Why do people keep saying that on so many groups/bands that were absolutely NOT underrated? Vangelis, for one, was a well know musical giant till his passing about six months ago, which makes it about two months before you wrote your comment. Demis Roussos was also a well-known artist. I humbly admit not knowing the other members. Having said that, Psychedelic Rock was a niche genre, but not underrated
Being 71 I have lived and experienced music from so many generations I feel my generation has been very lucky my grandparents born in 1890’s introduced me to old folk and music hall songs and old traditional balladsMy parents born in the 1900’s and 1920’s lived and fought through the war with the old crooners and big bands my mother sang with one in the war years.I have lived through the fifties,sixties ,seventies,from the Beatles the hippies and all the great heavy and rock bands including Jethro Tull and T Rex as well as the contemporary folk of the seventies and loved them all.In the words of a tradition Russian ballad “. THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIENDS “ WE ENJOYED EVERY ONE. LONG LIVE GOOD MUSIC.
My mom absolutely loved this song. I would hear it playing on her stereo almost every weekend when she would be getting ready to go out. She passed away a few years ago, and I miss her more than words can describe. But I will keep this song alive and listen to it in my mom’s honor until the day I die. Thank you for so many great memories, and for giving me the best childhood i could have asked for. I miss you, mom.
You really hit my nerve with this comment - all the best to You, mate - Your mom will always live in Your memories and it shows that You grew up in a very good relationship with Your parents like me. Psychedelic Greets from Germany and stay heavy! \m/
This was recorded well before digital technology provided an easy and affordable way to add reverb ambience to recordings. There were only two options back then: an actual echo chamber room wired with speakers and microphones that used up valuable real estate OR an expensive and also very large directly wired "plate" reverb panel device that also required a sizable space for isolation. I would love to know the details of how they achieved this incredible drum sound.
Yes, the perfect era! 16 to 24 track tech allowing properly panned instruments and running at 15 inches per second (the sixties mostly 4 to 8 track at half that speed reducing the fidelity). Prog rock creativity at its best before over-production 🙂
A great great band, the never the success they deserves. Better than all the other bands of that era, and we are talking about the greatest bands ever!
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I can't find words to describe this masterpiece, the whole album is a relic, one of the best progressive rock albums of all time! Aphrodite child, Demis Roussos and Vangelis for the world Greetings from Peru to all of Greece, a country that I wish to visit one day 🇬🇷🤝🇵🇪 ❤❤❤
Against all the probabilities in the 70's. Happened, someone coming outside a native english language country, 2 music genius, above average joined.. than splited and were a success all over the world. You left your mark. Vangelis and Demis Roussos
This was recorded in 1970. You can hear it has influenced a lot of rock that came after it. I love the guitar and the vocals, drums everything. Brilliant.
A fantastic masterpiece and 47 years old! I went back in time. There is no such music today. What a guitar solo and the drums!!! Irene Pappas sings with Vagelis, Roussos, Sideras and Koulouris! The soaring vocals of Demis Roussos seem to come from another dimension. A huge inspiration!❤❤❤
I still have 666 in my collection. The Four Horsemen was my favorite, Brings me back to my senior year in HS. I absolutely love the guitar solo. RIP Vangelis.
I don't think it is a stretch at all to say that this is one of the single best songs ever recorded. It's both haunting and entirely transformational. Once you have heard it, you are never the same person again.
My friends and I found this Album as teenagers and recorded it on cassette....played it Over and over....... while Tripping in Abandoned Sanitarium !....and just re discovered it....and Just as Awesome at 59 years old !!
The only other guitar solo that is on the same level as the one in this track is the one in Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. Both of these songs are just absolute Master Classes in how to do an INSANELY GREAT guitar solo. Simply world class!
Incredible music that should be far more widely known and appreciated. RIP Vangelis. The word genius is so often bandied about when someone dies. It definitely applies to him. Thanks for the music...xx
I was totally mind-blown when I first heard this track. Aphrodites Child 666 album is one of the finest and most mystical Prog albums ever made. You have to hear the entire double album to realise how awesome it actually is.
It's a cracking album, but I couldn't play it in the car as I could imagine in busy traffic during the summer playing it with the windows down and wanting to hide when the "orgasm" track comes on. I forget the title of the track and it's too late to go downstairs and look it up!
One of the greatest and most influencial songs in the history of music.The Album 666 inspired many great artists and should be considered a masterpiece of progressive rock. R.I.P. Great Demis !
i never heard about aphrodites' child until a couple months ago i found two vinyl LPs in our house. We have no idea where they suddenly came from. we have no vinyl record player so i looked it up on youtube and instantly fell in love with this song in particular.
