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.
Introduction
Vangelis Lyrics
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那是最後的記憶
你說愛我心好痛
那時我不知道何意
你說真心的真意的愛我
你說不會把我拋棄
直到後來才知道
你心裡的含義
獨自徘徊在夢裡
夢中突然見到你
心中真的好歡喜
你說真心的真意的愛我
你說你會對我不離不棄
直到後來才知道
你在我的夢裡
如果下輩子再愛你
我要把你放在手心裡
不再讓那情愁傷害你
不再讓你流下淚滴
如果下輩子再愛你
我要把你放在我心裡
用那溫暖的氣息呵護你
不再讓你為我哭泣
孤獨的夜裡
獨自徘徊在夢裡
夢中突然見到你
心中真的好歡喜
你說真心的真意的愛我
你說你會對我不離不棄
直到後來才知道
你在我的夢裡
如果下輩子再愛你
我要把你放在手心裡
不再讓那情愁傷害你
不再讓你流下淚滴
如果下輩子再愛你
我要把你放在我心裡
用那溫暖的氣息呵護你
不再讓你為我哭泣
如果下輩子再愛你
我要把你放在手心裡
不再讓那情愁傷害你
不再讓你流下淚滴
如果下輩子再愛你
我要把你放在我心裡
用那溫暖的氣息呵護你
不再讓你為我哭泣
The lyrics to Vangelis's song Introduction describe a love that was lost and the regret and yearning that comes with it. The singer reminisces about the final moment he saw his love, saying that he did not understand her words when she said she loved him and that her heart was broken. He later realizes the true meaning behind her affections and wishes he could be with her again. In his dreams, he sees her and feels overwhelming joy, but he knows that it is only a fleeting experience. As the song continues, he expresses his hope to be with her again in the next life and to protect her from pain and sorrow.
The lyrics speak to the universal feeling of longing for a lost love and the desire to make things right. Although the singer did not understand his love's feelings at first, he recognizes the depth of her love now and wishes he had realized it sooner. The imagery of dreaming about a lost love highlights the idea that sometimes, the only way to be with someone who is gone is through memories and imagination.
Line by Line Meaning
遠去的背影
Looking at your distant back as you leave
那是最後的記憶
That is the last memory I have of you
你說愛我心好痛
You said you loved me but it hurt your heart
那時我不知道何意
At that time, I didn't understand your true meaning
你說真心的真意的愛我
You said you truly loved me
你說不會把我拋棄
You said you wouldn't abandon me
直到後來才知道
It was only later that I understood
你心裡的含義
The true meaning in your heart
孤獨的夜裡
Lonely nights
獨自徘徊在夢裡
Walking alone in my dreams
夢中突然見到你
Suddenly seeing you in my dream
心中真的好歡喜
My heart truly feels happy
如果下輩子再愛你
If I love you again in the next life
我要把你放在手心裡
I will hold you in the palm of my hand
不再讓那情愁傷害你
I won't let sadness hurt you anymore
不再讓你流下淚滴
I won't let you shed tears anymore
用那溫暖的氣息呵護你
I will protect you with my warm breath
不再讓你為我哭泣
I won't let you cry for me anymore
Writer(s): J. Hendricks, J Hendricks
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