Story of APHRODITE'S CHILD | Vangelis and Demis Roussos Documentary
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2 жыл бұрынHistory of Greek psychedelic then progressive rock band, Aphrodite's Child, most famous for their LP, "666" and '60s hits like "Rain and Tears," "It's Five O' Clock" and "End of the World."
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The band features Vangelis Papathanassiou, Demis Roussos, Loukas Sideras, and Silver Koulouris.
Vangelis is famous for his movie soundtracks like "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire" as well as his new wave duo with Jon Anderson from Yes. Demis Roussos was the lead singer of this band, and he went on to record over 40 solo albums as a pop artist. I regret not having this video to shine on him a little more.
Some suggested listening:
♫ Aphrodite's Child ♪ Rain And Tears ♫ Video & Audio Restored HD
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♫ Aphrodite's Child ♪ It's Five O' Clock ♫ Video & Audio Restored HD
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Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen (video)
• Aphrodite's Child - Th...
"666" Full Album 1972
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A 30 second clip of psychedelia from Fasba Fpel
• Psychedelic Improv by ...
An improvised concept album by Fasba Fpel,
"Book LXV: Funky Space Queen"
• Fasba Fpel: Book LXV: ...
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@paulsto6516 Жыл бұрын
I acquired a copy of 666 in 1973. It still lives among my top 5 all time favorite albums. Thanks for posting.
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Soooooo good. Thank you so much for watching and finding value in my video
@mjemigh3304 2 жыл бұрын
Vangelis died about a month ago and that news sent me looking for his music. I only had the first album and remember having to take it back TWICE because of all the skips. Third time was the charm and I really enjoyed the record. Why I never got the others is anyone's guess. I never knew the history, so THANK YOU very much for that!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Shame we lost him... Interesting that you had bad luck buying that album. I dig it.
@trex70 8 сағат бұрын
Nice Review. The Four Horseman Solo from Silver Kouloris is my all time best Guitar Solo favorit.
@SeansMusicHunt 7 сағат бұрын
Excellent stuff! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@BiserAngelov1 2 жыл бұрын
666 is one of Vangelis most underestimated masterpieces. There is something magical and divine in it. Music from the land of gods and fairy tales.
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Thank you so much for watching my video, it means the world to me!
@gelsol 2 жыл бұрын
666 is one of my favorite albums ever.
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I love it too! I hope you enjoyed the video and learned something new!
@BiserAngelov1 2 жыл бұрын
Me too. There is something magical and divine in there. One of Vangelis most underestimated masterpieces.
@bluesideup007 Ай бұрын
I somehow had the good fortune to pick up 666 when it was first released, despite never having heard of Vangelis. It immediately became one of my all-time favorites. I wore out my first copy. It is one of those masterpieces that has to be listened through form beginning to end, a hundred times.
@SeansMusicHunt Ай бұрын
I agree. And you were indeed lucky. Someone asked recently why I didn't mention "The Four Horsemen" in my video and I understand why they'd say that and somewhat had some regrets about not specifically mentioning it, but I see "666" more like one piece of art and individual tracks are like chapters to me and I encourage anyone who hasn't heard the album to listen from beginning to end. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@bluesideup007 Ай бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt Exactly! Back then I was one of those "Born-again, Charismatic Evangelical Catholics". (I have since reformed, 😏Although they would have said this album was heretical, I thought it was a beautiful interpretation of the Book of Revelation. There are still lesions and messages for today.
@turuntashtheboo7681 Жыл бұрын
Master of keyboards and that wide,colourfull sound and feeling-Vangelis ! Demis Rousos tiny,gentle but great voice!They were unique and now when their time passed long time ago,they sound so nostalgic but nice,so nice!! Great band!RIP Demis and Vangelis!
@geraldlloyd-brown7106 Жыл бұрын
Break is my favourite track 😊
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Thanks for watching!
@acidhead1001 2 жыл бұрын
have it since 40 years in my record collection
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful album! Hope you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
@stevefrost3484 7 ай бұрын
I picked up a copy of It's Five O'clock in 1972 for less than £1 and it has remained one of my favourite albums from that era.
@fasbafpel 2 жыл бұрын
Demis Roussos is an angel
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Facts
@jd3wrr 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info. Only discovered this album a few years ago and now its never far away from my turntable. Will check some of your "Jam albums"
@SeansMusicHunt 3 ай бұрын
Hey! Thanks a ton! I really appreciate that! Be warned they're really crazy!! 😂 Thank you for watching and leaving a thank you, those make me feel like I'm doing something important for the world.
