but at least we're still kickin' and able to remember when music was basically a movement, so much new stuff happening in the music scene and i'm glad i was there
I lived in this song as I looked desperately to find myself after 3 brutal combat tours in Vietnam. I’m 75 now and still looking for that boy that shipped out to war. He was lost somewhere over there and never came back.
We aren't the same we was a moment ago, the boy who went out there was bound to change, you can't go back to where you was, you can only move forward and aren't the same man who returned either.
When I was a young boy back in the early 70's, I only had one friend. A girl named Veronica who was a year older and lived across the street. When I was around 6 or 7, she developed a brain tumor and wound up passing away in the next year. This song has always been a reminder of our friendship that was ended too soon, and I always get teary-eyed when I hear it.
John I am sorry about your friend no matter how long ago it seems like yesterday and other time's it feels like forever 😭🙏 my brother died of AIDS in my arms in 1991 and he used to play this song and little did I know he was trying to tell me he was dying. A friendship that close never goes away. But I cry alot. I miss him so much as I'm sure you miss Veronica 🙏😭🕊️💕✌️
ive been diagnosed with uncurable brain cancer ! my papa that i never got along with probably prayed for me more than anyone!!!!!! its hard to die!!!!!
In 1975 this was Michelle's (my girl) and my song. She died 1977 from leukemia. A bruise that wouldn't heal turned out to be my nightmare. Til this day I miss her with all my heart. She was my once in a lifetime
@@gazoo3596 and Gerard King I've just gone into remission from Lymphoma cancer of which I now have heart failure. Compared to you both and many of millions others, I am so lucky and just have an inconvenience... I am so really really sorry for you both, my deepest condolences
I lost my wife 13 yrs ago even though I'm remarried and love my wife I still miss Margaret I think of her every day and miss her every day and think of her all the time, but now instead of being sad I smile and remember just how much I loved her and still do. I'm sorry for your loss .
NOT when u know JAH, JEHOVAH. YET I KNOW your pain per my 50s 60s parents who didn't show me I was existence. Thank u much for your expressions. It hits home..
It's December 23, 2021 and I've just been diagnosed with prostate cancer and now I play this song for My Honey for 44 years.. I was hoping to see our 50th but it's all in Gods hand now.
hang in there im so sorry!.i lost my whole family and im alone at 62 and its scary and i used to be tough guy was in army and a pro boxer in texas things fold ya abit life is hard
I'm a terminally ill single mother. I wrote this song down for my baby to listen to when he turns 16. Good God, boy, you make me feel alive even when it hurts.
So sorry!! I just remembered this song by listening to one hit wonders, so sad but I love it, and I don't know you but I will pray for you and your Son!! 🙏🙏🙏
This song is felt deep in the heart. It's so hard to know what to say to you but I know that you will always be there to protect him and your son will feel you in his heart and mind, helping him make decisions throughout his life. Take care.
Born in 1966. 5 years ago I was in the Duke hospital saying my final goodbyes to my youngest son who had been hit by a driver who left the scene three days before. We have since moved away from the Durham, NC area because of the the pain was just no longer safe for us. We truly do love and miss you our Son and your brother is lost without you. Our lives will never be the same! *Rest In Peace “KBM” my son! You will always be loved & remembered!!!* *{VENGEANCE IS MINE SAITH THE LORD!}* With all my Love, Dad
@@nomerc3608 I'm so sorry 4 ur loss. I know how difficult forgiveness can b. My mother killed by drunk driver. Peace and love 2 u. Know u will b together again someday!!!
Only because it was a simpler, better time. It seemed as if time moved slower back then. You didn't have cell phones to distract you; one had time for building friendships.
I'm fighting stage 4 cancer, I'm also a war vetran this song hit home very close to home I lost friends in the war and to cancer, this a wonderful song the words match the name there is a time for every thing death, life, happiness, sadness, to all those that can relate to this song like I myself can my heart go out to each and every one of you.
The times were tumultuous. Much hate, love and death. The music brings all of us for our own reasons. Let it bring what you need. Don't judge anyone else for their needs and memories. ♥️
I lost my wife of 32 years summer 2018. When I'm sad and miss her, I come to this song, usually on a Sunday like today. Love you and miss you Sue, until next Sunday.
My friend died at 23. We'd met at around 5yrs old. His grandpa called us David and Jonathan, not knowing who was the the naughty one. We shared girlfriends, and life. I'll always miss him and none can ever take his place. I miss my friend, brother, Gavin. It's impossible to reflect on the friendship we had for the short time we had had together. Of one can grasp the meaning of true friendship it could be possible,😢
We played this at my mother's funeral. Just over 13 weeks ago my brothers and I was told our mother had days rather than weeks to live, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I want people to know what a brave, strong amazing warrior she was, she fought a very tough battle just to stay with us as long as she could. She was amazingly brave. we will all miss her dearly, there is now a huge void in our lives.
Jesus called your mum to help him papier a place for you and your brother to be back with your mum once again and this time it will be for ever (Just believe in God) i promise he won't let you down.
"I am a 54-year old (male) & it still gets me emotional as to where I cry". "Even if I try NOT to cry I get overcome with sad emotions through past sad life events I have experienced".
Susan Jacks passed away on 4/25/22. Her husband Terry wrote and performed this song. It's beautiful and timeless. RIP. Hope you all find peace in your lives.
actually, the poet Rod McKuen wrote and performed a much grittier and provocative version. It included his friend having an affair with his wife. Check it out.
