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.
I'm 77 and I love this song. It is so bittersweet. I brings to mind my college days and all those friends from then who have since passed. Yes. Those were the days.
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.
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 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)
WHAT A FANTASTIC SERVICE RUclips 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 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.
Right on... peace love and groovy to you from Toronto Canada....I lived through that war every night on TV in living color.....we (our generation) did everything we could to stop it....but the CIA wants to find a place to grow drug's and they'll start a war against an innocent country just to make it t so....I'm proud of the Vietnamese, who stood against the French and the Americans... so many people gave their lives for the greed of a few. . Kennedy tried to stop it and Nixon kept sending more over to kill and die,even though he knew the war was lost... But some great music came out of all that tension in the world...... Peace Love at groovy to you brother....
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.
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😮
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.
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
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.
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! 💖
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..
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@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 :)
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.
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 🇮🇪
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.
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!
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?
I was born in 1970s after this song. I recent found it in RUclips and love it so much. It makes me remember the old days and my friends. I am campaigning for a candidate during this election. This song make me feel strong and hopeful❤
75 now and grew up listening to the British music invasion and Mary Hopkins became my instant crush then. I love her beauty, demure personality and her lovely angelic voice. ❤
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.
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. 😊
Best of the best beautiful song for 1960's - 1970's~! It's such a beautiful song. One of the best songs of my whole life. 너무도 아름다운 노래입니다. 제 인생을 통틀어 몇 안되는 최고의 곡입니다.
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.
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
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.)
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.
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 💕
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.
So many memories here, that brought out a cry from my soul.... When this beautifully amazing rendition came out, I thought her a bit older than me, nowadays Miss Hopkin looks so young and vibrant! Much gratitude Ed Sullivan Show resurrectors 4 this gem.💎
...in my case, admittedly hanging up the 📞 on him may have had something to do with it ending. I was chasing a mouse in the house, and.. didn't recognize his voice for some reason..
The last time I saw this wonderful song of hers was when I seen this on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1960's and glad this was posted. This is 2022 and I'm in my mid 60's now. I was born in 1957 and cherish this song and the background of the early 1900's stuck to my mind whenever they played this song from the 1970's onward from the radio stations and i have it on CD and now mp3 music stored in my laptop and today on Feb 15, 2022 this comes back to me almost 60 years later...dang does time fly!! Again thank you for posting.
I think this song puts most of our minds back in the late 19th century life in America; 1880's or 1890's. This video of this song that she appeared on the Ed Sullivan show andwith scenes from the late 1890's to 1920's life back then. Such a nostalgic song that will endure for all; young and old. I think when this was first seen on the Ed Sullivan around 1968-1969 on TV show back then people born in the late 19th century seen it and can relate to it. Now I'm 65 years old and this song will endure for many baby boomers that had grandparents born in the late 19th century to early 20th century to remember them before they pass away. This is one of the music that is a treasure from the 20th century that links lives of people from the late 19th century to people of the 21st century.🥰
This song always reminds me of my time stationed in Germany. I lived off base in an apartment over a Gasthaus. As the only American in the village, I was invited to participate in the local customs in which the Gasthaus played a central part. Parties, weddings, funerals and holidays. I was invited to them all. What a great way to learn about the country you‘re stationed in!
I can relate to what you said, I too lived off base for 3 years in Germany. It was a memorable experience for sure. You don't realize how fantastic it was, until those days are gone.
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.
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.
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.
Oh, wow. Mary was around 18 years old when she so powerfully recorded this song. She was just starting out on life’s great adventure as an adult. I’m now 77. She’s now over age 70. I’d love to hear her sing it again with her actual memories of “those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end.” What a beautiful voice and a good lookin’ kid.
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.
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.
Thanks for my parents for sharing good music when I was young. Back then I don't appreciate this kind of music. But now it's nostalgic. This really is a golden classic.
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I'm 61. I love this song and my sister too. She had passed away but I'm still listening to the song.
Mary was the only singer my dad ever listened to. He wanted me to be like her. Miss those days.
brings back memories from 1970
im so sorry
@@aromaseawater1492And I'm sure you turned out far better than that!
