Some songs are truly experienced. Such is the case with this nostalgic and melancholic classic. It seems as though Liam is living the song as he sings it. Just as the audience by the look of it. Wonderfully done
Those were the days my friend....Greetings from Dublin Ireland many a night this song came out late at night....oh lord twas mighty older but no wiser..
Way back in 1968, I was an International Flight Steward with QANTAS Airways! I first heard this song in London (sung by Mary Hopkins). It has always remained one of my favourite songs --- and as each year passes --- the lyrics become all the more potent!
Up Ireland and Russia and the Russian's and the Irish and anyone in the world that can sorely look back on their life, love it, for what it was, AND IT WAS and then let go..... Not an easy thing to do !!!!...... these are the people who truely appreciate life !!!
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And dreamed of all the great things we would do. Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way And if by chance we'd meet outside the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say.. Just tonight I stood outside the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be And in the glass I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely fellow really me. And through the door I heard familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh my friend we're older but no wiser For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Saludos desde la Ciudad de México 🇲🇽 a todos por esta bella canción 🎵 e interpretación de la canción rusa 🇷🇺 con Liam de 🇮🇪 Irlanda . It’s a wonderful world 🌎 🌍❤️💪🏼🕺🏽🎵
من واقعا این ترانه را خیلی دوست دارم،البته گفته می شود که اصل ترانه به روسی و زبان روسی خوانده شده و بعد ماری هوپکین ان را خوانده که به نظر من بسیار زیبا خوانده است من خیلی ترانه ها یش را دوست دارم و قبل از نکبت بار انقلاب که یازده ساله بودم گوش می کردم و جنگ که شد به همراه هموطنان و همشهریان خرمشهری خودم در جبهه خرمشهر با هم می خواندیم و این یکی از زیباترین خاطره های دوران زندگی من می باشد.just want to say I love this song very much because I had a good memory with my mate and we used to sing this song in battle field Iran Iraq war.i am from Iran and I love to die for Iran .from the world down under.
Reminds me of my younger years at the best bar in all of Boston The Common Ground in Allston Brighton 95-98 we lived we loved we fought like there was no tomorrow .... those truly were the days my friends!
Stolen Russian song. Although many believe that it is a Russian folk composition, its author is known, his name is Boris Ivanovich Fomin, he was a Russian composer and musician, born on April 12, 1900 in St. Petersburg. The original name of the composition was "The Way Far Away", ("Dorogoj dlinnoju"), and the first performance was recorded by Tamara Cereteli (1925), but outside Russia the composition first became known in the performance of Alexander Vertinsky (1926) and most likely is that Raskin heard exactly that version. th-cam.com/video/7pDTywCYc5Y/w-d-xo.html
You can see the whole performance on another TH-cam video. "Liam Clancy Live at The Olympia Dublin 1992" This is a wonderful piece from that concert. Vaya con Dios, Liam. Your talents are missed. And your brothers.
Problem is that for Mary Hopkins, she was just too young to understand this as Liam did for many years. And the singing............... is in the knowing.
come on you boys in green! this is he russian tune irish football fans have been singing for a while . the words match the ethos of being an irish football fan or a real supporter of any team. ups and downs ...enjoy it all...win or lose as fortunes come and go.
I’m Australian and have played Gaelic football and soccer and Australian rules football(AFL). We should resume those international matches between our countries
Love this version. The masculine voice adds something to it, I think. I always thought of the song's contents as more of an older man's wistfulness rather than a woman's. The withering away of male bravado or something. Not that I'd know anything about that withering shit, mind you.
Tracy Paxton I kind of thought of that line about fighting as a couple having an argument but not losing, as in, it didn't break the relationship but made it stronger?? wishful thinking on my part perhaps. Guess I never was a fighter, not a physical one anyway.
Brilliant. Liam Clancy could command a room of people and deliver a song like no other. Saw him live at The Cork Opera House and he was amazing, a true folk legend.
