A Tribute to Vangelis: Aphrodite's Child, Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, & Jon & Vangelis (Ep. 404)

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0:00 Intro
4:48 Aegean Sea: Aphrodite's Child
12:07 Main Title: Chariots of Fire
16:59 Main Theme: Blade Runner
22:46 I'll Find My Way Home
In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm paying tribute to composer Vangelis, who just recently died at the age of 79. Based on the recommendations of Helvering's Army, I'm including four selections from his vast repertoire. First, we're listening to Aegean Sea from Aphrodite's Child. Then, we'll hear two of his most famous movie soundtrack themes (Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner). Finally, we'll listen to a song from Jon Anderson (Yes) and Vangelis called I'll Find My Way Home.
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@loobkoob 2 жыл бұрын

"Blade Runner Blues" is the Vangelis piece that's always stuck with me the most. It's absolutely beautiful, and has such a bittersweet sound. Electronic music as a whole wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for him. He's had such a huge influence both directly and indirectly.

@bloodnokgoon5020 2 жыл бұрын

The entire Blade Runner soundtrack from Vangelis is an integral part of what makes the film so iconic. If you like Sci-Fi, or even if you don't, I can heartily recommend the movie and the associated soundscapes that weave through the movie - one of my favourites, if not absolute favourite films of all time. And his work with Jon Anderson was inspired - love them all. RIP to a great composer 🎼😢💖

@Lightmane 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people are referred to as a genius. Vangelis was a genius.

@adrianh63 2 жыл бұрын

I agree ☝🏽 Vangelis was ahead of his time with his amazing orchestrations of sounds

@MarekMichalakMusic 2 жыл бұрын

Amen! The soundscapes, or tonal landscapes, Vangelis painted are as unique as it gets,

@adrianh63 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis was an artist similar to Roger Dean fantasy art creating atmospheres with his sounds

@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 2 жыл бұрын

Truly he is worthy of the title of Lord of the Synth.

@DarkSideofSynth 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@jdmresearch 2 жыл бұрын

Re: Blade Runner. The music not only provides an ambience to the movie and visuals; it's actually the opposite. Ridley Scott has stated that the visuals were adjusted so it could fit the music. The music was the lead here. "Fundamentally, in a sentence, I'll say he was the soul of the movie", Scott said of Vangelis.

@jaquestraw1 2 жыл бұрын

Jon & Vangelis were magic together 💜

@belalugrisi1614 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Best to ya, Chris!

@JoseSantos-eg2oz 2 жыл бұрын

Jon and Vangelis State of Independence

@Bryman1970 2 жыл бұрын

I first discovered Vangelis in the late 90s. A friend of mine gave me a copy of The City which came out sometime in the 80s I believe. It was very futuristic sounding, and I loved the soundscapes and ambiance I was hearing. I went on to look into much of his discography. Some of my favorites are Heaven & Hell (featuring Jon Anderson) and El Greco. There's still so much of his material I'm not familiar with, but he was certainly a fabulous composer and an overall musical genius. I've heard through the years that one of the reasons he didn't join Yes was because he didn't like touring, and obviously Yes was a touring band. I've been a musician for over 35 years now, and anytime I use any sort of soundscape sound or play something to fill the void, it's inspired by Vangelis. There will never be another one like him. RIP and thank you for the tribute, Doug.

@berndschmidt6059 2 жыл бұрын

A few weeks before Vangelis Klaus Schulze died, also a pioneer with electronic instruments and also a great composer and musican. And a short time member of Tangerine Dream.

@JS... 2 жыл бұрын

And Edgar Froese, founder of Tangerine Dream, seven years ago. These old time greats who are still alive are getting fewer and fewer. Speaking of earlier synths, 70's was a great time for electronic music.

@buckwahn8241 2 жыл бұрын

Ludwig II would be very interesting. A musical psychogram of the tragic life of the Bavarian fairytale king. Electronic meets classical orchestra. Ingenious masterpiece. R.I.P. Klaus, your music will never die.

@berndschmidt6059 2 жыл бұрын

@@buckwahn8241 my favorite would be the Crystal Lake from Mirage, but I would be happy with everything.

@buckwahn8241 2 жыл бұрын

@@berndschmidt6059 This is my favorite,too, and than Bodylove 2 Nowhere - Now here.

@BaldJean 2 жыл бұрын

@@berndschmidt6059 I prefer "Velvet Voyage" to "Crystal Lake" from that album.

@scifimonkey3 2 жыл бұрын

Genius is a term often bandied about carelessly but Vangelis is someone who is really deserving of the title. The range of his work is amazing.

