#Ρεμπέτικο

[epestrefe]

“Ta Politakia” is a group of musicians from Asia Minor very characteristic of the musical idiom of Smyrna

Source: Kalyviotis Aristomenis, Σμύρνη, η μουσική ζωή 1900-1922 [Smyrna, the Music Life 1900-1922], Athens, Music Corner & Tinella, 2002, p. 127.

[fromgreecetoanarchy]

📍 Την Κυριακή 22 Οκτώβρη στις 5 μμ, στο Πάρκο Ναυαρίνου έχουμε γιορτή και είστε όλες και όλοι καλεσμένοι. Επειδή οι άνθρωποι μας είναι ο πιο σημαντικός λόγος να υπάρχουμε και να αντέχουμε να παλεύουμε την κάθε δυσκολία, παίρνουμε κιθάρες, μπουζούκια και όλα τα σχετικά, γεμίζουμε τα βαρέλια μας με μπύρες και κρασιά και δίνουμε ραντεβού στη γειτονιά μας στα Εξάρχεια για να τραγουδήσουμε, να γελάσουμε και να χορέψουμε για τον πιο ιερό σκοπό που είχαμε ποτέ, τη συντρόφισσα μας, την πιο ωραία Μαυροκοκκινομωβ τύπισσα.

✊ Γιατί το μόνο που έχουμε είναι ο ένας την άλλη

[thespiritofstars]

Δείτε το βίντεο "Kegome Kegome" στο YouTube

[gemsofgreece]

speaking of greek films, do you have any recommendations? maybe even of the romcom variety? i've only seen zorba

And here's me whose ass still hasn't watched Zorba and even more embarrassingly I kinda thought it was a fully American movie adapting the Greek novel with some Greeks contributing, like actress Irene Papas and the music score by Mikis Theodorakis. It turns out you're right though, the film was directed, written and produced by the Greek filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis but then it was distributed by 20th Century Fox so it was a Greece - USA production.

I don't know if you can speak or are learning Greek though because Zorba was a co-production and it was mostly in English but a fully Greek production is in Greek and most don't get subtitled for international audiences. I will give you some personal recs but I can't guarantee you will find subtitles easily or you will have to do some severe digging. I have made the recs in an older answer so I am linking that post:

I will give a more updated rec list too:

Faves of mine:

From the link above the ones I would advice one to not miss are:

Η Κάλπικη Λίρα (The Counterfeit Coin, 1955). It's not only my favourite Greek movie but it's also in the All Time Top 100 Best Movies of International Cinema list of some very legit major institution that I am forgetting now XD It's a social dramedy with top tier comedians and drama actors co-starring and it's basically four different life stories connected through the same counterfeit coin.

Αχ, αυτή η γυναίκα μου! (Oh, that wife of mine!, 1967) It's a situational comedy. It's hilarious but if you don't know Greek, I don't know how well it translates to a different language. Man desperately wanting a promotion gets in a chaotic situation when his playboy boss first gets outraged and then obsessed with his wife, without knowing her true identity.

 5 λεπτά ακόμα (5 minutes more, 2006) I still think this movie is very underrated. It's a metaphysical philosophical dark dramedy with a great understated score. You can find it on youtube, obviously without English subtitles and with bad quality but hey at least it's on youtube! A morally neutral man with jealousy issues dies and is given five more minutes in the mortal world, which will determine his afterlife.

Το Τανγκό των Χριστουγέννων (Christmas Tango, 2011). Romantic drama. A soldier gets unintentionally entagled in the unrequited / forbidden romance of his mysterious aloof commander. Now this movie has a queer element. It does not have a queer happy end but it has both straight and queer themes and honestly it's a beautiful movie. You can find it on youtube.

Ρεμπέτικο (Rembetiko, 1983). Drama. The tragic life of a female singer of the then underground Rembetiko music scene, the music genre the Greeks of Asia Minor brought along after the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the population exchange between Turkey and Greece in the first half of the 20th century. Personally, I am not crazy about this movie but this doesn't mean necessarily anything because it gets good reviews in imdb even outside Greece. But I personally recommend it for its INSANE score and songs. These songs have become emblematic in the Greek music scene. The composer, Stavros Xarhakos, makes a cameo in the movie.