@@wombatski100 Aphrodite's Child were based in France so were not listened in the UK, especially since they lasted 2.5 years. The last album, this one, was released after the split up of the band and was not promoted or played by radios, firstly because it has an orgasm song that lasts many minutes and the label thought that was over the top and should be taken out, and also because of the themes which were a little mistakenly interpreted. And because the band had disbanded and Demis Roussos was thinking of his personal plans already, while Vangelis was already writing music for film, I think the french film "sex", and the other two members were looking what to do next and Sideras was also considering going solo. The album took the ok to be released a year after the scheduled release and not played in radios. Eventually, slowly, it got its way and was appreciated in the UK by music lovers and appreciators who were looking around for stuff, without promotion not even in France let alone UK, and slowly started to be appreciated for the super quality of the album but gradually among people looking to find good music. But the album would not have been listened to in the UK early on I would think judging from the way was completed, released, and promoted in France. It is though one of the best prog albums of all time and widely recognized as such now.
The whole album "'666-χξς" is masterpiece! Many decades progressive! Vangelis Papathanasiou, Silver Koulouris, Demis Rousos, Loukas Sideris, the 4 , " Aphrodite's Child".
Counterpoint: Today you can listen to all the same music (I mean, we're both here listening to Aphrodite's Child, after all) but much easier than in the 70s before the internet existed. The rate of new good music might have slowed, but our cultural back catalog is more accessible than ever.
Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris is considered the best Greek rhythm guitarist and one of the best lead guitarists (I personally think his is the best Greek guitarist, period)
I remember when I bought the Album 1986 in the World of music in Munich. I didn't now what I bought but the cover looked cool. 1986 I was 18 year old. Today when I hear these tracks again, I realize that they have a great influence of my understanding of music. Thank you for that.
Ti amo Demis ❤️ forever in our hearts thank you for singing in so many languages capturing the hearts of people worldwide. So proud to be Mediterranean 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 viva la Grecia viva l’Italia è viva il mediterraneo !!!
I was born in 1965 - had 2 older brothers and sisters....I can remember this song very clearly when I was a young girl....blew me away then.....and still does...Vangelis was a genius songwriter....soundtrack for the recent Blade Runner is mind blowing....!!
Yes,I am German and born in 1962.A little bit too young for this music but when I became older I was atttracted by the Hippie-movement.And there I found this wonderful music!
Indeed. This song is just simply other-worldly. To really appreciate the brilliance of it though you really do need to listen to it at extremely high volume levels. This is one of those very rare songs that the louder you play it, the better it sounds. I would recommend listening to this song as loud as you possibly can (without damaging your hearing in the process). This is the kind of song that has the potential to make your head explode - and that's exactly what a track like this is intended to do.
This guys voice is so epic. Almost operatic. It really makes their music that much better. All the musicians are superb. So great to hear Biblical themes put to such wonderful music.
Masterpiese! ενα απο τα καλυτερα αλμπουμ που βγηκαν ποτε , που δεν κατατασσεται σε ενα ειδος , Περα απο τον Βαγγελη τον Ρουσσο , τον Σιδερα και τον Κουλουρη , κανει φωνητικα η Ειρηνη Παππα , και προλογει ο Τσαρουχης , στιχους ο τεραστιος Κωστας Φερρης .Διαχρονικο, ευχομαι και πιστευω η καλη μουσικη να ταξιδεψει στον χρονο και τις επομενες γενιες. Ευχαριστουμε που ντυσατε τις στιγμες μας με τις μουσικες σας! RIP τεραστιε Βαγγελη
ΚΑΛΗΜΕΡΑ.. Ο ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΠΟΥ ΠΙΝΕΙ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΝΤΕΜΗ ΜΕ ΤΗ ΦΑΛΑΚΡΑ...ΜΗΠΩΣ ΓΝΩΡΙΖΕΤΕ ΠΟΙΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ? ΑΥΤΟ ΤΟ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ ΝΑ ΤΟ ΕΧΩ ΑΚΟΥΣΕΙ ΚΑΙ 10 ΦΟΡΕΣ ΣΥΝΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ...ΜΕ ΜΑΓΕΥΕΙ
Hey there - the stunning and abbsolute unique voice brought me here (I don't even know about Ford Kuga 😊) Love this Song for ever! Sweet Greetings from Germany to Cymru - Iove your lovely country
The double-tracked vocals when the drums kick in get me every single time! this is a song you can just play over and over and over and it never gets boring!
My old mum, in her 90s now, had a bit of a thing for Demis, back in the day, never understood it till now, first time seeing and hearing this track, it kinda makes sense now, dirty ol mare.😅
The Four Horsemenاین ترانه که در مورد چهار اسب سوار دوران حضرت مسیح است جزو بهترینهای اوست هر چند از نظر من آلبومهای او همه زیبا هستند من را واقعا به ماورای خیال میبرد
Thanks Monkey D. I'm actually learning music production/mixing with the guitarists son in Finland. Nice profile pic! Just started watching the series lol
I'm 60 years old. Heard this song first time 😂 n A Greece under Dictatorship. Rock was Banned . Illegal . Can U imagine ? I was 6-7 and my cousin who played them with some v. Old Deep Purple ,he was grown to be Active in Resistance.G . I felt small. Since then I resist Authority instinctively . I haven't realise the Greatness of it till now . Thank you
I'm absolutely devastated and deeply saddened by the passing of one of "THE GREATEST" singers of the 20th century, the 666 album is one my all time favourites and I absolutely love the four horseman and Demis Roussos's soaring vocals sound like they emanate from another dimension. If there was ever a Greek god living among us mere mortals it was definately Demis and his memory and music will live on in all of our hearts. May his spirit soar as high as his voice through the cosmos and beyond. Farewell "my friend the wind". :-(
The same age in Japan. The Aegean Sea happened to be introduced on a radio program popular among young people in the mid-70s, and Aphrodite's Child 666 became quite popular among our generation in Japan. The fact that the CD continues to be reissued over and over again proves its enduring popularity.
