My Featured Song

My Featured Song

On My Own

                                                                         On my own

Pretending he's beside me

All alone

I walk with him till morning

Without him

I feel his arms around me

And when I lose my way I close my eyes

And
he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver

All the lights are misty in the river

In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight

And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind

That I'm talking to myself and not to him

And although I know that he is blind

Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him

But when the night is over

He is gone

The river's just a river

Without him

The world around me changes

The trees are bare and everywhere

The streets are full of strangers

I love him

But every day I'm learning

All my life

I've only been pretending

Without me

His world will go on turning

A world that's full of happiness

That I have never known

I love him

I love him

I love him

But only on my own

Movie Version

Japanese Musical Version

I. About the Song

"On My Own"is from the musical  Les Miserables. The song is Eponine's solo and is her most important song in musical.It is one of the production's most famous songs.In the song,she expresses her unrequited love for Marius,and how she dreames of being at his side but knows his love is for Cosette and not for her.

 The solo didn't exist in original French Show that opened in 1980.when the English version was written,the music for "On My Own" was adapted from the original French solo "L'Air de la Misere" which was sung by Fantine about her misery and suffering.In turn Eponine's original French solo,"L'un Vers L'autre", was dropped in English version.In the later 1991 Parisian version the title was "Mon Histoire".Howevwr,"On My Own" has become one of the most famous and popular songs in the musical,and Eponine has become one of its most popular characters.

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_My_Own_(Les_Mis%C3%A9rables)
http://lesmiserables.wikia.com/wiki/On_My_Own

II. About the Songwriter

 

 Claude-Michel Schonberg was born on July 6, 1994.He is a French record producer,actor,singer,songwriter,and musical theatre composer, best knoen for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil.Major works include La Revolution Francaise,Les Miserables,Miss Saigon,Martin Guerre,The Pirate Queen,and Marguerite.
 Schonberg began his career as a record producer and a singer.He wrote most of the rock opera "La Revolution Francaise,France's first rock opera ,in 1973.He played the role Louis XVI in the shoe's production that year.In 1974 he wrote "Le Premier Pas", which became the number one hit in France that year, selling over one million copies. In 1978 he dedicated his attention to musicals when he and Alain Boubill conceived the idea for a stage musical version of "Les Miserables".The original production was staged at the Palais de Sports in Paris in 1980.In 1985 and 1987 respectively, the musical opened in London and on Broadway, to acclaim in each instance.The Broadway production was nominated for twelve Tony awards, including Best Musical and Best Original Score.Les Miserables celebrated twntieth anniversary in London on 8 October 2005.The Broadway  production closed on 18 May 2003, making it the third-longest-running Broadway musical.Schonberg oversaw the production of Les Miserables that returned to Broadway for an intended 6month engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre on 9 November 2006, although it later extended its run.

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - point of view

• Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told in a song's lyrics.
• The point view of the song is expressed "I love him But only on my own".
• Eponine fall in love for Marius.But Marius's love turn to Cosette.I think that this song is written about Eponine's disappointed love.

B. Reaction Point - a song hook

• A song hook is a catchy musical phrase that makes a song popular and memorable.
• A song hook of this song is "On my own". 
• "On my own" is title.And it use the memorable phrase in lyric.So,I think that "On my own" is very impressive.

C. Reaction Point - song genre

• Song genre is the style in which a song is created and performed.
• Claude-Michel Schonberg make this song part of Les Miserables.
• This song is the part of musical.And it is the solo of Eponine.Eponine became popular by this song.

D. My General Opinion

When I was high school student,I went to see Les Miserables.Then I knew ”On My Own",and I came to like this song .Eponine is in hard circumstances.But she lives hard.I get the courage from her.This is the reason that I like "On My Own". I want to know the song for many people.