what song are you listening to?
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BOP
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Remember the song "Those Were the Days," made popular by Welsh singer Mary Hopkin? Yeah, this isn't Mary Hopkin.
It's a group I'd only vaguely heard of called Leningrad Cowboys. I can't remember what song I heard some years back by them, and I dug it, but they got no airplay and I forgot about them.
Anyway, this is a different version of "Those Were the Days," which interestingly, was based on an old Russian folk song. It's got an interesting history, and a number of people have actually performed the song. Check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_(song)
It's a group I'd only vaguely heard of called Leningrad Cowboys. I can't remember what song I heard some years back by them, and I dug it, but they got no airplay and I forgot about them.
Anyway, this is a different version of "Those Were the Days," which interestingly, was based on an old Russian folk song. It's got an interesting history, and a number of people have actually performed the song. Check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_(song)
littlelady
God bless the USA
Thanks for sharing! 
BOP
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This song would probably be banned and Josie Cotton forced to write many abject apologies to the so-called Gay Community, in the early '80s when this came out, she was condemned by conservatives for promoting homosexuality. Some even went so far as to claim there was no Josie Cotton; that the song was an attempt by the gays to lure young men into homosexuality.
"Johnny Are You Queer?" by Josie Cotton and some guy that looks like a young Nick Nolte.
"Johnny Are You Queer?" by Josie Cotton and some guy that looks like a young Nick Nolte.
