Boris Gmyria - Ukrainian song

[Yursatt]

#1 bass in a world

[EsaulRuss]

One of the greatest singers of the world!

[ollabarabolla]

You can find his songs/albums on iTunes. Search under "Ukrainian" or "Gmyrya"

[petesake222]

this reminds me of my papa and his friends sitting around talking fluent ukrainian,drinking,laughing but there souls drifted off to the families they never saw again when this came on si die,si die ect but there was a hauntingly strong feeling when these men got together which jelby banduru sums up

[petesake222]

my dad told me this song is about a bandurist who makes ready his bandura =a spirit of the life and love

[petesake222]

not jealoby bandurist???

[jeffray1944]

This is "I will take a bandura and play what songs I know".Bandura is a multistringed mandolin type of Ukrainian instrument. I am 66 years old and had this record in 1960.Just like hearing from an old friend again!

[Leredreon]

Воістину сильний голос!

[IBACb]

Thanks for posting this Musashi, it takes me back to my boyhood. The name of the song is "Vzyav bi ya banduru" Which roughly translates to "I would take up my bandura".. The bandura is a striged instrument somewhat similar to a zither. You can hear it in the accompaniment. It is considered to be THE most emblematic Ukrainian Instrument, and yes, it is hauntingly beautiful..

[cocochanelleke]

P.S.: of WWII

[cocochanelleke]

Thanks for posting,

best wishes to you!

Brings back painful second-hand memories to me, though.

[vsesvit]

Greatest Bass of XX ! His glory and talant only can compare with Kozlovskiy... they got few songs together...absolutely best ever recorded such as "Kolu rozluchayut'sya dvoe",'Stoit' yavir nad vodoyu"...

Soviets and KGB repressed him even ban to sing-as part of creating new people -'soviets' with only one languige - russian...

This new breed often called ..."sovki"...that like cancer infected Ukraine...thanks to fall of USSR most corrupted now jump over the fence to EU and USA...

[vpochtar]

Талановита і видатна людина, яка змогла реалізувати себе (хоч і не повністю) у великій країні. Зараз у вільній і незалежній одні бездарі і безголосі - все фонограма і гроші вирішують. А Гмиря - це співак на віки

[SkifSkolot]

@vpochtar Согласен на все 100 и даже более.

Некого поставить не то что рядом, а так... в отдалении хотя бы с Б. Гмырей, А. Соловьяненко, Д. Гнатюком, Б. Руденко, Н. Матвиенко.

[gnativerson]

beautiful - sometimes I think Gmyria has no equal

[4realrussiansonly]

A magnificent voice.

[redfankherson85]

Нема зара таких видатних співаків

Слухайте і запом'ятовуйте

СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ!!!!!

[Kievest]

Beautiful, soulful singing. Thank you.

[kharkov1000]

It is worth to love Ukraine for such songs..

[princessliving]

I don't even know what he's singing...but I absouletly LOVE it. 17 million thank you's for posting!!

[gvyntyk]

MusashiTzu" Vziav by ia banduru tai

zahrav,shcho znav, cherez tu bamduru bandurystom stav"

Now you can sing this ukrainian song

[aserdiuk]

The title can be translated as 'I Would Take My Bandura'.

Lyrics by Myhailo Petrenko, though many think it is a folk song - it really expresses ukrainian soul as it's a love song, beautiful and sad at the same time.

[MusashiTzu]

Thank you!:) Both for giving me the title and your insightful comment.

[Fedotto]

@aserdiuk very true... sad, desperate and beautiful. Not to speak of the outstanding voice of Borys Hmyria

[khankonchak]

The name of the song is "Bandura", which is a centuries-old Ukrainian string instrument- something of a cross between a lute and a harp. As always with Gmyria, this is beautifully sung. Boris Christoff also recorded a fine version in the mid 50's.

[ilovemyrumor321]

yes my grandma used to know him... very long ago.