「動人的歌──『Moonlight Shadow』」（附網站連結和歌詞）
上週幾乎天天也忙得要命。當中工作方面星期六雖然只上半天工，可因要到內地交收貨件給香港同事處理關係，仍然很趕。放工後則回家趕稿。完成後吃過晚飯洗過澡，總算可以停下來休息。喝酒聽歌看影碟，很爽快。
較早前買了一整套「城市獵人」動畫，上週休憩時也有看。席間聽畢數首喜歡的結尾歌，覺得被壓縮得太短了，不夠聽，遂往「Youtoube」找它們。結果得嘗所願之餘，也意外地尋到「Moonlight Shadow」這首由英國音樂家Mike Oldfield於八十年代所作名曲短片。一聽之下，登時為之著迷。但因所覓的片子是日本動畫「Vampier D Hunter」「吸血鬼獵人」片段，故起初便以為是該作品的配樂。
可是今晚再聽後一時好奇，到各網站搜尋相關資料，始發覺原來不是。唯此歌的創作背景卻比作為日本動畫配樂吸引得多。因為它其實跟兩位逝者有關。一位是著名魔術師「Hudini」「胡迪尼」。蓋Mike Oldfield說「Moonlight Shadow」此歌的靈感來源，正是一部講述「胡迪尼」死後，有人嘗試透過招魂儀式來和其接觸的電影有關。
第二位則是英國著名的「披頭四」樂隊主音「John Lennon」「約翰連儂」。因連儂被殺當晚Mike Oldfield正好在案發現場附近的一所房子裏，寫這歌時連儂之死也入了Mike Oldfield的潛意識中。由此「Moonlight Shadow」這歌也跟「約翰連儂」的死有關。可說是一首「逝者之歌」。
炎分別聽過Mike Oldfield作曲，Maggie Reilly主唱的原版，E-rotic的Remix版，與及由Groove Coverage所唱的鋼琴版。僅將音樂網站連結於此：
Mike Oldfield，Maggie Reilly原版：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o41k9S8fT0&feature=grec_index
E-rotic Remix版：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDlKbvoHDNw&feature=fvst
Groove Coverage鋼琴版：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lI-uGuGfkY
炎最喜歡聽Groove Coverage的鋼琴版，因覺得它有一種很強烈的淒滄感，很易令炎聯想起「John Lennon」之死，和嘗試透過招魂儀式來和「Hudini」「胡迪尼」接觸的感覺。十分動聽！
原曲歌詞如下：
「Moonlight Shadow」
「The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow.
Lost in a river last Saturday night
Far away on the other side
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through
The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven one day
Four am in the morning
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
Star was going in a silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night
But she couldn't find how to push through
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven one day
Far away on the other side
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy but the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
Carried away by a Moonlight Shadow
Far away on the other side 」
二零一一年八月一日
晚上十一時五十分
炎澄魂字
