pink martini - a great concert

what can i say...just a great performance! i had wanted to see them for years now, we finally coincided at the hammersmith apollo.

so many songs - sympathique, brasil, hey eugene, hang on little tomato, all the old favourites and all the new ones, some of which were absolutely amazing (incl one sung in turkish, which is not included in the new album, it's for the next one. that's where the photo is from!)

enjoy a photo, a video, and one of their new songs.

sympathique at the apollo:



hey eugene - at the tonight show:

sum 41 - pieces

I tried to be perfect,
But nothing was worth it,
I don’t believe it makes me real.
I thought it’d be easy,
But no one believes me,
I meant all the things I said.

If you believe it’s in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I’m better off on my own.

This place is so empty,
My thoughts are so tempting,
I don’t know how it got so bad.
Sometimes it’s so crazy,
that nothing can save me,
But it’s the only thing that I have.

If you believe it's in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I'm better off on my own.

On my own...

I tried to be perfect,
It just wasn't worth it,
Nothing could ever be so wrong.
It’s hard to believe me,
It never gets easy,
I guess I knew that all along.

If you believe it’s in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I’m better off on my own.

travis - my eyes

Deep in my heart, there's no room for crying,
but I'm trying to see your point of view
Deep in my heart, I'm afraid I'm dying,
I'd be lying if I said I'm not

Welcome in, welcome in,
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in,
You're welcome
It's a sin, it's a sin,
Where birds of a feather, are welcome to, land on you

[CHORUS]
Ya Ya Ya *2
You've got my eyes
And we can't see, what you'll be, you can't disguise
But either way, I will pray, you will be wise
Pretty soon you will see, tears in my eyes..

As each day goes by, makes way for another,
We discover that we're not alone
And each day we try, the best we can to recover,
All the feelings that we left below

Welcome in, welcome in,
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in,
You're welcome
It's a sin, it's a sin,
Where birds of a feather, are welcome too, land on you

[CHORUS]
Ya Ya Ya *2
You've got my eyes
We can't see, what you'll be, you can't disguise
But either way, I will pray, you will be wise
Pretty soon you will see the tears in my eyes..

Welcome in, welcome in,
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in,
You're welcome
It's a sin, it's a sin,
Where birds of a feather, are welcome too, land on you...

[CHORUS]
Ya Ya Ya *2
You've got my eyes
And We can't see, what you'll be, you can't disguise
But either way, I will pray, you will be wise
Pretty soon you will see the tears in my eyes.. *3

no surprises

a heart that's full up like a landfill
a job that slowly kills you
bruises that won't heal
you look so tired-unhappy
bring down the government
they don't, they don't speak for us
i'll take a quiet life
a handshake of carbon monoxide

with no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
silent silent

this is my final fit
my final bellyache

with no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises please

such a pretty house
and such a pretty garden.

no alarms and no surprises (get me outta here)
no alarms and no surprises (get me outta here)
no alarms and no surprises, please

a few good concerts

yep, it's been a while since i last was on a live concert, and i have to say i had two in the same week!

radiohead, at victoria park on the 25th of june, and bon jovi at twickenham on the 27th. they were both awesome. seen radiohead before in thessaloniki, some 8 years ago, and they were also amazing. this time they skipped a couple of my favourites (street spirit, fake plastic trees), but they put on a great show for the fans. highlights: my iron lung, no surprises, a couple of the new songs in the beginning, karma police (when they let the crowd keep singing at the end "for a minute there, i lost myself, i lost myself...!") and finishing with the ever atmospheric paranoid android was all great! 40,000 people enjoyed a unique experience.



bon jovi is the only concert i have ever been to that there were only 2 songs i didn't know the lyrics to (and i've been to a few). it was a great show, in american band fashion the crowd was completely involved in the whole thing, singing and dancing for 2 and a half hours. it seems like i've grown up with their songs, and so did the rest of the people there, so the connection was instant. can't even begin to list their songs, i would need two pages. but name anyone of their greatest hits, and they sang it!








