original "THOSE WERE THE DAYS" (Дорогой длинною) - Marie-Anne Manca Izmajlova

[@pamrichardson9266]

I'm from Russian desent....I'm second Generation American.I've been singing this in my own Russian since I was 10 I'm gonna be 60 next week and I'm still singing

[@dc10fomin65]

My name is Alex Fomin, my father was from Rostov on Don, I was born in Brazil, travelled around the world, and sang and continue to sing this music now in Chicago, I am 72. This, among many other Russian contributions to music is beautiful, don't stop, na zdarovia!

[@se7enei8htnin97]

@@dc10fomin65 Awesome I’d love to see that

[@100ampscurrent]

​@@dc10fomin65 That's funny. I writing to you from Rostov-on-Don.😊

[@etnalutt3492]

This is a beautiful song no matter where it came from. Art has no borders.

[@arctic004]

Russians are among the very most romantic, literary and musical peoples on the planet! Wonderful!

[@henryseidel5469]

If you knew Russian people you would know that their romantic souls are also part of their everyday life. Their values are totally different from the people in Western countries.

[@KDean22]

YES...SHE STEALS MY HEART

[@KDean22]

@@arctic004 MY RUSSIAN LOVE

[@josepalma-ne5bw]

Yes , this is the original song. FROM RUSSIA. Not from England, and not even from the United States. FROM RUSSIA.

[@pastille2585]

From Soviet Union*

[@kkroeger5868]

This song is Russian, but give Paul McCartney credit for realizing how great this song is....

[@josepalma-ne5bw]

@@kkroeger5868 Of course, I agree with you that this song was sung by other singers, that sing it very well in English. Specially Mary Hopkins.

[@ingenerchik]

The truth of course is that it was originally composed by Sir Paul but then stolen and Russified by the Soviets in the 50s.

[@pastille2585]

@@ingenerchik That's not true. Sir Paul was born in 1942, the original song "By the long road"'s first recordings took place in 1925. The original compose was made by the Soviets. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o37Eq2pml7SXbdk

[@ЛилияБагаманова-ъ3ю]

Когда я слушаю русскую музыку, народную, у меня мурашки, слезы-от гордости за свою Россию, ее великих людей, ее искусство. Нашу музыку, песни любят во всем мире, поют их. Искусство объединяет народы.

[@ml9633]

I cannot understand Russian, but that voice and beat just drives me. Those where the days my friend :) thank you for this beautiful orchestra & voice piece. Wow ! :)

[@wolfgangkugler593]

Kompliment, Marie-Anne, Sie sind eine echte Künstlerin mit einer unglaublich schönen Stimme. Grandios!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Danke!

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

Excellent both singer and orchestra! Hurrah for Slovenia and for the Russian composers of music and words!

[@brankadragicevic856]

Has NOTHING to do with Slovenia. This is originall RUSSIAN song from 1920s/30s !!

[@visevnik]

The singer, the orchestra, the Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana are all from/in Slovenia@@brankadragicevic856

[@niteboatermusic]

loved this, didnt know it even existed, a classic melody for all time!

[@TheMobile1972]

She is a lovely musician

[@stephanelevesque6134]

Je ne vous connais pas Madame…mais vous et votre orchestre…vous êtes juste extraordinaire….🇲🇶👍

[@ravisriram6746]

I remember listening to the Mary Hopkin version back in the late '60's. When I found out the original version was Russian in origin, my curiosity was piqued. Thank you for posting this.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@ancaradulescu6171]

Music is amazing, doesn't matter in which language, Her voice is gorgeous!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

I have gotten into many fights with American youth for singing her praises instead of glorifying some poshlaya harlot whose act is mostly thrusting its backside about in a skimpy costume while pretending to sing.

[@BlueLineofthesky]

This song is amazing, so close to the soul. Russian and English variant, both are amazing. This singer is absolutely amazing.

[@xenjalavanda9396]

in the English version the lyric has not sense at all if to compare with the Original Russian text

[@ingenerchik]

@@xenjalavanda9396 nonsense. The original version by Sir Paul MakKartni is absolutely stunning

[@MilciadesAndrion]

This song is classic and unforgettable. It is of Russian origin. It reminds us of our loved ones that they are no longer with us. Мы всегда будем помнить их

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@nobonespurs]

dont need a SONG for that!

[@nobonespurs]

which ones the ones stalin had murdered or lenin? and both proven wrong as the systew fades away

[@xks16]

@@nobonespurs Why bring stalin&lenin into this? How about remembering those who died peacefully in their beds?

