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1968: El fin del mundo con el niño de Afrodita

Contenido de esta entrada:

Introducción

El primer sencillo

El primer álbum

Legado

Siguiente entrada de Aphrodite's Child: 1969: Quiero vivir dijo el niño de Afrodita

Facebook de Vangelis: Vangelis | Facebook

Portada de su primer álbum End Of The World

Enlaces de interés sobre Vangelis:



Aphrodite's Child fue un grupo musical de rock progresivo integrado por miembros originalmente de Grecia y formado en Francia en 1968 por Vangelis Papathanassiou (teclados), Demis Roussos (bajo y voces) y Loukas Sideras (percusión y voces); a ellos se sumó posteriormente Anargyros «Silver» Koulouris (guitarra), antiguo colaborador en su país de origen (Grecia). Papathanassiou y Roussos habían tenido éxito previamente en su país (en las bandas The Formynx, el primero; y The Idols y We five, el segundo), cuando decidieron reunirse con Sideras y Koulouris en 1967 para formar una nueva banda, referida a veces como The Papathanassiou Set. Su primera grabación como grupo fue en el disco de George Romanos In Concert and in Studio, en el que tocaron cuatro canciones bajo el nombre de Vangelis and His Orchestra. Adjuntamos enlace a una de las canciones del álbum disponible en YouTube:

Ese mismo año grabaron una maqueta con dos canciones (Plastics Nevermore y The Other People) que fue enviada a la discográfica Philips. Impresionada con la maqueta, la casa discográfica les propuso probar suerte en Inglaterra.


El primer sencillo

En 1967 se impuso otra Dictadura militar de derechas en Grecia, y, tal como hacían otros artistas griegos, el grupo también decidió abandonar su país para viajar hacia Londres siguiendo los consejos de la discográfica Philips. Esta decisión no estuvo exenta de problemas. Koulouris tuvo que permanecer en Grecia para cumplir su servicio militar, mientras que al resto del grupo les fue imposible llegar a Londres al no disponer de permiso de trabajo para entrar en el Reino Unido. Tuvieron que quedarse en la ciudad de París debido a una huelga de transporte y obligados a vivir los acontecimientos de la protesta estudiantil del Mayo del 68 en la capital francesa.

En París firmaron un contrato con Mercury Records, adoptando el nombre de Aphrodite's Child. El nombre de la banda se lo puso Lou Reizner, productor de Mercury, y se deriva del título de una canción de otro artista del sello, Dick Campbell, de su álbum Sings Where It's At.


Tras la firma, lanzan su primer sencillo, Rain and Tears, una adaptación del canon en re mayor del siglo XVII del músico alemán Johann Pachelbel. con Don't Try To Catch A River en la cara B. Ambas canciones serían incluidas en su primer álbum que se lanzaría ese mismo año, por lo que el sencillo se convierte en un adelanto de éste.


CARA 1

RAIN AND TEARS

Enlaces






Letras

Rain and tears, are the same
But in the sun
You've got to play the game

When you cry
In winter time
You can pretend
It's nothing but the rain

How many times I've seen
Tears coming from your blue eyes

Rain and tears, are the same
But in the sun
You've got to play the game

Give me an answer, love
(o...ooohhh)
I need an answer, love
(o...ooohhh)
Rain and tears in the sun
But in your heart
You feel the rainbow waves

Rain and tears
Both I shun
For in my heart there 'll never be a sun

Rain and tears, are the same
But in the sun
You've got to play the game
Game...

Videos

Grabación de una actuación en un programa de televisión:

Video oficial restaurado:

Video de una actuación en directo en Lille en 1968:


Mi opinión sobre la canción:

El canon de Pachelbel es un recurso socorrido entre los músicos y se ha utilizado en multitud de canciones. Este caso particular se obtiene una bonita balada con la esplendida voz de Demis Roussos y los teclados de Vangelis.

Con esta canción la banda se convirtió en una sensación de la noche a la mañana en Francia (a pesar de que la canción no estaba cantada en francés) y en otros países europeos. Vendió más de un millón de copias, y fue galardonado con un disco de oro.

