I have no idea how but my friend discovered this and played it at a party yesterday. I've never seen people going nuts as much from a song that nobody had ever heard of before as they did yesterday.
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours Think 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 ra ra ra la la La ra ra ra la la La ra ra ra la ra ra ra ra ra Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say 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 Those were the days Oh, yes, those were the days La ra ra ra la la... Just tonight I stood before the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be In the glass I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely woman really me? 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 Those were the days Oh, yes, those were the days La ra ra ra la la... Through the door there came 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... 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 Those were the days Oh, yes, those were the days La ra ra ra la la...
@@eckhardholzhauser1152 Sorry!! You´re right. Paul was only the producer of "Those were the days my friend" -- I realy din´t know that it was russian folk song. Learnd something from you - thanks
credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian gypsy song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною", lit. "By the long road"), written by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism. The first known recording of the song was by Alexander Vertinsky in the 1920s. The song is best remembered for Mary Hopkin's 1968 recording, which was a top-ten hit in both the U.S. and the U.K.
I watched the movie "Leningrad Cowboys go America" ... Great... I'm a fan now ...:) Best scene: Car stopps at station and all the empty beer cans falling out... hahah
Ouvir essa música com você meu amor, é maravilhoso. Ouvir suas histórias que eu tanto gosto. Te amo muito ROM ROM. Eternamente meu moço do Planetário ♥️⭐🔭 Estou editando em agosto de 2022. O moço do planetário partiu o mês passado (estava doente). Sou grata a Deus por ter lhe reencontrado e ter lhe ajudado por 4 anos. Esse era seu clip preferido. Brilhe garoto, um dia seguiremos juntos pela eternidade. ROM ROM 🙏❤️🌟🔭
The writer was Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu". Leningrad Cowboys might be from Finland, but they did not write this song.
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours Think 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-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say 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 Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days La-la-la-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da Just tonight I stood before the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be In the glass I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely woman really me? 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 Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days La-la-la-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da Through the door, there came 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 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 Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days La-la-la-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da La-la-la-da-da-da Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da La-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Aquellos eran los días mi amigo Pensábamos que nunca iba a terminar Nos gustaría cantar y bailar siempre y un día Nos gustaría vivir la vida que elegimos Nos gustaría luchar y perder nunca Para nosotros éramos jóvenes y asegúrese de tener el camino
@Murkula86 The musical quotation refers to the "At the Manchzuria Hills" item. The song was originally composed by Ilya Shatrov in 1906 and dedicated to his war friends fallen at the Russo-Japan War of 1905. Shatrov was the conductor of the military band and happened to be surrounded by the enemy with other troops. As the story goes, he made his band play to initiate the counter attack. Him and six more soldiers managed to break through.
These guys REALLY need to get together with Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies and put out an album. It'd bring fans of two different yet similar bands together and the album/concert would be awesome I think :)
" "Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною", lit. "By the long road"), composed by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism." - from Wikipedia, So Russian song performed by Lenningrad Cowboys, band from Finlad. Do you now understand difference???
as far as I know, originally this is a Gregorian gypsy song, I also heard it in a Gregorian(then Soviet Union) film with a gypsy choir, in Russian. I wish someone find this song it and puts it on ut. Listening to that was an experience.
![Leningrad Cowboys - These Boots by Aki Kaurismäki [High Quality]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dpOFNJOXMS4/mqdefault.jpg)
What a great band, and that's one of the greatest songs i've ever heard...
GREETINGS FROM MEXICO!!!!!
Long life to the cowboys!
Greetings from Türkiye
Those indeed were the days.... still coming back for this song time by time
I have no idea how but my friend discovered this and played it at a party yesterday. I've never seen people going nuts as much from a song that nobody had ever heard of before as they did yesterday.
I originally heard the red army choir version. It's better. I'll give the commies one thing, they can sing.
those were 12 years ago
Enough said 😉
I know it for ages.
Have you seen the movie?
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
Think 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 ra ra ra la la
La ra ra ra la la
La ra ra ra la ra ra ra ra ra
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say
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
Those were the days
Oh, yes, those were the days
La ra ra ra la la...
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?
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
Those were the days
Oh, yes, those were the days
La ra ra ra la la...
Through the door there came 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...
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
Those were the days
Oh, yes, those were the days
La ra ra ra la la...
I come from Hong Kong.
2 years ago I heard this song , and I love this song and I think that is the best version of this song.
How did I go this long without knowing about this rock version of one of my favorite songs?