@innosanto 20 күн бұрын
All 3 albums are great.
@SeansMusicHunt 20 күн бұрын
Totally! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@miriguyunari 2 ай бұрын
I recently found Aphrodite's Child; I love their music! Very underrated. I've been wanting to learn about the band itself. Thank you so much for this video!!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and appreciating my video! You're awesome. Cheers! Feel free to use my channel to discover more music!
@882952 Ай бұрын
I found this album at Silver Platters in the late 80s, and of course immediately snatched it. Driving home, I popped it into the car's cassette player, and was was immediately struck with a big mental "??????????", because this was NOT the Vangelis I was familiar with, obviously! But as I listened, there was just so much to love in those songs. Some of them I still can't get my mind around, ("I was... I am... I am to come I was....") lol, but that album is one of my favorites. Especially because a beloved friend of mine, Jess, loved all the blues rock guitar in it, and the song Break. Now, Jess is no longer with us, and whenever I hear that music I think of him and how he taught me about music.
@SeansMusicHunt Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story! I appreciate it! It is certainly different from later Vangelis. 😂 I'm glad to hear multiple sides of a musician and I'm glad that you and Jess got to experience this masterpiece together!
@sergiohenriquedefaria9624 Жыл бұрын
Really nice and informative video. Well done 🎉
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
@coitusinfernalis 2 жыл бұрын
'Rain and tears' song was an inspiration for 'tears in the rain' Rutger Hauer improvised words in bladerunner
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
That's super awesome. I didn't know that, thank you!
@jayzcoverz1809 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing Video!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching!!! U appreciate it so much! Hopefully you'll stick around for much more!
@jayzcoverz1809 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt oh yeah I'll stick around!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
@@jayzcoverz1809 thank you so much! You're the bestest ever!
@winstonian3 Жыл бұрын
Nice vid man
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
@danielbouju1688 2 жыл бұрын
And Lucas Sideras and Silver Koulouris,always forgotten!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
They are so fantastic! My newer documentaries make sure to give backgrounds for all the members. I can do a more in-depth version of this video in the future.
@user-ff8sp4et8d Ай бұрын
666 One of the Quintessential Prog rock albums. Read and read reviews, stories exchanged points of view with other music collectors before I laid hands on it 4 years after knowing of it's existence. My favourite piece: The Four Horsemen
@SeanEverettHunt 2 жыл бұрын
I love Aphrodite's Child and Fasba Fpel
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
@Kenny_(mc)Coon Haha, We're happy to have you, Kenny!
@genkijin 4 ай бұрын
When I was in the third grade I won a poster drawing contest because I drew a pencil color version of the inside album cover image of 666. It was a picture of a car running of the road crashing with the wheel flying off 😅 I always imagined it was the rapture happening and the driver got taken up.
@SeansMusicHunt 4 ай бұрын
😆 that's pretty awesome
@ZalMoxis 2 жыл бұрын
They were a really good band. Greece actually has some excellent prog bands from the 70's (the Golden period). I've collected quite a few over the years....
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Totally. I've listened to a couple more than Aphrodite's Child. But you probably know way more than me. Have you added me on FB? We should be friends. I'd love to get a better idea of your awesome collection
@winstonian3 Жыл бұрын
Which others?
@Jack-D-Ripper Жыл бұрын
Vangelis is pronounced Van-Gelis (the G is pronounce as in "Green"). One of the loveliest song on 666 is Aegian Sea. I like the track ∞ which Irene Papas performed on "I have to come". And "Horizon" from Jon & Vangelis' album "Private Collection" is sublimely beautiful.
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Haha. Yes. I realized that shortly after posting this and my more recent videos have much more research into them. Thank you for watching and correcting me, I truly appreciate it!
@Jack-D-Ripper Жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt No, thank you for making this interesting video. I went on to watch several more about Vangelis. I certainly enjoy his music because it is some of the most beautiful and moving work.
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Great stuff! Thank you again!
@user-xh9rz7rf8l 6 ай бұрын
In Greek there isn't "n" in the word but two "γγ" (gamma). So the correct pronunciation is Vaggelis / Βαγγέλης (only two γγ's make the sound of "G"reen).
@Jack-D-Ripper 29 күн бұрын
@@user-xh9rz7rf8l I seem to recall my Greek work-buddy telling me that, now that you come to mention it! Thanks!
