how will I forget this song, I have sang this during my 2nd year high school in Pambujan, a duet number with Teresita " Baby" Diaz...a song to remember as days go-by!
@david1953ization Take a look at her own website at maryhopkinDOTcom, she has been releasing her back catalogue since 2005 and also brought out a brand new cd with her son Morgan Visconti
@david1953ization I checked Wikipedia because I too was interested in this sweet voiced woman. She was married and divorced to a man named Visconti. They had a daughter who also sings. She has been involved as a singer in many groups and many project. Because she is not USA centered, we of course hear nothing of her
talent and many albums. What I'd like to know (from Paul McCartney) is what the heck did he and she break up? Was she also involved with George Harrison as well?
Thoughtful adults, my parents, aunts, uncles and their contemporaries embraced this song circa 1968. The majority of these folks were in their early 30s. Personally, at 12 years old I was drawn to Mary's trilling, warbling style and I threw over my early '60s crush on Haley Mills for Mary. There's still something about Mary.
A beautiful song. Unfortunately, Mary went the same way as many other artists attached to the Apple label when The Beatles went down the pan in 1970. The Beatles owned the Apple label.
@MrMoggyman Not entirely. Her absence from the music scene was her own doing to raise her family. It was hardly the tragic story that befell Badfinger. She continues to record today under her own label run in part by her daughter.
One of my all time favorite songs. Thanks for the video. This seems to be a shorter version of the original, but Mary's voice is beautiful all the same. thanks,
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I hated this song when I was kid back in the 1970's, and forty years later, I still can't stand it. It's not that she is a bad singer...well, yes she is. She just murders this song. Admittedly the song is terrible, but so is she. Sorry, but this, for lack of a better discription, SUCKS!!
@ArizonaKnightWolf Then why did you hunt it down? Just to comment about how much you're hated it for 40 years? Do something with your life. The greatest possible gift and you're wasting it on bullshit.
@ArizonaKnightWolf - thank you for your comment MinotauroSG but really we shouldn't feed the trolls now should we...BTW have you taken a look at the videos this clown watches and uploads, any comment from someone like this has to be laughed at, its probably just a teenager anyway, We are really in trouble if its old enough to vote.
@ArizonaKnightWolf and again I say 'well tickle my tits till Friday!', Get over yourself. You like your version, others like this one, and some like both.
@ArizonaKnightWolf It hardly surprises me that a guy who goes by the name of ArizonaKnightWolf would not be a huge fan of Mary Hopkin. As a child, back in the 70's you could be forgiven for giving this title to yourself. 40 years later though...it really makes you out to be, for lack of better description, a TW@T!
Actually, this is not a folk song. The melody was written by the Russian composer called Boris Fomin in 1925. It's a pity that Raskin didn't mentioned the real composer of this masterpiece.
My little brother and I used to perform this for my Mom and Dad when we were kids . We'd dance and hold hands in a circle. We enjoyed singing and reciting for them .. yes those were the days...... hte good mold days...
@naganokumas Rather fancy both Ms. Hopkin & Ms. Bassey have very distinctive voices, if you were referring to another Shirley I to do apologise. Wouldn't have thought there would be too many other Shirley's you could have been thinking of from that particular Principality though ?
One can feel a bit of Russian nostalgia in the melody of this tune. Mary Hopkins was a great singer ( like todays's young Dido !) and this song does bring back to me "reflections" of better times lived....those were ithe days, indeed !
i didnt know the birth of this song and tune, it does have an "old timey" sound and i love this version and mary does it justice ty for posting and thank those making comments you have enriched my knowledge ty
This was one of my first 45's back in the day. I played it over and over and figured out how to play it on the piano - but could imagine it being Russian originally - beautiful
Gene Raskin plagiarised the song, stole it from the Russian composer Fomin. One of the first singer who sang it was Aleksandr Vertinsky. Fomin died in 1948 in poverty. Raskin, who wrote only English text and plagiarised the melody, became rich.
@artistelenaringo@artistelenaringo , The song Vertinsky sang was written by Boris Fomin/Konstantin Podrevskii called Dorogoy Dlinnoyu (Дорогой длинною) "By a long road" When Gene Raskin recorded the song "those were the days" with his group the limeliters the composer of the music was unknown and when Mary recorded it in 1968 Essex Music were under the impression that the melody was a traditional piece. and it wasnt until many years later that the identity of the composer became known
Even if Raskin had not known the author of the melody, it was not his melody. He put copyright on the tune and collected royalties,of which the relatives of the real composer Fomin never got a penny. The song is a part of the Russian culture and copyright for the melody must be taken away of Raskin.He wrote the lyrics. That's it.
@artistelenaringo With all due respect, how could the PUBLISHERS. not Gene Raskin, pay any monies owed if they did not know WHO to pay the monies too.
@richpat The issue is that the original music was not copyrighted, it was in the public domain, therefore anyone could use it with no monies due to the author. Raskin has claimed the music as his own work, supposedly altered from the original, which it clearly isn't. (or if it is, any change is insignificant to justify it as a new piece). He has even pursued legal action against others using this music. Using the tune with new lyrics is fine, but taking credit for writing it is not.
@richpat I understand he wasn't aware who wrote it at the time. How much truth there is in that in another matter. Regardless, how does not knowing the composer give him the right to claim the music as his own work? Do you understand the issue here? The music has been subject to massive commercial exploitation, with Raskin's name put in the place of author so he could take the credit. Had Raskin stated the music as being of an unknown source this song would still have been successful.
