I heard this song throughout my childhood, my parents would always turn the radio up in the car when it came on. Much, much later I found out that it was number one in my country (Switzerland) the week I was born. Since my parents were always happy when the song came on (I'm pretty sure they never actually listened to the lyrics, not sure whether THEY were aware it was number one during my birth...), it's a song that puts me in a nostalgic happy place despite of the lyrics. I love that I can hold both thoughts in my head at the same time.
One of my favorites at the time. I was just a kid. Now, after going through so much and losing so many loved ones, this reminds me to enjoy the simple things, like the beauty of a spring day. No one gets to have them forever, so enjoy them as much as possible and don't take them for granted. Thank you for this one! :)
I am so addicted to "reaction videos". Every decade has its share of amazing songs. Songs that speak for a generation. Songs that stand out. By submitting them for reaction, its like bridging the gaps. Opening doors and expanding horizons. Good stuff!
This song means a bit to me, we played it at my brothers funeral (he was stabbed). A while before he died he was playing this song over and over when he was feeling down. I have a beautiful neice who 'came around and put his feet back on the ground'. This hit me in the feels lol. Thank you.
I like how you can connect to the emotion or feel of the song. I grew up to this song and it was played on the radio every day here back in 1974....Terry Jacks is still alive up in the Vancouver area. He sent me a few pics when I wrote a letter to him in that year. Good pick to react to.
I wasn't born when this song was released (nowhere near, 1984, eleven years after the fact), however fast forward to the winter of 1987, me and my sister (who was 7 or 8 months old) stay the night at my grandparents because the heating was out of order. I distinctly remember my nannan (grandmother)getting this record out and dancing with me to it. It's the only memory I have of her personally as she died soon after. So yeah, this song means a lot to me.
He made if more 'sunny'. The original (Jacques Brel) is about a guy who discovers his wife has been cheating with his best friend. The wife confesses this affair to their priest, who keeps the secret quiet obviously. He addresses each person and their role and his subsequent suicide.
It's ironic that this song would come up recommended in my queue now. I first heard this song on the radio in 1974 and it really touched me but I remember thinking that I was young and healthy, my family was dong fine, and I would file this song away in my memory for another time. Now, my time is getting very close and I am sitting here looking out the window at such a beautiful day; but there is no one left to say goodbye to as I outlived everyone who was in my life. Welcome to old age.
I was 15 and listening to this when me brother was on his third and last tour in Vietnam. We'd already lost two cousins so it was a stressful time. We lost him several years ago to Agent Orange, but this song always reminds me of that time.
this song always hits me, esp the line about how "the spring is in the air" and all. i lost both my parents in the late winter/early spring, the last day of february and mid march so it's an emotional time for me
let's hear it for 'billy, don't be a hero' raaaaaaaayyyyyy. don't overlook 'bridget the midget (queen of the blues)' or 'the young new mexican puppeteer'. surely, the welsh shouter's finest!
LOL Just wanna say that the 1970"s (and late 60"s) were MY time. LOL I love that you are listening to these "old, classic" songs that are part of my life.
I'm so sad if your family don't see your beautiful soul, the way I do when I watch you listen to my favourite music. Your perception and understanding is amazing and I always feel like I'm listening for the first time again, through you.
The studio version of "Wishing You Were Here" by Chicago is hauntingly beautiful. The Beach Boys provide backing vocals. Amazing harmonizing. Truly a beautiful song. The death of the lead singer adds a great deal of meaning to the song.
I can remember listening to this song in 1974. they had a radio show called the top 40 with Casey Casim every week they would count down to the number one song in the U.S. This song was number 1 for (if I remember correctly) 6 or 7 weeds in a row.
Thankyou so much for these, I am home bored out of my mind with this coronavirus. I love music and I love seeing people enjoying all the different kinds of music like I do.
