As a result of the new film, I requested a chum if he likes Kazantzidis. And he spoke back: “Sure, I love it, that is why I at all times pay attention to him with earplugs on.” After which he added: “Handiest the songs he wrote as much as about 60, I pay attention to them with excitement” – an opinion fairly unhealthy if he used to be expressing it amongst Stelios zealots who’ve deified him, made him an icon. After I discussed it to him, he spoke back that a few of those that declare to be enthusiasts of Kazantzidis, moderately wish to seem themselves, on account of him, as pro-popular, easy, persecuted, and so forth., than to in fact reward Kazantzidis.
Alternatively, the similar will practice to people who can not stand Stellar in any respect: they’re creating a remark of cultural identification, aesthetic belief, and even not directly political resolution, even if this isn’t at all times the case. Alternatively, the dialogue and issues with the case of Kazantzidis get badly combined up as a result of his actually magnificent voice is at a loss for words with quite a lot of sob songs as such, the creative with the general public face of Stelios, his competitive public speech and his well-known disputes with Nikolopoulos, Akis Panou, Matsa and Columbia. Additionally, his constantly projected fashionable symbol with details about his spending sprees at casinos. The rumors about his conduct against ladies (on this case no person is aware of precisely what it used to be) and his quite a lot of perspectives on Jews and non-Jews, his rumored inconsistency and a lot more. This is, deep down we do not know what we’re judging – so after we discuss his case we need to set strict standards and boundaries. According to which criterion each and every time, we discuss him. As a result of with other scales, a special conclusion is reached. In a different way the dialogue turns into chaotic and quite a lot of other folks develop into sour who’ve both made him a god, or really feel some intolerance against him – and everybody has their very own causes, or some aesthetic bias.
To start with, past the voice itself, which no person can query, the broader belief of the arena additionally applies to everybody: there are individuals who just like the self-pity, the sobbing utterance, the blow his own trumpet songs of the preferred, masculine ” me” (you exist and so long as you exist I will be able to exist). And there are others who can not endure this repetition of continuous crushing, injustice, boastful self-pity and that it’s at all times the fault of others and the villainous society – it is usually a special angle to existence that, possibly, additionally determines tastes. I keep in mind for years, in taverns and in teams, when he performed the tune “Agriolouloudo” (first carried out in 1968) with lyrics by means of Pythagoras and song by means of Nikolopoulos, the Kazan other folks making a song it generally, announcing “Agriolouloudo”, whilst the warring parties stated “Agriogurouno” – so the quarrel which had lately been rekindled on account of her used to be beginning once more film.
Possibly the mistake lies within the generalization. I additionally like one of the crucial songs that Kazantzidis sings, particularly those earlier than 1957 and after the 80s, when he additionally carried out some hymns of significant composers, and there are others that I believe populize and extort emotion, have a melodious supply and categorical self-pity – the his voice is what it’s, majestic, however sure songs don’t seem to be fulfilling to me. And allow us to no longer at all times fall into civil frenzy. Everybody has the self-evident proper to love or dislike, both typically or by means of selection – however let’s no longer take it too a ways. Don’t cross both to the halo or to Tartarus. In divisive good judgment. In awe or loathing.
Let’s no longer omit that Kazantzidis used to be a well-liked guy who loved inconceivable, over the top glory (and cash) which he may hardly ever arrange. And there have been at all times round him quite a lot of well-wishers who led him off target by means of their flattery and excesses – right here even prudent, sufficiently skilled other folks get away once they know glory, or energy, political or social, immeasurable flattery. And what number of resistances may had been confronted by means of a well-liked kid who had no supervisor, no symbol makers, no mavens to direct him, or no less than deal with his creative alternatives and public symbol – possibly the a lot of enthusiasts would have given him the extra harm, as is typically the case. Out of the country, proportionally, comparable instances of singer-stars fall into laborious medicine, critical despair and self-destruction, some even cross as far as to self-manipulate, not able to endure all this cult stuffing and insufferable pandemonium.
Kazantzidis survived by means of fishing, which is a type of self-medication. Break out to peace. In solitude. N.G. Pentzikis used to mention that fishing is prayer. After all, irrespective of whether or not or no longer we love his songs, they all, or a few of them, everybody can say to the related chant both “wildflower” or “wild boar” – within the playful variation of the as a substitute. Alternatively, in tough instances, Kazantzidis, in spite of his contradictions, carried out a number of hero songs, which, a technique or every other, will bear for a number of many years.
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