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Thank you uploader for taking the time and making the effort to convert this to youtube. I'm sure mary hopkin would not wish us all to squabble about the quality of the sound, so let's all be grateful and enjoy this 'old' footage of her and sing with her.... la, la , la , la , la , la :)
Sometimes something happens, maybe something little, something that takes me back to different times in my life. Times we thought we could take for granted. Times that it seemed would never end. But, of course they did. This song captures how that feels.
How crazy. A song from simpler days, expressing how nice things used to be. An old concept by no means limited to this little song, fulfills its own prophesy by attracting a bitter fued over the sound quality! Nasty.
A live transmission from 30 years ago, on the domestic technology of the day, was nearly always woeful. The quality is typical and it is better available to everyone with its imperfections, rather than being left forgotten in someones attic. Post as many of these gems as possible.
@jonathanfromtheblock Well thanks very much, this was recorded onto a VHS recorder in the early 1980's played to death for many years then transferred to computer then uploaded to youtube, I am just grateful it has survived at all ...
I dislike people like you. If you have a better version, upload it. If not, shutup and acknowledge the fact that the owner uploaded the vid in the first place.
I can hear it perfectly btw. This person must have something wrong with his/her ears/speakers. :)
@qrUnqestyLe I dislike people like you, richpat responded to what i said, i even thumbed up richpats comment when i saw it as i liked it, what surprised me was the video has 1.4 million hits and the sound quality is poor, its unusual on youtube, thats why i commented, maybe brutal is a 'poor' choice of words, there was no offence intended, i doubt if many took offence bar yourself.
Lol I love how you use my own sentences against me, shows your lack of vocab and ability to create a sentence.
I think, if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it at all. Especially when the owner of the video took the time to upload the video for your viewing pleasure.
@qrUnqestyLe I think there is wisdom in your message, if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it at all. I made a comment about the video richpat has uploaded not about the person who uploaded, you have made two personal attacks on me within two messages even though you don't know me. I think this is a poor reflection on you. If you disagree with what I'm saying please tell me why?
I have been telling you why I disagree with you for the past day. Is there any need for me to repeat myself?
The comment about the video still reflects on the uploader, hence he uploaded it, he tok the time to convert the file and upload it, again, I can't believe I'm repeating myself, for your viewing pleasure. Why are you making me repeat myself?
@qrUnqestyLe i was trying to bring the conversation to a higher level and show you that you effectively lowered yourself to my supposed level and beyond with your retort. It's as plain as the nose on your face that you have done this.
A beautiful song, lovely singer. Bu oh ! the nostalgia from so many of you. They were great days, but they're done & dusted. I checked out this song because I want to play it on piano or guitar (I'm relearning the keyboard, and just started guitar - at 65 years of age;- ever the optimist !). Anyway, from time to time turn off your computer and pop down your local pub, club or whatever, where there might be live music. Then you can rekindle "the days". Oh, and leave your mobile at home.
This was our Class Song during the Graduation of Venice High, 1980. Those days of youth, imagination and fervent expectation seem not so far removed and yet an eternity. The Song haunts me because it reminds me that the vitality of our youth which defines so much of our formative years is fleeting. Those first love affairs, those idealistic passions are like gas on a fire, flaring high, burning hot, but dying down all too quickly.
I don't know why but this song popped into my head a few minutes ago and I was actually surprised to find it!! I was pretty young when it came out but now as I read the lyrics, I feel like it fits me. Those were definitely the best days ever!!! I think everyone has a time in their life they can remember and agree that "those were the days".
@Vasjona No it's not, the music was written by a Russian composer called Boris Fomin in the early 1920's, his song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) had words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics "those were the days" in 1962 and used Fomins music only
@MultiGabbyG : This may be a little surprising. The original song is Russian It seems to me that he original name is "The long road" . You can find it in YouTube. Its a folkloric chantic.
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@levatation1 No it's not, the music was written by a Russian composer called Boris Fomin in the early 1920's, his song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) had words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics "those were the days" in 1962 and used Fomins music only
It haunts, it pains, it brings tears to think how I wasted so many of 'those days," and now those days, those loves, those riche times are gone. Thank God at least the memories still gush forth and this music can still make those memories.
There comes a time in any persons life when the sound of this song will bring tears to their eyes and make them think to themselves ... Those were the days.
We are so caught up with our everyday problems that life just passes us by and one day we see our reflection in the mirror and think "is that really me? where did my childhood/ youth/ life go?".
@nozh2002 No nothing was stolen, here on my posting is a song called "those were the days" you are referring to a song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) music by Boris Fomin with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics "those were the days" in 1962 and used Fomins music only, if you listen to Vertinski's song the arrangement is quite different.
@nozh2002 Using music and putting "other words" to said music has been done for many, many years, eg, Sinatra and My Way... What's the problem with that ...
@morrigann11 You are a very rude person. No I am not a fool. When Gene Raskin put his words to THIS music, neither he or the publisher knew who the composer was. When Mary recorded it again the composer was still not known, it wasn't until after it become a world wide hit did they find out Boris Fomin had written it the music.
I remember this song as a kid and I liked it very much, but I prefer Goodbye. I never knew what she looked like till a couple of years ago, thanks to youtube and she turned out to be everything I imagined her to look like...BEAUTIFUL! . Youtube is fantastic for strolling down memory lane and can be depressing as well when you look back at the past and wonder, where did it all go?