Ill never forget when in my youth we listened to this in the summer in a cabin, maybe 15-16 years old, it was on repeat and we was drunk as hell. Smoking some hasjisj.. Heaven
This was my sisters favorite song. It always made me feel sad. I think I was about 11 when it came out . Another song they played the hell out of then. This song always reminds me of my sister. I always thought the song was about HIM dying, and he was saying goodbye to everyone. Thought there was even a rumor at the time that he did die.
FYI 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.'" Thanks to Songfacts.
@@ASchwa29 You are right that the original lyrics were written by Jaques Brel. Poet Rod McKuen apparently rewrote some of the lyrics for the Terry Jacks version. On the CD I have, it shows songwriting credits to Brel/McKuen. Interesting note here is that The Beach Boys had recorded this song before Terry Jacks did, but they decided not to release it. Terry Jacks version was released in America in December, 1973.
Was originally a French song done by the Kingston Trio....a man collapses and is dying of a heart attack and he looks back on his life....and thus this song.
While most people consider Terry a one hit wonder, he's far from it. At the age of 18, Terry formed his band The Chessmen with guitarist Guy Sobell. The Chessmen had 4 top ten hits in Canada between 1964 and 1966. He later formed The Poppy Family with his wife Susan Pesklevits (later Jacks). The Poppy Family had several hits in Canada. Plus an international hit called "Which Way You Goin' Billy", The song reached #1 in Canada and #2 in the U.S. The song "Seasons In The Sun" was originally going to be recorded by the Beach Boys with Terry as producer. The Beach Boys later decided not to and Terry decided to record it himself. He won 2 Juno Awards and it became one of the best selling recordings in Canada of all time.
I grew up on all the sad songs of the 70's. I don't understand why, but it seemed like the sad songs were the best. It's no wonder that I was suicidal.
This is probably the most tear jerking song you ever got to hear and when I don't see a woman tearing up after listening this I kind of wonder. This song gets me every time if I listen to it I'm starting to well up.
I really loved this song in my youth When I grew up I realized it was a very deep and dark song about suicide...But I still love the song as an adult...
I haven't listened to that song in 30 years. I forgot how sad it was. A couple other 1 hit wonders . 2 of my all time favorites Andy Kim - Rock me Gently and Lee Michaels- Do You Know What I Mean.
This song came out when I was nine. Top 40 radio back then played this song twice an hour. Drove me crazy. I really hated this song and I was only a kid. LOL
"Seasons in the Sun" is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 song "Le Moribond" by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by American singer-poet Rod McKuen.
Hi, I really enjoy your channel. This was Terry's biggest hit. I'm not recommending that you react to the song I'm about tell you about because it's too obscure, but if you want to hear his gem, listen to "Concrete Sea" by the same Terry Jack's. This song is melancholy too, but it hits you in that part of your soul that recognizes greatness. Thanks for all the great content.
My favorite since I was a little girl.... Plus my name is Michelle 🤗 Everytime I hear it, it reminds of my father but, he didn't die back then in the physical form, he did in my heart.... He wasn't a nice man and I was the black sheep to him. I was only 4 at the time and felt his hatred but I always wanted him to say he loved me but never really did. So when I hear this song I imagine him telling me I brought him happiness. Wow I just poured my guts out didn't I? 😏
Funny story: we went down to the record store and were allowed to pick out one 45 each. I picked Billy Don't Be a Hero and my brother chose this one (in spite of the fact I told him he didn't like this song!). He bought it anyway and sure enough, he hated it and wound up giving it to me! I would up with two of my favorite songs from that time :)
@@laurakennedy9250 -- So? Much of the music in the Top 40 was sappy back then. Including this one. It was the best music. I was 11. I had a friend named Billy that was moving to another state and the song reminded me of him.
@@laurakennedy9250 yeah it was the best. Seriously? You wake up on the wrong side of the bed again? I never asked you to critique my taste in music, which happens to include all of those bands you listed too.
This song reminds me of my cousin Margo Carroll who died from brain a tumour in 1975 in didn't get to really know her cause I was born in 1974,but she liked this song.