[@5858salena]

The original is always classic and evergreen. Love it

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@lazylili3699]

Here is an older one. The above song to me sounded like the arrangement of the Mary Hopkin hit, but listen to this. It's a much older song than the Apple recording. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH7PqmiEr79oe80

[@pamelarobinson8214]

I don't speak Russian but I know this song. This is much more powerful. So sad the politicians seperate us all. I love Russian culture. Damn, now I'm going to be on some FBI/CIA watch list!

[@МатНов]

😅😅😅 не ссы. Прорвемся.

[@ElijahCudd]

Да

[@Tatyana-ns2or]

I hope you will not be on the FSB watsh list. Compared to this bloody organization, the FBI and CIA will seem like fluffy cats to you. And Russian culture is great. Part of the world.

[@МатНов]

​@@Tatyana-ns2or 😅😅😅 кастрюли подъехали 😅😅😅

[@adelker4884]

Hahaha.. it's Mary Hopkins' THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND.

[@jaimecastano9845]

hermosa canción que me acompaña toda mi vida de 70 años 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🎶🎼🎤🎹🎹🎤🎼🎶🎶🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@KDean22]

ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT

[@Дарья-ъ7с5г]

Мне очень нравится, что свой вариант песни на эту мелодию есть во многих странах мира. она объединила много культур и поколений. Это очень воодушевляет, ведь это значит, что того, что объединяет нас, намного больше, чем кажется ❤‍🔥

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Verno!

[@wodasodka9031]

Chciałbym w to wierzyć.

[@רותםפ-ר9ס]

God bless the Russian people ❤ Love and greetings from Israel

[@anara7091]

Из Казахстана с любовью к русской культуре

[@kristinasalazar6749]

This song carries such Power of Life, Strong meaning of Remembrance, Sung with a Woman's Beautiful, Powerful Voice. And the Musicians Carried the Depth of Meaning the top. Loved it Thank you❤

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@daviesp2003]

Great to discover the real original!!

[@逸見敏成]

やはり本当はロシア語で歌うのが､この作品の魅力を最大限に引き出せるのかもしれませんね｡ まるでフィギュアスケートの選手がリンクで演技しているかの様な光景が思い浮かびました｡ 　いつの日にか再び､ロシアのオーケストラや歌い手の方が来日公演できる時が来ますように｡

[@негуберман]

Без юродивой нашей натуры Не родилось бы в этой глуши Ни балета, ни литературы ... Ни загадочной русской души.

[@armandomoralesgaspar9830]

Hermosa cancion, patrimonio mundial, viva RUSSIA , saludos desde Mexico.

[@trenesdelmundo]

this is a beautiful song, i love the russian music, it's the best around the world, Greetings from Mexico

[@Tqn0708]

so beautiful

[@chriswright3179]

And very beautiful too. I suspect that Russians do nostalgia very well. I spent my family years in Portugal and they have a word 'saudade' which covers a nostalgic longing for what you are missing whether in time or in space. Thank you for expressing so beautifully what we feel.

[@mikeb1648]

I love Russian folk music & ballads!

[@emiliosanchezsarmiento9526]

Yo no sabía que esta es la versión original,Qué vozarrón de esta dama!!,Y la orquestacion..espectacular!!

[@kiwiowl]

What a fantastic performance. I came here on the strength of the English version and I'm so glad it brought me here. Wonderful arrangement and such a tremendous vocal.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@yskim1800]

Russians have a great taste & talent in music.

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

More importantly, they tend to be zadushvniye with music. No need for skimpy costumes and dancing better suited for strippers. I tend to react to American pop stars most fastidiously. That means brezglivo.

[@KDean22]

SHE STEALS MY HEART... SUCH BEAUTY AND A VOICE OF ANGELS

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you! :)

[@abatupi852]

I'm from Brazil, and, in my country, this song is always a hit. Awesome!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@bryanbutler6486]

Star+ is currently working on a TV show about the life of Brazilian businessman and TV star Silvio Santos (whom this song is heavily associated to). It'd be wonderful to have it (or Mary Hopkin version) on its soundtrack!

[@abatupi852]

@@bryanbutler6486 That's right. Thank you.

[@itsakc]

Fantastic rendition, very talented ... love from India!!

[@jameshermes1273]

Performed with the untouchable originality of the song. BRAVO.

[@juvencioflores4304]

Simplemente genial brillante y vibrante y hermoso tema,la voz y la cantante.!!

[@chrispapa2782]

This song is happy and sad at the same time. Simultaneous opposite feelings created with the music and the words. Amazing creation.

[@snowyowlz5992]

This is how I first heard it and in Russian Literature class, needless to say this is the version I enjoy..