I lost my soulmate and my daughter within the same few months this was one of their favorite songs and I lost them over 25 years ago and I still miss them with all my heart , I love you two and soon we will be reunited again as a family once again
I am truely sorry to hear this. I hope you can find peace and move on. This song is just crazy heart breaking. It was the funeral song of my grandpa and always brings me to tears
As a strong believer that there is life after death, this is a song [even if filled great sadness] that we will carry on in our hearts, in our souls for eternity as it will transcend time and space. To all the people who have lost their loved ones in their lifetime, have faith because it is the only force that gives us hope, that drives us forward along our life's journey. I firmly believe that we will reunite one day in God's Kingdom for everlasting life. Do not despair, we are here on Earth for only a brief passage in time like a spec of dust. To all the people that have been diagnosed and are stricken with a terminal disease, have faith that there are greater things waiting for you in God's Kingdom. My heart and compassion pours out along with my prayers for all of you. May God bless you all. I have lost many family members and friends along my life's journey, but I have faith and refuse to believe that we turn into dust and nothing more.
Seasons in the Sun" is the story of a dying man, bidding farewell to loved ones who have shared his life. ... With the money he made from this song, Jacks purchased a boat, which he christened "Seasons in the Sun." He began sailing up and down the west coast of Alaska and Canada, and had some revelations along the way.
In my youth I thought it was a song about suicide and the final message left. Over the years, and after suffering the loss of my parents, sister and too many friends, I understand it for what it is. A heartfelt message of love from a dying person or to a dying person.
I relate to this at a deep and very emotional level, the fist part a friendship of 40 years. The second goodbye Michelle a tribute to my sister lost to covid. I will be with her soon this will be played at my funeral as well as Disturbeds sound of silence. I am being hounded by authorities because of my decision but all is good happy with my choice of songs.
Weren't the '70s good years for catchy music? Born 17/12/66, my childhood, teens, 20s & 30s saw me through undiagnosed partial-autism. At least music lets me look on my 1st 10yrs in positive terms.
I'm listening, this is a heartbreaking song. I lost my dad and sister a year ago 3 months apart, it makes me think of them and cry. They don't make music like they did in the 70s and 80s. I miss you papa and sis
I was in Vietnam with the Marine Recon Unit. I lost many friends during my tour there. This song makes me think of my friends who fought and died besides me.
Thank you for your service! My dad lost most of his friends in the Vietnam War...and now 45+ years on, he brings the traveling Vietnam Wall to the town where he’s worked hard to become a councilman. He tells me of the wonders of the 60’s but the sadness’s of the war and how many friends never returned or were treated poorly when coming back from the war at only 19-20 etc. I can’t imagine how it was to feel that and so thank you for what you sacrificed for the country and what the country had those young kids do by mandatory rules. No choice at age 18-24 / you are SO APPRECIATED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN!
James Stueck thank you for your service/I cannot imagine what it was like - even when I watch all the real-time footage and documentaries on Vietnam... it’s just very hard to put words to
I'm a Grunt. Was killed in 1978. Dead 100 days. I'm ashamed I'm too much of a coward to blow my brains out. I saw my buddies die also. They were better men/Marines than me. Got a bottle full of pills in my hand right now, but that's too p**** for a Marine. If I can ever conquer my cowardice, I'll go out like a Marine: .44 RemMag thru the brain. (.45 would be better, but a scumbag I trusted stole the .45 I carried in the Corps.)
Most Beautiful Song.. Sad but too Makes you Cherish all the Lovely Memories with Your Family and Friends... My Ex Huband passed away from Cancer and He Loved this Song this goes out to HIM!!! RIP ALEX
***** jonathan holland Thanks even though he was my Ex Husband He was Always there for Me and My son he raised from age 6 Which is now 20.....He played this song all the time and is Very Fitting to Losing him! Ironic RIP BIG GUY!!!! With a HEART OF GOLD!
This song makes me recall a girl that I went to school with. Pam and I went to Junior High and High School together. She lived 3 houses from me and we would walk home together. She thought of me as the brother she never had. I loved her dearly but she was a year older than me and much more mature. She was lost to cancer several years ago but I still think of her often.
My best friend's son passed away 9 weeks ago of an OD. I guess everybody thought I knew and I just found out about 8 hours ago. He was just 25. I had just caught him on FB about a week before he passed and asked how his dad and mom and he was doing. He was thrilled to hear from me, it was a 20 minute conversation easy. It shocked me to the core, and it hurts, such a joy to be around. RIP Jackson, I think this song fits you, me, your dad and mom.
Very sorry for your very sad loss Michele. You will always have your brilliant memories of your Dad. I’m delighted that your Dad liked this song and Terry Jacks
Jill King I blame Partridge Family songs turning me into Rock n Roll junkie, I was crazy about Rock Music, Stones, Zeppelin, Alice Cooper. In High School a Teacher got Allman Brothers to play for us. Funny because it was a Catholic School. It was funny in Buffalo, NY almost every band opened saying HELLO BUFFALO. That Buffalo called SNOW CAPITAL OF USA because of 1977 Blizzard. I get it we got 19 feet of snow that winter. City & Schools closed 3 weeks. We only got Visitors because Niagara Falls is close. Even now we average 10 feet from Lake Erie. Always WHITE CHRISTMAS IN BUFFALO
At 64 I realize just how fortunate it is to have a good life, good health, good job, good friends and most importantly having a soulmate that shared their life with you. If you have these things, thank God everyday. I never thought it could be that hard to these simple things.