I lost my mom just over 5 years ago. It's not a day I don't think of her. Took me a little over 3 weeks not to go in her room and asking what she wants for breakfast. I just wish there was a way to know how much your family means to you before it's too late. I made sure my mom knew I loved her. Famous quote of a young gentleman on America's got talent. The death of a loved one is like a brick in your pocket it never really goes away. I lost my passion for baking the day my mom passed away. If you like songs like this listen to Cherokee people. A man was caught on their land and they were going to kill him. He promised if they let him go he'd write a song honoring their race of people. I'm glad he kept his promise. I'm parked Choctaw.
When he did this song his best friend was dying of cancer they grew up together
45 years later and Terry Jacks is still touring!!!! This is one of my favorites!
I tear up every time I hear this song. Makes us think of our own mortality. 💜😢
This is a one hit wonder , Terry Jacks is STILL proud that he made this song all thiose years ago. (46) i remember this growing up , big song
I loved this growing up
Ditto! Please react to Run Joey Run, by David Geddes!
beautiful and heart-wrenching.
I heard this song throughout my childhood, my parents would always turn the radio up in the car when it came on. Much, much later I found out that it was number one in my country (Switzerland) the week I was born. Since my parents were always happy when the song came on (I'm pretty sure they never actually listened to the lyrics, not sure whether THEY were aware it was number one during my birth...), it's a song that puts me in a nostalgic happy place despite of the lyrics. I love that I can hold both thoughts in my head at the same time.
I loved this song since it first came out. I'm in my 60's now.
this song, and "vincent" by don mcaclane were my fathers go to songs when he was feeling low! thank you for reminding me about it
Both are my go to songs too. It's warming to know there were for another soul.
Vincent by Don McClean is my brothers song. He killed himself too.
One of my favorites at the time. I was just a kid. Now, after going through so much and losing so many loved ones, this reminds me to enjoy the simple things, like the beauty of a spring day. No one gets to have them forever, so enjoy them as much as possible and don't take them for granted.
Thank you for this one! :)
That’s song was my youth!!!
Never tire of listening to Season's ,simple but so emotional and effective
Love this song
The saddest song ever written is Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan. But I still love it!
I love his song Claire also
I agree it is the saddest and I feel the same as the character in the song one loss after another
or new dawn fades by joy division
Honey by Bobby Goldsboro is sadder. As is Michael Martin Murphy’s Wildfire.
I was 9 when this came out, I`ve always loved it. Thanks for reacting to it.
I was 12. It had such an effect on me.
I was 7. It always made me cry my eyes out. lol
I was 11 in 74.. this song was my favourite that year.
@@catem3102 ua-cam.com/video/XiFZzHPvYZ8/v-deo.html/subscribe%E2%80%8B I replay this song as Burmese Version
@@petethomas6383 I replay this song as Burmese Version
WOW! You are really finding GEMS!!! This brings back SOOOOOO MANY Memories!
This is another tune that still Chills me to the Bone!
Thank you!
I am so addicted to "reaction videos". Every decade has its share of amazing songs. Songs that speak for a generation. Songs that stand out. By submitting them for reaction, its like bridging the gaps. Opening doors and expanding horizons. Good stuff!
This song means a bit to me, we played it at my brothers funeral (he was stabbed). A while before he died he was playing this song over and over when he was feeling down. I have a beautiful neice who 'came around and put his feet back on the ground'. This hit me in the feels lol. Thank you.
I'm sorry to hear about your brother!
Love the fact you listen to the songs and give a short reaction and don't try to overanalyze. Loving your channel
Imagine all the young people that will NEVER hear any of these songs. Now THAT is sad..
I like how you can connect to the emotion or feel of the song. I grew up to this song and it was played on the radio every day here back in 1974....Terry Jacks is still alive up in the Vancouver area. He sent me a few pics when I wrote a letter to him in that year. Good pick to react to.
