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AZERBAIJAN – Run With U – Mamagama
Another song that X tells me I shouldn’t like or be listening to because **checks notes** Azerbaijan. Anyway enough of them, and on to a valid song in a song contest, a phrase that will be repeated more often that it should be.
Well what do we have here? A slice of the 1980s that isn’t wrapped up in being so far up itself that it becomes ironic – something the contest in general needs a lot less of.
Mamagama’s preview video for this has me hankering for a better time, floppy disks, cassette tapes and all sorts of nods to the past but behind all of that is the unmistakable beat of a cracking little pop song. It does have its downsides – their English intonation, at parts, is a little bit off, which is to be expected, as its not their first language, or even their second. I don’t know why the Azeri pinky-plonky instruments are between the verses – I just don’t think that they need to be there, but I am guessing it’s a nod to locality. The song also doesn’t build as you would traditionally expect, and I get the sense that there is a four-minute version knocking around somewhere, because just when you think there is going to be more…. the song ends!
It’s not groundbreaking in a contest context, but I guess that it doesn’t need to be – it just needs to be decent. I hope that on stage they make some nods to the video, but it’s going to be difficult to recreate and that’s going to be a shame. I reckon this will qualify, and that’ll piss off a lot of people!
Phil’s Score – 5 Points
I like this one, even though ot doesn’t a proper structure like you would expect from a song. The verse and chorus sound almost identical and yet I find myself moving my head to the music, when this comes up. It’s a bit low key but nevertheless it’s quite endearing for me. That 80’s vibe is quite charming and it has some nice touches which make it sounds a bit Azeri.
Not sure how this will sound and look live, but if they can re-create some parts of the video, that would be a nice touch.
7 points