Helmut Lotti - "Those Were The Days"

[Freyja1133]

Does anyone know where in russia this song comes from?

Curious

[Marbas71]

piękna pieśń i ładnie brzmi w wersji rosyjskojęzycznej

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Love the song even though I don't understand Russian.

[Dzsoziify]

Azok a szép napok,lázongó éjszakák

Nem hittük el, hogy másként is lehet

elválnak útjaink,változnak vágyaink

csak hinni kell és a remény visz tovább.

[Freyja1133]

Could someone tell me where I can buy two of the costumes that the dancers are wearing in this video?

The two colors that I 'd love to buy are the red & the pink ones

[Freyja1133]

By the long road, in the moon light,

And with this song that flies off, ringing,

And with this ancient, this ancient seven-string,

That has so tormented me by night.

But it turns out our song was futile,

In vain we burned night in and night out.

If we have finished with the old,

Then those nights have also left us!

[TheTimasia]

In English it was called " THOSE WERE THE DAYS"

[innavoig123456]

Mi spiace per i russi: la canzone è ITALIANA, del Festival di Sanremo del 1968. E' una bella canzone, cantata da Gigliola Cinquetti e Mary Hopkin.

I'm sorry for the Russians: the song is ITALIAN, the Sanremo Festival in 1968. It 'a beautiful song, sung by Mary Hopkin, and Gigliola Cinquetti

[emersonantof]

@innavoig123456 la canzone NO e italiana!!! e una canzone russi - Дорогой длинною ("Dorogoi dlinnoyu"), escrita per Boris Fomin (1900-1948) e letra da poeta Konstantin Podrevskii.

[slaviusful]

@innavoig123456 The song sung in Russian in 1920.

[mauquiroz]

Hello, could anyone post the translation of the lyrics?

[Elvra99]

@mauquiroz We rode on a troika with bells, A lights flashing in the distance ... Ah, how i would like to follow you, To deprive my soul from the boredom Chorus By the long road,by the moon night With the song,which flies away ringing With that ancient and seven-stringed which at nights so tormented me But it turns out we were singing for nothing, Needlessly burning night after night. If we did away with everything old, So these nights also moved away Chorus

[mauquiroz]

@Elvra99 Hey, thank you so much!!! It is great to listening to it, and yet better when one understands what is the song about... nice!

[Freyja1133]

@Elvra99 either we ,or you depending on the translation

[Freyja1133]

@Freyja1133 I Agree with you, elvra

[Elvra99]

@mauquiroz But by now passed a long ago I didn`t write last couplet yesterday (there were some problems on site).here they are In native distance by new ways We fated to go from now , We rode on a troika with bells, But by now we passed a long ago

I do not know if everything is correct in English(My native language is Russian) -but i like original poetry more, than Hopkin`s version.

[Freyja1133]

@mauquiroz You rode on a troika with sleigh bells,

And in the distance lights flickered..

If only I could follow you now

I would dispel the grief in my soul!

Out into our native land, and by new paths,

We have been fated to go now!

...You rode on a troika with sleigh bells,

[But] you've long since passed by!

[nicubunicu]

very very nce

[mcfrdmn]

Lovely musical perforance

[zshemron]

cool this guy is amazing

[friend256]

He sing this song very well. I like this russian version. Thanks you for posting.

[Khoury530]

@friend256 my dear... I am not Russian so do not miss understand what I will say... but just for your information... The song "Those Were The Days" is actually and originally a Russian Song called: "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" which means "By the Long Road" by the Russian song writer Boris Fomin in 1926. Gene Raskin just put the english words for it in 1960. Most of us do not know that because of the lack of media and recording devices as well as the Iron Curtain lock down during the Soviet Union era.

[timtamslam444]

Does anyone know the translation for this song? It's absolutely Beautiful!

[Freyja1133]

@timtamslam444 you could try russmus.net .. you'll find the english translation for the poem Dorogoj Dlinnoju on this site

[timtamslam444]

@Freyja1133 Much appreciated! Thanks :D

[friend256]

Landscape construction and arrangement is great . Singers sing the song, I like to listen to most songs helmut Lotti . He sings very well. Good

[drnrt2011]

great voice,. great songs

[mylesag2]

I love his version. Can someone post the Russian version in phonetic latin letters? Spaseebo!! 

[alonelychild]

I love the russian people

[Fernanditoslc]

So far, the best version I've heard of this beautiful Russian traditional.

[mylesag2]

Can someone please post the Russian lyrics in roman lettering (& phonetically)? Spaseebo!