I wasn't born when this song was released (nowhere near, 1984, eleven years after the fact), however fast forward to the winter of 1987, me and my sister (who was 7 or 8 months old) stay the night at my grandparents because the heating was out of order.
I distinctly remember my nannan (grandmother)getting this record out and dancing with me to it. It's the only memory I have of her personally as she died soon after. So yeah, this song means a lot to me.
This song never ever gets old!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT🥰
This song is very emotional
Your reactions are so real! Keep it up girl! Oh yeah, you are BEAUTIFUL!!
I was in Pre school when this song came out. I really miss the connection and the emotions from that time.
Awww. This song. Reminds me of my junior year in high school. And the girls I hung around with.
I was 13 years old when this song came out i loved this song then and still do
The one song that makes me cry everytime.
Terry said the song is about a twenty something dying of cancer and trying to make amends so sad
He made if more 'sunny'. The original (Jacques Brel) is about a guy who discovers his wife has been cheating with his best friend. The wife confesses this affair to their priest, who keeps the secret quiet obviously. He addresses each person and their role and his subsequent suicide.
Oh, wow. I thought it was a soldier's dying thoughts on the battlefield. A kind of protest against Vietnam.
I always thought it was about suicide.
@@tywag I do like Terrys cover, but Brels original had a big chunk of sarcasm in his "goodbye" thats missing here. :)
tywag same thing happened to my best friend in 2013 RIP
"Seasons in the Sun" is the story of a dying man, bidding farewell to loved ones who have shared his life.
Not sure you are correct my research is that is refers to suicide
Love this song. Part of my teen years
It's ironic that this song would come up recommended in my queue now. I first heard this song on the radio in 1974 and it really touched me but I remember thinking that I was young and healthy, my family was dong fine, and I would file this song away in my memory for another time. Now, my time is getting very close and I am sitting here looking out the window at such a beautiful day; but there is no one left to say goodbye to as I outlived everyone who was in my life. Welcome to old age.
I was 14 when this came out, brings back alot of memories.
I was 15 and listening to this when me brother was on his third and last tour in Vietnam. We'd already lost two cousins so it was a stressful time. We lost him several years ago to Agent Orange, but this song always reminds me of that time.
I appreciate how you really seem to enjoy older songs like you do. Keep it going and I'll keep watching
this song always hits me, esp the line about how "the spring is in the air" and all. i lost both my parents in the late winter/early spring, the last day of february and mid march so it's an emotional time for me
How about reacting to “The Night Chicago Died” by Paper Lace & “Chevy Van” by Sammy Johns?
Love "Chevy Van", but "The Night Chicago Died" is a big no.
Oh YES!!! Paper Lace's TNCD is one of my all time favourite songs!
paper lace? seriously? black lace next?
@@flickdasher1775 Unfortunately, they do seem to be serious. Hard to believe isn't it.
let's hear it for 'billy, don't be a hero' raaaaaaaayyyyyy. don't overlook 'bridget the midget (queen of the blues)' or 'the young new mexican puppeteer'. surely, the welsh shouter's finest!
A friend of my sisters sang this to me back in the day. Still makes me cry.
Yaaaayyyy!!!!!! First time ever someone actually did one of my requests!!! 💃🕺💃🕺I feel so special now!! 😭😭😆😆😂😂😂
I remember this playing on the radio a lot during high school art class in '74.
My cousin and I used to sing this endlessly
LOL Just wanna say that the 1970"s (and late 60"s) were MY time. LOL I love that you are listening to these "old, classic" songs that are part of my life.
I'm so sad if your family don't see your beautiful soul, the way I do when I watch you listen to my favourite music. Your perception and understanding is amazing and I always feel like I'm listening for the first time again, through you.
Geez that was sad. Crying in bed while listening.
The studio version of "Wishing You Were Here" by Chicago is hauntingly beautiful. The Beach Boys provide backing vocals. Amazing harmonizing. Truly a beautiful song. The death of the lead singer adds a great deal of meaning to the song.