The world’s most legendary rock stars are amateurs next to Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem. It takes a small army to help Mick Jagger be Mick Jagger on stage. Remove him from that environment and he’s probably not much fun to watch. The thing about Tommy and Liam is that they were actors before becoming professional musicians. I think they understood that the product they were selling was themselves, and in a sense, they developed and played their characters with total commitment. People have often said that Liam could read the phone book and it would be entertaining. That’s hyperbolic but everyone understands what that means. Liam could lose his guitar at the airport, his accompanist could get stuck in traffic, have no books of poetry on hand, with a showtime only a few minutes away and no chance of cancellation. Somehow, I just know Liam could take a situation like that and turn it on its head. He would win the audience over one way or another and no one would go home disappointed. He’d tell stories, sing a cappella, and have the crowd singing along with him. Tommy could do that too. I’m telling you: those guys were the best there ever was. Sure they had off nights like everyone else. There are stories about Liam being drunk on stage and forgetting words. But on a good night, they were masters.
bob dylan thought liam was the best folk/ballad singer he ever heard. you cant argue with that,i still think luke nicks it by a hair. class irish musicians
At 11 I asked for this for my birthday. I also asked for a guitar and lessons. I made 2 months before quitting. My fingers hurt too much. I wanted to sing in bars and play guitar. And then at 15 I led music for 700 girls at a Lion's Club weekend and a 21 year old woman was playing an autoharp in her hotel room with the door open. I walked in and learned autoharp in 2 hours. I need autoharp tabs for this song. Mary Hopkins was part of my birthday when I was 11. I still the piano music and the album.
"Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to the Russian romance song "Дорогой длинною" (Romance transliteration "Dorogoy dlinnoyu", literally "By the long road"), composed by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism. It also deals with tavern activities, which include drinking, singing and dancing. Mary Hopkin's 1968 debut single of "Those Were the Days", which was produced by Paul McCartney of the Beatles, and arranged by Richard Hewson, became a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. The song also reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. It was number one in the first edition of the French National Hit Parade launched by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque.[4] The song was featured on the US version of the debut album Post Card. Early history[edit] Georgian singer Tamara Tsereteli (1900-1968) and Russian singer Alexander Vertinsky made what were probably the earliest recordings of the song, in 1925[5] and 1926[6] respectively. The song appears in the 1953 British/French movie Innocents in Paris, in which it was sung with its original Russian lyrics by the Russian Tzigane chanteuse Ludmila Lopato. Mary Hopkin's 1968 recording of it with Gene Raskin's lyric was a chart-topping hit in much of the Northern Hemisphere. On most recordings of the song, Raskin is credited as the sole writer, even though he wrote only the later English lyrics (which are not an English translation of the Russian lyrics) and not the music.
@MikeSpiritofNature Tom Clancy actually sang another Gene Raskin song called "Time Gentlemen, Time." And @JaneLawton it is available on Welcome to Our House.
WÓWWWWWWWW Robert...i ÁLWAYS LÓVED this song SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ MÚCH...NÓW it shall ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS REMIND me of you...and the love we could've made when we would marry😔😔😔😔😔and it shall ÁLWAYS make me want to cry...but i shall ÁLWAYS hope in the Lord...but if you find a LÓVELY bride i'll understand and nót come with the Pirate ship...
The best copy of this song by far is Mary Hopkins.She came to prominence in the 1960s CANT remember exactly when.She appeared on a talent show Hughie Green singing this song and she was superb made it her own
While I liked Liam Clancy a lot, he had some wonderful stories about his days in Greenwich Village . He tells of his friendship I would say with Bob Dylan, before the infamous electric guitar incident at the Newport folk festival. I understand Bob Dylan liked his authetic folksy style and his playing of the nine string guitar. Liam Clancy in his later years told of how he was taken in (and perhaps lost his innoncence) by this extraordinary wealthy anonymous wealthy woman. These kind of stories would not have gone down well in the staunchly conservative Catholic Ireland of the 1960's. Getting back to the song, I have to say that it belongs to Mary Hopkins. She has that wonerful voice, and beautiful sixties look.
