1 Starting Out

CHAPTER 1 Starting Out Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were both born in 1943 in the town of Dartford, England. The country was in the middle of fighting World War II at the time. And Dartford had been the site of many bombings during the war. The fighting ended in 1945. But throughout their childhoods, Keith and Mick's neighborhood was still piled with crumbled pieces of bombed buildings.

基思·理查兹和米克·贾格尔都于1943年出生在英国达特福德镇。 当时该国正处于第二次世界大战的中期。 达特福德在战争期间曾多次遭到轰炸。 战争于1945年结束。 但在他们的整个童年，基思和米克的社区仍然堆满了被炸毁的建筑物的碎片。

Keith and Mick lived in the same neighborhood and went to elementary school together. But they were not close friends. Mick was outgoing, and Keith was quiet. Mick was a good student. Keith hated school. When their families moved to opposite ends of Dartford, the boys didn't keep in touch. As they grew older, they each developed a love of music. When Mick was fourteen, he got his first guitar. He spent a lot of time listening to music on the radio. In the mid-1950s, most people still listened to the same type of music their parents had before the war. But Mick tuned

基思和米克住在同一个街区，一起上小学。 但他们并不是亲密的朋友。 米克很外向，基思很安静。 米克是个好学生。基思讨厌学校。 当他们的家人搬到达特福德的两端时，男孩们没有保持联系。 随着年龄的增长，他们都对音乐产生了热爱。 米克14岁时得到了他的第一把吉他。 他花很多时间听收音机里的音乐。 在20世纪50年代中期，大多数人仍然听着他们父母在战前听过的那种音乐。 但是米克改变了主意

the dial to faraway stations in Luxembourg and Germany that broadcast American music. Then Mick got a record player. Shops in England didn't always carry the music he wanted. So he ordered music directly from the United States. His records came mainly from

拨通遥远的卢森堡和德国播放美国音乐的电台。 然后米克买了一台电唱机。 英国的商店并不总是出售他想要的音乐。 所以他直接从美国订购音乐。 他的记录主要来自

Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. Chess was a recording studio that worked with Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and other American musicians that Mick liked.

伊利诺斯州芝加哥的象棋唱片公司。 Chess是一家与Muddy Waters、Chuck Berry和其他米克喜欢的美国音乐家合作的录音室。

On the other side of Dartford, Keith was greatly influenced by his musical family especially by his grandfather, who had been a bandleader and had played guitar. Keith got his first guitar as a present for his fifteenth birthday. He, too, listened to American musicians and singers, like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, on the radio. He sometimes hid his small radio in his bedcovers so he could listen to music at night. Even though his radio didn't always get good reception, he heard something new and exciting in American music. It was the beginnings of rock and roll. "The music came across the airwaves, and suddenly it felt as if the world was actually changing," Keith said.

在达特福德的另一边，基思深受音乐世家的影响，尤其是他的祖父，他曾是乐队指挥，弹过吉他。 基思得到了他的第一把吉他，作为他十五岁生日的礼物。 他也在收音机里听查克·贝里和埃尔维斯·普雷斯利等美国音乐家和歌手的音乐。 他有时把他的小收音机藏在床罩里，这样他就可以在晚上听音乐了。 尽管他的收音机并不总是收到很好的信号，但他在美国音乐中听到了一些新的、令人兴奋的东西。 这就是摇滚乐的起源。 基思说：“音乐通过电波传播，突然间感觉好像世界真的在改变。”