I first heard this song in 1978, at the age of 8 and believed for many years that aliens landed on earth and recorded some of the best rock ever recorded!
Demi and Irene met Vageli again yesterday. Aphrodite's child in paradise .Legends can't die Rip Vageli 💔
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Dear Demis Roussos, I truly enjoyed listening to your voice when you were singing in Aphrodite's Child, with The Four Horsemen as one of my favourites. Thank you. Rest in peace.
I remember I wrote a review (in Chinese) for a Hong Kong music newspaper in my high school days in the 70S; I wish I still had a copy of that. One of the most unique albums of all time.
This certainly deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest guitar solos ever played. Take a bow Silver Koulouris. And the chord at 5:08 is unreal.
I just discovered these guys from Spotify, and man, what a song. The entire arrangement was fabulous but Demis Roussos' ethereal, semi-operatic vocals were just epic and out of this world!
Great piece of greek rock music. So big talent there and imagine what Vangelis achieved!!! Now we listen this band more because of our greek lady friend and her husband, wondering when to go back the beaches there.
Je découvre avec stupéfaction ce titre à partir d’une pub, comme beaucoup. A 43ans j’en découvre encore et tant mieux. Ce titre est absolument fabuleux et me fait découvrir ce qu’était vraiment Demis Roussos ( et Vangelis)
Bonjour Christophe et a TT le monde .et oui moi aussi j aurais pu écrire le même commentaire.au delà de sa voix ce type est un génie .pour l' anecdote mes parents ce sont embrassés pour la 1ere fois sur le slow rain and tears
I am 52 years old and I can not believe I hear this song for the first time....what a classic forgotten masterpeace. Thank you so much!
My dad loved him , played it from when I was a baby , since he passed last year I only listen to his music ❤️
My music over 40 years and its the best
I`m 62 and it blew my mind as I listened to it for the first time, so great !
Yes, thank you !
48 and so do I
Demis and Vangelis absolute brilliant
Абсолютно согласна! Демис Руссос - это чудо, божественный голос)
non dimentichiamo Loukas Sideras e Anargiros "Silver" Kouloris
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That guitar solo 🔥🌟🔥🌟🔥🌟🎸And them Drums🥁🥁🥁
Lucas Sideras on drums is absolute beast
Sadly both now in Heaven RIP Vangelis
One of the greatest psychedelic/prog rock tunes of all time. Criminally Underated...but damn...so good!
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copied so many times by english and american artists
Why do people keep saying that on so many groups/bands that were absolutely NOT underrated? Vangelis, for one, was a well know musical giant till his passing about six months ago, which makes it about two months before you wrote your comment. Demis Roussos was also a well-known artist. I humbly admit not knowing the other members. Having said that, Psychedelic Rock was a niche genre, but not underrated
Your right so gooooood.
Being 71 I have lived and experienced music from so many generations I feel my generation has been very lucky my grandparents born in 1890’s introduced me to old folk and music hall songs and old traditional balladsMy parents born in the 1900’s and 1920’s lived and fought through the war with the old crooners and big bands my mother sang with one in the war years.I have lived through the fifties,sixties ,seventies,from the Beatles the hippies and all the great heavy and rock bands including Jethro Tull and T Rex as well as the contemporary folk of the seventies and loved them all.In the words of a tradition Russian ballad “. THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIENDS “ WE ENJOYED EVERY ONE. LONG LIVE GOOD MUSIC.
Deinen Worten gibt es nichts hinzuzufügen 👍
My mom absolutely loved this song. I would hear it playing on her stereo almost every weekend when she would be getting ready to go out. She passed away a few years ago, and I miss her more than words can describe. But I will keep this song alive and listen to it in my mom’s honor until the day I die. Thank you for so many great memories, and for giving me the best childhood i could have asked for.
I miss you, mom.
R.I.P beloved Mother ❤️❤️❤️ I send much positive Power 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Your mom had great taste.
You really hit my nerve with this comment - all the best to You, mate - Your mom will always live in Your memories and it shows that You grew up in a very good relationship with Your parents like me. Psychedelic Greets from Germany and stay heavy! \m/
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This is my pre-game song before a friday night out too. Her tradition is alive and well here and all over the world.
The drum sound on this record is what analog enthusiasts will be forever chasing in the digital world.
Yes, that's absolutely true!
The drums on this are brilliant.