I can remember listening to this song in 1974. they had a radio show called the top 40 with Casey Casim every week they would count down to the number one song in the U.S. This song was number 1 for (if I remember correctly) 6 or 7 weeds in a row.
I was just like 5 6 years old when this come out and loved it
I was 15 when this song came out I haven't heard this song in 30 years.
I was 16 years old when this song was No 1 in the charts. Brings back memories.
OMG India, I can't believe these absolute GEMS you are reacting to!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE your channel!!!!
Tragically beautiful song! One of my old favorites!
Thankyou so much for these, I am home bored out of my mind with this coronavirus. I love music and I love seeing people enjoying all the different kinds of music like I do.
Love your honest reactions! Namaste
Class of 76.....this was our graduation song....we considered it a joyous bonding song of our lives together up to that point....
I loved this song back then. WLS played it often.
I like how you give information about songs .
Ill never forget when in my youth we listened to this in the summer in a cabin, maybe 15-16 years old, it was on repeat and we was drunk as hell. Smoking some hasjisj.. Heaven
Great song and artist!
One of my all time favorite songs! Another of my all time favorites is Love Me Love Me Love by Frank Mills (one of his only songs with vocals!)
this is how i felt...beautiful reaction, new sub
Music is a wayback machine!
One of Kurt Cobain's favorite songs. You can probably figure out why
not too many ppl know its a suicide song
@@dandively i always thought was somebody with a terminal sickness.
OMG 😱
@@dandively I thought that's kinda what it sounded like.
This has always got to me right from when I first heard on 4IP when it came out.
This song was the number one song the week my father died March 06, 1974. Ironically, Terry was my father's cousin.
didn't know WHO sang this song, but always loved when it came on the radio
I was seven. My older girl cousins LOVED this song. They played it all summer. The radio got cranked up every time it came on. I hated it. I still do.
This was my sisters favorite song. It always made me feel sad. I think I was about 11 when it came out . Another song they played the hell out of then. This song always reminds me of my sister. I always thought the song was about HIM dying, and he was saying goodbye to everyone. Thought there was even a rumor at the time that he did die.
I love this song
FYI
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.'" Thanks to Songfacts.
Forgot this song. Been so many years.
I can still recall the lyrics and not miss a beat. Same era as Alone Again Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
This came out around the same time as Cats in the cradle, Wich is also sad.
They both make me tear up 😥
Seasons In The Sun is a poem written by Rod McKuen . Terry Jacks put the poem to music, where it went to #1 on the Billboard Charts in 1974.
Andrew Blythe The song was written by Jacques Brel. It was called Le Moribund. Jacks put it into English.
@@ASchwa29 You are right that the original lyrics were written by Jaques Brel. Poet Rod McKuen apparently rewrote some of the lyrics for the Terry Jacks version. On the CD I have, it shows songwriting credits to Brel/McKuen. Interesting note here is that The Beach Boys had recorded this song before Terry Jacks did, but they decided not to release it. Terry Jacks version was released in America in December, 1973.
Was originally a French song done by the Kingston Trio....a man collapses and is dying of a heart attack and he looks back on his life....and thus this song.
While most people consider Terry a one hit wonder, he's far from it. At the age of 18, Terry formed his band The Chessmen with guitarist Guy Sobell. The Chessmen had 4 top ten hits in Canada between 1964 and 1966. He later formed The Poppy Family with his wife Susan Pesklevits (later Jacks). The Poppy Family had several hits in Canada. Plus an international hit called "Which Way You Goin' Billy", The song reached #1 in Canada and #2 in the U.S. The song "Seasons In The Sun" was originally going to be recorded by the Beach Boys with Terry as producer. The Beach Boys later decided not to and Terry decided to record it himself. He won 2 Juno Awards and it became one of the best selling recordings in Canada of all time.
