Those Were The Days - Liam Clancy

[@colmmccarthy9547]

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.

[@lukecoffey-id5yj]

Tune is Russian but the lyrics are different Russian one is similar but about a cross roads I believe

[@johndoyle486]

Liam Clancy, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Van Morrison, Phil Lynnott, Rory Gallagher... We're so lucky we've had such glorious talent in Ireland.

[@daniellargey8430]

true talent is not restrained by borders... here is another Irish gem Kathleen Largey kzbin.info/www/bejne/laq2kIt5fpyjpM0

[@bryanyoung7899]

The older we get the more we remember, oh to be young again.

[@oakleysierney1918]

Lucky for you then you'll always get to be 'Young".

[@airish1531]

Agreed lad

[@rockybernard2997]

old age isn't for the faint of heart, to be sure.

[@delainehylton7679]

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.

[@vanpirate]

The CLancy brothers and Tommy will never be forgotten. True irish rogues and bardic legends.

[@brianboisguilbert6985]

To those days...back when my hair was darker......and my heart was lighter. To absent friends...shipmates of long ago.

[@miguellopezorts655]

Brian Bois Gilbert too bad that they ended but we still can share with our sons and greatsons so mate this are the days

[@Kosh_Naranek.]

amen brother, fair winds and following seas.

[@foggydew3614]

@@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

[@jacksynth271]

God Bless ya

[@lowndesbutler9068]

Brian Bois Gilbert day was

[@glocca254]

I will never ever tire hearing this wonderful man sing

[@Flojoe6274]

The song was originally in Russian. It was written in 1924 by a composer named Formin. It's called, "Dorogoi Dimmoyu."

[@BilgeSonmezer]

Very correct...

[@joanmiller5506]

Interesting...did the Limelighters also do something similar?...can't quite remember it at the moment...

[@terryrussel523]

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 !

[@jmstowe]

Yes, Joe Stalin would not like a song like this, not at all.

[@nozecone]

I believe the Russian lyrics are very different, are they not? Same melody, of course.

[@radmilodjurovic1183]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/baGnhayteL6Wa7s

[@forakermm]

I was raised on this music...I never appreciated my mother’s record collection until recently. Gives me goosebumps!

[@jfamily5626]

My uncle Joey just passed... korean war vet. This was his favorite song. He used to love singing it

[@valerieshertzman3455]

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.

[@cheongwk9072]

So far no singer sings with the spirit better than Liam 🙂

[@PeterMorris-b7h]

Mary Hopkins made her copy the best

[@grajagopalannair7700]

What lyrics and what a song, rendered soulfully by Liam Clancy. This is a song that will resonate across generations…🤗

[@favfern1]

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!

[@michaelcafferkey7558]

You are pure. Finest off. I thinking I have the calling. Please father almighty, courage for are people's. .

[@fredflinstone6601]

I was 13 and remember

[@peterkamphorst2250]

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

[@martinfettke6333]

Such a wonderful, talented and great Irish Singer. He sang with empathy and real feelings. RIP Liam - heared in Germany

[@frankblangeard8865]

The song is by Russians named Boris Fomin and Konstantin Podrevsky. Gene Raskin put English words to the song and took credit for it.

[@maryannerick7617]

The reuse of a melody is quite common, especially in folk music.

[@valeriy.1446]

Mary Anne Rick this song is not a folk music, it has author.

[@maryannerick7617]

@@valeriy.1446 I didn't say this particular song was folk music!

[@silviaelena1799]

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.

[@kathleenmckenzie6261]

Bittersweet, sort of like "Yesterday, When I Was Young," except that "Those Were the Days" has more jaunty acceptance of life.

[@ВладимирВладимирович-ф3л7л]

Будьте Здравы Люди Добрые!

[@kerryg100]

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..

[@warshipsdd-2142]

May we all be blessed with and give mighty craigh, and my the glass never run dry.

[@Hypnotictranceformations]

Like me, that woman was absolutely transported. I named my son Liam after Clancy. Miss you forever...

[@clairevernell4645]

wonderful voice and such confidence when he sings.

[@user-by2zl3vk5y]

He's the Irishmans Irishman ❤😊

[@littlegarbie]

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 !!!

[@oakleysierney1918]

Let it go? This whole song disproves that.

[@alirezaahvazi601]

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.

[@alirezaahvazi601]

@@colmmccarthy9547 🙏⭐🙏

[@psera1970]

Russian, for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIbbdGt3jMR4gac

[@josedejesustorresmunoz588]

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 🌎 🌍❤️💪🏼🕺🏽🎵

[@belastegi172]

Preciosa versión de esta maravillosa canción llena de nostalgia

[@dennissaintaubin717]

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!

[@pennyk2798]

You can see the whole performance on another KZbin 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.

[@Mediatech492]

God rest you Liam Clancy, and thanks for the music.

[@emmalfal]

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.

[@tracypaxton1054]

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.

[@oakleysierney1918]

Yes, and all those kid's voices in the other version, pfffft. I like this one much better.

[@recoveringsoul755]

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.

[@desfiddle]

This song means more now

[@mjb12141963]

The exact reason that brought me here my friend.

[@kyounghohan5211]

This song is so good!

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Beauty full. Also love Mary Hopkins’ version

[@craigmallon8535]

I'll never listen to the Mary Hopkins version again😳 Amazing!!!

[@OGoregen]

I like Mary's version much better. You can hear the passion in her voice. +Craig Mallon

[@craigmallon8535]

+ogoregen I like it too but nothing compared to Liam Clancy. That's true passion!

[@Blueboyo1]

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.