My dad committed suicide March 1 1978 I was 15 I found him the following year my highschool sweet heart lost our baby boy on May 20 1979 I was crushed and heart broken went in the Army 82nd Airborne on my high school sweet hearts birthday October 9 1979 she left me while in Jump school as faye would have it we got back together after 35 years married after 40 I still love her like I did in 7 the grade when I first saw her I also lost 2 grand baby girls in the last 5 years I thank GOD I have her back so I can enjoy the rest of my life with her I cry I hurt about my loved ones that are gone just though I'd let ya know GOD BLESS
Michelle Dymott I'm so very sorry for the loss of your Sister And May She Rest in Peace and may you and your families and friends also find Peace Kia Kaha 🌹🌹🌹🌹
David Leaney DL, I am sorry for your loss. I was also there in the 70’s and remember people thinking this song was ‘cheesy’. Natural I guess as we were young and going to live forever. As the years go by and we accumulate life experience, it takes on new meaning. It sounds as if you were fortunate to have found a life partner with which to share and build memories. Although all things must end hopefully these memories will last. May you be well.
@@pspicer777 Thank you for your extremely kind words, however I feel bad that I may have unintentionally mislead you. We first met at about the age of 11 and started dating until we left school at 16 then due to work commitments we drifted apart, occasionally meeting up at parties, school reunions ect. Eventually marrying other people, then in 2008 both having failed marriages we got together and married in 2009. Sadly she passed away in 2016 with a brain tumour. I should never have let her slip through my fingers all those years ago. Please forgive me for misleading you.
David Leaney DL, your story as you have filled it out is truely wonderful. Full of rich life experiences ... it might be that without the intermediate experiences, you and your wife would not have had the synergies that existed in your marriage. One will never know for sure, but it does sound as if you were able to find true love and partnership in the time you had together. Very few do. A life lived to the best of ones ability, although imperfect, needs no apology. Be well DL.
Sorry my friend.. :( May she Rest in peace. I can relate.. lost one of my best friends 2,5 years ago at the age of 25 due to an accicdent.. and this was one of his favourite songs and was played at his funeral too. This song gets me everytime..
I was born in the early 60s and today's music don't come close to what I grew up with and still listen to it today. 60s 70s 80s was and still is the best music ever played including country, rock and every other genre of music.
Hell yea, even country was cool back then, give me some Coe any day over the crap they push today. And don't get me started on Zappa, I'll write a block text no will read. So many greats.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
my father died june 2018 because of heart attack, he sings this song randomnly when he was still alive, i still remember how beautiful his voice is. i miss him so much ❤️
Be encouraged Annie . I lost my dad when i was 10 years old - 43 years ago. Believe in eternal life and that we will meet our dads again, God bless you loads
I just lost my Son on 9/13/2021, and last night had dinner with his best friend growing up and this song tells his story, I will always love him and miss him.
This record really does hit home to us 55+ year olds. And for many different reasons. For me, it reminds me of my useless drunken dad and my poor dear downtrodden mother who had to put up with his shit. He was pathetic and i wish i could get him out of my head. Love you mum.
Busyboy 42 Learn to let that shit go. How you might ask? Ask yourself and be honest; what purpose does it serve to allow him to occupy your head space? What good are you getting from this? You're holding onto something that's slowly stealing the light in your life. Last but not least and the hardest; FORGIVE HIM. You're not doing it for him, you're doing it for your own sake! You don't need to put yourself through this any longer. Be compassionate, to yourself. Peace
My mom told me she loved this song & months later she passed. We played this at her funeral. I was so young I didn’t remember who sang it. Then it played in the midnight club & instantly I knew it was THE SONG. Now I’m crying @ 2:53AM listening to this song for the first time since her funeral. I love you mom
I wanted this played at my funeral, but my first boyfriend, first love and then my husband, passed away recently, we married when I was 15 and he 19, we always loved this song, he and I were the 70s, My heart is breaking, 😢 can't listen to it now, maybe one day I will be able too, but just not now
To me this is not a sad song. Yeah, it's about dying and some regret about decisions made in life, but at the same time it affirms a life that was lived to the fullest. Tt also makes it very clear that life goes on even without us, and that even in death our presence is always felt. Great lyrics and catchy melody.
I understand how you feel my friend as ime in my mid 70s ,school friends work mates loved ones and as the man said you are not alone please remember,God bless and take care.
When I was younger, I always played this song because it has a lot of meaning to it. I still listen to it because the words and music is so nice. I loved the 70s.
Every time I hear this song even today it makes me sad that everyone I have known has never wanted to continue to be a lifelong friend outside of a marriage.
Who's still reminiscing with this in 2024..?
ALWAYS!!!!!!
🖐
Me
Remember it …it is me now
Haven't listened since 2021 but I found it waiting for me in my favorite videos list
How lucky were some of us to live in a time of really great music
The hardest part about getting old is looking back.
You said that right! It's a killer.
Very true
Absolutely 😞
but at least we're still kickin' and able to remember when music was basically a movement, so much new stuff happening in the music scene and i'm glad i was there
Looking back and seeing how much better things were. People had hearts and souls then.
We grew up listening to some of the best music ever made.
50 Year Record Award 📀
You were very lucky .
Yes didn't we! ❤️
too bad this song wasn't part of it
@@DennisDolan-fl3mw I am not sure what rock you may have been hiding under but I remember that song it was never a favorite but I remember it.
If I could go back in time it would be the 70s when life was simple and music was meaningful and it was a privilege to be a teenager in that era
I grew up in the 70s, and things were not as crazy or sinister as they are now. 😢
best of times
Born in 60 the 70steenager joined navy 76 what a life
I lived in this song as I looked desperately to find myself after 3 brutal combat tours in Vietnam. I’m 75 now and still looking for that boy that shipped out to war. He was lost somewhere over there and never came back.
This what heartbreaking to read. I hope you find peace within your situation. Thank you for your service.
That's real sad. All the youth that is damaged due to needless wars ..sigh. I am sorry for your loss.
that's heart breaking. I hope you find peace
We aren't the same we was a moment ago, the boy who went out there was bound to change, you can't go back to where you was, you can only move forward and aren't the same man who returned either.