This was recorded well before digital technology provided an easy and affordable way to add reverb ambience to recordings. There were only two options back then: an actual echo chamber room wired with speakers and microphones that used up valuable real estate OR an expensive and also very large directly wired "plate" reverb panel device that also required a sizable space for isolation. I would love to know the details of how they achieved this incredible drum sound.
70s prog had the greatest drum sound ever in rock
Yes, the perfect era! 16 to 24 track tech allowing properly panned instruments and running at 15 inches per second (the sixties mostly 4 to 8 track at half that speed reducing the fidelity). Prog rock creativity at its best before over-production 🙂
My son's name is Demis, out of love for the most beautiful voice in the world 😍
Roussos, Vangelis, Sideras and Koulouris were ahead of their Time. Thanks to Greece ! I pray for its Wonderful People ! God Bless always Greece !
Yes,they were ahead of their time and for that we all appreciate them!They were great!👍🏻👏🏻
Best regards from Belgrade 🍻 My brother's from Greece 🎶
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Thanks for your comments,a Greek fun🙏🇬🇷‼️‼️‼️
A masterpiece. Period. Lukas Sideras' drumming on this track is from another planet. Eternal respect.
non dimentichiamo la chitarra di Silver Kouloris
Come no!
Agree, and superb bluesy guitar solo by Silver Koulouris.
Lucas Sideras extraordinaire batteur ❤❤❤❤
Let us not forget the super guitar playing of Anargyros Koulouris in this song!
And the brilliant drumming. One of the best prog rock tracks of all time.
Argiris best solo
Greek names all sound like medical conditions or teenagers trying to sound smart when they're naming their shitty band.
The drums kicking into the second chorus are like CANNONS!
This is a legendary cut!
Loukas Sideras. First time I heard him, I thought he was Bonham's lost Greek cousin .
indeed
came here to comment on that, that drum break just does it for me, amazing
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I haven't heard it for years and I thought I'd overestimated the drums, but yes, that second one when it kicks in shot me full of dopamine
Roussos, Vangelis, Sideras and Koulouris .. should be recognized with the great ones likes Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd,,,, Incredible Music
I think this is one of the best songs ever made...
By far
I have this on vinyl, the entire album is fantastic.
A great great band, the never the success they deserves. Better than all the other bands of that era, and we are talking about the greatest bands ever!
Rest In Peace Βαγγέλη Παπαθανασίου Από τους μεγαλύτερους Έλληνες μουσικούς .Μεγαλούργισες !!! 🙏
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Ελληνες δεν βλεπω στα σχολια εδω και χρονια και στεναχωριεμαι ..
@@evamentos7171 δυστυχώς τέτοιου είδους καλλιτέχνες επειδή δεν ακούγονται σε social media και ραδιόφωνο λίγος κόσμος τους γνωρίζει πλέον ( προσωπική άποψη ).
@@user-powerziko ή απλως δεν μπαίνουν στην διαδικασία να σχολιάσουν. Απλώς απολαμβάνουν.
I can't find words to describe this masterpiece, the whole album is a relic, one of the best progressive rock albums of all time!
Aphrodite child, Demis Roussos and Vangelis for the world Greetings from Peru to all of Greece, a country that I wish to visit one day
🇬🇷🤝🇵🇪 ❤❤❤
Cypress is more breath Taking but watch out for the Monitor !
Whenever you cant and want you are more than welcome. Any help that you need just ask. Seriously talking
I somehow still have this album on vinyl.. handed down through my family.. and still in great condition..
@katyja8812 my best friend and I wore out this album. Must have played it 1,000 times. 😅
I lived in Greece. My wife was greek. And I remember some Greek.
But I did not know that Vangelis was a member of that band...
one of the most under-rated rock songs ever
underated for nOObs only
Not underrated by those who know😉
@@mattiemclean9882 exactly ✌ P.S. now listen new album Wishbone Ash - Coat Of Arms - amazing album!
Maybe.... Not by me
@@MisterWillow correct, overlooked maybe but not underrated, not by those who matter. underrated used way too much in ref to many songs on here,
Against all the probabilities in the 70's. Happened, someone coming outside a native english language country, 2 music genius, above average joined.. than splited and were a success all over the world. You left your mark. Vangelis and Demis Roussos
Sideras was very god too.
This was recorded in 1970. You can hear it has influenced a lot of rock that came after it. I love the guitar and the vocals, drums everything. Brilliant.
A fantastic masterpiece and 47 years old! I went back in time. There is no such music today. What a guitar solo and the drums!!! Irene Pappas sings with Vagelis, Roussos, Sideras and Koulouris! The soaring vocals of Demis Roussos seem to come from another dimension. A huge inspiration!❤❤❤
R.I.P Vangelis & Demis Roussos !
Vangeli .true genius
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And Irene Papas.
@@AKV3339 ΠΆΝΤΑ ΘΑ ΕΊΝΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΡΔΙΆ ΜΑΣ 🇬🇷💕💯‼️‼️‼️
Rest in peace Vangelis, you and Demis Roussos with your music will never die and always be remember.
Appearance of a bear but voice of an angel, hands down this song is legendary.
ahahaha holy words
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Hell yeah!! :)
jaaaaaaaajahaha :D
Greeks we have arts....
