Those Were The Days - accordion - Dorogoj Dlinnoyu

[renang3]

SERGIO MALLANDRO LAAAAAAA LALALALÁLALAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RS... Show de Calouros... Silvio Santos... bons tempos!!!

[jackd105]

I prefer the ones with Swedish blue steel and Italian hand made reeds. Tha is the real deal. Nothing artificial.

[LibertangoVieenrose]

@jackd105

I don't know what you want to express with your words exactly...

but mine DOES HAVE italian hand made reeds. About the steel I don't know - nor where it comes from... does the country matter where the steel comes from ?

For me the sound matters. Not the country.

[igberg]

Хорошо!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

@igberg

Большое спасибо!

[tHebadteen]

this is great! but i pefer shaggy's remix

[corporalkills]

So epic

[Alicja1Fenigsen]

this is good!!!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Thanks a lot !

[geitekop507]

i have an question how long you did took to make that song accordeon ich denke das ist eine wilderspruche?also i don't understand is that your accordeon

[LibertangoVieenrose]

@geitekop507

Yes, this my accordion and I am playing. Training took some weeks. What don't you understand ?

[geitekop507]

@LibertangoVieenrose I think it is an electric accordeon....Am i, Luke Atmey wrong?

[LibertangoVieenrose]

@geitekop507

You are wrong. Definitely.

I don't even have an electric accordion - and I'll never ever play those artificial soundmachines. I will always prefer the handmade music with real vibrating sound, the sound made by vibrating "free reeds", not made by electrons.

NO doubt about that. :-)

[jackd105]

This is only the second time that I heard an accordion beat the original instruments used to record the song. I think this beats the recording done in 1968. What a performance

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Ich fühle mich geehrt. Dann kommt zumindest das Emotionale in diesem Lied offensichtlich gut beim Zuhörer an - das war eines meiner Ziele.

[corporalkills]

can you make this an mp3?

[lichiarenz]

Extraordinary performance!

I appreciate the melodic arrangements

Very enjoyable music

5*

Fabrizio

[modeline63]

Super toll, Wolfgang 10*

Lg Lisa

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Danke, danke.... :-)

[MamaLouisa]

"Those were the days my friend, I thought they never end... " What a nice memory, to remember this song. Although I heard it in English only, I can just see in my mind, how I imagined the typical "holding hands/standing wide apart/cross over 'stepping' Ethnic dancing steps" I imagined with this melody. 5*

[muuha14]

Thank you for posting!

In fact, the song has it's "parents". They are well-known russian composer, who worked in the genre of romance - Boris Ivanovich Fomin. He also composed the music of famous songs - "Only once", "Your eyes green, "" Hey, friend, guitar! "and many others. The author of words is poet - Konstantin Nikolayevich Podrevsky . The date of creation of romance is 1924th year.

[muuha14]

A great in the development & formation of old Russian romances was played by Russian folk songs & gipsy romances, which were very popular in the beginning of the 19 th century. Many Russian composers have greatly contributed to this vocal form.

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Thank you muuha14 for your great comment !

I took it to the song-information...

[richpat]

The melody is Russian, but the song was not translated, an American Gene Raskin wrote the lyrics for the song "Those were the days" this is not a translation from the Russian song "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" which means "By a long road" or "along a long road" The song in Russian Дорогой длинною, was written by Boris Fomin in the early 1900's with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii.

Mary Hopkin had the biggest and best known hit with this song.

maryhopkindotnet

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Thank you richpat !

I was just referring to the song (melody) not the text (lyrics)... and I have no reason to doubt your words... so I took it to my videoinformation.

Thanks a lot for your kind research and hints !

[aphato]

nice! do you have the score for this song?

[LibertangoVieenrose]

No, I don't have one

[thijs7]

very nice interpretation!

[MeduzeGorgone]

Ich kenne diese Lied. Prima! Das ist sehr schön. Danke

[oliverlauwers]

Would you know where I could find sheet music for this song?

[LibertangoVieenrose]

I don't have sheets one can buy...

not even what I play here. This is completely out of my mind. Sorry, that I can not give a better answer.