@georgetadanila4827 5 ай бұрын
Fabulos❤😂🎉
@SeansMusicHunt 5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@michaelbeckerman7532 Жыл бұрын
There's really only one song that Aphrodite's Child did that stands out as being entirely transformational and that's The Four Horsemen from their 666 album. This is the kind of song that once you have heard it, you are forever changed because of it. This song is on a level that few bands ever even come close to achieving. The only song that would be on par with it that comes to mind is Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. These are without question two of the greatest songs ever recorded. Listen to one and then the other and you'll immediately know how special they both are. The only other song that I can think of that can even come close to them (that most people would know) is Jimmy Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower. If anyone knows of any other songs that reach that same otherworldly, transformational level, please let me know.
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching and leaving a lovely comment! I actually replied to this before but for whatever reason it didn't work..
@Teuti 12 күн бұрын
My only son is named Demis as a tribute to this wonderful gift from God 🙏
@SeansMusicHunt 12 күн бұрын
That's awesome!! Thank you for sharing that!
@agarwaengrc 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! discovered some cool music here! I'm Greek but despite that I had never heard of them (well, I knew they existed, but had never heard any song of them)... I feel that Socrates has overshadowed all the other bands from that era in Greece (at least for my generation, the ones born before mid-80s probably know them well). P.S. I thought that 666 would be a more esoteric/difficult to listen to album from your description... but it's actually pretty approachable... great album, beginning to end... very atmospheric in parts
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't listened to Socrates yet but I plan to. Love 666, hope you're enjoying it!!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Stick around and i hope to introduce you to much more music!
@veridisquo 2 жыл бұрын
Socrates and Vangelis work together on Socrates album Phos
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
@@veridisquo Yeah, I briefly mention that in this video, I believe.. but I didn't know how to say phos...
@veridisquo 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt In 1975, Socrates went through a change in stylistic direction with Phos, which featured Vangelis' production and contributions on many tracks.[3] Phos was mostly reworkings of older songs by Socrates. Both LPs On the Wings and Phos were issued in the USA via Neil Kempfer-Stocker's Prog imprint Cosmos. Wikipedia
@samuelgentit6927 4 ай бұрын
Extraordinaire album qui à l ' époque fût censuré par le Pape.
@SeansMusicHunt 3 ай бұрын
Yes. Very interesting stuff! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@MarianR1111 3 ай бұрын
People should listen to Loud Loud Loud and Four Horseman from 666. Fantastic music.
@marcel1372 3 ай бұрын
would love to see a video on Todd Rundgren and Nazz or one on Novos Baianos, the greatest Brazilian rock band/futbol club that ever existed
@SeansMusicHunt 3 ай бұрын
I was thinking of doing Os Mutantes soon but Novos Baianos is a great idea too! I've only listened to their first two or three albums and they're sooooo amazing!!!! I've also wanted to do a video on Utopia, but Nazz is something I haven't delved deep enough into and that will probably keep me passionate about learning the subject! Thank you for the suggestions/requests!! I'll likely be getting to some of this sooner than later
@SeansMusicHunt 3 ай бұрын
And thank you for watching my video! I hope you enjoyed!
@SeansMusicHunt 3 ай бұрын
I don't know what you're talking about with the Futbol club thing, so I think I'm going to find interesting stuff when I research them. Haha
@davidhill5684 4 ай бұрын
Was there ever another Greek rock band? Just curious...this album was immense! (666 i mean)
@SeansMusicHunt 3 ай бұрын
Yes, of course. Unfortunately I haven't gotten to much of it yet, but seeing as how people are actually watching my old video on Aphrodite's Child lately, perhaps I should get to it. Currently I'm looking into Socrates Drank the Conium Kostas Tournas and his band Poll Pavlos Sidiropoulos Ugh, I'm searching for one that had been on my to-do list at the time of making this video but they didn't seem super awesome anyway. Well, I hope this gives you some stuff to look into!
@kesmaj 10 ай бұрын
first time i hear it was on trip and because Demis was a pop singer i was suprised that he was member of this band and this days i was suprised that he mary Tereza Kesovija which is ex Yugoslavia singerin
@SeansMusicHunt 10 ай бұрын
Definitely memorable experiences. Thank you sharing, I bet that was a blast
@danielbouju1688 2 жыл бұрын
Demis was not th lead singer before Aphrodite's child and Lucas sings too.
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Right, I watched it again and see how I didn't make that clear. This was one of my first videos and I have gotten a lot better at this since then. I'll probably make a better video on this band in the future. Thank you very much for watching! I also realized later just how awesome the solo career of Demis is. From the U.S. perspective, we only know Vangelis.
