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Syera

I think I'm in love, or something with a similar aftertaste.

The most unbelievable singing voice ever.
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Amadou · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:35 pm Post subject:

OMG!!!!!! *laughing hard, because found something VERY familiar* It's our singer Vitas. His producer/manager has invented a "legend" to promote him: according to it, Vitas has got gills along with lungs, as if he were a 'fish-man', which allows him to sing like he does (the legend actually has been borrowed from a book of a russian writer, Alexander Beliaev "Amphibian Man", the main protagonist's name Ichtiandr has been also borrowed as another stage-name of Vitas). And... you can defenitely see something on his neck...

Yeah, he's got a unique voice here, I've heard he is veryveryvery popular in China.
If you are interested, here you go.
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Syera · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:02 pm Post subject:

Oh, yes... the "gills." Laughing

He actually has gill prosthetics in this music video.

I don't see anything odd on his neck in that Wikipedia picture; just the normal skin creases that appear when one's head is turned that way.

One thing about him... he so reminds me of how much I need to practice! Very Happy

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Amadou · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

He's just an ordinary guy with extraordinary vocal skills. Gills is another invention of music producers to spark public interest. Confused

Nobody seems to believe them much, however...
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Syera · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject:

Well, yeah, I could tell that much. Razz

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Syera · Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject:

...But apparently, my grandmother couldn't.

I showed some of Vitas's videos to my parents. Word got out to my grandmother, who looked him up for herself. Apparently, she saw the Opera No. 2 video in which he wore prosthetic gills. Alas, I wasn't privy to the conversation as it happened, but from the sounds of it she really thought he might actually have gills. Laughing

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Amadou · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:10 am Post subject:

They could do smth with his vocal cords, but this is not very interesting to the public. A lot more exciting is to believe that he is a fishman. Well, as long as there is no harm in believing this...
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Nez · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

A guy that can hit high notes like that?! No way!
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Syera · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

YAWAI!

They're called countertenors. They aren't especially common, but they're out there. This fella used his talent for the Aladdin side. Rendered Brad Kane AND Lea Salonga redundant. XD
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Amadou · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

O_O How do they do that?....... I envy him. Such compass Shocked

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