# Russian singer: He's a scream! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202 "2012-07-14T14:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/1 "2012-07-14T14:34:30Z")
In the fine, fine tradition of the “Ya-ya-ya-ya-yaya-ya” Russian singer, I present a new generation of Russian vocalists. Give the video about a minute to run. Believe me, it’s worth the wait. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lJTzzVsUNAU/hqdefault.jpg "The man with his crazy voice~~~") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJTzzVsUNAU) He has been around for a while; I apologize if Mr. Vitas has been remarked upon here in the past. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/2 "2012-07-14T15:27:46Z")
Let me just add in case I was too oblique – I can’t stop laughing hysterically at this guy. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/3 "2012-07-14T16:10:04Z")
And unfortunately the trololo dude passed a few months ago =( OK, interesting. Serious high notes and he is very pretty for a man =) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/4 "2012-07-14T16:34:36Z")
This video is the complete package and has given me a scrunchy face. I mean, hooded performers? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/5 "2012-07-14T17:50:09Z")
Just another detail to love. WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/6 "2012-07-14T17:56:21Z")
My protracted period of mourning for the trololol guy has lifted at last. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/7 "2012-07-14T18:07:58Z")
Anybody remember [Klaus Nomi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7WehY5vTl4&feature=fvwrel)? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/8 "2012-07-14T18:24:29Z")
He certainly can hit the high notes. No question about that. But I don’t think the tro lo lo guy has been unseated as far as weirdness. This guy at least looks and moves more or less like a human being, as opposed to Mr. tro lo lo who moved like some kind of animatron and looked like his makeup was applied by a mortician. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/9 "2012-07-14T19:08:58Z")
Bilateral orchiectomy is the first thing that came to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/10 "2012-07-14T21:13:33Z")
You people are no fun. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/11 "2012-07-14T21:20:48Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > You people are no fun. It cracked me the fuck up if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/12 "2012-07-15T05:31:14Z")
@ **EllenCherry** : Thanks for the link! This is _exactly_ the sort of fluffy Russian pop music I love! [QUOTE=aruvqan] And unfortunately the trololo dude passed a few months ago =( {snip} [/QUOTE] Not that long ago. Eduard Khil died on June 4. [QUOTE=Crafter\_Man] Bilateral orchiectomy is the first thing that came to mind. [/QUOTE] When I heard that first “yaaaaah”, I immediately thought “male soprano”: [Sopranist - Wikipedia](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopranist#section_7). ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/13 "2012-07-16T20:19:16Z")
I’ll bet this guy drove the neighbor’s dog nuts when he was a teenager… ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/14 "2012-07-16T20:37:30Z")
Curse you, I’ve been listening to this all weekend! Its so strangely catchaawwUUUHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHhhhhhaaauuuuhhhhhhAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHEEEEEEEE! ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/15 "2012-07-16T21:19:59Z")
This guy looks like Vladimir Putin…before he went bald!😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/16 "2012-07-16T21:48:51Z")
That is amazing. The “choreography,” the scarf, the hooded musicians, the ear-splitting but actually on-key screeching… Kafka meets Total Eclipse of the Heart? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/17 "2012-07-16T21:59:02Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > This video is the complete package > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Bilateral orchiectomy is the first thing that came to mind. Perhaps not. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/18 "2012-07-16T22:00:05Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Let me just add in case I was too oblique – I can’t stop laughing hysterically at this guy. Obviously so were the musicians, hence the hoods. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/19 "2012-07-16T22:31:02Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > This video is the complete package and has given me a scrunchy face. I mean, hooded performers? :dubious: don’t forget the waving arms, and the crashing cymbols. my boy cats find it disturbing, one runs under furniture, the other swivels his ears so fast his head spins. my girl cat (who knows russian) just pays it no mind. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202/20 "2012-07-16T23:21:41Z")
Wow. That is weird, good, entertaining. What’s with the bags over the heads of the instrumentalists? Don’t they want to be recognized performing with him? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-singer-hes-a-scream/628202.md?page=2)