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Qaya: Fabulous cheesy pop from Azerbaijan
05.14.2011
07:00 pm
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With the news that Azerbaijan has triumphed at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Running Scared” performed by Ell and Nikki, voted Europe’s favorite, I was reminded of a previous Azerbaijani purveyor of cheesy pop, Gaya, a fabulous singing quartet, who were one of the most successful in Soviet-Azerbaijani during the 1960s and 1970s. Qaya mixed modern beats with traditional Azerbaijani music, and their songs could easily sit (if not win) in today’s Eurovision; or, be piped anesthetically through shopping malls department stores.
 

 
More classic songs from Qaya, after the jump…
 
With thanks to Iya Vinogradova
 

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Posted by Paul Gallagher
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05.14.2011
07:00 pm
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