| Maroon 5 is an American rock band. Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States and nearly 15 million worldwide. While they were in high school, the four original members of Maroon 5 played in a garage band called Kara's Flowers, which was active from 1994 to 2001. In 2002, the band members reformed as Maroon 5 and released their debut album Songs About Jane. |
Maroon 5（魔力紅樂隊）是一支來自美國的搖滾樂隊。自從2002年發行了首張專輯以來，樂隊在美國的專輯銷量超過了千萬張，在世界范圍的銷量達到將近1500萬張。Maroon 5的四個初始成員在中學時組成了一個叫做Kara's Flowers的車庫樂隊，這個樂隊在1994年至2001年之間比較活躍。在2002年，樂隊進行重組，成立了Maroon 5，并發行了他們的首張專輯《Songs About Jane》（珍·情歌）。 |
| The album yielded a four chart-topping singles. One of them, "This Love," earned Maroon 5 a Best New Artist at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards. The other, "She Will Be Loved," scored a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. The other two singles from Jane, "Harder to Breathe" and "Sunday Morning," reached the Billboard Top 20 and Top 40 respectively. The band also snagged a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, which it went on to win. |
在這張專輯中產生了四首排行榜冠軍歌曲。其中《This Love》（這份愛）為Maroon 5贏得了2004年MTV音樂電視大獎最佳新人獎；另一首《She Will Be Loved》（她會得到愛）獲得了格萊美最佳流行樂隊/組合獎提名；專輯中另外兩首單曲《Harder to Breathe》（無法呼吸）和《Sunday Morning》（周日上午）分別沖進告示牌排行榜的前20和前40位。此外，Maroon 5樂隊還獲得了格萊美最佳新人獎提名并最終獲獎。 |
| Original drummer Ryan Dusick left Maroon 5 in 2006, citing injuries, and was replaced by Matt Flynn. Maroon 5's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long came out in 2007. It is clear that Maroon 5 has once again captured all of the elements that create a universally popular pop rock song. In the hyperkinetic rock meets hip-hop of "A Little of Your Time" (which Levine calls "the most unique track on this album, with some of the best lyrics we've ever written"), a relationship must overcome the challenge of distrust and miscommunication to persevere, and the bass-pulsing "Won't Go Home Without You" asks plaintively for "one more chance to make it right." |
2006年，原鼓手Ryan Dusick因傷離開樂隊，取而代之的是Matt Flynn。在2007年，Maroon 5推出了第二張專輯《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》（著魔嗎·久等了）。他們顯然又一次抓住了創作大受歡迎的流行搖滾歌曲的所有必要元素。《A Little of Your Time》（一點點你的時間》融合了動感十足的搖滾和嘻哈的元素，講述了一段感情必須克服種種不信任和誤解才能堅持下去。樂隊主唱兼吉他手Levine稱這首歌是“這張專輯中最特別的一首歌，其中部分歌詞是我們有史以來最杰出的作品。”而《Won't Go Home Without You》（沒有你我不愿回家）這首歌則通過貝斯躍動的節奏，苦苦請求一次彌補的機會。 |
| Also known for their commitment to the environment, Maroon 5 was honored at the 2006 Environmental Media Awards and recently pledged their time and energy toward Global Cool, a newly launched initiative to fight global warming by motivating a billion people worldwide to reduce their personal energy use. |
Maroon 5還以積極投身環保事業為人稱道。他們在2006年榮獲環保媒體獎，最近又將時間精力投入一個剛剛成立的環保倡導組織Global Cool，該組織的目標是在世界范圍內動員十億人減少個人能源消耗，對抗全球變暖。
（China.org.cn 李瀟 譯）
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