CARA 2

DON'T TRY TO CATCH A RIVER

Enlaces






Letras

When she flows
(Don't try to catch a river)
No one will ever catch her
When love goes
(Don't try to catch your lover)
For love is a kind of river

River flows over rocks and walls
And I'd like to know why
She seems to be far away from the sky

When she flows
(Don't try to catch a river)
No one will ever catch her
When love goes
(Don't try to catch your lover)
For love is a kind of river

Lovers leave their girls at sunrise
And I'd like to know why
They seem to be so ashamed of the size

Don't you try
Don't you try
Don't you try
Don't you try
River
River
River

When she flows
(Don't try to catch a river)
No one will ever catch her
When love goes
(Don't try to catch your lover)
For love is a kind of river

River carries along dead leaves
And I'd like to know why
Why don't lovers bring along wounded hearts

River
River
River...

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Canción rockera con aires psicodélicos


El primer álbum

En octubre del 1968, la banda lanzó su primer álbum End of the World. El álbum contenía cantidades iguales de canciones pop-rock psicodélicas y baladas en la línea de Procol Harum o The Moody Blues. Todas las canciones están acreditadas a  Boris Bergman y Vangelis Papathanassiou con la excepción de la ya vista Rain and Tears que está escrita por Pachelbel.

CARA 1

A1 End Of The World

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - End Of The World

End Of The World

Aphrodite's Child - End Of The World (HQ)

Aphrodite's Child - End Of The Word ( Sub - Español )

Aphrodite's Child - End of the World (LYRICS)

Letras

You should come with me to the end of the world
Without telling your parents and your friends
You know that you only need say a word
So end my play with the end of the world

But I know
That I'll go... away by myself
I feel you don't want to come

You should come with me to the end of the world
We could lie all day on the quiet sands
I would introduce you to my friend the bird
Who sings and flies along the fairy strand

But I know
That I'll go... away by myself
I feel you don't want to come

he---e, ha---a

If you come with me to the end of the world
I'll give you anything that lives on earth
You know that you only need say a word
So we might live at the end of the world

What I know
That I'll go... away by myself
I feel you don't want to come

he---e, ha---a

Videos






Video de una actuación en directo en Lille en 1968:

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Una canción similar a la que les dio el éxito, con efectos electrónicos que simulan "el fin del mundo".

La canción fue lanzada como sencillo en 1969 en Francia con You Always Stand In My Way en la cara B. Se convierte en el segundo sencillo correspondiente al álbum.

Portada del sencillo en Francia

A2 Don't Try To Catch A River

(lanzado como cara B de su sencillo, ver apartado anterior)

A3 Mister Thomas

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - Mister Thomas (HQ)

APHRODITE'S CHILD 68-72 MISTER THOMAS

Aphrodite´s Child - Mister Thomas

mister thomas - aphrodite's child

Letras

A friend who's got daisies in his pocket

Mr. Thomas owns a red bike
And his heart flies like a kite
He gives a coin to the children
Who play war with wooden guns

Mr. Thomas remains at home
When other people go to church
In his dust booked the phone
Round it's edge things always emerge

Mr. Thomas isn't newspaper
But to me good news
When the hills do glitter the river
Where all things can choose

My grand uncle when he sees him says
"He's crazy" and starts to grin
My lil' lady Prue McKinball says:
"His head is made of straw"

Mr. Thomas isn't newspaper
But to me good news
When the hills do glitter the river
Where all things can choose

I know there's one arms corps keeper
Is quite eager, do you know why?
All the blue birds from the river
On his top hat gobble and fly

Mr. Thomas isn't newspaper
But to me good news
When the hills do glitter the river
Where all things can choose

I like to be the bounty clown
Who seems so glad in his watch
I would be always around him
So I could walk his path

Mr. Thomas isn't newspaper
But to me good news
When the hills do glitter the river
Where all things can choose

Videos

Video de una actuación en directo en Lille en 1968:

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Canción de feria con aires psicodélicos.