I am so sorry for you
When I was a young boy back in the early 70's, I only had one friend. A girl named Veronica who was a year older and lived across the street. When I was around 6 or 7, she developed a brain tumor and wound up passing away in the next year. This song has always been a reminder of our friendship that was ended too soon, and I always get teary-eyed when I hear it.
Man, that's horrible
Veronica remembered with a tear in 2021 by a stranger.
💔💔💔
John I am sorry about your friend no matter how long ago it seems like yesterday and other time's it feels like forever 😭🙏 my brother died of AIDS in my arms in 1991 and he used to play this song and little did I know he was trying to tell me he was dying. A friendship that close never goes away. But I cry alot. I miss him so much as I'm sure you miss Veronica 🙏😭🕊️💕✌️
So sorry for you loss. Good true friends are hard to come by.
i first met my wife when i was 10,,, we had a happy 41 years of marriage before cancer took her. this song was us. i cry everytime i hear it.
ive been diagnosed with uncurable brain cancer ! my papa that i never got along with probably prayed for me more than anyone!!!!!! its hard to die!!!!!
I wish you the best my friend!
god bless, let me know how things are going...will say prayers for you my friend, hare krishna xx
It is well with your soul.... God is in control
I'm very sorry!
Make your peace with God. He is not distant. He will meet you right where you are. Godspeed, may you find peace.
This makes me think of my sister in law, Karla! She passed away of cancer 2 days ago! We all miss her very much!
Takes me right back to 1974. Long hair ,flared trousers. We thought time would last forever.
In 1975 this was Michelle's (my girl) and my song. She died 1977 from leukemia. A bruise that wouldn't heal turned out to be my nightmare. Til this day I miss her with all my heart. She was my once in a lifetime
I am so sorry
My sister died in 92 from leukemia she was 16
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I agree
Im sorry my gf died 2019 because cancer 😓🙏🏻
Hold those memories and never, ever let them go.
I'm 72 and still listening to this song as well in 2021. Classics like this one never grow old; they are timeless. Thanks for posting!
I'm 59... still listening..
Me too. I'm 55.
What year did this song come out?
72 here also. Great song.
@@christinavisser4131 1974
In memory of my wife whom I lost to cervical cancer in April 2018. We had joy, we had fun R.I.P. my love.
lost mine in 2009, i'm with you brother.
@@gazoo3596 and Gerard King I've just gone into remission from Lymphoma cancer of which I now have heart failure. Compared to you both and many of millions others, I am so lucky and just have an inconvenience... I am so really really sorry for you both, my deepest condolences
So sorry for your loss : (
I lost my wife 13 yrs ago even though I'm remarried and love my wife I still miss Margaret I think of her every day and miss her every day and think of her all the time, but now instead of being sad I smile and remember just how much I loved her and still do. I'm sorry for your loss .
to my dearest husband , dec.27 , 2018. we had it all
Dear Jesus, what has happened to the World Soul that we don't have music like this anymore?
❤
This comment section is bringing tears to my eyes..so many touching, personal stories..makes me remember how beautiful mankind can be..
Your comment said everything I'd like to say so I'm going to leave no comment thank you and that bumps you up to 10 times up
NOT when u know JAH, JEHOVAH.
YET I KNOW your pain per my 50s 60s parents who didn't show me I was existence. Thank u much for your expressions. It hits home..
When People where People and all,,was just Good..
Absolutely, way back when.
Shows the amazing power of honest emotion.
If you were a kid and listened to this song, "You had a great childhood"
Fabrication Supervisor you're right. Now im 18 and still love this song
Not really..but this song is quite lovely and sad
your dead right a totally different life to the kids of today , i was 14 when this song was out, only now we realize how good we had it .
Yes
Im 15 and I love this song
I'm 70 and still listening to this song in 2021. Thank you.
I'm only 57.
Im 60 and love this song.!
I’m 71 and can relate to this song even more now.
This song is so much better and I’m glad that we had better song than I’m 71 years old
Well I'm 58 and still listening to Terry Jacks. And. The windmills of your mind. Beautiful people.
Childhood memories, this song is an absolute masterpiece ❤❤❤❤❤.😢..............
Hello Esther, how are you doing?
It's December 23, 2021 and I've just been diagnosed with prostate cancer and now I play this song for My Honey for 44 years.. I was hoping to see our 50th but it's all in Gods hand now.
My dear friend, you have my very deepest sympathy. Please know that you are in my thoughts as we celebrate the birth of Christ ...
My life has been filled with joy and pain, hope your going to be ok!
May God bless you and heal you 🙏🙏🙏
Hey man, are you still there? I hope you're ok and doing well.
hang in there im so sorry!.i lost my whole family and im alone at 62 and its scary and i used to be tough guy was in army and a pro boxer in texas things fold ya abit life is hard
There are only a few songs that you will love for a lifetime. This is one of them!!! 🎶💖🎶
I agree with you. This is a beautiful song that will make you cry
I agree i feel the same way!
So true!
😭
It is !
This song speaks to every generation.
not this gen. not allowed
@@arthurhastings913 bro chill, I’m gen z and I love this song
@@frozen_pizza1492 same!
Not like the shit they sing today
And generations that never came to be due to Roe vs Wade.
My wife loved this song when it came out and still loved it when she passed away. I listen to it on a regular basis.
She will return.
Be ready.Meditate.
🙏🙏🙏
@@thenewmaniscoming6533 what a complete hippopotamus. Where are you coming from? Mork calling ork come in. Welcome to planet earth.
TO YOUR WIFE🥰😇❣
OH NO, THEN SHE DIED!