@alexandermathar7780 9 ай бұрын
666 uncanningly resembles early Genesis.
@SeansMusicHunt 9 ай бұрын
Not as good though .. sorry. 😛
@SeansMusicHunt 9 ай бұрын
I appreciate you watching and commenting! I LOVE early Genesis so much
@christophergeorgie762 11 ай бұрын
I've known about this album for a long while, I looked them up for nostalgic purposes and realized rotting christ remade the four horsemen.
@SeansMusicHunt 11 ай бұрын
And how was that?
@christophergeorgie762 11 ай бұрын
It wasn't bad at all. Check ot out ànd see for yourself
@teevee2015 Жыл бұрын
YO!!!! where da pic of CiLvER CoULorEsS?>?
@victor9501 2 жыл бұрын
Just a minor point, but you pronounced Vangelis wrong! The emphasis is on the 'e'.
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, i think that's how my girlfriend was saying it and I should have listened to her! 😆
@victor9501 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt I'm Greek, so I know these things! Btw, I got that early pic of Demis in The Minis or the Stormies off a really old Greek movie- it's probably one of the first pics of him in a band!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
@@victor9501 Well perhaps I should reach out to you when I'm working on my Socrates video so you can help me with that one! Where is that picture?
@victor9501 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt It's at 1:38 minutes on your video. Actually, the keyboardist in that clip is not Vangelis, it's a woman whose name I forget, but if you look closely, Demis is playing bass guitar, and doing backing vocals. When I watched this old DVD of my dad's, I suddenly saw this scene of the band playing in a night club, and I recognised Demis in it... Yes, it's Zoe & The Stormies, Zoe Kourkouli is the lead singer.
@victor9501 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt I don't know a lot about Socrates, except you can see the remains of his prison cell in Athens. I know he was convicted of corrupting young people, by making them question the status quo. I think he was fined, but he refused to pay the fine! Finally, they made him drink hemlock & he died..
@romaneberle 2 жыл бұрын
go kitty, go :-)
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
The kitty is the most important part!!! His name is Heero. Thank you so much for watching!!
@romaneberle 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt sure, my pleasure :-) i think Aphrodites Child "666" is like some hidden, mysterious gem. I have no place to put this music. I think the entire idea wasn't even to create music - more like a script for some play, or something. It really reminds me of Greek mythology plays, not by content, but by form. - Anyway, you know what? Heero looks precisely like my childhood cat Minki. :-)
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
@@romaneberle awwww. Minki was beautiful. Kitties are so important. Yeah, that's interesting, i totally understand what you're saying. I think similarly with projects I approach as well.
@romaneberle 2 жыл бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt i need to check out your band Fasba Fpel. :-) (lol, if you wanna check out my old band search for e.g. "KopfsprungMUC Salzwasser". you'll find a couple more "Kopfsprung" songs on the channel.)
@SeansMusicHunt 2 жыл бұрын
@@romaneberle ok! I definitely will! When was that band active? Fasba Fpel is pretty nuts. Some of it is Wonderful, some of it not so much. Tons of guest stars and different styles. Stick to the "Book" series.
@georgezajkowski2723 Жыл бұрын
What a great album. Of course overpriced like fuck.
@SeansMusicHunt Жыл бұрын
Love it! Did you buy 666 back in the day, George? Thanks for watching more of my videos!
@Andreaszilel 3 күн бұрын
👹😇😇🤣💋👹👺
@SeansMusicHunt 3 күн бұрын
Thank you for this excellent comment! 🐎 🐴 🐎 🐴
@theo9952 10 ай бұрын
I hope that the multitrack tapes of 666 still exist and someday we will get to hear the 35-minute version of the track "infinity" with the odd vocalisms and moans of Irene Pappas (rip)
@yopage 2 ай бұрын
You don't even mention the 4 Horsemen?
@SeansMusicHunt 2 ай бұрын
Wow. I guess I don't. 😂 This was one of my first videos and I've gotten a lot better at this since then. But I suppose I was focused on the band's story and I'm a firm believe in listening to albums from front to back. But I do understand that that track is the most popular and most covered and it is weird that I didn't mention it. I suck! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@yopage 2 ай бұрын
@@SeansMusicHunt NOOOO, I enjoyed the video and learned a lot about the band. Over all a great watch!!
@SeansMusicHunt 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed and learned! That's my goal
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