I really like this version. These 2 men sing it so lively, with vigour and stamina, it moves me tremendously, back to the good old days.
Liam Clancy, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Van Morrison, Phil Lynnott, Rory Gallagher... We're so lucky we've had such glorious talent in Ireland.
true talent is not restrained by borders... here is another Irish gem Kathleen Largey th-cam.com/video/_yS_XCI7pnk/w-d-xo.html
The CLancy brothers and Tommy will never be forgotten. True irish rogues and bardic legends.
This is an old Russian song....but translated into English...sang by an Irish man...its very nostalgic....liam really was brilliant...rest in peace.
Tune is Russian but the lyrics are different Russian one is similar but about a cross roads I believe
I was raised on this music...I never appreciated my mother’s record collection until recently. Gives me goosebumps!
I will never ever tire hearing this wonderful man sing
The older we get the more we remember, oh to be young again.
Lucky for you then you'll always get to be 'Young".
Agreed lad
old age isn't for the faint of heart, to be sure.
What lyrics and what a song, rendered soulfully by Liam Clancy. This is a song that will resonate across generations…🤗
Some songs are truly experienced. Such is the case with this nostalgic and melancholic classic. It seems as though Liam is living the song as he sings it. Just as the audience by the look of it. Wonderfully done
Such a wonderful, talented and great Irish Singer. He sang with empathy and real feelings. RIP Liam - heared in Germany
Those were the days my friend....Greetings from Dublin Ireland many a night
this song came out late at night....oh lord twas mighty
older but no wiser..
May we all be blessed with and give mighty craigh, and my the glass never run dry.
My uncle Joey just passed... korean war vet. This was his favorite song. He used to love singing it
Like me, that woman was absolutely transported. I named my son Liam after Clancy. Miss you forever...
To those days...back when my hair was darker......and my heart was lighter. To absent friends...shipmates of long ago.
Brian Bois Gilbert too bad that they ended but we still can share with our sons and greatsons so mate this are the days
amen brother, fair winds and following seas.
@@Kosh_Naranek. I'm only 19 and have no Irish blood but I love Liam Clancy and traditional Irish music in general...it melts me heart
God Bless ya
Brian Bois Gilbert day was
Way back in 1968, I was an International Flight Steward with QANTAS Airways! I first heard this song in London (sung by Mary Hopkins). It has always remained one of my favourite songs --- and as each year passes --- the lyrics become all the more potent!
You are pure. Finest off. I thinking I have the calling. Please father almighty, courage for are people's. .
I was 13 and remember
Будьте Здравы Люди Добрые!
Definitely the voice of this song. It should be the voice of a mature person. Liam Clancy could sing the phonebook and I would be blown away.
So far no singer sings with the spirit better than Liam 🙂
Mary Hopkins made her copy the best
Preciosa versión de esta maravillosa canción llena de nostalgia
The song was originally in Russian. It was written in 1924 by a composer named Formin. It's called, "Dorogoi Dimmoyu."
Very correct...
Interesting...did the Limelighters also do something similar?...can't quite remember it at the moment...
I believe it is also famous for its content and being BANNED by the Communist Party Leader of that time as well ! What a nasty bass-tard !
Yes, Joe Stalin would not like a song like this, not at all.
I believe the Russian lyrics are very different, are they not? Same melody, of course.
wonderful voice and such confidence when he sings.
He's the Irishmans Irishman ❤😊
Up Ireland and Russia and the Russian's and the Irish and anyone in the world that can sorely look back on their life, love it, for what it was, AND IT WAS and then let go..... Not an easy thing to do !!!!...... these are the people who truely appreciate life !!!