I look back at those days and wish to return to the hope and simplicity of then. I also shudder at how naive and foolish I was, and how I miraculously survived. In fact, I couldn't have without the direct kindness and mercy of God. I made it through it all because God is good.
@Gemini1988I Hi Gemini...Mary Hopkins was one of the early success stories for the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein.. I think her career really flew the Beatles' Apple Corp. was created.
They advertised for young talent to produce and she was one of them. Paul McCartney arranged this song for her to sing. It became an instant hit in the 60's. Her voice is just lovely isn't it? btw they also produced a young James Taylor! Thank God!
@cindyamcbride Almost right, Brian had sadly passed away some time before.Mary released an EP of Welsh language songs for a local label called Cambrian before signing to the Beatles Apple Label in 1968. Model Twiggy saw her winning a TV talent show and recommended her to Paul McCartney.
I remember when I was kid listening to this song when playing cards with my grandma and sister during the school holidays. Funnily enough, we seemed to think that those days would never end.
I also understood that this melody is originally Russian.In a way this music makes me think of the Jewish people.Don't ask why...Maybe this melancholy typically for these people.It is very beautiful
@555Nato Correct. It's an old Russian song called Along the Snowy Road. The English lyrics are by Gene Raskin, and are not a translation of the Russian song.
@tigranvartanovitch ,is it the one i have just put in my favourites list..This one by Mary Hopkin is also a very fine I have to say.Normally covers of originals arent nice to listen to,but this one is also very good..What are the lyrics of the original Russian version,what is the text about.Can you tell ?
@richpat thank you.The original text fits the melancholic melody very much.Very beautiful.Another Russian song I like also very much is what i know called "Volga man"or "The Volga Burlack's song".That song gives me the shiver along my spine.So strong ...One of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard.
@555Nato Yes, it's the one by Victor Klimenko. The melody of the first line is slightly different from Those Were the Days, and Klimenko sings the original melody. The song is about a troika ride in the snow. It is not connected at all with Gene Raskin's lyrics. Occasionally, one hears a popular song, and it can be traced back to a folk song or a piece of classical music. The Seekers' The Carnival Is Over is another Russian song. It's "Stenka Razin", but the melody of the last line is different
@tigranvartanovitch Hi,yes I saw the original text on the website of richpat,on maryhopkindotnet ,he has the Russian ,original version shown too.Which is very nice of him..You're right on that many popular songs have their origins in folk and classic songs.I love the song Stenka Rasin by the way.What a voice !!
@theBaron0530 ,The Germans sentimental?That's new to me.I live in a country neighbouring Germany,but never seen anything like you say.I do know their work 'ethics'.Had a German girlfriend who worked 12,5 hours a day.Remember the saying "Arbeit macht frei" ?Now THAT is German.For sentiment I more think of Italy.Russia ,yeah,definitely too.I've got several Russian Folk songs which shows it (Volga boat man).But Germany ...dont know ,but i have never seen it...
tHANK YOU FOR POSTING'pAT. i WAS MARRIED TO A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO WAS A DEAD RINGER FOR mARY.tHEY WERE BOTH BORN IN 1950 AND MY WIFE WAS A FAN HERE IN cANADA. i WATCH SEVERAL OF THE VIDS THAT YOU AND OTHERS POST ALMOST EVERY NITE BECAUSE i FIND IT GIVES ME CONFORT AND JOY TO LOOK AT THE VIDS AND THE BEAUTIFUL, MELODIC MUSIC. mY DARLING WIFE DIED OF BREAST CANCER 3 YEARS AGO AND THANKS TO YOU AND yOUTUBE, i FEEL A CONNECTION THAT HELPS ME THROUGH THIS SEEMINGLY EVERLASTING GRIEVING PROCESS. tHANKS
@aknaturelvr "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) was NEVER translated. Gene Raskin in the 60's used the melody and wrote his own lyrics for Those were the days...
how will I forget this song, I have sang this during my 2nd year high school in Pambujan, a duet number with Teresita " Baby" Diaz...a song to remember as days go-by!
goodrich416 2 days ago 2
great tune!!!
cheesegwis 3 days ago 2
whatever happened to her ,she seems to have completely disappeared
david1953ization 1 week ago in playlist girl singers
@david1953ization Take a look at her own website at maryhopkinDOTcom, she has been releasing her back catalogue since 2005 and also brought out a brand new cd with her son Morgan Visconti
richpat 1 week ago
@david1953ization I checked Wikipedia because I too was interested in this sweet voiced woman. She was married and divorced to a man named Visconti. They had a daughter who also sings. She has been involved as a singer in many groups and many project. Because she is not USA centered, we of course hear nothing of her
talent and many albums. What I'd like to know (from Paul McCartney) is what the heck did he and she break up? Was she also involved with George Harrison as well?
gwhen100 1 week ago
One of my favourites thanks.
chavrons1 1 week ago 2
not my cuppa tea - but the chick's hot :D
schwarzfalk 1 week ago
Forgot all about this song. One of my favourites as a teen. Loved the song and voice thankyou.
chavrons1 1 week ago 3
Thoughtful adults, my parents, aunts, uncles and their contemporaries embraced this song circa 1968. The majority of these folks were in their early 30s. Personally, at 12 years old I was drawn to Mary's trilling, warbling style and I threw over my early '60s crush on Haley Mills for Mary. There's still something about Mary.
