#yanni

[10yrsyart]

this May i turned 30, and i thought i would pay tribute to my first memory. i love this memory, not only because it was my earliest example of musical impact, but also because children that young "shouldn't" have a grasp of who Jesus is. i don't think i was old enough for my mom to have been talking to me about Him or to even have a vague idea of what He looks like. but as i sat there looking at Yanni's widespread arms, white clothes, and long dark hair, i must have seen something familiar.

i cherish that; knowing that Jesus is the Creator and King before we are aware of Him. so i drew a bit of what that song makes me feel like now. "You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Everyday of my life was recorded in Your book." (Psalm 139:15-16)

[simsadilla]

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They say the loudest in the room is weak That's what they assume, but I disagree I say the loudest in the room Is prolly the loneliest one in the room (that's me)

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[praline1968]

🎤 Yanni et Michelle Amato ~ Almost a whisper 🎧

[yannisrandomstuff]

"The Fallen Angel's Mortal Love: A Tale of Love, Loyalty, and Immortality"

Once a shining angel, Now fallen from above, He took on his brother's form, And filled with anger and love.

His plan was simple, To take over the world, To destroy human kind, And leave them all unfurled.

But then he met her, A mortal woman fair, She cared and loved him deeply, And showed him love beyond compare.

He loved her in return, And almost forgot, That she was mortal, And her time was not.

Many reincarnations, Of her he did see, But his love for her remained, Eternally.

Though she may fade away, Into the great beyond, His love for her will always stay, Forever fond.

Credits to Idecievedthem where alt gabriel falls inlove with the reader in the timeliness of Mary and Joseph. So if you find it somewhat familiar it's either you read the original version of this fanfic or idk :> (I really loved their works also sorry for the wrong english)

[winglingtings]

Yanni 2023

[panopticum]

2: Who got you into the band you adore now?

6: Favourite Album?

8: Songs that you could listen to forever and never get tired of?

13: Favourite lyric?

27: What song/album do you listen to when you need a pick-me-up?

40: When did music become an important factor in your life?

46: It’s 3 in the morning and you wanna DANCE. What song do you blast to the heavens?

48: All time favourite photo of the band you currently adore?

I know you probably have fun answers :3

finally getting around to this and I’m sure I will think of other answers right after posting - so it goes!

2. fave band - the Peter Gabriel thing was a total divine accident. I was out dancing at an 80s-90s music video mashup night and Sledgehammer came on. I remember hearing the opening flute riff and seeing some guy near me contort his body in sudden recognition. the first beat hit and I can only imagine this is what people feel after doing their first hit of some deadly euphoric drug. the rest is history; I felt something in my brain go *clunk* and it was game over.

6. ahhh so many over the years but right now it’s Us by Peter Gabriel. I’m a total basic bitch for a good melody and that album is full of them, not to mention extremely relatable themes around longing, connection, “am I the problem,” and more. honorable mentions go to Age of Adz and Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan Stevens, Not Even Happiness by Julie Byrne, the original Hadestown album pre-Broadway, and O True Believers by James Blackshaw.

8. soooo many PG songs. but also: O.N.E. by Yeasayer, Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich, Fake Empire by the National, and many more.

13. “we took the town to town last night/we kissed like we invented it”

(not sure if this counts but the “shh…listen” at the very end of Secret World, too)

27. I tend to listen to sad music when I’m sad lol. but: the Graceland album by Paul Simon is a good one. also the song Number One Fan by MUNA.

40. mmmm to keep it brief: I’ve always been a deep feeler and music felt like the one thing that could mirror that. I grew up listening to a lot of hyper-melodic music like Yanni and inventing dances to go with it. I was in band and choir all throughout high school and college and kept singing in different groups after college. now I get such a charge out of dance, karaoke, live shows, and jamming on my uke. music has also helped me remember moments in my life, i.e. the first time I heard a Julien Baker song while driving through southern Colorado in a rainstorm. like life snapshots.

46. to pick only one: Let’s Go Crazy by Prince (a previous artist hyperfixation lol)

48. this was VERY DIFFICULT ahaha but:

I just adore this photo. it captures so much I love about this goofy man. I really relate to his perfectionism and tendency to get sucked into details. I love that he’s not a do-it-in-one-take guy like Prince. he’s obsessive and kind of lost in his world. but still tries to look up and out at the rest of the world around him. plus I love that Parachute label he wore so much of in the 80s (like this jacket here). p.s. I of course wanted to post some egregious 90s photo of him but there were too many to choose from.

thanks for the asks; this was fun <3

[higherentity]

[hannibalcatharsis-zero]

I'm so happy to realize that the Flute Guy from The Game Awards orchestra is the Saxophone Guy from that old Yanni concert! Pedro Eustache!

Me yesterday night seeing TGA for the first time

'I know that guy!'

[rarilee33]

Okay so I was looking up the Yanni song "Santorini" from Chris Fleming's episode of Gayle with the acapella and -

HIS WHAT

[banyun-gong]

#眼鏡

[XiaoYu语画界, 2023] Vol.1062 王馨瑶yanni (Wang Xin-Yao Yanni)

（https://bestgirlsexy.com/xiaoyu%e8%af%ad%e7%94%bb%e7%95%8c-vol-1062-wang-xin-yao-yanni/）

[la-novellista]

È di quella tempesta senza garbo che voglio vivere e sentire.

Così!

[rosesvioletshardy]

clean song sweep with my faves <3

[simsadilla]

obsessed is an understatement 

[businessmemes]

Almost had you there, champ! Yanni may mean business, but he isn't business.

[lisamarie-vee]