A song from my first solo album “Never & Nothing” [Pote & Tipota] with poems by Elias Petropoulos
This album was first released by Virgin/EMI, in 2000
and later rearranged and produced with Oannes, re-released in 2004.
It was our first collaboration before forming …MK-O!
• Composed, arranged & performed by Marina Kanavaki
• Poems: Elias Petropoulos
• Rearranged and produced by Marina Kanavaki and Oannes
…with my very sincere apologies to Elias [who is no longer living thus unable to scold me] here is a translation of his poem.
Kimame vathia… / Deeply I sleep…
I sleep deeply and dream
and I see me in a coffin.
It seems, I was killed by a car
so someone else has the criminal liability.
I wake up agitated
and open the Oneiromancer [dream decoder]
which interprets my nightmare
as imminent success in love.[The male voice at the beginning of the song is Elias’ voice recorded on my answering machine]
As a note, I sing this poem reading it backwards, from last word to the beginning.
As I wrote then in my introduction:
I am grateful to the poet
Forever and for Everything
❦
Categories: Appreciation, Marina, MK-O, MUSIC
I dreamed I was in a coffin once, but a golden angel appeared and gave me an ambrosia-flavored throat lozenge, and I stopped coffin… 🍨👍
Wow. This is incredible. A look back into your creative origins when you were an Olympus U. exchange student. That voice, that album cover photo– we’re talkin’ major chills here! You ruffled the feathers on my goose bumps, and that’s always a good thing. Thanks for sharing that, dear Marina, and I do hope you’re reading this comment backwards!! 😊
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Oh, I read it backwards and straight and back again and round round my head is spinning round and round and whoosh I’m on cloud 9!!!! Not even Zeus is taking me down!!!! 🥴🤯🤩😊🌪☁️🌬🌪☺ …wait, ambrosia fountain on your way with my eternal gratitude! …now I may return to my ☁️9🙄
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So beautiful! Gorgeous! Wishing you the best for 2020 🙂
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Ah, thank you so much!!!!! A wonderful 2020 to you too…. all good things! 😃☺️
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Your scholar/poet friend looks really cool. And you too. This is a really nice pic. Was he a professor or whaaaa? 🙂
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He was -as wikipedia says [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Petropoulos]- a “Greek author, folklorist and urban historian”… and a poet [they omitted that] He was an amazing person -workaholic to the end, a one of a kind personality and a gentleman …rare!!!! 🙂
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Well, if he liked coffee, he’s alright with me! Now, I don’t mean to pry my dear friend, but my curiosity always gets the better of me… were you a student there in Paris?
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Art and Design student in London at the time and as he was a family friend I visited him in Paris – I think it was 89 but not sure. Yes, he did like coffee! 😉
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Gosh, you were in London while I was in Kolkata! I took a bus through London but never spent any time. I loved the UK style back then! Must have been a great experience. 🙂 As for Paris, my only knowledge is thru another dear friend who has always been like a sister. Vicarious, vicarious, vicarious… just seems to be my way. 🙂
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Yes well, I’m told that I wouldn’t recognize any part of it if I visited today! 😦 I did have a great time back then. Paris, I only visited for two days but I did manage to see quite a bit! Kolkata huh?!!!!
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Yes I studied in a small village near Kolkata. A school founded by Rabindranath Tagore. But I’m way more interested in Europe these days. Back then the prospect of travelling in Europe was almost fearsome! 🙂
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Tagore!!!!!!! That definitely sounds brilliant!!!!! How wonderful!!!!! 🙂 🙂
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Backing up to Elias… I just read the Wiki entry more carefully. My glib comment was the result of a quick scan and, being a coffee lover myself, of course noticed that first! Geez, your friend has quite the resume. Hopefully he’ll come and haunt me for a while… I could use some good, intelligent help here! 🙂 Petropoulis… what is that, city of the rock? (guess) 🙂
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Nuh… you’ve got all you need!!! 😉 Petroupolis is an area in Athens and yes it means town of rock! 🙂
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I suppose you’re right but…
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, “you must not ask for so much”
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me, “hey, why not ask for more?”
