Armenian Top-10

Harut · March 11, 2007

this album by hamlet gevorgyan dominates my top10 list for a year now... the track 10 is my favorite... gives me spiritual climax...

http://www.narek.com/store/product.php?pro...at=0&page=1

for samples see here http://armenianmusiccenter.com/shop.php?st...mp;singerid=163

Zartonk · March 12, 2007

no i don't take it personnally cuz ur post is respectful...
i know that some of those "syllables" have ancient armenian perhaps pagan roots...i have received alot of education in armenian history...its just that i find that those let's call them words, are being used for the sake of making a song in a quick and efficient manner...i can understand that some of the songs include those, but basing all the songs on lyrics such as "ay nino yar nino yar jan jan nino yar nino yar jan nino yar" is somewhat ridiculous and effortless...as much as it is nice to imagine the young generation dancing on that, but in my opinion u play that in a club and ppl will look at each other and start lauging...the problem with armenian music today is that its not tangible to the youth...the songs are either remixes of old tunes whose words, as nice as they are, won't fit today's reality (you don't see two youngsters runnin after another on a wheat farm these days), or they're songs that are copied off greek or turkish tunes...i found the music on andre's 1000 angam cd amazing, i just found it a shame that the lyrics were like that for most of the songs...

Hayemyes jan, I can't say I disagree with your view on Armenia's pop music today. I have always said that there is next to nothing original coming out of the scene. For the last 20 years, things have merely been recycled again and again. I also think that the youth are to blame. They are way, way too passive. They rarely criticize the music and almost never take matters into their own hands. It would be nice to finally see someone create something, as opposed to making another R&B-esque ballad or Rabiz dance tune. And as for the "old" tunes, they should be approached as the gems that they are, but as you said, not as EVERY artists filler tracks. I still don't think they are laughable though (no matter how silly).

The bottom line is, that pop music in Armenia is an industry, and nothing else. That can't lead to good material, if if things don't change, we will be stuck in 1979 for a LONG time...