翻譯：thesweetescape

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

Bj?rk:?“Venus as a Boy” (1993)

Not to get all?What Women Want?about it, but it’s hardly surprising that the idealized male figure Bj?rk rhapsodizes about in “Venus as a Boy” is described in terms of how he makes the narrator feel, and not what he looks like.?This?is beauty, according to Bj?rk: attentiveness, the capability of making one’s partner feel beautiful, and an apparent willingness to go down on her. She’s not excited by his biceps or the bulge in his pants, but his sense of humor. Sonically, this Nelle Hooper-assisted single from?Debut?is something like a chanson in the Earth section of Epcot on Mars.?Strings recorded at film studios?in India do a ton of heavy lifting; every figure sounds like a different variation on swooning. At once intelligible and singular, “Venus” encapsulated Bj?rk’s particular pop genius so preciously. –Rich Juzwiak

并非揣測女人的心思，但在歌曲“Venus as a Boy” 中，很少能出乎意料地見到Bj?rk如癡如醉地幻想她的理想型會給他帶來什么感受，并非幻想他的模樣。根據(jù)Bj?rk的說法，這就是美：心無旁騖，擁有讓伴侶感到美麗的能力，以及尊重她的意愿。她并非被對方的肱二頭肌或褲子上的大包吸引，而是被他的幽默感吸引。音樂上，這首與Nelle Hooper共同打造的收錄于專輯《Debut》的單曲，仿佛未來火星世界的地球生態(tài)區(qū)。在印度的電影制片廠錄制的弦樂大幅拔高了歌曲的層次感。每個單獨的音軌如同癡迷狀態(tài)下的不同形態(tài)。通俗易懂又獨特?zé)o比，“Venus”濃縮了Bj?rk這位音樂奇才的獨具匠心之處。?–Rich Juzwiak