[BlueVellamo]

Thank you, Helmut! From Russia with love

[discouniverse]

gypsies song...shamefull ruski are calling it ruski folk song :)))) so stupid slavs are

[Freyja1133]

@discouniverse Don;t say anything thing masty about someone else's ethnicity...the same could be  said about yours... I doubt that you're even 1/8 Russian!

[jiji45]

@bubibuLLo it is people like you that have destroyed this world and earth of ours. You will die one day and give an account of what you did with your life to God. Weather you believe in Him or not it doesn't matter. Truth will stand and will be.

[Freyja1133]

@jiji45 come over here 7 say that to me!.. i;'m 1/2 russian,you nitwit !

don;t ruin the meaning of this beautiful russian song with your rantings& ravings!

[Freyja1133]

@jiji45  hey asshole..! let's not bring religion in to this! it has no place...this song possibly dates back to the 1300s,when the orthodox Christians were persicuting the Gypsies, you hypocritical asswipe!

[Freyja1133]

@discouniverse disco,don;t call anyone's ethnicity stupid.. what's your background ?

so I can Call it stupid

[Freyja1133]

@discouniverse Don;t call my ancestry stupid !/.. The same could be said of yours

[discouniverse]

tsiganskaja a ne ruskaja

[racebis1]

Que bellas las rusas con sus faldas de bailar joropo. What beautiful russians wearing joropo skirts

[larenkov1982]

A little is not enough snow, bears, birches and Kalashnikovs, without them the picture of Russia may remain incomplete)))

Спасибо Helmut.

[1951adolfo]

Me gusta recordar la música de la época en que hacía el bachillerato, es hermosa

[Freyja1133]

@Freyja1133 Pat, Could the english translation of the poem ( lyrics) be brought in to a different Musical genre?

The genre that I'd love to bring it in to is power metal

can it be done?

[marcosmccarthy]

I'm a puerto-rican,I speak english,spanish and french love history special russian history, dances etc.

[rudolfmgath]

:-D

[Wise007Man]

Beauuuuutiful !!!!!!

[Remorselesslymine]

This song really tugs at the heart strings. A work of art.

[Wildlife700]

"...used the melody only...? 

[gioland71]

Beautiful song, I'll look for more versions. Great costumes and wonderful character dancing. And many thanks for providing a translation of the lyrics, marike99. The English lyrics are quite different, but they try to keep the same mood and emotions of the original Russian song. What would the world do without youtube??? It' the best reference video library! Free and accessible from everywhere!

[Myauty]

Beautiful and memorable one.

[Freyja1133]

Which Country Is Helmut Lotti from?

I'm courious

[Whoami007rm]

Belgium



[Freyja1133]

@Whoami007rm thank you,whoami....

I was curious

[Whoami007rm]

@Freyja1133 from Belgium

[6JI9XYUH9]

ох и с ужасным акцентом поёт ) ну так прикольно )

[Freyja1133]

@6JI9XYUH9 Could you help me with something?

I've writen a set of lyrics called  Follow Your Heart

but I've written them in russian!

Would you be able to a English Translation?

[Dimy761]

Сrude coloured woodcuts depiction of Russia

[klpllc]

The world is such a wonderful place, rich with various cultures and traditions. I love them all. I wish that we could learn to see the good and similarity in all mankind, and stop killing and hurting each other.

[pouilleuxdeluxe]

@klpllc shut up

[klpllc]

@pouilleuxdeluxe

Did I say something to offend you? If so, it was not intentional.

[Freyja1133]

@pouilleuxdeluxe what is your ancestry?

Do not tell klplic to shut up..someone else may tell you to do the same...

[Freyja1133]

@klpllc I agree wtih you,klpic the only way that the killing will stop is when a certain faith will come to reality ,and stop thinking that it's better than the others

[klpllc]

@Freyja1133

Thank you for your kind comment. There are nice people in the world.

[Freyja1133]

@klpllc could you satisfy my curiousity with something?

My grandfather's surname was Remennikov... ( in russia)

Would it be possible for you to tell me where in Russia the name comes from?

[klpllc]

@Freyja1133

I'm sorry that I won't be much help, my friend. I'm originally from Southeast Asia, so Russia is WAY north. Perhaps someone here could help?

[Freyja1133]

@klpllc Maybe.. thanks for teling me where you're from, kl

[marike99]

Les représentants de Mary Hopkin (voir le commentaire de richpat) ont très peur de reconnaître qu'il s'agit de la même chanson. Alors qu'en comparant les deux chansons tout le monde constate que "Those were the days" n'est qu'UNE VERSION anglo-américaine de "Dorogoy dlinnoyu".

