Regarding Greek Music
I can’t stand Greek bouzouki/popular music. I never could, even when I was 2 years old and didn’t know anything about any other kind of music yet. That’s why I was always the weirdo of my friend’s pack, I guess… I don’t like traditional Greek music either, although I must admit that I much prefer it over popular modern Greek music.
Having said that, there are a few, very few, Greek songs that I very much like. One of them is “Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki” (”Cloudy Sunday”) by Vasilis Tsitsanis. Another one is “Annabel” of Stavros Xarhakos (also known as “ena proino”). It’s a love song but if you try to literally understand its lyrics you won’t make lots of sense (that’s why I won’t even bother translate it). It was the theme song of a late-60s Greek romantic movie where a beautiful English young woman falls for… an uncivilized goat-herder while in Greece for summer vacations.
Ένα Ï€Ïωινό η Παναγιά μου
θα’Ïθει να με βÏει στην ακÏογιαλιά
Ï€Îλαγο κÏυφό τα όνειÏα μου
κι Îστειλες ÎµÏƒÏ Î²Î¬Ïκα με πανί
Πόσο σ’αγαπώ κανείς δεν ξÎÏει
κι αν θα μ’αγαπάς μικÏÏŒ μου ταίÏι
καλοκαιÏινό σ’αγαπώ
Θα σταθείς ψηλά στο παÏαθÏÏι
πάνω στα μαλλιά άστÏα του νοτιά
Îχει η Παναγιά καÏαβοκÏÏη
να μας πάει μακÏιά Ï€ÎÏα απ’τη στεÏιά
If any Greek reader has an mp3 of it I would be very interested in getting hold of it (can’t buy the album as it’s not sold in US).