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13 Dec 15 - 03:50 AM (#3758025) Subject: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Rob Naylor .....where I feel reasonably comfortable singing in it! This song is one recommended by my teacher as giving a great insight into use of the Genitive case in Russian: Yesli Oo Vas Nyetu Tyoti It's a bit strange playing Russian songs to audiences in the UK, but I heed to practice my repertoire before (hopefully) surprising my Russian friends when I go back there next year. I've got away with it 3 times so far though. :-) |
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13 Dec 15 - 04:10 AM (#3758031) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Will Fly Rob - is this the one you sang at the Ditchling session last month but one? If so, well done! Coming to December's (which will probably be on the Monday, as it's a Bank Holiday weekend)? |
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13 Dec 15 - 06:10 AM (#3758056) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Rob Naylor Will, yes, that's the same one, but I think a bit better done this time (from my own subjective viewpoint). I have a couple more Russian songs in the pipeline too, but not ready for public consumption yet. Hopefully when I go back to Russia next year I'll be able to do a mixed set of Russian and western songs in the pub there. Yes, I'll be coming to the next Ditchling session. Missed you at the last one: it was a good one (they usually are!). |
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13 Dec 15 - 06:47 AM (#3758060) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Jack Campin Our klezmer group did a pub gig last week with a bunch of Russian songs mixed in with the Yiddish. We did a rehearsal in the library of a Russian cultural centre. They had a copy of this on the shelves: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1553037.Dictionary_of_Russian_Obscenities Dunno how many of them featured in the songs. |
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13 Dec 15 - 03:15 PM (#3758158) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: keberoxu The late great Theodor Bikel sang, of course, in many languages. You know the hit song, "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end"? That was Russian before it was English. Bikel recorded a bang-up version of the Russian. The original makes much of a Troika. |
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13 Dec 15 - 06:12 PM (#3758207) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Rob Naylor I was aware of that, keberoxu. I believe the guy who wrote the English lyrics changed a couple of notes and copyrighted the tune as well as they lyrics. The next Russian song I learn will be the original (Дорогой длинною"). Trying to work out whether to stick and English version chorus in there or leave it as pure Russian. |
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13 Dec 15 - 07:36 PM (#3758218) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Jack Campin A quick google finds versions in French, Slovenian, Swedish, Dutch and Finnish. In fact a choice of three versions in Finnish. Why restrict yourself? Hawaiian ought to sound good. |
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14 Dec 15 - 04:06 AM (#3758277) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Will Fly I think you ought to sing Калинка to us at Ditchling, Rob - always good fun, getting faster and faster - or Подмосковные вечера |
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14 Dec 15 - 04:32 AM (#3758282) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Mr Red try your Russian out on Mr Red's русский язык FAQ page it should be OK translated by a colleague and a Ruskie corrected it. |
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14 Dec 15 - 11:59 PM (#3758469) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Artful Codger "Those Were the Days" bears almost no relation to the Russian text, so I only sing the Russian; otherwise it's like a mash-up, and not the good kind. (TWtD also lacks the wryness of the Russian. I find it just saccharine.) I also hear no appreciable difference in the tune—whether the guy copyrighted his "arrangement" is another story: everyone since the Carter Family does that; gotta grab those ASCAP royalties. |
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16 Dec 15 - 03:45 AM (#3758696) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Rob Naylor Artful...yes, I think I'll stick to just the Russian lyrics. I've been asked by a young friend in Russia to learn yet another song Очи чёрные (Black Eyes). Younger people in Russia seem quite fond of old "cabaret" and "gypsy style" songs (as well as rap and garage music). If this goes on my Russian repertoire by the middle of next year will be bigger than my English one :-) |
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16 Dec 15 - 03:52 AM (#3758699) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Will Fly I can recommend the Spike Jones version of Очи чёрные as a role model... |
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16 Dec 15 - 03:53 AM (#3758700) Subject: RE: My Russian Has Finally Reached The Point From: Dave the Gnome Hi Rob - Don't know if it is any good to you but I posted lots of Russian Folk Songs here on Mudcat some years back. Cheers DtG |