Never Enough, Never Stop

159 阅读4分钟
原文链接: zhuanlan.zhihu.com

Never Enough在我的电脑上播放了至少十遍,仍然爱不释手,真是Never Be Enough。有评论说,为了这首歌应该去IMAX剧院去看,信然。Loren强大的爆发力和气场,非IMAX剧院不足以展开和容纳得下。与之对比的,象王菲的歌一直也是我的最爱,但有幅好的耳机就够了,不知道其它人有没有同感。

同样是Lala Land的创作团队,但在The greatest showman中他们显然干得更出色。这首歌听到echoing那一个字时被圈粉。

I'm trying to hold my breath

let it stay this way

can't let this moment end

you set off a dream in me

getting louder now

can you hear it echoing?

take my hand

will you share this with me

cause' darling, without you


all the shine of a thousand of spotlights

all stars we steal from the night sky

will never be nough

never be enough


Towers of gold are still too little

these hands could hold the world

but it'll never be enough

never be enough

for me

Never! Never!

Never, Never!

Never for me, for me

Never enough

for me, for me, for me!


all the shine of a thousand of spotlights

all stars we steal from the night sky

will never be nough

never be enough

Towers of gold are still too little

these hands could hold the world

but it'll never be enough

never be enough

for me

never, never

never, never

never for me, for me

never enough

never, never, never enough,

never enough for me, for me

for me...

Jenny Lind借着这首歌唱出了她对Barnum的爱意:you set off a dream in me, getting lourder now, can you hear it echoing? 你开启了我的美梦,那个声音现在越来越强烈,你听到了它的回响了吗?在唱这一句时,Jenny无限深情地看了一眼Barnum,并送给他一个微笑。如果我不能牵你的手,纵然我被万众瞩目,纵然我坐拥金山银山,纵然我拥有满天的繁星,那也是我绝不能满足的!

在这场演唱中,一共特写了7个人的眼神。首先是Jenny充满爱意的眼神,而Barnum回望她是,则是大开眼界的一脸惊叹;Barnum中间查看观众的反应,环视全场和上层的包厢,仍然是检验这单生意是否能一炮而红的神情。2分57秒,Barnum的妻子的视线从Jenny身上转移到Barnum身上,看出一丝不安和担心已潜伏在她的眼神里,台上的Jenny极其热烈和汪洋恣肆,挥舞的手势幅度达到最高点,在她眼中只怕已成为张扬舞爪的进攻。另外四个特写则发生在菲利普与安娜,菲利普与他的父母之间,菲利普与安娜的爱情被其父母认为是下流和肮脏的,菲利普在这时还无法面对这种轻蔑和责难,无法hold the world,也就无法hold情人的手,这部分的演绎,比如演员的眼神,吞咽口水的动作,以及镜头的剪辑也非常到位。

剧中写了三对人的爱情,Barnum的合伙人菲利普与安娜的爱情修成正果,Barnum与他的妻子的爱情幸免于难,只有Jenny对Barnum赌上了一切,也输得干干净净,最后只得黯然离开。同样是不伦的爱情(无论是Barnum与他的妻子,还是菲利普与安娜,他们的结合都是当时的观念所不容许的),影片最终安排的结局大不一样,让人唏嘘不已。

在巡演快到结束时,Barnum似乎终于意识到Jenny对他的爱,而他自己也知道自己无非是利用Jenny来赢得更大的名声与更多的利益,无法再欺骗和隐瞒下去了,于是导致了摊牌。Never Enough这首歌经过再次编排,出现了一个仅1分20秒的版本:

all the shine of a thousand of spotlights

all stars we steal from the night sky

will never be nough

never be enough

Towers of gold are still too little

these hands could hold the world

but it'll never be enough

never be enough

非常巧妙地,移除了开头的

take my hand

will you share this with me

cause' darling, without you

就完全变成了对Barnum的控诉和对自己的反省。女人的世界是爱情,男人的爱情是世界。落花有意,流水无情,可叹Jenny只认识到Barnum对金钱和名望的追求是永无止尽和永不满足的,无法认识到Barnum对她没有感情,则是因为他的妻子 -- 只是,如果他的妻子是私生子,而Jenny则出身名门的话,那么在Barnum的心中,天平又会倾向于谁呢?