If that was true, and I doubt it. You can get sad about things don't exist.
This song saved my life, it's been a long time, but I made to 68years old. Thanks to the music of the 70's.
I'm a terminally ill single mother. I wrote this song down for my baby to listen to when he turns 16. Good God, boy, you make me feel alive even when it hurts.
Ravyn i am so sorry for you
So sorry!! I just remembered this song by listening to one hit wonders, so sad but I love it, and I don't know you but I will pray for you and your Son!! 🙏🙏🙏
This song is felt deep in the heart. It's so hard to know what to say to you but I know that you will always be there to protect him and your son will feel you in his heart and mind, helping him make decisions throughout his life. Take care.
I know certain songs have certain comments, but I'm crying right now for you.
@Covidarius Jackson jackson you complete prat
I first heard the song on 1972 at the age of seven now I am 56 and still listening to it, brings tear in my eyes.
we're the same age I was 7 in 1972 and I can remember this song, and all the others we had gifted to us in the 70's by artists with true talent.
I was born overseas in 67 on military base.
Born in 1966. 5 years ago I was in the Duke hospital saying my final goodbyes to my youngest son who had been hit by a driver who left the scene three days before. We have since moved away from the Durham, NC area because of the the pain was just no longer safe for us.
We truly do love and miss you our Son and your brother is lost without you. Our lives will never be the same!
*Rest In Peace “KBM” my son! You will always be loved & remembered!!!*
*{VENGEANCE IS MINE SAITH THE LORD!}*
With all my Love,
Dad
Weren’t released until December 73!
@@nomerc3608 I'm so sorry 4 ur loss. I know how difficult forgiveness can b. My mother killed by drunk driver. Peace and love 2 u. Know u will b together again someday!!!
Amen! The hardest part of getting old is looking back !
Remember this being no.1 in the charts when i was little.
I just love this song, reminds me of a better simpler time in life 🥰
Reminds me of my childhood
God I sure miss those magical years, we had joy we had fun
Only because it was a simpler, better time. It seemed as if time moved slower back then. You didn't have cell phones to distract you; one had time for building friendships.
@@boyceottinger6735 So very true .
@@boyceottinger6735 absolutely
I'm fighting stage 4 cancer, I'm also a war vetran this song hit home very close to home I lost friends in the war and to cancer, this a wonderful song the words match the name there is a time for every thing death, life, happiness, sadness, to all those that can relate to this song like I myself can my heart go out to each and every one of you.
Gabriel Kottke thank you sir for your service
❤ I'm praying for you! Yes, thank you to you and your friends for your service and making it so I can be free...
Stay strong mate, you will get it 💪💪💪
Where are you from?
cancer get you yet or are you still with us
Gabriel Kottke God bless you you are a true Patriot you are in my heart and prayers
Good morning everybody let's go back to the good old days, with lots of peace and no hate. 🙏🏽🌺🐕
wan't peaceful for everone
The times were tumultuous. Much hate, love and death. The music brings all of us for our own reasons. Let it bring what you need. Don't judge anyone else for their needs and memories. ♥️
Amen
Please 🙏❤
I only wish this were true
My coworkers Alexa randomly spun this today at work . Haven’t heard it since early 90’s from my parents . The memories hit right there in the shop .
I lost my wife of 32 years summer 2018. When I'm sad and miss her, I come to this song, usually on a Sunday like today. Love you and miss you Sue, until next Sunday.
You've made me cry sir. 😢 My thoughts are with you.
God bless you mate
Very sorry for your loss. Big hugs
Men often hurt more with loss, even though people expect men to be stoic and not mourn as much. My heart goes out to you.
So Sorry for your loss
I’d like to dedicate this song to everyone we lost from the disease of addiction, and from suicide. You are not forgotten
god bless you sweet person, hare krishna xxx
I am cruising memory lane with these classics. ❤😂❤😂
My friend died at 23. We'd met at around 5yrs old.
His grandpa called us David and Jonathan, not knowing who was the the naughty one.
We shared girlfriends, and life. I'll always miss him and none can ever take his place.
I miss my friend, brother, Gavin.
It's impossible to reflect on the friendship we had for the short time we had had together.
Of one can grasp the meaning of true friendship it could be possible,😢
We played this at my mother's funeral. Just over 13 weeks ago my brothers and I was told our mother had days rather than weeks to live, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
I want people to know what a brave, strong amazing warrior she was, she fought a very tough battle just to stay with us as long as she could. She was amazingly brave.
we will all miss her dearly, there is now a huge void in our lives.
Jesus called your mum to help him papier a place for you and your brother to be back with your mum once again and this time it will be for ever (Just believe in God) i promise he won't let you down.
Hugs and condolences, I lost my dad already 11 years ago next month and it never gets better. You go on but it keeps hurting.
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My condolences to you and your family. We never forget the pain but we learn to live with it.
Oh I am soo sorry.. and beautiful song
oh what memories,73 yrs old and still brings tears
i am 61 now and survived many and lost a lot of nice people, to be still here is everything.
How lucky were some of us in 70s
my very VERY good mate died in 2013...he loved this song R.I.P big geez
60 years old and this still makes me cry. Still love it
Friends, family, and many loved ones have passed. I'm sending this to you Julie because we can still enjoy the day!
no need cry just enjoy
"I am a 54-year old (male) & it still gets me emotional as to where I cry". "Even if I try NOT to cry I get overcome with sad emotions through past sad life events I have experienced".
Brings me back to the roller skating days Good times
Susan Jacks passed away on 4/25/22. Her husband Terry wrote and performed this song. It's beautiful and timeless. RIP. Hope you all find peace in your lives.
