First Time Hearing Terry Jacks - “Seasons In The Sun” Reaction | Asia and BJ
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Seasons in the sun has a darker meaning. He was saying goodbye because he's dying. A upbeat song with a sad meaning. It was a big #1 hit in 1974
It literally says that in the song. They're overthinking it.
@@joemckinley754 yeah it's such a shame when the obvious meaning is missed.. Maybe they need the lyrics..??
Words have different meanings for different generations: like "gay" meant something completely different just a few decades ago then it does now. People say "I'm down for that" now, when back then we'd say "I'm up for that". Maybe the word "die" doesn't mean the same thing now as it did back then? I'm getting too old to keep up with all the flip-flop jingo-jargon!
@@joemckinley754 I know. Some people can be so thick
@@islandseeker1260 Yeah, "slow up" and "slow down" mean the same thing.😁
The guy said repeatedly " Goodbye _____ it's hard to DIE ". This is the song of someone facing up to their own mortality. He's not moving out of town, he's not going on a vacation, he is dying, and he's coming to terms with it.
Death is not something many song's really go into, this one does and it does it beautifully, as this man thinks of who mean't the most to him in his life.
Listen and learn, as we will all step up to that plate it one day ....
Well said 🙏❣
Exactly. 😆 I can’t help but laugh because it’s repeated throughout the song. 🤦♂️ swing and a miss. 😂
maybe that vacation he was going on was a real killer.
You can only imagine how they would react to hearing that someone has "past away." There response would likely be - Soooo.... When are they coming back? I never laughed so hard 9:04. Just kidding Guys. Maybe you did this review just before having your morning coffee.
I dont think either of them heard the word DIE. Hard to miss though.
Okay, this is being said with a lot of laughter. Did you miss the parts where he says 'it's hard to die?' Love you guys!
Exactly what I was thinking..
Exactly. Gee it's not that hard to get
They heard it alright, there to scared to mention the word Suicide as this is why this Song was banned in alot of places at the time because it was they said that the song was a reference to Suicide, the way these two ignore the subject or the possibility of that fact by pretending not to hear the word DIE, incase they get into Trouble with their Paymasters Screwtube is pathetic really. 🤦♂
He was the black sheep of the family … I’m pretty sure he has been condemned to die
It was killing me!!! LOL!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He said 'goodbye' to his father/friend/sister or g/f because he was dying. He was remembering the past.
It was written for a dying friend of incurable cancer. The chorus was in the 'past' tense.
😥😥😥😥😥😥
Terry Jacks wrote this song after his best friend died. It's all about grief for someone who is dying and everyone they are leaving behind.
I'm here laughing at y'all trying to figure out the meaning of SEASONS IN THE SUN, even though he says "It's hard to die" multiple times throughout the song. 😂 I love you guys!
This song was making easier to die if you had to hear it more than once lol
The "It's hard to die" tells it all.
He is singing about having a terminal illness and saying goodbye to his loved ones and reflecting back on his life
The original version by Jacques Brel is rather macabre, but Jacks had an earnest inspiration for his reworking of the song: his good friend developed leukemia, and was given just six months to live. "He was gone in four months," Jacks told us. "He was a very good friend of mine, one of my best friends, and he said I was the first one that he told. I remembered this song of an old man dying of a broken heart, and I liked some of the melody and there was something there. I rewrote the song about him."
Exactly right. It's funny how many misconceptions there are about this song, LOL.
The original lyrics has the following verse:
Adieu Françoise, my trusted wife
Without you I'd have had a lonely life
You cheated lots of times, but then
I forgave you in the end
Though your lover was my friend
Adieu Françoise, it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With your lovers everywhere
Just be careful, I'll be there
This song is very sad and dark
Say goodbye when you are dying
@@rjspina60 too funny. ha ha ha. really??
@@rameshbaboolal8101 haha yes! He forgave her be he also called her out in front of the entire world....bam!
Originally "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man"), this was written and performed in French by the Belgian poet-composer Jacques Brel in 1961. The American poet Rod McKuen translated the lyrics to English, and in 1964 The Kingston Trio released the first English-language version of the song. This is the version Terry Jacks heard, which became the basis for his rendition.
