Jon & Vangelis - The Friends Of Mr. Cairo

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  • Опубликовано: 5 янв 2025

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  • @andybullemor-music5928
    @andybullemor-music5928 2 года назад +230

    My Dad had this album on vinyl, still does. I used to bug him to play the full 12 minute version of this song. Really captured my imagination. RIP Vangelis.

    • @jbg101
      @jbg101 2 года назад +10

      I was lucky to have had an older brother. 7 years older than me. He taught me some new type of music that I never would have know. May he be blessed.
      Almost 2 years since his passing .
      But it is all good

    • @Steve-oq7pk
      @Steve-oq7pk 2 года назад +5

      I once got on Virgin radio, DJ asked me what song I wanted playing, I asked for this one, DJ never heard of it, couldn’t find it in their music library, shocking, haven’t listened to Virgin since , this song an absolute classic and year’s ahead of it’s time

    • @francoispasquet1394
      @francoispasquet1394 2 года назад +1

      Me also...

    • @lachlanj9901
      @lachlanj9901 2 года назад +2

      @@jbg101 like listening to a story..my favorite series boardwalk empire. I agree with you

    • @lachlanj9901
      @lachlanj9901 2 года назад +1

      Amasing how she does that chorus, let alone rest

  • @WaitAMinute1989
    @WaitAMinute1989 2 года назад +164

    40 years later and I'm still listening to this tune.

    • @nwc3270
      @nwc3270 11 дней назад

      Your not the only one

  • @norakarenfashion
    @norakarenfashion Год назад +29

    My dad loved this song , I looked for it for a long time and finally remembered the name, thank you!

    • @lidia82
      @lidia82 Год назад

      Same here , i just had a part of the melody. I mumbled it to google! My father had a cassette.

    •  2 месяца назад

      The full version of the song is much better.

  • @dariuszmaek6594
    @dariuszmaek6594 15 дней назад +4

    Dla mnie jeden z najlepszych utworów lat młodości ❤

  • @SDC_BIGTIME
    @SDC_BIGTIME 7 лет назад +262

    In their prime, and glory.
    The original 12 minute version still holds as a wonderfully gentle, spiritual piece. I kinda wish my friends liked this.

    • @ceeceety2320
      @ceeceety2320 6 лет назад +13

      Slam Dunk Cosmos How old are your friends? This music is timeless if you ask me. Every friend I've turned on to this song has absolutely loved it and every time they here it I usually get a shout out on Facebook or something saying how it reminds them of me! That feels so amazing! It reminds me of the person who first played it for me as well! It's a wonderfully gentle, spiritual piece for sure! I love the way you described it. We are lucky to have it to enjoy in the years to come! Peace! Tammie Parrish Miller

    • @robinhenderson6032
      @robinhenderson6032 6 лет назад +16

      My three kids used to act this out in the livingroom! All these years later, they can still jump into that scene without a hitch! So funny.

    • @SDC_BIGTIME
      @SDC_BIGTIME 6 лет назад +6

      Oh my friends are nearly 20 but their taste is decent while Jon & Vangelis might not be their jam, haha

    • @KalmanBorbely
      @KalmanBorbely 5 лет назад +5

      @@robinhenderson6032 Good parenting!

    • @guyboost7311
      @guyboost7311 5 лет назад +3

      The Bass And Synth reminds me of DEVO !

  • @lecutter9382
    @lecutter9382 2 года назад +94

    RIP Vangelis. Thanks for the great music.

  • @bluewaters3100
    @bluewaters3100 2 года назад +54

    My husband and I loved Vangelis. One day he brought home this album and we just went insane for it. When my kids were little we had it on our big stereo all the time. Thanks you Vangelis for all your music. You are the Greek God of music forever.

  • @corrinehoward1999
    @corrinehoward1999 11 месяцев назад +9

    I grew up playing the piano and cello and didnt care much for rock music until I heard this.

  • @barryvincentredmond3973
    @barryvincentredmond3973 9 месяцев назад +5

    Such a marvellous album.I bought it on vinyl when released in 1981.Jon and Vangelis.Pure magic together.Inimitable and so unique.What an amazing collaboration over several stunning albums in the early 80's.