I still recommend the other recs in the old list too, especially the comedies. Also, like I have said, you can't go too wrong with Greek comedies of the 50s-60s in general. Since I said that, here's a list of faves and critics' choices of Greek movies from the 50s-70s.

Some other faves not in the old lists:

Το χώμα βάφτηκε κόκκινο (Blood on the Land, 1966). A Greek Western! Who would have thought but it is good! When I say western, I don't mean Cowboys vs Natives of course, but I mean land property disputes, rural, animosity gets out of hand, social class inequality etc etc and it is actually linked to Greek social history of the 20th century. And finally a Greek movie that takes good advantage of the Meteora. The movie was a nominee for best foreign film in the Oscars .

Strella, 2009. This is a strictly 18+ movie. It is a queer movie BUT it is also a very edgy movie, like, it can be perceived as extremely edgy no matter if you are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community or not. It's not the imagery that makes it edgy but the plot at some point takes a serious left turn. So, only watch if you're into weird cinema territory. I have warned you. Personally I am not into weird cinema but I liked this one. Man gets out of prison after years of incarceration for committing a murder. He befriends and soon gets into a relationship with a trans female sex worker. The protagonist, Mina Orfanou, is actually a trans woman and she was really praised for her performance in this.

Ιφιγένεια (Iphigenia, 1977). Directed by Michael Cacoyannis like Zorbas, this is a movie about the myth of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, Agamemnon's daugher, with an all-Greek cast. It is kind of those theater-to-movie films so don't expect Troy level of production. It has very minimal sets. Also, it's the 70s, the bible and sandal era, so the costumes are really anachronistic and inaccurate but other than that it is a good movie. It was nominated for the Oscar for foreign language film. And it's on youtube with English subtitles.

A few other recs:

Antigone (1961). Even more than Iphigenia, this is almost pure theatre filmed. The acting is theatrical, the staging is theatrical, it's all just theatre really. This is a very loyal adaptation of Euripides' Antigone. The acting is very good.

America America (1963). A movie by Greek American filmmaker Elia Kazan that I haven't watched yet but it is very famous. Biographical historical drama, inspired by Kazan's uncle. The struggles and feats of a Greek of Anatolia, Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey) trying to secure a passage to America in the late 19th - early 20th century. It is an Academy Awards winner.

Πολίτικη Κουζίνα (A Touch of Spice, 2003). The life of a boy and his relationship to his beloved grandfather, who instilled in him the love for cooking and astronomy, as they part ways when the boy and his parents are deported from Turkey after the ongoing tensions started from the incidents of the Istanbul pogrom in 1955, while the grandfather is able to legally stay behind. I wouldn't put this movie in my faves but it is very aesthetically pleasing and has a wonderful score. It is also an introduction to the special historical bond Greeks have with Constantinople / Istanbul and the tragic story of it all.

Έτερος Εγώ (Heteros Ego / The Other Me, 2016). Crime Mystery. This movie is very popular. I think it's overrated but you can judge for yourself. It is on youtube. I personally liked more the TV series that was its continuation (the first two seasons only, because the third was horrible). It is suitable for 17+ audiences. An eccentric criminology professor is summoned to investigate murder cases where the murderer cites quotes by Pythagoras.

Man of God, 2021. If you are a Christian / religious, watch it. I would like this movie more if the director had not forced all the cast to perform in English in order to make an international screening. It takes away from their performance because it is so unnatural and illogical. But otherwise it is an interesting topic and the actors try their best despite that massive handicap. This is the true story of Saint Nektarios of Aegina island and his unfair defamation by the rest of the clergy.

Η Φόνισσα (The Murderess, 2023). Unfortunately this movie does not hold a candle to the original novel of Alexandros Papadiamantis written in 1903 - quite possibly the first feminist literary work written by a man - but it is your next best alternative unless you can read the book or a translation of it. In this case, totally skip the movie and read the book, which is excellent and my favourite Greek novel. But if you watch the movie, just know it took many liberties for the worse. It has good acting and cinematography though. The story explores the life and mind of Frankoyannou, a hardened peasant woman, as more and more female infants and young girls are found murdered in her village, including her own grand-daughter.

