2988 Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days

From: Post Card; Year: 1969; Genre: Folk Rock

The other day my dad was showing me some interesting music; this was that in particular caught my attention. Fascinatingly, this song has quite a history; it was originally composed in the early part of the 1900s by Russian composer Boris Fomin under the title "Dorogoi Dlinnoyu" (By the Long Road). Eugene Raskin later wrote English lyrics to the tune as "Those Were the Days" and apparently one Paul McCartney heard him and his wife playing it in a club and liked it. Subsequently, they had singer Mary Hopkin, who was signed to The Beatles' Apple label, cover the song and it became a pretty big hit.
Anyway, not a bad song at all; the choice of chords and their progression as well as the meter changes make this one a really neat track.

Hear Those Were the Days on YouTube.



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