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In fact, "Seasons in the Sun" is definitely not a happy song, it is even very sad. It is a work by French singer Jacques Brel. Its original name was "Le Moribond" (The Dying Man) and it was published in 1961. The content of the song roughly describes a man who is suffering from cancer and will soon die. When facing death, he is reluctant to leave his father, wife and close friends. Brel wrote this song because he found out he had cancer at the time. After battling the disease for more than ten years, he died of illness on October 9, 1978, at the age of 49.

Rod McKuen, an American poet and singer who had a good personal relationship with Brel, translated this song into English "Seasons in the Sun" very early, and it was first recorded in 1964 by the Kingston Trio, a veteran of the folk song industry. It became a record, but it didn't create much of a sensation at the time. Later, Terry Jacks, who had a good relationship with Rod McKuen, re-recorded it and won the three-week championship in the U.S. on March 2, 1974. It did not attract much attention in our country until a few years later, because of Kodak's The advertisement caused crazy popularity in Taiwan, but it was a pity that the lead singer Terry Jacks had long since disappeared from the music scene. The male singer didn't leave many songs behind, but this song became a classic - although his interpretation was honestly a bit distorted.

About Terry Jacks

Terry Jacks from Canada grew up in Vancouver. He won an art scholarship in high school, but in the three industries of architecture, professional golf and music, he failed I chose the latter and formed my own band, The Chessman, but it was not successful. Once, his band was invited to perform on TV, which led him to meet a beautiful female singer, Susan Pesklevits. The two fell in love at first sight, got married immediately, and began to cooperate in the music career.

Since choirs seemed to be more popular in the record market at that time, even though his wife was the only one singing solo, they decided to use the name The Poppy Family, and in 1970 they won the runner-up spot in the U.S. "Which Way You Goin' Billy" became an instant hit. Unfortunately, the couple broke up in 1973.

After the divorce, Terry Jacks continued to work hard in the music industry. Because he played the guitar well, he was invited to accompany the Beach Boys. Once, while recording, he suggested that the Beach Boys record the song "Seasons in the Sun." However, after recording, the Beach Boys decided not to release it, probably because the results were not as good as they expected. Terry, who loved this song very much, decided to sing it himself in order to commemorate a friend who passed away unexpectedly.

Terry obtained the author's consent and slightly modified the last verse of the lyrics, while adding a brisk tempo to make the song lighter. However, after it was completed, it sat on the shelf for a year. One day, he played the tape and listened. A young newspaper boy came to his house and heard the song, so he asked if he could bring his friends over to listen.

The reaction of young people made Terry decide to release the song himself. Sure enough, the song caused a sensation in Canada, and American record companies also came here to acquire the distribution rights. In March 1974, this song not only topped the charts for three weeks, but also became a gold record, selling more than six million copies, making him famous all over the world. Soon after, he recorded another Brel work "If You Go Away", also translated into English by McKuen, which also achieved good results. Unfortunately, his appearance in the music scene was short-lived and disappeared after a year.

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As for the origin of this song, there is another version. It is difficult to tell the authenticity. If you know the authenticity, you can tell me~~~

It is about the winter of 1963, when the United States was bone-chillingly cold. Terryjacks, a Canadian boy who came to the American music scene, sat in an unheated room drinking brandy and playing French singer Jacques Brel's 'lemoribond' in his ears. It has been a long time since he came to the United States, but no musicians are interested in his music. He looked at a business card that his friend had just given him, and on the back he copied the last words of a death row prisoner. Listening to 'lemoribond' and looking at the words on the back of the business card, he picked up the guitar and started to play and sing...

“In a small town in the United States in the 1950s, there were two teenagers, let’s call them A and C. A and C were born in the same community and grew up together. They were always together. Climbing trees, playing games, and sometimes doing some outrageous things together. Anyway, they were inseparable. Even in school, they were always in the same class, and so on until high school.

Hey, you know what? Although a and c are excellent friends, they have very different personalities. Well, he is definitely the kind of boy you fall in love with at first glance. He is full of energy, cheerful, confident, and very good at sports, so he is very popular. There are countless girls in the school who have a crush on him. He is also the captain of the school's rugby team. kindness! Very charming, it really attracts you, right? C's character is just the opposite. He is very sensitive and shy, and is not good at expressing his emotions. However, his craftsmanship is excellent and he can make various models.

"Everything was going well, but God was very tormenting. He made the two boys fall in love with b at the same time, the sexy and charming class beauty. The result can be imagined, right? c Silently watching his friends and lovers together... until graduation, C became a carpenter; while A became a truck driver and married B. After their marriage, they gave birth to their daughter Michelle, and B also started a business. A grocery store was her dowry. However, in order to make her family live a better life and give her daughter a good education, she had to transport goods across several states and even across the United States, so she could only return home in one month. In contrast, C, a carpenter, often comes to the grocery store to help B.

"But time passed day by day, and B and C faced each other day by day. The two lonely hearts got closer and closer, and gradually developed a feeling that was beyond friends. That kind of feeling lasted for two years, but A didn't at all. I noticed that he still loved his family and trusted his friends...

"In the midwinter of 1959, A still drove a truck on the interstate highway, but the continuous heavy snow closed the highway and people had to wait for the highway to arrive. After waiting for two days, the situation did not seem to improve. The weather forecast said that the bad weather would continue for another week, so A turned around and drove home. It was another three days after midnight. When he finally got home, he got out of the car and called home happily, but no one answered. A was worried, thinking that his daughter was sick and hospitalized. He immediately drove to C's house to find out what was going on at home. He knocked on the door of C's house, and there were two people in front of him - his friend and his wife! Even if A was slow in this scene, he immediately understood what was going on. He looked at the two people in front of him, He only said one word: "Why?" Where can I find the answer to this question? He took out a self-defense pistol and ended the lives of his wife and friend, and then drove straight to the police station.

"He. He could have fled to Linzhou to avoid the death penalty, but he chose to go directly to the police station and was tried in this state. The jury unanimously convicted him of intentional homicide and was sentenced to death. He was executed by electric chair on February 6, 1957. He was on death row, with three days left before his execution. A piece of paper and a pen were stuffed in to write his last words. ”

Although legally, a committed intentional homicide; but among the people, many people believed that morally, a was also a great victim. Therefore, people copied his last words one after another, terry jacks The last words on the back of the business card I got in 1963 were copied by a friend. Terry Jacks put A's last words into the song "lemoribond" and wrote "seasons in the sun". He went around playing and singing this song to musicians. , but what musician would invest in an unknown person? In the end, he found the beach boys and sang this song to them. This song was great. The beach boys themselves covered it, but it was a pity that they could not deliver it. Because of the emotion of the song, Terry Jacks borrowed the recording studio to record the song. However, because their album was full at the time, the song was not included until ten years later, in 1973. It became a hit, and there were many cover versions later.

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WESTLIFE's performance unintentionally promoted this song to the top, with their Irish accented voices and use of bagpipes. , giving the song a strong Irish flavor, coupled with their almost perfect coordination and young and sunny faces, it is loved by many fans.

"seasons in the Sun" is a song with a double meaning. song, it stayed on the charts for 4 weeks, making it the band's last number one single in the 20th century and No. 1 in the new century.