10 Greek Songs You Should Listen To

2007-11-10T18:58:07Z

Hi! I just joined this community and I hope people start uploading more often. This is a great way to share greek music, which is so hard to come by these days. I know I have a tough time finding what I want!

This idea just came to me a little while ago while I was listening to one of my favorite songs of late, "To Fili Tis Zois", which means "The Kiss Of Life" in greek, by Helena Paparizou. I thought I should share my current top 10 with the community, along with short descriptions and translations I wrote for the songs. (Not placed in any particular order of preference.)

Giorgos Perris - Paizei O Erotas (=Love Is Playing)
This is a song that's used as the theme of a very successful The Bold And The Beautiful-type soap series here in Greece called "Erotas" (=Love). I'll be honest here and say I've never watched it before. I only chanced upon it one afternoon I had nothing better to do, and when I heard this song I flipped. Literally. It's very pretty and heart-warming. Makes me feel all fuzzy inside. XP

Bridge:
You came to take the shadows
That stayed with me until yesterday
You came to cut the chains that held me down

But it's very hard
To give me the kiss now
That you owed me so many years apart

Chorus:
Love is playing in our heart tonight
It opens doors and windows that were closed
You are near and far
But love is playing again
And it changes whatever I took for granted
And it changes what was predetermined for us

Repeat chorus

You came to tell me again
The story of the rain
How it turned into a tear of love and the sun

You came for a little to see me again
Now that I am willing, you're late
And you talk to me as if I'm just a friend

Repeat chorus 2x
Repeat bridge

Alkistis Protopsalti - O Aggelos Mou (=My Angel)
Although she's kinda old now, her voice is still very beautiful. This is a simple, yet elegant song. I like it very much. Despite it having double meanings. XP

As the hands were twining around the body
And as the night was breaking into stars
I had touched your heart timidly
I love you

And as the stars were falling on the ground
And as the bodies were falling on the earth
I only found one word to tell you
I love you

Bridge:
My angel
My person
My death
You

Repeat bridge

Chorus:
You, who were twisting the knife slowly
You, who were taking my life sweetly from me
You

And when you were twisting the knife slowly
And when you were taking my life sweetly from me
Again, I had told you only one word
I love you

And as we were fighting so, hand-in-hand
And as I no longer had the heart to hold on
I found a way to tell you again
I love you

Repeat bridge 2x
Repeat chorus

People around me walk in couples
And I'm all alone in a closed house
With a warm whisper in my mouth
I love you

My angel...
You...

Repeat bridge
Repeat chorus

Foteini Darra - Fevga (=Leave)
This is a recent song I discovered, and it sounds ethereal and magical. The lyrics are strange, even in Greek. There seem to be double meanings everywhere. But it's still very beautiful. If you listen to it once, its melody will haunt you.

A night like this
In the liquid silence
I slip out for my small sin
To meet him, to meet him

In the shadows of the night
And in the arms of an old
Ecstasy, which is dark and seducing
I hide again, I hide again

Leave...

How did I wind up here?
Which path do I follow?
The dark path of the soul
How do I return, How do I return?

In the fleeing of my body
I breathe
From yesterday's prison
I depart

Leave...

How did I get here?
And I step along a tightrope naked
On the stage without a mask and words
How do I escape, how do I escape?

Leave...

Helena Paparizou - To Fili Tis Zois (=The Kiss Of Life)
Now leaving the sappy romantic love songs and going on to something more up-beat and dynamic. Helena Paparizou won us first place in the Eurovision contest of 2005 with the song "My Number One" and since then has had nothing but success. This specific song is awesome. Guitars, rhythm, style. It's all there. XD

A ship that travels on the waters
The sweet destination is your prison
And if I went somewhere else, to another shore
I was bewitched by the gaze of your soul

And you left the gifts on open water
You didn't have anyone to give them to

Chorus:
On the brink of disaster
You give me the kiss of life
And I go where you go, my heart
In the bay of resistance
You give me the kiss of life
I'm an island, you're an island, too, my land

Bridge:
Don't go, don't run
I need you to withstand
Until I break free from my bonds
Don't go, don't run
I need you to withstand
Until I spread my wings

The sun kisses you at the bulwark
I don't know you well, but I'm dying
To see at our great moment
The years I was a castle under siege

A mystery that is struck by love
The moment you weren't looking for it

Repeat chorus
Repeat bridge

"A mystery that is struck by love..."

Dimitris Korgialas - Horis Esena (=Without You)
I like this guy a lot, even though he dresses like a goth put plays techno-pop music. This is actually the first song of his I heard, and remains one of my favorite to this day. He wrote the music and the lyrics himself, too. Now that's what I call a musician!

I've been here for so long
In a never-ending darkness
That I want you, it still hurts me
And it counts down my every night

But my love is a fire
A river that drowns me
And it awakens me in a forest
It leaves me there

Chorus:
I want to come
To tell you
Without you I can't stand to live
I can't
It's better that I'm leaving

Repeat chorus

I've been trying for so long
To enclose you in my dreams
I always follow your shadow
But I lose you before I touch you

My love is like the sky
Like a tree that always changes
And tonight it looks like it's different
And that scares me

Repeat chorus 4x

Giorgos Tsalikis - Sta Pliktra Tou Kormious Sou (=On The Keys Of Your Body)
"Keys" here meaning the keys of a piano. XP Sometimes, we Greeks have one word for a phrase other people use while sometimes we have long translations of a single word (like in French, I've noticed). Another sappy love song. Yes, I tend to be a sucker for them.

