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re: Those Were the Days- Mary HopkinPosted by Kafka on 11/20/12 at 12:47 am to wegotdatwood
This is a cover of the original Russian version, "Dorogoi Dlinnoyu", from the 1920s:
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On Christmas 1975, the President of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema, had 150 alleged coup plotters executed in the national stadium while a band played "Those Were the Days"
re: Those Were the Days- Mary HopkinPosted by yurintroubl on 11/20/12 at 1:35 am to wegotdatwood
This post has been bookmarked.
This was my absolute favorite song until I was 8. Probably still in my top 5 when I was 10.
When I'd get bored while waiting for my dad to buy stuff at Sears or whatever - My parents would let me fill out various credit card applications because I LOVED forms.
Needless to say - "filling stuff out" soon continued at home until they had to put an end to the practice... Right around the 3rd time the 8-Track with this song on it turned up in our mail (along with Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton John, etc).
re: Those Were the Days- Mary HopkinPosted by Tiger in Texas on 11/24/12 at 10:09 pm to wegotdatwood
If I recall, she was on Apple Records label, and she was 'discovered' by Paul McCartney.
re: Those Were the Days- Mary HopkinPosted by Lsupimp on 11/25/12 at 12:39 pm to wegotdatwood
I haven't heard that since I was a wee lad !
re: Those Were the Days- Mary HopkinPosted by IonaTiger on 11/25/12 at 12:44 pm to wegotdatwood
That was a great song. I remember hearing it for the first time while I was on a HS senior trip to France as we drove to Normandy. It hit the States shortly after we got back.
Kafka, I did not know it was a cover of a Russian song, but I can certainly hear the influence.
Kafka, I did not know it was a cover of a Russian song, but I can certainly hear the influence.
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