I think this song belongs to the best songs of the sixties!
“Those Were The Days“ is a very nostalgic song for me personally.
I think about good old times, thats why I really like to listen to this.
So, if you like to think about old times, tune in! ;)
Have fun and enjoy!
Lyrics:
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two.
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And thinking of all the great things we would do.
Those were the days, my friend,
We thought they’d never end,
We’d sing and dance forever and a day;
We’d live the life we choose we’d fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la.
Then the busy years went rushing by us,
We lost our starry notions on the way.
If by chance I’d see you in the tavern,
We’d smile at one another and we’d say.
Those were the days, my friend,
We thought they’d never end,
We’d sing and dance forever and a day;
We’d live the life we choose we’d fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days.
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la.
Just tonight I stood before the tavern,
Nothing seemed the way it used to be.
In the glass I saw a strange reflection,
Was that lonely woman really me?
Those were the days, my friend,
We thought they’d never end,
We’d sing and dance forever and a day;
We’d live the life we choose we’d fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days.
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la.
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la.
Through the door there came familiar laughter,
I saw your face and heard you call my name.
Oh my friend we’re older but no wiser,
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Those were the days, my friend,
We thought they’d never end,
We’d sing and dance forever and a day;
We’d live the life we choose we’d fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days.
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la.
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la.
“Those Were the Days“ is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to the Russian romance song “Dorogoi dlinnoyu“ (“Дорогой длинною“, literally “By the long road“), composed by Boris Fomin (1900–1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism.
Mary Hopkin’s 1968 debut single of “Those Were the Days“ (producer, Paul McCartney) became a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart. The song also reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind “Hey Jude“ by McCartney’s band The Beatles. It was number one in the very first edition of the foreign singles sales chart launched by the Centre d’Information et de Documentation du Disque.
Georgian singer Tamara Tsereteli (1900–1968) and Russian singer Alexander Vertinsky made what were probably the earliest recordings of the song, in 1925 and in 1926 respectively.
The song appears in the 1953 British/French movie Innocents in Paris, in which it was sung with its original Russian lyrics by the Russian Tzigane chanteuse Ludmila Lopato. Mary Hopkin’s 1968 recording of it with Gene Raskin’s lyric was a chart-topping hit in much of the Northern Hemisphere. On most recordings of the song, Raskin is credited as the sole writer, even though he wrote only the later English lyrics (which are not an English translation of the Russian lyrics) and not the music.
#1HOUR #MaryHopkin #ThoseWereTheDays
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