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Alright, let's do the Greeks. Who do you collect?
1. Mikis Theodorakis. So many comps, but do they have to include "Zorba" on every single one? All my Mikis is from thrift, so I know my Zorba by now.
2. Demis Roussos. So many comps, but the original albums are supposed to be really good, too - if you can find them. Love the kaftan image, makes him slimmer no matter how fat.
3. Nana Mouskouri. Geeky listening. But don't tell the cool kids that you collect her. The glasses she could have dropped easily, but they became her trademark. Her breakthrough song, "The White Rose of Athens", is really good, made me a convert.
4. Aphrodite's Child. "Rain and Tears" is the big one, a portent of things to come. "666" is the hold-out album, not for the superstitious!
Afraid that's all I've got, all I know.
1. Mikis Theodorakis. So many comps, but do they have to include "Zorba" on every single one? All my Mikis is from thrift, so I know my Zorba by now.
2. Demis Roussos. So many comps, but the original albums are supposed to be really good, too - if you can find them. Love the kaftan image, makes him slimmer no matter how fat.
3. Nana Mouskouri. Geeky listening. But don't tell the cool kids that you collect her. The glasses she could have dropped easily, but they became her trademark. Her breakthrough song, "The White Rose of Athens", is really good, made me a convert.
4. Aphrodite's Child. "Rain and Tears" is the big one, a portent of things to come. "666" is the hold-out album, not for the superstitious!
Afraid that's all I've got, all I know.
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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Re: Greece
I like the more traditional stuff, and I've got a whole mess of LPs from Greece.
On a more rock-related note, one of the most "valuable" things in my collection is the self-titled debut from Greek beat band The Olympians.
https://www.discogs.com/Olympians-Olymp ... se/4636737
It's pretty good!
On a more rock-related note, one of the most "valuable" things in my collection is the self-titled debut from Greek beat band The Olympians.
https://www.discogs.com/Olympians-Olymp ... se/4636737
It's pretty good!
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Re: Greece
Thanks, Count. Oh, I forgot, I've also got Vangelis and Yanni.
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Re: Greece
And also some V.A. bouzouki stuff, don't remember the names.
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Re: Greece
GoogaMooga wrote:Yanni
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Re: Greece
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
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Re: Greece
I can't bear see my country dragged into the mud by all the chancers that are mentioned in this thread.
You want to know the real Greece?
You want to know the real Greece?
I run out of talent
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Re: Greece
Well, I stand by my choices, except perhaps Yanni. Not sure he'd survive a cull.
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Re: Greece
WG Kaspar wrote:They're shit
I'd probably be sick to death of that rebetika/laiko stuff, too, if I lived there. Folks in other country have the advantage of that kind of music not being shoved at us since birth.
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Re: Greece
The only Aphrodite’s Child album I have is 666, but I have a LOT of Vangelis.
Yanni is shit
Yanni is shit
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Re: Greece
Verbal Delirium and Mother Turtle are 2 very decent prog bands from Greece.
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Re: Greece
WG Kaspar wrote:I can't bear see my country dragged into the mud by all the chancers that are mentioned in this thread.
You want to know the real Greece?
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Re: Greece
Count Machuki wrote:WG Kaspar wrote:They're shit
I'd probably be sick to death of that rebetika/laiko stuff, too, if I lived there. Folks in other country have the advantage of that kind of music not being shoved at us since birth.
Correct weight. Kids who grew up in Greece, or even in traditional Greek families in other countries, are very often fed up with their parents'traditional (as in pre-80s) music. But the fact remains that there was some glorious music written and recorded.
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Re: Greece
Jonny Spencer wrote:fange wrote:I've got my quad pants on and i'm ready for some Cock.
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Re: Greece
Jonny Spencer wrote:fange wrote:I've got my quad pants on and i'm ready for some Cock.
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Re: Greece
Jonny Spencer wrote:fange wrote:I've got my quad pants on and i'm ready for some Cock.
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