Memory (Reprise) | Cats the Musical
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ต.ค. 2015
- Grizabella (Elaine Page) performs Memory from the 1998 production of Cats.
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Lyrics:
Memory
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there
The meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
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Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the show is set amongst a larger- than-life junkyard playground and is alive with our favourite feline characters including Rum Tum Tugger, Mr. Mistoffelees, Macavity, Jennyanydots, Old Deuteronomy, Grizabella and Skimbleshanks.
The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year - the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life. - เพลง
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Sometimes, our cat is just meowing at the middle of the night with no apparent reason. I just pretend that she's just singing Memory. Well, probably she is.
That made me cry for some reason. Please, hug your kitty!
What a cuty kitty
nah man she probably dying
Yeees
Sing with her. Make a kareoke night with her.
See, this is where Cats the Musical should have stayed. Not everything needs to turned into a movie.
This shit looks awful. Of all the musicals, what made them think that THIS would be a good movie. Whoever the artsy farsy director is needs to checked for any involvement with bestiality
I've seen some sources call *this* version of Cats a film. IMO, it's more of a stage recording; but regardless, it's way better than the 2019 one for sure.
Well, I guess we got it out of the way. Now let’s forget it happened.
Nothing *needs* to be turned into a movie.
Apparently Steven Spielberg wanted to produce an animated film adaptation back in the 90s, but he could never get it off the ground. If you were going to adapt this to film, that seems like the most appropriate medium to me.
Elaine just nailed the acting and characterization like no one else could. I’ve seen so many versions of this where the performer is smiling throughout, why would you smile at all during this song?!? Not only that, but every nuance is just perfect. I wouldn’t have changed the thing.
Jennifer Hudson nailed it in the movie too like, not only vocally but everything, she wasn't smiling as well 🎉
Yes, definitely. I know this sounds weird, but her singing has a kind of meowing quality to it. It's not at all smarmy or maudlin (like that awful Streisand version). Her facial expressions and voice quality are genuinely moving. She really hit the sweet spot in this performance.
@@helgathegreat just saw that recently and agree!
I disagree completely. Hudson could have knocked it put of the park if the acting direction had just LET her rather than making her sob and snot through the whole thing.
No one beats Elaine as Grizabella. Jennifer Hudson doesn't have the takes, she's a singer and actress. But not Broadway experience.
It's touching how at first most cats avoid looking at her but by the end they're all paying attention to what she's singing. Demeter and Bombalurina seem particularly moved, Munkustrap is staring at Old Deuteronomy's reactions, Jellylorum sits still while Victoria approaches Grizabella again.
Mistophelees seems quite moved by her singing as well. He turns around at "and I mustn't give in" right on cue
that "touch me! it's so easy to leave me!" gave me fucking goosebumps. absolutely flawless.
I know right? That’s my most favourite part she sings it with such emotion!
Also, I tried to cover this beautiful song. It’s not perfect😅 but it would really mean the world to me if you gave a listen to it!🤗
I keep rewinding it..
I fell in a loop of memory versions and this one made me cry.
That was actually well in the movie too but that's about all the movie did well
Transposing music in cromatic mediants (like at that moment) does that to you. It's really emotional. That's why it's my favorite trick to use when composing.
can you imagine the amount of goosebumps you'd get hearing that live?
yes i did
@@sonnysinger9107 im jealous
i wish
id cry
I heard it live! It was so powerful and moving, tears well up.
3:33 This single change of microexpression gets me everytime. You can actually see her face light up as she sings the word "happiness", and then, in a split second, it goes back to grief and sadness. Absolutely incredible acting.
Yes I noticed this as well. Very subtle! 🤌 especially with her eyes looking back straight as if coming out of the trance.
me too! i love it every time!
as a cat ages ....
This song alone is singlehandedly responsible for this fever dream of a musical success
The fear in her voice when she sings
*"The memory is fading"*
Is just haunting, she doesn't want to lose it.
One of the many reasons I feel Elaine is one of tbe few people who can do this song justic
Anyone here after watching Sideway’s Cats video?
Me
Yo
Yep.
Wassup
Good stuff
Pay attention at 3:03, that is not a dub, she is holding that note WHILE STANDING UP!
