After having taken piano lessons, Vangelis began his professional musical career working with several popular bands of the 1960s such as the Forminx and Aphrodite's Child, with the latter's album 666 going on to be recognized as a psychedelic classic. Throughout the 1970s, Vangelis composed music scores for several animal documentaries, including L'Apocalypse des Animaux, La Fête sauvage and Opéra sauvage; the success of these scores brought him into the film scoring mainstream. In the early 1980s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes, and the duo went on to release several albums together as Jon & Vangelis.
In 1981, he composed the score for the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack's single, the film's "Titles" theme, also reached the top of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart and was used as the background music at the London 2012 Olympics winners' medal presentation ceremonies. Vangelis also received acclaim for his synthesizer-based soundtrack for the 1982 film Blade Runner.
Having had a career in music spanning over 70 years and having composed and performed more than 50 albums, Vangelis is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music.
Vangelis was born 29 March 1943, in Agria, near Volos, Greece. Largely a self-taught musician, he reportedly began composing at the age of three. His earliest memory is "playing piano, some percussion and whatever else that was available that made a noise. Right from the start, I was only interested in playing my own music". He refused to take traditional piano lessons, and throughout his career did not have substantial knowledge of reading or writing musical notation. When he was six, Vangelis's parents enrolled him at a specialist music school in Athens. He recalls "I was lucky not to go because music schools close doors rather than open them". He studied painting, an art he still practices, at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
In 1989 received Max Steiner Award. France made Vangelis a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1992 and promoted to Commander in 2017, as well Chevalier de la Legion d’ Honneur in 2001. In 1993 received music award Apollo by Friends of the Athens National Opera Society. In 1995, Vangelis had a minor planet named after him (6354 Vangelis) by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; the name was proposed by the MPC's co-director, Gareth V. Williams, rather than by the object's original discoverer, Eugène Joseph Delporte, who died in 1955, long before the 1934 discovery could be confirmed by observations made in 1990. In 1996 and 1997 was awarded at World Music Awards.
NASA conferred their Public Service Medal to Vangelis in 2003. The award is the highest honour the space agency presents to an individual not involved with the American government. Five years later, in 2008, the board of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens voted to make Vangelis an Honorary Doctor, making him Professor Emeritus at their Faculty of Primary Education. In June 2008, the American Hellenic Institute honoured Vangelis with an AHI Hellenic Heritage Achievement Award for his "exceptional artistic achievements" as a pioneer in electronic music and for his lifelong dedication to the promotion of Hellenism through the arts. On 16 September 2013, he received the honour of appearing on the Greek 80 cent postage stamp, as part of a series of six distinguished living personalities of the Greek Diaspora.
Come to me
Vangelis Lyrics
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While I'm sleeping
So their wagging tongues
Might not find you, my love!
All the while
They lie down
Our lighter souls fuse
So, stamp this night so strong
That I will remember
And have it ever after!
Come to me
In my dreaming
So their wagging tongues
Might not find you, my love!
'Round the corner
Back of hands
They'll still be talking
Whether or not we'd ever
Whether we'd ever, my love
The lyrics of Vangelis's song Come To Me appear to be about two people who are in love and are trying to avoid the wagging tongues of gossipers. The singer asks their loved one to come to them while they are sleeping or in their dreams, to avoid being seen together by others. They express a desire for their "lighter souls" to fuse and fly together despite the surrounding negativity. The singer wants this night to be so powerful that they will always remember it.
As the song progresses, the singer realizes that no matter what they do or where they go, people will always talk, and the gossip will never stop. They resign themselves to the fact that they will continue to be the subjects of speculation, whether they are together or not. Despite this, the singer still wants their love to thrive, even if it means hiding it from the prying eyes of the world.
Overall, the lyrics of Come To Me convey a sense of desperation and longing for a love that must be hidden and kept secret from others. The song highlights the power of gossip and the way it can destroy relationships, even if the love between two people is true.
Line by Line Meaning
Come to me
I want you by my side
While I'm sleeping
Even when I'm not awake, I still want you here
So their wagging tongues
Referring to people who gossip
Might not find you, my love!
I don't want them to discover our love
All the while
At the same time
They lie down
As they rest or sleep
Our lighter souls fuse
We become one in spirit
Fly and dive, my love
Let's soar high and dive deep together
So, stamp this night so strong
Let's make this moment memorable
That I will remember
So that I will never forget this night
And have it ever after!
Let's make it last forever
In my dreaming
Even in my subconscious thoughts
Round the corner
Even if we're just around the corner
Back of hands
People still whisper behind our backs
They'll still be talking
They won't stop gossiping
Whether or not we'd ever
Regardless of whether or not we've acted on our love
Whether we'd ever, my love
Whether or not we become a couple, my love
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Caroline Lavelle, Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Come to me
While I'm sleeping,
So their wagging tongues
Might not find you, my love!
All the while
They lie down,
Our lighter souls fuse,
Fly and dive, my love.
So, stamp this night so strong,
That I will remember
And have it ever after!
Come to me
While I'm sleeping,
So their wagging tongues
Might not find you, my love!
Come to me
In my dreaming,
So their wagging tongues
Might not find you, my love!
'Round the corner,
Back of hands,
They'll still be talking
Whether or not we'd ever,
Whether we'd ever, my love."
@adampawowski8036
Takiej muzyki już nikt nie napisze ❤❤❤❤
@geronimozarza8495
And God said "come to me" and Vangelis went.
R.I.P, Master. We Will miss You.
@flaviablazincu1973
Taking pictures of wildflowers, while having a walk in nature and having this song as background music is most probably one of the most sublime experiences I've ever had.
@ravenlyn6
Caroline, the singer, would love that. She lives in a meadow by the ocean.
@saidlemnaouar4652
RIP Vangelis, Amazing !
@saidfareltoure807
RIP legend Vangelis 🙏🏾
@rodriguezortega1971
The best!!!
@khayaw1361
Thank you for your immortal music, rest in peace Vangelis.
@TheGeepomuxx
One of the most beautiful Songs , I've ever heard
@alvinporter1283
i guess I'm kind of off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch newly released tv shows online?