Thursday 11 March 2010
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Origins of the Song
The song itself was written by Arkady Ostrovsky, and was also performed by Valery Obodzinsky[6][7] and by Muslim Magomayev on Little Blue Light.[8]
I haven't heard anything about it. It's nice, of course!
I haven't heard anything about it. It's nice, of course!
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About The Song
In 2009, a 1976 video of Khil singing a vocalise I am very glad, because I’m finally going home (Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой) was uploaded to YouTube,[2] and quickly became an Internet meme[1] known as "Trololololololololololo." It appeared on some sites on February 21, 2010,[3][4] and was popularized on March 3 in The Colbert Report.[5] The song itself was written by Arkady Ostrovsky, and was also performed by Valery Obodzinsky[6][7] and by Muslim Magomayev on Little Blue Light.[8]
I haven't heard anything about it. It's nice, of course!
Thereby hangs a tale about this song. Lyrics were written for it, but they were poor. I mean, they were good, but one couldn't publish them at that time. They contained words like these: "I'm riding my stallion, so-and-so mustang, and my beloved Mary is thousand miles away knitting a stocking for me". Of course, we failed to publish it at that time, and we, Arkady Ostrovsky and I, decided to make it a vocalise. But the essence remained in the title. Yes, it's a little prankish – it has no lyrics, so we had to make up something for people would listen to it, and so there was an interesting arrangement.
—Eduard Khil, LIfe News (Russian)
Welcome Eduard Khil Fans!
Eduard Khil was born on September 4, 1934 in Smolensk. In 1960 he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied under direction of Evgeni Olkhovksky and Zoya Lodyi. He began performing as a soloist.
He was the first artist to sing such songs as Woodcutters (Лесорубы in Russian) and Moon Stone (Лунный камень) by Arkady Ostrovsky, and Song about Friend (Песня о друге), Blue Cities (Голубые города), And People Go To the Sea (А люди уходят в море) by Andrey Petrov.
Other popular songs performed by Khil included From What the Homeland Begins? (С чего начинается Родина?), How the Steamers Are Seen Off (Как провожают пароходы), Winter (Зима), Birch Sap (Берёзовый сок), Alder Catkin (Серёжка ольховая), We Need Only the Victory (Нам нужна одна победа), and many others.
In 1977-1979, Khil taught solo singing at Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.
In early 1990s, he worked in Paris at cafe Rasputin.
Since 1997, Khil has been involved with his son in a joint project with the rock group Prepinaki.
Khil currently lives at Tolstoy House (Толстовский дом) in St. Petersburg.
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