Terry Jacks did not write this song. Performed it beautifully, yes, but did not write it.
actually, the poet Rod McKuen wrote and performed a much grittier and provocative version. It included his friend having an affair with his wife. Check it out.
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I listened to it. A poet yes, a singer? GOD NO. This song was given to Terry Jacks by the universe.
and her voice on the back up 1.22
My mother died in my arms she would of not had it any other way....love you......
Mine too ❤️
I miss you Elizabeth, My wife of 44 years, My best friend..... Love you.
Awe I;m feel for you ,as my husband just had 2 stokes ,don;t know if he;ll recover ,So sad ,you bring a tear to my eyes reading this and comment..
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My wife Jeannette died 20 years ago. I just found out I will be with here soon. This song was the first song I look up.
@@sillyoldfrog amen to that
Rest in peace
Im sorry for all your losses Trust me I know how you feel
Lost my best friend who I have known since 1963 ! I will meet you in heaven Deb!
Hello Susan, how's everything going with you?
Growing up in the 70s was a blessing and blast
Who else is listening to this in 2020?
Khual Tonsing me
Khual Tonsing was 13
me 😄
@I have friends yt Me and burst into tears 29.04 😭😭😭
I am 😀
I lost my soulmate and my daughter within the same few months this was one of their favorite songs and I lost them over 25 years ago and I still miss them with all my heart , I love you two and soon we will be reunited again as a family once again
I am truely sorry to hear this. I hope you can find peace and move on. This song is just crazy heart breaking. It was the funeral song of my grandpa and always brings me to tears
I am very sorry, Peter Graham Armfield 😞✌🏻☮️ I was 3 at the time. I wish my friend all the very best in life 💔😢
The bible promises you will see them again in a paradise earth revelation 21 verse 3 & 4
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As a strong believer that there is life after death, this is a song [even if filled great sadness] that we will carry on in our hearts, in our souls for eternity as it will transcend time and space. To all the people who have lost their loved ones in their lifetime, have faith because it is the only force that gives us hope, that drives us forward along our life's journey. I firmly believe that we will reunite one day in God's Kingdom for everlasting life. Do not despair, we are here on Earth for only a brief passage in time like a spec of dust. To all the people that have been diagnosed and are stricken with a terminal disease, have faith that there are greater things waiting for you in God's Kingdom. My heart and compassion pours out along with my prayers for all of you. May God bless you all. I have lost many family members and friends along my life's journey, but I have faith and refuse to believe that we turn into dust and nothing more.
Wow so deep but true nonetheless
Oh my God. Get a grip
@@831Billy Get lost !!
Seasons in the Sun" is the story of a dying man, bidding farewell to loved ones who have shared his life. ... With the money he made from this song, Jacks purchased a boat, which he christened "Seasons in the Sun." He began sailing up and down the west coast of Alaska and Canada, and had some revelations along the way.
Oh that's good,good for him,a brilliant song🙏🙏🙏
Yes
In my youth I thought it was a song about suicide and the final message left. Over the years, and after suffering the loss of my parents, sister and too many friends, I understand it for what it is. A heartfelt message of love from a dying person or to a dying person.
I relate to this at a deep and very emotional level, the fist part a friendship of 40 years. The second goodbye Michelle a tribute to my sister lost to covid. I will be with her soon this will be played at my funeral as well as Disturbeds sound of silence. I am being hounded by authorities because of my decision but all is good happy with my choice of songs.
I hope whenever someone talks about this song and the times they had, I hope they have an amazing story!
this is still a great song in 2019. who is still listening
Weren't the '70s good years for catchy music? Born 17/12/66, my childhood, teens, 20s & 30s saw me through undiagnosed partial-autism. At least music lets me look on my 1st 10yrs in positive terms.
new music is ass
I'm listening, this is a heartbreaking song. I lost my dad and sister a year ago 3 months apart, it makes me think of them and cry. They don't make music like they did in the 70s and 80s. I miss you papa and sis
General Iron love this song 😍
4-15-2019
I was in Vietnam with the Marine Recon Unit. I lost many friends during my tour there. This song makes me think of my friends who fought and died besides me.
Thank you for your service!
My dad lost most of his friends in the Vietnam War...and now 45+ years on, he brings the traveling Vietnam Wall to the town where he’s worked hard to become a councilman.
He tells me of the wonders of the 60’s but the sadness’s of the war and how many friends never returned or were treated poorly when coming back from the war at only 19-20 etc.
I can’t imagine how it was to feel that and so thank you for what you sacrificed for the country and what the country had those young kids do by mandatory rules. No choice at age 18-24 / you are SO APPRECIATED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN!
i also was in Nam, and i agree with you
James Stueck thank you for your service/I cannot imagine what it was like - even when I watch all the real-time footage and documentaries on Vietnam... it’s just very hard to put words to
I'm a Grunt. Was killed in 1978. Dead 100 days. I'm ashamed I'm too much of a coward to blow my brains out. I saw my buddies die also. They were better men/Marines than me. Got a bottle full of pills in my hand right now, but that's too p**** for a Marine. If I can ever conquer my cowardice, I'll go out like a Marine: .44 RemMag thru the brain. (.45 would be better, but a scumbag I trusted stole the .45 I carried in the Corps.)
@dmaonytube Fuck you, democrat civilian coward. go worship obama, clinton, bernie, pelosi
Going through a rough time and this song just popped in my head and during a quick search learned it was released the year I was born
Right now and till the I die. Great songs never die. I just wish more people would listen.
Um, ya'll know this is about his friend overdosing....
We must remind ourselves of the good times.and the times we got to dance on this beautiful blue ball.
