#Rebetiko

[sgiandubh]

Sunday sounds: Φεύγω

We are very melancholic, Baby the Dog and I, in this postapocalyptic decor of boxes, bags of unwanted miscellanea and life shards. So I hope you will indulge me this uncharacteristic Greek interlude, with one of the finest rebetiko voices of the Nineties - Orfeas Peridis.

If you traveled with me in my beloved Peloponnese, on a very early, scorching sunny morning, you would probably hear some Haendel (of course and no matter the weather), but you would also probably hear this. My playlists are viciously eclectic, by the way, and I think Piaf comes next, on that one. Or The Proclaimers, never mind.

Φεύγω means 'I am leaving' and like all those rebetiko plaintive and devil may care songs, this one has its hefty amount of existential angst, unrequited feelings and dramatic narrative solutions. But this song will always remind me of Monemvasia, the Greek Gibraltar, Byzantine fiction precariously perched on a rock promontory:

I would move in there tomorrow, no second thoughts and damn all the consequences:

They do, after all, have one of the most beautiful parking lots on this planet:

Of course we won't do anything. Adventure awaits. But still, it's going to be ugly crying at the border and for Baby, his first contact with his real, international dog life.

#sunday sounds #Greek #rebetiko #90s #Youtube

[mpaglamas]

Ρεμπέτικο, το κακό βοτάνι

David Prudhomme (2010)

#rebetiko

[epestrefe]

“Ta Politakia” is a group of musicians from Asia Minor very characteristic of the musical idiom of Smyrna

Source: Kalyviotis Aristomenis, Σμύρνη, η μουσική ζωή 1900-1922 [Smyrna, the Music Life 1900-1922], Athens, Music Corner & Tinella, 2002, p. 127.

#Τα Πολιτάκια #ρεμπέτικο #μουσική #Σμύρνη #1930s #πρώιμη εποχή του ρεμπέτικου #Ta politakia #musicians #rebetiko #music #Smyrna #old photo

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Σωτηρία Μπέλλου στον Διονύση Σαββόπουλο: "Αχ Διονύση με έκανες και τραγουδάω ποπ!"

Εγώ στη Σωτηρία Μπέλλου: "ΚΑΙ ΚΑΛΑ ΕΚΑΝΕ"

#Greek music #rebetiko #hip hop #greek hip hop #rap #sotiria bellou #dionysis savvopoulos #Youtube

[musicmakesyousmart]

#music #Marika Politissa #folk #rebetiko #favorites

[richo1915]

Rebetiko ρεμπέτικο

Rebetiko is a kind of Greek folk music which started in Asia Minor, more specifically, in Smyrna and Constantinople. After the 1922 occupation and destruction of Smyrna, the refugees who sought shelter in Central Greece, along with their few suitcases and memories, also brought with them their culture and music. This is the reason why rebetiko started expanding through Greece’s main ports, such as Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Volos and Syros, and around 1930 the dawn of rembetiko had begun. People would gather in small taverns with a few musical instruments and, along with a glass of wine, would openly express their pain, fears and nostalgia for the past. Although these individuals were homesick, a sense of hopefulness still resonated within their songs.

#music #farya faraji #rebetiko #greek music #folk music #music of the poor

[peterwebscott]

Singing rebetiko with the angels

As my post about Dimitris Mitropanos’s song Roza (https://wordpress.com/posts/wordscene.wordpress.?s=great+song+bu) has for some reason been generating a lot of interest recently, I thought I would translate another song in the zeïmbekiko style of the Greek rebetiko tradition – brilliantly performed here by Themis Adamantidis, Dimitris Mitropanos and Dimitris Basos. The lyrics, by the writer…

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#Adamantidis #Basos #bouzouki club #Greek music #Mitropanos #rebetiko #Zeimbekiko

[bentectravels]

#tourisme #travel #voyage #travels #Greece #Grèce #Athènes #Athens #Acropole #Parthénon #Plaka #evzones #Anafiotika #pita #gyros #souvlaki #rebetiko #île #Hydra #randonnée #canal de Corinthe #Némée #Mycènes #Nauplie #komboio

[thomas-querqy]

Johan Papaconstantino J’aimerai (Contre-jour 2019)

Johan Papaconstantino  Mon chat danse - Feat. Prosper (Premier degré)

#johan papaconstantino #musique #greco-oriental #rebetiko #r&b #autotune #reggaeton #chanson française

[thespiritofstars]

Δείτε το βίντεο "Kegome Kegome" στο YouTube

#greek music #greek songs #1980s music #rebetiko #ρεμπέτικο #Youtube #Kegome Kegome #Kaigome Kaigome #Σωτηρία Λεονάρδου #Sotiria Leonardou

[vanitastergioula]

#rebetiko

[sciogli-lingua]

Mikis Theodorakis (sung by Melina Mercouri) || Ο Δικαστής (The Judge) || Greek lyrics + English translation