Oh, like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
😀😁🙂
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I’m guessing that L.C. must have realized that the trick is not to try! 😉 😉
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LOL. He “ached in the places where he used to play” but he still dug The Tower of Song. He and Hank Williams, I guess. 🙂 🙂 (Linux again, or there would be some very funny faces!)
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🙂 🙂
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Ooops… *****poulos – waking up from a nap… sipping on … you guessed it. 🙂
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🤣😂🤣😂
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🌎🌏🌞🌟 😊
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someone’s off Linux! 😉
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lol… I just like the little pics so much! 😂🤣😅
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ditto!!!!
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actually… to be honest… I’m accessing a Windows machine via a Linux machine! Best of both worlds! 🤩 Oh, and one other thing… when I send those hearts via my android tablet, they appear here as a 360 circle of small hearts… sort of like a general love bomb (as in AGAPE). But they might show as two hearts on a PC. That’s not my intention of course. Just thought I should clarify, all considering. 😊😊
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🙂 🙂 !!!!
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That is one wonderful, fantastic piece of music. OMG! You are so very talented, dear Marina!
I loved everything about this… your voice is superb!
It’s an honour to know you!
Give Hera some sugar (love) from me, and always be you. You are amazing.
Much love and respect, Resa
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Awwwwwwww…… I am so so happy you liked it, my sweet friend and you know how proud I am of our friendship and how honored I am too! Hera sends love back with tail wags and I’m sending you the biggest hug ever! much love and -Aretha way- r e s p e c t back!!!!!!!
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Seriously… I got a bit of a start after sending that android icon and seeing how it was translated on my PC! But you know… you are like a sis of sorts. A fun person. I’m honored to ‘know’ you… as much as we can on the web! 🙂
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Likewise, my friend!!! 🙂
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Awww. So it’s all cleared up! 🙂
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Was from the start! 😉 🙂
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I’m just working on another “Vinyl Guy..” so easy to get distracted by your bright genius! Must go for now. 🙂 🙂
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An intriguing and haunting piece Marina. Lovely ❤
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Thanks so much… this means a lot coming from you! ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
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So delightful! 😍
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Ah, thank you, my dear Sylvia!!!!! 🤗😀🤗😘😘
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Most interesting… I sleep deeply and dream, and I see me in a coffin. ‘Tis a memorable first, that I can’t help but think, ‘how very Greek be these lyricks’, as in a Greek tragedy, and the kind of introductory musical voice lament, that fits well with your said lyricks, both of which expressions being of a rather macabre ambience. It would be interesting to hear a sample of one of your most resent recordings so as to witness hearing the evolution of your work over the last 15 years.
All it seems whom has a bend for creating verse in song or in verse, seem eventually at some point to deal with mortality of a kind. An example, with a few lines of one of my poems from somewhere back then…
I am made wait
To come alive,
Unlikely though
I’ll realize,
Beyond a state
Of living dead,
For destined fate
Chose so my stead…
And so my artistic friend, I believe we have common influences…
JJ
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Indeed, my friend, mortality will come up one way or another especially to artists – thank you for your beautiful poem!- Petropoulos who wrote this, was -as I like to call him- a sentimental cynic, and this is very much felt in his poems too. My/our latest recording is Ether with Oannes (MK-O) , recorded in 2015 (https://m.soundcloud.com/mk-o). I never considered myself a singer, I just use my voice to complement my compositions.
Yes, we do have common influences indeed! 😀
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You have to be one of the most creative persons in my sphere. 🙂
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Aww, Frank you flatter me too much and I’m sure this is not true!!!!! Thanksgiving maybe gone but to me it’s everyday so in case I haven’t mentioned it lately, I’m very grateful for our friendship! Yamas! 😀🍷
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… and I am equally grateful! A toast to the goodness throughout the world! … Clink … and Yamas! … Clink
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clink clink!!!!! 🍷
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What a pure and delightful voice you have, Marina!
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Awww…. Dale, you make me blush!!!!! 😘😘😘
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I’m just a tell-it-like-it-is kinda gal 😉
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…so imagonnakeep blushing! 😉 xoxoxoxoxoxo
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You do that!
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…I will, with gratitude and ❤️❤️❤️ …lots of it!
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fine job/ lovely work
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Thank you very much for your kind comment! 🙂
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