Песня крокодила Гены. Song of the crocodile Genes.

[TheRedcedars]

when i found this great song i remember lovely time i was spend it with my mother in past when i

was kid........ i miss that moments

[V1KT0R87]

Блин. Как же пацана то жалко. Ведь спился и умер, в общем, молодым.

[supjet]

вот это да........

[gregorekify]

Bardzo mi się podoba. Szkoda,że Siergieja już nie ma z nami.

[DiGiTimmiE]

:o Long time ago, still great! :)))))

[maryjaneland51809]

Эта песня из крокодила гены < 3

[Olekander]

миленкий

[grozd100]

Все пак , Някой трябва да го каже на Български -селски слушай - теа американски задници Ги чакам ООООтдавна  да станат хора

[MissAnimeFreak513]

This is so cool

[therealjarett]

It's "Song of Crocodile Gena" aka "Goluboy Vagon (Blue Car), not "Crocodile Genes" :)

[niiix]

Erm, does anybody have any idea why it is sang two times? Not that I can't listen to it infinite times :) , I'm just interested. My only idea is to have enough footage for TV...

...and do they really hand out 500 "Eskimo"s at the end? :)

[HHHPPP8]

@niiix About eskimo. Honoraria for the soloists of the choir were very small and sometimes ice cream was their fee for the presentation.

[baxa1981]

@niiix i was reading about Paramonov in wiki. It says they sang it twice because the audience shouted "bis". It also says repetition of a song happened 3 times in the history of "Pesnya goda". This song is one of them.

[genaRussiaUS]

I came to the USA in 1993, Dislike communism very much, but love this song, so please no politics...

[vorontsoff]

вот он dub :)

[Olekander]

почему песенка повтеряется столько раз?

[sergKostroma]

@Olekander потому что это один из редких случаев, когда на песне года пели на бис

[toliati1]

гена кроко

[RANKEL1]

NO ENTIENDO UN CARAJO, PERO ME ENCANTA, ES HERMOSO, SI SE ME APARECE UN ANGELÍTO CANTANDOME ASÍ , ME MUERO DE ALEGRÍA......

AHORA EL CHABÓN DEBE SER MAS VIEJO QUE YO, PERO DESDE ARGENTINA TE MANDO UN ABRAZO ENORME, Y GRACIAS POR TU ARTE. BRAVÍSIMO!

[CubanColonel]

@RANKEL1 AUNQUE NO LO CREAS, ESTE MUCHACHITO, SERGEI PARIOMOV, CRECIO, DESARROLLO, SE HIZO UN HOMBRE Y CON SU CAMBIO DE VOZ SE FUE SU MAGNETISMO Y PARTE DE SU TALENTO. DEPRIMIDO, SE LANZO AL MUNDO DEL ALCOHOLISMO PARA FALLECER A LA JOVEN EDAD DE 36 ANOS. UN TAN TRAGICO FINAL PARA TAN MAJESTUOSA NINEZ. SALUDOS DESDE CUBA

[Amerussia]

Wow, brings back great memories!

[catena92]

500 eskimo - i dliiinnaja ocheredj k foniatru :) predstavliaju, kak hormejsterov perekosilo tam :)) 

[pegody]

"Genes"? Может, "Genna"?

[danielshon]

UP CCCP !!

[Ivan100065]

Uczyłem sie tej piosenki na Rosyjskim w podstawówce w Krakowie w 1988.Pozdrowiam z POLSKI !!

[Navajo549]

thank you classychick for the clarification. makes more sense that's it's a new years tree

[Navajo549]

thanik you. It'll take me a couple of days to get this translated. Then I'll perhaps send another reply

[Navajo549]

bravo tovarish! I'm suprized they had a Christmas tree. This is Soviet.

[classychick2601]

@Navajo549 Это не рождественская елка, а обычная. Мы никогда елку на рождество не наряжаем. Это просто наш символ нового года.

[HHHPPP8]

@Navajo549

It not a Christmas tree. It is a New Year tree. It differs from a Christmas tree that on a top there is no ornament in the form of an angel.

[Navajo549]

bravo tovarish!

