Other Musicals

Seasons Of Love
Jennifer — 2 Jan 2000

Seasons of Love: A New Year's Music Video
Sung to Seasons of Love from Rent

It has been a VERY long time since I have posted here, but I haven't forgotten anyone...I've just been too busy to be creative. Anyway, this is one of my patented music videos :) to my favorite song from the musical "Rent". I post it in honor of the new year and the new millenium.

(New Year's Eve on the Voyager. Almost midnight. All are gathered in the lounge. Seven stands apart, puzzled by the fact that humans celebrate the passage of time, and what good it does to look back on the past year while ringing in the new. Finally, she addresses the crew.)

Seven:
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure, measure a year?

(Gesturing towards chronometer and other objects in the lounge)

In daylights? In sunsets?
In midnights? In cups of coffee?
(Kathryn smiles at this last.)
In inches? In miles?
In laughter? In strife?

In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure a year in the life?

The Others (with great warmth):
How about...love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love!
Seasons of love,
Seasons of love!

Seven (still not quite convinced):
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

The Crew (one at a time):
In truths that she learned
(shot of Seven listening to Kathryn's counsel)
Or in times that he cried,
(shot of Neelix weeping over Kes's departure)
In bridges he burned
(shot of Chakotay renouncing Maquis)
Or the way that she died?
(shot of Kes vanishing)

All Except Seven:
It's time now to sing out,
Though the story never ends,
Let's celebrate--remember a year
In the life of friends!

(They stand together as Seven begins to approach them. During the next few lines, we see flashback shots from the show that, in one way or another, show the close bonds among the crew.)

Remember the love!
(Oh you got to, you got to remember the love)
Remember the love!
(You know love is a gift from up above)
Remember the love!
(Share the, give the, spread the love)
Remember the love!

Kathryn:
Measure, measure your life in love!

All Except Seven:
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love!

(During this, Seven moves to join them, picking up a glass of champagne like the rest of them. Close shot of all the glasses clinking, just as the chronometer hits midnight.)

Happy New Year, everyone.
Remember the love!