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.
I Hear You Know
Vangelis Lyrics
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The look of love was in your eyes
and after we first make love our senses tingle to
Thetouch oh how we hypnotize
Oh, to get the feeling on and on
Oh, just to get the feeling
Holding you closer in my arms we drift to heaven
Bringing in the morning light
We can make it right
So, our love will carry on and on
Now our love will be free, be free.
And when we play, love don't delay, I hear you now
For what was then, is what is now, anyhow
As I became a guest of love's tune hear again
We'll carry on together like today.
After the first embrace from you I want you too
After the first embrace from you I want you too
The lyrics to Vangelis's song "I Hear You Now" speak about a love that is intense and all-consuming. From the very first embrace, the singer's senses are awakened to the love that is present. The look in his lover's eyes gives an indication of the emotions they both feel. As they make love, their senses are heightened, and the singers suggest they hypnotize each other with their touch. The feeling of love is so strong, and they long to keep it going and never let it end.
The couple's love is so strong that they feel like they are in heaven when they are together. The morning light brings a new sense of joy and happiness, and they are the only ones in each other's lives. The singers suggest that their love can overcome anything and that they will work together to make it work. They are confident that their love will last for a long time and that nothing can come between them.
Overall, the lyrics to "I Hear You Now" speak to a love that is intense, passionate, and all-encompassing. It is a reminder of the power that love can have and the way that it can connect two people in a deep and meaningful way.
Line by Line Meaning
After the first embrace from you my senses knew
As soon as we embraced, I instinctively knew that you were the one for me.
The look of love was in your eyes
I could tell by the way you looked at me that you were in love.
and after we first make love our senses tingle to
After we made love, our bodies were filled with an electric sensation.
The touch oh how we hypnotize
Our touch is so powerful that it can hypnotize each other.
Oh, to get the feeling on and on
I never want the feeling of being in love to end.
Oh, just to get the feeling
I crave that feeling of being in love with you.
Holding you closer in my arms we drift to heaven
When I hold you tightly, I feel like I'm in heaven.
Bringing in the morning light
When we wake up together, it feels like a new beginning filled with hope.
And after all is said and done there's only us
When everything else fades away, we are still together.
We can make it right
No matter what happens, our love will always find a way to make things right.
So, our love will carry on and on
Our love will never fade away or end.
Now our love will be free, be free.
Our love can now flourish and grow without any limitations or restrictions.
And when we play, love don't delay, I hear you now
When we express our love for each other, I fully understand and hear you.
For what was then, is what is now, anyhow
Our love has remained just as strong and true as it was in the beginning.
As I became a guest of love's tune hear again
As I fall in love with you again and again, I feel like a welcomed guest of love.
We'll carry on together like today.
Our love will continue to thrive and flourish like it is today.
After the first embrace from you I want you too
Every time we embrace, my desire for you grows even stronger.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: EVANGELOS PAPATHANASSIOU
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@patriciailges6213
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever made.
@CatFiain
I agree with you wholeheartedly. It's breathtakingly lovely. (See also: Love Is.)
@frankhoulihanfh4972
@@CatFiain
Yeah, that whole Short Stories album. Funny how loveliness comes at you from weird angles.
What a beautiful recording. Some of the most gorgeous music these two guys ever made, and as we know they were both involved in some very beautiful works in their time.
Short Stories is so unsung!
@user-ty5mr2ps7e
Yep got CD with it on it
@themessenger2948
That is what happens when two angels decide to make music together.
@user-ty5mr2ps7e
Yep ace song
@changofett77
Fired on Mars brought me back to this song, great series and unforgettable song.
@andrebaumbach9447
I was a very lonely 15 year old when this came out. My god, I'd forgotten it. It's smacked me between the eyes tonight in 2021 with a massive dose of melancholy when it randomly appeared on my timeline
@stellafraser8351
Bless you. I hope you are not lonely now🙏
@nickgalley3518
Short stories, the definitive album , such beauty