Tuesday, February 14, 2012

'Drunk with Love'






There’s a twist in my Russian Roots this Tuesday.  When I was a toddler, back in the 70-s of the 20th century, we had a flexi disc we used to play a lot.  I loved that record.  In fact I loved it so much, I…chewed it up one day.  The disc was ruined, and never got replaced.  Then years and years later on the infamous and glorious youtube I found that song from my childhood.  It’s a song in Turkish, performed by a singer from Georgia (back then part of the Soviet Union.)  And it’s a song loved by so many Russians.  It’s called “Drunk with Love.”  You really don’t have to know Turkish to understand it.  Cheers!

I'm posting two videos.  The first one I chose for the sound. I believe that's exactly what I heard on that flexi disc before I ate it... (The video itself is a virtual card  somebody sent to a Georgian friend.  It has views of a Georgian town, beautiful nature shots, and the Russian translation of the song's lyrics.)

The second one has a slightly different version of the song, I think, a later recording.  (It's still very good, but the first one is my favorite.)   This video though has a lot of photographs of Vakhtang Kikabidze  -  a.k.a. 'Buba' - the singer performing the song.  He started out in a Georgian band called 'Orera', and soon became well known and hugely popular, not just as a singer, but also an actor.   Nearly every Russian (at least my age or older) knows him.  And so many Russians love him.  


Happy Valentine’s Day!
Enjoy:   







For some unknown reason I cannot insert the second video, so I'm posting a link to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydkKesmIUVc&feature=related




Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur










6 comments:

  1. I loved the song and was fascinated with how close to Greek music this is. Thank you for the excursion :-)

    margo

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  2. I'll listen to this later when the house isn't so noisy! I love youtube! It has returned to me many long-lost songs.

    Also, thank-you for your beautiful comments today and every day.
    It might amuse you to know I picked up Sense and sensibility last night at the library:)

    p.s. I left a comment at Margo's wordgathering about how much I loved the sonnet you wrote!

    Happy Valentine's Day~

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    1. Thank you, Janet, I hope you'll enjoy the song, and the movie! The sonnet was not meant to be serious, just a slightly frivolous story about a sly Sunset and a naive Night :-) but I'm glad it received a warm welcome!

      Your sonnet was the star of the day for sure, I loved it.

      Happy Valentine's Day!

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