AZERBAIJAN 2012 - Səbinə Babayeva - When The Music Dies

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[Mickey]

I quite like it. It's one of the better ballads. I would have preferred an up-tempo song, though. I think up-tempo songs allow the crowd to get more involved and make better use of a host's home advantage. The last time a host did that properly was Turkey in 2004.

 

[AlekS]

5pts. 7pts for upcoming live performance probably (Sabina xromance )

 

[Davion]

It's just ok...

 

[stevan989]

Not one of the best ballads, but it's ok!

 

[qabadachia]

Just "meh". She has quite a lovely voice, but there's something lacking. 3 pts.

 

[Hegepege]

I am not going to reward this entry with any points at all. I'm just so fed up with swedish spam I want to puke, so to little to late, Azerbaijan. Try making something on your own next year, I am sure there must be a composer or a songwriter over there who can come up with something original or at least authentic.

 

[A-lister]

I am not going to reward this entry with any points at all. I'm just so fed up with swedish spam I want to puke

Instead of being "fed up by 'Swedish spam'", you should be fed up with EBU's rules allowing this and broadcasters like Azeri that takes it to an even more extreme than most of the others. It's their choice, Swedish songwriters didn't put a gun to their head, they bought their services.

 

[Matt]

An average Christina Aguilera rejected song, there are so many better ballads in the running this year. But considering they sent an average, boring pop song last year and won we may just give them the victory now

 

[Miguel]

Far from being the best ballad in this year's edition. It's the weakest one, to be honest. I like it, because I'm a ballads person, though.

 

[JackBauer]

Well you have to be honest and say this is huge dissapointement by Azeris eurovision standard.


This is not bad, just average, certainly one of the weakest ballad. I'm still expecting a great staging for this

 

[Rasho]

Judging by what we've seen on ESC so far, the Azeri women are surely beautiful

 

[busybee]

I like it. 7 points.

 

[Jesus]

She is a very good singer and her voice is impressive, but the song is average, nothing special

 

[Miguel]

Sabina Babayeva to sing "When The Music Dies" in Baku

The song that Sabina Babayeva will sing on home turf in Baku has just been released by host broadcaster Ictimai Television. The song is called When The Music Dies.

The host broadcaster of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest has just announced that Azerbaijani representative Sabina Babyeva will sing When The Music Dies on the 26th of May in Baku.

After making it through a gruelling selection process through the autumn and winter of this year, Sabina was crowned the Azerbaijani representative on the 12th of February. Since then she has been working tirelessly with a team of music professionals to produce the song When The Music Dies which she is proud to present at the 2012 edition of Europe's TV show.

The Song

When the Music Dies is a dramatic love story with sincere expression of the strongest and most secret feelings of the singer. The tender yet intense melody is filled with bright emotional blasts that showcase and emphasise the great vocal skills, vocal intensity, and unique colourfulness of Sabina’s timbre.

When the Music Dies is an exceptional blend of cutting-edge European music trends and Azerbaijani traditional music. The song was recorded with ethnic Azeri instruments: kamancha and balaban; it was also decorated with sounds of a variety of local percussion instruments – davul and ghawal. On top of everything the song includes elements of the unique vocal style called mugham.

The studio work gathered together top Azerbaijani musicians: Ogtay Sharifov, Sarkhan Vahabov, Shirzad Fataliyev, Yashar Bakhish and mugham legend Alim Gasimov.

"When the Music Dies is a very special song. I feel it. Every time I sing, it feels like it’s happening to me again. I think everybody has had this kind of moment in their life. Actually, I do believe music really should not die, because it helps us to stay alive no matter what happens", says Sabina about the song.

The song was written and composed by Stefan Örn, Anders Bagge, Johan Kronlund and Sandra Bjurman. Stefan Örn and Sandra Bjurman were also the authors of the already well-known hit Running Scared, the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. In addition to the original English version of When the Music Dies there will be Azerbaijani version as well for rotation on TV and radio in the host country.

The official video of When The Music Dies will be released on Monday the 19th of March right here on Eurovision.tv. So make sure you come back then so you can see how the song looks visually!

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[RainyWoods]

Officially Bulgaria is the first and only country to sing in azeri (in the contest)

Thats actually really quite sad thinking about it. Azerbaijan's song this year would be lifted soo much by being sung in Azeri as well. Oh well I suppose at least it has some ethnic musical flavours this time around.

 

[QwaarJet]

I actually quite like this...will need to listen to it a couple more times to be sure.

 

[Stargazer]

Meh, really bland. It feels like there are only verses and bridges in this song, no chorus. Not terrible, just very forgettable. 4 points.

 

[Jim]

7 points from me. At least is a better ballad from all the ex-Yugoslav countries.

 

[Venage]

I'm usually not someone who compares songs of the ESC with other famous songs, but the first time I heard this song it reminded me of "Stop" from Sam Brown?!