The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (92): Were those the days?
mainIt’s called cultural transference.
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I loved Alexandr Malinin’s version. Wondered if it might be a slightly over-egged pudding with all that orchestra, but it stood up well. Of course it is a Russian song to begin with, so no surprise they know best how to present it.
Who actually wrote the song, and was still not acknowledged recently, as it says even here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Fomin “”The composer’s song legacy enjoyed a rebirth, and the general public in Russia was shocked to realize that some of their best-loved romances that they believed to be ‘traditional’ or ‘folk’ songs, were authored by Boris Fomin, a composer whose name hasn’t been mentioned in the Soviet press for decades.
And he wrote other songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiDNlXTMKrc&fmt=22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuZ0dBfwKjI&list=RDEMdEeo3EaBsNF5rCqwH2Xd4A&start_radio=1&fmt=22
I’m looking for somebody that is singing the song with a true nostalgic feel, not a fake
drama.
I guess Dalida recorded the song too.Not bad.
Dalida was a gorgeous singer, and her version is enchanting.
But I like all of these, and others I have heard, including Dalida’s and a rather charming Brazilian version by someone whose name I forget. It’s the mark of a great song that it can be retranslated and reversioned while retaining its original feeling. Each set of lyrics I have read speaks to its own community and its own times, and yet lasts on to charm us still.
Classic.
Staying in the Russia-sourced sphere, a good example of reversioning a song is the Seekers’, “The Carnival is Over”, with lyrics by Tom Springfield.
Bikel was my first hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOrfe4pckJI
Mary Hopkin – “The Original and Best” with this ditty! (Even if I do say so as a Welshman.)
Hardly the original. (Haven’t you red any of the posts before yours?). And best is in the ear of the listener. I think is delightful, but did you even listen to some of the others?