So true 👍 real music has gone
@@petersackl654 No it hasn't. People have just forgotten how to play it and only have a score that they don't understand.
Amen to that!
Most Beautiful Song.. Sad but too Makes you Cherish all the Lovely Memories with Your Family and Friends... My Ex Huband passed away from Cancer and He Loved this Song this goes out to HIM!!! RIP ALEX
rip alex and much love to you
XOX
***** jonathan holland Thanks even though he was my Ex Husband He was Always there for Me and My son he raised from age 6 Which is now 20.....He played this song all the time and is Very Fitting to Losing him! Ironic RIP BIG GUY!!!! With a HEART OF GOLD!
God bless you
Yvette Pich Thank YOU its been so Sad With him gone now! Such a Wonderful SOUL!
This song makes me recall a girl that I went to school with. Pam and I went to Junior High and High School together. She lived 3 houses from me and we would walk home together. She thought of me as the brother she never had. I loved her dearly but she was a year older than me and much more mature. She was lost to cancer several years ago but I still think of her often.
My best friend's son passed away 9 weeks ago of an OD. I guess everybody thought I knew and I just found out about 8 hours ago. He was just 25. I had just caught him on FB about a week before he passed and asked how his dad and mom and he was doing. He was thrilled to hear from me, it was a 20 minute conversation easy. It shocked me to the core, and it hurts, such a joy to be around. RIP Jackson, I think this song fits you, me, your dad and mom.
I am so sorry ((((hugs)))))
@@Lisa-jg6gt Ty, am better now, just was caught blindsided with the news.
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My Dad just learned to appreciate this song a couple months ago at age 83. He passed away yesterday morning. My name is Michele 😢
Very sorry for your very sad loss Michele. You will always have your brilliant memories of your Dad. I’m delighted that your Dad liked this song and Terry Jacks
Really! Yesterday 😮
This song will never grow old.
Great song x
Jill King I blame Partridge Family songs turning me into Rock n Roll junkie, I was crazy about Rock Music, Stones, Zeppelin, Alice Cooper. In High School a Teacher got Allman Brothers to play for us. Funny because it was a Catholic School. It was funny in Buffalo, NY almost every band opened saying HELLO BUFFALO. That Buffalo called SNOW CAPITAL OF USA because of 1977 Blizzard. I get it we got 19 feet of snow that winter. City & Schools closed 3 weeks. We only got Visitors because Niagara Falls is close. Even now we average 10 feet from Lake Erie. Always WHITE CHRISTMAS IN BUFFALO
Do you know that it is fact Jacques Brel who created it:
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First I heard this song right after my close friend passed away. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks my friends for liking the song.
This song is still one of the greatest
I am 56 yrs. This Song means soooo Much to me. Donny, I will always Love and Miss YOU.
Hello Michelle how's everything going with you?
At 64 I realize just how fortunate it is to have a good life, good health, good job, good friends and most importantly having a soulmate that shared their life with you. If you have these things, thank God everyday. I never thought it could be that hard to these simple things.
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I,m 64 lost everything wife home friends work, family some 4o years ago I,m still breathing
I'm 63, had the job, home, decent health, but lost my husband back in 91, never remarried, no kids. Just miss the old music
Amen
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My dear sister took her life this song is a tribute to her and all the people who have taken their own lives and their heartbroken families 💔
My dad committed suicide March 1 1978 I was 15 I found him the following year my highschool sweet heart lost our baby boy on May 20 1979 I was crushed and heart broken went in the Army 82nd Airborne on my high school sweet hearts birthday October 9 1979 she left me while in Jump school as faye would have it we got back together after 35 years married after 40 I still love her like I did in 7 the grade when I first saw her I also lost 2 grand baby girls in the last 5 years I thank GOD I have her back so I can enjoy the rest of my life with her I cry I hurt about my loved ones that are gone just though I'd let ya know GOD BLESS
@@stanleyprosser2518 bless you 🙏❤️
Michelle Dymott
I'm so very sorry for the loss of your Sister And May She Rest in Peace and may you and your families and friends also find Peace
Kia Kaha 🌹🌹🌹🌹
@@paulfharris175 thank you for your thoughts 🙏❤️
I lost both my father and my cousin to suicide.
Those were the greatest songs ever. I am still listening. For all time. Timeless. Thank God.
Who remembers being teen 😂
We had this played at my wife's funeral in 2016. We first heard it in school together in the 70s
David Leaney DL, I am sorry for your loss. I was also there in the 70’s and remember people thinking this song was ‘cheesy’. Natural I guess as we were young and going to live forever. As the years go by and we accumulate life experience, it takes on new meaning. It sounds as if you were fortunate to have found a life partner with which to share and build memories. Although all things must end hopefully these memories will last. May you be well.
@@pspicer777 Thank you for your extremely kind words, however I feel bad that I may have unintentionally mislead you.
We first met at about the age of 11 and started dating until we left school at 16 then due to work commitments we drifted apart, occasionally meeting up at parties, school reunions ect. Eventually marrying other people, then in 2008 both having failed marriages we got together and married in 2009. Sadly she passed away in 2016 with a brain tumour.
I should never have let her slip through my fingers all those years ago.
Please forgive me for misleading you.
David Leaney DL, your story as you have filled it out is truely wonderful. Full of rich life experiences ... it might be that without the intermediate experiences, you and your wife would not have had the synergies that existed in your marriage. One will never know for sure, but it does sound as if you were able to find true love and partnership in the time you had together. Very few do. A life lived to the best of ones ability, although imperfect, needs no apology. Be well DL.
Sorry my friend.. :( May she Rest in peace.
I can relate.. lost one of my best friends 2,5 years ago at the age of 25 due to an accicdent.. and this was one of his favourite songs and was played at his funeral too. This song gets me everytime..
