后街男孩——男孩团体皇上皇
一、歌手简介
后街男孩（Backstreet Boys），是一支美国流行乐男生组合。他们在美国发行2张钻石唱片，获得53张白金唱片认证，在全球的专辑销量近1.3亿张，且获得26项国际音乐大奖。2012年他们的名字正式入驻“好莱坞星光大道”。其代表作有《只要你爱我就好》（As Long As You Love Me）、《我想就这样》（I Want It That Way）、《在这样一个世界》（In A World Like This）等。
二、歌曲赏析
As Long As You Love Me
歌曲出自后街男孩于1997年9月推出的专辑《后街男孩回来啦》（Backstreet's Back），是专辑中的第二波主打单曲。歌曲意境悠远，温婉多情，表达了歌者对爱人的无限眷恋和款款深情。
1. 歌词品鉴
As Long As You Love Me
Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine
I'm leaving my life in your hands
People say I'm crazy and I am blind
Risking it all in a glance
How you got me blind is still a mystery①
I can't get you out of my head
Don't care what is written in your history①
As long as you're here with me
I don't care who you are②
Where you're from②
What you did②
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me
Every little thing that you have said and done
Feels like it's deep within me
Doesn't really matter if you're on the run
It seems like were meant to be③
I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me
As long as you love me
As long as you love me
I've tried to hide it so that no one knows
But I guess it shows
When you look into my eyes
What you did and where you're coming from
I don't care as long as you love me baby
I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
As long as you love me
Who you are
As long as you love me
What you did
I don't care as long as you love me
只要你爱我就好
虽然孤独一直伴我左右
我把我的生命托付于你
有人说我疯狂，说我盲目
毫不犹豫赌上所有感情
你如何使我如此盲目仍是个谜
我就是无法忘记你
我不在乎你的过去
只要你陪在我身边
我不在乎你是谁
你来自哪
你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
你是谁
你来自哪
我不在乎你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
你说过的和做过的
都深深地烙印在我心里
我也不介意你是否要躲避我
我们就像命中注定的连理
我不在乎你是谁
你来自哪
你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
你是谁
你来自哪
我不在乎你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
只要你爱我就好
只要你爱我就好
我试图隐藏我的感情，不想被人看穿
但我想真情已经流露
每当我们四目相对
你做过什么，来自哪里
我都不在乎，只要你爱我就好
你是谁
你来自哪
你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
你是谁
你来自哪
我不在乎你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
不管你是谁
你来自哪
你做过什么
只要你爱我就好
不管你是谁
你来自哪
只要你爱我就好
不管你是谁
只要你爱我就好
你做过什么
我都不在乎，只要你爱我就好
词汇注解
as long as 只要
loneliness n. 寂寞，孤独
leave 交托；委托
crazy adj. 疯狂的；狂热的
mystery n. 秘密；谜
on the run 躲避
实用宝典
① How you got me blind is still a mystery; Don't care what is written in your history.
mystery和history两个词都有相同的音[istəri]，运用了尾韵的修辞手法，使歌曲增加了韵律感。这两句歌词表达了歌者不在乎心上人的过去，只愿拥有真挚爱情的心愿。
② I don't care who you are; Where you're from; What you did.
who，where和what都有相同的辅音[w]，歌曲运用头韵的修辞方法来加强歌曲的韵律。且三个特殊疑问句的连用，强烈表达了歌者不介意心上人的身份地位，只愿付出真情的愿望。
③ It seems like were meant to be.