Extraordinary voice & keyboard with the others brilliant beside - nearly lightyears infront
I still have 666 in my collection. The Four Horsemen was my favorite, Brings me back to my senior year in HS. I absolutely love the guitar solo. RIP Vangelis.
Hey, same here! Bought this album when it came out. I was 17 and still love it.
I don't think it is a stretch at all to say that this is one of the single best songs ever recorded. It's both haunting and entirely transformational. Once you have heard it, you are never the same person again.
My friends and I found this Album as teenagers and recorded it on cassette....played it Over and over....... while Tripping in Abandoned Sanitarium !....and just re discovered it....and Just as Awesome at 59 years old !!
Simply fucking great. This band is a real legend... Vangelis and Aphrodite's Child´s music are imprinted in my neuronal soul...
Whoever recorded and mixed those drums is a God.One of the best drum recordings in the history of music.
Too perfect, aka fake.
Roger Roche / Jean Claude Conan
@@leeinwisWhat do you mean?
Best guitar solo of all time in my opinion, absolutely mind bending how good it is
I have never, in my 35 years of existence heard a better guitar solo.
That's my opinion.
The only other guitar solo that is on the same level as the one in this track is the one in Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. Both of these songs are just absolute Master Classes in how to do an INSANELY GREAT guitar solo. Simply world class!
Ypu shouda heard it on acid acid acid...
4:30 - about 4 bum notes. Not a problem?
Absolutely not. If I want note-perfect guitar solos I'll go to Joe Satriani thanks.@@glassrumours
Incredible music that should be far more widely known and appreciated. RIP Vangelis. The word genius is so often bandied about when someone dies. It definitely applies to him. Thanks for the music...xx
The last 15 years this track has played in clubs in London.
RIP Vangelis 🇬🇷
Genius ✌️
Yes indeed , and we are living the apocalipsis NOW !!!
Rest in peace Vangelis
Yes, It's so great music!R.I.P.Vangelis
Absolute crime that he was just something to mock in the UK, mainstream!
I was totally mind-blown when I first heard this track. Aphrodites Child 666 album is one of the finest and most mystical Prog albums ever made. You have to hear the entire double album to realise how awesome it actually is.
Ain't that the truth buddy. Ive been listening to it for 48 years!!!!!!
It's fantastic. Beautifully arranged and performed.
Yes all the seats were occupied
It's a cracking album, but I couldn't play it in the car as I could imagine in busy traffic during the summer playing it with the windows down and wanting to hide when the "orgasm" track comes on. I forget the title of the track and it's too late to go downstairs and look it up!
@@andrewhaines3259 I know what you mean about that track!! The title is, if I recall without going to look, the Omega symbol.
One of the best songs ever. Thanks to a small disco called Getaway in Solingen, Germany, I was lucky to get to know and love it in the 1990.
Hallo Nicole Marschall get away kenn ich komme aus remscheid 😊😊andrea
I can't stand still at this solo. It's the best I've ever heard, even better than Sultans of Swing (live).
One of the greatest and most influencial songs in the history of music.The Album 666 inspired many great artists and should be considered a masterpiece of progressive rock. R.I.P. Great Demis !
Long live 666
I must have missed Jimmy Page mentioning this as an inspiration. Do you know the exact quote?
Really? I doubt that. Led Zeppelin had already released a couple of iconic albums before 666 was released.
i never heard about aphrodites' child until a couple months ago i found two vinyl LPs in our house.
We have no idea where they suddenly came from. we have no vinyl record player so i looked it up on youtube and instantly fell in love with this song in particular.
@@wombatski100 Aphrodite's Child were based in France so were not listened in the UK, especially since they lasted 2.5 years. The last album, this one, was released after the split up of the band and was not promoted or played by radios, firstly because it has an orgasm song that lasts many minutes and the label thought that was over the top and should be taken out, and also because of the themes which were a little mistakenly interpreted. And because the band had disbanded and Demis Roussos was thinking of his personal plans already, while Vangelis was already writing music for film, I think the french film "sex", and the other two members were looking what to do next and Sideras was also considering going solo. The album took the ok to be released a year after the scheduled release and not played in radios. Eventually, slowly, it got its way and was appreciated in the UK by music lovers and appreciators who were looking around for stuff, without promotion not even in France let alone UK, and slowly started to be appreciated for the super quality of the album but gradually among people looking to find good music. But the album would not have been listened to in the UK early on I would think judging from the way was completed, released, and promoted in France.
It is though one of the best prog albums of all time and widely recognized as such now.
This album along with Pink Floyd's first albums are some of the best ever written and produced! The sound and feeling is outta here!
Fucking Ford Kuga's ad brought me here. I can't believe this is the first time I'm hearing this masterpiece!
Same,thank Ford!
The whole album "'666-χξς" is masterpiece! Many decades progressive! Vangelis Papathanasiou, Silver Koulouris, Demis Rousos, Loukas Sideris, the 4 , " Aphrodite's Child".
Haha, same!