[arlettesopr]

Пусть бегут неуклюже пешеходы по лужам А вода по асфальту рекой И не ясно прохожим в этот день непогожий Почему я веселый такой А я играю на гармошке у прохожих на виду К сожаленью день рожденья Только раз в году Прилетит вдруг волшебник в голубом вертолете И бесплатно покажет кино С днем рожденья поздравит И наверно оставит мне в подарок пятьсот эскимо А я играю на гармошке у прохожих на виду К сожаленью день рожденья Только раз в году К сожаленью день рожденья Только раз в году

[eSuperboi]

Hebrew version

video.walla.co.il/?w=//1619288

[VLAYENNA]

Why did he die ? :(

[Elabeta1]

@VLAYENNA

a) Sergey Paramonov was solist of a Big Children Choir in Russia in 1972-1975. He was also called as Soviet Robertino Loretti. He was born in a very simple family. When Sergey was 10 years old, his grandmother took Sergey to the casting of a Big Childrens Choir. One year later Sergey was already the solist. He was really amazing - his voice was beautiful and singing honest, sensitive and very expressive. He was loved in all over the country, he was very-very popular.

[Elabeta1]

@VLAYENNA

b) After his voice broke Sergey left from the choir. Other boys started to sing the songs that were written specially for him. Nobody needed him after leaving the choir. Life was absolutely empty for him. It was hard to sing in second places if you had experienced big stages behind. He couldnt find himself. When Sergey was 36 years old, he died.

The song is called "Smile". Smile starts friendship...

[VLAYENNA]

@Elabeta1

Thank you so much :)

Ver nice of you :) ;*

[VLAYENNA]

@Elabeta1

Thank you so much :)

Very nice of you :) ;*

[Elabeta1]

@VLAYENNA YouTube:  Sergey Paramonov "Smile" (Улыбка)

[thompson8305]

why was it in black and white if it took place in 72?

[gotham61]

@thompson8305 Because most Soviet TV was in black and white until the mid 1970s

[DannicOverflo]

3:57-4:12 is one of the reasons I find this such a beautiful language.

[undinaful]

Жалко, что плохо кончил Сережа, такой очаровательный мальчик тут

[pressti995]

rammstein made a remix^^

[MrSatone667]

it's rulez? nuff sad))

[Revendolf]

я плачу(

[rfckb]

Солист - Сережа Парамонов. Пусть земля ему будет пухом. :-) Но мастерство советских хоров восхищает.

[klouns9]

@rfckb

Сережа не фонтан.

А вот хоры, согласен! Советские хоры это неподражаемо.

[KINGRUSSIO]

arshavin? as kid xD

[MaoiMeowi2]

Isn't this also a birthday song?

[nblJIecoc]

lol boy xDD

[oscar774411]

me encanta este video la musica

felicitaciones

oscar

SANTIAGO CHILE

[magpatrister]

mla angli4ane vse zatknitess naxer....ne4ego portit sove4kuju muziku!!

[begbaru]

love this song..

[CHICANUK]

Ничё не понял! Песня наша, советская!!! Чего тут на английском пишите? Говорите чтобы мы тоже понимали! А кто еще там ругается? так вас туда же

[Kucher40]

@CHICANUK Ты прав!Охренели совсем пиндосы!

[miglek]

@CHICANUK

я тоже не могу их понять

[ExplodingCarebear]

Why in the FUCK are people discussing history and politics??? Enjoy the song, for fuck's sake.

Why does everything that comes from former USSR on Youtube have to be severely scrutinized and overanalyzed? This here is a friggin fantastic cartoon/song/everything. Jesus. My friggin childhood. Enough about friggin politics and enjoy a little culture instead. Who gives a shit about former USSR's flaws in something so very unrelated.

[TheDramaBomb]

@ExplodingCarebear Let them discuss politics if they wish. Just... Relax. If you don't want to talk politics then don't. Balance your chi :) <3 peace

[TheDramaBomb]

@ExplodingCarebear Let them discuss politics if they wish. Just... Relax. If you don't want to talk politics then don't. Balance your chi :) <3 peace

[TheRikKn]

@ExplodingCarebear man you are soo right :) thumb up for you....

[63alena]

Сережа Парамонов?Тот самый?

[67iriska]

В который раз убеждаюсь, что современные детские песенные коллективы (всякие там "Непоседы" ) не годятся в подметки Детскому хору Радио и Телевидения СССР.

Спасибо!