[RusskyjDurachok]

Муть. Стойкое ощущение австрийского публичного дома. Сидеть так за столом русская женщина в национальном платье не могла, это - нонсенс. Вульгарно.

В песню ничего нового не привнёс. Но у него есть клипы чуток получше

[eldercast]

parabens / pelo video e pela otima musica excelente

[marike99]

it's an old russian song written by Boris Fomin and Konstantin Podrevsky

the song is about their past youth (long road, troikas, guitar, long nights)

for the history of this song with original russian reccordings just search in Youtube:

Dorogoy dlinnoyu BEFORE Those were the days

[Freyja1133]

I prefer the original song to the hit

[sirama2a]

what is the russian lyrics about?

[marike99]

By the Long Road You rode on a troika with sleigh bells, And in the distance lights flickered.. If only I could follow you now I would dispel the grief in my soul! By the long road, in the moon light, And with this song that flies off, ringing, And with this ancient, this ancient seven-string, That has so tormented me by night.

[marike99]

But it turns out our song was futile, In vain we burned night in and night out. If we have finished with the old, Then those nights have also left us! Out into our native land, and by new paths, We have been fated to go now! You rode on a troika with sleigh bells, [But] you've long since passed by!

[Freyja1133]

@marike99 are you russian,or at least part russian?

[marike99]

@Freyja1133 I'm a russian and french speaking person and I live in Russia for the moment. Что означает Ваш пост русскими буквами? Там ничего нельзя прочитать:)

[Freyja1133]

@marike99 thanks for telling me that marike..I was curious

[klenogg]

Wow! Thankss, Helmut! From Russia with love

[Tigersnkoi]

Respect from America!

Spectacular Video!

Rob

Missouri, USA

[photolol]

respect from Romania

[mrsmiesepeter]

tolles lied!

nur würden russische frauen nicht so ungeschmink rumlaufen wie die damen am tisch :-)

[hulik243]

Helmut Great job Man !!!!!!!!!!

lelichka-Russian from USA

[Jacky6622]

Some jerks should be kicked off on this platform, 'cause they're bringin' them own trouble to here. And better should learn other languages so that everybody could read their comments!!!!!!

Merry Christmas to everybody

[Freyja1133]

jacky,I agree withyou... that's why I'm learning how to speak my mother tongue( Russian)!

[Jacky6622]

Warum zum Teufel müssen manche immer nur schlechtes daraus schöpfen? Braucht ihr youtube nur, um euren Frust abzulassen? Eigentlich sollte man solche User kippen.

Wenn Euch sowas nicht passt, einfach nicht angucken. Vielleicht war es in Russland mal so und manche pflegen vielleicht heute noch Kultur - habt ihr eigentlich eine? Nach manchen Texten zu urteilen, sicherlich nicht.

Man sollte immer erst Hirn einschalten, bevor Mundwerk aufgeht.

Sowas mach mich stinksauer!!!!!!!

[bornt0frag]

Man. This guys is awesome. Great voice and great sining i about 8 languages ? I'm impressed.

[ZloiBorz]

А ну цыц,заморыши!!!Нехер наши песни,известные на весь мир,опускать!

[mrbinhtrong]

Perfect performance. How beautiful his voice is!!!

[caophuongst]

I love russian songs!

Cao Hong Phuong

Vietnam

[marcostar57]

Sharing & enjoying traditional songs & culture and thus relating to our comman humanity is what President Kennedy had in mind when he said of the people of the (former) Soviet Union in 1963 "For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

[KseniaTolm]

AHAHAHA!! Oh yes, russian women in "traditional" dresses and drinking vodka, man with beard...For the full picture here must be few bears, snow, balalaika and word "tovarish" in the end of this video.

[pejgorazde]

What is your mental problem?

[KseniaTolm]

Are you a doctor?

[pejgorazde]

Will be soon.Your name reminds me on one mental illness,if you wont more ,this is not right place,you have right about you privacy.

[KseniaTolm]

You name reminds me on one bad russian word. I was born in russian culture and I can say, thet this video is pure stereotipe. This is not real russian culture. Medovukha, gusly and maslenitsa much more russian then this c..py clip with dancing idiots.

[pejgorazde]

I agree with you 100% about this clip,can you please tell me about my name and by the way my real name is Predrag,your russian is much better than mine,I am serbian.Maybe its all this misunderstanding.Xenofobia-was world ,all the best and sorry.Predrag

[pejgorazde]

Sorry for my english,I see my mistake.

