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!
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 ....
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.
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 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.
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!
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."
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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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 . 👍🏴
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"
Oh my God, I'm 13 years old and understood this song immediately and yet you two adults couldn't comprehend it's meaning even though the singer repeated several times "It's hard to die."
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.
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 🤟🏼
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.
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 😝
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.
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!🥰
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.
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. 😂
He’s saying goodbye to those closest to him because he’s dying. “Goodbye papa it’s hard to die when are the birds are singing in the sky.. When you see the children think of me and I’ll be there.”
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.
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 “
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 💖
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🙏❤
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!
No seasonings are the same talking about death singing about his death loved ones his dad is gone is daughter Michelle is gone. He’s just remember back at that time. They had fun. Did everything together. I love this song since I was angry three in the 80s when I was in grade 3
Depends where you live. Terry and Susan Jacks where pretty popular in Canada. Their band The Poppy Family had a few selling tunes (Concrete Sea). They where pretty big when I was a kid in the 70s.
You ever hear of the old saying, the older you get the smaller your world gets? That means when you are young you have friends. As the time goes by your friends start dying off. Your world becomes smaller as time goes by. Then he was saying goodbye to his dad because his dad was dying. Then in the end he was telling his daughter bye because it was now his time to die.
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"
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
It's very strange that they completely missed the meaning of this song while they were listening to it... both of them! How is that possible? He sang repeatedly that "it's hard to die". It's not like they were cryptic lyrics.
To be fair, they finally seemed to "get it" at the end. But when EVERY verse has "Good-bye . . . it's hard to die" in it, you'd think the meaning would be pretty obvious sooner rather than later.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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!
He's saying goodbye to his friend, his father, and the woman he loves. Because he's close to death. A beautiful song and voice
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
About his friend that is dying from terminal cancer.. The friend died 4 months after song hit..It hit radio when Iwas a kid..
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)
Did you guys miss the bits where he sang "it's hard to die"? EDIT: Okay, you got it in the end 👍
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
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 .
The key words here are “ it’s hard to die”.
This is sung from the perspective of a DYING man, he sang "it's hard to die" several times.
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 says is hard to DIE. It's about leaving his loved ones, he's saying goodbye
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Henry Gross "Shannon"
It's all right there in the song, he's dieing and saying goodbye to everyone in his life.
He is actually saying "HE IS DYING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's dying. He's saying goodbye too those he loves. He's reminiscing about there lives
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.
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!
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.
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 . 👍🏴
He’s saying goodbye to all the people he loved bc he was dying. This was one of my favorite songs growing up
A summer getaway?....lol...
Must have missed the lyric that said "It's hard to die".
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"
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.
Oh my God, I'm 13 years old and understood this song immediately and yet you two adults couldn't comprehend it's meaning even though the singer repeated several times "It's hard to die."
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 saying goodbye it is hard to die!!
I just saw this reaction and all I can say is “Wow”!
Just wow! 🤯
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.
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 🤟🏼
Great song from back in the day.
One of my favorite songs. Thank you for reacting to it.
It’s Hard to Die is repeated at least 3 times people!
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....
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.
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 😝
Such a sad song, that will live on for eternity
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.
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!🥰
I used to hear this song as a little kid. I always loved the catchy chorus.
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.
Hes dying and telling his family goodbye ,, it couldnt be more clear, it says it's hard to die
He's talking about good times they had during their lives, and saying goodbye to everything and everybody he loved. For the last time.
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.
I was 6 when this song came out,it is still a beautiful song.
guys listen to the lyrics , he's dying ,saying goodbye to his nearest, geee
He’s saying goodbye to those closest to him because he’s dying. “Goodbye papa it’s hard to die when are the birds are singing in the sky.. When you see the children think of me and I’ll be there.”
He’s dying. The lyrics actually says, “Goodbye to you, it’s hard to DIE”. He is saying goodbye to his family and friends because he is dying.
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.
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 “
I remember way back then, there were rumors that Jacks had written this about his dog that died!
He's dying. Saying goodbye to friends and family talking of his memories. Oh my days. Vacations in summer ???? Hahahaha. Unbelievablle
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 💖
Thank you for doing this one, it’s special to me.
This song means so much to me because my little sister died when she was 12 this was her song.
He says goodbye it's hard to die.
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🙏❤
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The saddest thing about life is memories.
I loved this song when I was a kid.
Talking about his childhood friends
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!
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)
No seasonings are the same talking about death singing about his death loved ones his dad is gone is daughter Michelle is gone. He’s just remember back at that time. They had fun. Did everything together. I love this song since I was angry three in the 80s when I was in grade 3
This was Terry Jack's only hit, thus making him a
One Hit Wonder
Depends where you live. Terry and Susan Jacks where pretty popular in Canada. Their band The Poppy Family had a few selling tunes (Concrete Sea). They where pretty big when I was a kid in the 70s.
You ever hear of the old saying, the older you get the smaller your world gets? That means when you are young you have friends. As the time goes by your friends start dying off. Your world becomes smaller as time goes by. Then he was saying goodbye to his dad because his dad was dying. Then in the end he was telling his daughter bye because it was now his time to die.
Wee bought readyy to find joy and funnnn.. Love you guys...You are tooo awesome, Cherry Blossom!!!
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"
What I would really like to see a reaction to is our explanation of the meaning of the song which they completely missed.
WHAT are you talking about??? SAYING GOODBYE FOR THE SUMMER? ...h e l l o,.... Dude is D I E I N G
Lord, I would cry when I was little. I was very little, but I knew he was dying, and saying goodbye. 😢
For Rod my childhood friend who passed ,I miss him xxx
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
He’s only going to one place…..heaven.
Look into more of his catalog with Susan Jacks & together they were The Poppy Family.
You got it wrong. He is dying and looking back at his life and friends and Family. Look up the lyric.
My uncle plays bass on some of Terry's earlier stuff like Chessmen
He's died and this is his ethereal farewell.
It's very strange that they completely missed the meaning of this song while they were listening to it... both of them! How is that possible? He sang repeatedly that "it's hard to die". It's not like they were cryptic lyrics.
To be fair, they finally seemed to "get it" at the end. But when EVERY verse has "Good-bye . . . it's hard to die" in it, you'd think the meaning would be pretty obvious sooner rather than later.
I hear this song and I wanna reevaluate my life choices
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 not going to the beach. He ain't coming back.
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.
He's dying and saying Goodbye...he says in the song "it's hard to die"
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.
He did a song that I always laughed at . "Put the Bone In" .
Seasons the song was based😊 was based on life
I Think He is dying and telling Everybody Bye. Just my humble opinion. Much Love your Boy Lumpy Luv
Remember this song when it first came out in the 70s. As a little kid didn't really understand that its about a man that's dying. So sad.
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!
I remember this song! It's been awhile.