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我被美剧Severance第二季的结尾深深感动。打动我的，除了感人画面，还有Mel Torme版本的Windmills of Your Mind。 Windmills of your mind来自1968年电影The Thomas Crown Affair，并获得了第41届奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖。当我第一次得知这个信息时不禁感慨，经典的确经得起时间的考验。这部电影在1999年翻拍，由我心目中最帅的007——Pierce Brosnan主演。两个版本的电影我都没有看过，不过并不影响我欣赏和喜欢这首歌。 我一共听了4个版本。 Noel Harrison演唱的原版，传递着一种略显烦躁的不安情绪。歌曲的前半段，节奏略有点快，每个句子都唱得非常短促，句末极为克制，带出一点点的紧张和焦虑。只有到歌曲快要结束时的那几句才稍微放松了一点点。不知是不是和电影剧情或人物有关。可以在Youtube听Noel Harrison版 Dusty Springfield的女声版本则是完全不同的感受。节奏比原版更慢一些，她的演绎让这首歌从电影插曲完全转变为了一首流行歌曲。歌曲的前半段幽怨婉转，仿佛在向人诉说心中的万千思绪。到了后半段，不再压抑和掩饰自己的情感，变得热情奔放，似要把心中的思念与渴望完全宣泄。可以在Youtube听Dusty Springfiel版 Sting的版本是翻拍电影的插曲。他的演唱带着一种疏离的感觉，象在讲一段故事。他用独特磁性的嗓音流畅地把旋律倾泻出来。他不是亲历者，而是一个讲述者。他的技巧是这几个版本里最好的。可以在Youtube听Sting版 Mel torme的版本我最喜欢。这是他的专辑A time for us中的一首。他的版本象是一段缠绵的独白。如果说前三个版本都是唱给别人听的，那么这个版本更象是唱给自己听的。带着一种强烈的沉醉其中，奋不顾身的愿望，仿佛整个世界都已不存在。可以在Youtube听Mel torme版 你最喜欢哪一版呢？ 歌词：The Windmills Of Your Mind Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream Like the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said? Lovers walk along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand Was the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song Half-remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over were you suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning to the colour of her hair! Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind