Posted December 24, 2001 · Report post There is no doubt that Dalaras is my favourite singer. However,I enjoy hearing other singers such as Dimitris Basis,Gerasimos Andreatos,Kostas Makedonas. I won't forget that New Years Eve when I saw them in television(ET 1)and they were singing together "Oi thalassinoi"of Zampetas,"Tis vroxis oi stales"of Tsitsanis and an other song which I don't remember which it was. Does anyone know when it will be broadcasted again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 24, 2001 · Report post Stolis, Dalaras is the best. I like too the old blues singer:John lee Hooker, Memphis slim,Sony boy Williamson ....... Best wishes Franz :cool: :cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 25, 2001 · Report post Another singer that I think is really good is Giannis Vardis. Especially his last album which included "το αγριολούλουδο" a song by Nikolopoulos sung before by Kazandzidis. Also I like Makedonas,Basis,Tsaligopoulou,Kotsiras and many more. Dalaras is in the top though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 26, 2001 · Report post My favourite music artists after Dalaras are Haris and Panos Katsimichas. Other great musicians and singers : Bithikotsis, Nana Moushouri, Savopoulos, Papakonstantinou and many more who play good greek music. Favourite foreign singers and musicians: Bob Dylan, Roy Orbinson, R.E.M., Emma Shapplin etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 26, 2001 · Report post Some greek singers that I can listen to for weeks before I get bored are Eleni Vitali, Nikos Papazoglou, Gerasimos Andreatos and Pantelis Thalassinos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 26, 2001 · Report post I think I like the oldies.Giannis Kaletzis,Stamatis Kokotas,Dimitra Galani,Viki Moskoliou,George Zambetas,Stratos Dionisiou and many more... But Dalaras is certainly my #1 singer too S Gursu Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 28, 2001 · Report post Sarantiis, you asked for young composers. I have to confess I don't know very much, but I like the songs Giorgos Andreou does! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 28, 2001 · Report post and not to forget: Lavrentis Macheritsas!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted December 29, 2001 · Report post Talking about the modern day artists and composers,I feel it is necessary to mention those two composers;Stavros Xarhakos and Eleni Karaindrou I like their songs very much. S Gursu Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 4, 2002 · Report post How little I know, when I read all this. What about Papakonstantino ? I like that. And Kalliopi Vetta ? Very special voice she has. As for foreigners (outside Greece I mean) Tina Turner, Roy Orbison, Queen ('We are the champions', 'Somebody to love' ), Sting, from my own country Johan Verminnen (who sings about Dalaras in one of his songs). Micki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 5, 2002 · Report post A little story for you... Yesterday, coming home from Schiphol airport (at the other end of the country, that is), I made a small detour via Amsterdam to go the Greek record shop. There I came across the record Γραμμές των Οριζόντων. I had seen it before but paid no attention because Dalaras sings only a few of the songs on it. This time I really looked at it. First I discovered that all the lyrics are by Καββαδιας, who is by now a favorite of mine. Surprise! Then, the singers: I know and like them all. BIG surprise! (me, having favorite Greek singerS (plural)? what is the world coming too?). For those who don't know the record yet, beside Dalaras, they are Χάρης και Πάνος Κατσιμίχας, and Βασίλης Παπαλωνσταντίνου, and one I hadn't heard singing before, Θάνος Μικρουτισκους, who can do little wrong with me, as he is the composer, and a damm good one imho. So I bought the record. The other people on the train that took me home surely thought it was a madwoman, sitting there three inches up in the air above the seat, with a grin on her face and headphones on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 5, 2002 · Report post Micki, Do you have that song of Yohan Verminnen which talks about Dalaras? If so, could you post the lyrics? Thank you in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 5, 2002 · Report post Of course Vicky. I'll post first in Dutch (the original) and than in English. Ik wil de wereld zien Ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil een zonsopgang in Afrika de cappuera dansen in Bahia tequilla drinken in New Mexico en capeirinha in Rio of met een zeilboot naar het Paaseiland met een vliegtuig landen op het strand van Brel zijn mooie Iles Marquises in plaats van thuis te zitten kniezen Ik wil de zon zien ondergaan in Cusco de tango dansen in Buenos Aires de blues van Memphis tot in New Orleans oh ik zou zo graag de wereld zien ik wil de fado horen van Rodriguez en de bouzouki van Dalaras of Piazzola zijn bandoneon horen klinken als de avond komt Er zit een regenjas met mij op een terras toch doet zo'n regenjas dromen dat het zomer was ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil de wereld zien ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil zo graag de wereld zien de oevers van de Saint Laurent misschien opdat Charlebois met mij in Quιbec de bloemen eens stevig buitenzet met Nougaro wil ik naar Toulouse in een jazzclub luisteren naar blues of dwepen met Michel Jonasz alsof de Schelde hier de Seine was Ik wil de zon zien ondergaan in Cusco de tango dansen in Buenos Aires de blues van Memphis tot in New Orleans oh ik zou zo graag de wereld zien ik wil de fado horen van Rodriguez en de bouzouki van Dalaras of Piazzola zijn bandoneon horen klinken als de avond komt Er zit een regenjas met mij op een terras toch doet zo'n regenjas dromen dat het zomer was ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil ik wil ik ik wil de wereld zien I want to see the world I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I I want a sunrise in Afrika to dance the capuera in Bahia to drink tequilla in New Mexico and capeirinha in Rio or with a sailing-boat to Paaseiland (Geeske, can you help me here please ? My dictionnary is not sufficient) to land with an airplane on the beach of Brel's beautiful Marquises instead of moping at home I want to see the sunset in Cusco to dance the tango in Buenos Aires the blues from Memphis till New Orleans ach, I would like to see the world so much I want to hear the fado of Rodriguez and the bouzouki of Dalaras or to hear the sound of Piazzola his bandoneon when the evening comes (maybe better : at sunset) (and next 4 lines are my favourite lines, this is a Belgian member posting here) There is a raincoat sitting with