TralfazConstruction 1 week ago 3
@TralfazConstruction I must have been 14 and she must have been a few years older. All those around my age loved her. Beautiful memories for sure.
chavrons1 1 week ago 6
Wow this brings back such pleasant memories.....Thanks so much for uploading this.
tocanepauli 2 weeks ago 6
A beautiful song. Unfortunately, Mary went the same way as many other artists attached to the Apple label when The Beatles went down the pan in 1970. The Beatles owned the Apple label.
MrMoggyman 2 weeks ago
@MrMoggyman Not entirely. Her absence from the music scene was her own doing to raise her family. It was hardly the tragic story that befell Badfinger. She continues to record today under her own label run in part by her daughter.
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I always thought this sounded Russian!
cumomsandcureloms 2 weeks ago
@cumomsandcureloms ..
i also always believed this is a russian song.
RakoRakan 2 weeks ago
Oh yeah, Those were the days!.
foreverstone7 2 weeks ago
I remember liking this song when I was a kid; I haven't heard it since. Thanks for the upload. Cheers.
Keepsu 3 weeks ago 5
One of my all time favorite songs. Thanks for the video. This seems to be a shorter version of the original, but Mary's voice is beautiful all the same. thanks,
BUZZ4134 3 weeks ago 4
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I hated this song when I was kid back in the 1970's, and forty years later, I still can't stand it. It's not that she is a bad singer...well, yes she is. She just murders this song. Admittedly the song is terrible, but so is she. Sorry, but this, for lack of a better discription, SUCKS!!
ArizonaKnightWolf 3 weeks ago
@ArizonaKnightWolf Then why did you hunt it down? Just to comment about how much you're hated it for 40 years? Do something with your life. The greatest possible gift and you're wasting it on bullshit.
MinotauroSG 3 weeks ago 4
@ArizonaKnightWolf - thank you for your comment MinotauroSG but really we shouldn't feed the trolls now should we...BTW have you taken a look at the videos this clown watches and uploads, any comment from someone like this has to be laughed at, its probably just a teenager anyway, We are really in trouble if its old enough to vote.
richpat 3 weeks ago 17
@ArizonaKnightWolf So, what would you rather listen to if you have the choice...THIS or (C)RAP?
yucchhiiowwee 3 weeks ago 3
@ArizonaKnightWolf If you 'hate' it so mutch, WHY ARE YOU HERE!!!!
Atheist88mphPirate 1 week ago 3
@ArizonaKnightWolf and again I say 'well tickle my tits till Friday!', Get over yourself. You like your version, others like this one, and some like both.
get2rog 1 week ago 5
@ArizonaKnightWolf It hardly surprises me that a guy who goes by the name of ArizonaKnightWolf would not be a huge fan of Mary Hopkin. As a child, back in the 70's you could be forgiven for giving this title to yourself. 40 years later though...it really makes you out to be, for lack of better description, a TW@T!
MrChrisastin 1 week ago 5
Me too, but this is often the case thank goodness.
Claytonvale2011 3 weeks ago
Ykes! Another song that was always on the radio in '68......Melanie, John Sebastian...Tom Jones......Sly...............so many others
FatherCoughlin 3 weeks ago
Great song. Love her vocals.
Frank
frankchiafari 3 weeks ago
Lovely musical performance!
mcfrdmn 3 weeks ago
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pensandoendesorden 4 weeks ago
Yes Mary Hopkin, those were the days. :/
DoinYoMom74 1 month ago 4
This song just cuts too deep during a recession. Don't listen
nixongill 1 month ago
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Actually, this is not a folk song. The melody was written by the Russian composer called Boris Fomin in 1925. It's a pity that Raskin didn't mentioned the real composer of this masterpiece.
georgenergy 1 month ago
@naganokumas its also over 5 mins long this was edited for the show ...
richpat 1 month ago
My little brother and I used to perform this for my Mom and Dad when we were kids . We'd dance and hold hands in a circle. We enjoyed singing and reciting for them .. yes those were the days...... hte good mold days...
smfbiz 1 month ago
People ought to remember that Wales is known for more than just coal & rugga players !
BigDon62 1 month ago
@BigDon62 Shirley not.
naganokumas 1 month ago
@naganokumas Rather fancy both Ms. Hopkin & Ms. Bassey have very distinctive voices, if you were referring to another Shirley I to do apologise. Wouldn't have thought there would be too many other Shirley's you could have been thinking of from that particular Principality though ?
BigDon62 1 month ago
@BigDon62 Sorry.
naganokumas 1 month ago
One can feel a bit of Russian nostalgia in the melody of this tune. Mary Hopkins was a great singer ( like todays's young Dido !) and this song does bring back to me "reflections" of better times lived....those were ithe days, indeed !
VIRIATO1942 1 month ago
@VIRIATO1942 I would say a lot of Russian nostalgia, no just a bit.
44433391 1 month ago
Wow! Those were the days!
carrychris2010 1 month ago
i didnt know the birth of this song and tune, it does have an "old timey" sound and i love this version and mary does it justice ty for posting and thank those making comments you have enriched my knowledge ty
latykai 2 months ago
how ever it is the best
mojdragiluka 2 months ago
A video about Friends Lost, Dictatorship, and Roast Chicken got me here...
oopopp 2 months ago 7
Who's been brought here by Nando's Dictator/Robert Mugabe advert? ;)
markus1357 2 months ago 145
@markus1357 100th thumbs up, your welcome.
armyoftheredgamers 1 month ago
I was born, 6th August, 1950, as was my Twin Brother.
We both agree, in this instance, Mary Hopkin excells.
