Why "Seasons in the Sun" refuses to die

Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
http://www.slate.com/id/2114863/
For those of a certain age, Terry Jacks' 1974 chart-topper "Seasons in the Sun" remains an unsurpassed nadir of pop music. There was, to be sure, stiff competition at the time—Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)," Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods' "Billy, Don't Be a Hero." During those mid-Watergate weeks and months, the whole country seemed eager to wallow in tuneful misery.
And here's Nirvana covering the song, not long before Kurt's death:

http://img.slate.msn.com/media/50/Nirvana_SeasonsInTheSun-110k.wmv
 

DoWhat

Deplorable
PREMO Member
Thanks Tonio.
I am sitting here singing that damn song and it don't sound pretty either.
 

Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
kwillia said:
The song only ranks No. 2 for all-time testosterone-sapping necromaniacal schmaltz. The top spot is held by Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey."
 
Last edited:
B

Bruzilla

Guest
They'll never beat Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life."
 

mAlice

professional daydreamer
Bruzilla said:
They'll never beat Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life."


Not even

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before

If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was

I think it's because I'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
I try not to act too proud

They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore

Yes I think I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how I am



?
 

morganj614

New Member
Tonio said:
The song only ranks No. 2 for all-time testosterone-sapping necromaniacal schmaltz. The top spot is held by Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey."

I vote for Paul Anka's "Havin' My Baby"
 

Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
morganj614 said:
I vote for Paul Anka's "Havin' My Baby"
That would be a finalist, certainly.

How about the strange trend of "teenage death songs" in the early '60s? "Last Kiss" and "Leader of the Pack" were good songs, but "Tell Laura I Love Her" was hideously sappy.
 

morganj614

New Member
Tonio said:
That would be a finalist, certainly.

How about the strange trend of "teenage death songs" in the early '60s? "Last Kiss" and "Leader of the Pack" were good songs, but "Tell Laura I Love Her" was hideously sappy.

I never thought of it like that but there was a trend.
 

morganj614

New Member
05.26.05
New Album
Paul Anka's New Album 'Rock Swings' is released in the USA on June 7!


The news on the radio played clips of this new release and I almost:barf:
It is horrendous..:lmao:
 
Last edited:

Toxick

Splat
morganj614 said:
05.26.05
New Album
Paul Anka's New Album 'Rock Swings' is released in the USA on June 7!

Available now on iTunes! And it rocks the body that rocks the party! It so effing does!




morganj614 said:
The news on the radio played clips of this new release and I almost:barf:
It is horrendous..:lmao:


Check out Black Hole Sun and Eyes Without a Face

:dude: :dude: :dude: :dude:




Don't tell anyone - I actually did like the sound of some of these
 
B

Bruzilla

Guest
Yes, these other songs have their metits in the sewer of sickly sentimental muzak, but You Light Up My Life was the Record of the Year, which meant it was rained down upon us incessantly, and whenever we weren't suffering though it by listening to it, we were having to endure interviews and general talking about it.

It's kinda like the difference between having salt rubbed in a wound and being skinned alive.
 

morganj614

New Member
Toxick said:
Available now on iTunes! And it rocks the body that rocks the party! It so effing does!

Check out Black Hole Sun and Eyes Without a Face

:dude: :dude: :dude: :dude:



Don't tell anyone - I actually did like the sound of some of these

Toxick scares me!:yikes:
 

RoseRed

American Beauty
PREMO Member
What about that stupid country song Don't Forget the Girl (or whatever it is) :barf:
 
Top