Vangelis - Ballad

[yeapsystar]

One of my favvies though!

[MrRotKipMusic]

my favorite part is 3:30

[radii3one4]

favorite all-time by Vangelis ... saw him live at Royce Hall UCLA 1986 - amazing

[asderso]

NorskTorsk, those uploads make Youtube a great place to be !!! Thank you.

[Blackcatholman]

Vangelis is certainly one of the all-time best multi-track artists, building his music one layer at a time, gradually assembling wonderful tunes, which captivate, relax, stimulate, and inspire. Ho almost joined the band Yes at about the time that this music was released, when Wakeman left the band. He and the lead singer of Yes produced some wonderful music together.

[Relaxicity]

@Blackcatholman Vangelis actually hardly multitracks. Most parts are performed in one take, with clever layering, midi routing, etc. Well, not midi in those days but he was already layering, using systain pedals, etc. Some of it is polished with a few subtle overdubs, but Ballad is typically one of those kind of tracks that would be recorded almost completely live.

[skyblueo]

This music is so nostalgic for me. I loved this kind of electronic music when it came out. Stuff like this used to get played on Rock radio, usually after midnight. The late 70s were a very open minded time in a strange way. I'm glad some modern electronica artists are giving this stuff respect. Great sounds to sample too.

[bakn4th123]

for rukaav thanks for the tip,however the song that I am looking for by vangelis was used in a bit by a d.j. named the greaseman who was on the air in marland and new york in the early 90s.he was also the construction worker in the grp village people. he was removed from the airways 2 hrs after he made fun of the black man that was drug behind a trk in texas. most of his bits he used alot of music by vangelis.

[oliasdoug]

This was the first Vangelis song to truly blow me away, after this album's release in 1977. Of course, it helped that I was tripping my nads off on blotter acid, but that's beside the point! :-) I got every album he did after this one, and IMHO, most of them are masterpieces. BEAUBORG was too far out in left field for me, but that's one dud out of a library of great music. He is a true genius, one of a kind, instantly recognizable. A true Renaissance man.

[bakn4th123]

looking for a song by vangelis believe its called cosmic traveler or man

[rukaav]

@bakn4th123

perhaps you mean "An unknown man"?

[MrChristian326]

I missed this album when it first came out ... but I'm glad you posted a track.

[Tektonikos]

For the Argentinian's people, "Ballad" sound like an emotive tango. Is a tango that Vangelis composed for us. :)

[Tektonikos]

For the Argentinian's people, "Ballad" sound like a emotive tango. Is a tango that Vangelis composed for us. :)

[kriptomeria]

to listen to his almost every song is not just to be pleased with music - is a real spiritual experiense! the same with the ballad!

[DollaTwo]

The start makes me emotional

[SianJosette]

Beautiful! This is a musical treat, heaven for the ear. I love Vangelis.

[trendyniro]

his music sounds as if, he is from another planet

[MaxOfS2D]

The part that begins at 5:01 is just incredible

Just wondering, is that Vangelis' voice or someone else's ?

[NorskTorsk]

@MaxOfS2D I think I've read that it is Vangelis' voice and that this is the only track he has his voice in^^

[skyliner288]

@NorskTorsk no he is never in his music, he doesn't even allow the media to interview him...

[Relaxicity]

@NorskTorsk True, it is Vangelis' voice, but you can hear him in other tracks too. He's the voice of a shadow on the China album (the deep voice, not the higher one with chinese accent), and the professional singer in Not a Bit, All of It (See You Later). Then there's the heavily processed child's voice on Message from the album Direct....

[NeedleFactoryTube]

@MaxOfS2D he generally used his studio engineers to do voices.

[turnbull7]

logonazo is a retard

[zouroub]

Try to hear "12 oclock" for Vangelis too, its from 1975.

[turnbull7]

@zouroub Yes, 12 o'clock is very powerful.

[marcusuke]

Vangelis is a genious. My personal favourites are "La petite fille de la mer" and "Memories of green"

[FlightOverRio]

beneath a steel sky

[atzenanu]

Best work ever! The complete album is something they can't do anymore...

[logonazo]

i never liked these voices seems like the commentaries of Vangelis while playing with his own shit in the W.C.

[Scifimaster92]

@logonazo On the contrary, I personally consider the voices to be the best part of the song!

[SELFsufficiently]

my fav track from "spiral"

[PASJONAT51]

bttw, I was always wondered in der is any vocalist or a samper :)

[PASJONAT51]

The Best Vangelis album EVER! I Was wonderin for meny years what is Better Heven&Hell or ALBEDO 0'39 Or mebe siper After so many years I say SPIRAL!!!