  • @thefunpolice
    @thefunpolice Месяц назад +4

    Such a great riff, worked really well in The Untouchables soundtrack too.

    • @OOTMI
      @OOTMI Месяц назад +1

      Yep, Ennio Morricone used the Vangelis melody and changed a bunch of things but it's repurposed as Al Capone's theme.

  • @oiramsq73
    @oiramsq73 2 года назад +27

    Not sure how many times Vangelis actually appeared in his promotional videos (I can only think of a couple (and they involve Jon Anderson!)). We've lost a really special figure in music and an exceptionally gifted person. We have these little snippets to remember him by. Rest in Peace and Thank you.

  • @hawthornleaf5909
    @hawthornleaf5909 Год назад +10

    I think this is the first time I have heard the single edit and whilst it is nice I imagine folks who have not heard the full album version must wonder why so many people are waxing lyrical about this song. You have to experience the full 12-minute version, simple as that. A friend of mine at college in 1988 put me on to this song, I was blown away, and it has gone on to resonate brightly through the decades. It was certainly out of step with the music fashions of the day but that didn't bother us 17-year-olds in the slightest. It's one of those songs where I hang on to every moment of the journey, and it simultaneously pulls me back to special times as a teen.

    • @brianjay9811
      @brianjay9811 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, I was very disappointed to find someone had removed the best part of the song. Though it's lengthy, it is well worth every single second...

  • @eroche12
    @eroche12 2 года назад +34

    40 years ago I discovered this song on French TV while on holidays. I didn't wait long to find the LP (yes LP) of the Friends of Mr. Cairo. Epic. Ground braking songs with Jon. And then my discovery of China album and much more. In all your songs you have just that moment where the angels just kindly touch the notes and we listened together with you. RIP Maestro

  • @fabrikk60
    @fabrikk60 3 года назад +4

    People are complaining about the short length of this edit, but I seem to recall a short edit as a single that was played on radio. Makes sense that the video would be the same length as the radio single was.

  • @HerMajestyattheGate
    @HerMajestyattheGate 2 года назад +16

    RIP Vangelis! Thank you for the music!

  • @Laovonfrae
    @Laovonfrae 7 лет назад +154

    One of the greatest acheivements of the eclectic genius of Vangelis. Love you, Evángelos

    • @serpico1616
      @serpico1616 6 лет назад +2

      I like him cause my name is in his :D jk he is amazing. I love me some Blade Runner and Bounty

    • @asterlofts1565
      @asterlofts1565 3 года назад +2

      And Jon Anderson.

  • @Sam-ch9mn
    @Sam-ch9mn 6 лет назад +67

    I've listened to this track regularly for over 25 years. Never tire of it. Almost spiritual.

    • @mauricejarjoura550
      @mauricejarjoura550 3 года назад +3

      Cool shit. I heard this forty years ago sitting in back of a taxi. I said, "please turn up the volume"

  • @LadyDeWynter
    @LadyDeWynter 4 года назад +18

    with that face alone, Vangelis would be a perfect villain. mesmerizing eyes, dark gaze, and the overall "dark, sexy & mysterious" stuff. I like it

    • @ArthriticBabe
      @ArthriticBabe 4 года назад +3

      A great James Bond perhaps 🍸⚔

  • @brianjay9811
    @brianjay9811 11 месяцев назад +2

    This vividly brings back memories of sailing on the Alaskan ferry Tustumena, back in 1984 listening to cassette tapes. Much of the Vangelis track complimented the beautiful scenery...

  • @musicgenie7
    @musicgenie7 4 года назад +25

    Timeless. When we were kids we always played this album in the car and sang out loud as a family. Still my favourite musicians in my 40s

  • @williamhogg7007
    @williamhogg7007 5 лет назад +44

    Been listening and captured by Jon’s voice since “Yes” days but his collaboration with Vangelis is superb. Never tire of the clever junctaposition of voice and backing !

  • @StevenHavill
    @StevenHavill 3 месяца назад +1

    Jon Anderson rocks!!! Of course, YES is him! Vangelis was a very brief gig (snark), but boy how this thing rocks it! I didn't even know about this song until I was watching Fringe for the 20th time. I knew it was Anderson. Hard to believe I was 23 ATT HEH, just bought the original vinyl DELECTUS.

