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19 Comments
Sagemindsays...I'm sure there may be a time when this was in fashion, but now it's just *wtf and *Terrible
He has such style
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Terrible, Wtf) - requested by Sagemind.
siftbotsays...Moving this video to brusad's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
peggedbeasays...i was about to post this. i was going to call it "this is what you see right before you die".
Stormsingersays...You say style, wtf, and terrible. I say...creepy, and run quick, Tommy!
KnivesOutsays...http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/05/the-trolololo-video-explained/
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'lol la trol troll sing funny guy words music man robot dance old' to 'lol la, trol, troll, sing, funny guy, words, music man, robot, dance, old' - edited by Zifnab
Kevlarsays...Context via Neatorama!
The man singing is Edward Hill, also known as Eduard Khil’, or, better yet, [Cyrillic redacted -- ed.]. According to his Russian Wikipedia page, Hill was born in Smolensk in 1934, and finished his studies at the Leningrad Conservatory in 1960. By 1974 he had been named a People’s Artist of the USSR, and in 1981 he was awarded the Order of the Friendship of Peoples. He is best known for his interpretations of the songs of the Soviet composer, Arkadii Ostrovskii. As for the peculiar name, I could find no information, but imagine that he is descended from the English elite that had established itself in western Russian cities by the 17th century. He is not a defector of the Lee Harvey Oswald generation. He is entirely Russian.
The song he is interpreting, “I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home,” is an Ostrovskii composition, and it is meant to be sung in the vokaliz style, that is to say sung, but without words. I have seen a number of comments online, ever since a flurry of interest in Hill began just a few days ago, to the effect that this routine must have been meant as a critique of Soviet censorship, but in fact vokaliz was a well established genre, one that seems close in certain respects to pantomime.
siftbotsays...Replaced video embed code with backup #188 (supplied by member Zifnab) - embed replaced by member gwiz665.
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'lol la, trol, troll, sing, funny guy, words, music man, robot, dance, old' to 'lol la, trol, troll, sing, funny guy, words, music man, robot, dance, old, trololol' - edited by looris
loorissays...*comedy
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Comedy) - requested by looris.
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'lol la, trol, troll, sing, funny guy, words, music man, robot, dance, old, trololol' to 'lol la, trol, troll, sing, funny guy, music man, robot, dance, old, trololo, eduard khil' - edited by SlipperyPete
Kruposays...Nice turnaround: http://www.videosift.com/video/Eduard-Khil-Responds-to-his-Internet-Fame
Issykittysays...*vintage
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Vintage) - requested by Issykitty.
dingenssays...It's a *meme now.
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Meme) - requested by dingens.
siftbotsays...Trololo Meets Metal has been added as a related post - related requested by Zawash on that post.
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