In every instance.
twinstu50 2 months ago 3
This was one of my first 45's back in the day. I played it over and over and figured out how to play it on the piano - but could imagine it being Russian originally - beautiful
looneybineastman 2 months ago 3
I would kill for the bass tabs to this song. I would do it by ear but it's really hard to hear.
PsychoSymantic 2 months ago
Gene Raskin plagiarised the song, stole it from the Russian composer Fomin. One of the first singer who sang it was Aleksandr Vertinsky. Fomin died in 1948 in poverty. Raskin, who wrote only English text and plagiarised the melody, became rich.
artistelenaringo 2 months ago 8
@artistelenaringo @artistelenaringo , The song Vertinsky sang was written by Boris Fomin/Konstantin Podrevskii called Dorogoy Dlinnoyu (Дорогой длинною) "By a long road" When Gene Raskin recorded the song "those were the days" with his group the limeliters the composer of the music was unknown and when Mary recorded it in 1968 Essex Music were under the impression that the melody was a traditional piece. and it wasnt until many years later that the identity of the composer became known
Pat
richpat 2 months ago 8
Even if Raskin had not known the author of the melody, it was not his melody. He put copyright on the tune and collected royalties,of which the relatives of the real composer Fomin never got a penny. The song is a part of the Russian culture and copyright for the melody must be taken away of Raskin.He wrote the lyrics. That's it.
artistelenaringo 2 months ago 4
@artistelenaringo With all due respect, how could the PUBLISHERS. not Gene Raskin, pay any monies owed if they did not know WHO to pay the monies too.
richpat 2 months ago
@richpat The issue is that the original music was not copyrighted, it was in the public domain, therefore anyone could use it with no monies due to the author. Raskin has claimed the music as his own work, supposedly altered from the original, which it clearly isn't. (or if it is, any change is insignificant to justify it as a new piece). He has even pursued legal action against others using this music. Using the tune with new lyrics is fine, but taking credit for writing it is not.
haggismn 1 month ago
@haggismn Fed up repeating myself the composer of the music was unknown to raskin when he put his words to the music.....
richpat 1 month ago
@richpat I understand he wasn't aware who wrote it at the time. How much truth there is in that in another matter. Regardless, how does not knowing the composer give him the right to claim the music as his own work? Do you understand the issue here? The music has been subject to massive commercial exploitation, with Raskin's name put in the place of author so he could take the credit. Had Raskin stated the music as being of an unknown source this song would still have been successful.
haggismn 1 month ago
@haggismn He NEVER claimed the music as his own. The publishers are responsible
richpat 1 month ago
This song takes me back to when I was a young child. Life was so easy, when your parents are there for you
motalan 2 months ago 3
mary hopkin , whats she doing now please anyone?
garrycollett 2 months ago
@garrycollett lots and lots, she has her own label and has re;eased some wonderful stuff, go to maryhopkinDOTcom,
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VIPrtn 2 months ago
in 1977 she sang backing vocals on bowie,s sound and vision hit
n0rt0nj4zZ 2 months ago
@n0rt0nj4zZ Yes she did, and if your only 13 what are you doing up at this time??
richpat 2 months ago
yer thats my great grandama there u all see singing she very beautiful
MegaPaganwolf 2 months ago
@MegaPaganwolf ???
richpat 2 months ago
Welsh women are so-o-o-o-o beautiful!
Countrygent100 2 months ago 3
Thank you uploader for taking the time and making the effort to convert this to youtube. I'm sure mary hopkin would not wish us all to squabble about the quality of the sound, so let's all be grateful and enjoy this 'old' footage of her and sing with her.... la, la , la , la , la , la :)
joesophie90 3 months ago 5
Sometimes something happens, maybe something little, something that takes me back to different times in my life. Times we thought we could take for granted. Times that it seemed would never end. But, of course they did. This song captures how that feels.
ssloansjca 3 months ago 2
How crazy. A song from simpler days, expressing how nice things used to be. An old concept by no means limited to this little song, fulfills its own prophesy by attracting a bitter fued over the sound quality! Nasty.
A live transmission from 30 years ago, on the domestic technology of the day, was nearly always woeful. The quality is typical and it is better available to everyone with its imperfections, rather than being left forgotten in someones attic. Post as many of these gems as possible.
harrykee 3 months ago 6
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Ironically, in my attempt to have an 'original' post, I have cut and pasted nytrini2005's comment because it applies to me exactly.
"When this song came out in the late 60's I was a child of about 4 years old, but it made a great impression on me. I still love hearing it."
(Thanks, nytrini2005! I was also born in T&T too!) ☺
dustymiller65 3 months ago
When this song came out in the late 60's I was a child of about 4 years old, but it made a great impression on me. I still love hearing it.
nytrini2005 3 months ago
She is Welsh and lives in Cardiff, Wales
motalan 3 months ago
man his song takes me back i was living in santa rita guam such a great time for me
krpelkey 3 months ago
Very nice! But it's a short version, it starts with the third strophe.
austrianfunkhunter 3 months ago
i like the song but the sound quality is brutal
jonathanfromtheblock 3 months ago
@jonathanfromtheblock Well thanks very much, this was recorded onto a VHS recorder in the early 1980's played to death for many years then transferred to computer then uploaded to youtube, I am just grateful it has survived at all ...
richpat 3 months ago 16
@richpat lol ya thats funny
solidblood003 3 weeks ago
@jonathanfromtheblock
I dislike people like you. If you have a better version, upload it. If not, shutup and acknowledge the fact that the owner uploaded the vid in the first place.