  • @DerbJd
    @DerbJd 5 месяцев назад +4

    RIP Vangelis. I idolised you through my musical childhood and wished I’d got to jam with you.

  • @KSMvidcast
    @KSMvidcast 4 месяца назад +2

    I have this on vinyl, and play it every once in a while. Gives me chills every time I listen to it. What a perfect song from an unsung duo! They really worked well together. This video doesn't include it, but there's a brilliant tempo/beat shift at the end of the song that I've been trying to figure out how they pulled off so flawlessly since 1994 when I first heard the song.

  • @catmogs9443
    @catmogs9443 6 лет назад +19

    I'm obsessively listening to Jon and vangelis,bro in law funeral 2 days ago,he loved these,had every album,I can't stop crying listening to find my way home 😓

  • @sydneyunfortunately222
    @sydneyunfortunately222 Месяц назад +1

    Dad put this on once, after we watched the movie and i’ve loved the tune ever since. i ❤ Vangelis.

  • @VangeliRock
    @VangeliRock 4 года назад +6

    Yassou Evangelos. Thank you for all your beautiful music.

  • @vickiangelucci6745
    @vickiangelucci6745 3 года назад +7

    My husband, Michael, saw these two open for King Crimson at The Mann Music Center in Philadelphia in the summer 1982. He still talks about their performance!

    • @oldirtycaffrey
      @oldirtycaffrey 7 месяцев назад

      had never heard that J&V ever opened for KC.

  • @nunosantamaria
    @nunosantamaria 2 года назад +13

    R.I.P. Vangelis e muito obrigado!

  • @styles8007
    @styles8007 Год назад +5

    Classic album period! What more can you ask for, Jon Anderson and Vangelis. All 4 albums they released are outstanding. Thank you, Vangelis, for so many years of truly outstanding music. 👍

  • @nrich5127
    @nrich5127 Год назад +4

    Simply timeless and so unique ... from a time when creativity was an important part of popular music ....

  • @dnicolas90
    @dnicolas90 2 года назад +39

    Vida eterna a Vangelis. Nos dejó en cuerpo pero su música será para siempre!

    • @michaanaszkiewicz193
      @michaanaszkiewicz193 6 месяцев назад

      I've been listening to it since 1995 and I keep coming back to it

  • @stringbeanpc
    @stringbeanpc 3 года назад +15

    40 years has gone by. I remember listening to this on the radio as a teenager

  • @Jossik46
    @Jossik46 6 лет назад +22

    "And I was privileged to be as I am to this day, To be with you. To be with you," the words that resonate through my soul.

  • @patrickfavre7050
    @patrickfavre7050 Год назад +4

    Le walkman dans la poche, le casque sur les oreilles et j'avalais les kilomètres dans mon buggy avec insouciance. Cela s'appelait la jeunesse 😊

  • @ramjam25
    @ramjam25 5 лет назад +282

    remember rewinding this with a Bic pen so as not to drain the batteries on my Walkman

    • @marianaarnau8574
      @marianaarnau8574 4 года назад +9

      WE ALL DID!!! :)

    • @cmn199
      @cmn199 3 года назад +8

      .same here...rewinding tapes with a pen

    • @johnconnor8843
      @johnconnor8843 2 года назад +3

      Funny

    • @Gabriel-gabriel
      @Gabriel-gabriel 2 года назад

      Hi ,bro🥲🥲🥲

    • @Gabriel-gabriel
      @Gabriel-gabriel 2 года назад +6

      We were 1000 times happier than the kids and youngsters of today,we had dreams and hope.....

  • @gamer_yes
    @gamer_yes Год назад +3

    Someone showed me the full song today and... oh my god. This is actually amazing I cant stop listening

  • @kevinpourmostofi6079
    @kevinpourmostofi6079 3 года назад +8

    I heard this song first on the radio in 1983, still holds up to this day. Oh to be a teenager again

  • @davidfreud9188
    @davidfreud9188 3 года назад +3

    I was in 8th grade when this was on the radio and I'm just so thrilled to find it once again! Didn't know the title but searched,"really kind of useless though, don't you think so Mary?". And finally found the title! Happy Day!

