The friends of Mr Cairo Jon & Vangelis Movie tribute

[@dmck8083]

40 years old and still sounds as good as the first time I heard it when the album was released. Probably too long a track to be commercially successful as a single, but one I would add to the soundtrack of my life.

[@CikisHelyzet]

It was one of the more mainstream successes for Vangelis.

[@raindogs]

Believe it or not but the first time that I heard this track was on a rock radio channel. I owned the album within an hour of hearing it. No offense but, the album was released in 1981. If you were 40 years old last year then it means that you were born in 1980 and were a year old when it as released. You have a hell of a memory!

[@WalterBenkel]

@@raindogs He/she prolly meant that the record is/was 40 yrs old :)

[@johndemars2551]

CHOM FM in Montreal played this all the time.

[@anneoboyle8447]

​@@johndemars2551C'est Bon! C'est Tout! 🇨🇦🍀💕

[@madbuddha2077]

this was one of my toughest edits finding the movies knowing what movies and the editing

[@robertlee4172]

I love the scene were Wilmer gets it right in the face.

[@anneoboyle8447]

You've done a FABULOUS job! 🎉 Merci Beaucoup!!🇨🇵 Just GOTTA come up with the perfect choreography to do this on ice ⛸️ skates, with various students of ALL kinds of ages & abilities & these costumes! Wonderful! 🏆💐

[@eddyvideo]

Great job mate !

[@davidcolin6544]

What are the movies besides the Maltese Falcon?? I’m dying to know!

[@madbuddha2077]

@@davidcolin6544 casablanca,the thief of bahgdad,scarface,,,thats all i can remember

[@bryanjary9691]

An absolut stunning song...as good today as it was 40 years ago...

[@Ineedanewbrainwashagent1.]

A wonderful , magical piece of music , one of my favourites accompanied by a fabulous sequence of film clips of the great stars from the days of the silver screen , for which it was written .

[@serpico1616]

Well done. Tears to my eyes.

[@rockdesertsun8246]

Me too...

[@alanpritchard5709]

Some fantastically evocative images of bygone movie stars; Edward G Robinson, Bogey, Peter Lorre, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Cagney, Douglas Fairbanks to name but a few. A nicely put together montage of old-time iconic film moments. Great job!

[@walterjosepantolfi605]

Humphrey Bogart

[@alanpritchard5709]

@@walterjosepantolfi605 Comes under the nickname 'Bogey' above...

[@chipdouglas9694]

I first heard this in the 90s it blew My Mind

[@CD513]

I have Dads cassette case (evryone used to have one🤣) and this is in it..Bat out of Hell....Rumors...Rockey Burnette...Yes....Genesis...Dave Mason....omg Warren Zevon...Marshel Crenshaw....raised right, thx Pops. We took the train to Chicago and saw Jethro Tulls 50th aniv tour was amazing....73 year old ripping the flute....on one leg👍

[@spikespa5208]

Kinda sounds like my old cassette case.

[@madbuddha2077]

this hit #1 in Canada late 1981 and no other place in the world...it always stuck with me...

[@rockdesertsun8246]

Man, that was such an awesome time when we Canucks knew great music! I always had these kinds of video images in my head when I heard it...

[@rockdesertsun8246]

@Douglas Greenough Yeah, I had a $700 JVC blaster and I used to smoke a joint, put the box on my lap & CRANK IT! Truly a spectacular tune, as well! I love anything that takes advantage of STEREO like it did! Cheers!

[@johndemars2551]

CHOM from Montreal played it several times a day.

[@PM.68]

Longer than expected they were great...

[@johnjohn1922]

Perhaps before any other or song or movie is written those hoping to love and achieve should listen and watch this. Thank you.

[@DionisioAviles-t5v]

Una verdadera joya musical y visual. La edad dorada de la música y el cine.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@booh12469]

Excellently put together - nicely synced. My re-imagining of this was posted last week. A very evocative esoteric 80s gem of a song. Yours is a MASSIVE thumbsup.

[@madbuddha2077]

thanks booh

[@user-jd8ko2nx2u]

So glad you put this up. We did a drama thing at school in 1985 to this song. Thanks to you I can hear it and importantly, know the name of the album track etc (technically copyright but it keeps this type of music alive for someone to discover). I love music like this and there is something about Jon Anderson's vocals that is so unique and hits an emotional bit somewhere inside. I think Vangelis came out of the womb a fully formed musical being.

