Some songs are truly experienced. Such is the case with this nostalgic and melancholic classic. It seems as though Liam is living the song as he sings it. Just as the audience by the look of it. Wonderfully done
Those were the days my friend....Greetings from Dublin Ireland many a night this song came out late at night....oh lord twas mighty older but no wiser..
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. ruclips.net/video/7pDTywCYc5Y/видео.html
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!
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.
You can see the whole performance on another RUclips 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.
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.
come on you boys in green! this is he russian tune irish football fans have been singing for a while . the words match the ethos of being an irish football fan or a real supporter of any team. ups and downs ...enjoy it all...win or lose as fortunes come and go.
I’m Australian and have played Gaelic football and soccer and Australian rules football(AFL). We should resume those international matches between our countries
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 🌎 🌍❤️💪🏼🕺🏽🎵
Love this version. The masculine voice adds something to it, I think. I always thought of the song's contents as more of an older man's wistfulness rather than a woman's. The withering away of male bravado or something. Not that I'd know anything about that withering shit, mind you.
Tracy Paxton I kind of thought of that line about fighting as a couple having an argument but not losing, as in, it didn't break the relationship but made it stronger?? wishful thinking on my part perhaps. Guess I never was a fighter, not a physical one anyway.
Brilliant. Liam Clancy could command a room of people and deliver a song like no other. Saw him live at The Cork Opera House and he was amazing, a true folk legend.
The world’s most legendary rock stars are amateurs next to Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem. It takes a small army to help Mick Jagger be Mick Jagger on stage. Remove him from that environment and he’s probably not much fun to watch. The thing about Tommy and Liam is that they were actors before becoming professional musicians. I think they understood that the product they were selling was themselves, and in a sense, they developed and played their characters with total commitment. People have often said that Liam could read the phone book and it would be entertaining. That’s hyperbolic but everyone understands what that means. Liam could lose his guitar at the airport, his accompanist could get stuck in traffic, have no books of poetry on hand, with a showtime only a few minutes away and no chance of cancellation. Somehow, I just know Liam could take a situation like that and turn it on its head. He would win the audience over one way or another and no one would go home disappointed. He’d tell stories, sing a cappella, and have the crowd singing along with him. Tommy could do that too. I’m telling you: those guys were the best there ever was. Sure they had off nights like everyone else. There are stories about Liam being drunk on stage and forgetting words. But on a good night, they were masters.
bob dylan thought liam was the best folk/ballad singer he ever heard. you cant argue with that,i still think luke nicks it by a hair. class irish musicians
At 11 I asked for this for my birthday. I also asked for a guitar and lessons. I made 2 months before quitting. My fingers hurt too much. I wanted to sing in bars and play guitar. And then at 15 I led music for 700 girls at a Lion's Club weekend and a 21 year old woman was playing an autoharp in her hotel room with the door open. I walked in and learned autoharp in 2 hours. I need autoharp tabs for this song. Mary Hopkins was part of my birthday when I was 11. I still the piano music and the album.
@MikeSpiritofNature Tom Clancy actually sang another Gene Raskin song called "Time Gentlemen, Time." And @JaneLawton it is available on Welcome to Our House.
WÓWWWWWWWW Robert...i ÁLWAYS LÓVED this song SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ MÚCH...NÓW it shall ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS REMIND me of you...and the love we could've made when we would marry😔😔😔😔😔and it shall ÁLWAYS make me want to cry...but i shall ÁLWAYS hope in the Lord...but if you find a LÓVELY bride i'll understand and nót come with the Pirate ship...
The best copy of this song by far is Mary Hopkins.She came to prominence in the 1960s CANT remember exactly when.She appeared on a talent show Hughie Green singing this song and she was superb made it her own
While I liked Liam Clancy a lot, he had some wonderful stories about his days in Greenwich Village . He tells of his friendship I would say with Bob Dylan, before the infamous electric guitar incident at the Newport folk festival. I understand Bob Dylan liked his authetic folksy style and his playing of the nine string guitar. Liam Clancy in his later years told of how he was taken in (and perhaps lost his innoncence) by this extraordinary wealthy anonymous wealthy woman. These kind of stories would not have gone down well in the staunchly conservative Catholic Ireland of the 1960's. Getting back to the song, I have to say that it belongs to Mary Hopkins. She has that wonerful voice, and beautiful sixties look.
