Trololo Man
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Posted by VINOD
Title: I am very glad because I'm finally back home.
Singer: Edward Khil.
Description :
Khil, a fine baritone, is shown crooning a wordless but catchy little tune.
The song is an evergreen, but in fact, it is called a "vocalization", i.e., singing without words.
The reason the song does not have a single word because the lyrics was considered to be too naughty during the Soviet times and such lyrics would not have survived the harsh censorship.
A Quote from the lyrics :
"I'm riding my mustang horse on the prairie, while my beloved Mary is a thousand miles away knitting my socks..."
He explained that the reason the iconic song has no lyrics is that the original ones, about a cowboy riding the range while his wife sits at home knitting socks, were banned as "too naughty" by Soviet censors of the day.
"A theme like that was unacceptable, so we decided to sing it without any words at all," he said.
Over 2 million people watched this video on Internet.
From Kansas City to London, from Canada to Philippines - fans from around the globe have recently been responding to it, begging the 75 year-old baritone, Khil, to go on a world concert tour with his unorthodox hit, "I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home."
An official petition has even been launched and published on Facebook, referring to Eduard Khil as the "Trololo man", and urging the singer to go on a tour with his "greatest song ever."
Khil's signature style and optimism have proved infectious to the point where the Oscar-winning star of "Inglorious Basterds", Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, performed his version of the Soviet hit when he recently appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show.
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