[@richardperth2002]

Boris Ivanovich Fomin (Борис Иванович Фомин, 12 April 1900, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, - 25 October 1948, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet musician and composer who specialized in the Russian romance. Several of Fomin's songs became popular in 1920s, most notably "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" (Russian: Дорогой длинною, By Endless Road), commonly known for its English version "Those Were the Days", made world-famous in 1968 by Mary Hopkin and credited to Eugene Raskin who in 1962 wrote the English lyrics for the tune and claimed the song for his own. It was composed by Boris Fomin in 1924, first interpreted and recorded by Tamara Tsereteli (1925) and Alexander Vertinsky (1926); it was the latter who popularized it abroad.[1][2][3]

[@НадеждаКротова-м2ч]

Очень интересная информация о создании английского варианта нашего романса.буду знать больше о работе над данной песней

[@matrixnorm6672]

>Eugene Raskin who in 1962 wrote the English lyrics for the tune and claimed the song for his own Jew

[@pjzdreamz]

I am blown away by this arrangement and the entire performance thereof. EXCELLENT.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

+pjzdreamz Thank you!!

[@itsmeme8287]

She has an amazing voice, and for a live performer, even more important than that she knows how to move around and look happy and relaxed as she is singing, so that it is entertainment, rather than just good singing. Amazing Lady.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@oddjob7821]

I did not know this was Russian song. Always associated it with Mary Hopkins. A wonderful song. A song you can only appreciate when you are older really.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@melissaharrison5065]

This song was origianlly created in 1924, composer Boris Fomin and poet Konstantin Podrevsky

[@TracySmith-xy9tq]

I first heard this song as a kid in the 60s sung by Mary Hopkin. Wonderful to hear it sung in the original Russian.

[@tbpatria8746]

So beautiful. Even the English version can still loved by many

[@bat-21]

Significant in any language. Beautiful voice too like Mary Hopkin..we all get older and no matter what our lives are currently like we look back and think those were the days

[@karlkarl9750]

Я вас любил так искренно, так нежно, Как дай вам бог любимой быть другим. !

[@benfa2292]

I guessed the melody is close to Russian culture but never able to figure out exactly about the composer Thank you for sharing the music The melody is so wonderful that can match to any language and lyrics

[@BarryKort]

ChatGPT offers this interpretation: This is a poem in Russian by Ivan Petrovich Larionov, titled "By the long road". Here's a translation: "By the long road, we rode in a troika with jingling bells, And in the distance flickered lights... Oh, if only now I could follow you, To ease my soul of its sadness! By the long road, in moonlit weather, With that song that rings out into the distance, With the old and the seven-stringed, That tormented me so at night. It seems we sang for nothing, Burning night after night in vain. If we're finished with the old, Then those nights have passed! From now on, we must travel Towards our native lands by new paths! ...We rode in a troika with jingling bells, But now that's long gone!"

[@BarryKort]

ChatGPT further explains: «This is a Russian song called "Dorogoi Dlinnoyu" (By the long road). On a long road, they rode in a troika with bells ringing, and in the distance, lights flickered. The singer longs to be with someone and have their soul lifted from sadness. They reminisce about singing with this person, with the moon shining and a song that echoes into the distance. They realize that they sang and burned through nights in vain, and now that they've moved on, those nights have passed. They look forward to traveling new paths to their homeland, but the troika ride with bells was long ago.»

[@mindykaur8139]

Thank you for sharing this

[@СветаИванникова-з8ч]

Советую всем прослушать эту песню .

[@walterweiss7124]

nice recommendation, danke, dziekuje, spassibo!

[@pd3924]

Gorgeous voice and majestic song!

[@Ernesto77777]

♫ Both Russian and English versions are beautiful! ♫

[@johnmadur3872]

I heard and sang along this beautiful song since I was a kid sometime around 1973. Great performance👌

[@charlisays]

So beautiful in Russian. ❤️

[@Daniel.W.Bridge]

it is the original text

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you.

[@thinkmackay8954]

Thank you for uploading this. Love her singing and love Russian music.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you! Get involved and support the new album in themaking of Manca Izmajlova: The Russian Collection "Twelve Moments" by pre-ordering on Pledge Music: www.pledgemusic.com/projects/manca-izmajlova

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

This song in English and in Russian will be bonus tracks on the album

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

Так красная женщина! Так красный голос! Я тебя люблю, Манца!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

:) Spasibo

[@marjandezelak4654]

Bravoooo Manca....pa da se ve, da si iz Slovenije...odlična izvedba...moj poklon !!!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Hvala!

[@夢東まさかず]

Большой! Поющий голос, мир миру.

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Spasibo!