[titinagorda]

¡Súper! me encanta. Excelente

[Chicotilly]

you're alright

You make the tecniqual things right,but do you really feel the music?

hmm for how long are you playing?

[LibertangoVieenrose]

You can be sure, that i "feel" what i play. Nevertheless, many songs that i play here are just "experimental state" to find out, what people think about the song or the way it has been played - how it can be improved, modified. Most of them are not intended to be "perfect", so please - read my page here on YouTube (by clicking on LibertangoVieenrose) - that will answer most or all of your questions. I guess, i do play long enough to be an unperfect unprofessional ! ;-)

[Jordy666sic]

Turisas' cover of this song rocks!!!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

... it is not supposed to be rocking - but gipsy-style instead. Well, one can make anything "rocking" or "rapping" nowadays... nothing seems to be impossible in the land called music. Something else is, if it is found to be good, bad or pleasent by the audience (the judges). And there are many of them, with different opinions on just that. The only really good "rocking version" I can remember is the one from LENINGRAD COWBOYS - that one really "rocks" (to me).

[2009Eurovision]

So the song is actually Russian. I didn't know that. Thanks for posting. :)

[LibertangoVieenrose]

well - actually not only russian but GIPSYMUSIC.... let's say RUSSIAN GIPSYMUSIC.

I guess, that will fit best... :-)

[Tak3r2008]

I am Russian and i will explain it :

This song was plaied like Libertago said by gipsys. My grandparents knew some and they told me, this songs were like traditions siting at the fire and plaing and dancing. It also had the meaning of freedom cause you can go and do what you want as a gipsy. And to be honest i still got cassets yes no CDs of some of these SOngs and i still listen to them cause you can drink and dance like hell if you hear that music

[LibertangoVieenrose]

I would like to give 5 stars to you for your answer and explanation. I couldn't have said it better.

Thank you a lot !

Gipsymusic is of a very special kind and to be honest: I'm not sure to put it on rank #1 for myself... but there is so much great music on world, whereever you go...

[Tak3r2008]

wow, now i realized you are the one plaing it. Respect man!

LIke you said Gipsymusic is somehow different from the rest, to my mind you can't compare it to other music. And this is what makes it that interesting. I do listen to Hip-hop trance house rock etc. and very much of that but a bit of GIpsy music while sitting with your partens or grandparents and talking about good old days is something special wich like i said (sorry for repeating) is SPECIAL

[LibertangoVieenrose]

No problem repeating on it. That's what this board has been made for: communication/discussion of the songs shown here.

... and you are absolutely right:

GIPSYMUSIC IS UNIQUE AND VERY SPECIAL.

(similar like Klezmer - but i don't want to compare those two - they are both very, very unique and special).

[elakelaiset]

Excelente Amigo, Bellisima Canción.

Mis Felicitaciones

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Muchas gracias

[waneonnol]

I took accordion lessens when I was about twelve but I never got the hang of it. I was too lazy to practice. I really appreciate your talent and hard work and envy your success. Great music.

[LibertangoVieenrose]

...as you see, this is just one of the reasons why I play my songs here. I want avoid anyone giving up learning this great instrument due to frustration or wrong teaching. Learning is not just fighting against one self and the accordion ... it should be fun (mainly). Playing the right songs (not just boring, hurting exercises and stupid songs) will help people overcome those bad phases in becomeing an accordionist. Just start again - do it different, this time - no matter, how old you are !!!

[triken49]

Aye, just awesome! Bravo, I request an encore!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

No problem ! You'll get lots of encores....

Thank you a lot for your support. :-)

Musicians do love encores - it's showing, that audience likes what they do.

[nickelsmine000]

One Of My Favorites! When I Heard Mary Hopkins Sing This In The Late Sixties, I Suspected It Was Russian....

Love The Tempo Changes!

(That's Gotta Be Russian)!

Well-Played! Great Sound Effects!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Which encores do you ask for in detail ?

More russian folksongs or dances ? (There are a lot of them !!!)

Just name the one you like most... please...

[accordionmusic]

This song remind me my dad when I was a kid. He was a professional accordionist. Well played!

[LibertangoVieenrose]

Mille gracie, Paolo !

[picador100]

Sehr gut gespielt. Komplimnet, und liebe Grüße

Paolo