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Chaderjian: Three Apples: Armenia’s Road to the EU is Paved with…Apricot Stones?
It’s 1980 in the Tower District of Fresno, and what kids do in this neighborhood is get into gang fights, smoke cigarettes, and skip school. What I used to do was listen to the radio and hands write my own newspapers. Like many of you, I developed a taste for pop music early in life, and songs became personal sign posts as I navigated through life. Where were you when you heard “Billie Jean is not my lover?”
When I hear Adiss Harmandian, I think of my Dad taking me to Adiss’ record store in Bourj Hammoud to buy vinyl 45’s. Back then, lyrics didn’t get any better than “Char lezooneri havadatz eem yareh, artzoonknerov letzvets sev sev achere.”
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harkeli CHADERJIAN, gouzem shenorhavorel tsezi voch anbayman ays keroutyanet hamar ayl mnatsyal polorin vor yes chem pakhtsner ,vorovhedev tsevov me serdis modig barounagoutyunerou masin ge krek ,medz ourakhoutyun ge badjare indzi hamar yerp medkeres tser kradz nuyteroun hed ge miyanan ,abrik touk asdvadz aveli zoratsene tser krelou garoghoutyune yev hanteknoutyune ,vor garoghanak mishd made verkin vera tenelov krel .shenorhavorutyuneres.
Thanks Paul for your thoughts on the state of affairs of armenian music .
Honestly ,I do not understand the fuss about Eurovision. It is a joke, no body takes it seriously in Europe. Have you ever seen that Aznavour or a respectable french, british Coldplay or other serious artist for that matter, participate in Eurovision? After all England is the place for music. yet look what was Englands presentation like , how silly and stupid were Germany ‘s, France’s and Austria’s numbers.
I think it is high time to spent less energy and resources on Eurovision. The form (shlager)and the strict framework of the contest limits the chances for presenting real music.
It is just fun for kids. what is essential here on this side of the atlantic is the selection process and the feast that accompanies it.
suzanne