Let it go? This whole song disproves that.
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do.
Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la...
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
And if by chance we'd meet outside the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say..
Just tonight I stood outside the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
And in the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely fellow really me.
And through the door I heard familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Bittersweet, sort of like "Yesterday, When I Was Young," except that "Those Were the Days" has more jaunty acceptance of life.
God rest you Liam Clancy, and thanks for the music.
The woman is truly beautiful and reflects the depth of Liam's connection with this song. A fantastic presentation !!!
I still see her in my dreaming. A lovely woman. She will never look lovelier.
Saludos desde la Ciudad de México 🇲🇽 a todos por esta bella canción 🎵 e interpretación de la canción rusa 🇷🇺 con Liam de 🇮🇪 Irlanda . It’s a wonderful world 🌎 🌍❤️💪🏼🕺🏽🎵
من واقعا این ترانه را خیلی دوست دارم،البته گفته می شود که اصل ترانه به روسی و زبان روسی خوانده شده و بعد ماری هوپکین ان را خوانده که به نظر من بسیار زیبا خوانده است من خیلی ترانه ها یش را دوست دارم و قبل از نکبت بار انقلاب که یازده ساله بودم گوش می کردم و جنگ که شد به همراه هموطنان و همشهریان خرمشهری خودم در جبهه خرمشهر با هم می خواندیم و این یکی از زیباترین خاطره های دوران زندگی من می باشد.just want to say I love this song very much because I had a good memory with my mate and we used to sing this song in battle field Iran Iraq war.i am from Iran and I love to die for Iran .from the world down under.
@@colmmccarthy9547 🙏⭐🙏
Russian, for example: th-cam.com/video/2UxC8AW_EKE/w-d-xo.html
The song is by Russians named Boris Fomin and Konstantin Podrevsky. Gene Raskin put English words to the song and took credit for it.
The reuse of a melody is quite common, especially in folk music.
Mary Anne Rick this song is not a folk music, it has author.
@@valeriy.1446 I didn't say this particular song was folk music!
Reminds me of my younger years at the best bar in all of Boston The Common Ground in Allston Brighton 95-98 we lived we loved we fought like there was no tomorrow .... those truly were the days my friends!
Stolen Russian song. Although many believe that it is a Russian folk composition, its author is known, his name is Boris Ivanovich Fomin, he was a Russian composer and musician, born on April 12, 1900 in St. Petersburg. The original name of the composition was "The Way Far Away", ("Dorogoj dlinnoju"), and the first performance was recorded by Tamara Cereteli (1925), but outside Russia the composition first became known in the performance of Alexander Vertinsky (1926) and most likely is that Raskin heard exactly that version. th-cam.com/video/7pDTywCYc5Y/w-d-xo.html
A beautiful song by Clancy, full of soul and spirit, thanks.
+sue chen It's not by him lol
@@samusaran4799 Yeah its an old Russian song from the 30s.
@@nealdewar9959 Well, the tune is. But yes.
Beauty full. Also love Mary Hopkins’ version
You can see the whole performance on another TH-cam video. "Liam Clancy Live at The Olympia Dublin 1992" This is a wonderful piece from that concert. Vaya con Dios, Liam. Your talents are missed. And your brothers.
I bought Liam a drink in a hotel bar once. A privilege to do so. What a man..
Loved it back in 70 s
This song is so good!
Fantastic performance Liam. Vaya con Dios.
I'll never listen to the Mary Hopkins version again😳 Amazing!!!
I like Mary's version much better. You can hear the passion in her voice. +Craig Mallon
+ogoregen I like it too but nothing compared to Liam Clancy. That's true passion!
Problem is that for Mary Hopkins, she was just too young to understand this as Liam did for many years. And the singing............... is in the knowing.
Wow. Just hearing this for the first time. Brings me back to The Dublin House, W79th street..those were the days…irreplaceable!