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I was born in the early 60s and today's music don't come close to what I grew up with and still listen to it today. 60s 70s 80s was and still is the best music ever played including country, rock and every other genre of music.
u so right...
Same here, that was and still is the best music ever
I agree, 100% I'd bet musicians today, were inspired by great artists of the 60s-80s
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Hell yea, even country was cool back then, give me some Coe any day over the crap they push today. And don't get me started on Zappa, I'll write a block text no will read. So many greats.
Makes me think of my Son. I miss him so!!
You will.
See him again.
This song is too good to leave...
I lost my father A month ago and this song reminds me of him. Bitter sweet song. Rest in peace my dear daddy.😢
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
my father died june 2018 because of heart attack, he sings this song randomnly when he was still alive, i still remember how beautiful his voice is. i miss him so much ❤️
Sorry for your loss 🙏🙏🙏
Be encouraged Annie . I lost my dad when i was 10 years old - 43 years ago. Believe in eternal life and that we will meet our dads again, God bless you loads
I’m glad that you still missing him
i always miss him ❤️
@@anniedonguila3283 I'm sure he was a great man
Brings back teenage memories wow
I just lost my Son on 9/13/2021, and last night had dinner with his best friend growing up and this song tells his story, I will always love him and miss him.
This record really does hit home to us 55+ year olds. And for many different reasons. For me, it reminds me of my useless drunken dad and my poor dear downtrodden mother who had to put up with his shit. He was pathetic and i wish i could get him out of my head. Love you mum.
Sorry this tune brings you bad memories mate.
God bless you
I hope you will forgive and find peace. My dad did me wrong as well
Busyboy 42
Learn to let that shit go. How you might ask? Ask yourself and be honest; what purpose does it serve to allow him to occupy your head space? What good are you getting from this? You're holding onto something that's slowly stealing the light in your life. Last but not least and the hardest; FORGIVE HIM. You're not doing it for him, you're doing it for your own sake! You don't need to put yourself through this any longer. Be compassionate, to yourself. Peace
@@carlgustav945 Sometimes, it's impossible. You asking him to do it is wrong.
77yrs old and still cry when I listen. Lost my husband a Vietnam Nam Vet in 2019.
Sorry for your lost, that Is nature for you, you can cheat nature
54 yrs here and still listening to this sad great song I keep in my phone 2021 miss the great ole days
First time I heard this song 1973
And still listening with love
43 years and i have never forgotten you Julie.
That was the name of the Love of my life to
Just heard this on the radio and I love this song.
I'm 57 and today I lost a friend who I'd known since we were 9 or 10, RIP Trev you were a trusted friend
Chapter 4 brought me here!!!
Wonderfull Song!!!!!
Song making me cry, comments are making me cry harder... im sorry for everyones losses my heart hurts
im fucking crying
Thats the hard reality of life. We all have to leave one day..
You have a beautiful heart Hailey
You & me both 💖💖💖
We all leave but meet again .xx
I am 59 and still listening to this song. Grew up on old time rock and roll. Been listening to this song since I little.
Im 63 and still listening to it in my collection
@@AnwarYunos That's good. I listen to old time country classic music to.
@@lindalippert4414 Hello Linda, how's everything going with you?
Just lost two friends this montth.... This song brings much needed comfort.. 😎🐕
Such a very pretty, yet incredibly sad song.
Hello Maryshell how's everything going with you?
My mom told me she loved this song & months later she passed. We played this at her funeral. I was so young I didn’t remember who sang it. Then it played in the midnight club & instantly I knew it was THE SONG. Now I’m crying @ 2:53AM listening to this song for the first time since her funeral. I love you mom
I wanted this played at my funeral, but my first boyfriend, first love and then my husband, passed away recently, we married when I was 15 and he 19, we always loved this song, he and I were the 70s,
My heart is breaking, 😢 can't listen to it now, maybe one day I will be able too, but just not now
@@tammyrenee64 🫂🫂🫂🫂
Got you in my thoughts and prayers dear😌💙
Sorry for your loss.😞🥲.
I used to listen to this song all the time when I was growing up in Scotland in the 1970s.
Almost forgotten song!
Tonight I found it by mumbling because I listened it in an old film ending !
CZcams is miracle !
@@voskreglavincevska3651 Hello there how are you doing?
Lost my friend when l was ten years old she was nine will never forget her 💟💟
How are you doing Mary?
To me this is not a sad song. Yeah, it's about dying and some regret about decisions made in life, but at the same time it affirms a life that was lived to the fullest. Tt also makes it very clear that life goes on even without us, and that even in death our presence is always felt. Great lyrics and catchy melody.
I've reach the age now that I'm starting to lose friends from illness I loved this song 50 years ago and now I think to myself what it really means
My sister died I am 50 and loosing people
I understand how you feel my friend as ime in my mid 70s ,school friends work mates loved ones and as the man said you are not alone please remember,God bless and take care.
Your right they are all going away
In memory of my mom 🙏🙏 RIP Love you mom ❤❤
Hello Janina, how are you doing?
First time I heard this song , I was 6 years old and 5 decades after, i still love it. my memory travelled back in my childhood.
When I was younger, I always played this song because it has a lot of meaning to it. I still listen to it because the words and music is so nice. I loved the 70s.
Hello Marie, how's everything going with you?
My father has requested this song play at his funeral, such a great song
Me too but no funeral just memories.
55 years old and still get a lump in my throat timeless classic
My brother sang this song the week before he passed! My little brother!! RIP❤️❤️❤️
Every time I hear this song even today it makes me sad that everyone I have known has never wanted to continue to be a lifelong friend outside of a marriage.
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