚上九点钟♫
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♫ The record store's closed for the night ♫
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♫唱片行已经打烊♫
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♫ So I fire up the old iTunes music store ♫
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♫于是我打开iTune网上音乐商店♫
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♫ And soon I am feelin' all right ♫
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♫心情很快随之好转♫
00:42
♫ I know Steve Jobs can find me a melody ♫
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♫我知道史蒂夫乔布斯会为我找到一首歌♫
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♫ With one dollar pricing that rocks ♫
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♫只需一美元却很酷的歌♫
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♫ I can type in the track and get album names back ♫
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♫只需键入曲目,即知专辑名♫
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♫ While still in my PJs and socks ♫
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♫而我仍穿着睡衣和温暖的袜子♫
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♫ Sell us a song, you're the music man ♫
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♫音乐人啊~买我们歌曲吧~♫
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♫ My iPod's still got 10 gigs to go ♫
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♫我的iPod还有10G空间♫
01:04
♫ Yes, we might prefer more compatibility ♫
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♫是啊,还有更多相容性更好的♫
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♫ But Steve likes to run the whole show ♫
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♫但是史蒂夫喜欢当老大♫
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♫ I heard "Desperate Housewives" was great last night ♫
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♫我听说昨晚的《绝望主妇》很棒♫
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♫ But I had a bad piece of cod ♫
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♫但是我吃鳕鱼排食物中毒了♫
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♫ As I threw up my meal, I thought, "It's no big deal" ♫
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♫昨晚在呕吐的时候我想“这没什么大不了的”♫
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♫ I'll watch it tonight on my 'Pod ♫
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♫我今晚就在iPod上看好了♫
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♫ And now all of the networks are joining in ♫
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♫现在所有电视网络都加入了♫
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♫ Two bucks a show without ads ♫
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♫一集两美元还没广告♫
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♫ It's a business those guys always wanted to try ♫
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♫这是这些家伙一直都想做的生意♫
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♫ But only Steve Jobs had the 'nads ♫
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♫只有史蒂夫乔布斯够厉害♫
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♫ They say we're young, don't watch TV ♫
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♫他们说我们年轻人不看电视♫
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♫ They say the Internet is all we see ♫
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♫他们说网络就是我们的一切♫
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♫ But that's not true; they've got it wrong ♫
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♫但这不是事实,他们都错了♫
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♫ See, all our shows are just two minutes long ♫
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♫因为我们看的节目都只有两分钟♫
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♫ Hey ♫
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♫嘿♫
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♫ I got YouTube ♫
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♫我有YouTube♫
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♫ I got YouTube ♫
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♫我有YouTube♫
02:12
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
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女士们、先生们
02:14
a tribute to the Recording Industry Association of America --
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向美国唱片工业会(RIAA)致敬
02:17
the RIAA!
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有名的RIAA
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♫ Young man, you were surfin' along ♫
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♫年轻人你们独自在上网♫
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♫ And then, young man, you downloaded a song ♫
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♫然后,你们下载歌♫
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♫ And then, dumb man, copied it to your 'Pod ♫
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♫然后,笨蛋,把歌复制到iPod上♫
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♫ Then a phone call came to tell you ... ♫
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♫然后接到一个电话♫
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♫ You've just been sued by the R-I-A-A ♫
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♫你被RIAA警告了♫
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♫ You've just been screwed by the R-I-A-A ♫
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♫你刚被RIAA搞了♫
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♫ Their attorneys say you committed a crime ♫
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♫他们的律师指控你♫
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♫ And there'd better not be a next time ♫
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♫你最好下次别犯♫
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♫ They've lost their minds at the R-I-A-A ♫
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♫RIAA的人他们都疯了♫
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♫ Justice is blind at the R-I-A-A ♫
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♫在RIAA正义是盲目的♫
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♫ You're depriving the bands ♫
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♫你们在掠夺乐团♫
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♫ You are learning to steal ♫
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♫你们在偷窃♫
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♫ You can't do whatever you feel ♫
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♫你们不能随心所欲♫
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♫ CD sales have dropped every year ♫
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♫CD销量逐年下降♫
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♫ They're not greedy, they're just quaking with fear ♫
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♫他们不贪心,只是怕得发抖♫
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♫ Yes indeedy, what if their end is near ♫
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♫是的,要是他们末日将近♫
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♫ And we download all our music ♫
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♫我们就可以随意下载音乐♫
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♫ Yeah, that would piss off the R-I-A-A ♫
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♫是啊,这可惹火了RIAA♫
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♫ No plastic discs from the R-I-A-A ♫
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♫再也没有来自RIAA的唱片了♫
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♫ What a way to make friends ♫
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♫这是一个交朋友的好办法♫
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♫ It's a plan that can't fail ♫
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♫绝不会失败♫
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♫ All your customers off to jail ♫
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♫所有的客户都进了监狱♫
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♫ Who'll be next for the R-I-A-A? ♫
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♫RIAA会下一个找谁的麻烦?♫
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♫ What else is vexing the R-I-A-A? ♫
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♫什么会让RIAA伤透脑筋?♫
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♫ Maybe whistling a tune ♫
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♫也许吹口哨?♫
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♫ Maybe humming along ♫
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♫也许是哼歌?♫
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♫ Maybe mocking 'em in a song ♫
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♫或许在歌词里嘲讽他们?♫
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