That is incredible.
Everyone who sings Memory and means it just show their absolute talent.
Like the one time it was sung during the Oscars and the woman went from crouching to standing without pitch change.
Edit.
Betty Buckly and the Tony awards.
It actually is a dub, as all the vocals in the 1998 film were pre recorded in a studio. But Elaine did regularly perform with this range of motion when doing it live at the West End which is absolutely mind boggling to me 😵💫
@@LucyAylerI would imagine she would have done the motions in the studio too, it needed to be perfectly in sync with the stage performance in which they sang too, they didn’t perform it in silence.
That is UN FRIKKIN REAL!!!
@Lucy-lp5yx this is a recording of a live production, the original group would preform in London theatre ext
It feels like jemima’s voice can’t not be photoshopped. It’s so pure and beautiful that it doesn’t sound real
You do know it's not her singing, right? Her actress is Belgian and has a distinct accent, so they dubbed over her with another singer.
I think you mean "autotuned". Photoshop is a image editing programm.
Saying “photoshopped” instead of auto tuned is so funny actually
3:07
_"Touch me! It's so easy to leave me!"_
Me, running towards the stage with tears in my eyes: I'M COMIN' GRIZZIE!
Meeeeee
i cryed
Me too! 😭 Every time
sry i have dirty mind about the touch part
Aw lawd he comin'!
Can we talk about Jemima’s “like a flower”?! BEAUTIFUL FLAWLESS AMAZING
YES SOMEONE SAID IT 😭
Gorgeous 😍
I love the performer who plays Jemima so much, each time she's on stage my eyes always move to find her. But I don't think that's her voice we hear, I remember reading a comment on another video, and people were saying how they were upset that her voice was dubbed over with this version :(
@@tessfan12 I think it was because the actress Veerle Casteleyn was Belgian and they were worried about an accent, so she was dubbed over.
always remember that part from when I was a kid somethin bout the tone of voice just omg
I don't know why, but the lyric "the memory is fading" hits me harder than anything.
Sometimes I think how mad it must be for the co stars of legends like Elaine Page to just watch something like this unfold in realtime and just keep it together.
Worst thing about the movie is so many people will assume this musical is a horrible, uncanny valley horror experience and miss out on the very real emotional impact of the musical.
dont worry. I was horrified by the movie and now im here discovering how great the musical is :-)
Glad to find other newcomers here!
Maybe something good did come from Cats (2019).
No, i'm glad about the movie cause it makes me descovery the movie
I also finally watched the musical after seeing the movie. Turns out I love it and I should have given it a chance when I was 13.
I think part of it also is when you see a musical live, you are impacted as much by the performance as the story. The actors/dancers are doing it live and they don't get multiple takes. It puts the audience into a sympathetic relationship with the performers. Movies invariably lose that feeling of presence you get in the theater.
Baby did that. Nobody can touch this, and no damn CGI can touch any of these incredibly talented individuals.
Oh fuck you. Cats cast is good so shut up
Fuck off, same bullshit. The creepy characters look like shit regardless of the version.
@@jacoby_iron5812 wth how can you judge the acting without even watching the movie
@@nheilvocal3801 Bold of you to assume he hasn't seen the movie...
@@persephone2706 ummmm excuse me? The movie hasnt been released yet.
Memory
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up enter in
If you find there
The meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
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
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A street lamp dies
Another night is over
Another day is dawning
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
Sunlight through the trees in summer
Endless masquerading
Like a flower as the dawn is breaking
The memory is fading
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
She leaves it all on stage in her performance! Incredible!
YOU CAN SEE THE PAIN IN HER EYES
*CRYS*
true
SBB it’s because she’s a great musical actress who can really get into the feels. She’s extraordinary.
TRUE
STFU
*Cries
See I think thats what the cats movie is missing. The cat mouth.
George joy that is true.
and noses. the bare human face is just really odd.
Cat mouth
George joy it looks weird regardless
이지원 and the musical talent
I could not care less about the rest of the musical, but I would give anything to be able to see this song performed live. Absolutely awe-inspiring
Same
I got to see the national tour front row center for my birthday, I didn’t know anything about cats (and front row center is a bit to close for this play) however memory was amazing
I agree. I'm just not into all the cheap emotionalism of Broadway musicals. But I would stand in line to watch Elaine Page sing this song in all her kitty cat make-up with those amazing expressions and all that emotion.
