RIP Vangelis

Hi,

I imagine that he will be remembered far more and longer for his soundtracks than he will for the rest of it all, although I still think that he will be thought of as a major musician/composer of our time. In the films, he is much better known and represented ... and his fame stretched a lot more, due to the imagery in the films. 

The music itself, while very cinematic in its own way, is more difficult for a lot of rock minded folks that wanted a more mechanical and commercial sound, than what Vangelis had to offer. In the H&H promo for the many FM stations that got it, he was not happy with commercial music and he made it very clear ... he did not do commercial music, which may account for his taking such a long time between pieces, although I can not imagine a record company saying no to something he did, which is possible and we will hear it now, I think.

What we don't know, is who is in charge of things now ... for example, we know that Bianca was in charge of Egdar's/TD's, to the chagrin of Jerome who left the family! Likewise, what will happen to Klaus Schulze, although I think that more of his material has been released than almost anyone out there possible. 

But it is a really tough loss ... he was very special as a person, and I wish that documentary about him had been finished and released, though it will likely show up now to get more money off it, and grab the headlines off the events. Reminds me of a story about Salvador Dali ... a guy in LA had several signed originals and copies (all registered!) ... and he was asked why they were not on display to be sold? "I'm waiting for him to die. The value of all these pieces will double and triple then!"

RIP Vangelis ... and don't forget those t-spoons ... I got mine right here!

From Al-Jazeera
 

Personal fave: Soil Festivities.

666 is one of my beloved albums!

Also Socrates' album "Phos" (Aphrodite's Child and Socrates are the best Greek rock bands of all time) was produced by Vangelis (he was played keyboards and percussion on the album).

Check the song "Starvation", it has one of the finest keyboard riffs of all time!

Καλό παράδεισο Βαγγέλη, καλό φως Χριστού!

R.I.P. Vangelis.

Sad news. Reading that Vangelis died from covid makes me even sadder. I have a lot to thank him for.

I had always heard about Vangelis but the first album I bought by him was L'Apocalypse Des Animaux at random. I was poor, it was cheap and there was just something about the cover art that I found attractive. It was really the first album of the sort that I can remember owning. Gentle, strangely moving and very soothing. He helped open my ears to music that wasn't some kind of rock.