@adrianh63 2 жыл бұрын

“I hear you now” is an amazing piece by Vangelis & Jon Anderson

@camilanebula1328 4 ай бұрын

YES

@angelicamarch3407 2 жыл бұрын

So Sad, I was saddend about Vangelis passing, now we just lost Alan White, Drummer for Yes. R.I.P.

@innosanto 2 жыл бұрын

We also lost the keyboard guy from Depeche Mode. Fletcher.

@angelicamarch3407 2 жыл бұрын

@@innosanto Yes I Know, Too many Good Musicians Too Fast, 😥

@swanvictor887 2 жыл бұрын

I was shocked at how is passing was so poorly marked by mainstream media. It leaves me awed that a man could hear those sounds in his head and get them out for all of us enjoy forever. I became addicted in the late 70s, during his collaboration with Jon Anderson.

@fablb9006 9 ай бұрын

Mainstream medias do not know nothing outside of modern pop and rap. It is sad, but culture do not appeal to them.

@antoniocarlin5026 2 жыл бұрын

REST IN PEACE Alan White...!! all the Yes Fans said: Thanx Alan... REST IN PROG!

@sunjamm222 2 жыл бұрын

For Vangelis from Roy. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

@erikkaye1114 2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did!

@how-tohermit5319 2 жыл бұрын

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long

@grahamhowes6904 2 жыл бұрын

Rutger Hauer wrote that speech and showed it to Ridley Scott who immediately recognised it as a great idea and the rest is film history - it’s a fantastic speech!

@vinsgraphics 2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamhowes6904 The entire crew were in tears when shooting that scene finished. It’s an insane scene, the speech one of cinema’s greatest. Also.. (Roy to Mr Chew, the tech who made the eyes for Replicants): “If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes.”

@Triton_Secure 2 жыл бұрын

"If you could see the things that I've seen with your eyes."

@masterpeace8539 2 жыл бұрын

"So Long Ago, So Clear" may be the best Jon and Vangelis ever did together.

@GodmanchesterGoblin 2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@c.a.t.732 2 жыл бұрын

The first official solo album by Vangelis was "Earth" from 1973. I got it when it came out and it's still a favorite album of mine, largely acoustic and very haunting.

@svac01 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis’ music has always been very special to me from the first time I heard Heaven and Hell in the mid 70’s. RIP Vangelis, your music will live on forever.

@oldproji 2 жыл бұрын

This amazing musician will be missed, but he has bequeathed a legacy of the most beautiful music of this century. He lives on.

@deoTS1 2 жыл бұрын

blade runner is simply brilliant. all the components came together just right. it's not for everyone, many consider it too slow, but the ambiance it creates (vangelis contributing a major part of that) is unmatched.

@realdocloco 2 жыл бұрын

Incredibly for a 40 years-old scifi movie, it doesn't sound or look dated. I think I watched it 20 time at least.

@jwhartline 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a believable sci-fi flick

@rkb2092 2 жыл бұрын

It's in my top 5 favorite movies and soundtracks!

@Triton_Secure 2 жыл бұрын

It is still my very most favourite movie. "Do robots dream of electric sheep?"

@alanjohn6355 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely my number one film, and the soundtrack is amazing even to this day.

@passtheparcel2024 20 күн бұрын

I remember listening to his music in the 70s. Amazing composer, musician, arranger, producer an philosopher...

@Chalkida24 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis Θεός!!! These personalities never die....he just talk to us from that great sound....forever even when we live onto other planets......he worked for that! RIP

@19580822 2 жыл бұрын

When I think of Vangelis, it tales me back to the Cosmos television series hosted by Dr. Carl Sagan. Vangelis' "Heaven and Hell" opening and closing theme music was just perfect for the show. Check it out.

@richardbradley1532 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite TV series ever.

@solavita306 2 жыл бұрын

From the first time I heard him I was absolutely hooked. I had never heard anything like him before. Nothing I have heard since begins to compare. All of his work sounds so lush, so rich, so dense with feeling, with meaning. No sound or silence is wasted. I think I need to listen to 'El Greco,' tonight.

@clintonsmith5163 2 жыл бұрын

Holy Cow. I didn't even know that Vangelis had passed until I heard Doug mention it early in this reaction video. I feel very sad. In my life, the three composers that have meant the most to me personally are J.S. Bach, Vangelis, and Freddie Mercury. Now they are all gone.

@DrBitchcraft. Жыл бұрын

Them and also Ennio Morricone

@eDrone33 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis' death hit me hard. He was the reason I was wanted to learn to make music and my forever influence. Chariots of fire is a must listen, but as Blade Runner goes, it's another track that changed the way scifi soundtracks were composed. The track "End Titles" from there is a staple in modern soundtracks, the dominating bass line that dictates the tempo and layered melodies. And since you enjoyed Jon and Vangelis, I must suggest their song "So long ago, so clear" as their masterpiece, a track so fragile that just outlines their music geniuses combined. If I may suggest, Vangelis needs to be revisited in a future video. He was simply one of the few greats. RIP Maestro.