Haha 😄 same here
I KNOOOW! Insane. I found the soung I'd like to be played in my funeral!
Oh my. I wish I was back in time. There’s no music like this these days
I repeat: the best progressive piece of music I've ever heard.
This was music from musicians for music lovers. When i comare this to the things on the Radio today i feel very sad.
I know, it only makes you feel bad for what has gotten to be called music now.
Absolutely true!
Being a teenager in the 70's was the best. So much fantastic music!
@@jeffreyhuddleston1102 Heavy Metal: Yes. Rap? What a crap.
Counterpoint: Today you can listen to all the same music (I mean, we're both here listening to Aphrodite's Child, after all) but much easier than in the 70s before the internet existed. The rate of new good music might have slowed, but our cultural back catalog is more accessible than ever.
@@jeffreyhuddleston1102 Symphonic that is for me.
First heard music in the late 60s I was 12 in 75 I've been discovering things I missed ever since.
@@runetollefsen7458Small brain moment
I never heard a voice like that of Demis Roussos and I never will again. RIP Demis and Vangelis.
One of the best guitar solos ever made. Amazing song.
Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris is considered the best Greek rhythm guitarist and one of the best lead guitarists (I personally think his is the best Greek guitarist, period)
Absolutely love it. This LP is still with me and this song is truly in my top 5 favorite songs of all time.
Yes,sir.
Yes,sir.
I remember when I bought the Album 1986 in the World of music in Munich. I didn't now what I bought but the cover looked cool. 1986 I was 18 year old. Today when I hear these tracks again, I realize that they have a great influence of my understanding of music.
Thank you for that.
R.I.P DEMIS ROUSSOS! PEACE AND LOVE FROM SUNNY KAZAKHSTAN!
I haven't heard the song for probably 20 years. Ashes on my head. How could I forget this masterpiece of music history...
Ti amo Demis ❤️ forever in our hearts thank you for singing in so many languages capturing the hearts of people worldwide. So proud to be Mediterranean 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 viva la Grecia viva l’Italia è viva il mediterraneo !!!
Claudia Mariani
@@agnese4784 agnese
👍🇬🇷🇮🇹
Stessa faccia, stessa razza 🇮🇹❤🇬🇷
Y viva España
Great band, great music rest in peace Demis and Vangelis. Greetings from Turkey
I was born in 1965 - had 2 older brothers and sisters....I can remember this song very clearly when I was a young girl....blew me away then.....and still does...Vangelis was a genius songwriter....soundtrack for the recent Blade Runner is mind blowing....!!
Yes,I am German and born in 1962.A little bit too young for this music but when I became older I was atttracted by the Hippie-movement.And there I found this wonderful music!
Sono nato nel '69. Da bimbo mio zio aveva 3 locali ( dancing). Ricordo bene questa canzone.......bei tempi. Rip zio Costantino
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Great guitar riffs and solo. Stunning sonically. My late husband loved this song.
For real sis..been copied 100 times ..to no avail
The man had good taste❤🙏
Indeed. This song is just simply other-worldly. To really appreciate the brilliance of it though you really do need to listen to it at extremely high volume levels. This is one of those very rare songs that the louder you play it, the better it sounds. I would recommend listening to this song as loud as you possibly can (without damaging your hearing in the process). This is the kind of song that has the potential to make your head explode - and that's exactly what a track like this is intended to do.
This guys voice is so epic. Almost operatic. It really makes their music that much better. All the musicians are superb. So great to hear Biblical themes put to such wonderful music.
Stratospheric song, absolute perfection.
This album will always stand as a masterpiece. RIP Vangelis.
This is the only good song on it...
@@andrewdevine3920how about Rain and Tears and My Friend The Wind?
R.I.P vangelis .....how many knew this was the composer of chariots of fire and demis rousos of "forever and ever" ....
I thought it looked like him. I was born in 1960 but I've never heard of these!!
Tubular bells, friends of Mr. Ciaro
And R.I.P Demis Roussos
Aphrodite's Child ... Demis Roussos and Vangelis.... in the same band This is still so underated in 2021
I love this Album since the first time I ever heart it👍😇😘
Incredible, sounds so fresh and it was made 50 years ago
1980 my friends and me were in Marocco, my friend had a walkman and only one Tape, 666. Great
I wish i were here….
Masterpiese! ενα απο τα καλυτερα αλμπουμ που βγηκαν ποτε , που δεν κατατασσεται σε ενα ειδος , Περα απο τον Βαγγελη τον Ρουσσο , τον Σιδερα και τον Κουλουρη , κανει φωνητικα η Ειρηνη Παππα , και προλογει ο Τσαρουχης , στιχους ο τεραστιος Κωστας Φερρης .Διαχρονικο, ευχομαι και πιστευω η καλη μουσικη να ταξιδεψει στον χρονο και τις επομενες γενιες. Ευχαριστουμε που ντυσατε τις στιγμες μας με τις μουσικες σας! RIP τεραστιε Βαγγελη
Ο δίσκος που ξεκίνησε να γιγαντωνει το όνομα του Β. Παπαθανασίου! Εδώ ίσως η κορυφαία του στιγμή, μαζί με το έπος "all the seats were occupied"!..
