Leningrad Cowboys - Those were the days (Sweden '96)

[Eltagi]

Rocky cover of the song made famous (prolly) by Mary Hopkin. I like this more! :)

[Jugemon76]

I already clicked the like button before this video loaded ^^

[mschiquitita10]

@Jugemon76 :))

[SuomenSuomalainen]

Starting 4:06 it's Finnish national song, called Oi maamme (approximately "O' thou Land or "Our Land") which is originally written in Swedish "Vårt land" 1848 by Finnish-minded dude Johan Ludvig Runeberg (Finland was a Grand Duchy of Russia), but then translated into Finnish version- nowadays Estonian national song "Mu isamaa"(Our Fatherland)is,again,using the same theme as they used before USSR occupation. Finnish and Estonian people are like sisters and brothers ;) Hello to Eesti, Estonia!

[ninnin52]

la finlande reste le plus grand pays de la musique!!!!

[TheCatholicFaithfu]

Did he just say, "was that lonely woman really me?" These guys don't speak English, do they?

[OttovonEarth]

@TheCatholicFaithfu You know, there's little Mary Hopkins in every man's heart, haha!

[mschiquitita10]

Thanks everyone for the comments!

[SuomenSuomalainen]

@mschiquitita10

Originally "Leningrad Cowboys"is Finnish band called"Sleepy Sleepers",they made a lot of punk/mockery songs including cold war and russian/finnish forced relationship during the cold war, starting around 1976 or so.The difference between Finland and many other countries was that we were independent but still we had to obey a lot of things that Russians told us to.It was called"Co-working and helping agreement".Many of the songs were banned from radio,but records were all free

[mschiquitita10]

@SuomenSuomalainen Hej, kiitos for all that info! Finland as a country certainly have been through alot. There wasn't much to do when a big country like the Soviet came knocking on the door.

[Jugemon76]

@SuomenSuomalainen And to be exact, it was Soviet Union then, not Russia ;)

[DrSheerFolly]

haha, i prefer Mary Hopkin lol. interesting version, though. i'm with Rob on the hair, Elin, gave me a big laugh. many thnx for the share !

[SHAYMCN1]

Thanks for introducing me to their great live shows Elin- They really put on a performance !

[iamearthbornami]

mad out~ love the hair~great song~ love and peace dear friend

[frapistat]

The hair was so funny. Those Finnish goofies, how fun. Thanks for the reminder Elin. A travel in time.

[Mrroydoncrossing]

Can remember the original of this by Mary Hopkins on the Beatles 'Apple' label-probably at least 30 years prior to this one-great cover!

[13bathory1986]

@Mrroydoncrossing the song is based on the russian song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu", by Boris Fomin-Konstantin Podrevskii.

[Mrroydoncrossing]

@13bathory1986 Thanks for that