I grew up on all the sad songs of the 70's. I don't understand why, but it seemed like the sad songs were the best. It's no wonder that I was suicidal.
Love this song.
This is probably the most tear jerking song you ever got to hear and when I don't see a woman tearing up after listening this I kind of wonder. This song gets me every time if I listen to it I'm starting to well up.
I really loved this song in my youth When I grew up I realized it was a very deep and dark song about suicide...But I still love the song as an adult...
I had this on 8 track....gotta say this song completely creeped me out.
Wow that is a song 🥰😍
I want this song to play at my funeral
I haven't listened to that song in 30 years. I forgot how sad it was. A couple other 1 hit wonders . 2 of my all time favorites Andy Kim - Rock me Gently and Lee Michaels- Do You Know What I Mean.
This song came out when I was nine. Top 40 radio back then played this song twice an hour. Drove me crazy. I really hated this song and I was only a kid. LOL
Do DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME by the talented Cass Elliot🎶
This tune was written by Rod McKuen. Who also wrote the songs that were featured in the cartoon, A Boy Named Charlie Brown....
Must say.i like your reactions. “The rapper” 1970 and Vincent ....
Rest in my baby girl.
I totally saw when the song hit you💗
"Seasons in the Sun" is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 song "Le Moribond" by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by American singer-poet Rod McKuen.
Hi,
I really enjoy your channel. This was Terry's biggest hit.
I'm not recommending that you react to the song I'm about tell you about because it's too obscure, but if you want to hear his gem, listen to "Concrete Sea" by the same Terry Jack's. This song is melancholy too, but it hits you in that part of your soul that recognizes greatness.
Thanks for all the great content.
Another tear jerker is "Old and Wise" by Allen Parsons.
My favorite since I was a little girl.... Plus my name is Michelle 🤗 Everytime I hear it, it reminds of my father but, he didn't die back then in the physical form, he did in my heart.... He wasn't a nice man and I was the black sheep to him. I was only 4 at the time and felt his hatred but I always wanted him to say he loved me but never really did. So when I hear this song I imagine him telling me I brought him happiness. Wow I just poured my guts out didn't I? 😏
This song actually came out when I was 9, so I took the lyrics HELLA seriously, lol!
I had this record! (Yes, record, I'm that old.) Biggest fight I remember ever having with my little brother was when he accidentally broke it. 😂
Funny story: we went down to the record store and were allowed to pick out one 45 each. I picked Billy Don't Be a Hero and my brother chose this one (in spite of the fact I told him he didn't like this song!). He bought it anyway and sure enough, he hated it and wound up giving it to me! I would up with two of my favorite songs from that time :)
@@MoMoMyPup10 Hey, you tried to tell him! 😂
@@thegiddywitch -- yep. Sometimes we know our siblings better than they do!
@@laurakennedy9250 -- So? Much of the music in the Top 40 was sappy back then. Including this one. It was the best music. I was 11. I had a friend named Billy that was moving to another state and the song reminded me of him.
@@laurakennedy9250 yeah it was the best. Seriously? You wake up on the wrong side of the bed again? I never asked you to critique my taste in music, which happens to include all of those bands you listed too.
I love you!! Thanks
This song reminds me of my cousin Margo Carroll who died from brain a tumour in 1975 in didn't get to really know her cause I was born in 1974,but she liked this song.
mary hopkins- those were the days
tears for 40 years
I lost my mom just over 5 years ago. It's not a day I don't think of her. Took me a little over 3 weeks not to go in her room and asking what she wants for breakfast. I just wish there was a way to know how much your family means to you before it's too late. I made sure my mom knew I loved her. Famous quote of a young gentleman on America's got talent. The death of a loved one is like a brick in your pocket it never really goes away. I lost my passion for baking the day my mom passed away. If you like songs like this listen to Cherokee people. A man was caught on their land and they were going to kill him. He promised if they let him go he'd write a song honoring their race of people. I'm glad he kept his promise. I'm parked Choctaw.