[magpatrister]

Hmm.. ppl...this is place is for comment..not for discussion..create this topic on a forum..

daaa blin...-))) napominaet detstvo..v kotorom ja sei4as..navernoje v krovi-)LOL

[oleg0able]

Наверное это лучшее исполнение детской песни на русском языке когда-нибудь спетой. Такой искренности. наверное, уже нельзя добиться сейчас.

[thisarikid]

I'm not Russian, nor am I good with the language, (the most I can do at this point is read the alphabet) but I know this song (and other cheburashka songs) by heart. <3 I have to say this is beautiful.

[greentchr]

Although this little boy had a sad ending, it is sure beautiful to watch him as he was as a child. The choir is very talented also!

Any chance someone can post the words in Russian? Or point me to a site where I can find words to this and other childrens songs?

It would be greatly appreciated!

[shurabalaganov74]

@greentchr how do you know that boy had had a sad ending?

[greentchr]

@shurabalaganov74 Sergey Paramonov died in his 30's, to that scourge of Russia, alcohol. It does not detract from the beauty of his youthful singing, though... just so sad.

[nomint]

@greentchr what happened to him?

[greentchr]

@nomint  Elabeta 1 explains what happened in comments, just below. Sad end to a wonderful possibility for this young man =-(

[chukchee]

Will there ever be a Soviet Union again?

[chukchee]

I finally UNDERSTAND Soviet Union. It was built on very beautiful theories. Unfortunately, the real world does not work that way.

[BlackVirtue]

@chukchee

It's not that "real world" doesn't work that way, Soviet Union wasn't intended to be like that in the first place, when jewish richppl aranged revolutions and the blind carried them out.

it's thanks to Stalin and other known and unknown good people it became like that at least for a short time.

I guess we can unite not by force and someone else's plans, but through each own journey. By finding and walking your own path.

You can't sabotage THAT revolution.

[BlackVirtue]

If you think, that revolutions all over the world were of spontaneous, chaoic nature - then you don't know many details and facts about them, especially russian one.

It's essential for someone with "kaleidoscope" world-view.

You know, that toy, where different colored glass pieces chaotically change places every time you turn it.

Main revolution characters were Lenin (Ulyanov) and Trockiy (Bronstein). Both jews trained abroad. How's that for a "coincidence" ?

[buythiscar]

@BlackVirtue

lrn2history, Vladimir Illyitch was not a jew. Lev davidovitch was.

[BlackVirtue]

@buythiscar l2history yourself and check his mother's surname. Also inspect his face. That is if you know how.

And listen to how he speaks. Or maybe you can't, because you're not russian, unlike me, and you don't know what's wrong with how he talks ?

[TheDramaBomb]

@buythiscar he was half Jewish genetically, but religiously he was an Atheist.

[BlackVirtue]

Stalin captured power due to his smarts and unforseen circumstances: Trockiy got ill, he could not take part in political debates and lost his position.

Stalin led the country in unintended direction, that's why he was killed.

Because of Stalin USSR was prospering 30 years under it's own inertion - there weren't any real leaders after him.

There still aren't any.

There are some buisnessmen, who "successfully" sell natural resourcess abroad.

[BlueSpawn]

Lenin's family was Russian Orthodox. He was baptized as a child. And in any case, what difference does it make if they were Jewish or not? Who cares if they were Jewish. Maybe next thing you want to tell me is that all of the Blacks and Mexicans are responsible for all the crime in US?

[BlueSpawn]

And Stalin brought greatness? You're talking about the same Stalin who killed more Russian civilians than the Nazi army? The same Stalin that drove Russian's economy into the ground by trying to pull off a 5 year Industrial plan? Stalin who wanted to take over the world with Hitler until Hitler betrayed him? That Stalin? If you think that he caused 30 years of prosperity while my grandparents worked for 3 months without pay, you need to relearn your history.

[BlackVirtue]

Guess what, the government apparatus was already arranged by "Trocky & Co", and NKVD had their officials too.

Yes, USSR was prospering, even though there were "retards" in government after Stalin's death. Untill they broke it down, opened "iron fence" and destroyed economics.

And you haven't reacted on the fact, that revolution and it's main faces were sponsored from overseas.

I don't know about you and your family, but most of the people I know regret the loss.

[BlackVirtue]

USSR had alot of flaws (hell, it started like "flaw" sponsored by bankers and carried out by permanent revolutioners), but it had potential.

Otherwise it would't be destroyed.

I was born in 85 and caught the glimpse of it. It was great even then.

