Mary Hopkin "Those Were The Days" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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[@JamesNolen-t9u]

I'm 85 and those truly were the days in 50s thro 70s

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Amen!✌️

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

I'm 37 and I can feel those days bi-proxy lol.

[@gracemontalvo8535]

Childhood and youth were always the days. Memories, friendships, and adventures.

[@olegkim615]

👏

[@yenzen9112]

We peaked as a civilization in 1984.

[@goldenoriolesilverbirch8220]

My Mother ( God rest her Russian soul ) loved Mary Hopkins - Not everyone knows that the melody is a Russian folk song ( the road is long )

[@JSB103]

I sounds Russian, and it certainly is a very beautiful song. I hear Paul McCartney wrote the lyrics to it.

[@Миша-к4ь7ъ]

У этой песни есть автор Борис Фомин 1924 год . По удивительном совпадению песня посвящена певице по имени Мария. Позже появилась версия Вертинского и лишь потом слова на английском Раскина.

[@guillermolizardi6321]

You are totally right!!! I just listened to the russian one. Thanks

[@BernardGreenberg]

@@JSB103 No, Gene Raskin, a folksinger with Russian roots, wrote the lyrics. Paul McCartney was responsible for seeing the potential, getting it, Mary Hopkin, and Apple Music together, and marketing it.

[@BernardGreenberg]

@@Миша-к4ь7ъ Translation of this comment: This song has an author Boris Fomin 1924. By an amazing coincidence, the song is dedicated to a singer named Maria. Later, Vertinsky’s version appeared, and only then Raskin’s words in English.

[@jiggajewjay]

My holocaust survivor grandparents both loved this song. I grew up hearing them sing this. They have sinced passed and hearing this brings up fond memories.

[@Tolianchig]

Песня русских эмигрантов.

[@JLM1883]

The lyrics are completely different, they are not an Eglish translation or the Russian lyrics, and the music itself was changed to fit the English lyrics. It's been altered enough for two songs to be completely seperate things.

[@jiggajewjay]

@JLM1883 after the war they moved to NY. It's possible they knew the original Russian version but I'm referring to the fact that I heard them singing the English version :)

[@Tolianchig]

@@jiggajewjay Конечно, знали.

[@marceypoeckes1968]

That gave me the chills. My Nana and my mom loved this song, as do I❤

[@asorrentino38]

A beautiful girl... with a beautiful voice.... singing a BEAUTIFUL, poignant song, that made me cry even when I heard it on the radio back then. That time was truly the best time of my life.

[@luisescalanter287]

Fueron los mejores tiempos de nuestras vidas para los que estuvimos en esa época, yo era un niño de 8 o 10 años cuando oí por primera vez esa hermosa canción, saludos desde Coahuila México 👍

[@user-Colhchim]

А это русскаЯ народная песня!

[@AV-lb5ws]

​@@user-Colhchim А ты слегка не угадал.Никакая не народная.У неё есть авторы

[@grhddudh6801]

​@@user-ColhchimПесня русских эмигрантов, которые бежали от коммунистов

[@amypagekaviani5661]

@@user-Colhchim When I found that out about 5 years ago I went several times to listen to the Russian folk song. Makes me wonder what song will be where in 100 years? (I do not speak or read Russian)

[@michaeljordan-ws8bw]

I'm at that age (65) where I truly understand the meaning behind this song and want to weep. Thankfully, I've managed to achieve some of my wildest dreams, a writer and journalist... Still...this song and the people who have left us...this song..

[@london19657]

Things are never that bad, friend. I heard this when I was 5. I'm 61. I believe it was an old Polish folk song. Cheers.

[@paulvermeulen7145]

I am an old person too, 64, this song makes me feel happy. She is such a pretty woman, she has a beautiful voice, I can't believe I was only 9 years old when she sang it. Good memories.

[@Spiderduck-x7r]

I'm a young person but I want you to know you're never too old to achieve whatever you want ❤

[@veronicabaker9898]

Every time I hear this i cry- with ot without tears... I LOVE THIS SENTIMENTAL SONG MY DAD LOVED! 😂

[@jewelzb1402]

@@Spiderduck-x7r What a sweet and encouraging comment. 😇

[@peterlewis1121]

I am 79 and have just listened to this song again having been around when it was originally released in the 60s.. It still sends tingles down my spine! A great song well executed by a wonderful and beautiful singer.

[@AllenH718]

That's amazing. I am 39 and just found this song yesterday. Go figure lol. Have a good day man.

[@ivayloivanov7231]

The original from Russia is still good!

