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Gennethleia
Genethlia (Greek: Γενέθλια) is the name of a Greek song last covered by Notis Sfakianakis. The song is in the zeimbekiko style, meaning that it is played to a 9/8 beat.
== The Original Version ==
The song first appeared as Genethlia (Γενέθλια) in 2001 on an album called H Fygi, released by Cretan singer and lyra player Stelios Bikakis. Despite the song’s obvious credentials, it failed to reach the widespread popularity it deserved on account of Bikakis’ relatively low profile. However, the song did cause some debate with regards to its origin: what terrible suffering inspired such sombre lyrics? Some theories abounded, but none were confirmed to be true. However, five years after the release, Bikakis finally revealed the truth behind the song. Not long after the circulation of his previous album, Bikakis’ son Giorgos contracted a rare disease, which is believed to befall only every one millionth person. During a very difficult period for Bikakis and his wife Amalia, the former wrote a song that would touch the soul of every person to hear it. Bikakis narrated the event as follows (roughly translated from Greek):
“In this difficult phase of my life, I transferred to paper what I was holding inside of me. In the words I wrote my emotions. I did not mean it as a song, but after a short while my father died, and so I formed the mass of words into lyrics. In 2000 I recorded it onto disc. That’s how Genethlia was born, which was loved so much, despite the reference to death. They are words taken from my soul, even if many remain accusatory about one word only, the word ‘poutana’ (whore). Everyone likes it – youngsters, adults, even grandmothers, which encourages me even more.”
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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