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.
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=relatedThe 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!
For some unknown reason I cannot insert the second video, so I'm posting a link to it:
Live for the Love of it,
The Happy Amateur
I loved the song and was fascinated with how close to Greek music this is. Thank you for the excursion :-)
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You are very welcome!
DeleteI'll listen to this later when the house isn't so noisy! I love youtube! It has returned to me many long-lost songs.
ReplyDeleteAlso, 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~
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!
DeleteYour sonnet was the star of the day for sure, I loved it.
Happy Valentine's Day!
That was fun. Thanks.
ReplyDelete:-) I'm glad!
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