[@nivenrowe59]

Hey Mr Peter Lewis. Greetings from South Africa. I'm 64 and loving this music. Hell yes. I'll live my life to the fullest. When I die ill be in awe of the future. I lived my entire life without thinking about death,until now😮

[@dmitriysmirnov9084]

​​@@ivayloivanov7231Sure, but English text and perfomance is the best one among all versions of this song😊

[@ivayloivanov7231]

@@dmitriysmirnov9084 Yep. Its very very rare a cover of a song to be better than original!

[@marivg8948]

"Oh my friend we're older but no wiser; for in our hearts the dreams are still the same"

[@allyson9201]

Agreed 💞

[@유장조-o2d]

저는 아직 새파란 49살입니다. 몇해전 어는날 길거리에서 음반판매를 하시는 분께서 이음악을 틀어놓으셔서 우연히 듣게 되었는데 나도 모르게 노래가 끝날때까지 가지를 못하고 음반을 구입하게 되었습니다. 그후로 자주듣곤 합니다.

[@YoengKAnn]

좋습니다...

[@adraym7352]

This is a Russian song translated into English 😂

[@Adolf_Vissarionovich_Lenin]

Listen Russian original.

[@이택윤-k3n]

너무예뻐요.목소리도아름답고요.학창시절에 너무너무 좋아했어요.그리고 질리올라 칭케티의 버전도 이습니다.😂🎉

[@dushnilaboy]

Всем бы такой оптимизм, чтоб считать себя в 49 молодым

[@davidkw8728]

If only she knew, she would still be a megastar, in 2024 , those were the days in 1968, Mary Hopkins you are a legend ❤

[@charlesjohnson7691]

I am 85 yrs. Old. Memories of me and my army buddies hanging out at Georges in Erlangen germany with our german girl friends. Those were the days.

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

I'm 85, memories too many but great

[@markeyales1487]

😅😅😅

[@schubi42]

Großpapa? Bist that Du?

[@ddasdasde344]

i truly belive those were the days..

[@PaleRider638]

Thank you for your service sir. You are loved more than you know. God bless!

[@greglydon8303]

I'm just turning 60 this month can I have the earliest memories of the song being played in my room

[@marceypoeckes1968]

I just turned 61, and ditto ❤

[@joesteedman8230]

I turn 60 in oct .so I can feel your emotions.

[@waynesilva3129]

No question about it, no gimmicks, just pure raw talent.

[@vioricabaciu]

I’m here today 2/08/2024,i’m 59 years old,I love this song ❤️

[@ge2623]

60 here.

[@ChongQingLaowai50]

I'm still here 15 August 2024 soon 74 years of age. this and many other songs from a distant era will live on because they had good lyrics . they are timeless

[@bertjesklotepino]

she had it all, the whole package. A very pretty face, a great voice to listen to without the need of any crazy nonsense like Auto Tune..... And the right connections at that moment in time. Just imagine how much had to come together to make this happen. I am glad it did. Although it may not have been such a happy time for all involved in the making of these great songs of the past.

[@eugenedavis6792]

61 here, my mother use to play this song way back when.

[@ChongQingLaowai50]

@@eugenedavis6792 I was 16 back then. living in the town of Neath I grew up in a magical era of good music and a safer world back then

[@tennislover5763]

Shout out to anyone enjoying this beautiful music of yesterdays. This song was broadcasted so much on the radio. A song that wouldn't leave my head. The music and Mary Hopkin singing over and over that I would begin to sing it. Believe it or not I can still sing the song correctly! Amazing! You don't forget this kind of music! At the age of 66 it brings back happier days that were carefree and worry free.

[@Tolianchig]

Автор музыки русский композитор Борис Фомин, 1924 год.

[@veronicabaker9898]

You're SO RIGHT!!! IT NEVER LEAVES YOUR HEAD after you hear it!!!

[@MarianneTolstrup-et7gu]

Same here in Cph

[@Sofasurfa]

I to remember and love this song. Can remember singing along to it on my little red transistor radio, under the covers, when I should have been sleeping not listening to radio Caroline. 😊

[@tennislover5763]

@@Sofasurfa The song is unforgettable and infectious (in a good sense). I think what you did many did, including me. Enjoy your summer. 😊👍❤

[@lamarlogan7612]

No vulgar dress or language just pure beautiful talent.Those were the days no doubt.

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

Are mini-skirts really any shorter now than in the 1960s?

[@tennislover5763]

Clean.

[@edmoroz4556]

Look at old videos of female singers, compare the way they dressed them and now.

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

OK... in the 1960s Tina Turner and her dancers looked pretty much the same as Beyonce and her dancers do. You must have missed that entire decade. Google Proud Mary by Ike and Tina Turner.

[@lamarlogan7612]

Who is Beyonce?That must not be my type of listing music.

