Elaine Paige在劇中釋演一名生命快要到盡頭的老貓。在劇中, 她是孤獨的, 因為她總是被其他貓討棄。在臨別時, 她哀傷地唱下了這首歌, 把整齣舞台劇帶至最高潮。其他貓貓最後放下對她的偏見, 並與她一起行過最後的那段生命之路。是一齣非常令人感動的一幕, 再加上Elaine Paige的全情演譯, 繫動了所有觀眾的情緒, 可見她的成就得來來並非偶然!
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The First Lady of Musical Theatre
Elaine Paige 是當今身價最高的音樂劇演員，享譽世界舞台劇30年，更是音樂劇之父 Andrew Lloyd Webber 最鍾愛的女主角。Webber曾公開稱讚 Elaine Paige是「全世界最了解他的音樂」及「將角色演繹得最淋漓盡致」的人，《紐約時報》則形容Elaine Paige的歌聲「可以將整個時代廣場填滿」！ 她曾經主演過很多有名的舞台劇！而其中一個劇目，你一定會聽過！就是《cats》，以其天賦甜美歌聲及細膩的感情演活「貝隆夫人」中的阿根廷第一夫人Eva Peron及「貓」中的滄桑老貓 Grizabella，時至今日，她仍被公認為這兩個角色的最佳演釋者，而劇中主題曲《Don’t Cry For Me Argentina》 和《Memory》均成為Elaine Paige的經典名曲。作為英國首席紅伶的Elaine Paige，對於自己要求極高，不斷追求完美演出。帶同20人的私人管弦樂團一同表演 ，當中部分團員與Elaine Paige合作長達十年，務求以最佳狀態演繹各首膾炙人口的歌曲。
Elaine Paige sang on Webber's birthday concert in London
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Memory
Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamp light 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
Somone 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
(Music interlude)
Burnt out ends of smoky 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 the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me you'll understand what happiness is
Look - a new day has begun
