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What is your favorite Greek song? ?

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Please post your favourite Greek songs! I'm trying to listen to more and more international music, and I would love to hear some recommendations. My personal favourite is To Tango Tis Nefelis.
 
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Okay, I will get started! ????

My all time favorite Greek song is Roza:
 
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There are too many to name.. some of the traditional songs I like:
  1. Άσπρο τριαντάφυλλο κρατώ (I'm holding a white rose)
  2. Στης Πάργας τον ανήφορο (uphill in Pargas)
  3. Βασιλικός θα γίνω (I will become basil)
  4. Σήμερα λάμπει ο ουρανός (the sky is shining)
  5. Βρέχει φωτιά στη στράτα μου (it's raining fire on my path)
  6. Βραδιάζει (it's getting dark)
  7. Θα κάνω ό,τι μου αρέσει (I'll do whatever pleases me)
  8. Anything by Mitropanos
  9. Δραπετσώνα (Drapetsona)
  10. Καίγομαι και σιγολιώνω (I'm burning and melting)
  11. Αύγουστος (August)
  12. Κανείς εδώ δεν τραγουδά (No one here is singing)
Some modern songs:
  1. Μια νύχτα κόλαση - argiros (a night of hell)
  2. Σ'αγαπώ - Vertis (I love you)
  3. Τι να το κάνω - argiros (what should I do with that)
  4. Όσα νιώθω - argiros (everything i feel)
  5. Άγρια θάλασσα - sampanis (wild sea)
 
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I love Margarites by Angela Dimitriou. A classic!

 
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This is probably my favorite! It's so majestic

 
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My favorites change all the time, but currently it's this one:

 
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