It seems like后省略了we。be meant to do意为“应该做某事；理应是这样”。此句歌词可意译为“我们就像命中注定的连理”。
2. 文化链接
收录《只要你爱我就好》的专辑《后街男孩回来啦》在美国销量突破了“钻石唱片”销量。在美国，唱片销量超过1,000万张，被称作“钻石唱片”。相应地，超过100万张被称作“白金唱片”；超过50万张被称作“金唱片”。唱片的最终实际销售量由美国唱片协会网站（RIAA）发布。
3. 语音拓展
① like it's连读为[laikits]；it all in a连读为[itɔ:linə]。类似的been a，friend of，blind is，still a，out of，what is，hide it，guess it，look into也连读。
② can't get中，can't的[t]只做出发音姿势不发音，get的[ɡ]发音。同样，Don't care中，Don't的[t]只做出发音姿势不发音，care的[k]发音。and done，meant to，tried to也是类似的情况。
③ Doesn't really中，[t]只轻微发音，再发[r]。
三、花絮集锦
《只要你爱我就好》的音乐录影带中，后街男孩表演了“椅子舞”。该音乐录影带一经播出，便广受年轻人的追捧，“椅子舞”也逐渐流行开来。
二、歌曲赏析
I Want It That Way
由“后街男孩”演唱，发行于1999年，是他们的标志性音乐作品。歌曲风格清新自然，朗朗上口，充分表达了歌手对分手爱人的无限眷恋和款款深情。
1. 歌词品鉴
I Want It That Way
You are, my fire, the one, desire①
Believe, when I say, I want it that way
But we, are two worlds apart
Can't reach to your heart
When you say
That I want it that way
Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a mistake②
Tell me why
I never wanna hear you say, I want it that way
Am I, your fire
Your one, desire, desire, it's too late
But I want it that way
Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never wanna hear you say
I want it that way
Now I can see that we've fallen apart③
From the way that it used to be, Yeah
No matter the distance, I want you to know④
That deep down inside of me
You are, my fire, the one, desire
You are (You are, You are, You are)
Don't wanna hear you say
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
(Don't wanna hear you say)
I never wanna hear you say
I want it that way
Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a mistake
(Don't wanna hear you say)
I never wanna hear you say
I want it that way
Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why, ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why,
I never wanna hear you say
(Don't wanna hear you say)
I want it that way
’Cause I want it that way
我想就这样吧
你是我的激情，我的唯一，渴望
相信我，当我说，我想就这样吧
但我们，被隔成两个世界
无法触及你的心
当你说
我想就这样吧
告诉我为何，不只是心痛
告诉我为何，不只是错误
告诉我为何
我不想听你说，我想就这样吧
我是你的激情
你的唯一，渴望，可是太晚了
我想就这样吧
告诉我为何，不只是心痛
告诉我为何，不只是错误
告诉我为何
我不想听你说
我想就这样吧
现在我明白我们已经分道扬镳
物是人非，哦
无论有多远，我想让你知道
我的内心深处
你是我的激情，我的唯一，渴望
你是（你是，你是，你是）
不想听你说
只是心痛
只是错误
（不想听你说）
我不想听你说
我想就这样吧
告诉我为何，不只是心痛
告诉我为何，不只是错误
（不想听你说）
我不想听你说
我想就这样吧
告诉我为何，不只是心痛
告诉我为何，不只是错误
告诉我为何
我不想听你说
（不想听你说）
我想就这样吧
因为我想就这样吧
词汇注解
apart adv. 相距；分离着
deep down 在内心深处
实用宝典
① You are, my fire, the one, desire.
fire和desire都有相同的元音[aiə]，运用了尾韵的修辞手法，表达了歌者对心上人的一腔真爱。
② Tell me why, Ain't nothin'but a heartache; Tell me why, Ain't nothin' but a mistake.
歌曲中数次出现Tell me why，运用了反复的修辞方法，表达了歌者叩问自己的内心，试图找到缘何与心上人分手的急迫心情。nothing but意为“除……之外什么也没有，只有”，与前面的not连用表示“不只是，不单是”。heartache和mistake两个词都有相同的辅音[k]，运用尾韵的修辞手法，增加了歌曲的韵律感。本歌词表达了歌者将要失去心上人的悲痛之情。
③ Now I can see that we've fall apart.
fall apart原意为“崩溃，破碎”，这里指歌者与心上人感情破裂，导致分手，可意译为“分道扬镳”。
④ No matter the distance, I want you to know.
此句是省略句，完整句子是No matter how long the distance is。
2. 文化链接
《我想就这样吧》被美国权威杂志《滚石》（Rolling Stone）选入“最伟大的100首金曲”，占据第10位。《滚石》杂志诞生于1967年的旧金山，是一本关于流行与音乐的美国杂志，在世界乐坛极具影响力。中国版《滚石》于2006年被授权出版发行。
3. 语音拓展
① want it连读为[wɔntit]。fallen apart连读为[fɔ:lənə’pɑ:t]。类似的but a，Am I，inside of也连读。
② it that中，it的[t]只轻微发音，再发[ð]。Can't reach中，Can't的[t]只轻微发音，再发[r]。
③ used to中，used的[d]只做出发音姿势不发音，to的[t]发音。同样，在That deep down中，That的[t]只做出发音姿势不发音，deep的[d]发音；deep的[p]只做出发音姿势不发音，down的[d]发音。
④I want you to know中的to为虚词，弱读以增加歌曲的流畅感。
三、花絮集锦
《我想就这样吧》是后街男孩的第三张录音室专辑《千年之恋》（Millennium）中的首支主打单曲。
在1999年发行时，仅一周时间就达到了英国单曲榜（UK Singles Chart）的冠军位置。