And after hat everything fell down in the abyss - morality, economics.

The only good thing about modern days is internet, from where I got alot of most important information (I'm not talking about what we're discussing).

Farewell

[vasillepesh]

I cuoldnt bielive it was so long ago, i wasnt even planned yet :) all this artists behave very cool and free, without soviet stamps and etc...

we need such events without stupid global advertisement and posh phrases

sometimes i feel proud, that my childhood was such. of course its only one side of medal...

[kentross100]

Сережа! Ты лучший! Жаль, что тебя нет с нами!

[1Schwonder1]

Серёжа, ты был и остаешься лучшим! Немного больно и жаль осознавать то, что всё последнее время ты думал, что это не так...

[aka200877]

наверное их потом растреляли после концерта /!!)))

[MARIANNA199TRE]

noa.

[WaRPooH]

Мне одному показалось , что это Евгений Дятлов в детстве ? )))

[morrbby]

CONGR TO UPLOADER - UNIQE

[NemeSisLFay]

so black and white tv was done between-1972 and 1976?

[oncelostmain]

он сам как крокодильчик:)

[Kirikukki]

Very beautiful ))))

[iskrabg]

очень хорошо

[borisov87]

Россия-великую страну!!!

[romek1212puzon]

wspaniały chór!!!

[Kosackk]

Miss the old soviet times

[aldsak]

AmAzing !!! someone please translate it into English ! love it ! :)

[TourRoyale]

Let the pedestrians hurridly run by on puddles

and water flows on the asphalt like a river

And it's not clear to passers-by

On this gloomy day why

I am so happy

I am playing an accordian

In front of passers by

It's too bad that a Birthday

Is only once a year

[TourRoyale]

(verse 2)

Suddenly a magician will fly down

In a blue helicopter

And for free will show a movie

congratulate with a "Happy Birthday"

and probably leave me

as a present 500 Eskimos pies

[aldsak]

Thanks a lot ! :)

[wox24]

Super,eto ljubimaja pesnja moej dočky.

[imparatia]

...spasiba za video....

[imparatia]

..ocheni krasiva....

[imparatia]

B E A U I F U L !

[imparatia]

..B E A U T I F U L ..!!!!!!!!

[gammondog]

I admire the dedication of the children and their parents. I hope those posters found their way into frames so they could be preserved as

[zendpiraat]

What a great song ! Thanks for sharing this spendid video ! Greetings from Zendi in Holland.

[mamadi1206]

the choir is good!!! woow. jealous!

[szkaradnik]

Znakomite wykonanie, pamiętam bajkę jak byłem  malutki:)

[lidiabityunan]

this is so amazing! it brings back so many memories! etovo v kanade ne hvataet :) :)

[sousique]

poziom niepotrzebnie wysoki, solista wytresowany, tekst iście bezsensowny

[vipwriter]

Сама ты безсенсовна, мразь!

[antey1969]

Дуры. Не хабальте

[vgaplevsky]

Всесоюзная пионерская организация имени В. И. Ленина

УХ!

[vipwriter]

Да тебе это и не снилось, халда.

[vgaplevsky]

чего это я халда?

[meisterrarro]

Mi v Srebij tozhe slishili etu pisenjku pro krokodila Geni...

[Stigmatauri616]

Gde si ti ovo cuo u srbiji?

[FP741]

And it is time for a Bulgarian to enter the comments. :) Not for a reason different from all the others, but because we all love this song and most of us are linking it to their childhood. Спасибо

[HvatKondrat]

500 эскимо. этож какие бабки, если каждое по 10 копеек!!!

тын дын дырыдын...

[Stigmatauri616]

Lmao! Ti prav!

[48acar19]

Too bad that this boy died because of too much booz!

[anzdf]

Es un excelente coro, me gusta mucho.

[meteorite25]

I'm Mongolian

I used to know this song when I was a little boy

and I really love this song...and Russians

Lots of memories...

[Karamba23]

Pięknie!!! Ile to było lat temu.

Brawo Rosja!!! :)

[ichbaas]

I know this song by heart, and I am not even the tiniest bit Russian! I think Russia is a wonderful country! I'd like to visit it one day, when I master my language skills.

You Russians are very lucky to have such a wonderful culture. The Russian peoples are beautiful. And this boy proves it.