[@claudiai2214]

Al fin encontré esté temazo.despúes de muchos años👏

[@surecutsam6298]

Amazing, very, very well done. A timeless classis, thank you for putting the video together 👌

[@bodoistvan895]

I really felt the touch of art while watching - thanks for the impression! (y)

[@pierr57]

great classic in memory

[@rockdesertsun8246]

Thank you for posting this extremely well-done piece of music.... I have this on lp. Just wept hearing it again, magnificent tune ....very well-produced visuals too, u can tell that you were brilliant with the editing & visuals...made me weep...

[@bastra2343]

Awesome editing job. As a vocalist the breath control, phrasing, and lyrics are timesless. It’s technically very difficult during the opening staccato movement to get the words right on the beat and correct. Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Light the Fire uses a similar approach and he’s publicly stated it’s the song that’s most difficult for him to perform. One wrong word, slight beat discrepancy and there’s no safety net. I’d love to know how many studio takes it took to get Jon’s staccato phrasing right in the first section. Anyone know? What a combo of both composers vision in Friends of Mr Cairo. Most mundanes think of the NOVA theme for Vangelis’ ‘fame’-I still think this was his greatest collaboration and should get a lot more credit. 😺

[@kamilewicz]

this is really well done!

[@madbuddha2077]

thanks

[@joebar6289]

Truthfully, this was a comeuppance for me. I don't know who the band was. I don't know who the singer was. Nor did I know who the actors were. But it I knew I was listening to something bigger than what I knew. Love it!

[@monikakovacs4125]

A megjelenése első percétől szeretem ezt a lemezt. ❤

[@bogdankucza6839]

Absolutne arcydzieło. Towarzyszy mi od dziesiątek lat . Ponadczasowy duet Jon & Vangelis

[@dudesimparfaits9742]

Fun to watch I enjoyed it . Forgot about the existence of this song.. thanK u

[@caseyflip]

Fantastic song! Very nice tribute, as well!

[@1crashit]

Soft Journey Mr. Vangelis... R.I.P.

[@jamestulk5111]

Stuning editing.

[@miguelsoto7857]

Tremenda versión

[@mulum25]

Where all those good movies go??? Why if I want to see a good movie now, I can not find just one.... They (somebody) have killed our dreams, the actuals movies don't bring the hope for a better future, and this is very sad😢

[@jeffcarroll6553]

I wish they made movies like this now.

[@robertlee4172]

It's a gift from Tony Soprano! Take it easy here, we're not making a western here.

[@danielpoisson6355]

Wow..all the time..❤

[@arniedainter3997]

Classic tune.

[@WalterBenkel]

Mr. Joel Cairo IS, actually, Peter Lorre, in The Maltese Falcon (second version, with Bogie).

[@madbuddha2077]

what is in the back of the maltese falcon ?

[@kevinkeough777]

