每日一曲 :: The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell/ 陳美齡

If you have watched the latest TVB Drama Series [東方之珠], you might have noticed the hit song called "The Circle Game". Did you know that this song was originally performed by singer Joni Mitchell back in 1968, and by Agnes Chan (陳美齡) in 1972 in the hit movie [年輕人]?

I first listened to this song in 1977. Yes, it was 30 years ago my friends. The TVB series [東方之珠] detailed some difficulties that these singers faced back in the 60's and 70's. Unlike the modern singers of today where you must have the "cute" look in order to be considered in the singing business, back then your ability to really "sing" mattered the most.

Let's revisit the song "The Circle Game" my friends, and I am sure you will like it, too. I will start it off with the clip from the TVB Drama [東方之珠], and then followed by the actual footage of the movie [年輕人] where Agnes Chan sang this song in the movie in 1972.

The Circle Game (Watch 2006 [東方之珠] Version Here)

The Circle Game (Watch 1972 [年輕人] Version Here)





Circle Game
Lyrics by: Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you’re older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and dawn
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we con only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game.

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him,
Take your time, it won’t be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and dawn
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur
Coming true
There’ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through.
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return, we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game