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 smile at the old days, I 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 a street lamp gutters 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 smokey days The stale cold smell of morning The street lamp dies Another night is over Another day is dawning Touch me, It's so easy to leave me All alone with my memory Of my days in the sun If you touch me You'll understand what happiness is Look a new day has begun... |
音樂劇 《貓》 - zt
《回憶》(《Memory》)是人們耳熟能詳的一首歌,它出自於安德魯·勞埃德·韋伯的歌劇《貓》。 該劇完成於1981年,現在已經成為音樂劇曆史上最賣座的作品之一,2004年該劇也曾在北京人民大會堂接連上演了9場。演出分兩幕共21首歌曲,最經典 的就是這首《memory》了。優美而略帶哀傷的旋律,詩樣的歌詞,都使它令人過耳難忘。
《貓》劇中的故事是講述一群貴族貓在禮拜夜推舉誰上天堂,她們都講述著自己富有的人生,豪華的生活,自己主人的才華,忽然來了一致流浪貓,動情的訴說了自 己平淡流浪的生活,多麽淒涼又是多麽的豐富多彩,自己的信仰是多麽的堅定,在她的述說間,還動情的唱了這首經典的《memory》,把整個歌劇帶向了高 潮,也正是在這幽幽的歌聲中,她一步一步的邁向天堂,所有的的貓都麵帶崇敬的目送她而去……
這個歌劇反應了在當時社會上,上流人事和平民之間的差距和關係,表明天堂並不是富人才能及其的聖地,心靈的純淨遠遠比物質上的財富要讓人充實。不知道大家 是否還記得《鐵達尼號》傑克被邀情在豪華晚宴上吃飯的鏡頭,本來老霍是準備讓他丟麵子的,可是他的生活也得到了大家的肯定,雖然他又上頓沒下頓,每天睡在 橋洞,但是他快樂了每一天,這個情節也是由《貓》劇的靈感來表現的,完全就是《貓》的一個小縮影。