[@Hello_Me]

Still listening this song in 2023. Mary’s voice is really amazing and stunning☺️

[@murtadhoachmad4464]

Umur saya 14 th saat pertama mendengar lagu ini, sekarang umur saya 69th ..perasaan baru kemari sore

[@ramazanozcelik4640]

Try again Seda

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

2024

[@HenryFrederick]

Beautiful song from when I was a little boy (6 years old)... Now I'm 62 and it's still a beautiful song!

[@limjoohai3213]

I'm 61. I love this song and my sister too. She had passed away but I'm still listening to the song.

[@aromaseawater1492]

Mary was the only singer my dad ever listened to. He wanted me to be like her. Miss those days.

[@normski1952]

brings back memories from 1970

[@tedbuskie]

im so sorry

[@PaleRider638]

​@@aromaseawater1492And I'm sure you turned out far better than that!

[@kizooz6476]

This song is an english version of russian romance. Was bring to USA from soviet immigrants in revolution times. I think you will like the original russian version of this song too. Сopy the "Дорогой длинною" and past in the searching.

[@bobromphf9644]

When this came out I was a teenager now I’m 70. Those were the days.

[@gemsgemporia6376]

Me too ❤❤❤

[@judithrichards6085]

Me. I'm 71.... and hate it, But so glad to have been alive in the " good old days" ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😊

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Hearing this makes it seem like 1968 was just yesterday!❤

[@eandsm4620]

OMG my oldest sister Sue LOVED this song. RIP Sue.

[@johanbeyers2941]

No pretence - natural and with such an angelic voice. I still love it after all these years.

[@marcelopedrosa1999]

DESCANSE EM PAZ, ETERNO SILVIO!!!!! AS LENDAS NUNCA MORREM!!!!

[@mickjagger8439]

Ed Sullivan

[@richardvieira7442]

Sim, o programa é do Ed Sulivan mas ele estava se referindo à essa música adaptada pelo Silvio Santos que nos deixou hoje. @@mickjagger8439

[@CUIDADASUAVIDA1993]

O Brasil todo conheceu essa melodia por causa dele ❤😢

[@ceceusantilly]

O Silvio eternizou para nós os brasileiros essa lindíssima canção e melodia. Descanse em paz querido você nunca será esquecido 💔🖤

[@YanGuimarães73]

Eu sabia que já tinha ouvido essa música em algum lugar

[@TOPMVRECAP]

who is there in 2024 please ?

[@sasaki-tk5mi]

2024..07.03夜０９時Japan聴いてるよ広島から

[@gusgibbson4290]

Me

[@Zapfolga]

Russian immigrants

[@keithstewart934]

Here

[@ahmadmasoodsaifi1707]

Me too

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

The older I get, the more I cry when I hear this. A beautiful song.

[@sebastianmartin2760]

Yes!

[@steveweiss6442]

That is a great thing because it shows your spirituality. Even one-hit wonders can tap into the universe.

[@MrTarkus007]

i totally understand cause it brings back so much good memories from the good ol days im at that age too so i get it🥰

[@spud912]

I totally understand. I've just reached 63 years old and it doesn't seem possible that I'm this old .I feel I lost about 15 years somewhere . When I hear old songs like this it makes me feel good ,but also sad that they have gone

[@steveweiss6442]

@@spud912 I got you beat by 4 years. I look back upon my life and in most cases I see it as only an illusion now. The hurt is always inside but we have gotta move on strong as we have plenty of life left to live. My problem is time is going by so darn fast! If we can slow it down like when we were kids in school watching the clock move so slowly. That is what youth is wasted on young people. Nature ain't fair

[@that70sgirl90]

Beautiful voice! "Those were the days my friend... we thought they'd never end!" But, they did... sometimes I wish we had them back again! Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@finallybrainunderstood479]

Indeed😹

[@that70sgirl90]

@@finallybrainunderstood479... 👌

[@francescarter8055]

@@finallybrainunderstood479 q+

[@javystrait1]

@That70’sGirl I agree with you 100%, those days ended 😢

[@b.j.n.g.354]

TO : THAT 70s GIRL ; WHO ARE YOU ? KINDLY WRITE TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BE WELL. -BJNG.

[@landoevora6153]

75 now and grew up listening to the so called British music invasion and Mary Hopkins became my instant crush then. I love her beauty, demure personality and her lovely angelic voice. ❤

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

What do you mean so called? It happened,just look at the charts

[@daklakdigital3691]

WHAT A FANTASTIC SERVICE KZbin HAS DONE BY RESTORING THE SONGS FROM THE TIMES WHEN YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE WORDS. I LIVE IN VIETNAM AND DRIVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PLAYING THESE GOLDEN OLDIES, OFTEN IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.

[@robbrown6495]

Not sure why you think KZbin restored this.