[@emancamilleri4178]

I just discovered that this is the original! Sublime... Amazing!!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you! Get involved and support the new album in the making of Manca Izmajlova: The Russian Collection "Twelve Moments" by pre-ordering on Pledge Music: www.pledgemusic.com/projects/manca-izmajlova This song in English and in Russian will be bonus tracks on this album.

[@Ryuma1227]

One of my favourite songs

[@marialaurabuenviernes1628]

Excelente, hermosa canción y la vozzzzz

[@simaritalia]

e` sempre bella in tutte le lingue

[@frankeimer3906]

Excellent, what else one say .From a older Canuck

[@ericmathias5965]

Wow lovely song originally sung in Russian language outstanding

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

thank you!

[@FLG232]

Beautiful version by a lovely lady

[@joelmatson4402]

Brava!! Brava!! Bravissima!

[@Aquila007]

Excellent voice, orchestra and a Very beautiful passionate woman wearing a fire red dress!!!!!!!!!what more can you ask!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@karlkarl9750]

Я благодарю судьбу за то, что она послала мне такого замечательного человека как Вы

[@warskye5686]

BRAVO MADAM BRAVO. From Southside VIRGINIA. WELL DONE. Thank You

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you :)

[@oatnoid]

This the only song I've ever performed in front of an audience. Lots of fun! Love it!

[@humbertogatica6420]

I was lucky to hear this song interpreted by the Russian Red Choir, they came to Swansea, Wales, the public stood up to huge ovation. Thank you, Benjamin Izmajlov

[@nickfowler6171]

much better than the version in english, more emotion!

[@jackd105]

She must be in the Guinness book of world records for singing in 25 languages

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Maybe we should call them))). She sings sometimes one verse of a song in a different language, without text or anything...

[@pikachoi2007]

The singer and the orchestra is outrageous! 5 stars

[@TheCrawfordFive]

This song and this performance make me happy!!

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@etnalutt3492]

The song is not happy actually, is very sentimental

[@RODORORAM]

Hermosa melodia !! me encanta ....gracias por compartir, la escucho una y otra vez. Saludos desde Mexicali, Mexico

[@pacificprospector]

This is a beautiful song. I'm glad to have found it sung in (the original) Russian. Thank you for posting. Спасибо!

[@mariaritchie9454]

i can't stop listening to this beautiful lady!

[@dushanzivanic4311]

Bravo Marie-Anne - beautiful version

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@antechinus100]

Mary Hopkin was good but could not compete with this voice.

[@AmmeMahamaye]

Amazing performance👏🏾👏🏾 👏🏾from India

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@jmrodas9]

Nice song and the Singer is very good. One of my favorites through the years. I like to hear it although not being fluent in Russian I do not understand what she says. But it does not matter.

[@jmstowe]

+Jorge Mario Rodas I don't speak Russian, but I love the sound of this song in Russian.

[@EngelsFriedrich]

Beautiful voice.Great song.

[@ПРИЗНАКИРАЗУМНОЙЖИЗНИ]

Ух ты! Какой чистый открытый свободный и красивый голос! Спасибо ❤️🌹🇧🇾

[@АльмусаннаХаейк]

Привет Беларусью

[@ПРИЗНАКИРАЗУМНОЙЖИЗНИ]

@@АльмусаннаХаейк Спасибо! И Вам всех благ!

[@GoshC75]

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

[@oscara.6093]

Grandiosa la bella cultura rusa

[@konezsapad]

🇷🇺🌬

[@ahmedalsharman]

Great music 🎶

[@alejandrapadron1941]

Stunningly beautiful and talented

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you!

[@caitlyndc]

Brilliant hearing it in it's original language. Some songs just hit the soul.

[@txbuzzkill6276]

That was beautiful.

[@Jeanne700]

I love this song...English or Russian whatever...I love it!!!

[@قلمالرصاص-د6و]

اغنية جميلة تعبر عن جمال الثقافة الروسية الرائعة

[@BrozTito35]

I so like her voice and orchestra really super amazingéwho told her voice not beauty they are stupit!

[@pacificprospector]

Good job! Great voice!!

[@KDean22]

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME

[@sergeybelov1682]

Nice performance of nice Russian song.

[@texelektronik]

супер....спасибо

[@VFMCMedia]

einfach nur Klasse

[@barriemaclean6872]

Beautifully sung with an orchestra-sublime

[@BenjaminIzmajlov]

Thank you! Get involved and support the new album in the making of Manca Izmajlova: The Russian Collection "Twelve Moments" by pre-ordering on Pledge Music: www.pledgemusic.com/projects/manca-izmajlova

[@S-early-user]

Excellent song