Miss Violence, 2013. This movie is incredibly disturbing and I wish I could forget what I saw. If you like disturbing cinema, obviously 18+, watch it. It sickens you to the core though. An ordinary 11 year old girl commits suicide the day her ordinary family celebrates her birthday. Minute by minute we learn more about the family though and minute by minute we realise this is not a regular family AT ALL.

More weirdness. If you actually do like weird cinema, then you can also explore Yorgos Lanthimos' old Greek movies. These are easier to find since Lanthimos is globally famous now. Dogtooth was his Greek movie that was a nominee in the Oscars. But he has a couple more. (By the way, Miss Violence makes Dogtooth seem like a My Little Pony episode.)

More length. Theo Angelopoulos was an acclaimed Greek director, famous for his slow lengthy movies that explore philosophical and other themes. Several movies of his are acclaimed internationally. His most awarded ones are Ο Θίασος (The Travelling Players, 1975), Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα (Voyage to Cythera, 1984), Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα (Ulysses' Gaze, 1995), Μια Αιωνιότητα και μια Μέρα (Eternity and a Day, 1998), Τοπίο στην Ομίχλη (Landscape in the Mist, 1988).

More Kazantzakis. Since you have watched Zorba the Greek, a film based on the novel Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas by Nikos Kazantzakis, perhaps you will be interested in two more movies based on other novels of his, even if they are not purely Greek or Greek productions. The first one is the very famous The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) starring Willem Dafoe, directed by Martin Scorsese. The problem is that this movie is often very misunderstood as edgy / anti-Christian / atheist whereas Kazantzakis' intent with his book was kinda the exact opposite so he probably rolls nonstop in his grave with some readings I have seen being made of the movie, even here on tumblr. Scorcese obviously focused more on the edgy factor than Kazantzakis did, further encouraging such misinterpretations but you could still be able to understand the meaning of Kazantzakis' book through the movie, now that I told you that Kazantzakis was essentially a secular theological / Christian philosopher. The other one is Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται (Christ Recrucified / He Who Must Die, 1957). A French / Italian production, also featuring the Greek actress Melina Mercuri. A Greek village in Anatolia in 1920 (Modern day Turkey) stages a Passion Play for Easter. Staging the play leads to them rebelling against their Turkish rulers in a way that mirrors Jesus's story. There is also a Greek TV series adapting the novel in 1975 - 1976, which is closer to the book and gets better reviews and you can watch it in the streaming platform I recommend below.

ERTFLIX. Ertflix is the state TV's OTT platform and it is entirely for free, while also available internationally. It has both desktop and app formats and you can also add it to several TV boxes, Chromecast, Roku etc For the free service that it is, it has an abundance of series, movies and documentaries so I can never stop praising it...! There you can find numerous Greek movies / series / documentaries to watch, plus even more foreign stuff with Greek subtitles if you're learning Greek and need to practice. Plus it has interviews, the invaulable archives of the state TV and so much more. In Greece it is not necessary but for using the platform abroad you will have to register as a user but it is entirely for free. Ertflix I love you. Below is a screenshot with some Greek movies available now:

Scroll to the Greek cinema option (or to the Greek series). The site is built in both Greek and English.

Where you can find ERTFLIX:

The aforementioned TV series based on Kazantzakis' novel.

Upcoming movies of Greek interest:

Maria. The biopic of Maria Callas, rather her last years, starring Angelina Jolie. Is Jolie a good casting choice for Callas? Well, no. People say she does a good job in it however. I don't know about that and I am going to be sceptical because I love Maria Callas and I don't think she can be easily (at all) imitated. I 'll watch it though. From the trailer I see Jolie did a very legit job with Callas' speaking manner and accent, this is hopeful. Part of the movie was filmed in Greece too.

