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April 25 2013
Armenia 2013: Dorians
Posted 25 April, 2013 - 18:07
by Charlotte Jensen
Artist name: Dorians
Song title: Lonely Planet
Song writer(s): Tony Iommi and Vardan Zadoyan
Year: 2013
Language: English
Country: Armenia
Starting position semi-final 2: 11
About the song:
This time Armenia brings a rock ballad to the Eurovision Song Contest.
The song asks a lot of questions all related to the big question: Who
is destroying the planet and who can save it?
Dorians give us the same answer to both: "We" - "We have done it" and
"We can stop it".
The song is written by British Tony Iommi, who has quite a reputation
within rockmusic as he as guitarist became a founding member of the
world famous heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
About the participant:
In Dorians the Armenian have picked their most popular rock band to
represent them at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The band consist
of the five guys Gor Sujyan as the lead singer, Gagik Khodavirdi on
lead guitar, Edgar Sahakyan on bass guitar, Arman Pahlevanyan as the
keyboard player and finally Arman Jalalyan on drums.
The lead singer Gor Sujyan has no proper training within music. He
heard Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven and felt so inspired that he
just jumped right into it. His father however is a well-known jazz
musician and guitar player; Mkrtich Sujyan. It turned out Gor had the
talent as well as ever since it has been going one way for him in the
music industry; up!
Gor met the other guys and 2008 and together they created the band Gor
And Friends, which functioned as a Led Zeppelin cover band. After just
six months they decided to play their own music as well - and as a new
start - they also renamed the band to Dorians. Their songs are mainly
in English, but from time to time they throw themselves into the local
language, with big success.
The Eurovision Song Contest stage isn't unfamiliar for Gor as he was
backing vocalist for Eva Rivas when she sang Apricot Stone to a 7th
place at the 2010 contest.
About the selection:
On the 2nd of March a combination of jury and televoting were to
decide which song would be representing Armenia at the 2013 Eurovision
Song Contest. We already knew that it would be Gor Sujyan as he had
internally been chosen as the Armenian artist and the national final
was only about which song he should sing in Malmö, Sweden.
Four songs competed in the national final that was hosted by Gohar
Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan: Lonely Planet, No Time, The Truth and
Toy Planet. As interval acts the Armenian population had a chance to
check out some of the competitors for the winning trophy in Malmö as
the Georgian duo Nodi and Sophie, and also the Maltese representative,
Gianluca Bezzina performed on stage.
Compass Band, who were the Armenian representative at the 2012 Junior
Eurovision Song Contest also entertained the audience with their entry
Sweetie Baby.
Lyrics:
Who's the one that starts a war?
Who's dictating what is less and more?
Who can change the night and day?
Who's the one with clever face?
That can tell us what is in the space?
Playing games that none can play.
Maybe someday we'll break the wall.
Maybe the light will touch us all.
Lonely planet!
Who has done it?
Who can save you?
Who can stop it?
Who's the one that has the right?
Treat us wrong and tell us what is right?
Bringing crowd against the squad...
Who has honesty to show?
Who can tell us "I don't know" ?
Who's the man and who's the god?
Maybe someday we'll break the wall.
Maybe the light will touch us all.
Lonely planet!
Who has done it?
Who can save you?
Who can stop it?
Lonely planet!
We have done it!
We can save you?
We can stop it.
We can stop it...
We can stop it....
We can stop it...
For the world
http://www.eurovisionary.com/participant-profile/2013/lonely-planet/dorians
April 25 2013
Armenia 2013: Dorians
Posted 25 April, 2013 - 18:07
by Charlotte Jensen
Artist name: Dorians
Song title: Lonely Planet
Song writer(s): Tony Iommi and Vardan Zadoyan
Year: 2013
Language: English
Country: Armenia
Starting position semi-final 2: 11
About the song:
This time Armenia brings a rock ballad to the Eurovision Song Contest.
The song asks a lot of questions all related to the big question: Who
is destroying the planet and who can save it?
Dorians give us the same answer to both: "We" - "We have done it" and
"We can stop it".
The song is written by British Tony Iommi, who has quite a reputation
within rockmusic as he as guitarist became a founding member of the
world famous heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
About the participant:
In Dorians the Armenian have picked their most popular rock band to
represent them at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. The band consist
of the five guys Gor Sujyan as the lead singer, Gagik Khodavirdi on
lead guitar, Edgar Sahakyan on bass guitar, Arman Pahlevanyan as the
keyboard player and finally Arman Jalalyan on drums.
The lead singer Gor Sujyan has no proper training within music. He
heard Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven and felt so inspired that he
just jumped right into it. His father however is a well-known jazz
musician and guitar player; Mkrtich Sujyan. It turned out Gor had the
talent as well as ever since it has been going one way for him in the
music industry; up!
Gor met the other guys and 2008 and together they created the band Gor
And Friends, which functioned as a Led Zeppelin cover band. After just
six months they decided to play their own music as well - and as a new
start - they also renamed the band to Dorians. Their songs are mainly
in English, but from time to time they throw themselves into the local
language, with big success.
The Eurovision Song Contest stage isn't unfamiliar for Gor as he was
backing vocalist for Eva Rivas when she sang Apricot Stone to a 7th
place at the 2010 contest.
About the selection:
On the 2nd of March a combination of jury and televoting were to
decide which song would be representing Armenia at the 2013 Eurovision
Song Contest. We already knew that it would be Gor Sujyan as he had
internally been chosen as the Armenian artist and the national final
was only about which song he should sing in Malmö, Sweden.
Four songs competed in the national final that was hosted by Gohar
Gasparyan and Avet Barseghyan: Lonely Planet, No Time, The Truth and
Toy Planet. As interval acts the Armenian population had a chance to
check out some of the competitors for the winning trophy in Malmö as
the Georgian duo Nodi and Sophie, and also the Maltese representative,
Gianluca Bezzina performed on stage.
Compass Band, who were the Armenian representative at the 2012 Junior
Eurovision Song Contest also entertained the audience with their entry
Sweetie Baby.
Lyrics:
Who's the one that starts a war?
Who's dictating what is less and more?
Who can change the night and day?
Who's the one with clever face?
That can tell us what is in the space?
Playing games that none can play.
Maybe someday we'll break the wall.
Maybe the light will touch us all.
Lonely planet!
Who has done it?
Who can save you?
Who can stop it?
Who's the one that has the right?
Treat us wrong and tell us what is right?
Bringing crowd against the squad...
Who has honesty to show?
Who can tell us "I don't know" ?
Who's the man and who's the god?
Maybe someday we'll break the wall.
Maybe the light will touch us all.
Lonely planet!
Who has done it?
Who can save you?
Who can stop it?
Lonely planet!
We have done it!
We can save you?
We can stop it.
We can stop it...
We can stop it....
We can stop it...
For the world
http://www.eurovisionary.com/participant-profile/2013/lonely-planet/dorians