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• Hello my old and dear friend

  Thread: Hello my old and dear friend (0 Replies, 17,608 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  I miss our chats, Amethystos. The company will soon be officially incorporated - it took much longer than I thought.
  
  Na'ste kala, file agaphmene mou . . .

• Maria Fotiou - I orea Eleni

  Thread: Maria Fotiou - I orea Eleni (1 Replies, 2,907 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Ναι, ξέρω ότι υπάρχουν μεταφράσεις. Αλλά θα ήμουν ευγνώμων για τα δικά σας.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWUIYbj2zT4

• Tania Tsanaklidou - Iliahtida

  Thread: Tania Tsanaklidou - Iliahtida (1 Replies, 2,320 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rjqKpyJ8Gw&feature=share

• στις 1:28 - ακούστε - "scat" (όπως και στην "jazz") !!!!!!!!

  Thread: στις 1:28 - ακούστε - "scat" (όπως και στην "jazz") !!!!!!!! (0 Replies, 12,376 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZVufcgVIw
  
  !!!!!!!!!

• OK thank you - I think the station made a mistake...

  Thread: Για σένα που αγάπησα (από Ζαμπέτας) - ο σωστός τίτλ (2 Replies, 13,088 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  OK thank you - I think the station made a mistake in their playlist -
  
  http://www.arionradio.com/arionlaikos/player/
  
  because Duffy can't remember one like this either.

• Για σένα που αγάπησα (από Ζαμπέτας) - ο σωστός τίτλ

  Thread: Για σένα που αγάπησα (από Ζαμπέτας) - ο σωστός τίτλ (2 Replies, 13,088 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - υπάρχει ένα τραγούδι από Ζαμπέτας με αυτά τα λόγια:
  "Για σένα που αγάπησα"
  Αλλά αυτές οι λέξεις δεν είναι ο τίτλος του τραγουδιού.
  
  Ξέρετε ο σωστός τίτλος αυτού του τραγουδιού από...

• Thank you for clarifying about the links ! ...

  Thread: Giorgo Mouflouzelis - "Η μόστρα σου είναι όμορφη" ;;;;;;;;; (4 Replies, 2,956 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you for clarifying about the links !
  
  Here is "Duffy Dack's" translation (he did it on Facebook for me). It is very similar to yours, but different in a couple of places. Interesting, very...

• Greek "aptaliko" is NOT Turkish "karsilama"

  Thread: Greek "aptaliko" is NOT Turkish "karsilama" (0 Replies, 12,217 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  A couple of years ago, there was a long discussion in this forum about Greek songs which sound like Turkish karsilama songs because they are in the 9/9 rhythm.
  
  I recently found out from a friend...

• Σας ευχαριστώ, όπως πάντα, φίλε μου. Αλλά - οι...

  Thread: Giorgo Mouflouzelis - "Η μόστρα σου είναι όμορφη" ;;;;;;;;; (4 Replies, 2,956 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Σας ευχαριστώ, όπως πάντα, φίλε μου.
  
  Αλλά - οι συνδέσεις;

• Giorgo Mouflouzelis - "Η μόστρα σου είναι όμορφη" ;;;;;;;;;

  Thread: Giorgo Mouflouzelis - "Η μόστρα σου είναι όμορφη" ;;;;;;;;; (4 Replies, 2,956 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  What the h** do these lyrics mean?
  
  I am sure that you can figure them out, but I bet that the translation will be a good challenge for you !!!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZW-z1jvDsk
  
  Η...

• Thank you as always, file mou! I will let our...

  Thread: Amethystos - listen to this song! Loizos was such a genius! (5 Replies, 14,732 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you as always, file mou! I will let our friend Panos (the young composer from Volos) know that you remember another one ....
  
  By the way, your memory of songs is amazing - and your ability to...

• Amethystos - listen to this song! Loizos was such a genius!

  Thread: Amethystos - listen to this song! Loizos was such a genius! (5 Replies, 14,732 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Listen! This song switches back and forth between hasapiko and zeimbekiko - hasapiko for the verse and zeimbekiko for the chorus ...
  
  Amazing !!!!! Brilliant !!!! Very difficult to mix these...

• wine: "oinos" kai "krasi"

  Thread: wine: "oinos" kai "krasi" (0 Replies, 11,527 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1730764843871305&id=100008134184696

• What is the old Israeli song that sounds like this Greek song from 1970?