[@daklakdigital3691]

@@robbrown6495 COULDN'T SEE ANY CREDITS, NOTHING MUCH FREE THESE DAYS. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THE GOLDEN OLDIES FROM WAY BACK. WHOMEVER THE CREDITS ARE DUE TO, THANK YOU.

[@ParkerPlaza]

@daklakdigital3691 They sure have it's great listening now to what was popular then. How the years have flown...

[@joeshittheragman6252]

Why are you yelling

[@socrateos]

Those were good days. Why cann't we make beautiful songs like this today?

[@Dionysos_____Alters]

Politics

[@robertpolnicky7702]

That's probably right. Tge campaign finance bribery system allowed the large corpirate buyout of the radio stations where unknown talented songs like this are not heard. Oliver Anthony's song has been boycotted by the radio and there's a strong alliance between the corporate radio and the record companies. Where one won't stand up to the other. Like you tube and the universal corporation.

[@Craig-c6f]

Do your best to make better memories as you go.

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

Artists of today want instant gratification and notice. Every young black man ( it seems) considers hi.self gifted to be the next big rap star. I listen objectively but no. They almost always have zero talent and yet they think the are the goods!

[@nokaut456]

Those were the days was a cover of a very old Russian song...

[@TeresaG59]

In 1968 I was 9. I remember listening to this song on the radio. Have always been a music lover & 50's & 60's music are among my most favorites.

[@BigMovieNight-bg8fw]

I was 13, we should email, we could share plenty of nostalgia, tears, memories and water under the Bridge

[@blackforest270]

Right there with you, now i got to watch the Monkeys!

[@marydocherty2631]

I was 9 in 1968 too .. hi

[@juliewagner1511]

@@TeresaG59 yes! I was nine in 1968 too and love sixties and Seventies songs.

[@gerriulmedi4721]

Life today is such a misery it is so happy to even then hear a song like this

[@JamesHarder620]

This was my father's favorite song in 1970. I've heard this 1000 times before I was 10. Thanks for sharing the memories ~*

[@CarlosGrassiprost]

I am 81 and I love this song. I sing it SOOOO loudly that I get out of the right tune, but I don't care 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@yama40404]

懐かしい、当時は日本中に流れていましたね。私の青春時代の思い出の曲です。

[@adraym7352]

This is a Russian song translated into English 😂

[@なるみ-b6z]

​@@adraym7352ロシアには素晴らしい歌がたくさんありますね

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

Mary Hopkin is still performing. She still has a beautiful voice and is also a wonderful song writer. ❤️

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

I heard she had passed?🙏🥰

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

@@ethanhall6965 THANKS,🙏I just checked its another Mary Hopkins (USA) Welsh Mary still.llooks classy and untouched 🙏🥰🇬🇧

[@patriciau6277]

Music back when they brought a story to life and lifted your soul.

[@CletoPesina]

I'm 71 and still listen to this song on SA Texas radio station "KONO 86.1AM...".🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶💯💛💛

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Numerically, 86.1 indicates an FM channel.

[@Roy-n2t8t]

This wonderful song is so true. As you get older, you realise how true it is

[@elchungo5026]

Reminds me of fun times down at a football stadium in central africa back in the late 60’s.

[@zakariaelmi3286]

LMAO I just got here from wikipedia reading about this 😂😂

[@wtrbflo72]

I see what you did here!! December of 1969 was wonderful memories.

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

What a fun Christmas eve that was. I still have my Santa hat!

[@SwiftGeneration]

So edgey. Our sweet summer child found the extremist rabbit hole. See you on the news someday.

[@sofiaflorina]

First time I saw Mary Hopkin I think she is a living doll, she is very beautiful.

[@ShiddyFinkelstein]

She's an angel, all right. And what a sweet, pure voice.

[@Joaquin-nh6sv]

This is a haunting rendition of a song that makes us relive our youth

[@ianhall-dixon9021]

Where have all these good days gone? The 60s and 70s were such great days

[@ooooiioooo]

So were the 80s en maybe the 90s also. And after the millennium everything went wrong: wrong leaders with their wrong beliefs and power, influx of masses of violent people, loss of cultural values. Even music is not as good as before.

[@debbiehocking8047]

@@ooooiiooooamen brother!

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

So we're the 50s.But it's so long ago.I can't remember a song ........😂😂😂maybe Annette Mills singing "I like muffin the Mule" Go.Annette 🙏😂🇬🇧

[@floofer9954]

Meanwhile in Equatorial Guinea on Christmas Eve 1969.

[@pauleypavillion6088]

Couldn't agree with you more, 1960's to early 1990's was great til digusting/condescending/nasty/racist rap and most hip hop music dominated and corrupted generations after 1996.

[@johnjones6232]

What a wonderful song sung by a beautiful singer. It has a mythical and timeless quality.