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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.
The older we get the more we remember, oh to be young again.
Lucky for you then you'll always get to be 'Young".
Agreed lad
old age isn't for the faint of heart, to be sure.
I will never ever tire hearing this wonderful man sing
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
The CLancy brothers and Tommy will never be forgotten. True irish rogues and bardic legends.
My uncle Joey just passed... korean war vet. This was his favorite song. He used to love singing it
To those days...back when my hair was darker......and my heart was lighter. To absent friends...shipmates of long ago.
Brian Bois Gilbert too bad that they ended but we still can share with our sons and greatsons so mate this are the days
amen brother, fair winds and following seas.
@@Kosh_Naranek. I'm only 19 and have no Irish blood but I love Liam Clancy and traditional Irish music in general...it melts me heart
God Bless ya
Brian Bois Gilbert day was
Such a wonderful, talented and great Irish Singer. He sang with empathy and real feelings. RIP Liam - heared in Germany
Those were the days my friend....Greetings from Dublin Ireland many a night
this song came out late at night....oh lord twas mighty
older but no wiser..
May we all be blessed with and give mighty craigh, and my the glass never run dry.
The song was originally in Russian. It was written in 1924 by a composer named Formin. It's called, "Dorogoi Dimmoyu."
Very correct...
Interesting...did the Limelighters also do something similar?...can't quite remember it at the moment...
I believe it is also famous for its content and being BANNED by the Communist Party Leader of that time as well ! What a nasty bass-tard !
Yes, Joe Stalin would not like a song like this, not at all.
I believe the Russian lyrics are very different, are they not? Same melody, of course.
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. ruclips.net/video/7pDTywCYc5Y/видео.html
Way back in 1968, I was an International Flight Steward with QANTAS Airways! I first heard this song in London (sung by Mary Hopkins). It has always remained one of my favourite songs --- and as each year passes --- the lyrics become all the more potent!
You are pure. Finest off. I thinking I have the calling. Please father almighty, courage for are people's. .
I was 13 and remember
What lyrics and what a song, rendered soulfully by Liam Clancy. This is a song that will resonate across generations…🤗
Like me, that woman was absolutely transported. I named my son Liam after Clancy. Miss you forever...
Definitely the voice of this song. It should be the voice of a mature person. Liam Clancy could sing the phonebook and I would be blown away.
So far no singer sings with the spirit better than Liam 🙂
Mary Hopkins made her copy the best
Будьте Здравы Люди Добрые!
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do.
Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la...
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
And if by chance we'd meet outside the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say..
Just tonight I stood outside the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
And in the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely fellow really me.
And through the door I heard familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
Bittersweet, sort of like "Yesterday, When I Was Young," except that "Those Were the Days" has more jaunty acceptance of life.
You can see the whole performance on another RUclips 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.
Preciosa versión de esta maravillosa canción llena de nostalgia
من واقعا این ترانه را خیلی دوست دارم،البته گفته می شود که اصل ترانه به روسی و زبان روسی خوانده شده و بعد ماری هوپکین ان را خوانده که به نظر من بسیار زیبا خوانده است من خیلی ترانه ها یش را دوست دارم و قبل از نکبت بار انقلاب که یازده ساله بودم گوش می کردم و جنگ که شد به همراه هموطنان و همشهریان خرمشهری خودم در جبهه خرمشهر با هم می خواندیم و این یکی از زیباترین خاطره های دوران زندگی من می باشد.just want to say I love this song very much because I had a good memory with my mate and we used to sing this song in battle field Iran Iraq war.i am from Iran and I love to die for Iran .from the world down under.
