Stalia, Stalia -- Marinella

The last few videos have been a bit of an emotional roller coaster, so it seems time for a beautiful and sensitive song without confetti or despairing zembekiko dancers.

If you have the time and inclination, copy the notes under the video and put them through Google Translate; the story of this song, of Marinella, and of the composer and lyricist are compellingly and concisely related -- if only every Greek video came with such stories...

Here's my quick distillation -- Marinella is at a turning point in her career, having broken up a successful partnership.  A more prominent artist turns down the song (rather rudely, I might add) and Marinella humbly asks if she can record it.  The result is a career defining hit and this cool video.  

I should mention that, as happens in many of these videos, there seems to be little relationship between what the musicians seem to be doing and the studio recording that you hear.  On the other hand, Marinella, in a totally awesome feat that will amaze and transfix, somehow projects her disembodied head onto the screen to sing harmony with herself.  This is something that not even the most accomplished Tuvan throat singers has ever done!