  • @johnosborne2989
    @johnosborne2989 4 месяца назад +2

    Jon is an absolute legend, the only choice for Vangelis.

  • @ManuelMoutinho
    @ManuelMoutinho 3 месяца назад +2

    Espectacular as músicas de Jon and Vangelis

    • @ManuelMoutinho
      @ManuelMoutinho 3 месяца назад +1

      Eu tenho o álbum de vinil de vangelis de friends of Mr Cairo.

  • @danielwatkins877
    @danielwatkins877 4 года назад +2

    Are you kidding me? This leaves out the best part of the song.

  • @TheErikRamone
    @TheErikRamone 6 лет назад +15

    A majestic song, genius creators, thanks Jon & Vangelis, the universe works because of composers like you

  • @TheLouloute87
    @TheLouloute87 Месяц назад

    Musique entendue pour la première fois, j'avais 15ans. Je suis alirs devenue une fan inconditionnelle de Vangelis et surtout la voix de jon Anderson. Ça reste encore aujourd'hui une de mes plus belles émotions musicales.

  • @stevenwilhite4026
    @stevenwilhite4026 2 года назад +1

    That was great! The comments below agree with me. Have any plans for the weekend? Grocery shopping & job searching for me

  • @luyyzalvarezborja2485
    @luyyzalvarezborja2485 2 года назад +9

    Gran obra Maestra. JON ANDERSON & VANGELIS. Spectacular .

  • @joseg7090
    @joseg7090 2 года назад +3

    Se mudo a las Estrellas , pero desde joven las trajo en forma de Musica.
    La gran mayoria solo las vemos al final.
    Donde apenas atine a sentirme triste me dije que todo lo contrario , muy contento por todo lo que nos dejo y todo lo que el vivio.
    A pasarlo lindo reencontrandose con sus familiares. ☺

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 года назад +2

    Friday night FM radio in the very early 80s. This, and Gary Numan, Huey and News "Do You Believe", and Dire Straits, and Men At Work, and "Tom Sawyer", and Payola$ "Eyes of a Stranger", and "Bette Davis Eyes", and "Take It On the Run", and Christopher Cross and "Emotional Rescue"....

  • @HowlinWilf13
    @HowlinWilf13 3 года назад +12

    This is a truly great track! Love Jon Anderson's vocals! Great stuff.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 2 года назад +1

      Even if it was chopped off 9+ minutes early.

  • @timregester1173
    @timregester1173 2 года назад +3

    RIP Vangelis will be sadly missed.

  • @johnleeson6946
    @johnleeson6946 10 месяцев назад

    Just played it on cassette while doing laundry. Slow Friday night...
    "We'll just go for it and blast!"

  • @racheldoesacrylic4089
    @racheldoesacrylic4089 6 месяцев назад

    My partner of 28 yrs micky loved this as do i ,he died in 2012 every song by vangelis reminds me of him x you don't get over it ,you learn to live with it x brilliant track x

  • @lonophonic117
    @lonophonic117 6 месяцев назад +1

    Never listened to this track, only “I’ll Find My Way Home” which is beyond beautiful. But this is very unique and unusual from what I’ve heard of there’s. I can see why this is the title track, since it’s just purely excellent. RIP Mr V 😔😔😔❤️❤️❤️

  • @thomasmehle5737
    @thomasmehle5737 3 года назад +1

    ThisLP is one of my favorites. Seen Yes 6 times and never was I lucky enough to see these 2 play live. My loss

  • @davestewart1685
    @davestewart1685 2 года назад +2

    RIP Vangelis.. thank you for the music!

  • @gaetano1954
    @gaetano1954 2 года назад +3

    Vangelis (Ewangelos Odiseas Papatanasiu) 29.3.1943 - 17.5.2022 R.I.P.

  • @luiswilliams360
    @luiswilliams360 3 года назад +1

    I bought the album shortly after it was released but this is the first time that I have seen the video. Thanks!

  • @CrosscutFilmsSask
    @CrosscutFilmsSask 4 года назад +7

    One of the biggest spreads between chart position in the US and Canada - this song was #1 in Canada for three weeks but never even charted on the Billboard Hot 100...

