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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@Lightmane 2 года назад

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

@adrianh63 2 года назад

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

@MarekMichalakMusic 2 года назад

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

@adrianh63 2 года назад

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

@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 2 года назад

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

@DarkSideofSynth 2 года назад

Indeed!

@bloodnokgoon5020 2 года назад

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 🎼😢💖

@loobkoob 2 года назад

"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.

@JoseSantos-eg2oz 2 года назад

Jon and Vangelis State of Independence

@jaquestraw1 2 года назад

Jon & Vangelis were magic together 💜

@belalugrisi1614 2 года назад

Absolutely! Best to ya, Chris!

@berndschmidt6059 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

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

@buckwahn8241 2 года назад

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

@BaldJean 2 года назад

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

@jdmresearch 2 года назад

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.

@deoTS1 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

It’s a believable sci-fi flick

@rkb2092 2 года назад

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

@Triton_Secure 2 года назад

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

@alanjohn6355 2 года назад

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

@scifimonkey3 2 года назад

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.

@angelicamarch3407 2 года назад

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

@innosanto 2 года назад

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

@angelicamarch3407 2 года назад

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

@antoniocarlin5026 2 года назад

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

@masterpeace8539 2 года назад

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

@GodmanchesterGoblin 2 года назад

Agree 100%

@sunjamm222 2 года назад

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 года назад

I see what you did!

@how-tohermit5319 2 года назад

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long

@grahamhowes6904 2 года назад

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 года назад

@@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 года назад

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

@adrianh63 2 года назад

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

@camilanebula1328 4 месяца назад

YES

@c.a.t.732 2 года назад

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.

@tarkus42 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@estefaniasucre6966 2 года назад

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

@Syd4510 2 года назад

Yes, Heaven & Hell is a great album.

@joachimwelter2421 2 года назад

I fully agreed, so long ago, so clear

@Georgemeister777 2 года назад

The soundtrack for 1492 is also iconic

@vintagebollinger4439 Год назад

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

@Young_Jim 2 года назад

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.

@palantir135 2 года назад

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 года назад

Alan was only 72. Heartbroken 💔

@ralphskyperion1699 2 года назад

Very sad news about Alan.

@19580822 2 года назад

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 года назад

My favourite TV series ever.

@clintonsmith5163 2 года назад

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. Год назад

Them and also Ennio Morricone

@whaleshark2672 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@a2ndopynyn 2 года назад

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 года назад

Total mmoose bumps

@shaunlaverty8218 Год назад

Theme to ‘Cosmos’ too from 1980; brilliant!

@swanvictor887 2 года назад

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 месяцев назад

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

@solavita306 2 года назад

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.

@mellotronin54 2 года назад

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.

@jaycenthomas5232 2 года назад

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

@jhamptonjr 2 года назад

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.

@AsphyxGr 2 года назад

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.

@Chamomileable 2 года назад

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.

@SirPulga 2 года назад

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

@stevemccormack9948 2 года назад

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 месяцев назад

Alpha is not overlooked !!!

@eDrone33 2 года назад

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.

@juanignacioquesada 2 года назад

The movie 1492 has a fantastic soundtrack by Vangelis

@Triton_Secure 2 года назад

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.

@mortaj 2 года назад

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.

@rays7805 2 года назад

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

@revylokesh1783 2 года назад

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

@picolete 2 года назад

Or the ending song, i dont remember the name

@eDrone33 2 года назад

@@picolete "End Titles"

@frankshailes3205 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@davidsucre3411 2 года назад

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!!

@oldproji 2 года назад

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

@albarton7189 2 года назад

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.

@davidellinsworth22 2 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@Lightmane 2 года назад

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 : )

@GodmanchesterGoblin 2 года назад

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 года назад

Agreed.

@estefaniasucre6966 2 года назад

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

@valentinspasov8024 2 года назад

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

@bigua1428 2 года назад

Agree 100 %

@karlsarkozi3626 2 года назад

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

@Triton_Secure 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@innosanto Год назад

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

@picolete 2 года назад

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

@denisemeredith2436 2 года назад

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 года назад

That is an amazing track on an amazing album

@Peter_S_ 2 года назад

Outstanding track; outstanding album; outstanding band.

@clintonsmith5163 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@guitarchannel5676 2 года назад

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.

@user-lo6qw3br5r 2 года назад

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 года назад

Also when I think of Blade runner this is what I have in mind. m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OP63BRzKmB0.html

@MrKersey 2 года назад

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

@stevemccormack9948 2 года назад

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

@kellynine7438 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@Bryman1970 2 года назад

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.

@colinregan7281 2 года назад

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.😪😪❤

@RiquezaEmGotas 2 года назад

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

@esotericsoundlab 2 года назад

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

@bobmorton7814 2 года назад

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.

@sianpodmore4988 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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.

