Antanas Sabaniauskas "Gyvename Linksmai" 1933

"Living Happy"
Beer is bitter; it makes us woozy
Mead* is sweet refreshes our hearts
When the music starts we dance happily
And dancing happy makes us live that way
Beer is bitter; it makes us loopy
Mead* is sweet refreshes our hearts
The young, the old we all are happy here!

** Mead is an alcoholic drink fermented from honey

(Alus kartus svaigina mus visus
Midus Saldus gaivina sirdi mus
Kai muzika uzgroja mes sokame smagiai
Ir sokio sukury gyvename linksmai
Alus kartus svaigina mus visus
Midus Saldus gaivina sirdi mus
Jauni seni visi mes cia linksmi!)

Antanas Sabaniauskas Lithuania's leading pop tenor, whose music was played throughout Europe, a wonderful and big-hearted man who died in obscurity, reviled by his government. The tragedy of Sabaniauskas life, parallels the tragedy of Lithuania. Occupied by the Russians with the collaborator Lithuanian government, Lithuania's greatest talents were judged by their love of freedom, rather than talent. When the war ended, Sabaniauskas was able to work as a singer in the Lithuanian National Opera chorus. In 1947, when the Communists found out who he was, he was fired. For the rest of his days he eked out a living doing menial jobs barely able to support himself and his family. In the 70s he was finally allowed to sing in clubs. Like so many things in our lovely little country, who knows how his life would have turned out, and how many people in the world might have enjoyed the singing of this amazing vocalist, had Lithuania remained free.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lithuanian
• Music
• Antanas
• Sabaniauskas
• pre-WWII
• 1930s

[DamnKimPhilby]

Nelabai supratau, ka su situo komentaru buvo meginama pasakysi.

[sloga123]

@Sansachun yes, we do. check out Occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union in wikipedia.

[Sansachun]

Do Lithuanian think the communist regime as an occupation?

[andriukas3]

kur galima gauti šitos muzikos ?

[kostgian]

great charleston by the great sweet voice of Antanas..........

[fojeforever]

Nieko keisto,Lietuvos nepaliete toji krize,lietuva gan gerai atsilaike,isvis prie Smetoos Lietuvos ekonomika zemes ukyje buvo labai konkurencinga, be to nuo krizes issaugojo tai kad turejom gan daug aukso atsargu. Skaiciau kazkurioje istorijos knygoje.

[vonpareigis]

Matau Vilnių girdziu prieškorio Kauną.Ir ko dėta prieškario ekonominė krizė..Remarko "Juodasis obeliskas" jam krizė pridėjo spalvu.. o siaip girdžiu prieškario koverius...Malonu ,bet neidelizuokime.

[Zaliakalnis]

Aš įtariu, kad tik tai ir norėta pasakyti (apie ekonominę depresiją 33-iais). Žmogui tai gulėjo, kaip koks akmuo, ant širdies, o nebuvo su kuo pasikalbėti, pasiguosti. Tai ir pasisakė čia, žmogus. Tai visiškai suprantama ir pateisinama. ;)

[TimeAndSpaceWarp]

keista 33iais, ekonomine depresija dar tik tik pradejo taisytis