Demis Roussos dead

xSkarloey

RIP. 

Before we get submerged by footage on the news of him wearing an enormous kaftan and singing "Forver and Ever" I humbly submit this as a tuneful example of other work that he was involved with. 

If the intro bores you skip to 0:54. Verve fans take note.

EricTheWeary

If someone had asked I probably would have guessed he died years ago TBH. Another one of those 'always there' figures from my childhood. I think the Two Ronnies did a send up of him IIRC and you've got to be famous for that.
But, RIP of course.

xSkarloey

EricTheWeary said:

If someone had asked I probably would have guessed he died years ago TBH. Another one of those 'always there' figures from my childhood. I think the Two Ronnies did a send up of him IIRC and you've got to be famous for that.
But, RIP of course.

Was that the one where the camera kept cutting away from him, and every time it cut back the kaftan was getting bigger and bigger like some balloon? 

Or maybe that was the Grumbleweeds. 

I do recall Kenny Everett doing a spoof of Rod Stewart where his arse inflated like a balloon and burst on the studio lights. 

Ah, them were the days. 

robinbowes

Forever, and ever, and ever, and ev...ah, maybe not forever then.

BigMonka

Well I never, I always thought his name was Denis  :-O

ICBM

RIP

Kudos to Skarloey for the Aphrodite's Child link. Vangelis (Papathanassiou - and yes I did have to look up how to spell that!) was the keyboard player.

EricTheWeary

Skarloey said:

EricTheWeary said:

If someone had asked I probably would have guessed he died years ago TBH. Another one of those 'always there' figures from my childhood. I think the Two Ronnies did a send up of him IIRC and you've got to be famous for that.
But, RIP of course.

Was that the one where the camera kept cutting away from him, and every time it cut back the kaftan was getting bigger and bigger like some balloon? 

Or maybe that was the Grumbleweeds. 

I do recall Kenny Everett doing a spoof of Rod Stewart where his arse inflated like a balloon and burst on the studio lights. 

Ah, them were the days. 

it is all a bit jumbled up in my head now. I found a Benny Hill one, although not sure it's what I remembered.

richardhomer

Skarloey;32748" said:

"Forver and Ever".

Clearly that turned out to be wrong....

As the Greeks ceased production of hummous and taramasalata some years ago, as they wanted to avoid a double-dip recession, it's hard to know what they are going to sell now.

Everytime I hear his name I instantly think of 'Abigail's Party'.

RIP

Hootsmon

he Od'd........helium

xSkarloey

Interesting (to me anyway) fact about him is that he was born in Egypt, or Alexandria to be precise. 

From the 1800's on there was a thriving Greek population there, and Alexandria was a lot more prominent a Mediterranean city then that it currently is. 

The poet Cavafy, widely considered the premier Greek poet for the modern age, was also a native of Alexandria. 

CabbageCat

BigMonka said:

Well I never, I always thought his name was Denis  :-O

Was going to post the same thing. Makes me wonder if I've ever said it out loud and made a fool of myself.

Nitefly

He was known as "The Singing Tent" in my youth... RIP, and thoughts for his loved ones.

Kebabkid

RIP and a legend in the Motherland, and elsewhere too.

boogieman

EricTheWeary;494235" said:

If someone had asked I probably would have guessed he died years ago TBH.

Me too.

Mrs B and I saw Lionel Blair in the local park t'other day. Could have sworn he had popped his clogs some years back too.

RIP Demis.

Rocker

Sad news indeed. R.I.P. He was not all that old either. Sounded a lot like Joe Dolan....

Hootsmon

my 1st joint was tae the 666 album............"the leading horse was white....."

dogload

Skarloey said:

RIP. 

Before we get submerged by footage on the news of him wearing an enormous kaftan and singing "Forver and Ever" I humbly submit this as a tuneful example of other work that he was involved with. 

If the intro bores you skip to 0:54. Verve fans take note.

Top quality album, that.