Song 53 КАК МОЛОДЫ МЫ БЫЛИ
RE: SWAM’s comment of yesterday
Nope, stopping at song 52 yesterday doesn’t mean I’m a year younger. It means that I wanted to save the last song for a page by itself. I figured that framing this song by itself would give it a better than average chance of being played by whoever visits.
Nearly a decade ago, The Prof gave me a disc of Russian songs he’d burned for me. He collected Russian music, and since he knew I like folk music he gave me a mix that included folk and popular songs on it. A version of the following song was on this CD.
It wasn’t until I was researching the songs to go on this list that I actually found out what the song means. I had been half afraid of looking up the song before, afraid that the meaning would ruin the feeling. It wasn’t what I expected and it was exactly what it sounds like.
I’ve discovered that this is a popular song in Russia, and has been covered by many different stars there. I could not find the version that The Prof gave me online, but YouTube has many different versions, some by amateurs, some by professionals, some home filmed, some taped from television. There’s a YouTube that uses the song as a Russian to English translation lesson.
I take it from the evidence at hand that I am not the only person in the world who is affected by this song. If you have never heard it before, I truly hope that I have found a version that brings the song to you the way The Prof’s version did for me.
53. КАК МОЛОДЫ МЫ БЫЛИ (Kak molody my byli) written by Alexandra Pakhumtova
Had to dig around to find at least a partial translation of the song online, but you’re right – it fits the song. Very wistful and beautiful.
Thanks for sharing your song list. I feel like I have a little more insight into you now. 🙂
I remember the movie I’ve seen in my childhood, from which this song is. In my memories Alexander Gradskiy is the one associated with this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaos-mul9Vs
thank you for the entry, that brought sweet nostalgic memories
enjoy 🙂
Lana
Absolutely lovely!
RYC: I might just take you up on that offer of a room for cemetery touring! I can only imagine the wonderful history of the cems in your area. What a thrill! I know what you mean about them being lovely to visit but not photographing well. Most of the cemeteries in Britain are the same way. The stones are too eroded to photograph but I have gotten some lovely rubbings from them that allow you to see much more of what’s actually there. I do have a really nice pic of a tomb from Jerpoint Abbey in Ireland that dates from 1280. I might post that here in a little while.
I’ve been to the cemeteries in NOLA and they are stunning. Like you I wonder what kind of a mess Katrina made of them. I hope not a lot because that would be a horrible shame.