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Those Were the Days- Mary Hopkin
Posted on 11/19/12 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 11/19/12 at 11:20 pm
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Posted 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"
Posted on 11/20/12 at 1:35 am to wegotdatwood
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).
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).
Posted 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.
Posted on 11/25/12 at 12:39 pm to wegotdatwood
I haven't heard that since I was a wee lad !
Posted 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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