  Thread: What is the old Israeli song that sounds like this Greek song from 1970? (0 Replies, 18,394 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Please listen to this video from 0:52 - 1:35.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IcKNq5qiu0
  
  To me, this section of the song sounds very similar to an old Israeli song from the same time period ...

• New song (dance music, modern) by our friend Panos Koutselinis

  Thread: New song (dance music, modern) by our friend Panos Koutselinis (0 Replies, 11,839 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - here is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vh-iEjFYQ0a new song (dance music, modern) by our friend Panos Koutselinis.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vh-iEjFYQ0

• I am glad that you approve of the correction by...

  Thread: ρεμπέτικα, λαϊκά. (5 Replies, 12,668 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  I am glad that you approve of the correction by Duffy.
  
  But as usual ... LOL . . .Duffy disagrees with my generalization here. He says that the best laika composers in Greece wrote of "life...

• Here is Duffy's correction ... perhaps you will...

  Thread: ρεμπέτικα, λαϊκά. (5 Replies, 12,668 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Here is Duffy's correction ... perhaps you will translate the same way:
  
  Όταν αγωνιζόμαστε στη ζωή για τα προς το ζην, χρειαζόμαστε τα ρεμπέτικα.
  Όταν είμαστε ερωτευμένοι, χρειαζόμαστε τα λαϊκά

• Yes, please!!! Thank you. These were...

  Thread: ρεμπέτικα, λαϊκά. (5 Replies, 12,668 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Yes, please!!! Thank you.
  
  These were understood by Greeks on Facebook pretty well - even Duffy made no correction.
  
  And therefore, I thought they were correct Greek for the English:
  
  "When we...

• ρεμπέτικα, λαϊκά.

  Thread: ρεμπέτικα, λαϊκά. (5 Replies, 12,668 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Όταν αγωνιζόμαστε στη ζωή για να κάνει τα προς το ζην, χρειαζόμαστε ρεμπέτικα.
  Όταν είμαστε στην αγάπη, χρειαζόμαστε λαϊκά.

• "πόνος στο γάιδαρο» ("pain in the ***", in English . . .)

  Thread: "πόνος στο γάιδαρο» ("pain in the ***", in English . . .) (0 Replies, 12,337 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Είναι ατυχές το γεγονός ότι οι Έλληνες δεν έχουν την έκφραση "πόνος στο γάιδαρο». Αντί γι 'αυτό, οι Έλληνες λένε "Πολύ ενοχλητικός". Νομίζω ότι οι Έλληνες θα πρέπει να αρχίσουν να λένε "πόνος στο...

• Thank you as always . . .

  Thread: Τι σημαίνει αυτή η παλιά λέξη σημαίνει: "ξεμυαλί&a (2 Replies, 13,085 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you as always . . .

• Thank you a million times a million times,...

  Thread: New neo-laika song with lyrics by our own "Duffy Dack" - please translate ! (2 Replies, 2,862 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you a million times a million times, Amethystos. That is a perfect "colloquial" English translation - I now understand completely what Duffy wrote in Greek, based on my original English...

• Τι σημαίνει αυτή η παλιά λέξη σημαίνει: "ξεμυαλί&a

  Thread: Τι σημαίνει αυτή η παλιά λέξη σημαίνει: "ξεμυαλί&a (2 Replies, 13,085 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J15QrXkQRzs
  
  
  
  
  Στίχοι: M.Χιώτης
  Μουσική: M.Χιώτης
  Ερμηνευτές: Χασκίλ Στέλλα, Σαλονικιά
  
  Θαρρείς και μάγια μου 'κανες

• New neo-laika song with lyrics by our own "Duffy Dack" - please translate !

  Thread: New neo-laika song with lyrics by our own "Duffy Dack" - please translate ! (2 Replies, 2,862 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - if and when you have a moment, I would really like to see your translation of this . . . if you have no time, perhaps someone else will do it for us ! And of course, I would love to...

• A fragment of colloquial Greek which I find fascinating:

  Thread: A fragment of colloquial Greek which I find fascinating: (0 Replies, 13,210 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  A fragment of colloquial Greek which I find fascinating:
  
  Δεν το έχω κανει ξανά (I have not done this before.)
  
  What's interesting (to me, anyway!) is that it literally means "I do not do...

• Hi Amethystos - Αυτές οι στίχοι εντάξει για ένα ελληνικό τρα&

  Thread: Hi Amethystos - Αυτές οι στίχοι εντάξει για ένα ελληνικό τρα& (0 Replies, 12,160 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Hi - τι νομίζετε; Αυτές οι στίχοι εντάξει για ένα ελληνικό τραγούδι; Μάλλον όχι ... LOL
  
  στην παραλία, ο ήλιος βρίσκει ξανθά μαλλιά σας
  το φως συναντά το φως
  από το τζάκι, η φωτιά βρίσκει τα...

