Nowhere Boy 约翰•列侬的少年时代（中）

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    结识音乐挚友，组建采石者乐队
       被迫和母亲分开的John却并没有放弃对音乐的热爱。细心的Mimi姨妈也似乎发现了John对音乐的痴迷，于是给John买了他人生第一把属于自己的吉他，为这个注定为音乐而生的年轻人的音乐道路增添了无穷动力。然而，John并没有遵守自己对姨妈许下的诺言，没有更好地学习，而是几乎把所有精力投入在吉他练习和音乐创作上，Mimi姨妈得知后，卖掉了John的第一把琴。在那个时候，吉他就是John最好的伙伴和寄托，知道姨妈卖掉了自己的琴后，情绪完全失控的John夺门而出，而此时，Mimi眼眶里的泪水不是心酸、失望，还会是什么呢？John第一时间就想到了Julia，很快，在母亲的帮助下，John拿回了自己的吉他，并做出了一个重大决定——集合自己的好友Eric、Pete、Len、Rodders，组建一支属于自己的乐队。
    John: At ease, fuckwits (俚语，蠢货).
       Eric: What's up, John?
       Pete: I take it we're not here for a communal (公共的) crap (废话).
       John: You've been picked to be in my band.
       Len: A band?
       Eric: A band, John?
       Len: But I don't know how to play anything.
       Rodders: Me neither.
       John: It's a skiffle (噪音爵士乐) band. You don't have to know. What's important is I've chosen you, and we're going to be great.
       就这样，“采石者”乐队(The Quarry Man)诞生了。虽然只有简单的乐器，但他们的第一次演出还是非常成功，博得了观众热烈的掌声和喝彩。而最让John感动的，就是人群里那个随着节奏起舞的红头发女人——自己的亲生母亲Julia，自始至终都站在台下，默默地给他支持。
       然而，当John遇到Paul McCartney，他的音乐道路才得以真正开始，尽管第一次见面时John并不愿意承认Paul在音乐上的才华。
       John: I'm John.
Paul: Paul.
John: So, did you watch us play?
Paul: Yeah, yeah.
John: And?
Paul: Yeah, you're alright.
John: We're alright? You're alright. Ivan likes you and he's alright. How alright are you on one of those?
Paul: I'm alright.
John: [见Paul将吉他背在右肩，左手拨弦] You got that back to front, haven't you, mate?
Paul: Any requests?
John: [John拨弄了一下Paul胸前佩戴的康乃馨] That pink carnation (康乃馨) is very dandy (极好的). Can I borrow it?
[Paul自弹自唱起来]
John: Nice to meet you, you know, but we've got to rehearse for our evening gig (演唱会).
Paul: Well, I've got to get off anyway ...
John: Ta-ta (回头见), then.
Paul: Alright.
       Ivan: I'd rather him in our band than anyone else's.
       有了Paul的加入，John的音乐道路更加顺畅。这个亦敌亦友的家伙不仅纠正了John在吉他弹奏技巧上的错误，还劝他尝试自己写歌，教会他“摇滚”的真正内涵。
       Paul: You know, er, if we're going to do this, we should write our own stuff. Then you don't get stiffed (艰难的) by record companies.
       John: I write stuff. Not songs, more poetry ... you know, stories.
       Paul: Add a tune and you've got a song.
       John: Have you written any?
       Paul: A couple.
       John: Why do you know so much? I mean you don't seem like the rock'n'roll kind of guy.
       Paul: You mean I don't go round smashing (猛砸) things up and acting like a dick (家伙)?
       John: Yeah.
       Paul: No. It's music. That's it, it's just music. Simple.
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