In a Songfacts interview with Terry Jacks, he said that after his version was released, he had dinner in Brussels with Jacques Brel, who told him about writing the song. "It was about an old man who was dying of a broken heart because his best friend was screwing his wife," Jacks said. "He wrote this in a whorehouse in Tangiers, and the words were quite different. The song originally he used to do on stage and it was in a march form, like, 'Bom ba DUM, bom ba DUM.' Quite a different thing. This old man was dying of a broken heart and he was saying goodbye to his priest and his best friend and his wife, who cheated on him. Her name was Francoise, and it went, 'Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then I forgave you in the end, though your lover was my friend.'"
The original version by Jacques Brel is rather macabre, but Jacks had an earnest inspiration for his reworking of the song: his good friend developed leukemia, and was given just six months to live. "He was gone in four months," Jacks told us. "He was a very good friend of mine, one of my best friends, and he said I was the first one that he told. I remembered this song of an old man dying of a broken heart, and I liked some of the melody and there was something there. I rewrote the song about him."
Before releasing this song, Terry Jacks had considerable success in his native Canada as half of the duo The Poppy Family with his wife, Susan. He was friends with The Beach Boys, who asked him to produce a song for them - something Jacks was honored to do. Terry played them his arrangement of "Seasons in the Sun" and suggested they record it, since he thought it would sound great with their harmonies and with Carl Wilson singing lead.
Terry flew to Brian Wilson's house and they began working on the song. Wilson had always been their producer, and could spend months working on a song if he wanted to perfect it. These were Terry's sessions, but Brian tried to take over.
"The thing never got finished," Jacks said in our interview. "Brian wanted to get hold of the tape and add some things, and the engineer would have to take the tape home at night so that Brian wouldn't get hold of it. This went on and on, and I was almost having a nervous breakdown because I would put so much energy into this thing and the stress was really getting me. So I said, 'I'm not going to be able to finish this. I can't get you guys all in here together.' So it never got completed."
The sessions weren't a complete wash for Jacks, however. He worked with Al Jardine on the backing vocals and came up with an arrangement he would use when he recorded the song himself.
In 1973, the song was released as Jacks' second single ("Concrete Sea" was his first), and it was a huge hit, going to #1 in America for three weeks and also topping the UK chart.
(Songfacts.com)
This song holds a special place in my heart simply because for my 6th birthday in 1974 my mom gave me a record player and 6 45 rpm singles. This was one of them. RIP to my mom. Love and miss you so much ❤
I was 8 that year, and one of my sisters had that 45. On the B side was the song "Put the Bone in". I always thought it was a funny song title, as a kid.
It makes me cry
Did you guys miss the bits where he sang "it's hard to die"? EDIT: Okay, you got it in the end 👍
"Seasons in the Sun" is basically referring to the years of his life, and the memories hes having of how he spent them during his young lifetime. He's still young and he's dying & as he's telling all his loved ones surrounding him goodbye, one by one he's reminiscing in memories of times they shared together during the seasons that have passed, from kids til now. Outside the season has turned to spring and he's saying how beautiful the world is outside and noticing how life is still going on while his is ending soon and its making it harder for him to let go and to know that he won't be alive to experience it all anymore, so thats why in the song everytime he says goodbye to someone he says "it's hard to die" with all the birds singing, the smell of flowers, and pretty girls everywhere, etc.. Basically he has no more seasons to live and the things he hoped for to do in life will never happen bc hes already out of time, much like how short a season really is so was his life, and the whole song is hes saying his final goodbyes.
I always thought Michelle was his girlfriend or a really close girl friend, maybe childhood sweetheart bc altho he calls her "my little one" the rest of the lyrics to her doesn't fit as anything else, unless it's his sister. It's been a debate about who she's supposed to be before and so I'm not sure. Anybody know who Michelle is supposed to be in relation to him in the song? This sad sad sad ass song! It used to not touch me, but these days after living and experiencing life and so much love and loss of my own, it really kicks my ass and makes me cry a lot sometimes, even the old original French song that this one was inspired by gets me and I don't speak French! 💔
In each verse he mentions an experience he shared with the person that they will remember him by. For his friend, it's "pretty girls are everywhere". For his dad, it's "little children everywhere". For Michelle, it's "flowers everywhere". She's his girlfriend. "Baby" was a common term for a girlfriend back then, so "little one" works as well. Besides, birth family was already covered, with the verse to his dad.
This song makes me think of a hotel reception and my mother in Spain in 1974. My dad came through the door soaking from a storm dripping wet and my mother laughing at him and this song was playing on the jukebox. My mother died the following year in a house fire that I survived along with my brother. Makes me cry everytime.