@stevemccormack9948 2 жыл бұрын

You would need a whole life time to pay tribute to Vangelis. Among the overlooked stuff he did - The Little Girl of the Sea, To The Unknown Man, Alpha, Intergalactic Radio Station, Conquest of Paradise. So Long Ago So Clear. Any one of these are unforgettable.

@innosanto 5 ай бұрын

Alpha is not overlooked !!!

@palantir135 2 жыл бұрын

Alan White of Yes died today 😢 I love Vangelis. I have many albums by Vangelis. Mythodea is my favorite live concert. And the soundtrack of Bladerunner of course.

@jaquestraw1 2 жыл бұрын

Alan was only 72. Heartbroken 💔

@ralphskyperion1699 2 жыл бұрын

Very sad news about Alan.

@tarkus42 2 жыл бұрын

Very very Sad, Spiral and Albedo 0.39 were used in the Cosmos documentary series by Carl Sagan. That is where I found his work and much of it is pure art! Listen to Heaven and hell in the dark or with your eyes shut!!! A Truly sensory experience....

@Jay-iq5zu 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing up Cosmos. I think that's how I discovered Vangelis

@estefaniasucre6966 2 жыл бұрын

He even had an asteroid named after him. I love Albedo 0.39, I think it's my favorite

@Syd4510 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Heaven & Hell is a great album.

@joachimwelter2421 2 жыл бұрын

I fully agreed, so long ago, so clear

@mellotronin54 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved Vangelis for his orchestrations he never sounded like an traditional orchestra he moved it into another dimension. The sounds always warm and organic.

@davidellinsworth22 2 жыл бұрын

The really cool brass sounds you hear in Chariots of Fire and the Bladerunner main theme are produced from a Yamaha CS80. It's an instrument that is as synonymous with Vangelis as the Eminent 310Unique is with Jean Michel Jarre. I was 8 when I discovered Vangelis; it was 1989 and the "Themes" compilation had just been released. From that point Vangelis became a huge part of my life, and still is now. An incredible, special talent, the likes of which cannot be repeated. RIP Evangelos Odyssey Papathanasiou, thank you with much love

@1963mathetes 2 жыл бұрын

I worked at a Tracks Music and Video in the late '80s when the THEMES album came out. A year or two later he released his one and only recording for Arista DIRECT, one of his best albums IMHO.

@whaleshark2672 2 жыл бұрын

Another Jon and Vangelis track to check out is ‘I Hear You Now’ from the ‘Short Stories’ album. Absolutely beautiful. R.I.P. Vangelis

@estefaniasucre6966 2 жыл бұрын

That's one of my favorite songs of the magic duo!

@a2ndopynyn 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that song being played on the radio! It wasn't played that long, maybe a couple of months. I had no idea who Jon, Vangelis, YES or any of them were, but I liked the sound of the music and coals. Decades later, I would hear that track as the last on the _Best Of_ album - and remember it from way back when I was a kid. My fave from that disc, though, is _He Is Sailing._ Absolutely magnificent.

@misterghee1 2 жыл бұрын

Total mmoose bumps

@shaunlaverty8218 Жыл бұрын

Theme to ‘Cosmos’ too from 1980; brilliant!

@MissPristineVenom 2 жыл бұрын

Listening to Vangelis since the 70s....Heaven and Hell was always my fave, all my musical heroes are disappearing.

@jhamptonjr 2 жыл бұрын

I was the only one of my friends who got into Jon and Vangelis when the Friends of Mr. Cairo came out. I just loved the way his music seemed completely fitting for Jon's voice. RIP Maestro.

@SirPulga 2 жыл бұрын

Legendary Demis Roussos and Vangelis are timeless and imortals. True genious!

@albarton7189 2 жыл бұрын

I’d also highly recommend “L’Enfant” from the Opera Sauvage album. “L’Enfant” was also heard in the Peter Weir movie “The Year of Living Dangerously”. Vangelis was an absolute genius.

@davidsucre3411 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch this video, a tear escapes my eyes. Thank you so much Doug for this tribute.. you should listen his album "Heaven and hell", you'll like the choral work!!

@jaycenthomas5232 2 жыл бұрын

The great Vangelis...Chariots of Fire still gives me goosebumps to this day, amazing movie. R.I.P ♥ Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou

@Chamomileable 2 жыл бұрын

666 is such a great album start to finish. It's how I first found out about Vangelis and he sparked a love of synthesizers in me that I still have today. He'll be missed for sure. Legendary.

