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Seven songs by Vangelis and Jon Anderson. |
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Moyan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 29 2024 Location: Suffex Status: Offline Points: 985 |
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![]() The Greek musician Vangelis Papathanassíou, keyboardist for Aphrodite's Child in the early 1970s, was a possible candidate for the vacant position of keyboardist in Yes in 1974. Although it didn't happen, there were lively contacts between electronic music mage Vangelis and Yes singer Jon Anderson. The following years, Jon Anderson appeared as a guest singer on the Vangelis albums "Heaven and Hell" and "See You Later," and three albums under the name "Jon and Vangelis" were released in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and one album in 1991. The duo created some magical songs and indeed achieved some success. Here is my choice of seven musical fruits of their collaboration, chosen from Vangelis albums featuring Anderson and from the Jon & Vangelis discography. Edited by Moyan - April 14 2024 at 05:26 |
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Octopus II ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 21 2023 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 7777 |
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I voted for 'I Hear You Now', but my favourite Jon & Vangelis song is 'I'll Find My Way Home'.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 35656 |
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A second vote for "I Hear You Now", although my favourite is also "I'll Find My Way Home".
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Manuel ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12521 |
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These are all beautiful pieces of music, so it's a hard choice for me. I voted for Play Within a Play, but it could have gone any other way.
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Mormegil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 6547 |
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I Hear You Now gets the nod.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26471 |
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Play Within A Play from the list although the The Friends Of Mr Cairo easily stands out for me. Their homage to old cinema comes directly from the heart.
Edited by richardh - April 14 2024 at 23:06 |
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octopus-4 ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams Joined: October 31 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13457 |
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So Long Ago So Clear is my choice, but Curious Electric would have been my second.
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VianaProghead ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: July 15 2015 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 2690 |
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"Play Within a Play".
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"PROG IS MY FERRARI".
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Criswell ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2023 Location: Illinois Status: Offline Points: 270 |
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I've always thought Anderson's voice never sounded better than on "So Long Ago, So Clear"...
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jude111 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: October 20 2009 Location: Not Here Status: Offline Points: 1754 |
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Generally, I'm not a fan of their work together - although I quite like Yes, and Vangelis is among my absolute desert-island favorites. The one piece I absolutely love is "So Long Ago, So Clear," which manages to combine what I love about both artists. It could *almost* be on the Blade Runner soundtrack; or at least, exist in that universe.
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Boojieboy ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 02 2016 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 606 |
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I don't know any of those, but I do know "Loved By the Sun" by Jon and Tangerine Dream, which is great. So that gets my vote, even if it's not a choice!
Edited by Boojieboy - April 22 2024 at 14:47 |
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