[@zaryarshi]

Who is this singer

[@leefrancis190]

What a song!The young generation will soon find out,Mary Hopkin,you are the best

[@unclebrucelive]

My dad used to tear up when he'd hear this song, so many years ago. Then, I didnt understand why he was emotional...Now I do.

[@nancykisser]

I’m feeling it too…

[@ЛуизаПушкина-ю7ш]

@@user-klambur душу отдают богу!!! Никому не отдают честь!!!!😉

[@vadzimaleksandrovic337]

@@user-klambur Oh, those Russians © Boney M

[@elenavolcova3597]

I understand too.

[@deusvultpictures6550]

Was he remembering his proud service in Equatorial Guinea

[@tomperkins5657]

"...we never thought they'd end." She has no idea just how true that is. I was in my teens when that came out and now 75. Just when did THAT happen!?

[@kingyoutube3918]

❤

[@LJBSullivan]

Turn around and it happened. It's hard to see that things are changing and all of a sudden it does.

[@romystumpy1197]

Scary I know,😮

[@h.l9635]

As I' ve gotten older the more I get the concept of generations. Its "over" and its fine. :)

[@tomperkins5657]

@@h.l9635 As if I could do anything about it!🤪

[@brucepappas6298]

Mary Hopkin was an excellent singer. And a very beautiful lady

[@benbutts1480]

YES!! Stunning!

[@edwardphillips8460]

Is.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

I wonder if she's related to 'Eve' on "Last Man Standing" They could pass for identical twins .

[@fantasyprincessgirl]

And a very beautiful voice as well

[@lochinvar50]

Beautiful voice and facade, what a combination.

[@rebeccamcdaniel1033]

She had more talent and showed a lot more class than ANY of today's enrertainers.

[@Althalus2010]

See, this is the kind of comment that ruins the vibe of any comments section. You can heap praise on classic performers without being an insufferable, empirically incorrect elitist about the reams of talented artists around today.

[@rebeccamcdaniel1033]

@@Althalus2010 I stand by my statement. I stated my opinion. As far as I know, we're still allowed to do that in America. If you have a problem with that, it's all yours.

[@Althalus2010]

@@rebeccamcdaniel1033 America isn't the entire world sweetheart, but you're still allowed to do it in civilised countries like the UK too. I'm also allowed to have a problem with your opinion when it's blatantly disrespectful and outright incorrect. Do you think music should just die, then? If you're genuinely of the belief that this one woman had more talent than anyone from later generations, do you think music should just end and all future people should be robbed of that?

[@rebeccamcdaniel1033]

@@Althalus2010 GFY

[@Althalus2010]

@@rebeccamcdaniel1033 I see you have absolutely no answers to my questions.

[@kevindarroch7332]

For sure those were the days and I thought they would never end.

[@jeraldrabie7392]

In those days we thought that we were invincible

[@josephofwoodlandhills2699]

1968-I was 16 years old. Great music, burgers, shakes- Now it's lousy music and kale salads, although I admit eating healthily is a lot easier now and is the way to go. I was blessed to have my childhood in the 50's and 60's. It's getting mighty strange out there now.

[@ash5779]

you def were lucky !! i’m turning 17 in 2022 and it just is no fun ... :(

[@billdowney1487]

@@ash5779 You will have to look internally ----------- & not externally. I wish you well -- on your journey.

[@frankkelleher1888]

To the seventeen year don't give up tomorrow will be better I thought the same at your age now I'm 72 with 3 beautiful grandchildren and contented ❤love from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@jimbrew4529]

To the current seventeen year olds... 40 years from now, when you look back, these will be the "good ol' days."

[@lauracampagne-gregorits2648]

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE! LUV THE LYRICS!

[@kevinstaggs5048]

This song was a hit when I was 4 years old yet I still remember it well. Always loved it's old world feel. Great performance by Mary.

[@robertkelly1070]

I was 5. Grandma would play this 45 on the old console record player!

[@shandi4114]

I remember this song from my childhood. Do you know the year it was popular?

[@nessuno7510]

I was 4 too, behind the iron curtain in Hungary... but of course this song was a big hit here as well!

[@Nan-59]

@@shandi4114 This Ed Sullivan show played October 1968! I was 9 years old. Those TRULY WERE THE DAYS! ❤✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@kevinstaggs5048]

@@shandi4114 1968

[@natali4936]

Эту песню написал советский композитор Борис Иванович Фомин в 1924 г., и в СССР и России она известна, как "Ехали на тройке с бубенцами" или "Дорогой длинною" А Джин Раскин в 1962 г. ее совсем немного изменил, и зарегистрировал на себя.

[@ДенисБасалык]

Композитора посадили, автора текста загнобили до смерти за невовремя поданную декларацию. Режим "отблагодарил" авторов!

