Memory 這首歌是韋伯 (Andrew Lloyd Webber) 名劇貓 (CATS) 中的絕妙好歌,如勾魂般令人動容,嗯,我應該說,「理論」上應該令人動容。
But,當這首歌是在午宴酒席請歌手現場唱出,效果就會如同你現在聽到的,尷尬!感覺像餐廳吃飯時找管絃樂團演奏韓德爾的彌賽亞...,邊動筷子邊聽四圍令人震懾高唱哈利路亞,頗覺舉箸維艱。
你現在聽到的就是某午宴現場錄音,我用手機錄下的。聽見筷子杯盤聲,還有席間談話聲,再配上這首由 嵐創作體 演唱的,高貴無比的 Memory,咳!臉上三條線。
附上 Memory 的歌詞給愛聽韋伯的網友。沒看過 CATS 沒關係,至少要聽過 Memory。
Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
Withered leaves collected at my feet
and the wind begins to blow
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 the 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 smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies,
another night is over
Another day is dawning
Touch me, it's 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