A4 Rain And Tears

(lanzado como cara A de su sencillo, ver apartado anterior)

A5 The Grass Is No Green

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - The Grass Is No Green

Aphrodite's Child - The Grass Is No Green

Aphrodite's Child - The Grass is no Green (1968)

APHRODITE'S CHILD - The Grass Is No Green

APHRODITE'S CHILD THE GRASS IS ΝΟ GREEN

Letras

The land is starving
It needs watering
The birds on the trees
Won't open the spring
For the rain won't fall here
And the grass is no green

The birds stop singing
They need some raining
The birds on the trees
Will not live till spring
For the rain won't falling
And the grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green

Deep in a clearing
Lovers are sleeping
Under an oak tree
Wind blows lightly
While they are lying
Where the grass is no green

The land is starving
It needs watering
The birds on the trees
Won't open the spring
For the rain won't falling
And the grass is no green
The birds stop singing
They need some raining

The birds on the trees
Will not live till spring
And the grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green

Deep in a clearing
Lovers are sleeping
Under an oak tree
Wind blows lightly
While they are lying
Where the grass is no green

The birds stop singing
They need some raining
The birds on the trees
Will not live till spring
For the rain wouldn't falling

And the grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Canción de rock progresivo con final psicodélico.

CARA 2

B1 Valley Of Sadness

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - Valley Of Sadness

Aphrodite's Child - Valley of Sadness (HQ)

Demis Roussos & Aphrodite's Child - Valley Of Sadness

APHRODITE'S CHILD valley of sadness

Aphrodite´s Child - Valley of Sadness

Letras

When I left the valley of sadness
When I left the valley of sadness
I saw the mountains
Of the plains around
Gathering to cry

When I left the valley of sadness
When I left the valley of sadness
I saw the mountains
Of the plains around
Gathering to cry

I saw a young bride in a white dress
Picking up stones along the way
I saw children climbing the path
Naked in the sun of May
And I saw the river flowing
Oooooh
And I heard the tulips crying
Oooooh

They call it the valley of sadness
They call it the valley of sadness
They left the mountains and the plains around
This is why it cries

They call it the valley of sadness
They call it the valley of sadness
They left the mountains and the plains around
This is why it cries

They wanted to see the head town
They have been told the life is easier
First steps made arose in the ground
From the grounds and up the river
When I heard the river flowing
Oooooh and I saw the furrows bleeding
Oooooh

I saw the mountains
Of the plains around
Gathering to cry

They left the mountains and the plains around
This is why it cries

Videos

Video de una actuación en directo en Lille en 1968:


Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Canción con aires folkclóricos.

La canción se lanzó como sencillo promocional solo en Francia con Mister Thomas en la cara B, sobre todo para promocionar el álbum en las emisoras de radio.

B2 You Always Stand In My Way

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - You Always Stand in My Way (HQ)

Aphrodite's Child - You Always Stand In My Way [HD Audio]

You Always Stand In My Way

Aphrodite´s Child - You Always Stand In My Way

Aphrodite's Child - You Always Stand In My Way

Letras

Hey you
You always stand in my way

You
Will you hear to what I say?
I want you to go away

You
You should find another man

I say you
Make my face become one
I want you to cut it down

You, you, you
Get away
I can't stand you
You, you
I am mad when I see you
You, you you
Better hide or clutch your face

You
You come on and change your mind

Say you
You're the one I must cement
And what if I don't want you

You
You always stand in my way

And I said you
Will you hear to what I say
And I want you to go away

You you, you
Get away
I can't stand you
You you

I am mad when I see you
You, you better pack up all your things
And I, I, I feel like chewing so I'm getting mad
Baby

And I said you
You, you always stand in my way
(better not)

You
Will you hear to what I say
I want you to go away

You
You should find another man
I said you
Make my face become one
I want you to cut it down

You, you, you
Got a way I can't stand
You you, you, you
Get away
I can't stand

You
You you you better hide and clutch your face
And I, I, I feel it
You better say
You, you, you

Videos

Video de una actuación en directo en Lille en 1968:


Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Otra canción de rock psicodélico.