[@ГогаГогов-э5я]

Раскин как положено добавил в нее еврейских нот 😂

[@ЕвгенийАрхангельский-е3в]

​@@ГогаГогов-э5яцыганских скорее)

[@leobender2910]

@@ДенисБасалык фашистский режим коммуняк. НКВДэшные вертухаи сломали на допросе челюсть ракетостроителю Сергею Королёву(таких специалистов во всем мире было несколько человек) и отправили подыхать на Колыму, откуда его чудом вытащил по связям бывший коллега. Королёв много лет спустя умер во время операции потому что его не смогли интубировать. Из-за сломанной вертухаями челюсти, которая неправильно срослась, рот у Королева не открывался нормально и ему не смогли вставить трубку.

[@ЕвгенийКрупин-м2з]

@@ДенисБасалык кто про что, а вшивый про баню

[@markkos-ns3cc]

Esta música do ano 1962 foi usada durante muitos anos na abertura do programa Show de Calouros apresentado por Silvio Santos que faleceu em 2024 aos 93 anos de idade!

[@consterus]

muchas gracias, de nada

[@hspina]

I am 84 and I still enjoy this song to which I think most of us can relate because those were the days we thought the'd never end we are all different now, older, better, wiser I hope - thank you Mary Hopkin

[@JoyneFreedom]

They removed the second verse of the song from this live arrangement, which mentions she and her friends having lost their starry notions while the years went rushing by. The emotional impact of the song is greatly diminished when this verse is removed. When this recording first came on the radio in 1968 and 1969, I remember its emotional impact was so strong it could make me cry. Listening to the radio in 1968, and 1969, all I can say is, those were the days.

[@dalechristianlagat3651]

I agree...

[@jumpingjflash]

absolutely!!! 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

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Lots of these shows edited songs for time, or they thought the audience had short attention spans.

[@MrAlexsegal]

I think the edited version works quite well. In it, you get more of an impression of the speaker and her friend meeting for the first time since their youth - and this impression moves me. (I agree that the omitted verse is a good verse.)

[@MrAlexsegal]

Bing Crosby sings all four verses of the song - as does Hopkin in her original recording. But he shifts what is the second verse in Hopkin’s recording to the fourth verse position. I can see why he does this. But no order seems right to me.

[@장재호-o1j]

어느덧나의나이가60대후반에접어든예전에듣던명곡이곡은1924년도에.구쏘련의번안곡을메리홉킨스의노래로만든곡.홉킨스매력적이고아름다운목소리아직도간간이듣고있죠

[@margaretcollins7254]

Here in 2024 im 69 and i remember her winning on opportunity knocks fabulous ❤

[@louiseiny9374]

Those were the days my friend we thought they never end we studied and learned all day long we live the free life we choose and try not to loose ...pray for peace end the wars

[@johnwolfen4243]

I can remember the first time I heard this song. It was on this Ed Sullivan show. We were at my Aunts home and my Uncle Hugh went to the piano and played the song by just hearing it for the first time. At the time I didn't think it that unusual, but now I truly see Hugh's talent.

[@geoffreywilliams9324]

I believe this song goes back a long way . .

[@irinavolkova442]

It does. It’s a Russian song, abt a hundred years old at least. Also, there’s obvious gypsy influence in it. Gypsy music was tremendously popular in Russia throughout the 19th c. and up to the Russian revolution of 1917. I came across this singer only today. She sings this song amazingly well!

[@sharonletchford9375]

What a classic,❤❤❤❤❤ I was walking home singing it !....Recall it like yesterday, Googled it ,& here I am .❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrRFAvery]

When this came out i was 5 months away from being drafted in the Army. A year from this time i was in Vietnam. What a beautiful young women and great singer. As i now look back. I guess those were the good old days.

[@bjaywakin4443]

Those were the good old days, unlike nowadays those days were special.

[@3tonman524]

僕が小学生の頃に流行った、とても有名な曲ですね。 もう50年以上も前なのにカラー映像で見れるなんて、大変貴重なことです。 懐かしさと淋しさが重なって、少し切ない気持ちになりますが、ララララのハミングで前向きになれるところが好きです。😘 投稿、ありがとうございます😊

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Mary had a beautiful voice. Notice that singers back then did not rely on computer enhanced gimmicks or anything else. Their talent carried them. Obviously, talent was better back then.

[@AR-cp5dz]

It was dubbed.

[@OOICU812]

@@AR-cp5dz yes it was lip synced. But George is right. These days computers are commonly used to substitute for vocal ability.

[@theon9575]

But they were REAL musicians then, and they could actually sing. Not the monotone screamers of nowadays.

[@theon9575]

@@AR-cp5dz But they dubbed their OWN voice.

[@martinescobar6475]

DEFINITELY NO AUTOTUNE!

