（披头士乐队四名成员）

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Described as The Beatles’ final song, “Now and Then” has finally been released, featuring the voice of the late John Lennon decades after he first wrote it.

披头士乐队最后的珍藏之作《Now and Then》终于发布了，这首歌由已故几十年的约翰列侬创作并演唱。

The track featuring the sound of every member of the British rock group was released at 2 p.m. GMT (10 a.m. ET) Thursday.

这首歌收录了这支英国摇滚乐队所有成员的声音，在格林尼治标准时间周四下午 2 点（美国东部时间上午 10 点）发布。

Lennon sings: “I know it’s true. It’s all because of you. And if I make it through, it’s all because of you.”

列侬唱道：“我知道这是真的。一切都是因为你。如果我能克服困难，都是因为你”。

“爱这首歌！爱这首歌的制作。”美国歌手托尼·哈内尔在Instagram上回复披头士乐队发布这首歌的帖子时写道，并补充道：“披头士的新歌发布是多么美好的一天啊！”

Vocalist Mollie Marriott also responded, saying: “So unbelievably beautiful and emotional.”

声乐家莫莉·马里奥特也回复道：“太美了，太动情了”。

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Lennon wrote and recorded the song at his home in New York City in the late 1970s, and his wife Yoko Ono gave the demo to the remaining Beatles members in 1994, explained the band in a short film on the making of the song released on YouTube Wednesday.

11月1日，披头士乐队在 YouTube 上发布了一部该歌曲的制作短片中说道：列侬于 20 世纪 70 年代末在纽约的家中创作并录制了这首歌，他的妻子小野洋子于 1994 年将这首歌的试样唱片交给了乐队的其余成员。

Lennon died in 1980 at the age of 40 after being shot outside of his apartment building in New York City.

1980 年，列侬在纽约寓所门前遭枪击身亡，年仅 40 岁。

Guitarist George Harrison said in the film: “To hear John’s voice, that’s a thing that we should cherish, and I’m sure he would’ve really enjoyed that opportunity to be with us again.”

吉他手乔治·哈里森在短片中说道：“我们应该珍惜可以听到约翰的歌声，我相信他会非常高兴有机会再次和我们在一起”。

The track was then worked on by Paul McCartney, Starr and Harrison until 1995, but they were unable to separate Lennon’s voice from the sound of a piano in the track.

这首歌曲一直由保罗·麦卡特尼、斯塔尔和哈里森制作，直到 1995 年才完成，但他们无法将列侬的声音与曲目中的钢琴声分开。

“I think we kind of ran out of steam a bit, and time,”McCartney said, adding that “Now and Then” ended up languishing in a cupboard for years after that.

麦卡特尼说：“我觉得我们有点力不从心，时间也不够了，”他还补充说，“《Now and Then》后来在柜子里搁置了好几年”。

麦卡特尼在视频中说：“哈里森于 2001 年去世，这让我们失去了动力。麦卡特尼和斯塔尔花了二十多年的时间才重新开始创作这首歌”。

AI was used to isolate Lennon’s voice from a demo track for the Peter Jackson-directed 2021 docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back” about the making of the Beatles’ 1970 album “Let It Be.”

彼得·杰克逊执导的 2021 记录片The Beatles：Get Back 使用人工智能将试听音轨中列侬的声音分离出来。该纪录片讲述了披头士 1970年专辑《Let It Be》的制作过程。

McCartney then redid the bass, Ringo added the drums, and strings were added by musicians at Capitol Studios, who were kept in the dark about it being for a new Beatles song. The band also kept Harrison’s guitar parts from 1995 and made a slide guitar solo in Harrison’s style as a “tribute,” McCartney said in the film.

后来，麦卡特尼重新制作了贝斯，林戈添加了鼓点，卡皮托尔录音室的音乐制作者添加了弦乐，但他们并不知道这是披头士的一首新歌。麦卡特尼在影片中说，乐队还保留了哈里森 1995 年的吉他部分，并以哈里森的风格制作了一段滑音吉他独奏作为“致敬”。

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The famed band – which won seven Grammy Awards – split more than 50 years ago, yet the imprint of the group’s celebrated creative sounds remains in pop culture.

这支曾获得七项格莱美奖的知名乐队在 50 多年前就解散了，但他们独特的声音印记在流行文化中依旧久盛不衰。

The “Beatlemania” phenomenon began in the early 1960s, as the group sparked a frenzy among fans in the UK, US and later across the globe.

“披头士狂热”现象始于 20 世纪 60 年代初，当时该乐队在英国、美国以及后来的全球乐迷中激起浪潮。

The Beatles had 20 number 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including “Hey Jude,” “Come Together,” “Let It Be,” “Help!” and “Yesterday.”Other known timeless tracks include “Twist and Shout” and “Here Comes the Sun.”

披头士乐队有20 首登上公告牌热门歌曲榜首的作品，其中包括《Hey Jude》、《Come Together》、《Let It Be》、《Help！》和《Yesterday》。其他著名的经典曲目包括《Twist and Shout》和《Here Comes the Sun》。

新曲的发布不仅对乐队迷来说是一场音乐盛宴

也代表了AI技术在音乐领域的崭新应用

AI技术将为音乐产业带来更多可能性

唤醒人们对音乐的美好回忆

激起对经典乐队的情感共鸣