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Question about name of this song (Greek)

ArmoOudist - 7-26-2022 at 01:12 PM

I'm wondering if anyone knows the name of the song that starts at around 1:40.
Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBSV_ogg0uU

Jody Stecher - 7-26-2022 at 01:22 PM

According to one of the comments below the video the two songs are " milo mou kokkino and a po po Maria". The words to chorus of the first song are clearly sung as "o po po Maria" so perhaps the name of the second song is "Milo Mou Kokkino". I'm not hearing those words, but then I don't speak Greek,

ArmoOudist - 7-26-2022 at 01:41 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Jody Stecher  
According to one of the comments below the video the two songs are " milo mou kokkino and a po po Maria". The words to chorus of the first song are clearly sung as "o po po Maria" so perhaps the name of the second song is "Milo Mou Kokkino". I'm not hearing those words, but then I don't speak Greek,


I looked up Milo Mou Kokkino, the versions I heard sounded really different.

ArmoOudist - 7-26-2022 at 03:14 PM

Found it, it's Droom Droom Droom.
Recording here by nana Mouskouri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgwrzXfK4OM

Tulis - 7-27-2022 at 04:52 AM

The song is "popopo Maria".
Is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGwdw6mTScQ
But in your link they play it a little confused.

elreyrico - 7-27-2022 at 01:26 PM

Ena Sabato vrady kale

one of the first tunes i learned. I think from the book of Kyriakos Kalaitzidis. It is in 7/8

Ralf Krueger - 7-27-2022 at 01:44 PM

Popopo Maria refers to the first song until 1:40.

Later it switches to ???????? (Jerakina):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTEaAO7r1Ps
https://folkdancefootnotes.org/music/lyrics-english-translations/ger...

Remarkably, the version of Nana Mouskouri is played as Syrto (8/8), instead of Kalamatiano (9/8).

Not sure, but it seems that there is also a very short intermezzo of another song. Just one verse, from 1:40 to 2:04 min. Different Melody, but similar lyrics as Jerakina, starting also with "??????..." (Kinise...). Just a guess, maybe a greek speaking person can help out..



John Erlich - 8-12-2022 at 09:25 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ArmoOudist  
Found it, it's Droom Droom Droom.
Recording here by nana Mouskouri
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgwrzXfK4OM
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I think the "official" name of "Droom Droom" may be "Gerakina." I found a score in E (terrible for Arabic oud) - https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2019/09/gerakina-yerakina.html and one in Eb, which is a a bit better (though published with weird English lyrics) - https://folkdancefootnotes.org/music/lyrics-singable-english/gerakin...

Ralf Krueger - 8-14-2022 at 01:34 PM

Indeed strange keys. The other score from folkdancefootnotes.org was in G. Maybe the choice of Eb is related to wind instruments (clarino)?

The scores point also to an obvious mistake in my last post: Kalamatiano is of course 7/8, not 9/8. Sorry for the confusion. Got mixed up while trying to insert greek letters, which obviously did not work (all the question marks). It looked fine in the preview, though.