Wow. I wasn’t expecting that last part. I’m sorry you had to experience such a traumatic loss early in life. I’m glad you and your brother survived. I hope you grew closer to each other and your dad instead of being torn apart, as so often happens after a devastating tragedy.
I could be making assumptions but it sounds like that first memory of your mother that you described was a sweet, happy one. I always loved this song and I’m glad it reminds you of a happy time and not just the painful one.
@@terri2494 Thank you .
Asia & BJ, a #1 one hit wonder in the US. His next highest charting song in the US only reached #68.
Also was part of the Poppy family, 1970 hit... which way you're going Billy. Don't know the chart ranking of that one. But yes, this was his only major solo hit.
A shame as he had a few good songs, worth investigating
One of the saddest songs presented in an upbeat way. This song has a strong meaning for me now. When I was a kid this song was played a LOT on 1050 CHUM (one of greatest radio stations in Canada and this was during their Oldies format)
rocking on the a.m. dial wyh Roger Ashby!
He's dying and saying Goodbye...he says in the song "it's hard to die"
About his friend that is dying from terminal cancer.. The friend died 4 months after song hit..It hit radio when Iwas a kid..
He says is hard to DIE. It's about leaving his loved ones, he's saying goodbye
Every verse he said 'It is hard to die.' He is dying, he is saying good-bye to loved ones and remembering the good times/ contrasted with the not so perfect stuff. It is so obvious, I laugh at how you missed it. You spent the whole song dancing around the meaning, but not quite getting it. It made the frustration worthwhile when you got it at the end. Then - fade to music ...... LOL. I loved it.
I will be watching this one over and over.
The Terry Jacks rendition, which was later dedicated to the friend, has the dying man giving his last words to his loved ones with whom he shared his life, much like the original. However, unlike the Brel version, the man does not die broken-hearted but instead, acknowledges the rights and wrongs of his actions in life as he passes away peacefully.🤙
Songs often spring from personal experiences, there is joy in the first blush of love, and the heat of a mature love, there is heartbreak, attainment of goals, the loss of loved ones, and finally, when we realize our own mortality. The singer songwriters of the past wrote about the entire gamut of the human experience, often with a catchy or upbeat melody to ease the expression of some of the more somber aspects. I adored this song as a kid, even though it has a bitter sweet message.
I envy you both that mortality has not crossed your minds. This is a beautiful final farewell to those he loves here on Earth. When I was in 9th grade first-year French class we had to learn to sing this song in French. That versions is quite a bit less subtle.
The key words here are “ it’s hard to die”.
Brings a tear to my eye everytime
He's dying. He's saying goodbye too those he loves. He's reminiscing about there lives
It’s hard to die how many times does he have to say it before you figure out that he’s dying any saying goodbye to all his loved ones oh my God!
He says quite clearly “ goodbye Michelle it’s hard to DIE “….. he’s dying and us saying bye while he has the chance and remembering all his good times . 👍🏴
It's all right there in the song, he's dieing and saying goodbye to everyone in his life.
Yea you got it, the lyrics “goodbye papa it’s hard to leave for the summer to hang out with my friends”
Must have given it away.
Old school Canadian (60) this tune is part of the Canadian fabric. Song about a dying man saying good bye to his friend, father and daughter. Bug tune when i was young. No matter style of music you listened to as a kid growing up at that time everyone knew every word to this tune. Sang this song more times in public at events etc probably than our national anthem. Great sad tune.
Great song from the 1970s. I remember hearing this when I was a kid on my grandparents front porch and it brings back a lot of memories.
This is sung from the perspective of a DYING man, he sang "it's hard to die" several times.
whenever i here this,it brings me back to 1974 when my twin brother and I,were 8 years old,and mom was taking us to football practice ❤️🙏🙌🤗🏈🎉...and this song was playing on the car radio.
One hit wonder but man was that song popular. And I bought the single as did almost everybody I knew. You heard it on the radio all the time people played it all the time and that chorus that repeats at the end got so popular we would sing it on the playground, or anybody anywhere could just start singing it and people would immediately start joining in. Very much like the chorus in Joy to the World by Three Dog Night.
Yep, I remember that. Also, back then it was just the chorus that penetrated my child's brain, so I was a bit surprised when I later realized what the song was actually about...
... going on summer vacation, of course. 😂
@@jackgilchrist yeah, pretty much the same here.
