Aphrodite's Child - 666

"BREAK!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WTNFuF6qiA

Funny:
1) Song is by the drummer
2) there are no drums on it.

What are the solo Demis Roussos lps like. Trying to find reviews but having no luck. Looks like at least the first one and Forever and Ever retain some prog/psych influence from the couple of reviews I've seen.

The scene in Abigail's party always had me thinking they must be far straighter MOR stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-hXUehyRlE

and iirc he was thought of as a grannie's favourite on mainstream tv in the late 70s/early 80s. But received wisdom can be pretty distorted.

The "Roussos Phenom" documentary had a fair bit of "Rock" on tracks like "I dig you" which was an oldie by "Odyssey" (not the Native NY lot) previously called "Who"..

Looks like at least the first one and Forever and Ever retain some prog/psych influence from the couple of reviews I've seen.

I've got the first one, have been too scared to venture further than that, and it's pretty good! Not sure about the track where he's going on about the Greek side of his mind, it must be said.

But, yes, it's quite close to Aphrodite's Child - first 2 albums, not 666 - the schmaltz is encroaching however

here's a piece i wrote for FT last year that encompasses aphrodite's child

I've always loved Vangelis's synth albums, but I don't really care about prog rock. Is any of the AC stuff worth checking out for a Vangelis fan, or is it all prog?

It's all prog/psychedelia/pop

prog/psychedelia/pop/fusion/classical/folk/reggae/techno/punk/swing/juju

i.e. Tuomas won't like it

he will if he approaches it on a swingin eurotica tip

(ok no he probably won't)

I picked up the 'Break' single recently, it's the happiest 'sad' song ever.

Altamont is such a jam

Demis Roussos has died:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/26/demis-roussos-dies-aged-69-greek-singer-forever-and-ever

that pale horse sure has a sense of timing

Yeah, shame, 68 is too young. RIP Demis.

RIP Demis - Four Horsemen is my second favourite rock song of all time and a solid lock for a desert island disc.

I was DJing on Saturday night and played I Dig You and that was the moment the entire night kicked off. It still sounds like magic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Q1HsPE5cQ

'The Four Horsemen' is a work of genius. RIP.

I've said here it till I'm blue in the face but I like his first solo album ... the later one with Vangelis is good too.

:(

Love his performance on this one :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwbr9EL0UJM

showing lewis baloue how to do it properly:

http://eil.com/images/main/Demis-Roussos-Man-Of-The-World-425651.jpg

I always considered "My Face in the Rain" to be one of the most beautiful vocal performances ever, rest in peace man :(

Oh man, this is a huge bummer. He basically had the voice of God.

And Forever and Ever is one of the most glorious, sun-soaked, harpsichorded, balilaka'd-out pop albums ever.

SUCH A BANGER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0XolnWKf4

Also, this gloriously schmaltzy Morricone collab:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnEH5gT0Mbc

From Andrew Male of Mojo on Twitter:

Yer @signifyingwolf points out that, in 2009, the late, great Demis Roussos recorded a song called Who Give A Fuck...Sorry, that should have read A NINE-MINUTE DEMIS ROUSSOS SONG called WHO GIVES A FUCK?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDJQy4vIwbY

RIP, what a legacy.

so if we add the vangelis album to the bayle piece that directly features recordings of the may 68 riots, what else is there? what is the ideal May 68 playlist?

Daevid Allen, "And His Adventures In the Land of Flip" (from the "Banana Moon" album (he plays guitar on the Francois Bayle piece mentioned in the original post too))

Also this...

https://continuo.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/nono-lp-front.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BUDrKiR49o