The Return. Starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, this is a retelling of the last part of the Odyssey, once Odysseus has returned to Ithaca and has to reclaim his rule and home from Penelope's suitors. It is a realistic retelling, not featuring the gods, based on the trailer I saw. I had my reservations for this casting but Fiennes looks good as old Odysseus IMO and Binoche is a brunette French, of course she can pass easily as a Greek. They are also both good and serious actors and I am sure they give their best in the movie. The drawback is that it's like we return to the 70s with these poor and anachronistic costumes and sets. And also aside from the protagonists, who would have thought there was so much diversity in Ithaca / s, a REAL, TINY and REMOTE Greek island. Telemachus looks like the blondest of Swedes and then the Ithacians have apparently descent from Scandinavia to Southeast Asia to central Africa. Amazing. Ithaca, the New York of Bronze Age. At least Fiennes (in this) and Binoche do pass as Greeks... What makes the movie a little promising for me is the amazing physique Fiennes achieved for it: the parts half dead old beggar and parts godly warrior king. He nailed it. The scene with the bow, I know already I will get the chills.

From this alone I know Fiennes is doing a terrific job in this. He is always invested very seriously in his movies.

Anyway, one third of the movie is shot in Greece and ERT (the Greek State TV) is actually a co-producer (a rarity with international movies of Greek mythological interest nowadays), so once it's done from movie theaters, it is going to be available for free on ERTFLIX... apparently globally. I so hope this movie does not disappoint me.

A lot of these can be found in links in greek-movies.com but you didn't hear it from me.

[do-dob0]

I have this completely random headcanon that Stanley Pines listens to ρεμπέτικο

. I don't know how to explain it, the music I am talking about is in Greek fully, it was very popular in the 1960's and still is, but most people that listen to it at this point in time are old but that's a different conversation and completely out of topic.

But basically I believe as he was making his round across America he ended up finding about this type of music, he liked it and he listens to it till this day .

I don't know how to explain the launge bariar but I don't care , I feel like he would listen to this type of music and believe it with all my soul

Sorry for the bad English (if it's not too obvious I am Greek)

Also here is a playlist with this type of music

: here

[mpaglamas]

Ρεμπέτικο, το κακό βοτάνι

David Prudhomme (2010)

[alatismeni-theitsa]

Αλμπουμάρα θα είναι 😭💙

επίσης συζήτηση time για το προφανές:

Κάποιοι τον κράζουν που φοράει τη φορεσια, αλλα δεν βρίσκω να τη χρησιμοποιεί με κακό τροπο. Ο συγκεκριμένος σέβεται και τη μουσική παράδοση και τους στίχους. (Έχει μέσα και Ηπειρωτικες μελωδίες και κλαρίνα + ο καλλιτέχνης όχι μόνο έχει μελετήσει το ρεμπέτικο και τους παραδοσιακούς ελληνικούς ήχους αλλά είναι και μέρος της Ελληνικής κουλτούρας)

Και άλλοι Έλληνες τραγουδιστές έχουν φορέσει φουστανέλα εντωμεταξυ σε βίντεο με παραδοσιακούς ήχους, και δεν έφαγαν κράξιμο. (Καλά εδώ ο TUS τη φόρεσε για πλάκα και δεν παρεξηγηθηκε κάνεις)

Επίσης σαν έθνος χεσμενες τις έχουμε τις παραδοσιακές μας φορεσιές μέχρι να τις φορέσει κάποιος που "δε μας κάθεται καλά στο μάτι". Οι κραχτες μια φορά δεν έχουν φορέσει τη φουστανέλα εκτός σχολικης γιορτής να πούμε 🤦‍♀️

Μπορεί να γίνει συζήτηση για το που γίνεται να φοράμε τις παραδοσιακές φορεσιές χωρίς να τις μειωνουμε. Προσωπικά για τους λόγους που είπα δώ το βρίσκω οκ, γιατί και η βάση των μελωδιών είναι ελληνική παραδοσιακή αλλά και το setting στο βίντεο. Αν θέλουμε να φέρουμε την παραδοσιακή μας στο προσκήνιο, αυτός είναι ένας τρόπος.

Η mainstream hip hop μας έχει γίνει μια κόπια της Αμερικής μέχρι και στον τρόπο που τραγουδάνε για "πουτάνες και ντρογκια", και αντί να μας ενοχλεί αυτό, μας ενοχλεί ο άνθρωπος που έκανε κάτι με βάση τη δική μας παράδοση που κανονικά ο μέσος Έλληνας ντρέπεται να την αγγίξει. Αυτός που δεν ντρέπεται να την αγγίξει, ας τη βάλει τη φορεσιά.

