He blends a lot of musical traditions in his work, from popular to electronic. He has composed a lot of songs based on poems by Greek and foreign poets, such as Euripides, Aristophanes, Constantine P. Cavafy, Giorgos Seferis, Yannis Ritsos, Odysseas Elytis and Nikos Kavvadias as well as Bertolt Brecht, Nazim Hikmet, Wolf Biermann and Maurice Maeterlinck. He has also written operas, symphonic music, chamber music and music for the theatre and cinema.
One of his most popular works was the setting to music of poems by Nikos Kavvadias in his albums Grammes Orizonton (Horizons' Lines) and Stavros tou Notou (Southern Cross). Some of the music was originally written for a TV series, the theme of which was marine. The songs were liked and he went on to the studio to record some more many of which were included in the aforementioned albums.
Thanos Mikroutsikos has also been involved in Greece's political life since the 60's. During the turbulent years of the military junta (1967-1974), he was persecuted by the regime for his anti-dictatorial activities and ideas. When the junta collapsed he continued being actively involved in politics as a member of the maoist EKKE, especially in the first years after the restoration of democracy.
After the elections of October 1993 he was appointed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) which formed the new government, as Alternate-Minister of Culture with late Melina Mercouri as minister. In 1994 after the death of the latter he was appointed minister of culture. He remained at this position until 1996. His brother is the popular TV host and musician Andreas Mikroutsikos.
i dikopi zoi
Thanos Mikroutsikos Lyrics
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Κι όπωσ ενήστευεσ τη δίκοπη ζωή
Σε βρήκα ξαφνικά σημαδεμένο
Να σ' έχει ο κάτω κόσμοσ ξεγραμμένο
Κι ο πάνω κόσμοσ να 'ναι οι τροχοί
Που σ' έχουν στα στενά κυνηγημένο
Και πήρεσ του καιρού τ' αλφαβητάρι
Για να βρει πάλι ρίζα το χορτάρι
Και πήρεσ την ελπίδα και τη χάρη
Ψηλά να πασ να χτίσεισ κιβωτό
Με την ελπίδα μόνο και τη χάρη
Μα πωσ να μην ξεχάσεισ την αυλή σου
Και την παλιά τη γνώμη καθενόσ
Όσουσ κρυφά περπάτησαν μαζί σου
Να σημαδεύουν πάλι τη ζωή σου
Και να σαι το πουλί κι ο κυνηγόσ
Στισ μαύρεσ λαγκαδιέσ του παραδείσου
Κρυφά και φανερά σ' ακολουθούνε
Οι συμμορίεσ κι οι βασανιστέσ
Και ψάχνουν μέρα νύχτα να σε βρούνε
Μα δεν υπάρχει δρόμοσ να διαβούνε
Γιατί ποτέ δεν ήταν ποιητέσ
Το χώμα που πατούν να προσκυνούνε
The song "I Dikopi Zoi" by Thanos Mikroutsikos tells the story of a person who is persecuted and chased, living a two-faced life, trying to survive while struggling with injustice and hunger. The lyrics describe the person's sudden realization that they are marked for death, with both the upper and lower worlds trying to capture them, like wheels chasing them in narrow streets. The person then takes on the alphabets of time, and the words of love as a talisman to find a foothold in life once again. They take hope and grace to build a new ark, perhaps to start again.
The lyrics also talk about the old courtyard, the old opinions that everyone had, the memories of the people who secretly walked with the person, marking their life. They compare the person to a bird chased by hunters in the dark meadows of paradise. The person is followed secretly and openly by gangs and torturers, who seek them every day and night, but there is no way out, for they are not poets, and they cannot find the path to worship the soil they tread.
Overall, "I Dikopi Zoi" is a poignant song that reflects on survival and resilience in the face of persecution and oppression. The lyrics paint a haunting and vivid image of a person fighting to survive in a hostile and dangerous world, struggling to find love, hope, and grace to build a new life.