[KseniaTolm]

So now you know thet I was not in antirussian mood. I'm patriot. And for me this is a torture to see such horrible uncultural horror. About your real name I can say nothing (sorry, a bit similar with "predurok"( stupid), but not very much). And pejgorazde reminds me on one word for gays. But not very much too.

[dermie12]

but the voice Ksenia so pure

[Borat911]

What do you think ?? What should be in the video ? And what type of style, clothing and dancing you think is better ? Plz Tell us, Maybe you have some good talent in styling and video-art . ...For most people who are not familiar with russian culture and music, this videoclip is not so bad at all, i think

[Freyja1133]

gypsy style clothing would be better  ..as this is a gypsysong

[Freyja1133]

@Borat911 traditional russian costumes,my friend

[MsLida2009]

这是我外祖母喜欢唱的歌,我也会唱.

感谢YouTube带回我童年时候的欢乐

[arvindpradhan]

这是我的最喜欢唱的歌！

[sunyataughtme]

Two weeks ago my daughter and I sang "Kalinka" in a restaurant near Tsarkoe Selo after seeing the Catherine Palace.  It was thrilling, unforgettable...why can't we have peace on earth, we are all so beautiful, every one of us!

[huizewolters]

in the west we fear russia and its geological and militairy power its ambitions and there menality. but why should we fear a population wich made a song like this. its wonderfull

[NameCC8687]

This is why I love YouTube! I never knew anything about this song other than Mary Hopkin, and now I've seen different versions and this superb Russian arrangement. Thanks for posting!!

[msvitcon]

this is actually the original one, my friend

[princeofwinter]

@NameCC8687

this song was originate from Russia folk song :D

[SoldiumChloride]

I love this song really much. listens to it a lot when I was little with instrumental stuff.. but didn't have a chance to find out the name :). thank you for sharing.

Greetings from USA

[richpat]

He isn't singing the song "those were the days" he is singing a song called "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" An American called Gene Raskin (who sang with the "limelighters" and who recorded it first) wrote the lyrics for the song "Those were the days" and used the melody only from the song "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" Дорогой длинною ("By a long road" or "along a long road") which was written by the Russian song writer Boris Fomin with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii

Pat

maryhopkinDOTnet

[Freyja1133]

@richpat could you tell me where I can find the sheet music for this song?

I 'm curious

[richpat]

@Freyja1133 This song? Do you mean "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" Дорогой длинною or "Those were the days" Sheet music for "Days..." is easily available on e-bay or other various music sites as for "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" type in the title in a search engine and the best of luck there are many 'versions' out there.

[Freyja1133]

@richpat I'm looking for the original Russian gypsy 'version" of the sheetmusic

[richpat]

@Freyja1133 If you are looking for the Boris Fomin / Konstantin Podrevskii song "Dorogoy dlinnoyu" Дорогой длинною sheet music, I wish you luck I have been looking for it for many years. If you are looking for the Raskin sheet music for the song "Those were the days" then it is easily available from ebay or other on line outlets. As for gypsy music I have no idea.

[Freyja1133]

@richpat could the lyrics ( the english translation ) be set to a different genre of music ? i'd love to bring some russian music in to power metal !

[Freyja1133]

@richpat цщгдвтээе еру ыщтп ешеду иу Вщкщпщо Вдшттщнг шт кгыышфт,

[Freyja1133]

@richpat As a Russian-American ( on my father's side) ,I' ve always felt very close

to my Russian heritage ...And have been looking for Any genre of music which is Russian!

Thank you for the upload ,my frien !!

[Freyja1133]

@richpat Is there still a chance for me to learn how to do the Russian Folk Dances?

[richpat]

@Freyja1133 ?

[Freyja1133]

@richpat I'd love to learn how to do the folk dance(s) of Russia...

All I asked is would it be to late for me to learn them?

[richpat]

@Freyja1133 Why on Earth would you think that I would know the answer to that question?

[Freyja1133]

@richpat Curiousity,pat

[discouniverse]

@Freyja1133 ask gypsies...this song is gypsy folk song

[Freyja1133]

@discouniverse the melody is a gypsy folk song... the lyrics are from a poem that was written by the poet

Kostantin Posrevskii

[Alekc1313]

@discouniverse Kakoy mojet byt pesnya, napisannaya na russkom yasyke russkim kompositorom i poetom???

