mr.trololo的故事

mr.trololo的故事
A forgotten hit from the 197os - the lyricless song “I'm very happy tobe coming home at last”- performed by Soviet-era pop singer Eduard Khil has unexpectedly become a supermeme on YouTube, andEduard Anatolyevich Khil himself was known as Mr Trololo. Morethan 2 million views, fans all over the world, and a petition asking himto go on tour as soon as possible.
Eduard Khil is a completely ordinary man.He lives in Saint Petersburg,in 'Tolstovsky House on theFontanka embankment, plays in the rock group "Prepinanki"with his son, and is blowing the dust off hisDistinguished Artist and People's Artist medals and putting out feelers for a concert manager.
The tune for the song"I'm very happy to be coming home at last", which Eduard Khil sings and whichyou can't get out of your head, was written by the composer Arkady llyich Ostrovsky not long before hedied. lt was performed by Valery Obodzinsky and Janos Koos, and Muslim Magomayev even sang it onthe“Goluboy Ogonek”TV show, although his version did not have the same enchanting "Tro-lo-lo-lo-lo"but sounded more like"Tra-la-la-la-la”.
Only Eduard Khil succeeded in communicating all the inexhaustible joy of coming home. It should benoted that even during the first wave of this composition 's popularity in the 197os, viewers were delightedby this
song without lyrics which was so unusual in Soviet popular music.
The hit was wordless because of a stroke of fate.The original version of the song had words and even astory line. It told of a bold traveller galloping across the prairies to his girlfriend, while she is sittingsomewhere a thousand miles away knitting socks for her beloved.Sure enough, the story definitely hadan anti-Soviet look to it, and the text was banned.
The clip became popular because of the internet concept of the “troll”(someone who deliberatelyprovokes others and tries to get a strong reaction from them), which people think Eduard Khil isglorifying.And of course, because of the artist's unusual miming and gestures.
The Mr 'Trololo clip was first put on YouTube in mid-February. In less than a month it had scored morethan two million views (taking into account all versions) and dozens of video parodies, and more than16,ooo fans joined the Facebook group.
European and American admirers have written a petition which has already been signed by a thousandfans. They are asking Eduard Khil to go on a world tour as soon as possible.Some listeners would also behappy to see Mr 'Trololo at the Eurovision song contest.
Enterprising trend hunters are not sleeping on the job either.
'They've already produced Mr Trololo.
souvenirs and are actively selling them through internet shops or sites with the same name or are makingmoney through banners: Eduard Khil only found out about his own popularity the day before yesterday,on 9 March, when he got aphone call from a LifeNews.ru journalist. Eduard Anatolyevich was pleasantly surprised, but he has notyet realized the scale of his trouble, i.e. his popularity.Answering questions from their “special
correspondent" in an interview on the Mr 'Trololo phenomenon, Eduard Khil was very modest andreserved.
Eduard Anatolyevich, are you comfortable now in this situation of a second wave of popularity? How doyou rate it?
slri
l can't say it's bad.It's okay..How do I rate it? A solid four out of five.
Can you cope with a new wave of fame now?
sl take it very calmly, and always have done. It's true. Tl've always been able to take a detached view ofmyself. You're popular today, but tomorrow you're forgotten. It's not as thoughI'm i5 any more and likelyto swoon for joy.。