[@YaratropicalExplores]

People say that she hates the song but she doesn’t! Her voice is so elegant and beautiful as always. As she grew older, her voice is the same as she was so young and that’s a talent!

[@iviscicchini3851]

Song we can relate to

[@iviscicchini3851]

Lovely song words

[@joenisnapje712]

Still missing my ex BF who died in a car crash @ Xmas a few years ago. I used these lyrics to say my goodbyes that day. Memories keep rushing back and fill my eyes whenever I hear this song. To me it expresses both joy and sadness as I still cherish the moments we shared but also regret the moments lost and the future we hoped for but never came to be. I hope that when my time has come I will see him again, sitting at the tavern bar…. and all will be good again 💕

[@luisamartins4758]

Recife - Pe - Brazil. This is song was very famous by Silvio Santos, the most brazilian showman!👏👏👏👏👏

[@thomaspeitl3959]

Dieses Lied macht einen melancholisch und macht einem bewusst,wie schnell die Zeit vergeht und wir nur noch in Erinnerungen leben.Die Träume unserer Jugend fraß die Zeit,könnte man nur alles noch einmal von vorne machen.

[@Jack-pu4rf]

No gimmick's just a good singer and a mike, with a live band no gimmick's, real music

[@Mike8981]

Every good singer should have a Mike 😂

[@mars-jr5uu]

@@Mike8981Meoww Mike

[@Random-rt5ec]

A 20 year old singing "Those were the days"? I loved hearing this on the radio when I was 10 years young in 1969.

[@mhd7832]

Pergunta ele qual e a Estação 😅📻 Act #

[@fredericoandrade7686]

Was radio from Equatorial Guine in a footbal Stadium?

[@MRAmericaFF3]

I remember this song on the radio and was only four years old in 1968 going on 5. Reminds me of being sad especially during the changing times of this decade and year. Amazing even though at a very young age, one remembers and feels the aura and times of this still today.

[@cristianobrasileiro9]

I'm listening in 2024!!! Beautiful!!!

[@chriscoghlan692]

Those were the days. I loved R n R in my teens in the 70s now I remember my teens as I head toward 70.

[@saitokurihara9748]

Beautiful woman, pure talent at singing. No nudity, no tatoo, no strange hair, no weird lyrics .. I miss songs like this one.

[@peterserdyuk5090]

How beautiful - the song, music, voice, the singer who is charming but not jumping, shaking, or showing off her body parts. Those were the days...

[@stephenrowe1921]

indeed

[@Dzirt_do_Urd]

I'm from Russia. Why have I known this song since childhood, although I have never listened to it)))

[@lisamh9037]

Another commentor said the music is an old Russian folk song. 😊

[@vlodo03]

Ехали на тройке с бубенцами.Где ещё такое могло быть, как не у нас в России?

[@welran]

@@lisamh9037 it isn't folk, just very old and popular.

[@eugenhartwig]

​@@welranА как думаешь - как что-то становится народным❓...

[@ДаулетказыНургалиев]

Музыка Вертинского которую запретили в Советское время. Поэтому, по иронии судьбы эта душевная композиция нашла отклик у русских эмигрантов в США в особенности.

[@mr.jsanango2641]

We're the wonderful days it's never came back

[@zegumazim6107]

no it's only gets woyce and woyce 😉

[@kokorngphou5063]

This song made me feel very sad because our friendship is not the same as when we were young 😌😥

[@spuddlesm721]

The restoration and enhancements to this video is simply stunning to the point of feeling like 50 years was just yesterday. I wonder if Mary herself has seen this and not shed a tear?

[@mayhair]

i thought this recording was from the 1980s

[@НиколайНБ]

Дорогой длинною, да ночью лунною, Да с песней той, что вдаль летит, звеня. И с той старинною, да с семиструнною, Что по ночам так мучила меня.

[@donaldmurchison7549]

Good words my friend

[@СергейБыков-ь3з]

Композитор Борис Фомин

[@robertmurphy440]

I WAS 10 YEARS,WHEN THIS SONG WAS POPULAR ,WITH NAM WAR GOING ON AND GENERATION GAPS BETWEEN PARENTS AND LONG HAIRED TEENAGERS

[@Alexmarino76]

The Russian song of 1924

[@OlymPigs2010]

....воспоминания состоят из этих прекрасных желаний....

[@adriaanpretorius1073]

Whoo was there in 63??!!🥳🥳🥳

[@deisedantas2371]

Me!

[@borishavin2637]

Уж мало их... А большей частью занырнули в бездну

[@KristineEstes-zq8jo]

20yo in 1968, 75yo now...oh yes 55 yrs ago...long gone now.

