panosdk -
Thank you for agreeing to ask her - really - thank you very much.
I also hope that if she agrees to try it, and if she succeeds, then you will try to write the music for her lyrics. (I am assuming here, of course, that you DO like classic zeibekika ... it may be that you really dislike classic zeibekika - I would have no way of knowing that.)
Also, you wrote:
"Maybe you just want a song and dont expect much from it."
Absolutely NOT, panosdk !!!
If the idea doesn't work, then I don't wany ANY song at all !!!
I am genuinely interested in seeing if "classic" zeibekiko structure can be used in a new kind of song that has never existed before.
And finally, regarding this question of whether a zeibekiko can tell a story (like some US Blues songs do), consider the classic US Blues song "St James Infirmary".
Here are three different performances:
Van Morrison(2003):
/>Janis Joplin (1962):
Cab Calloway (1930's):
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and here are two different versions of the lyrics:
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/louis+armstrong/st+james+infirmary_20085379.html
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/hughlaurie/stjamesinfirmary.html
As you can see from the lyrics, there is a LITTLE bit of story in the song - not much of a story - but a LITTLE bit of a story.
And as you can hear, the song has some of the same feeling as a classic or "neo" zeibekiko - solid rhythm, lot of emotion, etc. (I think this is particularly true with the Morrison 2003 version ... GREAT rhythm section!!!!!)
This song is one example of why I think a "Greek zeibekiko with a US story" might actually work.
But we won't know until someone tries ... like maybe your friend, I hope.
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