翻譯：thesweetescape

So faint you think you've imagined them, some kids' playground screams drift into the mix two-thirds of the way through?Fiona Apple's?"Werewolf". They sound sepia-toned, like they've floated in from memory's open window; their manic, unruly energy clashes with the song's sparse arrangement, which is all plinking keys and gently brushed drums. What are they screaming about? What are kids ever screaming about? The sample has that quality, that youthful drama, that makes the shouts sound both playful and chilling, and it feels equally plausible that they are either playing the most awesome game ever invented or that there's a cannibal loose among them.

很難想象這個畫面，孩子們在操場上的尖叫聲出現(xiàn)在Fiona Apple的歌曲”Werewolf“進行到近三分之二的混音部分。深褐色般的背景聲如同飄蕩在回憶之窗上。他們狂躁不羈的能量與歌曲疏松的編曲相沖突，在敲擊的琴鍵和輕拂的鼓點中似乎顯得格格不入。他們在嘶吼什么？孩子們在吼叫什么？這個采樣自帶青春飛揚的特質(zhì)，使得吼叫聲既妙趣橫生又細思極恐。感覺無論是孩子們在玩最好玩的游戲 還是孩子間出現(xiàn)一個食人族 這兩種說法都講得通。

You grow up and that drama never quite quiets down, but "Werewolf" is a song about one of the superpowers you get as you grow older: it gets easier to see things from both sides. "I could liken you to a werewolf, the way you left me for dead," Apple sings, and then the next line feels like something that nobody would have written as a teenager (especially not Fiona Apple), "But I admit that I provided a full moon." Though they occasionally bubble up with moments of volcanic emotion (as on "Werewolf"'s bridge), the songs on?The Idler Wheel...?come out of an almost zen-like acceptance of sadness, pain and anything else that leaves a bite mark; Apple's finally realized that those experiences make for the best songs. Which is maybe why her voice lightens a little as she reaches the chorus's epiphany: "There's nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key."

隨著年齡增長，這種戲劇性的場面永遠不會平息下來，但”Werewolf“是一首講述在成長中獲得一種超能力的歌曲：更能從事物的兩面性思考問題。"I could liken you to a werewolf, the way you left me for dead," （我可以把你比喻成一頭狼人 留下無窮的心之灰燼）她唱道，下句歌詞卻感覺完全不是一個青少年會寫的東西（尤其是Fiona Apple）?，"But I admit that I provided a full moon."（但我得承認 我就是那一輪明月）。專輯里的歌曲偶爾會迸發(fā)出激烈情感（如歌曲”Werewolf“的bridge橋段）?！禩he Idler Wheel...》專輯里的歌曲似乎都講述著要像禪宗一樣接受悲傷、痛苦和任何會留下咬痕的東西；Fiona Apple終于意識到正是這些經(jīng)歷才讓她創(chuàng)作出最好的歌曲。這也許是在副歌的頓悟時刻，她的歌聲輕緩片刻的原因："There's nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key."（當一首樂曲結(jié)束在小調(diào)時 并無大礙）

[from?The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do;?out 06/19/12 via?Epic]