Sunday, June 27, 2010

The Match is About to Start! (Loukianos Kilaidonis, 1979)

ith the excitement for the world cup on its high-up, although Greeks are already home, I remembered that song by Loukianos Kilaidonis that goes back to 1982 (a year before the party) that makes fun in a really nice way of how people get crazy about football. It's strange that even today, 28 years later, some still sing it without understanding its sarcasm. A good quality studio version is followed by a live concert (Lycabettus, 1982) by the architect that worked as such for just a day and then he went to be a sailor long before he ends up as a musician to perform silly American melodies with sophisticated Greek lyrics.



The match is about to start
music, lyrics: Loukianos Kilaidonis

The match is starting
the roads are empty
it is about time
the match to start

The match is starting
the city is deserted
hurry up folks
the match is about to start

Oh, how much I fancy
watching team scarfs all around
watching flags
and scoring goals

Oh, how much puts us together
and how thrilling it is
Diakogiannis'* voice


The match is starting
get off my back now
it is about time
for the match to start

The match is starting
everyone stays still
silence please,
the match is about to start

Oh, how much I fancy
watching team scarfs all around
watching flags
and scoring goals

Oh, how much puts us together
and how thrilling it is
Diakogiannis'* voice

And whoever knows
what are all these about
he should explain to me
only when the match is over.

*Giannis Diakogiannis: Retired Greek Sportcaster (a good one)


Loukianos Kilaidonis has definately been the "Lucky Luke" of Greek music. At least he feels so, ending up another of his songs with the last page famous line to Luke's beloved horse: "Let's go Dolly..."

Thursday, June 10, 2010

For Someone Out There is Already Too Late (Mikis Theodorakis & Manos Eleftheriou, 1974)

Manos Eleftheriou

he lack of time won't win again over this magnificent song. Mikis Theodorakis -beign along with Manos Hadjidakis the most important composers of modern Greece- dresses up with music the lyrics of Manos Eleftheriou and Maria Farantouri is there to sing.
What a meeting. One time thing. For more about Mikis Theodorakis and that specific period these songs were written, there is a great article you can read here that describes some things in chronological order in a nice musical point of view.


Who, my life
music: Mikis Theodorakis
lyrics: Manos Eleftheriou
sings: Maria Farantouri

Who, my life, who is hunting it down
to single it out in the middle of the night
squealing & screaming the trucks go by
like a fish they've captured me in the net

For someone out there it's already too late
who, my life, who is hunting it down?

Who, for my life, who is in ambush for it
in this world's narrow alleys who is targeting it
where is the one who knows to speak, who knows how to believe

For someone out there it's already too late
who, my life, who is hunting it down?

Mikis Theodorakis

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