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.
OMG my oldest sister Sue LOVED this song. RIP Sue.
"Oh my friend we're older but no wiser; for in our hearts the dreams are still the same"
Agreed 💞
"...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!?
❤
Turn around and it happened. It's hard to see that things are changing and all of a sudden it does.
Scary I know,😮
As I' ve gotten older the more I get the concept of generations. Its "over" and its fine. :)
@@h.l9635 As if I could do anything about it!🤪
I'm 77 and I love this song. It is so bittersweet. I brings to mind my college days and all those friends from then who have since passed. Yes. Those were the days.
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.
좋습니다...
This is a Russian song translated into English 😂
Listen Russian original.
너무예뻐요.목소리도아름답고요.학창시절에 너무너무 좋아했어요.그리고 질리올라 칭케티의 버전도 이습니다.😂🎉
Всем бы такой оптимизм, чтоб считать себя в 49 молодым
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE! LUV THE LYRICS!
What a song!The young generation will soon find out,Mary Hopkin,you are the best
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.
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 👍
А это русскаЯ народная песня!
@@user-Colhchim
А ты слегка не угадал.Никакая не народная.У неё есть авторы
@@user-ColhchimПесня русских эмигрантов, которые бежали от коммунистов
@@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)
WHAT A FANTASTIC SERVICE RUclips 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.
Not sure why you think RUclips restored this.
@@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.
@daklakdigital3691 They sure have it's great listening now to what was
popular then. How the years have flown...
Why are you yelling
Right on... peace love and groovy to you from Toronto Canada....I lived through that war every night on TV in living color.....we (our generation) did everything we could to stop it....but the CIA wants to find a place to grow drug's and they'll start a war against an innocent country just to make it t so....I'm proud of the Vietnamese, who stood against the French and the Americans... so many people gave their lives for the greed of a few. . Kennedy tried to stop it and Nixon kept sending more over to kill and die,even though he knew the war was lost... But some great music came out of all that tension in the world...... Peace Love at groovy to you brother....
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😊
For sure those were the days and I thought they would never end.
In those days we thought that we were invincible
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.
That's amazing. I am 39 and just found this song yesterday. Go figure lol. Have a good day man.
The original from Russia is still good!
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😮
@@ivayloivanov7231Sure, but English text and perfomance is the best one among all versions of this song😊
@@dmitriysmirnov9084 Yep. Its very very rare a cover of a song to be better than original!
i grew up in the 70's and this song hurts my heart
The 70s were the best!
Song was from 68.....70s great thou
@@jesse2375 yes but it got a lot of airplay in early 70's i was about 6 or 7
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.
@@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 😁
This song is iconic, my hubby and would spend time and love each unconditionally in a home time bar. Oh ! And those were my friend.
Mary Hopkin is still performing. She still has a beautiful voice and is also a wonderful song writer. ❤️
I heard she had passed?🙏🥰
@@ethanhall6965 THANKS,🙏I just checked its another Mary Hopkins (USA)
Welsh Mary still.llooks classy and untouched 🙏🥰🇬🇧
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
This is a haunting rendition of a song that makes us relive our youth
Tears, when I hear this song, don't know why,
Love to Mary Hopkins ❤
Tears for our spent youth.
@RichardGammons
true 😔
I've this song carved in my DNA. I just love it, I feel it, I love it.
A toast for broken and forgotten dreams! 🍻
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.
Another America's act of terrorism
My favourite song..who likes old songs
nardineslaiwa7384
1 year ago
ME !
@@david-bs2ov cheers
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! 💖
Indeed😹
@@finallybrainunderstood479... 👌
@@finallybrainunderstood479 q+
@That70’sGirl I agree with you 100%, those days ended 😢
TO :
THAT 70s GIRL ;
WHO ARE YOU ?
KINDLY WRITE TO ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BE WELL.
-BJNG.
Beautiful song and voice -- brings back memories.
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..
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.
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.