Yes a good version but a stupid video.
Ich liebe diese Version! immer wieder genial!
Ebenfalls spassiva
Wonderful crazy finnish band! Love this version of the song!
I can't stop coming back to this song. What the hell is wrong with me?!
It´s written by Paul McCartney... So nothing is wrong with you at all...
Boris Fomin ist the Composer, btw.
u r getting old. thats the reason why i am here xD
@@smallhands4348 thats wrong! It was a russian folk song from 1917!
@@eckhardholzhauser1152 Sorry!! You´re right. Paul was only the producer of "Those were the days my friend" -- I realy din´t know that it was russian folk song. Learnd something from you - thanks
So many hurtfull Memories. Still love the Song of course.😊
its 2018 and I love the solo by the woman and the Elvis bartender...
This version makes me feel nostalgia for the 70s in Western Countries although I am a 20-year-old-boy
me to .iam 50old.greetengs from slovakia
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This version makes me nostalgic for the 20s in the 70s here in 2021
Don’t worry the song was released in 1992
In fact this is 1950s nostalgia (plus general nostalgia) from the 1990s.
This makes me feel old! I remember when it first came out lol!
credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian gypsy song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною", lit. "By the long road"), written by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism. The first known recording of the song was by Alexander Vertinsky in the 1920s. The song is best remembered for Mary Hopkin's 1968 recording, which was a top-ten hit in both the U.S. and the U.K.
Definitely the best version of this song.
they can save lives with that song :-))
Remember when rock was the popular thing? Those were the days!
R.J.J. O
I'm thinking about slapping
the RAP out of today's 💩😉
thank you RUSSIA and all her people 😌
This is finnish band not russian.☺️🇫🇮
In the early 90's last
Ok boomer
I watched the movie "Leningrad Cowboys go America" ... Great... I'm a fan now ...:) Best scene: Car stopps at station and all the empty beer cans falling out... hahah
Amazing version of this song! Keep on going Cowboys!!
brilliant band, brilliant film!!
used to love it now my friend reminded me of it and i still do love it!
They are grea!!! Greetings from Australia!
Очень вдохновенная песня. Ленинград ковбойз случайно увидал по тв СССР в конце 80-х. И зацепило...
Wspaniali artysci dzis takich juz nie ma a szkoda
every new years eve me and my family sing and dance to this song.
I just heard a street musician play this in Finland. Amazing!! :)
this is the best version of this song :D
Ouvir essa música com você meu amor, é maravilhoso. Ouvir suas histórias que eu tanto gosto.
Te amo muito ROM ROM.
Eternamente meu moço do Planetário ♥️⭐🔭
Estou editando em agosto de 2022. O moço do planetário partiu o mês passado (estava doente). Sou grata a Deus por ter lhe reencontrado e ter lhe ajudado por 4 anos. Esse era seu clip preferido. Brilhe garoto, um dia seguiremos juntos pela eternidade. ROM ROM 🙏❤️🌟🔭
Imagine coming here in 10 years x and thinking 2020 wtf
Best version of a beautiful song! LC forever!!!
Congratulations for the perfect audio synchronization.
This Video is unbelievably Terrific...Love It!!!
Those doos! 🤣 But seriously, the song is timeless and they cover it quite well!
oh man,this song brings back so many memories..some bad,some good..It's all GOOD!!
a fabulous video. enjoyed it very much.
i will never understand people who dislike this vid
Who's watching this in 2016?
Likely nobody.
I am! I might not count though, since I'm an old lady.
Pu Iacocca 2017 and we're still here :)
late to the party, 2017
Ich hab immer noch meinen Spaß dran!
The writer was Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu". Leningrad Cowboys might be from Finland, but they did not write this song.
You are right.
i gues every1 know that :D But thanks for the info, man!
From Finland ! ; )
Hello Finland with great respect from America
Minä myös! :3
Yes ! =)
Marko Hynninen What do you think about Russia?
Hello from Russia! IT Russian song!!!
Heya, heya, Finland! Leningrad Cowboys, I hope to see you live again...
Thank you very many:))
this is better than i thought!
mmmm... a great cover of this song. especially, those adam's apples
LOL,those crazy Finns,the dog in the end...seriously,this should be a classic by now! Genious,funny.
thanks for this video. one of my favorite!!!!!!
I LOVE FINLAND !! Just came back from Helsinki - great city ! great people !
