# This is the most disturbing YouTube video I've ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710 "2010-05-25T15:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/1 "2010-05-25T15:51:20Z")
This was hiding behind the Iron Curtain for 20 years: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU7oG2V7uc) Dude looks like a puppet from Team America World Police. I showed my girlfriend last night and she said she couldn’t sleep afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/2 "2010-05-25T16:16:57Z")
Oh great. Now I’ll be having nightmares about [Dennis Kucinich](http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/Dennis_Kucinich_1.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/3 "2010-05-25T16:21:04Z")
You’re late to the party. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGvvs5U6-s&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGvvs5U6-s&feature=related) Joe ---
**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:** [May 25, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/4 "2010-05-25T16:28:31Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > You’re late to the party. [Indeed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12459211&postcount=15). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/5 "2010-05-25T16:36:39Z")
One of my favorites! Man its tacky. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/6 "2010-05-25T16:36:40Z")
How about [these guys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJA6rdoV1w)? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/7 "2010-05-25T16:38:32Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > This was hiding behind the Iron Curtain for 20 years: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU7oG2V7uc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU7oG2V7uc) > > Dude looks like a puppet from Team America World Police. I showed my girlfriend last night and she said she couldn’t sleep afterwards. Catchy lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/8 "2010-05-25T16:45:24Z")
Can’t watch the video from work. Is this Trololo Man? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/9 "2010-05-25T16:46:34Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Can’t watch the video from work. Is this Trololo Man? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/10 "2010-05-25T19:10:08Z")
[Leningrad Cowboys–Sweet Home Alabama](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNFRLrP014) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/11 "2010-05-25T21:19:18Z")
[Eduard Khil addresses the world](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRefK6OyvHU&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/12 "2010-05-25T21:34:16Z")
Those sneaky Russky bastards! I say we hit 'em back [with this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXULwgzezUg&feature=related)! ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/13 "2010-05-25T21:34:29Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > How about [these guys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJA6rdoV1w)? I love that one! [my nomination](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItUk-5FI0Ek). ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/14 "2010-05-25T21:37:14Z")
What’s disturbing is that an audience might have sat through that. ( The Trololo man, that is. I’ve not looked at the rest yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/15 "2010-05-25T21:40:35Z")
I am fairly certain this pleasant and innocuous man is concealing a live herring in his drawers. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/16 "2010-05-25T21:44:34Z")
Oh god. That was sent to me a few weeks ago by a guy I used to work with. Now it’s like it’s hitting me from all sides!! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/17 "2010-05-25T21:53:16Z")
I think trololo man is from some communist version of Lawrence Welk. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/18 "2010-05-25T22:00:00Z")
> **[Eduard Khil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Khil)** > > Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Russian pronunciation: \[ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ\]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer. > Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing ... > [@Eduard Khil](#): > > There is a backstory about this song. Originally, we had lyrics written for this song but they were poor. I mean, they were good, but we couldn’t publish them at that time. They contained words like these: “I’m riding my stallion on a prairie, 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 vocalisation. But the essence remained in the title. The song is very naughty – it has no lyrics, so we had to make up something for people would listen to it, and so this was an interesting arrangement. > [@Arkady Ostrovsky's son](#): > > Nobody banned its lyrics, but my father just composed the music when his relations with Lev Oshanin deteriorated. The latter told him that the lyrics are more important and that a composer is nothing without a lyricist. So Dad told him during the argument, “Well, I don’t need your verses at all, I’ll manage without them.” > [@Eduard Khil's son](#): > > He thinks maybe someone is trying to make a fool of him. > He keeps asking, 'Where were all these journalists 40 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/19 "2010-05-25T22:12:07Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > How about [these guys](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJA6rdoV1w)? Not so disturbing if you look at it like Andy Kaufman and Bob Zmuda doing a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710/20 "2010-05-25T22:58:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Eduard Khil addresses the world](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRefK6OyvHU&feature=related). I just want to pinch his cheeks, I do. What an adorable person. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-most-disturbing-youtube-video-ive-ever-seen/540710.md?page=2)