Her first album ‘Mila mou apla’ (‘ Just speak to me’) was a collaboration with new singers Manolis Lidakis and Melina Tanagri, based on songs composed by Taki Bougas with lyrics from Antonis Andrikaki. With every following album, Dimou’s popularity increased, thanks to her modern, natural and flexible interpretations, combining the more traditional Greek roots with western pop style.
In 1986 she collaborated with Lakis Papadopoulos on her album ‘Kata bathos alepou’ (‘Basically fox’). With her by that time already highly acclaimed husky, sultry voice she sang both ballads and pop-rock songs. In this periode of time, she collaborated with famous artists like Georgios Dalaras and Mikis Theodorakis.
Her 1988 album ‘Prosopika’ (‘Personal’), recorded with G. Spanos, was both artistically as commercially a great success. In the next decade Dimou keeps releasing new albums regularly, always combining Greek folk music with western arrangements and world music influences. In 1990 she released the album ‘Pathis’ (‘Passions’), on which she chanted byzantine hymns on a requiem by D. Papostolou.
In the second half of the nineties, popularity and album sales decreased. A new generation of Greek pop singers seemed to have taken her place. Dimou seemed to be stuck between Greek folk and modern pop, unable to rejuvenate herself. Around the start of the new millennium, inspiration and creativity seemed to have returned, resulting in more frequent album releases and collaborations with international artists like Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, The Christians, Gipsy Kings and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
In her almost thirty year spanning career, Eleni Dimou recorded more than 20 albums, nine went gold and three platinum in Greece. She is married to producer and engineer Akis Golfidis and the couple have a son named Anthony.
Kato ap' ti markiza
Eleni Dimou Lyrics
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Σε μια φωτογραφία τησ στιγμήσ
Είναι αυτό που δεν τολμούν τα χείλη
Σ' εκείνο το τοπίο τησ βροχήσ
Όλα μου λεν πωσ έχεισ κιόλασ φύγει
Κι ασ λάμπει η ξενοιασιά τησ εκδρομήσ
Εσύ όπου να πασ σ' όποιο ταξίδι
Χρόνια μετά και κάτω απ' τη μαρκίζα
Σε βρήκα που 'ρθεσ για να μη βραχείσ
Ίδια η βροχή τα μάτια σου τα γκρίζα
Μα τίποτα όπωσ πάντα δε θα πεισ
Μονάχα εγώ ρωτώ χωρίσ ελπίδα
Πού μένεισ πού κοιμάσαι και πώσ ζεισ
Κι εσύ που ξέρεισ όσα η καταιγίδα
Δεν έχεισ κάτι για να μου πεισ
These lyrics are from the song "Kato ap' ti markiza" by Eleni Dimou. The song portrays the theme of longing and reminiscence. The first verse talks about how the only thing that remains of the person she is singing about is a photograph, capturing a moment in time. It also mentions that there is something that their lips dare not say in that rainy landscape.
The second verse goes on to say that everything she hears indicates that this person has left and that the carefree spirit of the trip is shining brightly. It also suggests that no matter where this person goes, they will end up making a mistake in their destination.
Moving on to the chorus, the lyrics describe how they meet again years later, under the marquee (which could symbolize shelter or protection from the rain), and mentions that the rain, which represents their tears, falls on their gray eyes. But it also emphasizes that nothing, no matter how similar, will be the same as it used to be.
In the final verse, the singer asks questions, expressing their curiosity about where this person lives, how they sleep, and how they live. They also imply that this person knows everything about the storm, but they don't have anything to say to the singer.
Overall, the lyrics of "Kato ap' ti markiza" evoke a sense of loss, nostalgia, and unanswered questions.
Line by Line Meaning
Ό,τι από σένα τώρα έχει μείνει
Whatever remains of you now
Σε μια φωτογραφία τησ στιγμήσ
In a photograph of that moment
Είναι αυτό που δεν τολμούν τα χείλη
It is what the lips don't dare
Σ' εκείνο το τοπίο τησ βροχήσ
In that landscape of rain
Όλα μου λέν πωσ έχεισ κιόλασ φύγει
Everything tells me that you have completely gone
Κι ας λάμπει η ξενοιασιά τησ εκδρομήσ
And even if carefreeness shines from your trips
Εσύ όπου να πασ σ' όποιο ταξίδι
Wherever you go on any journey
Σε λάθοσ στάση θα κατεβείσ
You will disembark at the wrong stop
Χρόνια μετά και κάτω απ' τη μαρκίζα
Years later, beneath the awning
Σε βρήκα που 'ρθεσ για να μη βραχείσ
I found you, who came to not get wet
Ίδια η βροχή τα μάτια σου τα γκρίζα
The rain is the same, your gray eyes
Μα τίποτα όπωσ πάντα δε θα πεισ
But nothing, as always, you won't say
Μονάχα εγώ ρωτώ χωρίσ ελπίδα
Only me, I ask without hope
Πού μένεισ πού κοιμάσαι και πώσ ζεισ
Where you live, where you sleep, and how you live
Κι εσύ που ξέρεισ όσα η καταιγίδα
And you, who know everything the storm
Δεν έχεισ κάτι για να μου πεισ
Doesn't have anything to tell me
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