@@colmmccarthy9547 🙏⭐🙏
Russian, for example: ruclips.net/video/2UxC8AW_EKE/видео.html
The song is by Russians named Boris Fomin and Konstantin Podrevsky. Gene Raskin put English words to the song and took credit for it.
The reuse of a melody is quite common, especially in folk music.
Mary Anne Rick this song is not a folk music, it has author.
@@valeriy.1446 I didn't say this particular song was folk music!
A beautiful song by Clancy, full of soul and spirit, thanks.
+sue chen It's not by him lol
@@samusaran4799 Yeah its an old Russian song from the 30s.
@@nealdewar9959 Well, the tune is. But yes.
The woman is truly beautiful and reflects the depth of Liam's connection with this song. A fantastic presentation !!!
I still see her in my dreaming. A lovely woman. She will never look lovelier.
come on you boys in green! this is he russian tune irish football fans have been singing for a while . the words match the ethos of being an irish football fan or a real supporter of any team. ups and downs ...enjoy it all...win or lose as fortunes come and go.
What a great idea
I’m Australian and have played Gaelic football and soccer and Australian rules football(AFL). We should resume those international matches between our countries
God rest you Liam Clancy, and thanks for the music.
Beauty full. Also love Mary Hopkins’ version
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 🌎 🌍❤️💪🏼🕺🏽🎵
Wow. Just hearing this for the first time. Brings me back to The Dublin House, W79th street..those were the days…irreplaceable!
This song is so good!
My father played this song for me so long ago when I was younger
I am suprised it's still around
echi.....those where the days,,,,,,,,,,,
Good songs never die.
Russian melody that has become legendary
One of the best perfomance of this song
Одно из лучших исполнений этой песни
ИМХО
I so think
Fantastic performance Liam. Vaya con Dios.
love this song
Loved it back in 70 s
Love this version. The masculine voice adds something to it, I think. I always thought of the song's contents as more of an older man's wistfulness rather than a woman's. The withering away of male bravado or something. Not that I'd know anything about that withering shit, mind you.
Especially the line "We'd fight and never lose." Definitely put me in mind of young men even when I'd hear Mary Hopkin singing it.
Yes, and all those kid's voices in the other version, pfffft. I like this one much better.
Tracy Paxton I kind of thought of that line about fighting as a couple having an argument but not losing, as in, it didn't break the relationship but made it stronger?? wishful thinking on my part perhaps. Guess I never was a fighter, not a physical one anyway.
This song means more now
The exact reason that brought me here my friend.
Brilliant. Liam Clancy could command a room of people and deliver a song like no other. Saw him live at The Cork Opera House and he was amazing, a true folk legend.
The world’s most legendary rock stars are amateurs next to Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem. It takes a small army to help Mick Jagger be Mick Jagger on stage. Remove him from that environment and he’s probably not much fun to watch. The thing about Tommy and Liam is that they were actors before becoming professional musicians. I think they understood that the product they were selling was themselves, and in a sense, they developed and played their characters with total commitment. People have often said that Liam could read the phone book and it would be entertaining. That’s hyperbolic but everyone understands what that means. Liam could lose his guitar at the airport, his accompanist could get stuck in traffic, have no books of poetry on hand, with a showtime only a few minutes away and no chance of cancellation. Somehow, I just know Liam could take a situation like that and turn it on its head. He would win the audience over one way or another and no one would go home disappointed. He’d tell stories, sing a cappella, and have the crowd singing along with him. Tommy could do that too. I’m telling you: those guys were the best there ever was. Sure they had off nights like everyone else. There are stories about Liam being drunk on stage and forgetting words. But on a good night, they were masters.
bob dylan thought liam was the best folk/ballad singer he ever heard. you cant argue with that,i still think luke nicks it by a hair. class irish musicians
Legend.
Those were the days. Still to come
Jolly nice song...Thanks.
best performance of that song.
greetings from Bulgaria.
R.I.P Jack Charlton
The most beautiful cover of this song
BELLA CANCIÓN CANTADA POR UN GRAN ARTISTA!!!
