RIP Demis Roussos
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Topic: RIP Demis Roussos
Posted By: chopper
Subject: RIP Demis Roussos
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 06:42
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30984851" rel="nofollow - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30984851 |
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 06:52
Damn, the other day it was Edgar Froese and now Demis Roussos, what a sad week 
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Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 06:56
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Who is next ? Sad month for prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 07:02
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The incredible voice on Four Horsemen by Aphrodite's Child. RIP. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 07:04
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Cactus Choir wrote:Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 07:05
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I love him for his vocals with Aphrodite's Child especially. RIP!
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Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 07:32
| Demis' Demise... another Departure to and from the temple. our moments are fleeting. so very sad these Days........ |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 07:55
There's a lot more to forgive him (which I gladly do - The Four Horsemen was memorable indeed): he has overdosed the Dutch charts with lots of glyka when prog was in its heyday. RIP anyway.
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 08:30
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Another legend gone, RIP ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Clepsydra
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 11:06
According to Def Leppard: "It could be you, it could be me It could be anyone It could be you, it could be me It could be you, it could be anyone "  |
Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 11:48
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RIP to the best of the best, he will be sorely missed... ------------- When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace... listen to www.justincaseradio.com , the first ever Greek Progressive Rock radio |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 12:06
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Forever and ever and ever you'll be missed by us for a different reason... AC ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 12:52
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http://www.udiscovermusic.com/farewell-roussos-phenomenon
Early influences for sure, another one bites the dust... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 12:56
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RIP. A sad loss. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 14:02
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Just seen on TV. I'm speachless. I was a child when Aphrodite Child were big pop stars, his voice is part of my childhood. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 14:36
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RIP -------------  
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 15:22
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Requiescat in pace... ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 16:07
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As Luca said, he was quite big (no pun intended) in Italy when I was growing up, and sang quite a few songs in Italian as well. I remember I used to make fun of his often over-emotional way of singing, but there is no doubt that he was very talented. Incidentally, this morning I learned of his passing from the Italian website I usually read for news - a few hours before this thread was posted on PA. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 16:16
indeed. just warming us up for sure.. unfortunately. If we are not getting younger.. they sure as hell are not. RPI ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 17:00
This is, I am afraid, very true, Micky. There is a whole bunch of the classic artists who are now either in, or approaching, their seventies, so the law of averages says......... Their music will, though, live for a long time. In some cases, for a very long time. And, for those of us who do believe in a reality after death (whatever form that takes), then we have some fantastic gigs to look forward to over one hell (pardon the pun) of a long time. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 17:12
 damn right... I once had some voodoo chick in New Orleans do some psychic crap on me and she told me I was an old soul and my time on Earth is nearly done. Whew. I was relieved and have NEVER forgotten her words haha. About damn time... hell is living.. this world of ours...the party starts afterward. I am a firm believer death is but a release.. these guys lives are to celebrated.. not mourned. They've moved on... we just remain behind.The first thing I do in heaven.. or hell..if I haven't decided.. I'm not sure anyone has.. but I know I'll find HIM whereever I go... is buy Keith Moon a drink.. or five or six. Perhaps to the point of letting me jam with him and Duane Allman and get a few pointers from Jack Bruce. We'll be a hell of house band.. I'll have to take vocals though.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 18:37
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Damn. 666 is a classic. RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 18:57
I am of much the same mind.  I last heard Demis on tune from the Blade Runner soundtrack that was recorded for when the album was eventually released. Fantastic voice and unique; loved his work with Aphrodite's Child. I was surprised when I found out how big an international star he became because the U.S. completely ignored him. I would love to hear a celestial collaboration between him and Froese!  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 20:27
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Sad -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 21:49
Rest in peace! I really like Aphrodite's Child.  ------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 26 2015 at 23:45
------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 00:14
^ OMG, I didn't know Jack Bruce passed away...  |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 01:29
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666 is one of my favourite albums so this is very sad. I was quite shocked when the BBC report mentioned that Demis as a solo artist sold over 60 million albums. That's twice as many as ELP! Obviously had a lovely career and good on him. I think he enjoyed himself and the pictures of him in the mid seventies reclining like some over ripe love God are frankly hilarious. I remember him being interviewed some years ago and he talked a little bit about 666. He was obviously proud of that. RIP
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 04:33
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RIP :( ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: January 27 2015 at 16:24
RIP---I read his father was Greek but his mother was Italian--born in Egypt. Maybe she taught him Italian. Well if bad things go in threes---I'd be nervous if I was in bad shape old progger.
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