Line by Line Meaning
Απ' το κακό και τ' άδικο διωγμένο
Chased by evil and injustice
Κι όπωσ ενήστευεσ τη δίκοπη ζωή
Living a life of duality and hardship
Σε βρήκα ξαφνικά σημαδεμένο
Found you suddenly marked
Να σ' έχει ο κάτω κόσμοσ ξεγραμμένο
Written off by the underworld
Κι ο πάνω κόσμοσ να 'ναι οι τροχοί
The upper world being the wheels
Που σ' έχουν στα στενά κυνηγημένο
That constantly chase you down narrow paths
Και πήρεσ του καιρού τ' αλφαβητάρι
You took the alphabet of time
Και τησ αγάπησ λόγια φυλαχτό
And love's words as a talisman
Για να βρει πάλι ρίζα το χορτάρι
To find the grass roots again
Και πήρεσ την ελπίδα και τη χάρη
You took hope and grace
Ψηλά να πασ να χτίσεισ κιβωτό
To build an ark up high
Με την ελπίδα μόνο και τη χάρη
With hope and grace as the only provisions
Μα πωσ να μην ξεχάσεισ την αυλή σου
But how can you forget your courtyard
Και την παλιά τη γνώμη καθενόσ
And everyone's old opinion
Όσουσ κρυφά περπάτησαν μαζί σου
Those who secretly walked with you
Να σημαδεύουν πάλι τη ζωή σου
To mark your life again
Και να σαι το πουλί κι ο κυνηγόσ
To be the bird and the hunter
Στισ μαύρεσ λαγκαδιέσ του παραδείσου
In the black meadows of paradise
Κρυφά και φανερά σ' ακολουθούνε
They follow you openly and secretly
Οι συμμορίεσ κι οι βασανιστέσ
The gangs and the torturers
Και ψάχνουν μέρα νύχτα να σε βρούνε
And they search day and night to find you
Μα δεν υπάρχει δρόμοσ να διαβούνε
But they can't cross the road
Γιατί ποτέ δεν ήταν ποιητέσ
Because they were never poets
Το χώμα που πατούν να προσκυνούνε
They bow to the ground they walk on
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@johnnybutt9875
@@redalahrach8306 Chased away by evil and unfairness.
As you fasted upon the double edged life.
i found you suddenly, aimed upon.
Erased by the underworld, and your world being the wheels that chase you around the corners.
So you took the spelling book of time, the words of love as an amulet.
So grass can find roots again, you took hope and grace, to build an ark up high, just with hope and grace.
But how could you forget your own yard, the old knowledge.
All these that secretly walked with you, the ones that now aim at your life.
You are now the bird and the hunter, in the dark ravines of paradise.
Secretly and openly, gangs and torturers follow you.
Day and night, they try to find you, but for them, there's no road they can cross, cause they have never been poets, to worship the land they live upon
Did my best my friend!
Take care <3
btw, where are you from if i may ask?
@gerothanassis
Persecuted by evil and injustice
and as you lived the double life,
I found you suddenly marked
let the underworld have you written off
and the upper world be the wheels
who have you narrowly chased ...
And you got the weather book
and words of love amulet,
to find the grass again
and you received hope and grace,
go up to build an ark
with only hope and grace ...
But how not to forget your yard
and everyone's old opinion,
those who secretly walked with you
to mark your life again
and be the bird and the hunter
in the black valleys of paradise ...
They follow you secretly and openly
gangs and torturers
and seek day and night to find you,
but there is no way for them to learn
because they were never poets,
the soil they step on to worship ..
@user-pi9kv8uf2v
Μα δεν υπάρχει δρόμος να διαβουνε γιατί ποτέ δεν ήταν ποιητές
Υπέροχο!!!
@georgepapadimitriou7157
Το χώμα που πατούν να προσκυνούνε
@redalahrach8306
Lyrics ???
@johnnybutt9875
@@redalahrach8306 Chased away by evil and unfairness.
As you fasted upon the double edged life.
i found you suddenly, aimed upon.
Erased by the underworld, and your world being the wheels that chase you around the corners.
So you took the spelling book of time, the words of love as an amulet.
So grass can find roots again, you took hope and grace, to build an ark up high, just with hope and grace.
But how could you forget your own yard, the old knowledge.
All these that secretly walked with you, the ones that now aim at your life.
You are now the bird and the hunter, in the dark ravines of paradise.
Secretly and openly, gangs and torturers follow you.
Day and night, they try to find you, but for them, there's no road they can cross, cause they have never been poets, to worship the land they live upon
Did my best my friend!
Take care <3
btw, where are you from if i may ask?
@constantinostriantafillou6941
Ο Θάνος Μικρουτσικος εδώ συνθέτει κάτι θεϊκό,Αντίο Θάνο,πάντα γελαστοί..
@thomaskthulu7980
.. Και γελασμενοι..
@rossastellagaming5817
@@thomaskthulu7980 Απ αυτο οχι :)
@mantheospapapoulias3027
@@thomaskthulu7980 0
@Ramoninsane
χωρις να θελω να προσβαλλω τους ανθρωπους που δακρυζουν με τον εθνικο υμνο, για μενα προσωπικα αυτος ειναι ο εθνικος μου υμνος
@nikosfafesas4908
το τραγουδαω στις πεζοποριες και με κοιτανε σαν ufo, δεν το ξερουν !!