One of the few songs that moves me to tears every single time I listen to it
Same.
Can we just talk about jemima’s vocals during her part? When she starts with “sunlight” my ears were blessed❤️
Seriously
Not to mention she’s absolutely beautiful. Who is that singer/actress?
@@jonnyq2323 Veerle Casteleyn. It's not her singing though
It’s not her singing
@@katlyneakle7837 who is it then
The emotion shown in her eyes while singing displays more talent that most actors can muster in their entire career.
forget the voice, it's once of the best all time.
So true
Really true. There is no replacing these people... Elaine Paige, Michael Crawford, not to mention Andrew himself... just unbelievable talent.
good you say most actors
She almost cried from the looks of it, this is also more emotion than what I saw in the remake trailer.
@@TheHeirofDrakkon She has a scene before this, where she's trying to move like she did when she was young, and she goes from "smiling" to gut-wrenching sad in an absolutely brilliant way.
I love this musical, but this song has never made me cry until now. I had my cat for 21 years. I was six when we adopted her. We just lost her a few months ago. Now this song makes me think of her.
This is not the first time I heard this song, but HOLY COW, that "The memory is fading." and "Touch me! It's so easy to leave me..." hit me hard this time.
How is it that these cats look so much better than a movie made 20+ years later?
because the movie took the cats thing too literally
@Abeni Schwebke then why didn't they take the costumes seriously? Like damn that's poor excuse... many fantasy films have done better with their costumes...
It' because these cats are practical effects and makeup while the movie is all CGI. This is the same reason that the orcs in the Lord of the Rings movies look so much better than the ones in the Hobbit.
Because it's realistic
If the movie production can't afford realistic CGI they could have just use costumes and make up then cgi for feature enhancements... that's cheaper...
i love how the other cats go from aggressively ignoring her to silently watching her while she sings
Yes!
Also, I tried to cover this beautiful song. It’s not perfect😅 but it would really mean the world to me if you gave a listen to it!🤗
Everyone needs their moments. 😂😊
i wish ive would give justice to this kind of masterpiece!
One of my favorite duets. Grizelda's voice is so rich and soulful and Jemima's voice is so clear and angelic. The harmony is indescribable.
'It's so easy to leave me!'
Me: (while sobbing) WHO HURT YOU?! WHOOO?!
Life.
Literally all the jellicles lmao
Sofia Horstman l.
all the cats ok do u not watch the show ???
XD
Jemima's voice is so pure. Nothing else to describe it as. Pure
Yes! Immaculate 👏
Also, I tried to cover this beautiful song. It’s not perfect😅 but it would really mean the world to me if you gave a listen to it!🤗
Yes! And the actual actor’s voice is beautiful too!
@@RozWBrazel Bruh, that's...what I meant? It's very common to refer to an actor by their character's name, regardless of whether or not you know their actual name (which I do not)??
@@drakkonscythe No, the voice we hear in this is _not_ the actress's actual singing voice. Her accent was very strong so they dubbed it. Go look for clips of her actually singing, she still has a very cute and lovely voice.
@@RozWBrazel Huh. Interesting
Four years later and I still cry every time she raises her voice
If this doesn't make you emotional nothing will
The amount of emotion in the climax makes me cry every single time.
Xristina Quiroz ...same sis same
Same here. Tears tears tears.
the amount of emotion in the cry makes me climax every single time
Facts
YES! Goosebumps and tears, every time
I heard Jennifer Hudson’s rendition, she is so utterly talented but no one can sing it like Elaine Paige, she totally understands Grizabella
Her voice was killer but man all that snot was distracting.
Qris wtf 🙄
This IS Elaine Paiges’’ role 😮 blissful voice 👏👏incredible!
I saw Sarah Brightman play this role in London.. She was also amazing.
She was also married to Andrew Lloyd Webber at the time I believed.