I can hear it perfectly btw. This person must have something wrong with his/her ears/speakers. :)
qrUnqestyLe 3 months ago
@qrUnqestyLe I dislike people like you, richpat responded to what i said, i even thumbed up richpats comment when i saw it as i liked it, what surprised me was the video has 1.4 million hits and the sound quality is poor, its unusual on youtube, thats why i commented, maybe brutal is a 'poor' choice of words, there was no offence intended, i doubt if many took offence bar yourself.
jonathanfromtheblock 3 months ago
@jonathanfromtheblock
Lol I love how you use my own sentences against me, shows your lack of vocab and ability to create a sentence.
I think, if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it at all. Especially when the owner of the video took the time to upload the video for your viewing pleasure.
qrUnqestyLe 3 months ago 4
@qrUnqestyLe I think there is wisdom in your message, if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it at all. I made a comment about the video richpat has uploaded not about the person who uploaded, you have made two personal attacks on me within two messages even though you don't know me. I think this is a poor reflection on you. If you disagree with what I'm saying please tell me why?
jonathanfromtheblock 3 months ago
@jonathanfromtheblock
I have been telling you why I disagree with you for the past day. Is there any need for me to repeat myself?
The comment about the video still reflects on the uploader, hence he uploaded it, he tok the time to convert the file and upload it, again, I can't believe I'm repeating myself, for your viewing pleasure. Why are you making me repeat myself?
qrUnqestyLe 3 months ago
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@qrUnqestyLe i was trying to bring the conversation to a higher level and show you that you effectively lowered yourself to my supposed level and beyond with your retort. It's as plain as the nose on your face that you have done this.
jonathanfromtheblock 3 months ago
is everyone commenting on this drunk or something?
kindofmagicmike 3 months ago
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the days will come back we will make them
cpmccaughan 3 months ago
@yipeokia1 Nothing. I like it.
east215 3 months ago
I was serving in Viet Nam when I heard this song, love it, i was only 18, now I'm 66 and still love it.
stuman62 3 months ago
Yes! It always sounded like an old folk song.... Thank you for all that info....ejl
eviejane82 3 months ago
Those most certainly were the days, my friend... but they didn't end... they just changed a bit... and those dreams still fit.
zroppian 3 months ago
@davehorne but face and voice!!!!---never mind the legs
martpast1 3 months ago
This song has a very Yiddish bent.
east215 3 months ago
A beautiful song, lovely singer. Bu oh ! the nostalgia from so many of you. They were great days, but they're done & dusted. I checked out this song because I want to play it on piano or guitar (I'm relearning the keyboard, and just started guitar - at 65 years of age;- ever the optimist !). Anyway, from time to time turn off your computer and pop down your local pub, club or whatever, where there might be live music. Then you can rekindle "the days". Oh, and leave your mobile at home.
LesAinsworth 3 months ago
@davehorne When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old ...
richpat 3 months ago 5
paul macartney didnt write this song he produced it
andrew34430 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Mary Hopkin
@andrew34430 And where do I say he did?
richpat 3 months ago
This was our Class Song during the Graduation of Venice High, 1980. Those days of youth, imagination and fervent expectation seem not so far removed and yet an eternity. The Song haunts me because it reminds me that the vitality of our youth which defines so much of our formative years is fleeting. Those first love affairs, those idealistic passions are like gas on a fire, flaring high, burning hot, but dying down all too quickly.
jeff62rey 3 months ago
I don't know why but this song popped into my head a few minutes ago and I was actually surprised to find it!! I was pretty young when it came out but now as I read the lyrics, I feel like it fits me. Those were definitely the best days ever!!! I think everyone has a time in their life they can remember and agree that "those were the days".
survivrs 4 months ago
has youtube ever had such a time adding suggestions?
bobgarner44 4 months ago
Who cares who wrote it! It's an amazing song! Every time I hear it I'm transported into the 1700's! (It sounds older than the 1960's!)
MultiGabbyG 4 months ago 3
@MultiGabbyG The words are from the 1960's the melody is from the 1920's
richpat 4 months ago 2
@richpat it`s Russian folksong, translated into English 1960s, became populare due to Macartney.
Russian version sounds like "Дорогой длинною да ночкой лунною....", try to listen to it on youtube
Vasjona 2 months ago
@Vasjona No it's not, the music was written by a Russian composer called Boris Fomin in the early 1920's, his song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) had words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics "those were the days" in 1962 and used Fomins music only
richpat 2 months ago
@MultiGabbyG : This may be a little surprising. The original song is Russian It seems to me that he original name is "The long road" . You can find it in YouTube. Its a folkloric chantic.
tripleang1 3 months ago
@tripleang1 chantic? what language is that?
VisualAssault2011 2 months ago
Mary Makes Music Magic.
Time Turning-Tavern
Reflections To Remember.
AbeniSisterSnake 4 months ago 2
@AbeniSisterSnake well said, well sung, well spirit :)
mythtree 4 months ago
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Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
robertoamor2011 4 months ago
The tune is an old Ukrainian folk song believe it or not
levatation1 5 months ago 2
@levatation1 No it's not, the music was written by a Russian composer called Boris Fomin in the early 1920's, his song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) had words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics "those were the days" in 1962 and used Fomins music only
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Wilson96HUN 1 month ago
@Wilson96HUN oh no it's not ...
richpat 1 month ago
@Wilson96HUN Go away your just being a Buda....pest ! There's a good fellow.
