VOA标准英语2012--Neon Trees Release 'Picture Show'
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Neon Trees Release 'Picture Show'
Energetic pop rock is how Neon Trees describe their sound. In the last two years the band has made it to the Billboard 1 Top 20 with both of their albums. Their newest CD is titled Picture Show. Tyler Glenn describes how they approached their new project.
"We went into it thinking very fearless about it because many other bands I love have gone in to make a second record and you can tell they have overthought it," said Glenn. "With us we wanted to do the kind of music we wanted to do and [include] the influences we have always talked about. I am very happy with it. It is more mature but still very fun".
Tyler Glenn did not always plan to be the lead singer of a rock band. "I was going to be a journalist," he remarked. "I always liked writing and the arts, but I started playing in bands and that is when I felt me really come out of my shell on stage and feel really alive".
Glenn admits he has an alter ego 2 to help him deal with his stage fright. "I have to, I think, because I am a very natural introvert 3 and I think when I put the clothes on and listen to music before [going on stage] and get hyped," Glenn explained. "In the last couple of years getting fans and a nice fan base to show up and sing with you. You feel that energy and exchange. That has helped me not have to do a bunch of rituals or whatever, I am able to just go out and be natural."
The band was actually discovered by a member of another popular band. "The drummer of The Killers 4 [Ronnie Vannucci] got into us and came to some shows and saw we had something," recalled Glenn. "We were only playing for 10 to 15 people at the time in [Las] Vegas. In our home area we had started selling out shows but it was hard to go national and they gave us a nice break and let us open some shows."
Neon Trees chose their name after seeing the bright colored lights on display at a fast food restaurant in Los Angeles. There is a special connection to the name as Tyler describes.
"When Brandon [Campbell] our bass 5 player joined he asked where the name came from and I told him, he said his dad works at Yesco [a neon lighting 6 company] from Las Vegas and he built the neon lighting in the 1980s and sure enough his dad built those lights years and years before I met Brandon so it was a weird 7 spiritual twist," Glenn noted 8.
Neon Trees are on tour to promote the new CD Picture Show and have just released their second single from the new album.
- He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
- Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。
- He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
- She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。
- You are very much an introvert.你是一位地道的内向性格者。
- The same conversation that energizes the extravert also drains the introvert.同样的交谈能让外向者荣光焕发，却让内向者精神颓靡。
- He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
- They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。
- He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
- The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。