I'm a young person but I want you to know you're never too old to achieve whatever you want ❤
Every time I hear this i cry- with ot without tears... I LOVE THIS SENTIMENTAL SONG MY DAD LOVED! 😂
@@Spiderduck-x7r
What a sweet and encouraging comment. 😇
First time I saw Mary Hopkin I think she is a living doll, she is very beautiful.
She's an angel, all right. And what a sweet, pure voice.
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 )
I sounds Russian, and it certainly is a very beautiful song. I hear Paul McCartney wrote the lyrics to it.
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.
You are totally right!!! I just listened to the russian one. Thanks
@@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.
@@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.
Still listening this song in 2023. Mary’s voice is really amazing and stunning☺️
Umur saya 14 th saat pertama mendengar lagu ini, sekarang umur saya 69th ..perasaan baru kemari sore
Try again Seda
2024
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.
Песня русских эмигрантов.
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.
@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 :)
@@jiggajewjay Конечно, знали.
That gave me the chills. My Nana and my mom loved this song, as do I❤
When this came out I was a teenager now I’m 70. Those were the days.
Me too ❤❤❤
@@bobromphf9644 ditto to i🥰
Wow, Mary Hopkin is absolutely Gorgeous and with a lovely, sweet voice.
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.
you def were lucky !! i’m turning 17 in 2022 and it just is no fun ... :(
@@ash5779 You will have to look internally ----------- & not externally. I wish you well -- on your journey.
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 🇮🇪
To the current seventeen year olds... 40 years from now, when you look back, these will be the "good ol' days."
Those were the days!
Those were good days. Why cann't we make beautiful songs like this today?
Politics
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.
Do your best to make better memories as you go.
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!
Those were the days was a cover of a very old Russian song...
No question about it, no gimmicks, just pure raw talent.
I’m sitting in my dear sister’s hospice room. I’m playing this for her, but it is really the song for my wife and I.
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?
i thought this recording was from the 1980s
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!
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.
I was 5. Grandma would play this 45 on the old console record player!
I remember this song from my childhood. Do you know the year it was popular?
I was 4 too, behind the iron curtain in Hungary... but of course this song was a big hit here as well!
@@shandi4114 This Ed Sullivan show played October 1968! I was 9 years old. Those TRULY WERE THE DAYS! ❤✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
@@shandi4114 1968
I was born in 1970s after this song. I recent found it in RUclips and love it so much. It makes me remember the old days and my friends. I am campaigning for a candidate during this election. This song make me feel strong and hopeful❤
Beautiful song from when I was a little boy (6 years old)... Now I'm 62 and it's still a beautiful song!
Mary Hopkin was an excellent singer. And a very beautiful lady
YES!! Stunning!
Is.
I wonder if she's related to 'Eve' on "Last Man Standing" They could pass for identical twins .
And a very beautiful voice as well
Beautiful voice and facade, what a combination.
My Grandmother loved this song. I remember dancing in a circle with her and my sister to this song
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.
I’m feeling it too…
@@user-klambur душу отдают богу!!! Никому не отдают честь!!!!😉
@@user-klambur Oh, those Russians © Boney M
I understand too.
Was he remembering his proud service in Equatorial Guinea
75 now and grew up listening to the British music invasion and Mary Hopkins became my instant crush then. I love her beauty, demure personality and her lovely angelic voice. ❤
What do you mean so called? It happened,just look at the charts
@@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373Sorry my bad. Corrected and edited my comment. Thanks
If only she knew, she would still be a megastar, in 2024 , those were the days in 1968, Mary Hopkins you are a legend ❤
No gimmick's just a good singer and a mike, with a live band no gimmick's, real music
Every good singer should have a Mike 😂
@@Mike8981Meoww Mike
Great music. But like most tv performance at the time, lip synced.
Wow, this girl has natural beauty and a wonderful feminine voice❤❤
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.
Автор музыки русский композитор Борис Фомин, 1924 год.
You're SO RIGHT!!! IT NEVER LEAVES YOUR HEAD after you hear it!!!
Same here in Cph
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. 😊
@@Sofasurfa
The song is unforgettable and infectious (in a good sense).