ΚΑΛΗΜΕΡΑ.. Ο ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΠΟΥ ΠΙΝΕΙ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΝΤΕΜΗ ΜΕ ΤΗ ΦΑΛΑΚΡΑ...ΜΗΠΩΣ ΓΝΩΡΙΖΕΤΕ ΠΟΙΟΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ? ΑΥΤΟ ΤΟ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ ΝΑ ΤΟ ΕΧΩ ΑΚΟΥΣΕΙ ΚΑΙ 10 ΦΟΡΕΣ ΣΥΝΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ...ΜΕ ΜΑΓΕΥΕΙ
Question. Is this band Greek Orthodox?
@@truthcommentor6273 The cross in the chest of Roussos is orthodox.
The Ford Kuga brought me here, and am so happy it did. I had totally forgotten this masterpiece
Idem ditto ✌🤘
same
Same here! Demis had an awesome voice. So sad he's no longer with us.
Hey there - the stunning and abbsolute unique voice brought me here (I don't even know about Ford Kuga 😊) Love this Song for ever!
Sweet Greetings from Germany to Cymru - Iove your lovely country
The double-tracked vocals when the drums kick in get me every single time! this is a song you can just play over and over and over and it never gets boring!
Ditto !!
That's what I'm doing right now. Over and over.
My old mum, in her 90s now, had a bit of a thing for Demis, back in the day, never understood it till now, first time seeing and hearing this track, it kinda makes sense now, dirty ol mare.😅
Εδωσες τοσα πολλά στην Ελλάδα και την παγκοσμια μουσική σκηνή...αμφιβάλλω εαν έλαβες απο εμάς οσα σου άξιζαν...
Sosta
Υποκλινομαι....
Why did I not know Demis Roussos and Vangelis were in a prog rock band together??? Loved their solo stuff but this was so cool!!
It's just one album that is prog rock. Vangelis almost exclusively made it too
Everyone is talking about Demis and vangelis, but listen to the drummer. He is amazing
Yeah, definitely!
The drumming is a major part of this track.
They were all incredible musicians
The drumming has always been the aspect of this song that stuck out to me the most. I'm surprised that it goes so unnoticed to others...
Any relationship to Demis Rousos?
@@liawed yes it’s him in the band.
The Four Horsemenاین ترانه که در مورد چهار اسب سوار دوران حضرت مسیح است جزو بهترینهای اوست هر چند از نظر من آلبومهای او همه زیبا هستند من را واقعا به ماورای خیال میبرد
Can't believe this Track 47 Years old. Great Quality from Greece. Awesome, wonderful, timeless. Best Progessive Rock; love it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤❤❤❤
Please don't forget Loukas Sideras on drums!
Drummer is absolutely shithot so is all of 666
And Silver Koulouris with his amazing mind blowing solo
Thanx was wondering his name, dude is great...
He made a pocket inside the pocket and he playing in that.
Those fills are just so tight. Something to be proud of.
Of course!
Demis Roussos had a terrific voice, but I can't stop listening to his bass work on this song
Listening to this song first time back in 1981/1982. I'm now 58 and it's still one of my favourites.
respect demis and vaggelis the greek titans of music!
hail the future king of pirates
What about Lucas and Silver?
Thanks Monkey D. I'm actually learning music production/mixing with the guitarists son in Finland. Nice profile pic! Just started watching the series lol
awesome comment.
@@danielbouju1688 Not as famous as Demis and Vangelis
Vangelis brought me here. RIP Demis and Vangelis
I'm 60 years old. Heard this song first time 😂 n A Greece under Dictatorship. Rock was Banned . Illegal . Can U imagine ? I was 6-7 and my cousin who played them with some v. Old Deep Purple ,he was grown to be Active in Resistance.G . I felt small. Since then I resist Authority instinctively .
I haven't realise the Greatness of it till now . Thank you
One day I'll get a pub quiz question on The Four Horsemen and absolutely smash it thanks to this song
Timeless. Universal. Intergalactic.
The guitar solo is perfect
I agree. The tone, the execution, the "presence" remind me Free Bird from L. S. in a certain way
I'm absolutely devastated and deeply saddened by the passing of one of "THE GREATEST" singers of the 20th century, the 666 album is one my all time favourites and I absolutely love the four horseman and Demis Roussos's soaring vocals sound like they emanate from another dimension. If there was ever a Greek god living among us mere mortals it was definately Demis and his memory and music will live on in all of our hearts. May his spirit soar as high as his voice through the cosmos and beyond. Farewell "my friend the wind". :-(
I go to his grave many times! H is alive!!
@@nikosmourelatosofficialcha5902 Say hello to him from his fans in Australia.
@@nikosmourelatosofficialcha5902 οσους ειδα στον υπνο μου, ολοι γελουσαν οταν σαστισμενος ελεγα, μα εσυ εχεις πεθανει.
Καμμια υπερβολη.
Demis forever❤️
This music is from Vangelis,not Demis.