Umm, you seem to have omitted the original Broadway and (IMO) far superior, Ms. Buckley. Page is certainly good; but I don’t feel near Buckley in the role. Not only in voice, but perhaps principally because (as others have pointed out), Buckley played the part with strength and defiance. Someone who has been shunned, but has not doubted her self worth. Whereas Page, and the uninspiring and far worse Hudson versions, play the role as desperate for approval, pathetic even (certainly in the Hudson version).
For example: toward the end, when she sings “if you touch me,” Page seems desperate and scared in her facial expression(same with the touch at the end). Now Buckley at the 83 Tony’s video on YT, it’s strength and dignity. (I won’t even mention Hudson, other than to agree she suffered from the American Idol desire to just belt everything out; missing restraint. I think the reviewer who said JH looked constipated during Memory was too harsh, though.)
That’s my take and opinion at least. Thank God for TH-cam for these videos.
'Memory' was the first song I learned 18 years ago at my singing lessons ❤️ Last week my singing teacher died of cancer and today would be her birthday. I'm so thankful that she teached me this song.
I've seen it live on stage three times, and I don't think there was a dry eye in the house when Grizabella sang "Memory." But what *really* gets me is when, just after Grizabella collapses in hopeless despair, Jemima stands and begins to sing in that indescribably pure, unbelievably beautiful voice. Brings a tear to my eye ... every. single. time.
I’m not even a cats fan and this song slaps.
I tried to cover this beautiful song. It’s not perfect😅 but it would really mean the world to me if you gave a listen to it!🤗
For me it’s the eyes. Elaine Page’s vocals are up there with the best of them, but no one has *ever* emoted with their eyes in this song the way she does. I buy her pain, hurt, desperation, pride, and strength all through her eyes.
They are, after all, the window to the soul.
Matt Thompson keri. fuller. period
Yes, she made my heart shake!
That's why this is my favorite version of this song. I can feel her pain I'm suffering just buy her expression
What also helps is the way they did her make-up, they dragged everything down so she constantly looks sad. Most other Grizabella make-up I've seen they just dirty her up, here it looks like she's genuinely broken inside. Really adds to the performance as a whole. Elaine is perfection.
@@Graycata never fails to make me cry
OFF THE RECORD
That is the greatest note ever sang above Pavarotti. I’m sobbing and going to listen to it again. Damn. Amazing.
Why is nobody talking about how she nailed the climax WHILE STANDING UP just a second before? If anyone has sung before, you know that while what she did does technically make sense, it would have to have pretty much perfect timing. Not to mention that breathing in while standing up like that would give me super intense vertigo.
Agreed! It’s really difficult. I can never do that!
Also, I tried to cover this beautiful song. It’s not perfect😅 but it would really mean the world to me if you gave a listen to it!🤗
They recorded the music before filming. Not singing live
@@oldageisdumb But still, people do this live all the time
@@oldageisdumb then damn, she did an amazing job lip-syncing
@@oldageisdumb they do that in live, London theatre? Really....😂
the ultimate "crying for help" song, add any mental issue with it, and it all comes down to wanting to feel that you belong somewhere, that you are accepted by everyone else
The ultimate song for aging and bittersweet nostalgia as well. Feeling your best days are behind you...😔
@@AxeKick80 well, they're not.
it's all about perspective. There is always something new you can do and explore, always a skill you haven't mastered and always some knowledge you haven't gained yet
You just elevated this song from sad to gut-wrenching and beautiful.
To me memory is a song about loving life.
As someone who has major mental issues, this song is my go to for a calming session.
Her vocals are absolutely amazing. I saw this live on stage as a child and my jaw dropped even then. She deserves all the praise
This is the first movie I’ve ever owned. It taught me my love for the arts. This version remains close to my heart. ❤
To remove jemima and the other kittens. Unforgivable.
They didn’t remove them, they just took away what made them unique and crucial to the plot.
@@poopityscoop839 basically removing what the character is an replacing it with another with the same name
@@SemiCommma I see your point.
Additionally they made Victoria the main character so we could look at the Jellicles through a different POV but that was just a bizarre decision.
@@poopityscoop839 they also tried to give cats more of a story, when the point of cats is that there isn’t really a story
One good thing that Cats (2019) did was make us appreciate this version a lot more.
Amen
the movie was so lierally bad ....thankfuly i watched the theater side....and will remember what is the real CATS.