A summer getaway?....lol...
Must have missed the lyric that said "It's hard to die".
LOL, you are the first guys I watch that didn't get the song. It's literally spelled "goodbye y'all it's hard to die" :))
Omg This record made me cry wen i heard it as a child of 6! Still takes me back...so sad when he speaks of dying & his reminisence of the good times...Cant believe u guys think its about a holiday "i dont know" - wow
I got it as a 6 yr old!!! 😶
Loved ur baffled discussion after...then bulb goes off lol 🤟🏼
No way did I think you would react to this as it was one of my favourites as a kid.
Thanks x
I always pictured "him" as a soldier in Vietnam (I'm a teen in the '60's-70's) and he's died/been killed & saying goodbye to everyone as his spirit rises......he loved life & family/friends & always enjoyed their memories during their "Seasons in the Sun" or "in their own times". Sad song....but great like "Edmund Fitzgerald"
Love this song. Brings back memories. Been listening to it since the 70's in mom's car. It's an adaptation of "Le Moribond" by Jacques Brel. Check out "ONE TIN SOLDIER" by Coven 🤙
I had this record when I was real young (about 10) and I would play it loud and flip it over and play "Put the bone in" with my bedroom window open and cry real loud, then neighbors yelled at me and my brother (my mean babysitter) would make turn it off. Hahaha. Good times.
This came out at a time when young guys had been dying at war in Vietnam and other places in early 1970s I believe. I was just 13 when this song came out. and if I believe it is a voice of a guy who had died young and he's singing from the grave saying goodbye to all the people. I think it is amazing to have it being discovered because it was a great piece. The young group Westlake is performing it all over again.
My brother and me loved this song so much!!! I was 9 wow!!! I use to put my moms red lipstick 💄 on with the hairbrush and sing in the mirror like I was on “The Michael Douglas Show” !!!! I thought I could sing but believe me I can’t lol 😝
He is actually saying "HE IS DYING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wife here.., This was a HUGE Soft Rock hit.. It is Song about "death"..But.., you know alot of people call when you really live or have lived the best part of your life..,"The Summer of Your Life.."...So like alot of Rock Songs it could be understood either way.."Spring is the early part of our lives.."So he's thinking back.."Relishing".."And saying Good bye to everyone..."..It picks up all those feelings you guys!🥰
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Henry Gross "Shannon"
One of my favorite songs. Thank you for reacting to it.
It’s a song about his friend dying of leukemia. His friend died 4 months after he wrote this song. He says “It’s hard to die” in every verse.
He is dying ( in the song ) and saying goodbye to those he loved, and the memories they had together. Terry Jacks is a Canadian singer and this had a lot of teenage girls crying. He was married to another singer Susan Jacks who was also a singer. “ Which Way You Goin’ Billy “. I think you would like Dan Hill ( Canadian singer) from about the same time, he had a few hits, but is best known for “ Sometimes When We Touch “ and “ Can’t We Try “
He is saying goodbye to everyone he lived because he is dying!!! He says it is hard to die!!! Do you listen to what you are listening to??? The seasons are the years of his life, from childhood to his father to his own child Michelle.
Song Facts;
Originally "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man"), this was written and performed in French by the Belgian poet-composer Jacques Brel in 1961. The American poet Rod McKuen translated the lyrics to English, and in 1964 The Kingston Trio released the first English-language version of the song. This is the version Terry Jacks heard, which became the basis for his rendition.
In a Songfacts interview with Terry Jacks, he said that after his version was released, he had dinner in Brussels with Jacques Brel, who told him about writing the song. "It was about an old man who was dying of a broken heart because his best friend was screwing his wife," Jacks said. "He wrote this in a whorehouse in Tangiers, and the words were quite different. The song originally he used to do on stage and it was in a march form, like, 'Bom ba DUM, bom ba DUM.' Quite a different thing. This old man was dying of a broken heart and he was saying goodbye to his priest and his best friend and his wife, who cheated on him. Her name was Francoise, and it went, 'Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife, without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then I forgave you in the end, though your lover was my friend.'"
The original version by Jacques Brel is rather macabre, but Jacks had an earnest inspiration for his reworking of the song: his good friend developed leukemia, and was given just six months to live. "He was gone in four months," Jacks told us. "He was a very good friend of mine, one of my best friends, and he said I was the first one that he told. I remembered this song of an old man dying of a broken heart, and I liked some of the melody and there was something there. I rewrote the song about him."