Τέλος, ο Κολοκοτρώνης θα τον πηγαινε τρελα τον τύπο, γιατί φαίνεται από τις εμφανίσεις του ότι το ζει σα μοντέρνος μάγκας με την ψυχή του✌️

[sciogli-lingua]

Γεια σας, Έλληνες του Langblr :P Θα ήθελα να ακούσω περισσότερη Ελληνική μουσική, έχει κανέις να προτείνει; Δεν έχει σημασία ποιο είδος, μέχρι στιγμής μ'αρέσει το ρεμπέτικο αλλά ακούω οτιδήποτε. Ευχαριστώ εκ των προτέρων!

[groovalos]

Ένα σημάδι απ' το κραγιόν σου στο πουκάμισο

Ένα κρυφό νάζι, ένα γελάκι

Ένα ρεμπέτικο, ένα συρτάκι

Μισό γεμάτο ποτήρι όπως το τασάκι

Ένα μικρό σπίτι, ένα παλατάκι

Ο ήχος από το μπαγλαμαδάκι

Μια σαλάτα, μια ράκη, ένα ταβλάκι

Πόσο πλούσιος νιώθω, ρε φιλαράκι?!

[oraiotisimeras]

Αφιέρωμα: Το ρεμπέτικο τραγούδι στην Κατοχή και την Αντίσταση, Ώρα Ελλάδ...

[epestrefe]

Το μυστήριο ζεϊμπέκικο (1932)Ιωάννης Χαλικιάς (ή Τζακ Γκρέγκορυ)

Μικρασιάτικη μελωδία. Φωνογραφήθηκε στη Νέα Υόρκη, τον Ιανουάριο του 1932. Μπουζούκι παίζει ο Ιωάννης Χαλικιάς (ή Τζακ Γκρέγκορυ) και κιθάρα ο Σοφοκλής Μικελίδης. Δίσκοι Columbia Co 56294-F και DGX 36 (12΄΄). Την ίδια χρονιά φωνογραφήθηκε και στην Αθήνα από το Σπύρο Περιστέρη.Στη μελωδία αυτή βασίστηκε το τραγούδι "Μανταλιώ και Μανταλένα"με την Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα

[xionisgr]

ISBN: 978-960-04-2441-6 Συγγραφέας: Μαρούλα Κλιάφα Εκδότης: Κέδρος Σελίδες: 117 Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης: 2004-01-01 Διαστάσεις: 21x14 Εξώφυλλο: Μαλακό εξώφυλλο

[thespiritofstars]

Απόψε μοιάζουμε κι οι δύο

πιο πίσω εγώ κι εσύ μπροστά

σα βραδινό λεωφορείο

που `χει τα φώτα του σβηστά

για μας ο κόσμος δεν τελειώνει

για μας ο κόσμος αρχινά

μα της καρδιάς το μαύρο χιόνι

δε θα μας βγάλει πουθενά

Το πρακτορείο - Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος

[a078740849aposts]

ISBN: 978-960-04-2441-6 Συγγραφέας: Μαρούλα Κλιάφα Εκδότης: Κέδρος Σελίδες: 117 Ημερομηνία Έκδοσης: 2004-01-01 Διαστάσεις: 21x14 Εξώφυλλο: Μαλακό εξώφυλλο

[shmeragr]

��ο Μπουζούκι και Η Σχέση Του Με Το Ρεμπέτικο: Η Ιστορία Ενός Θρυλικού Οργάνου

Το μπουζούκι, ένα από τα πιο αναγνωρίσιμα όργανα της ελληνικής μουσικής, έχει τις ρίζες του βαθιά στην ιστορία και αποτελεί βασικό κομμάτι της ρεμπέτικης κουλτούρας. Το όργανο αυτό προέρχεται από τη μεγάλη οικογένεια των εγχόρδων, με καταγωγή από την αρχαία Ελλάδα, και είναι απόγονος του ταμπουρά και του τουρκικού σαζιού. Το χαρακτηριστικό του ήχο τον έκανε κεντρικό πυλώνα της ρεμπέτικης…