I think what you did many did, including me.
Enjoy your summer.
😊👍❤
It was many years ago-but ,BEAUTIFUL and,today
❤
I'm 85 and those truly were the days in 50s thro 70s
Amen!✌️
I'm 37 and I can feel those days bi-proxy lol.
Childhood and youth were always the days. Memories, friendships, and adventures.
👏
We peaked as a civilization in 1984.
Reminds me of fun times down at a football stadium in central africa back in the late 60’s.
LMAO I just got here from wikipedia reading about this 😂😂
I see what you did here!! December of 1969 was wonderful memories.
What a fun Christmas eve that was. I still have my Santa hat!
So edgey. Our sweet summer child found the extremist rabbit hole. See you on the news someday.
Best of the best beautiful song for 1960's - 1970's~!
It's such a beautiful song. One of the best songs of my whole life.
너무도 아름다운 노래입니다. 제 인생을 통틀어 몇 안되는 최고의 곡입니다.
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.
I agree...
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
Lots of these shows edited songs for time, or they thought the audience had short attention spans.
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.)
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.
This was my father's favorite song in 1970. I've heard this 1000 times before I was 10. Thanks for sharing the memories ~*
No pretence - natural and with such an angelic voice. I still love it after all these years.
A 20 year old singing "Those were the days"? I loved hearing this on the radio when I was 10 years young in 1969.
Pergunta ele qual e a Estação 😅📻 Act #
Was radio from Equatorial Guine in a footbal Stadium?
Oh boy haven't heard this for more than 50 years. What a gorgeous girl and lovely rendition. Proof that BLONDES are defynightly NOT DUMB !
How did this create special homosẹxụạI rights !
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 💕
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.
I'm 85, memories too many but great
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i truly belive those were the days..
Thank you for your service sir. You are loved more than you know. God bless!
God bless
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.
So many memories here, that brought out a cry from my soul.... When this beautifully amazing rendition came out, I thought her a bit older than me, nowadays Miss Hopkin looks so young and vibrant! Much gratitude Ed Sullivan Show resurrectors 4 this gem.💎
Fwiw.. this is an old Russian ballad that Mary Hopkin resurrected 👋👋
...in my case, admittedly hanging up the 📞 on him may have had something to do with it ending. I was chasing a mouse in the house, and..
didn't recognize his voice for some reason..
Cand ascult piesa asta,inima devine trista.Este excelenta.❤❤❤🇲🇩🇲🇩🇹🇩
This song made me feel very sad because our friendship is not the same as when we were young 😌😥
Music back when they brought a story to life and lifted your soul.
Those were the days, sadly they have ended. Yet, we relive them through the music.👍👍👍
The last time I saw this wonderful song of hers was when I seen this on the Ed Sullivan show in the 1960's and glad this was posted. This is 2022 and I'm in my mid 60's now. I was born in 1957 and cherish this song and the background of the early 1900's stuck to my mind whenever they played this song from the 1970's onward from the radio stations and i have it on CD and now mp3 music stored in my laptop and today on Feb 15, 2022 this comes back to me almost 60 years later...dang does time fly!! Again thank you for posting.
I think this song puts most of our minds back in the late 19th century life in America; 1880's or 1890's. This video of this song that she appeared on the Ed Sullivan show andwith scenes from the late 1890's to 1920's life back then. Such a nostalgic song that will endure for all; young and old. I think when this was first seen on the Ed Sullivan around 1968-1969 on TV show back then people born in the late 19th century seen it and can relate to it. Now I'm 65 years old and this song will endure for many baby boomers that had grandparents born in the late 19th century to early 20th century to remember them before they pass away. This is one of the music that is a treasure from the 20th century that links lives of people from the late 19th century to people of the 21st century.🥰
Saw not seen
@@biegebythesea6775 what? Don't you have an imaginative mind?
This song always reminds me of my time stationed in Germany. I lived off base in an apartment over a Gasthaus. As the only American in the village, I was invited to participate in the local customs in which the Gasthaus played a central part. Parties, weddings, funerals and holidays. I was invited to them all. What a great way to learn about the country you‘re stationed in!