BigDon62 1 month ago
@Wilson96HUN sorry, but this is russian from 1967
TheJurgen57 1 month ago
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@levatation1 I don't believe it.
MrEODTEK 3 months ago
"Those Were the Days" when music was actually not about drugs and women yep, "those were the days"
mar102399 5 months ago 6
perfeeeect!!!!
ZTasmMojegoTaty 5 months ago 3
nice song
14rioma 5 months ago
It haunts, it pains, it brings tears to think how I wasted so many of 'those days," and now those days, those loves, those riche times are gone. Thank God at least the memories still gush forth and this music can still make those memories.
jeff62rey 5 months ago 2
There comes a time in any persons life when the sound of this song will bring tears to their eyes and make them think to themselves ... Those were the days.
We are so caught up with our everyday problems that life just passes us by and one day we see our reflection in the mirror and think "is that really me? where did my childhood/ youth/ life go?".
Time is so merciless...
KHIMERA609 6 months ago 6
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KHIMERA609 6 months ago
always know she was a redhead rather than a blonde, with those sparkling blue eyes that could capture the devil.
yippitydodah 6 months ago
The Simpsons used to be good.
Those were the days.
pontyfaxjr 6 months ago
This song was composed in some years after revolution in Russia (1917)
slaviusful 6 months ago 3
@slaviusful "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) was composed during the 1920's, BUT this song 'Those were the days' was written around 1962.
richpat 6 months ago 2
this song is old but also very very good and i was born in the 2000's lol i love old songs :)
chynaheart 6 months ago
This was number one in the uk charts on the day I was born (October 15th 1968)
ijk9999 6 months ago
Ha! Initially I thought it is translation from Russian, but it looks like it was actually stolen - lyric is quite different.
nozh2002 6 months ago
@nozh2002 ?? Nothing was stolen, Music is by Fomin lyrics are by Raskin ...
richpat 6 months ago
@richpat
Music was stolen - it is old Russian song first recorder in 1920 by Vertinski - "Дорогой Дальнюю".
See YouTube for - "Александр Вертинский Дорогой длинной....
But it was not stolen only by Americans - it was also stolen by French ...
See - "DALIDA, LE TEMPS DES FLEURS"
nozh2002 6 months ago 2
@nozh2002 No nothing was stolen, here on my posting is a song called "those were the days" you are referring to a song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) music by Boris Fomin with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics "those were the days" in 1962 and used Fomins music only, if you listen to Vertinski's song the arrangement is quite different.
richpat 6 months ago
@richpat
I am not quite sure about this notion of "using" someone else music, to me it looks like "borrowing".
How many song written on music from "Yesterday" or "Michelle" or "Take it off" do you know.
It does not seems like a usual practice.
Do you think it would be OK to "use" music from other Russian songs - there quite a bit of them and they are really good as well.
nozh2002 6 months ago
@nozh2002 Using music and putting "other words" to said music has been done for many, many years, eg, Sinatra and My Way... What's the problem with that ...
richpat 6 months ago
@richpat
Are you fool?
The sign © is need in this situation. Or Raskin had to name the author of music of this song. He didn't do it!
morrigann11 6 months ago
@morrigann11 You are a very rude person. No I am not a fool. When Gene Raskin put his words to THIS music, neither he or the publisher knew who the composer was. When Mary recorded it again the composer was still not known, it wasn't until after it become a world wide hit did they find out Boris Fomin had written it the music.
richpat 6 months ago
Kiera Knightley's mother
kelomike 6 months ago
@kelomike lol,
richpat 6 months ago
I remember this song as a kid and I liked it very much, but I prefer Goodbye. I never knew what she looked like till a couple of years ago, thanks to youtube and she turned out to be everything I imagined her to look like...BEAUTIFUL! . Youtube is fantastic for strolling down memory lane and can be depressing as well when you look back at the past and wonder, where did it all go?
jtsct 7 months ago 4
MARY IS A FANTASTIC!!!! SINGER!!!!! I USE TO DANCE WITH MY FRIEND THEN DAYS IN THE STREET WE WERE SO YOUNG!!!!! THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD
pq9r6v3h2x 7 months ago 2
when listening to her songs feels like i'm in a garden full of daffodils and roses having a cup of tea!
ilovePAULMcCartney17 7 months ago 4
I Love Her!
deepboy8 7 months ago 2
I look back at those days and wish to return to the hope and simplicity of then. I also shudder at how naive and foolish I was, and how I miraculously survived. In fact, I couldn't have without the direct kindness and mercy of God. I made it through it all because God is good.
bharfarar 7 months ago 12
follow Mary Hopin on Twitter @themaryhopkin
She's still a dream.......and very funny.........
privatepilotuk 7 months ago 4
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privatepilotuk 7 months ago
I'm a rocker and hate this type of music, but I love this song. All time classic!!
113jm 7 months ago 3
This is better quality than some of Marys earlier renditions, but i wish they hadn`t chopped up the verses and shortened the performance.
easyeagle2 7 months ago
Who is this nice girl? Never heard of her. So cute, and her voice is so lovely and sonorous.
Gemini1988I 8 months ago
@Gemini1988I Hi Gemini...Mary Hopkins was one of the early success stories for the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein.. I think her career really flew the Beatles' Apple Corp. was created.