• I don't know Steve - maybe you are correct ...

  Thread: Amethystos - why do you transliterate χασαπικο with two s's? (4 Replies, 14,629 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  I don't know Steve - maybe you are correct ...

• Thank you so much, Amethystos. Ane best wishes...

  Thread: ποια είναι η γνώμη σας, Αμέθυστος; Καλή στίχους γι (2 Replies, 12,833 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you so much, Amethystos. Ane best wishes for the New Year to you as well.
  
  Here are the Greek lyrics which Duffy has already written for the new hasapiko. I think they are close to the...

• ποια είναι η γνώμη σας, Αμέθυστος; Καλή στίχους γι

  Thread: ποια είναι η γνώμη σας, Αμέθυστος; Καλή στίχους γι (2 Replies, 12,833 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  I have asked Duffy to see if he can make Greek lyrics for a good hasapiko from these ... I hope he can do it ! (But if you want to try also ... LOL !!!!)
  
  One Lifetime Is Too Short
  
  Why should...

• The situation was resolved last week - the Greek...

  Thread: The Greek sense of "urgency" and the US sense of "urgency" (1 Replies, 13,479 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  The situation was resolved last week - the Greek bank actually honored the revocation of the revocation and the money is safely in the lawyer's account in Greece. So, a month for three transactions...

• και ο ήλιος θε να βγεί (New song lyrics by Duffy Dack and David Halitsky)

  Thread: και ο ήλιος θε να βγεί (New song lyrics by Duffy Dack and David Halitsky) (1 Replies, 4,902 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  και ο ήλιος θε να βγεί
  
  Ένα βράδυ στο κουτούκι
  όλοι οι φίλοι σε κερνούνε
  οι γυναίκες σ' αγαπάνε
  αλλά δεν το 'μολογούνε
  
  Γλυκοπαίζει το μπουζούκι
  στην υγειά μας βρε παιδιά
  τη βραδιά μας...

• The Greek sense of "urgency" and the US sense of "urgency"

  Thread: The Greek sense of "urgency" and the US sense of "urgency" (1 Replies, 13,479 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos and Duffy Dack - I thought you would appreciate the humor in the story that I tell below. Unfortunately, the serious side of the story is that delay on the part of the National Bank of...

• Arionradio.com ... GREAT web station (with a "mono laika" channel

  Thread: Arionradio.com ... GREAT web station (with a "mono laika" channel (0 Replies, 13,115 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  http://www.arionradio.com/arionlaikos/player/
  
  Great playlist ... this is the "mono laika" channel - listen - all great songs !!!! Classics !!!!

• Παρακαλώ - Οπως ακριβώς ανασαίνω (Marinella)

  Thread: Παρακαλώ - Οπως ακριβώς ανασαίνω (Marinella) (1 Replies, 5,404 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV9DOOd9AP0
  
  Οπως ακριβώς ανασαίνω
  
  Κείνες τις ώρες που μου λείπεις
  στις απουσίες της αγάπης
  η μοναξιά μου με σταυρώνει
  στο παραθύρι, στο μπαλκόνι
  για να...

• Thank you as always, K. Amethystos ...

  Thread: Is this poem suitable as the basis for a Greek song? Please tell me your opinion (5 Replies, 14,178 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you as always, K. Amethystos ...

• Amethystos - The young Greek songwriter...

  Thread: Is this poem suitable as the basis for a Greek song? Please tell me your opinion (5 Replies, 14,178 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos -
  
  The young Greek songwriter Ελεάνα Τσεσμελή has asked me for a poem she can adapt for a song that Lydia Mavrou might like to sing.
  
  I have reworked the song at the top of the this...

• "I'll gladly assist your idea David." Thank...

  Thread: New Non-Profit Greek Record Label for Old Laika and Rebetika from UNSIGNED artists .. (5 Replies, 16,372 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  "I'll gladly assist your idea David."
  
  Thank you, K. Amethystos. As soon as incoporation gets under way, I will be in touch ...

• Great news Amethystos Annamarie Buonocore is...

  Thread: New Non-Profit Greek Record Label for Old Laika and Rebetika from UNSIGNED artists .. (5 Replies, 16,372 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Great news Amethystos
  
  Annamarie Buonocore is the publisher of Voices, the journal of VoicesOfHellenism.org, where our poem was published
  
  https://www.facebook.com/annamarie.buonocore
  ...

