Seasons in the Sun (Spell)
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Seasons in the Sun is an album recorded by Rose McDowall
and Boyd Rice
under the name Spell
, released in 1993 on Mute Records
. The two cover a number of songs from the 1960s and '70s, often modifying the lyrics to make them darker. For instance the line "Goodbye Papa, please pray for me" from the original version of "Seasons in the Sun
" becomes "Goodbye Papa, don't pray for me". Several references to Hell
and death are added as well.
Rose McDowall
Rose McDowall is a Scottish musician, most notably as a vocalist in the pop band Strawberry Switchblade.-History:...
and Boyd Rice
Boyd Rice
Boyd Blake Rice is an American experimental sound/noise musician using the name of NON since the mid-1970s, archivist, actor, photographer, author, member of the Partridge Family Temple religious group, co-founder of the UNPOP art movement and current staff writer for Modern Drunkard...
under the name Spell
Spell (band)
Spell was a collaboration between Rose McDowall and Boyd Rice. The two cover a number of songs from the 1960s and 1970s, often modifying the lyrics to make them darker. For instance the line in the original song Seasons in the Sun: "Goodbye Papa, please pray for me" becomes "Goodbye Papa, don't...
, released in 1993 on Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
. The two cover a number of songs from the 1960s and '70s, often modifying the lyrics to make them darker. For instance the line "Goodbye Papa, please pray for me" from the original version of "Seasons in the Sun
Seasons in the Sun
Apart from the versions noted above, there have been numerous cover versions of the song. Generally, these use the same translation as the Terry Jacks version, and thus inherit that version's less harsh interpretation of the song's storyline....
" becomes "Goodbye Papa, don't pray for me". Several references to Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
and death are added as well.
Track listing
- "Johnny Remember MeJohnny Remember Me"Johnny Remember Me" is a song which became a 1961 UK #1 hit single for John Leyton, backed by The Outlaws. It was producer Joe Meek's first #1 production. Recounting the haunting - real or imagined - of a young man by his dead lover, the song is one of the most noted of the 'death ditties' that...
" - "Free Now to Roam"
- "Stone Is Very Very Cold"
- "Down from Dover"
- "There's No Blood in Bone"
- "Terry"
- "Seasons in the SunSeasons in the SunApart from the versions noted above, there have been numerous cover versions of the song. Generally, these use the same translation as the Terry Jacks version, and thus inherit that version's less harsh interpretation of the song's storyline....
" - "This Little Bird"
- "Our Own Way"
- "Big Red BalloonBig Red Balloon-Track listing:#"Big Red Balloon" - 4:17#"The Ever Constant Sea" - 2:34#"Stone Is Very Very Cold" - 2:52 -Track listing:Side A...
" - "Endless Sleep"
- "Rosemary's BabyRosemary's Baby (film)Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on the bestselling 1967 novel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin...
(Lullaby Part I)"