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English-linguistic communication accommodation of the song "Le Moribond"

"Le Moribond"
Song by Jacques Brel
from the album Marieke
Released 1961
Recorded February 22, 1961
Genre Chanson
Length 3:06
Label Philips
Songwriter(southward) Jacques Brel
"Seasons in the Sunday"
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks.jpeg

Epitome of Federal republic of germany 7" vinyl encompass
Unmarried by Terry Jacks
from the album Seasons in the Sun
B-side "Put the Bone In"
Released Dec 1973
Recorded 1973
Genre Pop, soft rock[ane]
Length 3:24
Label Bong
Songwriter(s) Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen
Producer(s) Terry Jacks
Terry Jacks singles chronology
"Concrete Ocean"
(1972) 		"Seasons in the Sun"
(1973) 		"If You Go Away"
(1974)
Official audio
"Seasons in the Sun" on YouTube

"Seasons in the Lord's day" is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 song "Le Moribond" by Belgian vocaliser-songwriter Jacques Brel[2] with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by American singer-poet Rod McKuen,[iii] 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.

Background and lyrics [edit]

The showtime version of the song was recorded by Brel, who reportedly wrote it in a brothel in Tangiers. Sung in a marching tempo, it tells of a man dying of a broken centre and shows him saying his last farewells to his close friend Emile, a priest friend, an acquaintance named Antoine, and his married woman who has cheated on him numerous times with Antoine. Despite knowing of Antoine being his wife's lover, he wishes no sick upon him only tells him to take care of his wife. American Rod McKuen translated the lyrics into English. In 1964, the Kingston Trio get-go recorded an English version of "Seasons in the Sunday", which was afterwards heard by Terry Jacks and became the basis for his rendition.

Jacks rewrote the lyrics, although he is uncredited for it. He justifies the rewriting past stating that he deemed the original version and its translations to be "as well macabre". The inspiration for the rewritten lyrics was a close friend of his who was suffering from acute leukemia and died iv months later. The Terry Jacks rendition, which was afterward dedicated to the friend, has the dying man giving his last words to his loved ones whom he shared his life with, much similar the original. However, unlike the Brel version, the human does not die broken-hearted simply instead, acknowledges the rights and wrongs of his actions in life equally he passes away peacefully.

In the rewritten version, the homo first addresses his close friend, whom he had known since childhood and reminisces the happy times they had such as playing and studying together ("climbed hills and trees", "learned of honey and ABC's"), and friendships with others ("skinned our hearts and skinned our knees"). He then addresses his male parent, who tried to give him a good upbringing and exert a positive influence on his undisciplined life ("I was the blackness sheep of the family", "You lot tried to teach me right from incorrect", "wonder how I got along") which included overindulgence, vices, and carousal ("besides much wine and too much song"). The man finally addresses a "Michelle", recounting how she had lifted his spirit up in times of despair. Before he dies in peace, the man reminds all three that he will always be alive in their hearts and volition exist present in spirit when they run into people or visit places; pretty girls (old and new friends) for the close friend, immature children playing for the father, and flower fields for Michelle.

Recording [edit]

According to Jacks, the Beach Boys asked him to be their producer during the sessions for the ring'south album Surf's Upward. On July 31, 1970 they attempted a rendition of the "Seasons in the Sun", simply the session went badly, and the track was never finished. Afterward, Mike Dear told an interviewer: "We did record a version [of 'Seasons'] but information technology was so wimpy nosotros had to throw it out. ... Information technology was just the wrong vocal for united states of america."[4] The recording remained unreleased until the 2021 compilation Feel Flows.[5]

Jacks recorded his rendition in Vancouver in 1973.[ citation needed ] The piano arpeggio parts and double bass parts in the 2d poetry were done past a young David Foster.

Release [edit]

Jacks released his version every bit a single in 1973 on his own label, Goldfish Records. "Put the Bone In", an original limerick nigh burying a deceased pet dog, was included equally the B-side. The single shortly topped the record charts in the U.Southward. (where it was released on Bong Records), in Canada, and the U.k.,[six] selling over 14 million copies worldwide.

Jacks's version was released in the United States in December 1973 and made the Billboard Hot 100 a month afterwards. On March 2, 1974, the song began a three-week run at number one atop the Hot 100 and remained in the top 40 until about Memorial Day weekend. Jacks'south version likewise spent one week on the Easy Listening charts.[7] Billboard ranked information technology as the number ii song for 1974.[8] Although he released several other singles that were moderately successful in Canada, "Seasons in the Sun" would become Jacks's but major solo hit in the The states.[9] In Canada, the single (Aureate Fish GF 100) reached number one on the RPM Magazine charts January 26, 1974, and remained there four weeks.

Though the song enjoyed contemporary success, some mod critics take a dimmer view, considering it overly sentimentalized. Jacks'south version has been held up as an instance of bad music, such as having been listed as i of the worst pop songs ever recorded and ranking number five in a similar CNN poll in 2006.[10]

Jacks also released a German-linguistic communication version in Germany with lyrics by Gerd Müller-Schwanke, "In den Gärten der Zeit".[11]

Other versions [edit]

  • The first recording of the English-language version (lyrics by McKuen) was released on 1963 album Time to Think by The Kingston Trio.[12]
  • The Fortunes recorded the vocal for a 1968 unmarried.
  • The Newmen, an Irish gaelic vocal group, released a version in 1969 on Dolphin Records (DOS37) with 'Bonnie Bonnie' on the B side.
  • Colombian duet Ana y Jaime released a Castilian version chosen Estaciones en el Sol.
  • Pearls Before Swine included a version of the song on their album City of Gold in 1971, with lyrics reflecting the darkness of Brel'due south original version.
  • A cover version past Bobby Wright reached #24 of the Billboard magazine Hot Land Singles chart in 1974.[13]
  • Hong Kong English language pop and Cantopop band The Wynners encompass version in 1974 album Listen to the Wynners and Alan Tam as the song.
  • Klaus Hoffmann recorded a High german version of "Le Moribond", titled "Adieu Emile", in 1975.
  • Too Much Joy recorded the song for their 1988 album Son Of Sam I Am, and it became a regular part of their live shows.
  • Nirvana too recorded the vocal in 1993, which was released in the box fix With the Lights Out in 2004.[xiv]
  • Westlife fabricated their cover version in 1999 and included it on their album Westlife.
  • Nana Mouskouri did a version of the vocal.
  • Black Box Recorder included their comprehend equally the first rails on their B-sides compilation album The Worst Of Black Box Recorder.
  • Spell (an ensemble equanimous of Boyd Rice and Rose McDowall) recorded a version in 1993, and titled their just album after the song.
  • Jim Bob released a version in 2021.

Charts [edit]

See also [edit]

  • List of 1970s i-hit wonders in the United States

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External links [edit]

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  • Seasons in the Sun at Super Seventies.
  • "List of 'Le Moribond' covers", Brelitude.net
  • "Bye, Papa, It's Hard to Die: The enduring appeal of an abominable pop vocal" (Slate.com, March sixteen, 2005)

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