• Thank you so much for the good wishes,...

  Thread: New Non-Profit Greek Record Label for Old Laika and Rebetika from UNSIGNED artists .. (5 Replies, 16,372 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Thank you so much for the good wishes, Amethystos.
  
  I will tell you something funny - you will laugh.
  
  Originally, I intended to call the new company "A&D Records", because Amethystos and Duffy ...

• New Non-Profit Greek Record Label for Old Laika and Rebetika from UNSIGNED artists ..

  Thread: New Non-Profit Greek Record Label for Old Laika and Rebetika from UNSIGNED artists .. (5 Replies, 16,372 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  If you're on Facebook, read this link.
  
  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1617470671867390&id=100008134184696
  
  If you're not on FB, here's what the link says:
  ...

• Here are the Greek lyrics for "You'll Never Walk Alone"

  Thread: Here are the Greek lyrics for "You'll Never Walk Alone" (0 Replies, 14,129 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - this is a "legit" translation from this page:
  
  http://metafrasi-stichon.com/tragoudi/epideixi/163074/barbra-streisand/stichous-kai-ti-metafrasi-youll-never-walk-alone/
  ...

• Amethystos - thanks as always. The translation...

  Thread: Is this poem suitable as the basis for a Greek song? Please tell me your opinion (5 Replies, 14,178 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - thanks as always. The translation was actually understood quite well by an "average-Joe GreeK" but maybe that guy is so used to the way Google speaks Greek that he doesn't have a big a...

• Is this poem suitable as the basis for a Greek song? Please tell me your opinion

  Thread: Is this poem suitable as the basis for a Greek song? Please tell me your opinion (5 Replies, 14,178 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Is this poem suitable as the basis for a Greek song? Please tell me your opinion. Thanks.
  
  Tο κοίλο του χεριού μου
  
  Καθώς περπατούσα μέσα από τους λόφους
  κατά μήκος ενός μικρού σαφές ρεύμα...

• A simple trick to improve the performance of Google translator from English to Greek

  Thread: A simple trick to improve the performance of Google translator from English to Greek (0 Replies, 12,251 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  When using Google translator to go from English to Greek, do the following:
  
  Instead of typing I, you, he, she, we in the English, type "I myself", "you yourself" or "you yourselves", "he himself",...

• Eudaimon - if you feel like doing another translation, I would be indebted ...

  Thread: Eudaimon - if you feel like doing another translation, I would be indebted ... (1 Replies, 4,093 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Yl875JpL0&app=desktop

• Amethystos - two songs that are begging for English > Greek translation

  Thread: Amethystos - two songs that are begging for English > Greek translation (0 Replies, 12,451 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - the next time you feel like exercising your English > Greek translation muscles, here are two American songs that are begging and crying-out for translation to Greek (unless you can find...

• My god, Amethystos - I knew you were...

  Thread: Amethystos - difference between "πολύ καλοί φίλοι" and "καλοί φίλοι" (6 Replies, 13,742 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  My god, Amethystos - I knew you were disillusioned, but I didn't realize HOW disilluisioned ... LOL
  
  You cannot even recognize a "cry from the heart" ("cri de coeur" in French) any longer ... LOL
  ...

• Well, Amethystos, just to keep you up-to-date on...

  Thread: Amethystos - difference between "πολύ καλοί φίλοι" and "καλοί φίλοι" (6 Replies, 13,742 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Well, Amethystos, just to keep you up-to-date on this "developing story" (LOL!), here is what she meant by "πολύ καλοί φίλοι". From what she wrote, she strikes me as a very good and sincere person...

• That was short and to the point, Amethystos - LOL...

  Thread: Amethystos - difference between "πολύ καλοί φίλοι" and "καλοί φίλοι" (6 Replies, 13,742 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  That was short and to the point, Amethystos - LOL ....
  
  But I have a Greek friend who disagrees - he says the distinction is the same as in English - one holds out more chance of something more...

• Amethystos - difference between "πολύ καλοί φίλοι" and "καλοί φίλοι"

  Thread: Amethystos - difference between "πολύ καλοί φίλοι" and "καλοί φίλοι" (6 Replies, 13,742 Views) by David Halitsky

  
  

  Amethystos - in Greece, if a Greek woman tells a man she wants to be "πολύ καλοί φίλοι", is that any different from telling him she wants to be "καλοί φίλοι"?
  
  In other words, does "πολύ καλοί...