This is a musical... Personified.
And that's on period
It made people appreciate the 1998 more (except for Skimbleshanks, the 2019 version is an actual good adaptation of the stage version)
I Saw Cats almost 30 years ago in London(1997) and Elaine Paige still makes me cry. Good bless Elaine Paige.
"Stop running and let the flerkins eat you."
Cleansing my soul from the cats movie by watching this masterpiece
Exactly what I'm doing now 😂
me too
This is infinitely better than the crappy remake
I can't believe this was 1998. I wish I was there to have heard this live. God her voice transcends the decades.
I was there in 1998 and saw this live on broadway. Pierced my soul! One of my most amazing "memories."
@@nicolettaasmr you’re so lucky to have seen her live.
@@jalicea1650 breathtaking!
Lo vi en Argentina por tv Films and Art..inovidable.
This was 81
It is debatable that there are better musicals. But there are no better numbers than this. This is the greatest musical number in the history of musicals. The incredibly beautiful music, the pathos, the lyrics that everyone and everything with a memory can relate to, the soaring voices, the assist by Jemima, the gut-wrenching climax. This maybe could be matched, but it will never be bettered.
the costumes and the cast and the performances this is a gem and to iconic to beat ...my childhood ...magical
Misto just be sparkling in the back
he can't turn off the fabulous. it's who he is.
this song breaks my heart but I'm wheezing at this I'm sorry
For dramatic effect ofc
The song is heart wrenching but what makes it even more so is the look on her face when Victoria lays her hand (paw) in hers. That's the look of someone who has been touched starved for years, wanting affection but also afraid to reach out from being rejected so many times but still hopes that someone would reach back. Don't mind me I'm emotional.
I felt the same way! Just that look of "Ah~" and peace after endless pain.
#pandemicfeels
There's a similar feeling when Jemima starts singing an accompaniment to her halfway through the song. Demeter and Bombalurina sang during Grizabella's song, but it wasn't an accompaniment, it was accusatory and hammered home her isolation. The first instance of Memory was also the only full song in the show that was a solo with no chorus.
ほんとに素敵なミュージカルかつ、歌声がほんとに綺麗😭
Her eyes are even more expressive than her beautiful vocals.
This song makes me cry, she is a such an emotional powerhouse that I feel like I can physically touch the pain and loneliness.
The entire appeal of Cats was that it was an experience you could only get in theater. The stage, the costumes, the songs, it was like the theater house was its own separate world, one of actors and props, and plays were your gateway to that world. It had no business being made into a movie.
Chills every time. Actually surprised myself and got big emotional at the climax of this song first time I watched this. I discovered the spectacle of Cats the Musical through a video describing just how bad Cats the Movie screwed up on every level. New respect for this entire show
Sideways was it?
Me, too
Omg same, i just wached the entire play!
Sideways Pog
Sideways just gave me an entire new obsession
“Touch me! it’s so easy to leave me! all alone with the memory… of my days in the sun…”
Buckley captures the weight and importance of the song. Powerful and impactful, it can make any passerby turn their head to hear what she has to say.
Paige captures the raw emotion. She sounds on the brink of tears as she laments one last powerful time in hopes that her pleading will not fall upon deaf ears one last time. Enough to make even the most hesitant listener get moved by her words.
Hudson… she looks like a cat.
The climax left me overwhelmed with emotion
I just wanna hug every cat who feels this way. :'(
Mich S me to... Me to
me
Same
Me too 😿.
And every human...
This is a plea. This is a desperate, genuine plea for someone, anyone to help her.
This musical lives in me. As a child, I’d watch it almost every day. I would even learn dances/songs to go along. ❤
Grizabella always makes me cry because it sounds like she was abandoned, and I could never abandon anyone.
Has anyone else noticed that when Grizabella begins to sing, everyone is turning away from her but at the song goes on they slowly begin to turn towards her
The first person I noticed to turn around was Jennyanydots.
You seriously need more likes
As a kid I always noticed Mr. Mistofelees turning around right when she sings “and I mustn’t give in”. I always thought it was the moment the rest of the cats respected her so they turned around too🤷🏼♀️
Jenny, Etcetera and Elektra were the first to look around
i did
2:33 Honestly Jemima is so pretty. Like it’s so wacky how pretty the actress looks even if she’s dressed up as a cat.