    • @richardstewart7324
      @richardstewart7324 4 года назад

      😀😀😀

    • @kellyvaters1689
      @kellyvaters1689 4 года назад +2

      Canadians have historically had more eclectic tastes in popular music styles. Progressive rock and new wave in the early 80s got tons of airplay no matter from whence it came.

    • @guyleplensky1839
      @guyleplensky1839 3 года назад +2

      Canadians had great bands Prism Streetheart ,Pinheads , Triumph, Toronto , Chilawack ,and of course the Payolas eyes of a stranger........then the more common one Rush!

  • @ZeroCool3257
    @ZeroCool3257 5 лет назад +33

    Música que transporta a otros universos y estimula la imaginación insuperable

    • @ThomasKelly669
      @ThomasKelly669 3 года назад

      Have a look at the yes album cover, tales from topographic ocean, France 1917 art by Roger Dean Listen to the album, on the LP label Friends of Mr Cairo there is picture of Menin Gate war memorial and Keys to the tales album art Whole new universe for some

  • @johnnymerida5737
    @johnnymerida5737 Год назад +3

    Bonita cancion

  • @ersankahyaoglu1039
    @ersankahyaoglu1039 2 года назад +2

    This song brings together the real history and the artistic voice/visual effects of the cinema. So beautiful masterpiece to make us understand these long hard years by emotional feeling. Thank you from Istanbul and RIP Dear Vangelis.

  • @unioncityman63
    @unioncityman63 2 года назад

    I remember Senior year 1981-82, fall 1981 going to school waiting to hear this song, KSKU Hutchinson KS used to play it the same time every morning. Really liked it.

  • @dartvodka
    @dartvodka 11 дней назад

    Didn’t hear this song from 1984. Great!

  • @amonster8mymother
    @amonster8mymother 2 дня назад

    Still havent watched the Maltese Falcon yet.on DVD 😎

  • @PrimitiveInTheExtreme
    @PrimitiveInTheExtreme 2 года назад +1

    R.I.P. Vangelis ✨🪐✨

  • @sandb1867
    @sandb1867 2 года назад +1

    I discovered and grew up on your music. You'll be missed! :(

  • @Corpus_Callosum
    @Corpus_Callosum 11 месяцев назад

    The horns and screeching tires at the very beginning is from the movie The Mechanic with Charles Bronson, it's here on RUclips, right about 1:05:51 mark

  • @lisawiggs8220
    @lisawiggs8220 Год назад

    one of my favorite albums PERIOD. My favorite movie is the Maltese Falcon. This song really captures that spirit..I cry every time I hear this....Thanks for posting!

  • @marcelo_1984
    @marcelo_1984 5 лет назад +6

    In full HD, finally! For ages the only copies of this amazing video in here had poor quality.

  • @PopShoppekid
    @PopShoppekid 4 года назад +3

    The Greek maestro! And Jon with his silky voice.

  • @felinefinetessaslegacy
    @felinefinetessaslegacy 8 месяцев назад +1

    Heard this in '82... proud to know all the world (and do a decent 'James Stewart' to boot!). Thank you for the memories J&V! #tessaslegacy♥

  • @minkymott
    @minkymott Год назад

    Had this album. Wore the grooves down on this part of the record.

  • @odilelebarh5039
    @odilelebarh5039 7 лет назад +6

    Ravie d'avoir enfin trouvé une vidéo sur cette magnifique chanson, voix incroyable de jon ....quel plaisir !!!

    • @beatasz404
      @beatasz404 6 лет назад +1

      Niesamowity klimat...gdy tego słucham ciarki przechodzą po plecach

  • @bornagainbornagain6697
    @bornagainbornagain6697 4 месяца назад

    Jon can make music with anyone! A force.

  • @RS-os7wm
    @RS-os7wm 2 года назад

    One of my favourite albums , my wee brother bought it .Between us we had some brilliant 70’s and 80’s albums s, such a great time to grow up . No internet , just the NME or Melody Maker a packet of king size rizzlas little sprinkle of Moroccan or Pakistan black , yes truly innocent days with a great soundtrack

  • @LEPERCOLONY1
    @LEPERCOLONY1 4 года назад +2

    so frikin good

  • @miqsh70
    @miqsh70 2 года назад +4

    R.I.P. 🖤🖤🖤

  • @raymroz5806
    @raymroz5806 5 лет назад +2

    I remember this song at number 1 for a while here in Canada back in the day when i was in grade 4 or 5 or so. I had almost forgotten it until I came across a reference to it somewhere. Blast from the past! Haha, thanks for the up.