Kisses and caresses, small signs
And two hearts that melt from the fever
With every beat I discover
New ways to tell you that I love you

Chorus:
I will gather clouds to make you a bed
Under the full moon, I will lie next to you
I will gather words which are spoken only at night
Today, my heart, we will not say goodnight
I will write you a winter song
Soft and beautiful like a wildflower
I will dress it in notes from your sighs
On the keys of your body

Kisses and caresses, small gemstones
Small pieces of paradise on your neck
I cannot breathe enough
Your warm sweat on the pillow

Repeat chorus

I will gather clouds to make you a bed
Under the full moon, I will lie next to you
I will dress it in notes from your sighs
On the keys of your body

Giannis Kotsiras - Se Erotevomai (=I'm Falling In Love With You)
The whole word-thing I mentioned before is proved here, too. For one word we have, in English it's one long phrase. Ah, well. Kotsiras is a favorite of mine, and this song was one of the songs that made my heart flutter. Yes. I AM A HOPELESS ROMANTIC SO SUE ME.

I thought that I had gotten lost
On the dark path
You showed me how to believe again
That heaven exists

In sorrow I was a brother
But in happiness, a stranger
You showed me how to stand tall
To start again from the end

Chorus:
I'm falling in love with you
And you silently
Enter my sleep
And you bring me my dreams
I'm falling in love with you
I become your ashes
And I'm born a child once again
Through your love

I was a shipwrecked man out at open sea
I awoke upon the sand
And like a flower that leans towards the light
I lean upon your shoulder

Through the leaves, the sky
The sky that you hold
In this world that is broken down by time
And by that which is built by love

Repeat chorus

Thanos Petrelis - Anifora (=Uphill Climb)
Don't judge this song by the title. It's really good. Although Petrelis's music is kind of traditional (the so-called "laika" as we call them here), he's not as horrible-sounding as everyone else. I mean, who wants to listen to that high-strung Greek guitar/lute thingy all the time? I don't! I abhor it! But this song is actually pop-rock sounding. Go figure!

Yes...
I want to leave this place
I am tired of loving you
Always doing what you want

Yes...
I gave you my life
I became a rug for you to step on
You took everything and I wonder

Chorus:
What else do you want from my life now?
You were always an uphill climb
That I am now tired of climbing
What else do you want, I don't understand

Repeat chorus 2x

Yes...
I was always willing
To run to sacrifice myself
Tell me, what did you do?

Yes...
You left me with nothing
You kept everything for yourself
And still that's wasn't enough for you

Repeat chorus 5x

C:REAL - Meine Dipla Mou (=Stay By My Side)
C:REAL is a Greek band that has finally found the success they deserve. This specific song is, in my opinion, their most heart-felt and beautiful. I adore it to pieces.

Stay by my side for a little
And don't ask of me to leave
No matter how much I try
Something always brings me back here

Now love reminds me
Of a dangerous game
If I choose the wrong way
I will lose myself forevermore

Chorus:
Stay by my side for your sake
Say that you stayed for my sake
The truth and the lie
Have been burning inside of me for some time
Stay by my side for my sake
Tell me now what I should feel
Should I give you my soul
Or cry in anger?

Stay by my side for my sake

Like a spirit in a stranger's body
I'm still standing here
And your childlike glance
Is a path into emptiness

This love that I'm hiding
Is killing me bit by bit
Don't ask, no one knows
What is wrong, what is right

Repeat chorus

Stay by my side for my sake
Say that you stayed for your sake...
Stay by my side for your sake
Say that you stayed for my sake...

Mihalis Hatzigiannis - Horis Anapnoi (=Without Breath)
And here, we reach the last song in my top 10 list (remember, they weren't put in any specific order because I love all of these songs equally). Mihalis Hatzigiannis is a hunk! Really! And he writes the music for the majority of his songs. What more do you want? XDDD

It’s been hours since I’ve been here
Without breath
At the same rhythm
We get tied to each other
The pulse gets stronger
The contact gets closer

My God, I’ve seen it all

Chorus:
And time is ticking the other way around
And we embrace and our hands join together
My heart beats like crazy
And we're both thrown to the stars
But the way we go on at the speed of light
I close my eyes and I hold you tightly
And before the sky has time to explode
At the peak I finally cry out

I love you [3x]

It’s been hours since I’ve said
That this is where logic ends
Something beyond my mind
Gives me an order
I’ll enter another dimension
I’ll chance my time

Because I’ve seen it all

Repeat chorus

I love you [4x]

Repeat chorus

I love you [5x]

I hope you don't mind I uploaded these files on Mediafire. It's really much easier for me as I've been using it to upload everything else. If it's a bother I can just upload all these songs in a zip and upload it on Rapidshare or Megaupload. Please comment if you download!

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