RIP Vangelis

[thatguy]

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/118477...sses-away/

Chariots of Fire
Bladerunner

That Mercury Lynx ad


And he wrote this with Jon Anderson of Yes:


Maybe you know the Donna Summer version:



Or the Chrissie Hynde version:



My dad had the Heaven and Hell album and listened to it a lot at the time...
 


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One more thing...



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[Drunk Monk]

Saddened to hear this. I was a fan throughout high school. 

I remember once getting so enraptured by chariots of fire playing on the radio while driving back when it was trending that when the song was over I had way over shot my freeway exit. It transported me (and I was sober at the time - driving ya know…)

[thatguy]

I forgot that I have that Friends of Mr. Cairo record on vinyl. The title song grows on you...



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Oh yeah, Cosmos...that's why my dad got into Vangelis...

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