@sianpodmore4988 2 жыл бұрын

You've never seen Blade Runner, Doug?! That's one for the weekend for you and Megan then. Extraordinary movie and with the Vangelis soundtrack it has a brooding, melancholy, otherworldly atmosphere to it I've never seen anywhere else, stunning. One of the pieces, 'Memories of Green', is a piano piece played on an instrument even more out of tune than mine is, yet it is perfect that way, heartrendingly beautiful, poignant. I think Blade Runner would top my list of suggestions if you ever do critique movie soundtracks.

@vintagebollinger4439 Жыл бұрын

The last of the great movies made without CGI but with models. One of Ridley Scott’s master pieces created as sue due to the brilliance of employing Vangelis to do the score as the cinematography and of course the acting.

@karlsarkozi3626 2 жыл бұрын

I would have maybe included in this Vangelis tribute is his music from "1492 - Conquest of Paradise."

@Triton_Secure 2 жыл бұрын

I was about to suggest the same. That was my father's favourite piece and just a few weeks ago it was played as we carried his coffin from the funeral. (I thought I was over it... but I'm crying again)

@ibg3613 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please tell us what you think of the theme from 1492, so good.

@innosanto Жыл бұрын

Also Horizon, and something from Opera Sauvage and also from “netwmda tu les chiens” or how was called it is masterpi

@AsphyxGr 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Vangelis, your legacy will live on, there will never be enough words to describe your work and personality. Thanks Doug for the tribute, I suggest you also review other pieces of Vangelis as there is great diversity and a lot to explore.

@carlosfigueira5076 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much Doug 🙏 for making possible the dignification of the so called Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, and all the music you present, also so specially comented. Of course a due honoured mention to Vangelis Papathanassiou 🙏 who is in my life since my late teens, making us all travel trough the beautiful soundsacapes he created, visiting peace too. And oohh Doug what have you been missing 😃 if i may say i'd like to sugest a deeper vision on Mr. Peter Gabriel's work. Also sugest one of the most virtuous guitar player ever Mr Steve Hackett. About soundtrack presentation could say that "Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" 1979, from director Milos Forman would be a fantastic way to start. The film was inspired in a Broadway play writen by actors James Rado e Gerome Ragni and canadian composer Galt MacDermot, premiered in 1967. Ahh and of course JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, wich we oll man know all. Just sayin' enough 😃 ... "Music was my first love and it'll be my last" John Miles. Greetings from Portugal, where the Sun sets... 😃Carlos Manuel

@user-vb3vf3sq2e 2 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack for 1492 is also iconic

@vintagebollinger4439 Жыл бұрын

It is quite extraordinary in its brilliance but these days seems relatively overlooked.

@Lightmane 2 жыл бұрын

Doug, I want to recommend something else that I think you'll love to watch. Jon Anderson tells the story about the first time he met Vangelis. It's a really fun video : )

@user-lo6qw3br5r 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your reaction, Vangelis was one of the best. If you could, please react to mythodea live, it's something unique. Best regards from Greece.

@user-lo6qw3br5r 2 жыл бұрын

Also when I think of Blade runner this is what I have in mind. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbZmZqWD37HRcmQ.html

@byeckfella 2 жыл бұрын

I love how we get to see someone hearing such a classic as I’ll Find My Way Home for the first time. Thanks Doug, glad you liked it…

@Nidels Жыл бұрын

My goodness... you have to see Blade runner. It is a masterpiece of cinema and music. Vangelis showed with this and other soundtracks and albums that he was a true genius. Another of the ways in which he demonstrated it was in his few live concerts, because many times he said that he had no idea what he was going to play and when he went on stage, he simply improvised new songs for 2 masterful hours. A hug.

@konstantinospantazis6325 2 жыл бұрын

So honored to be from my country, greece. He brought rock music here along with demis roussos who died 7 years ago but much of the greek society didn't appreciate this kind of music

@mortaj 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed seeing the joy in your face when listening to these tracks for the first time. Have adored Vangelis for decades and actually proposed to my wife when the main theme from "Missing" by Vangelis was playing in the background. It's a magical piece.

@revylokesh1783 2 жыл бұрын

You could have added "Tears in rain" from Bladerunner. Absolutely iconic.

@picolete 2 жыл бұрын

Or the ending song, i dont remember the name

@eDrone33 2 жыл бұрын

@@picolete "End Titles"

@frankshailes3205 2 жыл бұрын

The whole soundtrack to that film, by Vangelis, is immensely clever and innovative. Particularly the strange ambient sounds. It's beyond music, it's vital to holding the whole thing together and telling the story.