The friends of Mr. Cairo lyrics [Honking car sound] [Squealing tires sound] [shooting] [movie like speech:]* Frankie: Okay, this is the picture. Johnny's been hurt. He's been hurt bad. Woman: Look, we can't leave him here, we can't. Look, he's in a pool of blood. He's gonna die, I know it. Frankie: We've gotta leave him here, honey. We gotta. He won't talk, I promise you that! Will you Johnny? Woman: Frankie, I don't care whether he talks or not, I just can't leave him like this. Johnny Listen. Leave me here I... I... I can ... I can ... handle it. Woman: Oh, no, Johnny, no... [interlude] Frankie: The cops are outside. Luke's in the car. Come on, let's get the hell outta this joint. Woman: Frankie, when they get here wer're gonna be dead, I know we are! We don't have a gun! Frankie: Listen. We got three million... Listen, [spud]. We got three million in the can, here. We can't look after him, I'll send the bird to his mother. Come on, let's just get out of this place, we can do it! Woman: Oh, no, Johnny, no... [interlude] [sound of Police car siren, shooting, Squealing tires sound] Frankie: Okay now, just lean up against that door. When I give the word "Go" we just..., we just go through it and blast at the same time. She came, as in the book, Mickey Spillane That Saturday night dark masquerade Had filled his friend with lead, the same, sweetheart But then, as nothing happens quite the same Investigation is the game He had to check her story right away-he dead Sam Spade his buddy Archer first to go he got it-he dead She spelt it out, how could they know the 'Fatman' got it -he dead Her sister didn't really live at all-confusion-he dead His chase led to the Fatman, to face the friends of Mr. Cairo [movie like speech:] Woman: Hey, there's a really terrific dress shop. Can we stop this raid while I buy a new gown? Frankie: I'll buy you the whole factory, sweetheart. Don't worry. [sound of Police car siren, shooting] That night, the double crosser got it right Pretending he was really dim He slipped to Sam a double gin (Mickey Finn) He woke, the boys had gone, but not his gun They'd left a note to lead him on The chase to find the Maltese Falcon-you bet- Early thirties gangster movies Set to spellbind population From Chicago to Hong Kong Via Istanbul the Talking Tong Dirty rats thru' prohibition Money flowed thru gangsterism Acting out this fantasy In Hollywood's vicinity The best part for the best rendition Al Capone he sent to prison Citizen Kane came fast and quickly Conquerin ol' New York City Poking fun at superstition Media became television Give me Cagney any day Or Jimmy Stewart for President Or Edward 'G' and all those guys Who always shoot between the eyes [sound of shooting] Between the eyes Between the eyes [movie like speech:] Kasper: ha, ha, well done Mr. Cairo, and what do you have to say about that, my friend? Spade: Allright. So you've got me in it. What about her? Brigid: Don't worry about me, I'm okay Kasper: Very magnanimous, sir, very magnanimous indeed, ha, ha, ha Mr. Cairo: You mean..., you won't make us an offer we... we can't refuse... Father love do you work, do you work for Mother Chances could call, and accept that, be no other Science as it might, disappear correspond with colour Chance is the fruit, will outlive, what is now the brother Call for total wealth to distribute like a picture In black and white, give it joy, give it, let it hit you Spoil our existence by extreme gift to population Father love do you work, do you work for Mother Tell me straight be the Godfather be no other Media Kings give us now give us total movie Straight right now, give it clear, give us total movie Now being here, being now, being here believing [movie like speeches:] Man: I don't know which words to put in there sweetheart, you know, I can't do it. Pretty kind of useless, though, don't you think so Mary? Man: Come with me to the far lands of Baghdad. Woman: Oh, if only I could. That's what I want more than anything in the world, but it could never be... Man: Of course it can... Woman: But my father would find us wherever we went. Yes, he has forbidden me to... to even speak to you, if he finds me now. I don't know what he'd do... Man: But he doesn't know that I'm... I'm a prince. Before, I was the thief of Baghdad now... Woman: It doesn't matter... Man: Then follow me, darling, follow me now to the ends of the Earth One on one to talk to you Like film stars they get close to you You've mirrored his appeal He wants you so, he wants to be beside you Then you pass by giving him the other side of you Like the mystics do So that every time he moves, he moves for you Soul and light can always see The meeting of true love and she This silent night and I, I guess a lonely mind might see I've seen love on the screen I've seen a screen goddess and me-oh How often this, how often, this the power of you And so, I must confess Whatever I see I'm meant to be there with you With you with you Silent golden movies, talkies, technicolour, long ago My younger ways stand clearer, clearer than my footprints Stardom greats I've followed closely Closer than the nearest heartbeat Longer that expected -they were great- Oh love oh love just to see them Acting on the silver screen, oh my Clark Gable, Fairbanks, Maureen O'Sullivan Fantasy would fill my life and I Love fantasy so much Did you see in the morning light I really talked, yes I did, to Gods early dawning light And I was privileged to be as I am to this day To be with you. To be with you To be with you. To be with you To be with you. To be with you [movie actor like speech:] [sound of old movie projector] Mr. Cairo: Listen. I have arranged this display for... for all of you people to... to come here this evening and I... I know you have been searched, but, what you... you don't realize is, is that in the back of the Maltese Falcon, I have it .

[@rockdesertsun8246]

Thank you for posting the script for this....I wept hearing it again...

[@johnjohn1922]

As compared to Disney? Very well done.

[@OscarRLuna]

sounds like background from the movie The Untouchables

[@BertieWooster7137]

FUCKING GENIUS!!!!!!!!!

[@madbuddha2077]

sounds like parts of the movie legend by riddley scott

[@rolyatecnal]

#RIPVangelis

[@bywydfi123]

Me too, love it 😢😢

[@bandittorevell1]

Thanks a lot

[@LeonMoran-v3q]

❤❤

[@dsteamer100]

Interesting choice of movies and scenes, some obvious, some less so.

[@lovescats1231]

🥰

[@j.ferramacho7198]

Name the movies?

[@madbuddha2077]

I only know some of them..casablanca..the maltese falcon,the thief of bahgdad..little caesar

[@miomaria5467]

O capodoperă

[@yestermendarkly5699]

Great song. B+ on the first 2/3 of the video, a few things could have been more on point. A big old stinky F on all the dancing in the last 1/3. This is a song about Film Noir and classic Film (e.g. The Thief of Baghdad, or Citizen Kane), not musicals. You missed an opportunity to do the opening scene of Citizen Kane. And although Jimmy Stewart is referenced multiple times, no Jimmy was found.

[@massimoromano1200]

H.Bogart Casablanca Say Sam play It again the Song remain the same Maximus

[@misssusan5959]

This was great!!! 💜🦋

[@madbuddha2077]

thanks I had fun editing it