Russian melody that has become legendary
Love this… the spirit, the music, the lyrics, the voice. 🍀
One of the best perfomance of this song
Одно из лучших исполнений этой песни
ИМХО
I so think
come on you boys in green! this is he russian tune irish football fans have been singing for a while . the words match the ethos of being an irish football fan or a real supporter of any team. ups and downs ...enjoy it all...win or lose as fortunes come and go.
What a great idea
I’m Australian and have played Gaelic football and soccer and Australian rules football(AFL). We should resume those international matches between our countries
The look on that woman's face. How sad. 'You can't go home again 'Thomas Wolfe.
That's a very beauriful woman, great song too.
love this song
My father played this song for me so long ago when I was younger
I am suprised it's still around
echi.....those where the days,,,,,,,,,,,
Good songs never die.
Love this version. The masculine voice adds something to it, I think. I always thought of the song's contents as more of an older man's wistfulness rather than a woman's. The withering away of male bravado or something. Not that I'd know anything about that withering shit, mind you.
Especially the line "We'd fight and never lose." Definitely put me in mind of young men even when I'd hear Mary Hopkin singing it.
Yes, and all those kid's voices in the other version, pfffft. I like this one much better.
Tracy Paxton I kind of thought of that line about fighting as a couple having an argument but not losing, as in, it didn't break the relationship but made it stronger?? wishful thinking on my part perhaps. Guess I never was a fighter, not a physical one anyway.
This song means more now
The exact reason that brought me here my friend.
Hmm..i wish i could go back for just one day.
Brilliant. Liam Clancy could command a room of people and deliver a song like no other. Saw him live at The Cork Opera House and he was amazing, a true folk legend.
The world’s most legendary rock stars are amateurs next to Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem. It takes a small army to help Mick Jagger be Mick Jagger on stage. Remove him from that environment and he’s probably not much fun to watch. The thing about Tommy and Liam is that they were actors before becoming professional musicians. I think they understood that the product they were selling was themselves, and in a sense, they developed and played their characters with total commitment. People have often said that Liam could read the phone book and it would be entertaining. That’s hyperbolic but everyone understands what that means. Liam could lose his guitar at the airport, his accompanist could get stuck in traffic, have no books of poetry on hand, with a showtime only a few minutes away and no chance of cancellation. Somehow, I just know Liam could take a situation like that and turn it on its head. He would win the audience over one way or another and no one would go home disappointed. He’d tell stories, sing a cappella, and have the crowd singing along with him. Tommy could do that too. I’m telling you: those guys were the best there ever was. Sure they had off nights like everyone else. There are stories about Liam being drunk on stage and forgetting words. But on a good night, they were masters.
Jolly nice song...Thanks.
bob dylan thought liam was the best folk/ballad singer he ever heard. you cant argue with that,i still think luke nicks it by a hair. class irish musicians
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Those were the days. Still to come
Legend.
best performance of that song.
greetings from Bulgaria.
At 11 I asked for this for my birthday. I also asked for a guitar and lessons. I made 2 months before quitting. My fingers hurt too much. I wanted to sing in bars and play guitar. And then at 15 I led music for 700 girls at a Lion's Club weekend and a 21 year old woman was playing an autoharp in her hotel room with the door open. I walked in and learned autoharp in 2 hours. I need autoharp tabs for this song. Mary Hopkins was part of my birthday when I was 11. I still the piano music and the album.
"Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put a new English lyric to the Russian romance song "Дорогой длинною" (Romance transliteration "Dorogoy dlinnoyu", literally "By the long road"), composed by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevsky. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism. It also deals with tavern activities, which include drinking, singing and dancing.
Mary Hopkin's 1968 debut single of "Those Were the Days", which was produced by Paul McCartney of the Beatles, and arranged by Richard Hewson, became a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. The song also reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. It was number one in the first edition of the French National Hit Parade launched by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque.[4] The song was featured on the US version of the debut album Post Card.