@DimitriFrondizi 2 жыл бұрын

the End titles it's probably the most famous tune of that movie/soundtrack that for a legal problem had been rearranged by an orchestra at that time (and at least here in Italy we often heard that version on broadcast theme songs) but honestly the electronic original version is much better, once it could be published. Even, if you noticed, Jean Michel Jarre seems to have clearly mentioned that melody musically (making a tribute to him in practice) in one of the tracks of the album Oxygène 7-13 : at the time of that album I followed and knew jarre's compositions and I mistakenly thought that the famous tune I had heard as a child (classical orchestra version) was by Jarre, I did not even know both Vangelis and Bladerunner movie. Jarre actually said that he adores Vangelis but that he is much more minimalist.

@optimus163 2 жыл бұрын

That excerpt is really all Rutger Hauer, who has stated that he was improvising those lines on the spot. There's not much focus on the music in this scene as it is more of the same as in many other quieter parts of the movie.

@Snapper2110 11 ай бұрын

Great re-action to a groundbreaking artist. I was one of "those" who encouraged you to play some of his masterpieces a while ago, and for this reason. You are a trained composer, you know music inside out, pick out time signatures, key changes, all that technical important stuff that has to be in the right place to "make" a piece of music work in time and place with other musicians in that particular piece. So is this why he plays simple tunes or melodies, that can be whistled or hummed, and then embelishes it with layer after layer of music. When you said "Oh and it was in C, like you were surprised at a melody in this simple key, well this is the way I play (by ear) on my keyboards at home. I believe Vangelis started this way, he cannot sight read or follow score as you would, he was self taught on keys but obviously hey knows how something sounds good and then works from there to make it better, intuitively. Oh, you MUST watch Bladerunner, the music makes the film.

@WooShell 2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen Bladerunner before, but the first few bars of the song made it very clear that it's a Vangelis. The world has lost a great musician. There's an interview with Jon Anderson around that gives an insight into what wonderful and weirdly eccentric person he was - I highly suggest to watch that.

@rays7805 2 жыл бұрын

Yay, Music Club! Didn't know you were hearing it!

@lm7_gio 2 жыл бұрын

As a Greek and a friend of this channel, i wanna thank you for paying tribute to Vangeli. He was a realy low profile guy, even in Greece his interviews/public appearences were scarce, but his compositions realy made all the talking for him. His passing made Greek and world music poorer, but his contibutions will be forever. Fun fact: Aphrodite's Child featured another (later) internationaly acclaimed musician, Demis Roussos.

@juanignacioquesada 2 жыл бұрын

The movie 1492 has a fantastic soundtrack by Vangelis

@Triton_Secure 2 жыл бұрын

A decade or two ago, my parents took a sailing cruise around the Adriatic on a 5-masted sailing ship... the ship played 'Conquest of Paradise' at full volume as they entered or departed every port. It became my father's favourite and we carried him from the funeral (just 3 weeks ago) to that tune.

@MrKersey 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reacting to Vangelis' music, Doug, as much as he was a great composer, he was a modest man even more.

@GodmanchesterGoblin 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite Jon and Vangelis piece is "So Long Ago, So Clear" from the latter part of side 1 of "Heaven and Hell". For me, it's possibly the most emotive piece that Vangelis wrote. His output was phenomenal. Mythodea is worth a watch and a listen. For documentary scoring, I strongly recommend Antarctica.

@mikeym50 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@estefaniasucre6966 2 жыл бұрын

That piece is really beautiful. So sweet and calm. Gives me goosebumps every time.

@valentinspasov8024 2 жыл бұрын

№ 1 out of 576 pieces on my spotify playlist . Encounter with infinity and eternity ..

@bigua1428 2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100 %

@stevemccormack9948 2 жыл бұрын

For the Blade Runner movie, so many things came together to create cinema magic. Out of this world even after all these years.

@denisemeredith2436 2 жыл бұрын

Doug, this is the first time that I have ever heard a reaction channel talk about Aphrodite's Child. This band spawned another star - Demis Roussos who became more poppy. My favourite track from the 666 album is The Four Horsemen.

@Eleventhearlofmars 2 жыл бұрын

That is an amazing track on an amazing album

@Peter_S_ 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding track; outstanding album; outstanding band.

@clintonsmith5163 2 жыл бұрын

And Demis sang on Tales of the Future, a track that Vangelis wrote for Blade Runner. I'm not entirely sure if that track actually appeared in the movie, but it still blows my mind when I listen to it.

@guitarchannel5676 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible song. Like much great progressive rock, the lesser known bands often explored very compelling ideas.