[nasilemak2008]

there was certainly a magic about the old soviet union, before the era of glasnost where it started falling apart. i remember being in russia in 1981 and thinking it was all a front...you couldn't quite put your finger on what was going on, you just knew things were not quite how they seemed on the surface. I am not saying there were KGB people around every corner or phones were being tapped. That was anti-soviet propaganda. Its just the shops were largely empty and it seemed rather dreary

[Dipukas1]

i hear you man, i was born in 1983 in the former soviet union and i remember this song still, brings back a lot of memories

[mrsmagloo]

My daughter is American, born in 1996, but is totally fascinated by all things Russian. She is teaching herself the language, and has already learned this song. She has the accent down cold! I can speak French passably, but cannot master this amazing language. Maybe she's a reincarnation of one of your glorious people.

[carolloving]

The world is fortunate to have this video. Did you see the beauty in that boy's eyes?

[Urkanval]

May be the shit is in your head.

[gnetshare]

RUSSIA FOR EVER

[Nierka]

USSR!!!

[Kluz7]

Long live USSR

[hatocomrade]

wonderful

[YamabushiB]

I just read about the little boy singing this song and the way he died. All of a sudden this happy song (the version sung by Sergey Paramonov) seems sad. In any case, it is a great song. Dziekuje, Spasibo, Thank you.

[zivanicos]

Genes(genadii) is name o crocodile:P

Crocodile Gena:)))

A boys name Sergey Paramonov (singer)

He was born 25 Jun 1961 (Moscow, USSR) and died 15 May 1998 (Moscow, Russia) at the age of 37.

[Erasztoman]

AIDS ?

[abaasan]

haunting in its beauty

[barbinyek93]

I love this song.

We are going to sing this on the party!

[romek1212puzon]

to były naprawdę piękne czasy dla sztuki!

[ansiat]

Very nice song....(from Greece)

[MyshkaLehmann]

Gena is short from Gennadiy, not Eugeniy. A short form from Eugeniy (Eugene) is Zhenya.

[qqqquito]

Could anyone tell what "genes" in the title mean? Thanks!

[hollyrock182]

Genes is mistranslated. It's supposed to say "Gena" which is the name of the crocodile they are singing about. Hope that helps :)

[sanya3]

Gena is a short form of Evgeniy. The short from of Eugene in English is Gene. So, the correct translation would be "Crocodile Gene".

[qqqquito]

Thank you, Hollyrock and Sanya, for your explanation. It helps a whole lot!

[portlandjoe]

This song haunts me, but in a beautiful way.

Да здравствует Советский Союз!

[mctisi]

Привет из Болгария!

Очень хорошая песенка.Молодец!

[lpa1234567]

Is anybody know this composer's telephone number or email address? He lives in Moscow, Russia. Many thanks.

[Mesike888]

Harosenki! :)

[bbjagaa]

"Gena" the crocodile song

[xero1245]

wonderful

[vlezz]

Pozdravi ot Bolgaria !

[alex113d]

otlichno!

[BelOne27]

i am gonna cry :) i love this song

[jugoponos]

Nice video! TX for upload.

[wotanwag]

Beautiful singing!

Sang Paramonov Mahler's Symphony 4 ever?

Прекрасно поет!

Возник сложный вопрос: пел ли Парамонов 4ую симфонию Малера? (В 4 части симфонии есть партия для мальчикового сопрано. Хотя пою чаще обыкновенные сопрано.)

[oscarzumba]

beautiful song! bella canción!

[RussianDM]

Это отличная песня, сплошной позитив. Меня вот только всегда удивляло, почему прослушивая эту детскую песню, ну или другие песни, народ высказывается не по поводу услышанного, а насчет своих политических взглядов? Товарищи и господа, расслабьтесь)

[dimedrol]

О! о! Поперли! Демократы хреновы!

"пианеры", "komunyagi"

Это не Валерия Ильинична Новодворская тут объявилась?!

[solun82]

malakas

[vasily33]

Суки ебаные бесят бляяяяять

[osetian]

ne xoteli suka takie dobrie pesni

ZATO SEICHAS SLUSHAITE HAVA NAGILU NAXUI

[48acar19]

Some people living in the soviet empire (+ the Eastern Europe, like me) were told by the parents the truth about the social realities of the time. As a consequence I could never be fully happy, but I was satisfied for knowing the truth. Other kids didn't know the truth and they were quite happy as children but they were very shocked when they finally found the truth. What was better? God knows!