One of the greatest fucking Rock songs of all time.....That's all I have to say.
I cannot believe this song is being used in a car advert now. Massive surprise.
@@bonnyscottland192 If not for that commercial I'd have never known the song exists.
@@darkwoods1954 would be a shame
i saw the advert today, i was like Omg no way, top top tune!
Me to Dark Woods, can't believe I've not heard it before! Been a rocker for decades haha :-D
The song is still fresh in 2021! Amazing
RIP Vangelis. One of a kind.
Παρά πολύ μπροστά από την εποχή του..... Αριστούργημα πραγματικό και πολύ underrated....
It's 2024.
Im 62 from Dublin Ireland, now living stateside.
I found AC in '78.
Who's still listening?
AD? APHRODITE'S DAD?
The same age in Japan. The Aegean Sea happened to be introduced on a radio program popular among young people in the mid-70s, and Aphrodite's Child 666 became quite popular among our generation in Japan. The fact that the CD continues to be reissued over and over again proves its enduring popularity.
My mother is from Drimnagh. We live in Memphis. 666 blown mind
You like early prog rock look on my playlist
Ι ΑΜ 48,FROM GREECE,I LIVE IN ATHENS WHERE DEMIS ROUSSOS AND VANGELIS PAPATHANASIOU,HAD FORMED THEIR FIRST GROUP IN THE SIXTIES,R.I.P. BOTH OF THEM.
I first heard this song in 1978, at the age of 8 and believed for many years that aliens landed on earth and recorded some of the best rock ever recorded!
Rest In Peace Vangelis... Your music was very present in my childhood... Thank you 🤍
What a song!!!Epic ,guitar,drums,voice!
One of the most beautiful voices ever!
Hoy se reúne Vangelis y Demis su música por siempre con nosotros. Gracias totales...
Perfection and a guitar solo to die for
Demi and Irene met Vageli again yesterday. Aphrodite's child in paradise .Legends can't die
Rip Vageli 💔
Dear Demis Roussos, I truly enjoyed listening to your voice when you were singing in Aphrodite's Child, with The Four Horsemen as one of my favourites. Thank you. Rest in peace.
Brutal... One of the best voices ever... Original and disruptive music... Brilliant.
One of my favorite video clip ever.
I remember I wrote a review (in Chinese) for a Hong Kong music newspaper in my high school days in the 70S; I wish I still had a copy of that. One of the most unique albums of all time.
This certainly deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest guitar solos ever played. Take a bow Silver Koulouris. And the chord at 5:08 is unreal.
a fantastic guitarist.
Amazing guitar solo indeed. Doubt he ever equalled it though.
@@vegetableman5062 He only played on one album. In the first two albums he was doing military service, recorded this album, and the band disbanded.
innosanto ...he played really good .. you know what he did after this Job?
@@Hope13 collaborated in a few recordings with Vangelis I think, then made some solo songs and then I don't know.
Epic Guitar Solo from Anargyros Koulouris !!!!
Non posso credere a quello che sento! È meraviglioso: i miei occhi sono pieni di lacrime.
🤘
@@severinoturri4327 Il Roussos che non ti aspetti poi ❤️
Great guitar indeed
Dave Navarro must've been listening to it on his Walkman.
I just discovered these guys from Spotify, and man, what a song. The entire arrangement was fabulous but Demis Roussos' ethereal, semi-operatic vocals were just epic and out of this world!
Glad you found them. Most of us grew up listening to this our lives and just took it for granted
I got the album 666is as a gift in 1973. I wasn't convinced. Meanwhile I know Vangelis is on the same Level as Pink Floyd. No-one is above of them
Great piece of greek rock music. So big talent there and imagine what Vangelis achieved!!! Now we listen this band more because of our greek lady friend and her husband, wondering when to go back the beaches there.
This is not just a song, it is a hymn. And at the end of the track we see the harmony of timbres and sounds and vocals. Perfect. Thanks Roussuos. RIP.
Невозможно передать, насколько прекрасна эта песня. Бриллиант в платиновой оправе на подставке из метеорита. Бесконечное восхищение!!!
Not everyone nows that. Glad you know it
R.I.P Demis and Vangelis..thanx for the Beatiful music❤👍🏽🎶🎵🎼🥁🎸🎹
Je découvre avec stupéfaction ce titre à partir d’une pub, comme beaucoup. A 43ans j’en découvre encore et tant mieux. Ce titre est absolument fabuleux et me fait découvrir ce qu’était vraiment Demis Roussos ( et Vangelis)
Toute ma jeunesse qui reste éternelle grâce à la musique
Pareil pour moi !
moi aussi à 6o balais comment j'ai pu passé à côté de ce petit bijou grâce à une pub
Bonjour Christophe, écoute Aphrodite child et tu découvrira plein de bonnes choses.
Bonjour Christophe et a TT le monde .et oui moi aussi j aurais pu écrire le même commentaire.au delà de sa voix ce type est un génie .pour l' anecdote mes parents ce sont embrassés pour la 1ere fois sur le slow rain and tears