Saturday 14 June 2008

Greece & Turkey + George Chakiris!!!









Pic 1) The Grand Library, Ephesus in Turkey; Pic 2) Parthenon, Athens

It's rather funny that in Greece, all older men look like Anthony Quinn in "Zorba The Greek" although Anthony Quinn hailed from Mexico and not Greece! However, not all older women look like Melina Mercouri in the movie, "Never On Sunday"! Everywhere we went in Athens or in the islands, we could hear the song "Never On Sunday" being played, and sometimes they might play "Zorba The Greek".



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Do you remember George Chakiris in "West Side Story"? He was born to Greek immigrants from Greece, so he's very much a Greek! I had the misconception that he's a Puerto Rican due to the way he spoke in "West Side Story". Boy, I was so wrong for when I heard him sing with Nana Mouskouri; he didn't sound like a Puerto Rican at all but a real Greek. Listen to him sing on YouTube with Mouskouri in "Plaisir D'Amour", a very lovely song:


Thanks to Anthony who gave me some of his songs to listen; he's really a very good singer! Too bad he didn't sing more! And too bad he didn't make any more movies! I like him a lot in "Diamond Head"!
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