Michael called me when he got home from doing Motown 25,
迈克尔后来打给我 《摩城25周年纪念》表演回家后
and said, 'l've just given the greatest performance of my life. '
跟我说 我刚经历了此生最棒的表演
How excited we all were for him,
我们都很替他兴奋
it was like, 'l guess l've arrived, ' you know?
有种我终于到达这境界的感觉
With an armful of Grammys. lt was wonderful.
通吃了葛莱美各奖项 真的很棒
Michael!
迈克尔!
Michael Jackson is one of the greatest artists of all time,
迈克尔·杰克逊是史上最伟大的歌手之一
who transcended being labelled black, white, red, yellow,
跨越了种族的界线
it didn't matter, he appealed to everybody, everywhere.
全世界所有人都爱戴他
l think he came here ready 'cause he always wanted to be a superstar.
我想他一直都准备要当名巨星
He was wearing little rings on his fingers when he was a little man, you know.
他小时候就喜欢戴戒指
He was vety conscious
他很强烈的意识到
of the iconoclastic nature of 'Michael Jackson, '
迈克尔·杰克逊这个偶像的光环
and what it would mean historically.
以及他在历史上的定位
Michael's image was vety important to him,
迈克尔非常注重他的形象
because Fred Astaire and the people that he studied,
因为那些他所学习的榜样 佛雷·亚斯坦
Jackie Willson, James Brown...
杰基·威尔逊 詹姆斯·布郎...
How are they being revered? Why are they so terrific and what did they do?
他们是如何掳获粉丝的心? 他们为何如此成功?
And he was a great student.
他是个很聪明的学生
lt just didn't come upon him,
他不是突然开窍
he studied his craft, he worked at it.
而是非常努力
He was directing his career,
主导着自己的事业
he was so street smart
他很机灵
and he knew how to make a campaign work,
知道怎么营销
and more importantly, how to make it last.
更清楚怎么去维持