Those Were The Days - accordion - Dorogoj Dlinnoyu

I just found out, that the base of this song (known as: "those were the days")... is a russian folk-song, called --

Dorogoj Dlinnoyu
Dorogo' Dlinnoyu

By russian gypsies considered to be their song.... meaning:
"by a long road", "by a long way", "on a long way", "on a long road"

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Tak3r2008 said:
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

muuha14 wrote:
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.
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.

richpat wrote:
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.
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[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!

[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*

[renang3]

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

[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. :-)

[geitekop507]

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

[tHebadteen]

this is great! but i pefer shaggy's remix

[corporalkills]

So epic