[discouniverse]

@Alekc1313 ja tozhe mogu napisat poxozhuju na jingle bells i govorit vsem shto eto ne amerikanskaja muzyka :)

[Alekc1313]

@discouniverse Do etoy pesni na russkom nitcsego pohojego na drugih yasykah ne bylo... tak csto vy moyete pisaty pohoyie, a my poem svoi...

[discouniverse]

@Alekc1313 no eto muzyka eto cyganskaja muzyka, a slova ja dumaju tozhe ochen poxozhyje na bradiagskije cyganskije pesni :) tak govorit shto eto ruskaja nacionalnaja pesnia i stil eto uzhe chepuxa, ja neochen liubliu cigani no eto ix pesnia, a nie ruskovo naroda :)

[Alekc1313]

@discouniverse Если у вас есть сведения, что это написали не Фомин и Подревский, а другие люди, то назовите их.... Я, в отличие от вас, люблю как поют цигане, думаю, как и большинство русских. Но цигане поют очень часто русские старинные романсы, у которых есть свои авторы (как вы понимаете не цигане). Поэтому считать, все что спели цигане циганским, ошибочно... Это песни русского народа.

[geitekop507]

@discouniverse eto tolko w etom versii tak poxozje

[varigdc10]

@richpat My name is Alex Fomin, am I related to Boris ? My parents were from Russia ( father Rostov Don ) my mom ( Zhitomir Ukraina ) I was made in Austria , Salzburg, born in Sao Paulo, Brasil now in Chicago and Miami, happiness to all !

[Freyja1133]

@varigdc10 you may be realted to Boris Fomin,my friend

[Freyja1133]

@varigdc10 My grandfather was from st.peterburg & my grandmother was from Minsk ( Beylarus)

It's nice to meet you Alex

[soylicantropo]

From Rusia with love is one of my favorite albums of lotti

I like this song !!!!!!!!!

greetings from Mexico

[FranktheDeathSpirit4]

Learnt it on piano in 7th grade. Heard him play it before bur still not sure if this is the song that he sung in that PBS special I saw him on.

[Juthbacka]

This was often played in a restaurant in Tallinn when I was living there. A guy who walked around with an accordion and played. I like this song.

[Georgewos]

I just listened to the Mary Hopkins version and commented that They should listen to this version. Its beautiful in any language.

[RIO1987RUSgosu]

I love Helmut))

From Russia

[mylovehelmut]

You're not the only one! Go to my Channel! It's dedicate for him!

Josie

XXX

[Uusikaarlepyy]

This is a great one! Added it to favourites now.

Many does not know this is actually a Russian song. Not at all an English one.

[richpat]

to Uusikaarlepyy

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

[vleesvangisteren]

proud to be a belgian! xD

[metalz88]

added it to my favorites.

[maddie0719]

He is fantastic and this song is wonderful. I added it to my favorites. Joelma , brazilian singer , recorded this song when I was almost a baby and I never forgot it. Congratulations!

[jaimelafrance19]

il est tout simplement magnifique !!!

[Razved4ik]

Молодец, красавец! =)

[Segelfliegerkamerad]

Tja, Russland Tor zur Vergangenheit, Spiegel der Zarenzeit

[01Yolanda]

rosyjskie pieśni są piękne.Danke Helmut.Das ist wunderbar!!!!!

[Quagile]

can anyone tell me how to translate comments like this into russian? please tell me, i want to know!

[qegvW3H]

nice man

yeah!

[bradshaweric]

he is singing in the key called "grab my nuts and squeeze while i sing "

[Georgewos]

He is so great. Sings in 8 different languages.

[IngerAnna]

Beautiful song and beautiful video.

[Chocoholicc13]

Hi.Can someone with perfect pitch tell me in what key Helmut Lotti is singing here? please!!!

[Kalaghoda]

It's in Bm

[Szalonakami]

Kocham te piosenke!!! to jest piękna melodia, dziekuje bardzo. Donna

[lefkoilykoi]

thanks Fanka!!

[lefkoilykoi]

beautiful!!!thanks Wanda!!5*****

[smallface4]

this song is just amazing!!! xD

[newoceanflower1]

Very beautiful song ! Amazing voice ! Thanks Wanda for share!

[JAGODA1439]

Świetna piosenka!!! 5*****

[rafnadalbombom]

Muy buen vídeo, excelente escenografía. Gracias Wanda por compartir.

[Deotyma7]

Co za wspaniała odmiana .Bardzo ciekawy eksperyment.SUPER -5/5