    • @CoolGamer-yg8ur
      @CoolGamer-yg8ur 5 лет назад +1

      Known this from when I was a toddler. I lived with most of the songs from Vangelis.

  • @DavidChipman
    @DavidChipman Год назад

    I remember this song freaked me out as a kid, but loved it anyhow. Still do.

  • @kimparking1
    @kimparking1 2 года назад +1

    This track MUST have the last epilogue where Jon sings about the silver screen… this song is all about the movies 🎥

  • @Gandalf606
    @Gandalf606 5 лет назад +3

    Such a shame the other half is missing ... to me ... that was the best bit. Dreamy, Inspirational, a starlit Fantasy.

  • @QHarefield
    @QHarefield 5 лет назад +4

    I love this song - have done for decades. I have never seen this video before - indeed, I had no idea there was a video! Thank you!

  • @juanca7642
    @juanca7642 4 года назад +16

    Increíble...
    Casi 40 años sin volver a oír éste tema...
    Me ha transportado a mi adolescencia.
    Geniales J & V ...

  • @spookycellar
    @spookycellar Год назад

    ...when congeniality can no longer be surpassed...musically, compositionally, in terms of arrangement, emotionally...

  • @daveyboy_
    @daveyboy_ 6 месяцев назад

    I don't like using this word but this- This ; this is an underated masterpiece

  • @mustlovepretzels
    @mustlovepretzels 7 лет назад +7

    Happy Birthday today(October 25) to vocalist Jon Anderson. Cheers!

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 3 года назад

    Now thats a synth duo from the 80s you never expected. Jon/Vangelis.

  • @michaanaszkiewicz193
    @michaanaszkiewicz193 6 месяцев назад

    I've been listening to it since 1995 and I keep coming back to it

  • @mbrennan459
    @mbrennan459 Год назад +2

    In college I accidentally ordered the album from Columbia House Record Club. A great mistake.

  • @alinav6757
    @alinav6757 2 года назад

    I was a kid when my parents bought a music cassette with this album. It was back in the 90s, but I still listen to this album with the same joy I used to do it back in my childhood, imagining the whole visual scenario of the album story.

  • @belipouka5451
    @belipouka5451 4 года назад +2

    I was about 10 and my brother listenned to the long version in the car. I now have this on my spotify playlist

  • @JayS-el2wd
    @JayS-el2wd 8 месяцев назад

    One on the best songs of it`s time. RIP Vangelis we will miss you!

  • @barbarafrank2427
    @barbarafrank2427 14 дней назад

    Great music thanks

  • @proflaudeo
    @proflaudeo 3 года назад +1

    I have heard it zillion times during playing Manic Miner in the '80s

  • @nikaa4237
    @nikaa4237 7 месяцев назад

    Totally original. I remember listening to it in my teens and thinking it was ok now I think its genius.

  • @jeffsullivan2044
    @jeffsullivan2044 4 года назад +1

    What a story! And the delivery? Pure excellence! Wore the 45 right out!
    Dark and deliberate, it's 2020 and still sends chills down my spine when I hear it. This song should have been in a movie or a movie based on this song!

    • @WinterRoseASFR1
      @WinterRoseASFR1 3 года назад

      A bit from the longer version did get used in an episode of Fringe (4x15)

  • @munnigirl
    @munnigirl 4 года назад +1

    vangelis personality in this video is fantastic.

  • @andrewford2783
    @andrewford2783 2 года назад

    RIP Vangelis.

  • @shaunmcmillan6791
    @shaunmcmillan6791 3 года назад +3

    Remember buying this album, incredible

  • @sylviarippey6488
    @sylviarippey6488 3 года назад +4

    Without Vangelis we wouldn't have the Blade Runner or Chariots of Fire soundtrack...and this. Be still my heart Vangelis. My favorite composer! 💗💖💕