Before releasing this song, Terry Jacks had considerable success in his native Canada as half of the duo The Poppy Family with his wife, Susan. He was friends with The Beach Boys, who asked him to produce a song for them - something Jacks was honored to do. Terry played them his arrangement of "Seasons in the Sun" and suggested they record it, since he thought it would sound great with their harmonies and with Carl Wilson singing lead.
Terry flew to Brian Wilson's house and they began working on the song. Wilson had always been their producer, and could spend months working on a song if he wanted to perfect it. These were Terry's sessions, but Brian tried to take over.
"The thing never got finished," Jacks said in our interview. "Brian wanted to get hold of the tape and add some things, and the engineer would have to take the tape home at night so that Brian wouldn't get hold of it. This went on and on, and I was almost having a nervous breakdown because I would put so much energy into this thing and the stress was really getting me. So I said, 'I'm not going to be able to finish this. I can't get you guys all in here together.' So it never got completed."
The sessions weren't a complete wash for Jacks, however. He worked with Al Jardine on the backing vocals and came up with an arrangement he would use when he recorded the song himself.
I just saw this reaction and all I can say is “Wow”!
Just wow! 🤯
Before going solo Canadian Terry Jacks was in a group with his then wife Susan. They were known as the 'Poppy Family'. A great song they had was 'Where Evil Grows'. It is well worth a re-listen or listen for the first time. The song was used on the soundtrack of the 'Sonic' movie. There is a video of them performing it on a very young Kenny Roger's TV show, where Terry & Susan are wearing really cool hippy clothes. Fun to see them (and Kenny!) and a really good song. In it you can also see Terry doing the guitar solo that inspired the guitar riffs of Curt Cobain (Nirvana) in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. The 'Poppy Family' had their biggest hit with 'Which Way You Goin' Billy". That would be another great one for a reaction too!
Song was based on an old French song. Terry Jacks did it justice, made it well known. I enjoy your reviews above most others on youtube. You show respect to the artist. He is dying and knows it, that is the story.
Seasons in the Sun" is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song "Le Moribond" (in English "The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel[2] with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by American singer-poet Rod McKuen,[3] portraying a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It became a worldwide hit in 1974 for Canadian singer Terry Jacks and became a Christmas number one in the UK in 1999 for Westlife.
You two where killing me on this one. But I'm happy you looked into it at the end.
Great song from back in the day.
I used to hear this song as a little kid. I always loved the catchy chorus.
Seasons in the Sun = the time that we are alive. The song is about a dying man reflecting back on his life, who and what was important to him, during his "Seasons in the Sun". Enjoy what life presents to you, before you begin your "Decades in the Dirt".
This Group Included Jorge Santana..R.I.P. (Younger Brother Of Carlos)..A Beautiful MUST HEAR Classic,, Malo "Suavecito"..Also Muriel's Favorite..R.I.P. Mom..Love & Miss You🙏❤
My jaw dropped when I realized that you two didn't pick up on that he was dying and saying goodbye. This song always made me cry since I was a little boy. It still brings tears to my eyes at 53. I think it's a generational disconnect.
Seasons in the sun has a darker meaning. He was saying goodbye because he's dying. A upbeat song with a sad meaning. It was a big #1 hit in 1974....
When Released,, Many Radio Stations Refused To Play This Song,, UNTIL They Were Flooded With Thousands Of Requests,, Gave In & It Became A Big Hit..The Buoys " Timothy"
Wee bought readyy to find joy and funnnn.. Love you guys...You are tooo awesome, Cherry Blossom!!!
We played this at my son's funeral he loved this song. He was 18 car accident. It's still hard to hear..
Beautiful song. Great reaction. Sorry to lower the tone, but as kids during the 70s in the UK we used to sing "We had joy we had fun, flicking boogies at the sun. But the sun was too hot so the boogies turned to snot"... I just thought that would be what many my age might remember lol my bad.
Thanks for sharing! LOL
He’s saying goodbye to all the people he loved bc he was dying. This was one of my favorite songs growing up
I'm really glad you reacted to this. I was 5 when it came out, and I had my Mom buy me the 45. I really liked it as a little kid and still do. Love you 2
Such a sad song, that will live on for eternity
My uncle plays bass on some of Terry's earlier stuff like Chessmen
He is leaving the earth, leaving this existence, a final farewell from earth.
