ARMENIAN EUROVISION SONG HINTS SO-CALLED "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"

APA
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Feb 16 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Armenian singer Eva Rivas hints so-called "Armenian
genocide" in her song chosen for Eurovision 2010, said Turkish
composer Yagoub Mutlu, who participated at the Armenian national
selection final concert, APA reports quoting Anatolian news agency.

Mutlu, who has attentively watched Eurovision contests since 2003,
said that Rivas’ "Apricot Stone" hinted 1915 events. "I am not an enemy
of Armenians, but "Apricot Stone" is a song beaten about the bush".

The composer said first couplet of the song – "Many, many years ago
when I was a little child, our world is cruel and wild, but to make
your way through cold and heat love is all that you need" – reminded
about deportation of Armenians by Ottoman Empire in 1915 and ways they
have passed. He said the word "motherland" in the following couplet –
"Apricot stone, I will drop it down in the frozen ground I’ll just
let it make its round Apricot stone, hidden in my hand given back to
me from the motherland" – meant Turkish territories and "Now I see the
northern stars shining brightly in the storm and I’ve got an avatar of
my love to keep me warm now I’m not afraid of violent winds they may
blow they can’t win" also kept a message to Turkey. In his opinion,
the meaning of the couplet "May the winter stay away form my harvest
night and day may God bless and keep my cherished fruit grow me tree
up to the sky once I waved my home goodbye I just wanna go back to
my roots" is also clear.

Eurovision rules ban to perform political songs at the contest.