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"Zorbas" (or more commonly, "Zorba's Dance") is a song by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. It is based on two traditional Cretan songs, "Armenohorianos Syrtos" and "Kritiko syrtaki", composed by Giorgis Koutsourelis. The song featured in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and became popular around the world. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas. The track has been recorded by many different musicians from around the world. Some of the more notable are listed below.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded a version of the song (as "Zorba the Greek") for their 1965 album Going Places. Issued as the B-side of the group's "Tijuana Taxi" single, the song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The tune reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1965, performed by Marcello Minerbi (Durium Records DRS 54001).
Alto saxophonist Phil Woods recorded the tune on his album Greek Cooking.
The song was featured, among others, in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and in the "Subdivision" episode of Prison Break, where Charles "Haywire" Patoshik raided a fast food joint and gorged himself on soda and ice cream.
Zorbas - Sirtaki - Greece - Mikis Theodorakis
The Ottawa Greek Community perform a flash mob in the Byward market to promote the 2011 Ottawa Greek Festival. "Zorba's dance" and later called Sirtaki, has become a popular cliché of Greek dance. The film's music by Mikis Theodorakis, especially the main song, Zorbas, is well known in popular culture. Zorba the Greek (Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά) is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba. We must both have been hungry because we constantly led the conversation round to food. "What is your favorit...
Film Zorbas dance Syrtaki,Ballo Greco Syrtaki musica Mikis Theodorakis
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Buy on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/it/album/zorbas-dance-sirtaki-single/id537927946 Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EgoItaly Two years later the release of 'The Children Of Piraeus', Aroma are back with another big Summer Dance record! Sampling another Greek popular dance classic 'Sirtaki' and drawing on the best parts of the original, 'Zomba's Dance' features a remix from Rico Bernasconi, this new version is one of the most infectious Dance tunes you will hear for a very long time.
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Organized & directed by "η άλλη άποψη"/ ialliapopsi.com We have the pleasure to present you the first Flash mob event that took place in Manchester, and was organized by Greek and Cypriot students. Greek Flash mob takes place in various cities in the UK each year, where university students dance a famous Greek traditional song “Zorbas”. Choreographers, dancers, and organizers tried to give an idea to the English community of our traditions and our country. We hope that you’ll enjoy the video and send us your positive feedback, so we can organize more Flash mob events in the future.
This is part of a concert (May, 2001) celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Crete. More videos with songs of Theodorakis and traditional Cretan songs to come.
Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun
Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done
{Chorus}
With the Pope
And the president
And the big rockstar who made alot of money
All got one thing in common
They know it ain't no fun to get shot with a gun
{End of Chorus}
Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun
Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done
{Chorus}
Civilization's dying
And no one's realizing
The position of hate stuck inside the gun
Civilization's crying
And I won't try to deny it
We got a problem son,
Something's gotta be done
With the Pope, and the president,
and the big rockstar who made alot of money (x4)
Made alot of money, made alot of money, made alot of money