@guitarchannel5676 2 жыл бұрын

1972? Along with those you mentioned: ELP 'Trilogy'; Gentle Giant 'Three Friends'; King Crimson 'Lark's Tongues in Aspic; Egg 'Polite Force'; Gong 'Flying Teapot'; PFM 'Pour Un Amico'; Banco 'Metamorphasis'; Il Belleto Di Bronzo 'YZ'; Museo Rosenbach 'Zarathustra'; Wigwam; 'Fairy Port'; Matching Mole 'Little Red Record'; Frank Zappa 'Grand Wazoo'; to name a few.

@kellynine7438 2 жыл бұрын

I can't help but think what Relayer would have sounded like with Vangelis on keys. Jon and Vangelis's styles suited each other perfectly.

@optimus163 2 жыл бұрын

But he didnt get on with the rest of the band very well.

@colinregan7281 2 жыл бұрын

This saddens me, heard vangelis as a young teenager and was spellbound be it chariots of fire or bladerunner it was and is perfection to my ear. From there I got Jon and vangelis and was blown away again, vangelis is a musical genius and is probably my favourite composer of all time.😪😪❤

@rickardengberg7691 2 жыл бұрын

For another time. Jon & Vangelis friends of Mr Kairo. Simply amazing

@bobmorton7814 2 жыл бұрын

A massive talent. Stunning in his originality and depth. Maybe my favorite single performer ever. Listen to "Nocturne" - a piano recital of some of his greatest works. So beautiful and one of his last. I just can't say enough of his impact musically and on me. Peace.

@margix1172 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis one of the greatest genius of Music history...his best albums were : ElGreco....The City....Blade Runner and Direct

@scottstevens7639 2 жыл бұрын

The thing about Vangelis that will really bake your noodle is that he was completely self-taught and couldn’t read music. He didn’t approach composing from a trained musician’s perspective, he operated on pure instinct. No offence, but when you listen critically to a piece of music, you hear melodies, intervals, time signatures, etc. That’s great because that’s what you’ve been trained to do and as someone who also approaches music from more visceral perspective, I’ve honestly learned a lot from watching your videos. However when Vangelis listened to or composed music, he was probably just thinking “does this sound cool?” or “does this move me emotionally”. The technical side of music would’ve been more of a distraction for him than anything. It should also be noted that he was truly a modern day Renaissance Man. Not only did he compose music, but he was also a talented painter.

@vinsgraphics 2 жыл бұрын

A friend of Vangelis relayed a story to a Greek newspaper of a time in London (1975); a man was waiting to talk to Vangelis, who had forgotten he was there. “Oh! You’re from GM!” He was there to pick up a tape of music for a commercial, but Vangelis hadn’t anything ready for him. He sits down and knocks out an improvised five-minute masterpiece. The guy is thrilled, takes the tape, hands Vangelis an envelope. In it: £200,000.

@rosamariaseverino9858 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for live to VANGELIS I LOVE ALL HIS SONG!

@picolete 2 жыл бұрын

"Conquest of Paradise" it's also a great song

@tonsokubaba 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Lovely reactions. Now, in order to investigate the maestros pallet closer you will need to check out Soil Festivities, Direct, Voices and El Greco. Honestly all of them. He did simple melodies splendidly, simply because he did sound splendidly. But in his more complex discography there is much more to be offered! My earliest sonic hero and may he Rest In Peace.

@WolfOfLosAngeles 8 ай бұрын

Vangelis is my favorite composer and I’ve always been amazed how he didn’t know Music theory. I think Vangelis is special in the way his music will be remembered for centuries.

@billpet4602 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Maestro. This "aegean sea" track recorder late 1970 and sounds like Pink Floyd mid 70s !! Friends of mister cairo, State Of Independence, four horsemen : great staff for reactions

@R---66---R 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You, Sir! You're a fine person and Evanghelos Odysseas Papthanassiou..........I'm short of words of even beginning to describe, how wonderfully and a grand display of love, this treasure of a man was. He took us to infinite places, layer upon layer...he touched/touches our souls/my soul...he inspired/inspires us, me. Antarctica, The City, Direct, to name a few masterpieces. Vangelis changed my heart/our hearts and the heavens will echo this man's extremely beautiful soundscapes. Much love from The Netherlands.

@usaturnuranus 2 жыл бұрын

Doug what a sad sad time for music, Alan White AND Vangelis... I would like to respectfully request that you cover Jon's 1975 album "Olias of Sunhillow". IMO, Jon's finest solo outing, due in large part to Vangelis' involvement. Like Jon himself, it's different, but the entire album is very cohesive and doesn't venture so much into the more esoteric lyricism that we all know and love - but I think you will really appreciate it! Thanks for considering! Oh, and by the way, the storyline that the lyrics tell are inspired by Roger Dean's extraordinary artwork from Fragile, Close to the Edge, and Yessongs. Not sure but maybe some of Tales and Relayer? Anyway, a great but rarely heard treasure. * I'd like to point out that I was mistaken as to Vangelis' involvement in this album, and thanks to you who corrected my mistake. The album stands on its own in any case. :)

@FiLWisneski 2 жыл бұрын

I second Olias! It is a world unto itself. But Jon claims that Vangelis was not involved.

