Aww

[anagramofbrat]

I'm honestly kinda bummed to hear Eduard Khil passed away. If you are unsure who that is, well, "Trolololo lo lololo lololo hohohohoooooo" should give you a clue.

He seemed like a sweet old guy that seemed to be genuinely amused and a little touched by his sudden, late in life Internet fame and was even having fun with it.

Interesting Fact/Cool Story Bro Time: the song is actually titled Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой which loosely translates as "I'm very happy to be returning home at last." I hope he is.


At some point where I'm not freezing and cranky and headachy and overtired, I should post a ramble about how one of the many reasons I have ladyboners for Russian classical/choral music is that instead of the emphasis and melodies being placed in the higher registers like most Western European music, Russian exquivelents tend to skew towards the baritone-bass range instead, which leads to a completely different sound and flavor. And I do dearly love me a warm, rich lower register. May also explain why any song sung by Leonard Cohen, Paul Robeson, Johnny Cash or Peter Steele (among other people) will get my attention rather... quicker... than other vocal ranges.

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[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

Also explains why I feel so much more comfortable doing karaoke in Russian than in English or Japanese. Some of those singers actually sing in my range to begin with!

[grinninfoole.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful. I've never heard that before. He seems to have just been vocalizing, not singing words--did I miss something because I don't speak Russian?

[harinezumi.livejournal.com]

He is, in fact, just vocalizing nonsense syllables.

[anagramofbrat.livejournal.com]

No, its a "vocaliz." sorta scat singing, only less improvised.