Manos Hadjidakis - I Marianthi ton Anemon

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  1. Amethystos's Avatar

    Amethystos said:

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    It's one of those times that I won't post the original version.
    I prefer this one.
    Link to original -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFfH2qebfyo

    [rQrsWaMDIRw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQrsWaMDIRw[/video]

    Τίτλος: Η Μαριανθη των ανέμων Τitle: Marianthi of winds
    Στίχοι: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις
    Μουσική: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις
    Τραγούδι: Νένα Βενετσάνου
    CD: Οι Μπαλάντες Της Οδού Αθηνάς (Νότος 1983)
    Track no: 01 (β πλευρά)
    Lyrics: Mano Hadjidakis
    Music: Mano Hadjidakis
    Sung by Nena Venetsanou
    CD: I balades tis odou Athinas (Notos 1983)
    Track no: 01 (side b)
    Μέσα από άγνωστο χωριό κοντά στον Παρνασσό
    ξεκίνησα για να δοκιμαστώ
    κι αυτούς που με παιδέψανε σαν άγιο και Χριστό
    τους έκοψα τον ένα τους μαστό

    Περπάτησα και πάτησα σε ζώντες και νεκρούς
    ξεπέρασα τους δίσεκτους καιρούς
    κι απόκτησα τον μύθο μου με στοχασμούς πικρούς
    σε υπόγειους δρόμους άδειους και υγρούς
    __________________________________________

    Με λεν Μαριάνθη κι είμ’από τρελή γενιά
    μισώ του κόσμου τη βία κι απονιά
    χιλιάδες μάτια με κοιτούν από μακριά
    και μου μετράνε της ζωής μου τα κεριά
    __________________________________________

    Μια χήρα από την Έφεσο δεν ήμουνα ποτές
    δεν είχα στρατιώτες για εραστές
    τα ζάρια μου τα έπαιξα στις φτωχογειτονιές
    και κέντησα τον πόνο με πενιές

    Δεν μπόρεσα να γίνω ούτε γυναίκα ούτε ευτυχής
    δεν δούλεψα σε οίκους ανοχής
    και μες την αναδίπλωση της νέας εποχής
    απόμεινα μια ανάμνηση ατυχής


    An inconspicuous village near mt Parnassos
    is where I started for testing myself
    and to those which pestered me, like if I was a saint or Jesus himself; I cut one of their breasts

    I walked and stepped over the dead and the alives
    I overcame the difficult times
    and I made my mythical name for my bitter thoughts
    (spoken) in empty, underground and moist streets
    __________________________________________

    They call me Marianthi, a fruit of an insane family tree
    I hate people's violence and apathy
    a thousand eyes stare me from a distance
    and count my birthday candles
    __________________________________________

    I was never an Ephesian widow,
    I never had soldiers for lovers
    I rolled my dice in poor neighborhoods
    and I embroidered my pain with bouzouki play

    I proved unable to be a woman (1) nor happy enough
    I didn't work in a brothel
    and after the unrolling of the new era
    I turned into a memory of bad luck


    (1) To become mother

    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"
     
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    ti les gia to perfomance tis natassas mpofilou?

    [c5ZsCNdbkVk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ZsCNdbkVk[/video]

    emena pantos m aresei perisotero
     
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    Amethystos said:

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    It's really hard to explain ....

    Bofiliou has a superior voice than the one that I prefer no question about it.
    But...

    There's a difference between singing and interpreting.
    The woman in the vid I posted (Georgia Tenta) is not singing the song, she has a clear view of a character called Marianthi.
    SHE IS Marianthi for these 2 minutes.
    In my mind Marianthi's words includes less the boredom of a middle aged - experienced woman
    and more an uncompromising revolutionary character who can be crazy of what she faces in her everyday life.
    That's why -personally speaking- an anxious and angry interpretation matches more lyrics' idea.
    Last edited by Amethystos; 04-30-2014 at 07:53 AM.
    "Gilgamesh, where are you hurrying to?
    You will never find that life for which you are looking.
    When the gods created man they allotted to him death,
    but life they retained in their own keeping"