{"id":2776,"date":"2019-10-09T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T21:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r1vibes.com\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T12:31:46","slug":"crowd-the-tyrant-of-apparent-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r1vibes-bench.vust.cloud\/el\/2019\/10\/09\/crowd-the-tyrant-of-apparent-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowd: The tyrant of apparent freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a time of apparent freedom<\/strong>, we can easily express ourselves without being beheaded and \/ or burnt alive, we are slaves<\/strong>!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is not about just control <\/strong>over our every step, every move or movement<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There is a tyrant<\/strong>, that has no face<\/strong> or entity<\/strong>, even though it has power and material substance<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And although, as I’ve written many times, notes<\/strong> can easily break chains<\/strong>, they have a hard time breaking these chains.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The tyrant\u2019s name is: Crowd<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With the recent death of Lavrentis Mahairitsas<\/strong>, virtually all of his songs<\/strong> appeared on all social media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Among many others unknown<\/strong> to the general public.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What prompted this article is a project<\/strong> he had at the beginning of his career, the P.L.J. Band<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A very interesting attempt made by three musicians<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

P. L. J. Band<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe story of the <\/em>PLJ Band<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> begins in <\/em>1978<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> when Lavrentis Mahairitsas, Pavlos Kirkilis, Antonis Mitzelos and Dimitris Vassalakos embark on their adventure and set sail for … <\/em>Europe<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> !!!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Having already recorded a “private” 45er (Gaspar), they leave with a Dechevaux and move from town to town for a year, playing at various clubs in order to maintain themselves.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Incredible and unthinkable things, even today<\/em>“, Nikos Kourouklis<\/strong> writes in his youtube account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In turn, Giannis (K.H.) Pandazisto lends his writings to the blog, somewhere-back-in-time.blogspot.com.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And here comes the first question.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Why are some musicians<\/strong> forced to do so at the same time that Greek composers <\/strong>are already making a career at home and abroad?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Just four years after the fall of the junta, in a period of political \u201cplaster\u201d, not only did freedom<\/strong> was plastered, but also education<\/strong> and culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A country like Greece<\/strong> should be thirsty for music that is already circulating throughout free Europe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But who didn’t get a chance to listen<\/strong>, because some “psychopaths” decided to put plaster all over the nation\u2019s ears.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the place where muses<\/strong> were born, music<\/strong> is still being persecuted<\/strong> even today …<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Silently and with the consent of an “absolute majority”.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

At the same time, the “cheap” – ephemeral music<\/strong>, which was recommended by junta propaganda, was even more flourishing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Starting an..adventure<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The continuation of the story<\/strong> may give us some answers: “Their adventure leads them to Paris where Vangelis Papathanasiou (an already successful Greek in France with <\/em>Aphrodite’s Child)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> helps them as much as possible, so they get in touch with French Polygram, with which they sign a contract. <\/em>“<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It probably begs another question: Is music<\/strong> ultimately the result of public relations?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Certainly the beginning of Aphrodite’s Child<\/strong> is an almost fictional sequence of events and coincidences.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A series of unfortunate events, which leads to a happy ending.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They dared to play<\/strong> something very innovative and without even forgetting their background, giving a lot of elements to their music<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Going all over Europe with a Dechevaux can be a simple youthful impulse, but I guess it was a simple imitation of the steps of Demis Roussos and Vangelis Papathanasiou, but with a slightly safer course.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

 Listening to “Armageddon<\/strong>“, as the album<\/strong> was called, one can easily compare it to “666<\/strong>“, without of course reaching its level.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

An attentive listener<\/strong> will understand the album’s roughness, but also many good ideas and of course their talent<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It may be understandable to have a time-consuming approach, as “Aphrodite’s Child<\/strong>” was not selling much anymore, but the 7-year-old plaster did not allow much contact with the music stream.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pink Floyd<\/strong> had already “hidden the sun<\/strong>” in any new band trying to imitate them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Without money\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But the sequel gives a basic point: “Unfortunately the company did not have great resources to promote the album and on the other hand the band had no money at all.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The fact that they would go out to the park every night and were hunted by the police, says it all.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They stayed in France for five months and returned to Greece.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Another <\/em>album<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> (Termites) was released, renamed themselves as <\/em>Termites<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> and after a few records they broke up, with their most famous member (Lavrentis Mahairitsa) pursuing a successful solo career.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prog Rock <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>is all good, but in Greece if you don’t make a night\u2019s money, change your profession because you will starve. <\/em>“<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Let’s take the points one by one:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Music<\/strong>, whether we like it or not, exists only when there are ears to hear it<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It doesn’t matter what compositions<\/strong> a musician<\/strong> will write, but how many will hear it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

From the era of Rock N ‘Roll’s<\/strong> first steps and the payola scandals<\/strong>, to the present day, where you can find whatever information you want at any time …<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

What matters is what will be shown to you in your face.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There is no chance for a music<\/strong> band<\/strong> to succeed unless they over-projected by the media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And that’s how everything is made in the music industry<\/strong>, but also in our lives, unless you are boosted by big money, you are not going to do much.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This power of money is possessed by large music organizations<\/strong>, such as record companies. For whom musicians are just investment products.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But “People Have the Power<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>” as Rock’s “priestess” says, Patti Smith<\/strong>, along with song co-creator and husband Fred Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I will agree, but if you do not have the elemental intelligence and do not handle it properly then you simply lose your meaning and freedom<\/strong>!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Blurred by propaganda<\/strong> and addicted to musical compositions that do not exceed the Jingles<\/strong> value, they are simply repeated within the song itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Crowd<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The crowd looks like a monkey with intellectual disabilities, thrilled with anything that glares.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is unable to use critical thinking, while at the same time spending its money on bright (musical<\/strong>) jewelry, whose value does not exceed his ethical value.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Its arrogant ignorance is indifferent to anything that does not shine through false media lights.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It does not understand music<\/strong>, such as a dog is barking at what it does not understand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

 This is the invisible, but material, entity called “the Crowd<\/strong>.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The fashion of every season or every “click” is simply its first cousin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If each of us does not listen<\/strong> with our own ears and judge music<\/strong> with its own mental capacity, then this silly “monster” …<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Crowd<\/strong>, will grow fed by our stupidity itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There will always be musicians who will be sacrificed to the manipulative benefits of an industry similar to that of a huge American livestock farm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Mahairitsas<\/strong>\u2019 subsequent P.L.J<\/strong>. success, with lighter sounds, helped us to learn his difficult first steps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

How many more significant bands were lost because of this arrogant ignorance and the system that sustains it?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Send us bands that you thought to have been lost to the system and \/ or ignorance while they were valuable … {r1vibes.eu@gmail.com<\/strong>}<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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