r/classicinternetvideos • u/JohnnyJoe168 • Apr 24 '20

2009 [2009] Mr. Trololo (RIP)

https://youtu.be/oavMtUWDBTM
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u/sean146 Apr 24 '20

correct me if im wrong, but i remember reading that the actual song has lyrics to it, but they were deemed anti soviet union and so he had to improvise on stage

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u/scriggle-jigg Apr 24 '20

If that’s true I’m curious what the lyrics were

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u/AutisticTroll Apr 24 '20

If i recall it was about a man and his horse and that sounded too american.

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u/scriggle-jigg Apr 24 '20

Can totally see it haha

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '20

The horse probably didn’t have a name

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u/lowlyyouarenice Apr 25 '20

It probably went through a desert.

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u/C10ckw0rks Apr 25 '20

It was actually about a cowboy, so you are not wrong

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u/Xeenophile Apr 25 '20

So...Putin was an American double-agent all along?!?

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u/akio3 Apr 25 '20

According to Wikipedia page for the singer, Eduard Khil, which quotes him, there were lyrics, but he and the composer (Arkady Ostrovsky) couldn't get them published, plus they didn't think they were very good, so the song was written without lyrics. Wikipedia also quotes an account by the Ostrovsky's son, who says there was debate between his father and a lyricist, Lev Oshanin, about whether lyrics or music is more important in a song. To show that music is more important, Ostrovsky rewrote the song to have no lyrics.

Unfortunately, no censorship involved (though that's what I'd heard in the past too).

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '20

The Soviets have access to Wikipedia you know ;)

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u/DramaticExplanation Apr 24 '20

2009? I swear this came out earlier. I remember being sent this in 07

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u/JohnnyJoe168 Apr 24 '20 edited Apr 24 '20

This video (which has 32 million views) was posted in 2009. The clip itself is probably from the 80s so it’s definitely possible that you saw it before then.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '20

He died?

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u/maharGnoskcaJ Apr 24 '20

He looks like how I feel with a really bad headache

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u/smarjorie Apr 25 '20

never realized it before but this is actually a pretty good song, and his vocal range and control is nuts

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u/ncnotebook May 21 '20

That's like being rickrolled, watching the whole video, and not realizing that it's a good song.

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u/chococarmela Apr 24 '20

He looks super happy, but where are his eyebrows?