in the meantime, i got the news that my best childhood friend - kostas - and his band in italy - 81db - are opening the deep purple concert in torino on july 13th! another great gig to follow then! worth visiting their website and listening to their music! all the best!

the tune on my mind

jose gonzalez - heartbeats



One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise made
Four hands and then away

Both under influence
We had divine sense
To know what to say
Mind is a razorblade

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

One night of magic rush
The start a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief

Ten days of perfect hues
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough

And you
You knew the hand of the devil
And you
Kept us awake with wolves teeth
Sharing different heartbeats
In one night

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
For me, no

To call for hands of above
To lean on
Wouldn't be good enough

the tune on my mind

What a drag it is
The shape i'm in
Well I go out somewhere
Then I come home again

I light a cigarette
'Cause I can't get no sleep
Theres nothing on the TV nothing on the radio
That means that much to me

All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
There's trouble in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh

Yesterday was easy
Happiness came and went
I got the movie script
But I don't know what it meant

I light a cigarette
'Cause I can't get no sleep
Theres nothing on the TV nothing on the radio
That means that much to me
Theres nothing on the TV nothing on the radio
That I can believe in

All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
There's trouble in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
There's panic in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh

Yesterday was easy
Yes I got the news
When you get it straight, but stand up you just can't lose
Give you my confidence, all my faith in life

Dont stand me up
Don't let me down
I need you tonight
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold me, say you'll be here
To hold..

All my life
Watching America
All my life
There's panic in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
She's just in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh

Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel
Tell me how does it feel

smashing pumpkins live

my second live concert for this year was the smashing pumpkins at the o2, and it was great all the way, excluding the 20 mins before the encore, where the band chose to improvise and fall in love with themselves, probably ignoring the fact that they were performing for about 15,000 ppl. nonetheless, it was a great concert, with old and new favourites being played along the way. i particularly liked the way 1979 and tonight tonight were played.

enjoy a video from them (not mine)

nouvelle vague

i saw my first live concert for the year in colchester, on saturday night. nouvelle vague is a band i didn't know much about, but the concert was great and so is their music. good start for the year. on to the smashing pumpkins next saturday!

...ctd

speaking of florence, that's where i met my childhood friend Kostas, whom we practically grew up together till the age of 15. hadn't seen him in 4 years now, and i discovered that he decided to try and make a dream come true, make a career out of music, in the same genre that we used to listen to together, years ago.

i took a look, i liked it, and now there is a permanent link on this blog, to the florence based band, 81db. enjoy!

old news

ήθελα εδώ κ καιρό να τα γράψω αυτά, αν κ είναι δυο "ειδήσεις" διαφορετικής φύσεως.

η πρώτη είναι ένα άρθρο για μια καινούργια (!!!) αθλητική εφημερίδα που ανοίγει στην ελλάδα! ΗΜΑΡΤΟΝ! 1) γιατί χρειαζόμαστε κι άλλες? και 2) ποιος τις αγοράζει και συντηρούνται ΟΛΕΣ? δε μπορώ να καταλάβω...

η δεύτερη είδηση αφορά σ'ενα compilation από youtube videos των REM, με αφορμή το live δίσκο τους που κυκλοφορεί. είναι καλό κ έυχομαι να το απολαύσετε.

καλό σαββατοκύριακο.

one place

A summer evening; I walk past the window,
Baby's crying; Someone's cooking dinner;
There's laughter on the TV
Someone's learning the violin.
How at home, it heals
At times like this, I feel that...

I would like to live like anybody else
In one place
And I could be happy and fulfilled
In one place

So I get the map out
And draw a line of where we've been
It goes thru sea and sky
Twenty-five planes this year
And it's only July...
This is not some Bible, like on the road
It's just a song about coming home
And whether...