I agree completely. She’s freakin adorable.
I will tell pam
At this point, you're used to it. You've already sat through 3/4 of a show of this, it's not weird anymore.
More proof that cats are prettier than people
furry detected. Run before the cops come.
What makes it really touching is the fact that it is Jemima, the gorgeous, youthful cat with the angelic voice that soothes her and helps her getting in touch with her emotions by singing along. She's the opposite of what Grizabella feels like she is and she's the very soul to help her!
How many times I played this on the VCR back in the day, I'll never know. And I still play it every now and then.
The fact that this song is about an old unwanted cat that just wants to be touched and loved makes it so sad. You can imagine she had a loving home and was then discarded. Those are the happy memories she refers to. Now each day she hopes she'll find that happiness again only for the day to end without it. Also, it's a message not to overlook the senior cat with the matted fur. Give them a chance. Touch them and YOU'LL see what happiness is and the happy memories will live again for that cat as they'll once again be loved. 😭😭😭😭 #adoptdontshop
Muy triste
You pass on a wonderful message to all of us. All life, however unloved it looks is worth loving and cherishing.
Best wishes to you
furry cosplay + ratio
You are right.
@@paidewhatsapp807 you play roblox shut up
She has ruined this role for literally anyone else on this planet
Paleta Princesa Nobody can top it...the bar has been set waaay too high...
100% agree.
For real, no one can one up this
I have to agree, and not necessarily just voice "quality", her performance is absolutely remarkable.
Elaine Page is a vocal goddess
I came here after my favorite band called ive used this as sample for their new music called off the records
My wife kept on at me to see this musical for years, I eventually surprised her taking her to London to see the musical just before it closed at the New London theatre , did I like it ? My wife passed away in 2019 and up until then we saw the stage show at various venues 28 times ! I miss you my Grizabella !
Jemima's voice is unreal. It sounds almost computerized because it is so perfect.
I always want to follow Grizzabella up those stairs!
Helen massey
Jemima's voice was actually dubbed. Her actress in the 1998 film was Dutch, and they dubbed her over with a British actress over fears that her accent would make her unintelligible.
Veerle Casteleyn is Belgian
Who is Jemima
The harmony between Jemima & Grizabella gives me chills every time i hear it and raptures my soul. Elaine Page has made it impossible for anyone else to embody this role. She is a true legend in every sense of the word.
Her voice is amazing, it literally made my eyes tear up, and that's an impressive feat. Bravo Madam, bravo.
Susan Boyle maybe
keri fuller has met this challenge
I’m always moved by the surprised way Grizabella pops up after hearing Jemima’s voice chime in like a ray of sunshine. It’s as if she’d just heard that she’d been freed from a horrible prison and was immediately prompted to make her final plea for acceptance.
*cough* Betty Buckley *cough*
I am here after ive's off the record trailer ❤
The best version of this in my opinion. Elaine Page what an absolute superstar
3:07 you can hear the pain, desperation, and fear in her voice when she lets out the last scream she has any energy for. Her last chance for new life, and she’s begging for anyone just to touch her. To just acknowledge her presence.
Then you hear the defeat in her voice. Her slowly coming to terms that she won’t be reborn. One last exasperated plea.
Not the greatest broadway show, but absolutely one of the greatest broadway hits of all time, paired with a masterful performance.
Exquisite tbh
But at the end, they accepted her, and she was chosen to be reborn.
Oh definitely, when I heard the music along with the amazing singing it’s always a tear jerker for me
But why is no one talking about Jemima, she has such a stunning voice and every time I hear her part it gives me goosebumps.
I know right! She's my favorite cat in this musical!
It's Grizabella's song that's why.
I’ve seen loads of comments about her lol
@@Yes-ey4wq ya, every other comment is about her, lol
And she has a spike collar. Adorable and deadly...
this remains one of my all time favorite songs, and has such special meaning to me
Mom and Dad saw this at two different time before meeting each other, and they had no idea on what's going on, but once this song was sung they cried.
2:53 I know that Elaine Page absolutely kills this song she is so good, but that inflection on the end of the word "Flower" by the woman singing in the background was just jaw dropping! Holy shit that must be the most beautiful second of a woman singing I have ever heard...
