AeonGrey Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Any of you heard of this guy? Pay attention at about 1:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Holy crap that is a high voice. Catchy tune though ;) Anyone else read along the Russian caption to see how they pronounce words? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatar Khan Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Yeah he is made fun of by Russian comedians over the high voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Eh, it sounds quite good. The hoods on the musicians in the video are a bit creepy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Knight Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 So yeah... Dante sent me a link to this video on MSN. I shall post the transcript.Dante says:This was posted in Fed2k, did you see it? Dragoon Knight says:*Clicks link*Dragoon Knight says:He looks crazy. And Russ-(Reaches 1:06)Dragoon Knight says:You owe me:1 x New Window2 x New Ear DrumsDante says:*giggle*Dragoon Knight says:But I'll be damned if the tune isn't catchy.Dragoon Knight says:If only I could HEAR IT.Dragoon Knight says:OR ANYTHING.I swear that man is crazy. I mean, look at that smile - no sane person smiles like that! And what the seven hells is with the hooded accordion players of woe?*Bleed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Ah, fun times, fun times. He was wearing headphones too. I hope the volume was turned up. >:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokiri-Mentat Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 wow, haven't seen or heard of him for a year or two now. Yea, he sings way too high for a guy. Is he a ca strati? It's very--what is the word?--avant guard. Every video I've seen of him involves hooded musicians of doom.*edit* no hoods here. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Or fish. And while I don't actually know whether he's a castrati, I would find it very unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokiri-Mentat Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 yes very unlikely. but that is a freakish voice.here's him w/ hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Please note: one castrato, two castrati. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokiri-Mentat Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 hmmm...my brain is having trouble dealing w/ the fact that two of my history teachers were wrong on this....but linguistically it seems to make sense.....and just checked dictionary.com.plural can be either "castrati" or "castratos" but I prefer "castrati". thanks nema ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Please note: one castrato, two castrati. I have dishonoured myself.Seppuku! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Whenever I see the words Russian singer, I always think of Tatu for some reason. Now that video was best watched muted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokiri-Mentat Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I have dishonoured myself.Seppuku!wow, Dante. Cool Seppuku sketch. I always heard it called Hara-kiri, but it's the same thing I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Same result, but difference in usage.(Is this board Unicode compliant? Let's see! ... I guess not. Time to cheat....OK, screw it.)切腹 (seppuku) is the more Chinese word/pronunciation, and the one more commonly used now. The characters mean CUT + STOMACH, and the word includes more of the nuance of the ceremony of the act. 腹切り (hara-kiri) is the more Japanese version, and literally means something like "belly-cutting". I can't remember the last time I heard it actually used.(The Chinese/Japanese distinction is like that between Latin & Greek and Anglo-Saxon vocabulary in English.)FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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