翻譯：thesweetescape

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

Bj?rk: “Hyperballad” (1995)

The woman at the center of Bj?rk’s “Hyperballad” has a ritual that keeps her alive. She begins each day by sneaking away from her sleeping partner to the edge of the mountaintop she calls home, where she then tosses random detritus down, down, down until they break into pieces. Sometimes, she imagines what her “body would sound like/Slamming against those rocks,” curious if she would face her demise with eyes open or shut.

在歌曲“Hyperballad”中，Bj?rk做著使她永垂不朽的儀式。（指歌詞）她每天都會趁伴侶熟睡時，溜到她稱作“家”的峰頂懸崖處，肆意丟下殘骸廢棄物，不停棄置，直至物品摔成碎片狀。有時，（指歌詞）她會設(shè)想當(dāng)自己的身體撞向巖石時，會產(chǎn)生怎樣碰撞的響聲。好奇自己會睜著眼睛還是閉著眼睛面對死亡。

Earth itself seems to awaken as this haunting fable unwinds, from brushed drums that evoke the sound of wind rustling a field to orchestration as slight and sharp as distant crickets. An acid house superbloom of a chorus bursts from this landscape, and the cliffside ritual is revealed as an act of preservation. “I go through all this/Before you wake up/So I can feel happier/To be safe up here with you,” Bj?rk sings. It’s a track built on polarities: self-obliteration that inspires collective harmony; guttural, thrillingly human vocals set against synthetic sounds; melancholy and exaltation in coexistence. Paving the way for pop cathartics like Robyn, “Hyperballad” imagines a dancefloor as a place of refuge. When the time of transcendence ultimately arrives, Bj?rk’s eyes are definitely open. –Quinn Moreland

隨著令聽眾魂牽夢縈的敘事逐步展開，地球仿佛就此蘇醒，輕撣的鼓聲仿佛清風(fēng)吹拂田野，相得益彰的管弦樂如同遠處的蟋蟀聲般輕柔而尖銳。迷幻浩室風(fēng)的副歌橋段在這片田野上迸發(fā)，最終真相大白，在懸崖進行的神秘儀式其實是一種保護性行為。（歌詞）“I go through all this/Before you wake up/So I can feel happier/To be safe up here with you,”?Bj?rk唱道。歌曲構(gòu)思建立在兩極分化的基礎(chǔ)上：犧牲自我換取集體的和諧；喉音，震撼的人聲與合成器音效相得益彰；憂郁與欣喜共存。歌曲“Hyperballad” 將舞池構(gòu)想成避難所。為后來類似Robyn的 在歌曲宣泄情感的流行歌手鋪好道路。如果說想做出什么超前時代的事物，Bj?rk絕對會躍躍欲試。–Quinn Moreland