@davesilkstone6912 2 года назад

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

@passtheparcel2024 26 дней назад

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

@MissPristineVenom 2 года назад

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

@Georgemeister777 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@migou4995 2 года назад

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

@Triton_Secure 2 года назад

That entire album was played relentlessly during my university years.

@WooShell 2 года назад

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.

@avro66 2 года назад

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.

@frankpentangeli7945 2 года назад

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

@rosamariaseverino9858 2 года назад

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

@usaturnuranus 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@IllumeEltanin 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@usaturnuranus 2 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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.

@Chalkida24 2 года назад

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

@sinisaivkov8393 2 года назад

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.

@tonygrinney7115 2 года назад

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.

@margix1172 2 года назад

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

@tonsokubaba 2 года назад

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.

@RyanMovingViolationz 2 года назад

So glad you did this video, he was one of my biggest influences!!! I'm definitely in mourning. 😞

@Nidels Год назад

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.

@wayneyeadon9680 2 года назад

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 года назад

I think Soil Festivities Movement 1 is amazing!

@Eleventhearlofmars 2 года назад

Thanks for this one Doug. The guy was a total musical legend known mainly for film scores but he was a prog rock god as well imo. The 666 concept album by Aphrodites Child is legendary and he went on to have a much more interesting career than maybe what Demis Roussos did although I loved Demis voice. Aegean Sea is my favourite track on the album, so atmospheric and puts you right there on a Greek island. Thank you 🙏🏻 👍🏼

@scottstevens7639 2 года назад

Don’t forget Demis contributed vocals to the ‘Blade Runner’ soundtrack…

@optimus163 2 года назад

I wouldnt call his music progressive rock in any shape or form . Nor would Vangelis appreciate labeling him that way. He composed for himself and no one else. The soundtracks were revenue generators so he could continue to upgrade synths and build out his personal studios. He has said all this in several interviews posted on YT.

@innosanto 2 года назад

@@optimus163 he had some common ground with progressive

@j.jennings1722 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@duanesmith1523 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@graziacavasino8884 2 года назад

@@a2ndopynyn of course it is. What else?

@albaker1309 2 года назад

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

@DrBitchcraft. Год назад

Yessss, love that album

@GibsonBuck 2 года назад

Goodbye Mr.Cairo

@reactionsaccount3955 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 Год назад

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

@mikephillips8810 2 года назад

The Vanegelis score for Bladerunner is as John Williams' score is to Jaws. The Director's skill is 50% the success of both those movies; the other 50% is the music. It gives Bladerunner a certain atmosphere.

@caryheuchert 2 года назад

“666” is among my top ten favourite albums of all time. A masterpiece ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@billpet4602 2 года назад

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

@scottstevens7639 2 года назад

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 года назад

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.

@gregorybooker4913 2 года назад

Thank You, He will be missed by those of us who know. Fantisico Composer!!!!

@MDIman42 2 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

@@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 Год назад

Jarre is amazing!

@dankerman321 2 года назад

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

@donstratton6343 2 года назад

Melody and rhythm: The Friends of Mr. Cairo. Well worth a listen.

@byeckfella 2 года назад

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…

@LiiMuRi 2 года назад

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

@WolfOfLosAngeles 8 месяцев назад

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.

@PK--ITA 2 года назад

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.

@konstantinospantazis6325 2 года назад

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

@tomasseeber 2 года назад

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

@dzsthompson 2 года назад

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

@biffbarely7045 2 года назад

Vangelis' film documentary scores are next level.

@rickardengberg7691 2 года назад

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

@Lightmane 2 года назад

I hope at some point you react to the following albums by Vangelis: 'Heaven and Hell', 'Albedo 0.39', 'China', 'Spiral', and if you really want to go off the rails and experience something completely different... 'Beaubourg'

@1968djw 2 года назад

Oh yes, heaven n hell. Awesome.

@KB.968 2 года назад

I was in high expectation of Heaven and Hell and/or Albedo... Heaven and Hell would make a good one for some Friday.

@psychoanarchic 2 года назад

I was thinking exaclty the same 😀

@innosanto 2 года назад

And Opera Sauvage

@GodmanchesterGoblin 2 года назад

... and Hypothesis, even though it was not officially sanctioned and it was withdrawn after (I think) legal challenges. And Antatica. And the OST for 1492. So many good albums...

@progrock21 2 года назад

Beautiful tribute Doug with music that moved people throughout his career. Just what great music should do.

@Keepinitreal61 2 года назад

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

@reneelyons6836 2 года назад

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

@nigeljohnston2193 2 года назад

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 года назад

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

@innosanto 2 года назад

And Friends of Mister Cairo (the full 12 minutes)

@magirusdeutzjupiter2234 2 года назад

I got in to Vangelis with his outstanding Heaven and Hell album, and since then I have nothing but admiration and enjoyed his work very much. .R.I P. Vangelis, you are a huge star in our universe for ever.