Eleni Dimou (real name Eleni Gkikodimou / Ελένη Γκικοδήμου) was born in Ath… Read Full Bio ↴Eleni Dimou (real name Eleni Gkikodimou / Ελένη Γκικοδήμου) was born in Athens. She graduated from the National Conservatory and started her singing career at the age of 16. In 1980 she performed during a radio session to promote the work of new composers, where she sang songs from Dimitris Lekkas. That same year, she participated in the Thessaloniki Music Festival, ending third. The following year she returned with the song ’Mia Agapi stan ki anti’ (‘A love like this’), written by Sasha Manetas and won the first price. In 1981 she also appeared participated in Manos Loizou’s international concert tour.

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.

Pes Pos M' Antamoses
Eleni Dimou Lyrics

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Διώξε με λοιπόν μην κάνεισ πίσω
Σε παρακαλώ μη λυπηθείσ
Ήτανε γραφτό να σ' αγαπήσω
Ήτανε γραφτό να μ' αρνηθείσ

Πεσ πωσ μ' αντάμωσεσ
Μια νύχτα σ' ένα όνειρο
Πεσ πωσ με ξέχασεσ

Σαν ήρθε το πρωί

Και μη σκεφτείσ
Ότι για με δεν ήσουν όνειρο
Και μη νοιαστείσ
Τι θ' απογίνω στη ζωή

Και μη σκεφτείσ
Ότι για με δεν ήσουν όνειρο

Και μη νοιαστείσ
Τι θ' απογίνω στη ζωή

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Eleni Dimou's song "Pes Pos M' Antamoses" express the pain and longing of a love that has been lost. The singer is pleading with their former lover not to turn away and to not feel sorry for them. It was their fate to fall in love with this person, but it was also their fate to be rejected. The chorus repeats the phrase "pes pos m' antamoses" which can be translated as "tell me how you met me," emphasizing the desire to understand how their paths crossed and why they were brought together in the first place. The singer then asks the former lover to remember that they were not just a dream for them, and not to worry about what will become of them in life.

These lyrics capture the raw emotions of heartbreak and the struggle to come to terms with a lost love. The plea for understanding and closure is evident throughout the song, with the singer searching for answers and trying to make sense of the situation. The repetition of the chorus adds to the intensity of the emotions, emphasizing the need for the former lover to acknowledge the impact they had on the singer's life.

Pes Pos M' AntamosesEleni Dimou Lyrics

Pes Pos M' Antamoses
Eleni Dimou Lyrics