B3 The Shepherd And The Moon

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - The Shepherd and the Moon (HQ)

APHRODITE'S CHILD THE SHEPHERD AND THE MOON

Demis Roussos / Aphrodite's Child - The Shepherd and the Moon

Aphrodite's Child "The Shepherd And The Moon " FIRST ALBUM 1968

Aphrodite´s Child - The Shepherd and The Moon

Letras

Do you know the story of the shepherd
Who did try and took the river moon in his arms
Listen to the story
Mainly if you can agree
Of the man who loved the woman

You can tuck it up in your mind
You would like to catch the moonlight
But you know the thing is not right
For all of us have some secrets to hide

Do you know the story of the shepherd
Who did try and took the river moon in his arms
Listen to the story
Mainly if you can agree
Of the man who loved the woman

Woman was a sting in the thorn
You will get the moon for your horn
You try to cheat and you'll drown
Of the moon you were much too full

(Nowadays
People of the mountains say
That the Gods put the moon high up in the sky
So that the men might not be tempted to steal it)

Do you know the story of the shepherd
Who did try and took the river moon in his arms
Listen to the story
Mainly if you can agree
Of the man who loved the woman

Round in the depths of your mind
For today the moon is too high
Shepherd tried to catch a sunrise
You might be more lucky if you try

Do you know the story of the shepherd
Who did try and took the river moon in his arms
Listen to the story
Mainly if you can agree
Of the man who loved the woman

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Otra canción con aires folklóricos.


B4 Day Of The Fool

Enlaces

Aphrodite's Child - Day of the Fool (HQ)

Aphrodite´s Child - Day of the Fool

Demis Roussos as vocalist of Aphrodite's Child - "The day of the fool".

APHRODITE'S CHILD DAY OF THE FOOL

Aphrodite´s Child 1968 End Of The World Day Of The Fool

Letras

I am but a fool they say
Something like a child
But today is my birthday
And they will be nice
I'm but your fool they say
True that's what I think
My mind is drifting away
I feel that I sink...

See Benjy is a fool
A child who's 30 years old
Who would go dressed in the pool
They are telling him there is gold
See Benjy...

Caddy is a friend of mine
She sees what I see
She knows what's up in my mind
She won't laugh at me
Caddy is a friend of mine
She sees what I see
Sometimes we play seek and hide
She makes me happy

Caddy, Caddy
Caddy is a friend of mine
I like the touch of her voice
Caddy

But today is my birthday
And they might be nice
She knows what's up in my mind
She smells like a tree

See old Benjy is a fool
A child who's 30 years old
Who would go dressed in the pool
They are telling him there is gold

See Benjy
Just look at him
Caddy, Caddy

I'm but a fool they say
Something like a child
But today is my birthday
And they will be nice
I'm but your fool they say
True that's when I think
My mind is drifting away

I feel that I, I'll sink...

Mi opinión sobre la canción:

Canción de rock progresivo con tintes psicodélicos. Me recuerda la época psicodélica de Pink Floyd. Marca el camino de lo que será Vangelis.

Mi opinión personal sobre el álbum:

Es un álbum típico de la época post-psicodélica, con grupos en transición hacia el rock progresivo. La herencia folklórica también se observa en algunas canciones. Canciones como Rain and Tears muestran el potencial de Demis Roussos como cantante y de Vangelis como tecladista.

Créditos

Vangelis - órgano, percusión, vibráfono, flauta

Demis Roussos - voz, bajo, guitarra, trompeta, órgano, buzuki

Lucas Sideras - batería, bajo, voz

Claude Chauvet, voz adicional en "End of the World" y "Rain and Tears"

Legado

Demis Roussos siguió interpretando Rain and Tears:

Demis Roussos-Rain And Tears(with lyrics)


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Otros como Fausto Papetti o Paul Mauriat han hecho una versión instrumental del tema:

fausto papetti -- rain and tears


Paul Mauriat - Rain and tears (1968)


Demis Roussos también siguió cantando End of the World:





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