Seasons In The Sun

Status
Cover Song


Song Author
Terry Jacks


Recording Session(s)
January 19-21, 1993 Ariola BMG Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BR


Notes
Nirvana covered the song during their 1993.01.19-21 session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


The song was originally titled "Le Moribund" by Jacques Brel. It became a hit in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom after Terry Jacks translated and retitled it as "Seasons In The Sun." The single was released in 1973 and an album by the same name came out in January 1974. (Amazon does not list the album, but Jacks' version of the song can be found on several compilations.)




(Thanks to DN member Cough Syrup for their input.)


 
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Alternate/Working Titles
None Documented


Common Mislabels
None Documented


Mislabels in the Bootography
None Documented


Lyrics

El Mundo De Sofia -

The book’s main metaphor is the The rabbit represents the universe/nature. Most people are born at the tip of the rabbit’s fine hairs (focused on mundane, sensory details). Philosophers, however, crawl down to the fur and try to climb up to the magician (the creator/ultimate reality). Sofía’s journey is a literal attempt to climb from the fur (her fictional world) to the magician (the Major).

Soon, she starts receiving a series of typed lessons on the history of philosophy from a mysterious philosopher named Alberto Knox. Through these lessons, Sofía learns about major philosophers from the pre-Socratics (Thales, Heraclitus) to modern thinkers (Sartre, Freud). El mundo de Sofia

Parallel to the philosophy course, Sofía discovers a strange subplot involving a girl named Hilde Møller Knag. On Hilde’s birthday (June 15), Sofía receives postcards from Hilde’s father, a UN major, who seems to be addressing Hilde through Sofía’s world. The book’s main metaphor is the The rabbit

The story follows Sofía Amundsen, a 14-year-old Norwegian girl who begins receiving mysterious letters in her mailbox. The letters pose fundamental philosophical questions: Who are you? Where does the world come from? Sofía’s journey is a literal attempt to climb


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