[Standard lyrics to the song + what I think she's actually singing in this recording whenever I realized the words were slightly different]

Έχει η αγάπη τον καημό Love has its own sorrow Η ξενιτειά το δρόμο Exile has its way Ο στρατιώτης τ'όπλο του, ω ω A soldier has his rifle, oh oh Κι ο δικαστής κι ο δικαστής το νόμο As for the judge, the judge, he has the law

Μα εγώ είμαι ξένος που περνά / Μα εγώ είμαι ξένη όπου περνά(ω?) But I'm a stranger just passing by / But I'm a stranger wherever I go Γι' αυτούς που με ξεχάσανε For those who have forgotten me Κι αυτοί που με δικάσανε ω ω And those who judged me, oh oh Πίνουν το αίμα μου ξανά They're drinking my blood once more Κι αυτοί που με δικάσανε ω ω And those who judged me, oh oh Πίνουν το αίμα μου ξανά They're drinking my blood once more

Όπου έχει μαύρη την ψυχή / Οποίος έχει μαύρη τη ψυχή Wherever there's a dark soul / Whoever's got a dark soul Έχει και το μαχαίρι / Κρατά και το μαχαίρι There's also a knife / Also wields the knife Κι όπου το φίδι καρτερεί ω ω And wherever the snake patiently waits, oh oh Εκεί είναι πε-, εκεί είναι περιστέρι There's also, there's also a dove

Μα εγώ είμαι ξένος που περνά / Μα εγώ είμαι ξένη όπου περνά(ω?) But I'm a stranger just passing by / But I'm a stranger wherever I go Γι' αυτούς που με ξεχάσανε For those who have forgotten me Κι αυτοί που με δικάσανε ω ω And those who judged me, oh oh Πίνουν το αίμα μου ξανά They're drinking my blood once more Κι αυτοί που με δικάσανε ω ω And those who judged me, oh oh Πίνουν το αίμα μου ξανά They're drinking my blood once more

#music #translation #greek #modern greek #i'm down a bit of a theodorakis / hadjidakis / rebetiko rabbit hole at the moment #i think he wrote this while in hiding / in prison during the dictatorship but i'm not sure #mine #langblr

[gemsofgreece]

Christopher Lee and Sotiria Bellou, the emblematic Greek rebetiko singer in the 80s. 

Fun fact: Lee had met Bellou during his vacation in Greece in the late 80s. Lee described himself as a fan; he was a collector of her 50s recordings and he told her her voice reminded him of Billy Holiday. Naturally, Bellou took a liking to him. When a journalist visited her at her house for an interview, he was startled by a frame of Lee as Count Dracula hanging on the wall. This is how Bellou told him and we know about their encounter and mutual appreciation.  

We all know Christopher Lee but here’s a song with the unique voice of Sotiria Bellou from 1951, so he definitely knew this song and probably loved it :) 

This is rare footage from a live in 1972. The man with the mustache playing the bouzouki, Vassilis Tsitsanis, is also the composer of the song and extremely prominent in Greece’s music history. 

#greece #christopher lee #music #songs #dracula #sotiria bellou #rembetiko #greek music #vassilis tsitsanis #greek songs #greek facts

[kebriones]

Hello Keb!

As the resident Alcibiades person on my dash, I had a fun question for you that popped into my head as I was falling asleep last night. If someone were to make a musical about a dramatized/fictionalized/mythologized version of Alcibiades’ life a la Hamilton, The Blues of Achilles, Epic the Musical, etc. what genre of music do you think would be most appropriate to represent him? What would speak to Alcibiades’ soul and vibe?

Please take this question as seriously or unseriously as your heart desires.

Oh boy now you bring up my deepest wildest daydreams.

I primarily want a greek musical for him. With everything from folk, rebetiko, byzantine-ish, entekhno, classical-ish inspired by greek motifs?.

If i must answer this for an English musical uhm then baroque pop, punk jazz (or any jazz I'm not picky), folktronica. And ragtime. Lots and lots of ragtime. But make it extremely chaotic.

But regardless of style, there must be chaos and drama and upbeatness combined with straight up mourning songs and and and there must also be a reoccurring march rhythm (as in a military marching song idk what those are called exactly) coming up now and then, that you may or may not always notice but it's there in every song, and if it's not there then the absence is significant story-wise.

#Alcibiades #thank you for the ask i was miserable and talking about this fixed my mood

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Concept: Hadestown but it's the Greek 1920's. The music is still the same except they're now arranged and played in Rebetiko style. The setting is heavily inspired by industrialized Eleusis. Hermes owns a taverna beside the railroad tracks. Eurydice is a refugee from the population exchange and Orpheus is an impoverished folk singer and manga.

Dude I would see the HELL out of this musical! May we live to see it!

#hadestown #idk how else to tag this sorry #answered

[musicmakesyousmart]

Marika Politissa - All Parts Dark

Mississippi Records

2020

#Marika Politissa #All Parts Dark #Mississippi Records #folk #rebetiko