@Niklas noh noh
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LC will always keep my heart young:)
Epic song
OMG...the best!!!!
This song rocks at 1.25 speed
That just made my day! Awesome!
live forever leningrad cawboys.....forever ride on winter storm....respect from croatiaaaaa.... play on and on.....
I love this band.
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
Think 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-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say
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
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?
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
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
Through the door, there came 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
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
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
La-la-la-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
I thought about my late friend. This Song gave me good vibes again
Inspiration: A song by Mary Hopkins (based on a Russian song from 1917)
Listen to the original song!
Yes. Paul McCartney really foud this Russian song "An Old Road" for Apple and Mary Hopkins.
Also probaply because their a finnish band the finnish version "oi niitä aikoja"
WOW FANTASTIC HEAVY HAIRS!! Yes, those Were THE DAYS! Today owing to this, the story was of Paris Caf
Aquellos eran los días mi amigo
Pensábamos que nunca iba a terminar
Nos gustaría cantar y bailar siempre y un día
Nos gustaría vivir la vida que elegimos
Nos gustaría luchar y perder nunca
Para nosotros éramos jóvenes y asegúrese de tener el camino
glorious listen since my childhood
Sehr sehr geil... Damals als ich jung war...
To those long lost days (and nights)!!!
Cheers!!!
@Murkula86 The musical quotation refers to the "At the Manchzuria Hills" item. The song was originally composed by Ilya Shatrov in 1906 and dedicated to his war friends fallen at the Russo-Japan War of 1905. Shatrov was the conductor of the military band and happened to be surrounded by the enemy with other troops. As the story goes, he made his band play to initiate the counter attack. Him and six more soldiers managed to break through.
Edith Piaf - Padam, padam! :D
Love this video! :)
Nice version thank you
2018 guys this is good
One of the best live bands I have ever, ever seen.
These guys REALLY need to get together with Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies and put out an album. It'd bring fans of two different yet similar bands together and the album/concert would be awesome I think :)
Yes we had "this kind of clothes" in finland, but it was 50 years ago.
this video is so adorable
" "Those Were the Days" is a song credited to Gene Raskin, who put English lyrics to the Russian romance song "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("Дорогой длинною", lit. "By the long road"), composed by Boris Fomin (1900-1948) with words by the poet Konstantin Podrevskii. It deals with reminiscence upon youth and romantic idealism." - from Wikipedia,
So Russian song performed by Lenningrad Cowboys, band from Finlad. Do you now understand difference???
Halina Kunicka - To byly piekne dni : DDD
This song will always remind me of you my love, PRDMC, I love you for all eternity.
crazy of the band
immer wieder großartig - life verpasst ? so schlimm ist es nicht .danke vor Musik !
Ovo je toliko opičeno da je odlično! Pozzzz iz Srbije :)
Pera Peric ja sam isto srbin
93
Every weekend I'm listening to this song, remembering the good old days when everything was better 😭
Tosi on.
If these guys amuse you, look for an older movie called "Leningrad Cowboys Go America." Classic. Offbeat. Hysterical.
I remember this sung by Mary Hopkin back in the 1960s! I like this version though and the video is fun :D!
Still my favourite version of this song.
I really looove it
everybody in finland wear those kinda shoes and have that hairstyle, we support our bands xD
those were the days... before 2012 that apocalypse really is a sliw burner
love it!
THOSE were the days!
Legend of Leningrad Cowboys !
... just wanted to write that.
Azok a szép napok... :)
We need more bands from Finland
Look 2:21 ! She sings french Edith Piaf's song "Padam Padam". What a mix ! Astonishing...
3:54 that hairstyle really suits to that dog, wish mine was as furry
Video is like a cross between Eraserhead and Stranger than Paradise.
this song kicks ass.
april 2020 epic music.
Even the dog has the haircut lmao.
Those were the days which determined the way I shall wear my boots...
we sing this almost every week in music lessons at school
Nice songs... great band...
That hair reminds me to Trowa Barton from Gundam wings...
素晴らしいカヴァーですね！原曲も好きですが 少し強めな気分で この曲を聴きたい時には これです。
as far as I know, originally this is a Gregorian gypsy song, I also heard it in a Gregorian(then Soviet Union) film with a gypsy choir, in Russian. I wish someone find this song it and puts it on ut. Listening to that was an experience.
Tres cool!!
I Do and I like it still.
Here's the original song
Nani Bregvadze - Long Road.
You will find it if you'll search for Нани Брегвадзе Дорогой длинною.