I would like to live like anybody else
In one place
And I could be happy and fulfilled
In one place

And you know that I have found
That I'm happiest weaving from town to town
And you know Bruce said
we should keep moving 'round
Maybe we all get too tied down, I don't know
Hell, I don't know
I'm happy to be home (Still alive)
Happy to be home...

In the end, if you take care
You can be happy or unhappy anywhere

And I think we maybe all rely too much
On one place
I know I never would deny the need
For one place

So I get the map out (get the map out)
Yeah I get the map out (get the map out)
C'mon, get the map out (get the map out)
Get the map out (get the map out)

chasing cars

the tune on my mind

for the day...

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

I walked across an empty land,
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand.
I felt the earth beneath my feet,
Sat by the river and it made me complete.
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on.
So tell me when you're gonna let me in,
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.

I came across a fallen tree,
I felt the branches; are they looking at me?
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on.
So tell me when you're gonna let me in,
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.
AND if you have a minute why don't we go,
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything.
So why don't we go, somewhere only we know,
Somewhere only we know.

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on.
So, tell me when you gonna let me in,
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.
SO if you have a minute why don't we go,
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything.
So why don't we go, so why don't we go,

Hmmm yeahh,

This could be the end of everything.
So why don't we go, somewhere only we know,
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know.

chasing cars

a song that's been haunting me for the past little while...enjoy.



We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words,
are said too much
they're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

(In album version but not in music video)
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

ταξίδι στο χρόνο

είπαν κάποτε οι μάσκες...

Πάλι τα ίδια επανάληψη
Δεν ξέρω ποια θα είναι η κατάληξη
Πάλι μοναχός δεν ξέρω τι να πω
Πώς να γεμίσω αυτό το ακαθόριστο κενό

Μες στο χρόνο ταξιδεύω μα όλα στάσιμα
Η ζωή μας προσπερνάει πίσω δεν γυρνά
Σπάνιο φαινόμενο κάποια καλή στιγμή
Μη ρωτάς να σ' απαντήσω, δεν ξέρω το γιατί

Εσύ μακριά και όλοι οι φίλοι μου χαμένοι
Σύντροφος μου η μοναξιά, τίποτα δεν μένει
Είναι ώρες που με πιάνω να παραμιλώ
Περίεργα παιχνίδια μου παίζει το μυαλό

πεσσιμιστικό αλλά ταιριάζει. με την πόλη που ζω, με τη ρουτίνα που θέλω να σπάσω, με όλο το σκηνικό. το άκουγα σήμερα πηγαίνοντας στη δουλειά, κατά τις 7:30 το πρωί, με το μουντό ουρανό του λονδίνου πάνω απ' το κεφάλι μου. ουσιαστικά χάνεται η αίσθηση του χρόνου όταν δε σου αρέσει η ρουτίνα σου, κι ενώ οι καλές στιγμές είναι αρκετές, δίνεις έμφαση στις κακές. τις καλές τις ξεχνάς πιο εύκολα.

έχω καμιά φορά την αίσθηση ότι η πόλη αυτή με γερνάει. ή η ζωή που ζω τώρα με γερνάει. δεν έχω πρόβλημα να μεγαλώνω, από μικρός μεγάλος ήμουν άλλωστε, και πάντα ήθελα να είμαι. δεν ψάχνω το ελιξίριο της νεότητας. έχω πρόβλημα όμως με το να γερνάω. κι υπάρχει διαφορά ανάμεσα στα δύο, ειδικά όταν το δεύτερο επισπεύδεται λόγω τρόπου ζωής. θα τη βρω την άκρη όμως.

monday morning thought

on a grey monday, while walking to the office with a hangover, the tune in my head:

"If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad"

never been a great fan of sheryl's but these lyrics kinda describe how sometimes the whole thing of living in the uk is killing me, even though i know i'm happier here than i would be elsewhere at the moment. [also defined as schizophrenia]