I remember way back then, there were rumors that Jacks had written this about his dog that died!
I Think He is dying and telling Everybody Bye. Just my humble opinion. Much Love your Boy Lumpy Luv
He's dying. Saying goodbye to friends and family talking of his memories. Oh my days. Vacations in summer ???? Hahahaha. Unbelievablle
Terry Jacks is a Canadian singer songwriter. He was part of the "Chessman" back in the 60's in my hometown of Vancouver B.C. Later Terry & his wife Susan formed "The Poppy Family". They had several hits in Canada & internationally. Their biggest was "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" Terry recorded "Seasons In The Sun" in 1973. He had some other songs such as "If You Go Away" & "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)". He wrote & recorded a number of other songs & went on to produce for many well known artists.
It’s Hard to Die is repeated at least 3 times people!
This song means so much to me because my little sister died when she was 12 this was her song.
He is saying goodbye it is hard to die!!
I was 6 when this song came out,it is still a beautiful song.
I loved this song when I was a kid.
He is dying and saying goodbye.. You didn't hear him say it's Hard to Die ? Think of me ? Hes recalling his life and what he will miss. Seasons in the sun is referring to the Years of his life.
Good job Asia, you got it. Boy, I remember this song on "Armed Forces Radio, the voice of the free world" when I was a kid. I think I am glad I did not understood it when it first came out. A little deep for a kid. Love the song now. Funny part is that as a kid, I was listening to just this song as it was the hit, but when I looked the song up on Wiki, is say when released as a single, the B-side was "Put the Bone In", a song about burying his dog. WOW! if you were not depressed listening to the A-Side about a man dying, flip it over, and listen to a song about burying a dead dog! 😕 A real party starter of a 45 rpm.
We had joy
We had fun
We went streaking in the sun
But the cops got their guns
And they shot us in the buns
(How we kids used to sing it back in 1974)
He's a dying man saying goodbye to his loved ones. When you know this and then hear it again, hard not to tear up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 52 and this STILL makes my eyes wet!!!! Also, "Seasons" means years, 4 season in a year over and over. Michelle is his daughter in the song, "Good bye Michelle, my little one"
Hes dying and telling his family goodbye ,, it couldnt be more clear, it says it's hard to die
'Seasons in the Sun' refers to the good times experienced during one's life, when that life is finally coming to an end. It has nothing to do with vacations. This is also the very first song I heard on the radio when I was a kid in the 70s, that actually stuck with me. I was maybe five at the time. The next one would be The Manhatten Transfer's 'The Boy From New York City', years later. Today, they are a big part of my own seasons in the sun.
He's talking about good times they had during their lives, and saying goodbye to everything and everybody he loved. For the last time.
He says goodbye it's hard to die.
Look into more of his catalog with Susan Jacks & together they were The Poppy Family.
Got there in the end guys😉 I think you should give 'Summer The First Time' by Bobby Goldsboro a try, great story to it and don't worry no one dies.
I recall this one as well, with ocean wave sounds in the background. great tune!
This song was in my childhood from the 70’s. Me and my circle of friends loved hearing and singing this song to pieces. ❤❤❤❤
A Simple little diddy about LOVE, Trust, Betrayal, Death. Songfacts spells out the whole story.
What I would really like to see a reaction to is our explanation of the meaning of the song which they completely missed.
Prayers for all of us who have lost someone...❤️🙏♥️
This is such a sad song. He knows he going to die soon. Illness or some sort of accident or something, he really doesn't say in the song. He's just sort of telling everyone he's going to miss them, and he loves them, and all the time they have had as a son, or a friend.
Itz beautiful tosee how we can view something from a differnt angel ...
Absolutely
"Different"angel" (I know you meant to type "angle")? This isn't a song that is open to interpretation. He very clearly is singing from the perspective of someone who is dying. Multiple times he sang "it's hard to die". Absolutely impossible to misinterpret this song... but somehow they did! What's really bizarre is that they BOTH missed it. My little niece was sitting here watching and she commented that the song "is really sad because he's dying." Very direct, very easy to understand lyrics.
I'll never understand why this song is misunderstood by so many in later generations. It really does have me bewildered. There's something about it that doesn't come across . Love you guys 💖
guys listen to the lyrics , he's dying ,saying goodbye to his nearest, geee
For Rod my childhood friend who passed ,I miss him xxx