[@snorttroll4379]

name

[@TOTKAT]

And ... tomorrow died You 😂😂

[@arthurbaker978]

Дорогой длинною, да ночкой лунною, Да с песней той, что в даль летит, звеня, Да со старинною, да семиструнною, Что по ночам так мучила меня. This is the original chorus's lyrics first recorded by Alexander Vertinsky in 1926.

[@vlodo03]

Ловко украли и забыли сказать у кого, написали new lyrics and nobody knows original ones were so nice.

[@ivanmalinovski-ej3cg]

Nobody wosnt gather steal music of great Vertinski. He have self style song wich easy different from others. I heared that song sang Dalida( Le temps de fleur)

[@benjaminhall560]

This brings a lump to my throat. What a beautiful voice she had and what a great song and rhythm. It takes me back to my youth!

[@GaryAa56]

In those days of1968, it was a good time to be 12, as I was.

[@paulcrandon5259]

You're my age

[@eugeniodimilano]

i was 3 @@paulcrandon5259

[@Zongooo]

It was also a good time to be two, as I was.

[@TomTom-OMG]

You’re 10yrs older than me 😮

[@KenFisher-vf8vf]

It was an even better time to be 20 we were the blessed generation and the average man could buy a house those were the days

[@hopefullylost4012]

Got diagnosed with 2nd cancer, went through another full course of chemo and radiation, took the last after CT scan and today doc told me the scan was clean but he won't be so lucky if I won't give up my smoking. I just came home and I am sipping high alcohol beer smoking a churchill and youtube hit me with this. Yes... I had those Those were the Days and I am grateful. Thank you uploader.

[@sunnychandra5201]

Just listened, after 60+ years, with an old flame. Very moving.❤

[@raulgarduno301]

..best times of our lives...those were the days my friend,we thought it never end....

[@gabrielcarvalhosaraiva4138]

POV: you hear this song: - in the radio 🙂 - in a footbal Stadium 🌚🌚

[@nidsi445]

i learned playing this song in russian musician school: the original song has other words, but it is fine version of romance which was a popular from russian emigration

[@zinnvoll]

- on christmas eve 💀💀

[@FelipeAlberto-ww3hp]

Guiné Equatorial

[@maitham.alkhazragi5290]

Wow, this girl has natural beauty and a wonderful feminine voice❤❤

[@paulbrown6763]

1968, those were the very best days and 53 years later this timeless classic can still force out a tear! Thank you very much for posting this great version.

[@jimreynolds1724]

❤those really are the good old days😊

[@김낙봉-n8h]

68년은 제가태어난 해입니다

[@bobzelley5100]

This is the " it sucks getting old " anthem.

[@dc10fomin65]

I was sitting in a honkey in Chicago in 1969 having some beers, I was 20 with phony ID's. Old guy sitting next to me asked me how old I was, I lied and said 22, he then said to me " gona tell you one thing and remember it forever, getting old is not for SISSIS", I am now 75 and remember that day like it was yesterday!

[@frankwalker5921]

​@@dc10fomin65wow, amazing story! What's 'SISSIS', if I may ask?

[@tonyhibbert2342]

kind of like the much later Bowling for soup ,, getting old sucks song

[@dc10fomin65]

In the old days that meant " a gay guy", in today's crazy politically correct world who knows?

[@nixm9093]

​@@frankwalker5921A sissy is a wimp, so it's like saying "Getting old is not for the faint hearted"

[@jamessickmore236]

i grew up in the 70's and this song hurts my heart

[@wolfstar_productions]

The 70s were the best!

[@jesse2375]

Song was from 68.....70s great thou

[@jamessickmore236]

@@jesse2375 yes but it got a lot of airplay in early 70's i was about 6 or 7

[@jesse2375]

I remember this song waiting for bus to go see plant of the apes in Brooklyn at fortway theater.....Always had my transistor radio with me....Before F.M took hold.

[@jamessickmore236]

@@jesse2375 I had my hand sized radio under my pillow when going to sleep this song stands out and also bohemian rhapsody and seasons in the sun 😁

[@albertochoa7331]

She as beautiful as her voice.

[@해인-e8e]

영상은 60-70년대지만 미모는 시대를 뛰어넘네요

[@gennadijhmeljov2386]

그리고 20년대의 음악 Long Road는 Boris Fomin(음악)과 Konstantin Podrevsky(가사)가 쓴 러시아 로맨스입니다. Pavel Herman의 텍스트 변형도 있습니다. 이 노래의 가장 초기 녹음은 Alexander Vertinsky(1926)와 Tamara Tsereteli(1929)에 의해 만들어졌습니다.

[@baraskparas9559]

Beautiful voice, clear, powerful and delicate all at once.

[@nardineslaiwa7384]

My favourite song..who likes old songs

[@yves-vv6uf]

I here2024, and miss those beautiful days ❤❤❤❤