Early history[edit]
Georgian singer Tamara Tsereteli (1900-1968) and Russian singer Alexander Vertinsky made what were probably the earliest recordings of the song, in 1925[5] and 1926[6] respectively.
The song appears in the 1953 British/French movie Innocents in Paris, in which it was sung with its original Russian lyrics by the Russian Tzigane chanteuse Ludmila Lopato. Mary Hopkin's 1968 recording of it with Gene Raskin's lyric was a chart-topping hit in much of the Northern Hemisphere. On most recordings of the song, Raskin is credited as the sole writer, even though he wrote only the later English lyrics (which are not an English translation of the Russian lyrics) and not the music.
Such great lyrics
R.I.P Jack Charlton
The most beautiful cover of this song
Love it! Huge favorite as no one else can sing it!
This song is a legend Joan.
Never gets old.
BELLA CANCIÓN CANTADA POR UN GRAN ARTISTA!!!
Legend
there will never be another Liam Clancy he was the best.
Only ever heard Mary’s version before
CLASS
.. ball like a baby .. !! .. give 'em hell Liam .. err, from heaven !!
@MikeSpiritofNature Tom Clancy actually sang another Gene Raskin song called "Time Gentlemen, Time." And @JaneLawton it is available on Welcome to Our House.
This and the polish version are my favourite versions of this song!
What a great performance
only Clancy can capture the soul of drinking the soul.
Yes...so true...he drank hard...a true irish man...I love he was a genuine friend of Bob dylan.
Best version ever!
Awesome
I love Mary Hopkins’s version.
WÓWWWWWWWW Robert...i ÁLWAYS LÓVED this song SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ MÚCH...NÓW it shall ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS REMIND me of you...and the love we could've made when we would marry😔😔😔😔😔and it shall ÁLWAYS make me want to cry...but i shall ÁLWAYS hope in the Lord...but if you find a LÓVELY bride i'll understand and nót come with the Pirate ship...
I am 140 years old. I don’t hear much anymore.when I watch liam sing, I hear that
Those were the days with my friends and forest and slade
slainte
St Brendan Skibbereen
Liam did the best version
I liked this version.
real music
Superb
I'd like to hear and see this performed by Bruce.
Cry for Greenwich Village. NYC is not what it once was. Brought upon us by those we trusted.
I’d sing that at the Ashford castle gig. Promise
For me and a dear dear friend our place was the Magic Pan on Wednesday nights. Sarah , lift a glass with me.
Gonna learn this one
The English words were written by Eugene Raskin who was Jewish. Broadway is Broadway due to Jewish lyricists and composers!
Sure to have our way
Sad and joyous
최고
bow,applause and bow again.
The best copy of this song by far is Mary Hopkins.She came to prominence in the 1960s CANT remember exactly when.She appeared on a talent show Hughie Green singing this song and she was superb made it her own
Oppurtunity knocks
Totally agree!!!
Дорогой длинною.....))))
2019
COOL, I LOVE IT❤️
Tom Clancy sings a great version of this popular song
Душевный мужик, хоть и не понял что он сказал)
While I liked Liam Clancy a lot, he had some wonderful stories about his days in Greenwich Village . He tells of his friendship I would say with Bob Dylan, before the infamous electric guitar incident at the Newport folk festival. I understand Bob Dylan liked his authetic folksy style and his playing of the nine string guitar.
Liam Clancy in his later years told of how he was taken in (and perhaps lost his innoncence) by this extraordinary wealthy anonymous wealthy woman. These kind of stories would not have gone down well in the staunchly conservative Catholic Ireland of the 1960's.
Getting back to the song, I have to say that it belongs to Mary Hopkins. She has that wonerful voice, and beautiful sixties look.
Hopkins version good but Clancey having lived it could put much more emotion to it.
I’m singing it now Mister
Beutiful accent