Such great lyrics
CLASS
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.
only Clancy can capture the soul of drinking the soul.
Yes...so true...he drank hard...a true irish man...I love he was a genuine friend of Bob dylan.
Legend
What a great performance
Only ever heard Mary’s version before
@MikeSpiritofNature Tom Clancy actually sang another Gene Raskin song called "Time Gentlemen, Time." And @JaneLawton it is available on Welcome to Our House.
there will never be another Liam Clancy he was the best.
Love it! Huge favorite as no one else can sing it!
This song is a legend Joan.
Never gets old.
Awesome
Best version ever!
I liked this version.
.. ball like a baby .. !! .. give 'em hell Liam .. err, from heaven !!
real music
I am 140 years old. I don’t hear much anymore.when I watch liam sing, I hear that
I love Mary Hopkins’s version.
WÓWWWWWWWW Robert...i ÁLWAYS LÓVED this song SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ SÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ MÚCH...NÓW it shall ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS ÁLWAYS REMIND me of you...and the love we could've made when we would marry😔😔😔😔😔and it shall ÁLWAYS make me want to cry...but i shall ÁLWAYS hope in the Lord...but if you find a LÓVELY bride i'll understand and nót come with the Pirate ship...
Superb
bow,applause and bow again.
최고
Liam did the best version
❤
Дорогой длинною.....))))
The best copy of this song by far is Mary Hopkins.She came to prominence in the 1960s CANT remember exactly when.She appeared on a talent show Hughie Green singing this song and she was superb made it her own
Oppurtunity knocks
Totally agree!!!
Душевный мужик, хоть и не понял что он сказал)
I'd like to hear and see this performed by Bruce.
While I liked Liam Clancy a lot, he had some wonderful stories about his days in Greenwich Village . He tells of his friendship I would say with Bob Dylan, before the infamous electric guitar incident at the Newport folk festival. I understand Bob Dylan liked his authetic folksy style and his playing of the nine string guitar.
Liam Clancy in his later years told of how he was taken in (and perhaps lost his innoncence) by this extraordinary wealthy anonymous wealthy woman. These kind of stories would not have gone down well in the staunchly conservative Catholic Ireland of the 1960's.
Getting back to the song, I have to say that it belongs to Mary Hopkins. She has that wonerful voice, and beautiful sixties look.
Hopkins version good but Clancey having lived it could put much more emotion to it.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Beutiful accent
I've never heard Tom sing it. Do you know where it's available?
Try RUclips
형님 , 디엠쥐에서 눈내리는 밤에에 왜 나는 파카룰 입고 이게이투룰 지키나 , 에이케이 , 라유류주류바수
Is this version by Liam available at all for download? On any album?
This is on the DVD Those where the days live at the Olympia theatre Dublin 1992 just google it.
But sadly all things pass
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2018
Veda of pop music
Great russian song, maybe ukranian!!
Soviet Russian. It was written in 1920th
Prefer Mary Hopkin's version. It's soooo.... beautiful
how could mary hopkin kill a song so badly.....................
Kryon voice
YO CREI QUE ERA CANCION DEL
BEATLE PAUL.MCCARNEY.
Best performance! Russian song, in English, wonderful Irish man!
ruclips.net/video/_yS_XCI7pnk/видео.html
I always thought Paul McCartney wrote this song, using a Russian melody. Am I wrong?
Yes you are wrong.
Wát sê jy..? Is ék in 'n tóksiese verhóúding...?! who of the four of us is bi-polar..?? 😎🙇🙅
SÓRRY... i was JÚST TÂLKING TO MYSÉLF...
tálking to myself a VÉRY BÁD HABIT of mine...
Always thought this was written by Paul McCartney for Mary Hopkin? No?
No.
Uh
He needed a good bass player who emphasized the rhythm
pero que cagada.
린류최고이니시다
최고이삼니더
인류초고이삼니너
린류의촤고이사시더ㅏ란류최고이사더
촤고이시다,