me on a terrace yet this raincoat makes me dream that it were Summer I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I I want to see the world I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I to see the world so much the banks of the Saint Laurent maybe so that Charlebois with me in Quιbec indulges in going out (Geeske ?? please) with Nougaro I want to go to Toulouse to listen in a jazzclub to the blues or to rave about Michel Jonasz as if the Schelde was the Seine here I want to see the sunset in Cusco to dance the tango in Buenos Aires the blues from Memphis till New Orleans ach, I would like to see the world so much I want to hear the fado of Rodriguez and the bouzouki of Dalaras or to hear the sound of Piazzola his bandoneon when the evening comes (maybe better : at sunset) There is a raincoat sitting with me on a terrace yet this raincoat makes me dream that it were Summer I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I I want I want I I want to see the world I hope this is satisfying and understandable. I think it's one of his best songs. Micki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 6, 2002 · Report post we're talking next door neighbours here - and I'd never even _heard_ of this guy... Thank you Micki! Het Paaseiland is called Easter Island in English It's the speck on the map lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where they have those utterly mysterious gi-gan-tic statues of rather square-cut heads, in lava stone. The name is because the Dutch navigator who put it on our maps got there at Easter. opdat Charlebois met mij in Quιbec de bloemen eens stevig buitenzet so that [my hometown] Charlebois [comes with me] to Quebec to paint the town red "de blometjes buiten zetten" is litteraly "to put the flowers in the window", and it means "to go out on the loose and make a terrific night of it". I found the english equivalent in my dictionary and liked it... Somehow I have a notion that there must some really good greek expressions for this as well!! Anyone like to contribute some?? Please?? p.s. btw, the [...] are the translator's conventional way of indicating that these words are not present in the original, but needed in the translation to express/clarify the meaning. Quite useful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 6, 2002 · Report post Thanks again, Geeske. Paaseiland, I didn't find the translation so I doubted wether I could translate it literary. Well, now I even know more than I knew before of this island (I didn't know it was a Dutch navigator who discovered it my turn to blush). And I like the expression 'to put the flowers in the window". That's what I cannot count the times anymore that I did that but also what I need to do very soon again, or I'll go simply mad, crazy, trelh, ... And Johan Verminnen is one of the few, very few, good artists in Belgium, that sing in their own language. For the English language performed by Belgians ... there is K's Choice (living in the US), dEUS. Micki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 6, 2002 · Report post Thanks a lot Micki and Geeske! Even though I haven't listened to the song I like it from its' lyrics! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 6, 2002 · Report post And I wonder how it would look like in Greek. Micki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 10, 2002 · Report post If you want a greek translation here it is: THELO NA DO TON KOSMO Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Thelo mia anatoli stin Afriki na horepso capuera* stin Bahia* na pio tekila sto Neo Mexico and capeirinha sto Rio e me mia varka(na pao) sto nisi tou Pasha na prosgiotho me ena aeroplano stin paralia toy Brel* tin omorfi Marquises* anti na trigirizo sto spiti thelo na do to iliovasilema sto Cusco na horepso tango sto Buenos Aires ta blues apo to Memphis stin Nea Orleani ach tha ithela toso poli na do ton kosmo thelo na akouso to fado** toy Rodriguez kai to bouzouki tou Dalara e na akouso ton iho Piazzola his bandoneon*** otan erhete to vradi Iparhi ena adiavroho pou kathete mazi mou stin veranda Auto to adiavroho me kani na onireuome oti ine akoma kaloker Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo, ego thelo,ego thelo na do ton kosmo Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Thelo toso poli na do ton kosmo (I couldn't understand the next three lines so if anyone could help...) me ton Nougaro(?) na pao stin Toulouse na akouso ta blues se ena jazzclub e na ime poly enthousismenos**** me ton Michel Jonasz (I can't understand the next line either) Thelo na do to iliovasilema sto Cusco na horepso tango sto Buenos Aires ta blues apo to Memphis stin Nea Orleani ach the ithela toso poli na do ton kosmo thelo na akouso to fado tou Rodrigues kai to bouzouki tou Dalara e na akouso ton iho Piazzola his Bandoneon*** otan erthi to vradi Iparhi ena adiavroho pou kathete mazi mou se mia veranda Auto to adiavroho me kani na onireuome oti ine kalokeri Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego thelo na do ton kosmo Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego Ego thelo,ego thelo,ego thelo toso poli na do ton kosmo * I could use some help here **I couldn't find this, is it a musical instrument or sth? ***????? ****is this correct? I did my best in translating it. sorry for the mistakes and all these questions Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 10, 2002 · Report post Thank you, Vicky, I'll try to look at it within the next days (not that my Greek is so good, but I'm curious). Micki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 21, 2002 · Report post After Dalaras, I like Alexiou, Chatzis, Katsimicha, Bryan Adams, Papakonstantinou. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2002 · Report post I heard some Eric Clapton songs today (old ones), it had been ages and ages... think there might be something in it (if only for the guitar playing...) or is it a bit much? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2002 · Report post Geeske,do you know the band"YES".What is the name of the singer? I think he worked together with Vangelis.He has such a good voice. Franz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2002 · Report post Sorry Franz - I'm not all that fond of Yes - can't think of the name at the moment, will look it up if you insist. Not too fond of Vangelis either as a rule (rule WITH exceptions, so please don't lynch me quite at once). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 24, 2002 · Report post Geeske,I heard some more from the Katsimichas brothers.They are not so bad I thought. You must hear them without G.D. then they are better. Franz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