[stradivarius1821]

Este compositor New Age es mi favorito al igual que Kitaro. I love New age.

[DJKickstarter]

One Can Only be inspired by such greatness as Vangelis, i am just a humble Man living my own life and I feel most alive when I make music

[liecron]

sounds like someone singing in the bath

[gundabalf]

yea, why not!

[Calle2k]

Norsk torsk er jo godt. Det samme gjelder pale, flyndre, laks, etc. :)

Krabbe passer også fint.

[newsmanply]

he was a man at peace with himself while all around him was kaos

[Potena14]

The more I listen to it the more I think Vangelis is from another planet...

[turnbull7]

Beautiful piece. Always liked this one; so original, delightfully lopsided, poignant. Sliverwater006, you are so right!

[turnbull7]

@turnbull7 if you are in the mood this composition is a moving experience. it has that intangible, exotic quality that signifies some of Vangelis' best work. A little self indulgent perhaps, but who cares? This is brilliant!

[thrashened]

true music is here

[MrCarnivour]

he is a true artist, a genius!:)

[silverwater006]

I bet with all the technological innovations we have today ..today's musicians won't have the brains to compose even 1/4th of the quality of Vangelis.... how the hell did he do this 30 years ago????

[cubalibre15]

its time for you to appreciate the music of daft punk, a band that uses the new technology of today and makes wonderful dance music.

[silverwater006]

@cubalibre15 of course I like Daft Punk man .. but you cannot compare Daft Punk with Vangelis .. the two belong in very different leagues .

[atzenanu]

Hahahaha, please don't compare a virtuoso musician with sound technicians (i do like Daftpunk but there is no comparison possible)

[DrCyberGood]

@silverwater006 he is just one of those composition geniuses that could play piano masterfully from an early age... his use of technology was entirely incidental to his progress

[pietroberlusca]

me...with my new album The Return...by Pietro Rocchi...great Vangelis:-)

[raymangold22]

@silverwater006 He did this 30 years ago because the technology back then used was *superior*. Today's musicians (even vangelis himself) use digital synthesizers which sound primitive in comparison to ANALOG synthesizers. I love music equipment from the 70's and 80's.

You're looking at it the wrong way... technology is going backwards, not forwards :)

[asderso]

@raymangold22 excellent comment and info as well, thank you.

[eggman081979]

@raymangold22 Where do you get ur info from. Vangelis used the Zyclus sequencer later to be known as Direct. Zyclus used in the 70's to be heavily upgraded and renamed Direct during the 80's and 90's. All made by two men. Bill Marshall and Pete Kellock. My name is Greg Marshall.

[raymangold22]

@eggman081979 A sequencer isn't a synthesizer. Obviously digital processors were used even in analog synthesizers themselves such as the intel 8048, but the OSCILLATORS generated an analog signal path.

Other than that, I really don't understand what you're trying to say.

[OrionDenali]

@silverwater006 You said it. Try TOMITA. He was before Vangelis and played on the earlier panel synthesizers with the cables!

[eggman081979]

@silverwater006 useing the Direct sequencer made for him. Made by a man named Bill Marshall. They named an album after it.

[emiliogm89]

Linux song theme?

[hankdendrijver]

Hahaha! A black and white statement?

You probably thought I said 'Is he a singing penguin.'

Hahahaha.

I said:

Is he singing 'penguin'?

In other words,

are the lyrics of this song: 'penguin, penguininginging...'

[hankdendrijver]

Is he singing penguin?

[DeadHomewood]

For me Larry Nivens Ringworld and the music of Vangelis, especially Spiral will always be connected. Try reading Ringworld while listening to Spiral....it makes perfect sense.

[Intrafacial86]

I could see another Fantasia movie made entirely with this man's music.

Friggin' epic music. 5/5

[skyblueo]

@Intrafacial86 What a great idea! That would be awesome!

[RedheadMetalC]

i love computer music or something like that...

[abcernusa]

perfect as always

[MINGAMETALO]

que epocas aquellas la grandeza se media en inspiracion y genialidad la mejor epoca de papatanasius que nostalgia que alegria aun escuchando hoy en dia.

[romeropablo]

ALl instruments playes by Vangelis, as allways. And he is making the chanting with echo doppler effect. This is the only time we heared the Vangelis' voice.

[pwaldek1960]

Beautiful music. Thanks.:)

5*

[RistoV87]

I love it, but could you upload Vangelis' song 'Bacchanale'? I can't find that one anywhere on Youtube.

[MagmaDragoonEXE]

Go to the channel "Mamanon", that user has uploaded that song of Vangelis.