格雷厄姆·纳什谈”野蛮故事”和音乐朋友

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: Famed musician Graham Nash has just come out with a new memoir¹ of hislife in rock 'n' roll titled "Wild Tales."

　　In the mid-1960s, Nash had numerous number one pop hits with the British band The Hollies². He later became part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

　　Jeffrey Brown talked with him recently while on a new solo tour at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va.Here's an excerpt³ of their conversation, where Nash talked about some of his famous musical and life partners.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: So, let me just say names at you and give me your impression.Stephen Stills.

　　GRAHAM NASH, Musician: Certainly one of the finest guitar players in the world, certainly -- I thinkhe's a very underrated guitar player.You know, I read the top 50 guitar players in Rolling Stone, and he's somewhere around the bottom, and that's just not right. He's an incredible guitar player.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: David Crosby.

　　GRAHAM NASH: Crosby is one of the most unique musicians I know.When I was doing his box set, and I didStephen's and I did mine, of course, I began to realize how unique Crosby was. His sense of jazz, which is one of his first loves, is -- pervades⁴ all his music and is very different than Graham Nash music. And somehow it shouldn't work, but it really works like a bandit.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: Neil Young.

　　GRAHAM NASH: Neil Young is probably one of the strangest of my friends. He's adamant⁵ about following his heart. He's serious as a heart attack about his music. He brings a darker edge.I don't mean darkerin a negative sense, but more of an intensity⁶ to our music. The music of Crosby, Stills, Nash, it was born in the summer of love. It was lighter⁷, sunnier. Neil's -- the sun turns down a little when Neil comes into the band.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: And Joni Mitchell.

　　GRAHAM NASH: Joni is, in my opinion, a genius. She is an outstanding woman, obviously very beautiful,but incredibly talented when it comes to songwriting. She's really -- she's really painting with words.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: And what about Graham Nash? What did you bring to all this?

　　GRAHAM NASH: Wow.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: I stumped⁸ you finally ...

　　GRAHAM NASH: Yes, what did Graham Nash bring to this madness?Maybe a little stability. I had been through it all with The Hollies. I had been through all the screaming girls. I had been through all the crowds where you couldn't hear yourself play because of the noise they were making. I had been through having my clothes torn. I had been through all that, so it was no big deal to me.I wasn't even nervousat Woodstock. It was Stephen that said that we were scared, you know.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: But you talk about girls and people ripping your clothes. There's a lot of sex, drugs,and rock 'n' roll in this memoir.

　　GRAHAM NASH: But it's not only that.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: No.

　　GRAHAM NASH: It's about love and friendship and loyalty⁹ and being there for your friends when they'reobviously hurting. That was one of my main concerns with this book was how David Crosby would react toit, because I was brutally¹⁰ honest about it.

　　JEFFREY BROWN: Chronicling all his problems.

　　GRAHAM NASH: Yes, about what was going on with him and how it affected¹¹ me personally.So when I calledDavid and talked to him, he said, no, I did all that. I did put you guys through all that. I did spiral down. Every word is true. Don't change a word.And it gave me a great sense of relief.

　　GWEN IFILL: You can watch Jeff's full conversation with Graham Nash on the Art Beat page on our website.

1 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

2 hollies   

n.冬青（常绿灌木，叶尖而硬，有光泽，冬季结红色浆果）( holly的名词复数 )；（用作圣诞节饰物的）冬青树枝

参考例句：

• Many hollies have delightful vellow-and-white variegation. 许多冬青树长有好看的黄白相间的杂色斑。 来自辞典例句
• Pines, firs, and hollies are evergreen trees. 松树，杉树以及冬青是常绿树。 来自辞典例句

3 excerpt   

n.摘录，选录，节录

参考例句：

• This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
• Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？

4 pervades   

v.遍及，弥漫( pervade的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• An unpleasant smell pervades the house. 一种难闻的气味弥漫了全屋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• An atmosphere of pessimism pervades the economy. 悲观的气氛笼罩着整个经济。 来自辞典例句

5 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

6 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

7 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

8 stumped   

僵直地行走，跺步行走( stump的过去式和过去分词 )； 把（某人）难住； 使为难； （选举前）在某一地区作政治性巡回演说

参考例句：

• Jack huffed himself up and stumped out of the room. 杰克气喘吁吁地干完活，然后很艰难地走出房间。
• He was stumped by the questions and remained tongue-tied for a good while. 他被问得张口结舌，半天说不出话来。

9 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

10 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

11 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。