@IllumeEltanin 2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Doug is in receipt of a 1976 vinyl copy of Olias of Sunhillow, as well as the score. Council of Doug members have been informed either an Extended Play Lounge episode or an episode of Behind The Score on Patreon of Olias should be forthcoming this summer, if all goes as planned. I'm very much looking forward to it.

@usaturnuranus 2 жыл бұрын

@@IllumeEltanin I'll be looking forward to this! Thanks.

@usaturnuranus 2 жыл бұрын

@@FiLWisneski Well, color me dumbstruck. I have read several accounts over the years claiming that Vangelis lent a strong guiding hand to this one. Not saying he actively played any of the parts, just that he had a lot of influence. But maybe they were wrong? I guess Jon would be the authority on that one.

@IllumeEltanin 2 жыл бұрын

@@usaturnuranus ... It was long been rumoured that Vangelis, then a regular collaborator of Anderson's, played on the album. The music does sound similar to some of Vangelis' work, but Vangelis himself has denied any involvement. This from a September 1977 interview in "Best": When the record came out, the people of RCA with whom I am under contract invited me and told me it wasn't very nice to have played on the record, without warning. But that's ever more curious since I haven't played on it and they were convinced of having recognized my sound. I myself was very surprised it had my name on the thank you-list. Maybe I have influenced Jon, I don't know. And it's clear that it's closer to this than you get with Yes. But maybe it's a coincidence. In any case, it's a formidable feat there is such a record when it features like Jon a debutante on keyboards. I believe the record represents more the way he is than what he does with Yes, no offense intended.

@jwhartline 2 жыл бұрын

1. You have got to see Blade Runner. One of the all time great sci-fi movies 2. The title track “Friends of Mr. Cairo” is a nice journey and you should consider exploring it for your channel. Rest In Paradise Vangelis, thanks for lots of beautiful times!!!

@esotericsoundlab 2 жыл бұрын

When a musician can take you to places you never knew existed his name might be Vangelis. RIP🌠

@tonygrinney7115 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Doug for a wonderful half an hour of Vangelis. What a genius it reminds me that I haven't yet recovered from his death. Sadly, another death to tell you about today. The Yes drummer Alan White.

@user-vb3vf3sq2e 2 жыл бұрын

Aphrodite's child was a band of exceptional musicians, Demis Roussos was the singer, you probably know him. Best prog band from Greece. Check out the song "3 horsemen" and "It's 5 o clock"

@giuliogrifi7739 2 жыл бұрын

Or "End of the world"..."Marie Jolie". Aphrodite's Child were very big in Italy !

@migou4995 2 жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely ! And don’t believe the Drummer Lucas Sideras exceptionnel Drummer !!👍👍👍

@Triton_Secure 2 жыл бұрын

That entire album was played relentlessly during my university years.

@RiquezaEmGotas 2 жыл бұрын

RIp Vangelis, beautiful compositions , futuristic soundscapes, transcendental harmonies and moods created to enhance the human spirit.

@j.jennings1722 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Doug, you will love the song "State of Independence," by Jon and Vangelis. It is a bit harder and more complex than "I'll Find My Way Home," and was even covered successfully by Donna Summer. The song already sounded like Electro Prog Funk before Donna got a hold of it, but she turned it into a Funky call for unity. I think you will love it even more than "I'll Find...," which is a very nice Pop song that was a big hit around the world, except for America, oddly enough.

@graziacavasino8884 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. IMHO, along with "So Long Ago, So Clear" , "State of Independence" is the best work by Vangelis& Anderson.

@duanesmith1523 2 жыл бұрын

While Michael Jackson was working with Quincy Jones. He heard State of Independence being recorded by Donna Summer. He “borrowed “ the bass line for Billie Jean.

@a2ndopynyn 2 жыл бұрын

J & V's version is about a connection to God.

@graziacavasino8884 2 жыл бұрын

@@a2ndopynyn of course it is. What else?

@albaker1309 2 жыл бұрын

Doug, you pick out great stuff. From Aphrodites Child the album 666, please play the four horsemen.

@DrBitchcraft. Жыл бұрын

Yessss, love that album

@frankpentangeli7945 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis' albums Spiral and China are very special to me.

@avro66 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful episode Doug,I had the pleasure of meeting him in Cyprus back in the 1993 while I was serving in the RAF. Fantastic composer and musician.