I can relate to what you said, I too lived off base for 3 years in Germany. It was a memorable experience for sure. You don't realize how fantastic it was, until those days are gone.
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.
Just listened, after 60+ years, with an old flame. Very moving.❤
No vulgar dress or language just pure beautiful talent.Those were the days no doubt.
Are mini-skirts really any shorter now than in the 1960s?
Clean.
Look at old videos of female singers, compare the way they dressed them and now.
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.
Who is Beyonce?That must not be my type of listing music.
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.
I was 13, we should email, we could share plenty of nostalgia, tears, memories and water under the Bridge
Right there with you, now i got to watch the Monkeys!
I was 9 in 1968 too .. hi
@@TeresaG59 yes! I was nine in 1968 too and love sixties and Seventies songs.
What a classic,❤❤❤❤❤ I was walking home singing it !....Recall it like yesterday, Googled it ,& here I am .❤❤❤❤❤❤
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.
❤those really are the good old days😊
68년은 제가태어난 해입니다
Hearing this makes it seem like 1968 was just yesterday!❤
We love music. It's before as it's now. Music is music. No time boundaries
It's me .I like this song and l teach my students at my English class. I have already listened and taught five or more times .
Gosh I loved this song sung by Mary Hopkins. Reminds me of the great music in our childhood
1968 I loved it then and still do. It is in my DNA.
I'm just turning 60 this month can I have the earliest memories of the song being played in my room
I just turned 61, and ditto ❤
I turn 60 in oct .so I can feel your emotions.
I'm 71 and still listen to this song on SA Texas radio station "KONO 86.1AM...".🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶💯💛💛
Numerically, 86.1 indicates an FM channel.
I am 87 , & still love this song & get teary eyed ❤️
Oh, wow. Mary was around 18 years old when she so powerfully recorded this song. She was just starting out on life’s great adventure as an adult. I’m now 77. She’s now over age 70. I’d love to hear her sing it again with her actual memories of “those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end.” What a beautiful voice and a good lookin’ kid.
Outstanding. I love the 60s music. Mary was beautiful ❤️🥰. Thanks for this brilliant upload 👍
Me. I'm 71.... and hate it, But so glad to have been alive in the " good old days" ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😊
This wonderful song is so true. As you get older, you realise how true it is
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.
So sind sie nunmal die Russischen Lieder. Da gibts noch einige mehr die man damals übernahm😄
I'm 24 and I love this song, Mary is truly beautiful and talented.
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。
This is a Russian song translated into English 😂
@@adraym7352ロシアには素晴らしい歌がたくさんありますね
She as beautiful as her voice.
i am 74 and this was a hit when i was much younger......
The best decade, the best time of our lives. What on earth have we done?
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.
It was dubbed.
@@AR-cp5dz yes it was lip synced. But George is right. These days computers are commonly used to substitute for vocal ability.
But they were REAL musicians then, and they could actually sing. Not the monotone screamers of nowadays.
@@AR-cp5dz But they dubbed their OWN voice.
DEFINITELY NO AUTOTUNE!
In those days of1968, it was a good time to be 12, as I was.
You're my age
i was 3 @@paulcrandon5259
It was also a good time to be two, as I was.
You’re 10yrs older than me 😮
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
Beautiful woman, lady, voice for ever.
What a wonderful song sung by a beautiful singer. It has a mythical and timeless quality.
Who is this singer
I didn't know that she was the singer. Thank you for posting.
MAGNIFICENT VOICE & RENDITION!! THE BEAUTIFUL MARY HOPKINS!!
Beautiful. Brings back very pleasant memories ❤😊
Mary Hopkins sang this song soulfully, I really liked it! Tears are already welling up in my eyes🥲🥲
Such an amazing distinctive voice. Grew up listening to my Mother playing Mary Hopkin. 😍
Thanks for my parents for sharing good music when I was young. Back then I don't appreciate this kind of music. But now it's nostalgic. This really is a golden classic.