I agree - she did so well. Her voice was bright, and clear, and so beautiful. She doesn't get a lot of credit but she killed it and really moves people every time they hear or watch this!
tankmaster1018 I know it is crazy her voice almost sounds auto-tuned
IKR! Does anyone know her name?
+tacokotaco Veerle Casteleyn?
Edit: Well apparently I had the right person, but its not her voice that you hear in this video. Guess they dubbed another singer who's accent wasn't as heavy or something? But whenever you try to find anything from Helen Massey singing CATS, there isn't really anything, and on top of that there is hardly anything at all on TH-cam with her singing. Damn... I'm not even a big fan of this musical and I'm getting sucked into trying to figure out the story behind this now! Lmfao
Edit 2: And now I just saw more comments saying its a woman named Jemima something... I am completely lost now!
tankmaster1018 Thank you!
we wanted a profesionaly recorded musical, not whatever the hell they did
win montgomery Lmfaooo
Yeah, the movie was kind of a letdown, sorry to say it.
@@castlebyastream only kind of? It was scary bad
i just finished watching the remake and cried when Jennifer Hudson sang this song now I'm crying again after just calming down....send help
Except we didn't. Nobody wanted a Cats the Musical to be made into a film but they did it anyway because screw art it's all about the $$$
She shows what is singing with all emotion, without losing control.
Here because ive but i remember that😢
Lyrics:
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember a time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Burnt out ends of smokey days
The stale cold smell of morning
A streetlamp dies - another night is over
Another day is dawning
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
Sunlight through the trees in summer
Endless masquerading
Like a flower as the dawning is breaking
The memory is fading
Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with a memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun
Thanks
Thank you
Thank you!!
LOVE THIS SONG FOREVER
Thanks
are we just gonna ignore Jemima’s vocals???!??!!
Right?!?! Like I love Grizabella but omg Jemima's vocals are so good! Her vocals sound magical!
@@sandysushi591 I had to reply her part three times because it was so pretty!
I always replay her part for 10 times when I watch this, her voice is way too pretty??
Xcuze she sounds like what I imagine angels sound like. I wish her part was longer.
@@littleblizzard7591 you should try listen to "The moment of happiness"!
I used to listen to this song over and over again when I was a kid, and I didn't know it was from this musical! Also, the oldest and youngest cats have the same coloring as my oldest (who crossed the rainbow bridge last year) and youngest female cats! ♥
What a great musical actress. I was so lucky to watch her in "Chess" and "Sunset Boulevard" in London. My mother (now turning 83) even got an autograph of her and is still proud of it.
I feel like the thing missing from the other version is desperation - absolute miserable desperation of a cat that's been cast out and neglected for years upon years, left in the trash, with nothing more to lose but their mortal soul, reaching with every ounce of their heart towards the last flickering light of hope that remains.
@@neveropenyourmoutharoundfo1903 Uh, citation needed?
@@neveropenyourmoutharoundfo1903 no dumbass
I cannot agree more with your comment. And Memory is just perfect song that such emotions are concentrated into..
Absolutely. This performance is untouchable.
Did we watch the same movie?
best version of memory ever!!! salute to elaine page
Gerald Posadas agree
Gerald Posadas this whole movie is the best version
Owl Lover - I would agree, however the movie never included Growltiger's Last Stand. A real shame, other than that, the movie is great.
Betty Buckley was better imo
John Arindale agreed I cry every time I watch her perform it
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I cry every single time when I hear this song for all the animals that suffer 💔😢
I don’t know anything about this musical but I’m sobbing
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Same and I’m not much into musicals
Blunderscrew _ Shes basically Grizabella the Glamour cat who left the rest of the cats when she was younger and her life crashed.
She came back to the cats and they don’t accept her because she left them before for a fancier life. Also it’s implied she’s diseased
@@roseclouds5838 anywhere where i can watch/listen to this musical fully? id like to understand the story behind it
Anyone else randomly come back to this performance whenever they wanna feel their heart strings tugged?
Yes.
This is perfection. I have watched all iterations and this is how it should be done.
Elaine Paige has one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices ever