@dzsthompson 2 жыл бұрын

Friends of Mr. Cairo is the one song that I would pick if I could only listen to one song the rest of my life (this came up on a road trip years ago). The diversity is the reason. It is brings up so many emotions for me and the tone is just amazing both lyrically and musically

@Keepinitreal61 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no. 'I here you know' with Jon Anderson singing. My 80's fix. So many memories. 😔

@davesilkstone6912 2 жыл бұрын

The first of your shows that I've watched with my eyes closed :)

@MDIman42 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely tribute, Doug, for one of the great pioneers of electronic music. He was one of a kind and will be sorely missed. I hope this opens the door for others like Tomita, who passed in 2016, and Jean Michel Jarre, who is still very much with us.

@IllumeEltanin 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still hoping for an Extended Play Lounge episode of Jarré's Oxygène. It needs to get accepted on to Dr. Doug's master list first, though.

@MDIman42 2 жыл бұрын

@@IllumeEltanin I agree, Illume. When you consider that all of his synths were monophonic, it is an amazing accomplishment. I am partial to Equinoxe (hence, my Avatar:) but would be happy to hear anything by JMJ. He now carries the torch as the Grand Master of Electronica.

@amberandrews6842 11 ай бұрын

Jarre is amazing!

@biffbarely7045 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis' film documentary scores are next level.

@sinisaivkov8393 2 жыл бұрын

I was watching Blade Runner at the time, so 40 years a go in cinema in stereo. As real SF fun it was so amazing. Just as Terminator.

@patriciacox9274 2 жыл бұрын

I first discovered Vangelis in the seventies. The first album I purchased was Heaven & Hell. The world is a sadder place without his genius.

@getexis8685 2 жыл бұрын

Vangelis was truly a person born for music. The tribute you pay to Vangelis in this simple video is more than well-deserved and well-orchestrated. Thanks. Like Jimmy Hendrix, Vangelis explored and finding new lands made them known to us. Sometimes a genius is not because he wants to, but because he wants to know and show what he has learned.

@PK--ITA 2 жыл бұрын

Blade Runner is one of the most iconic and recognizable films in the history of cinema. When you see one frame from Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, The Goodfather, you know what the movie is about and the same is with Blade Runner ... Dark, rainy, deep. And that's why the music of Vangelis fits so well in this movie. RIP Vangelis.

@tomasseeber 2 жыл бұрын

Tributes must be given in life. This is for tributing yourself.

@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929 2 жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion Blade Runner blues is the ultimate of the outstanding tracks on that score.

@dankerman321 2 жыл бұрын

Just listening to Aegean Sea takes me back 50 years... have 666 on vinyl... one of those masterpieces of 1972.

@reneelyons6836 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Vangelis. I love you Doug!!!!!!!!!

@LiiMuRi 2 жыл бұрын

Blade Runner is one of my favorite films and I originally knew Vangelis only from it. But man, Aphrodite's Child is awesome!

@wayneyeadon9680 2 жыл бұрын

The album I played over and over from Vangelis was Soil Festivities. Just love the hypnotic sounds throughout. A classic to me at any rate.

@josephwright5921 2 жыл бұрын

I think Soil Festivities Movement 1 is amazing!

@lowcust04 2 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps on every track... R.I.P. Maestro

@nigeljohnston2193 2 жыл бұрын

Doug, as a tribute to both Vangelis and Alan White, I'd love to hear your reaction to two of the most achingly beautiful songs ever recorded: So Long Ago, So Clear (Jon and Vangelis) and Turn Of The Century (Yes).

@angelicamarch3407 2 жыл бұрын

Also Annie Haslam (Renaissance) Sang Turn Of The Century with Steve Howe of Yes.

@innosanto 2 жыл бұрын

And Friends of Mister Cairo (the full 12 minutes)

@reactionsaccount3955 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish that music reaction channels would explore of the 80s new age electronic music movement with artists like Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, Synergy, etc.

@IllumeEltanin 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still hoping for an Extended Play Lounge episode of Jarré's Oxygène. It needs to get accepted on to Dr. Doug's master list first, though. If you're interested, JustJP has reacted to both Oxygène and Équinoxe. He is currently slowly, like a side once a month, working his way through 666.

@nfrick1 Жыл бұрын

Just wondering how Doug would react to Tangerine Dream: Phaedra, Rubycon, Stratosfear, Ricochet or Tangram...

@sbsummit 2 жыл бұрын

Also, all the Jon & Vangelis albums are worth a listen, but my favourite by far has to be The Friends Of Mr. Cairo, which contains the track you featured here. State of Independence is amazing, and you'll love the old movie references in the album's title track. Definitely something you should react to on the channel!