[@АлександрАлександров-ж8б]

Russian melody that has become legendary

[@suechen2844]

A beautiful song by Clancy, full of soul and spirit, thanks.

[@samusaran4799]

+sue chen It's not by him lol

[@nealdewar9959]

@@samusaran4799 Yeah its an old Russian song from the 30s.

[@keeganowens8949]

@@nealdewar9959 Well, the tune is. But yes.

[@eddiecaffrey5833]

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.

[@seaniebarry1928]

What a great idea

[@Osssssss666]

I’m Australian and have played Gaelic football and soccer and Australian rules football(AFL). We should resume those international matches between our countries

[@Ethoserp]

My father played this song for me so long ago when I was younger I am suprised it's still around

[@barbarahallinan1151]

echi.....those where the days,,,,,,,,,,,

[@514bonnie]

Good songs never die.

[@meredithmadden2977]

Wow. Just hearing this for the first time. Brings me back to The Dublin House, W79th street..those were the days…irreplaceable!

[@edwardgordon9731]

The woman is truly beautiful and reflects the depth of Liam's connection with this song. A fantastic presentation !!!

[@JimMcCrudden-w6g]

I still see her in my dreaming. A lovely woman. She will never look lovelier.

[@samkangal8428]

Hmm..i wish i could go back for just one day.

[@Gemini1988I]

One of the best perfomance of this song Одно из лучших исполнений этой песни ИМХО I so think

[@juliekeogh829]

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

[@HCGARDNER1]

Love this… the spirit, the music, the lyrics, the voice. 🍀

[@ernestferrante4719]

"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.

[@suprsnips]

That's a very beauriful woman, great song too.

[@roybuckleytv]

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.

[@TitanicConcerts]

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.

[@richardseo1451]

아름다운 음악입니다

[@garypace1424]

Fantastic performance Liam. Vaya con Dios.

[@garypace1424]

The look on that woman's face. How sad. 'You can't go home again 'Thomas Wolfe.

[@maritesroxas7055]

love this song

[@onebalkan2744]

best performance of that song. greetings from Bulgaria.

[@CharlotteFairchild]

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.

[@wilmamonroe9693]

Loved it back in 70 s

[@minhthunguyen4309]

The most beautiful cover of this song

[@normchouinard6102]

Jolly nice song...Thanks.

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

I bought Liam a drink in a hotel bar once. A privilege to do so. What a man..

[@jameamcdonough4661]

@MikeSpiritofNature Tom Clancy actually sang another Gene Raskin song called "Time Gentlemen, Time." And @JaneLawton it is available on Welcome to Our House.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Those were the days. Still to come

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Only ever heard Mary’s version before

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Such great lyrics

[@kittenclawsguitarvideos6147]

What a great performance

[@michaeloleary9836]

Legend.

[@joseraful]

BELLA CANCIÓN CANTADA POR UN GRAN ARTISTA!!!

[@joanmiller5506]

Love it! Huge favorite as no one else can sing it!

[@samdidi7780]

This song is a legend Joan. Never gets old.

[@sean_m1781]

R.I.P Jack Charlton

[@stannisbaratheonfirstofhis9054]

I am 140 years old. I don’t hear much anymore.when I watch liam sing, I hear that

[@SimGirl00]

This and the polish version are my favourite versions of this song!

[@BarryHawk]

Legend

[@jackmadtorrance]

only Clancy can capture the soul of drinking the soul.

[@colmmccarthy9547]

Yes...so true...he drank hard...a true irish man...I love he was a genuine friend of Bob dylan.

[@frankpyanoe9420]

I'd like to hear and see this performed by Bruce.

[@melpenney4091]

Awesome

[@martinagriffin1981]

CLASS

[@brendanminihane8508]

Those were the days with my friends and forest and slade slainte St Brendan Skibbereen

[@davidgallacher7541]

Superb

[@MunroMcLaren]

I love Mary Hopkins’s version.

[@floydfarless8448]

For me and a dear dear friend our place was the Magic Pan on Wednesday nights. Sarah , lift a glass with me.

[@thomfisher1100]

Best version ever!

[@robertrowan8738]

there will never be another Liam Clancy he was the best.

[@johnwakefield8570]

.. ball like a baby .. !! .. give 'em hell Liam .. err, from heaven !!

[@rockybernard2997]

Cry for Greenwich Village. NYC is not what it once was. Brought upon us by those we trusted.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

I’d sing that at the Ashford castle gig. Promise

[@DanielEgan313]

Gonna learn this one

[@helenavaneden1684]

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...

[@bernardbystone6958]

The English words were written by Eugene Raskin who was Jewish. Broadway is Broadway due to Jewish lyricists and composers!

[@stephenlim7434]

I liked this version.

[@오옥진-b5v]

real music

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Sure to have our way

[@talalfoz]

2019

[@lindamon8]

Liam did the best version

[@jamesdolan4042]

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.

[@gerrytighe5716]

Hopkins version good but Clancey having lived it could put much more emotion to it.

[@최미자-y8r]

최고

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Sad and joyous

[@PeterMorris-b7h]

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

[@andrewredmond799]

Oppurtunity knocks

[@514bonnie]

Totally agree!!!

[@alexpaskal6871]

Душевный мужик, хоть и не понял что он сказал)

[@patriciathewisher2315]

I’m singing it now Mister

[@onebalkan2744]

bow,applause and bow again.

[@sharonzettel9915]

❤

[@wilfriedschuler3796]

This of course a traditional russian song.

[@MrCatseyes01]

Beutiful accent

[@MikeSullivanNature]

Tom Clancy sings a great version of this popular song