{"id":770,"date":"2025-07-28T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=770"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:14:53","slug":"mm-1961-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2025\/07\/28\/mm-1961-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seasons in the Sun\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NySdb68oZ2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Seasons in the Sun,&#8221; popularized by Terry Jacks, is an English adaptation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=10&amp;sca_esv=7f0bd94c4cf1a1fb&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1070US1070&amp;cs=0&amp;q=Jacques+Brel&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjM_-Kk6t-OAxWSElkFHa3pNwYQxccNegQIAhAB&amp;mstk=AUtExfCxml7BgxDDiunnH3ONNJlmwvHRR0o981rVllkGp1x1YbHtjku9BMNd_Xxa8BVu5f5pUrnFissciMPV9GcHAhFQZ9BU22NksnkyD9oOJOq0gKW7pzSIHppqo68TQmjUk_NGSiin_TqnFslH5vZHCtPbF7kuL6NTnwueGRbjWE5tjr-f7QpRyQJvuSfNegsV6llN&amp;csui=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jacques Brel<\/a>&#8216;s 1961 French song\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?num=10&amp;sca_esv=7f0bd94c4cf1a1fb&amp;rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1070US1070&amp;cs=0&amp;q=Le+Moribond&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjM_-Kk6t-OAxWSElkFHa3pNwYQxccNegQIAhAC&amp;mstk=AUtExfCxml7BgxDDiunnH3ONNJlmwvHRR0o981rVllkGp1x1YbHtjku9BMNd_Xxa8BVu5f5pUrnFissciMPV9GcHAhFQZ9BU22NksnkyD9oOJOq0gKW7pzSIHppqo68TQmjUk_NGSiin_TqnFslH5vZHCtPbF7kuL6NTnwueGRbjWE5tjr-f7QpRyQJvuSfNegsV6llN&amp;csui=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Le Moribond<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0(The Dying Man).\u00a0<mark>Rod McKuen translated the lyrics in 1963, creating a version that portrays a dying man&#8217;s farewell to loved ones<\/mark>.\u00a0While McKuen&#8217;s version is known for its sentimental tone, Terry Jacks&#8217; 1974 hit notably altered the lyrics to focus on a friend dying of leukemia, rather than the original&#8217;s narrative of a man facing betrayal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rod McKuen also wrote one of my favorite poems&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THIRTY-SIX<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I live alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t always been that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s nice sometimes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to open up the heart a little<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and let some hurt come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It proves you&#8217;re still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what it means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why we can&#8217;t shake the old loves from our minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be that we build on memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and make them more than what they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And is the manufacture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just a safe device for closing up the wall?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only fuzzy circumstance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>is sometimes where-and-how<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why, I know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It happens just because we need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to want and to be wanted too,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>when love is here or gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to lie down in the darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and listen to the warm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Seasons in the Sun,&#8221; 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