翻譯：Nomanlandever

Either the 2000s have been good to Madonna, or Madonna has been good in the 2000s. Since Music hit nearly ten years ago, she has sounded so much more convincing as a dancing queen than she ever did as, say, Evita, and that's taking her Timbalake disasterpiece into account. Still, her decade-capping "Celebration", produced by Paul Oakenfold, sounds like it's conjuring several of her younger selves-- specifically the Desperately Seeking Susan starlet who wore her bra outside her shirt and spray-painted that dude's car. Madonna commands boys to step to the beat just like she did on "Into the Groove", and that canned laughter on the bridge is right out of the Jellybean Benitez playbook, as is the song's modest goal of just making people move.

要么是00年代對(duì)麥當(dāng)娜很好，亦或是麥當(dāng)娜在00年代表現(xiàn)優(yōu)越。自從10年前的專(zhuān)輯《Music》爆紅以來(lái)，她作為一個(gè)舞蹈女王的地位空前絕后地越來(lái)越有信服力，至少遠(yuǎn)超Evita時(shí)期，這還考慮到與Justin Timberlake的災(zāi)難合作。仍然，她這個(gè)十年的總結(jié)單曲《Celebration》，由Paul Oakenfold制作，聽(tīng)起來(lái)像這首歌在召喚她年輕時(shí)的幾個(gè)分身，尤其是那個(gè)把胸罩穿在襯衫外面、還在別人的車(chē)上噴漆的電影《神秘約會(huì)》（Desperately Seeking Susan）里的小明星麥當(dāng)娜。Madonna命令男孩們緊跟節(jié)拍，就像她在《Into The Groove》里做的那樣。歌曲Bridge處出現(xiàn)的“特效笑聲”正出自Jellybean Benitez的劇本。這首歌沒(méi)什么大目標(biāo)，就是想讓人們動(dòng)起來(lái)。

In other words, this is personality-driven pop: What's important isn't Madonna's singing, but the fact that it's Madonna singing. It doesn't matter if the beat merely suffices or if the lyrics are lamely uplifting. This song is all wrapped up in the idea of Madonna, which makes it perfect filler for her upcoming greatest hits set of the same name (you know, the one with the hideous cover). She even makes a game stab at salaciousness on the bridge: "I guess I just don't recognize you with your clothes on", which is totally something Madonna would say. Functionally speaking, "Celebration" won't clear the dance floor, but I can't imagine the DJ taking an actual request for it over anything off The Immaculate Collection-- and that includes "Rescue Me".

換句話說(shuō)，這是一首“歌手帶動(dòng)歌曲”的流行音樂(lè)：盡管歌曲重點(diǎn)未強(qiáng)調(diào)麥當(dāng)娜的歌聲，但事實(shí)上這首歌的焦點(diǎn)就是麥當(dāng)娜這個(gè)人身上。節(jié)奏突兀，歌詞不夠過(guò)癮這些問(wèn)題都不重要。這首歌包裹著的全是Madonna的想法，使這首歌成為即將發(fā)行的同名精選集中的一首不錯(cuò)的“累贅”（你知道的，就是封面丑陋不堪的那張精選）。在歌曲Bridge處，她甚至嘗試開(kāi)葷玩笑，"I guess I just don't recognize you with your clothes on"，從Madonna嘴里冒出這句話也不奇怪。功能上講，盡管《Celebration》不會(huì)嚇跑舞池上蹦迪的人，但我無(wú)法想象當(dāng)DJ聽(tīng)到有人想點(diǎn)《無(wú)暇》精選歌曲的場(chǎng)景，包括《Rescue Me》。