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.
Good To See You
Vangelis Lyrics
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"Fine,"
"I, no, I can't remember"
"No, not at all, no"
"Because"
"Yeah"
"No"
"Ha ha ha ..." [laugh]
"Ooh, yeah, yeah"
"Far away down"
"Eh, no fine, yeah"
"No dear"
"Yeah"
"I love you"
The lyrics to Vangelis's song "Good To See You" are cryptic and open for interpretation. It appears to be a conversation between two people with one person having trouble remembering something or possibly denying something. The repeated phrases "What?", "Fine", "No, not at all" and "No" suggest a sense of confusion and detachment from reality.
The meaning behind these lyrics can be interpreted in many ways. One interpretation could be that the conversation is a representation of a person struggling with memory loss, possibly due to dementia or Alzheimer's disease. The repeated denial and confusion could be a manifestation of the struggles that come with these diseases.
Another interpretation could be that the conversation is between two people who have had a falling out or disagreement. The denial and confusion could be an attempt to avoid the topic of the disagreement or to distance oneself from the situation altogether.
Overall, the lyrics of "Good To See You" are abstract and open to interpretation. They leave much up to the listener's imagination and understanding of the human experience.
Line by Line Meaning
What?
What did you say? I couldn't hear you clearly.
Fine,
I acknowledge your statement, and I'm fine.
I, no, I can't remember
I'm sorry, but I cannot recall what you are referring to.
No, not at all, no
I want to make it clear that I totally disagree with what you just said.
Because
I need to explain why I did what I did.
Yeah
I agree with you.
No
I disagree with what you said.
Ha ha ha ...
I find that amusing or funny.
Ooh, yeah, yeah
I'm excited about what you just said or what is happening.
Far away down
Something is located far away from here.
Eh, no fine, yeah
I'm not okay with that, but yes, let's do it.
No dear
I don't agree with what you said, my dear.
Yeah
I agree with you.
I love you
I have strong feelings of affection towards you.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: EVANGELOS PAPATHANASSIOU
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M.Isabel Salinas Hormazabal
Es mi músico favorito y uno de mis primeros álbumes que adquirí, antes de internet y de tanta tecnología. Ahora escuchándolo con imágenes , increíble
Rubén Pérez
Yo aun conservo el cassette de ese álbum llamado "The City", desafortunadamente a pesar de la gran calidad de las canciones, me entra cierto sentimiento de tristeza al escucharlo, pues lo adquirí en 1995 que fue un año desastroso para mi académicamente hablando.
Baco Miric
There is no words to describe how beautiful Vangelis' music is.
carolina🎶
the best music of the world👍👍
Hrvoje Đuranec
No words ....
Débora Neves de Melo
Magnífica música.
jose victor dore
Magnífico!!! Caricias para el alma y los sentidos.
Czinczér Zsolt Attila
The City is one of his best album. Great music. Vangelis, live long!
Edward Sikorski
Piękna muza !!! fantastyczna.
wajobu
This is such a great piece...I'm glad that someone posted it.