ISTANBUL - The Four Lads - 1953

[fromthesidelines]

Recorded on August 12, 1953.

[TheJennajenns]

I'm 23. I'm an Asian. And I love this song. Now, this is real music. <3

[Typhon132]

were learning about constaninople in history

[PhonoboyAD1984]

Great find wish I had one

[golanec]

Это оригинал мелодии:Фред Астер "Puttin' on the Ritz" можно найти прямо здесь в поиске

[Gydinglight12]

This must have come out in '53 around the time Come Ona My House was a big hit with its pseudo Turkish sound, and there was an Iranian oil crisis between the US and Mossadegh

[Theashleigh09]

thumbs up if the funny little brought you here lol

[JMFabiano]

@Theashleigh09 Raising Hope brought me here...

[CeeKayz0rz]

Wish they'd change it back. "Constantinople" sounds so much more awesome than "Istanbul."

[gregorisyrakas]

@CeeKayz0rz Constantinople is spelled in english in greek is Konstantinoupoli..and they call it instabul cause that the translation in turkeys.!

[urbrofoe]

thumbs up if you dindnt type in the whole name

[samIam1497]

Wow, the original version sounds really nice. Though personally, I prefer the faster tempo of the TMBG cover.

(woo for CTY canon!)

[chimera369]

wats dis jiberish des peps r takin bout

[thedarksun8891]

Bu benim için tüm zamanların en favori şarkılarından biri olmaya

[TheInsaneCr0w]

Catchy song. I want to visit Istanbul now.

[TheAnimeDuke]

@TheInsaneCr0w It's Constantinople

[RickyKirksey]

oh my gawd, i dont remember how i found this but its like my new favorite song

[iamtherealET]

we have to learn this song as a school requirement!!(:

[mrsbootybounce95]

@iamtherealET no way!??!?!?!?!

[TEARDUCTER]

wow a trip down memory lane thank you it made me feel like a child again :)

[Alexx1083]

This is why I love youtube. I can do a little research on a song, find out who did the original, and actually find it and listen to it on here. Thanks for uploading!

[SeventhEve]

TMBG made it better.

[copnite12342]

cool song

[boringalias]

The Four Lads were wiser foreign policy makers than our present interventionist think tanks . . . democracy through self-determination (what we Americans did, after all), not outside militarism!

[earlakanik]

and don't forget the bubul amir

[MadOldPete]

Constantinople sounds so much cooler

[3744025]

Любимая песня моей юности. Занимался радиолюбителством и музыкальная заставка моей радиостанции была эта мелодия. Спасибо!

[cdbpdx]

@3744025

Я рад, что Вы наслаждаетесь музыкой!

[egemon79]

istanbul simply means eis thn polh ...which means in the City, Constantine's City obviously !Turks have nothing to do with it! Arabs listening to Greeks just call the City istanbul...not capable to discern the 3 distinct words composing the word istanbul... and thegreenpastures please don't say nonsense...you are not europeans and you definitely not romans or greeks...you would like to but...sorry

[myhqmusicetnad]

ISTANBUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[droppinsumfudge]

this reminds me of puttin' on the ritz...

[Whothefcuk]

@droppinsumfudge This song was actually inspired by Puttin' on the ritz!!!

[droppinsumfudge]

@Whothefcuk that would make sense

[robloxrules55]

woop nice song its catchy especialy this original one

[TheTopI0]

If raising hope brought you here like this (Y) :D

[alphabravo90]

Great song to play Jenga to. 

[bigshawn22]

@alphabravo90 And raise a baby to as well :)

[PyroMan944]

@alphabravo90 I see what you did there

[Abillywoprocker]

Quero esse 78 rpm pra mim....

[ROBHUGHES1453]

I like Constantinople better.

[moloch49]

I remember hearing this on "Your Hit Parade" as a child. Anyone remember "Your

Hit Parade?" It left "Americal Idol" in the dust, believe me.

[pjezierski]

'Livin' on the Ritz'? AKA? dosen't matter...good tune!

[airrow97]

omg snappy

[Leoncito24]

OMG... I love this song. Stupid lyrics but a popular song and a sticky melody.

[TheGreenPastures]

@Leoncito24 The lyrics is not stupid, it is a warning to you and your children

Istanbul was Constantinople, the imperial capital of the Roman Empire.

History will repeat itself for UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Holland etc. All these great countrys' name will be remembered no more if all of us still sleeping with the eyes open. Find out Who are the Turks & what they believe. It is good for your children if you love them

Just show you one of the many in Europe :

/watch?v=QILt8mnZnMs

[grisflyt]

@TheGreenPastures The Turks are Romans, Europeans. The Turks were Europeans back when Scandinavia was the unchartered Thule. The first mosque was built in France centuries before the first church was built in Sweden.

[felixbautista]

This tune is still vivid in my memory. Thanks for the upload.

[sanalsorun]

@cdbpdx

Hello. This meaningful song noble Turkish nationalism supports against constant loser greeks.

[sanalsorun]

I living in istanbul

[cdbpdx]

Hello, sanalsorun in Istanbul. What do you think of this silly and popular song?

[CeeKayz0rz]

@sanalsorun Not Constantinople?

[wmbrown6]

This copy shown here was pressed by Columbia's Hollywood, CA plant, with label copy typesetting from Bert-Co Press in Los Angeles.

[TashkentFox]

Jimmy Kennedy, the writer of Istanbul (not Constantinople) was a British songwriter from Omagh, who also wrote Teddy Bears Picnic and We're Gonna Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line.

[bomb1954]

Constantinople (Not Istambul)

[bedANDsheets]

great,thanx')

[theproknowsall]

Love it!

Those were the days!

[AtZ1t3]

BEST SONG EVER!!! Yeah, yeah go four lads! We Love you!

[feistymom2]

Great song, and I thank you for the geography lesson.

Iris AKA Feisty Mom

[gncfila]

hey I have this record too. Good song . Im from Turkish :))

[bysamojean]

thanks man :)

[rodineisilveira]

Still more with Turkey attempting to make part of the European Union.

[thumpdrummer]

good to hear the original. Thanks for uploading it.

[mdumas43073]

Why did Constantinople get the works?

That's nobody's business but the Turks'.

[blah3189]

@mdumas43073

Even old New York

was once New Amsterdam

[eden101075]

awesome!

[davidnjara]

awesome

[polinkasuperova]

good song