They advertised for young talent to produce and she was one of them. Paul McCartney arranged this song for her to sing. It became an instant hit in the 60's. Her voice is just lovely isn't it? btw they also produced a young James Taylor! Thank God!
cindyamcbride 7 months ago
@cindyamcbride Almost right, Brian had sadly passed away some time before.Mary released an EP of Welsh language songs for a local label called Cambrian before signing to the Beatles Apple Label in 1968. Model Twiggy saw her winning a TV talent show and recommended her to Paul McCartney.
richpat 7 months ago
@cindyamcbride Thank you
Gemini1988I 6 months ago
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cindyamcbride 7 months ago
I use to dance in my street with my friend we were so little but we Loved the song thank for the upload
pq9r6v3h2x 8 months ago 2
Thanks a lot for uploading :)
Friedenspfeife321 8 months ago
Wie immer waren die Fab4 die Trendsetter.
Frauen und Popmusic-unvorstellbar.
Dann sagten sich die 4-lasst mal eine Frau ran.
Der Rest ist Charts-Geschichte.
DANKE!
hjs480 8 months ago 2
I remember when I was kid listening to this song when playing cards with my grandma and sister during the school holidays. Funnily enough, we seemed to think that those days would never end.
DavidJHilt 9 months ago
i love this songs sooooo much!!!!!! cant stop listening to this i think i must've broken the like and replay button!
sasuke12345671 9 months ago 2
Bravo!!! Beatiful smooth voice!!! Beatiful singing!!! Great charm!!!! Congratulations!!
Greetings from Brazil.
violinoable 9 months ago 3
This makes the U.S. music sound bad I love music like these that make you think of the past/future The music from the U.s. surely is stupid.
MrSilver497 9 months ago
it's not about the history of the song, the rendition, Mary Hopkin, great stuff
gilliser 9 months ago
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mjw9363 9 months ago
I also understood that this melody is originally Russian.In a way this music makes me think of the Jewish people.Don't ask why...Maybe this melancholy typically for these people.It is very beautiful
555Nato 9 months ago
@555Nato Correct. It's an old Russian song called Along the Snowy Road. The English lyrics are by Gene Raskin, and are not a translation of the Russian song.
tigranvartanovitch 8 months ago
@tigranvartanovitch ,is it the one i have just put in my favourites list..This one by Mary Hopkin is also a very fine I have to say.Normally covers of originals arent nice to listen to,but this one is also very good..What are the lyrics of the original Russian version,what is the text about.Can you tell ?
555Nato 8 months ago
@555Nato I have a page dedicated to this song on my website maryhopkDOTnet
richpat 8 months ago
@richpat thank you.The original text fits the melancholic melody very much.Very beautiful.Another Russian song I like also very much is what i know called "Volga man"or "The Volga Burlack's song".That song gives me the shiver along my spine.So strong ...One of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard.
555Nato 8 months ago
@555Nato Yes, it's the one by Victor Klimenko. The melody of the first line is slightly different from Those Were the Days, and Klimenko sings the original melody. The song is about a troika ride in the snow. It is not connected at all with Gene Raskin's lyrics. Occasionally, one hears a popular song, and it can be traced back to a folk song or a piece of classical music. The Seekers' The Carnival Is Over is another Russian song. It's "Stenka Razin", but the melody of the last line is different
tigranvartanovitch 8 months ago
@tigranvartanovitch Hi,yes I saw the original text on the website of richpat,on maryhopkindotnet ,he has the Russian ,original version shown too.Which is very nice of him..You're right on that many popular songs have their origins in folk and classic songs.I love the song Stenka Rasin by the way.What a voice !!
555Nato 8 months ago
@plavusha208 - Figures it comes from a Russian song...they're the most sentimental people on the planet, out-sentimentaling even the Germans.
theBaron0530 10 months ago
@theBaron0530 ,The Germans sentimental?That's new to me.I live in a country neighbouring Germany,but never seen anything like you say.I do know their work 'ethics'.Had a German girlfriend who worked 12,5 hours a day.Remember the saying "Arbeit macht frei" ?Now THAT is German.For sentiment I more think of Italy.Russia ,yeah,definitely too.I've got several Russian Folk songs which shows it (Volga boat man).But Germany ...dont know ,but i have never seen it...
555Nato 9 months ago
@555Nato - It's a stereotype, to be sure, but you can find examples of a maudlin sentimentality in a German, especially after a few beers.
theBaron0530 8 months ago
@theBaron0530 ,ofcourse.In each folk there is every emotion :-)
555Nato 8 months ago
tHANK YOU FOR POSTING'pAT. i WAS MARRIED TO A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO WAS A DEAD RINGER FOR mARY.tHEY WERE BOTH BORN IN 1950 AND MY WIFE WAS A FAN HERE IN cANADA. i WATCH SEVERAL OF THE VIDS THAT YOU AND OTHERS POST ALMOST EVERY NITE BECAUSE i FIND IT GIVES ME CONFORT AND JOY TO LOOK AT THE VIDS AND THE BEAUTIFUL, MELODIC MUSIC. mY DARLING WIFE DIED OF BREAST CANCER 3 YEARS AGO AND THANKS TO YOU AND yOUTUBE, i FEEL A CONNECTION THAT HELPS ME THROUGH THIS SEEMINGLY EVERLASTING GRIEVING PROCESS. tHANKS
hahl940 10 months ago
@aknaturelvr "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" (Дорогой длинною) was NEVER translated. Gene Raskin in the 60's used the melody and wrote his own lyrics for Those were the days...
richpat 10 months ago 3