《記憶》,音樂劇《貓》中膾炙人口的主題歌,是我的最愛。
那時剛上研究生,在電視間看一個文藝節目。歌聲一響起,亂糟糟的說話聲就停止了,只有歌手迴腸盪氣的歌聲充滿了房間的每個角落,所有的人都被擊中了。我聽不懂她在唱什麼,屏幕上只有翻譯過來的歌詞大意。然而優美的旋律穿透了我,的心底激蕩出一股暖流,有一種忍不住地想哭的感覺。
在聽過了Barbara Streisand的磁帶后,我才知道那天演唱的歌手是個垃圾。
感謝科技的發達,使我們聽到了更多。
先聽Sarah Brightman的演唱
這是最經典的Paige版本
我最喜歡的Barbara Streisand
我最不喜歡的Celine Dion的
還有名人蘇珊大媽也用這首歌拉票
鋼琴伴奏卡拉OK別有韻味
歌詞
Memory
Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time i knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Every street lamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp splutters
And soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And i mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The still cold smell of morning
A street lamp dies ,another night is over
Another day is dawning
Touch me,
It is so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me,
You'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun...
不知為什麼,我從一開始就唱錯了,把She is smiling alone唱成She is standing smile,而且總也改不過來,不過我自己也覺得挺別緻,不是嗎?