First single -We Are Golden!!

[Ruth]

I adore how he can look -styled?- so rushed and messy yet great. When I'm rushed and messy, that's what I look like - rushed and messy!:naughty:

Mind you, notice the bags under his eyes!

[robertina]

overslept mika? :naughty:

[alice.loves.mika]

Bigger versions:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252399-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252400-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252401-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252402-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
Hmmm...I see Top Gear magazine in the car on that last one.


:naughty:

[robertina]

Oh well.
I wouldn't say I'm very disappointed, but underwhelmed does fit the bill.
When I first heard that tacky sprechgesang fragment I was hoping for the rest to pick me up but now I find that exact bit the most catchy part of the whole song.
I know that it's just me (as usual), I'm sure pretty much everyone else is amazed, but those months and months of building up expectations kinda backfired here with me. I really did expect something spectacular. A second Grace Kelly or something equally brilliant. But this just sounds to me as if it was originally written for the K36 girls. I'm sure it will go to #1 and stay there for a while but for me it just lacks about everything. Hope the album will contain one or another marvel.

i won't go down this line much, but i agree 100% :mf_rosetinted:

[sariflor]

I adore how he can look -styled?- so rushed and messy yet great. When I'm rushed and messy, that's what I look like - rushed and messy!:naughty:

Mind you, notice the bags under his eyes!


He does look extremely tired, doesn't he?


overslept mika? :naughty:

Underslept more like it :naughty:

[huikings]

Underslept more like it :naughty:


or juz lazy eyes??:teehee:

[Niki27]

He does look extremely tired, doesn't he?




Underslept more like it :naughty:

He does look like he stole his little bro's trousers for sure.:naughty:

[sariflor]

Oh well.
I wouldn't say I'm very disappointed, but underwhelmed does fit the bill.
When I first heard that tacky sprechgesang fragment I was hoping for the rest to pick me up but now I find that exact bit the most catchy part of the whole song.
I know that it's just me (as usual), I'm sure pretty much everyone else is amazed, but those months and months of building up expectations kinda backfired here with me. I really did expect something spectacular. A second Grace Kelly or something equally brilliant. But this just sounds to me as if it was originally written for the K36 girls. I'm sure it will go to #1 and stay there for a while but for me it just lacks about everything. Hope the album will contain one or another marvel.


You're not alone. I am a bit underwhelmed as well. I don't think that the song is bad, or hate it or dislike it by any means, and I don't think for a second that it won't do well, but I find it...let's see, it's hard to explain. I will try now, and let's see how I feel about it in a few days after some more listens, and I may have to eat my words later on but I will just say how I feel about it now.

I just think that it lacks a few things. One of them is that it's not showing Mika's voice properly. The background is taking over too much, and you can barely hear him. His singing seems a bit too 'fast' as if he's trying to make this a dancey song when it's not meant to, or cram too much into the precious 3 minutes....I don't know, I much prefer his songs when you can actually HEAR his voice and appreciate it properly. It's not that the song is bad or that he doesn't sing it well, but more that any plain Joe could sing it and it doesn't really scream 'I have an incredible vocal range which most can only dream of and here it is in all its glory'.

On another note, I personally find that it's a bit over produced. Yes, many people will jump on my throat for saying this, but in my world simple always wins, and yes, this is big sounding blablabla, BUT I find that the bigger it sounds, the more tiresome it becomes later, and the less longevity it has as a song. The more props that go into the song, the catchier it will be at first and the more sick you'll get of it when you listen to it many times, that's how I see it.
Catchiness does not equal quality- I've had the chorus of WAG in my head all day and yet I don't feel a feeling of 'fulfilment' when I hear it. I DOhowever feel this when I listen to Lady Jane, or ToyBoy, or Blame it On The Girls or Blue Eyes even.

What else? I think that this is it, basically. I don't get a proper sense of story out of it, like there is with ToyBoy for example, and I know that it's a poor comparison as these two are very different styles and they shouldn't be compared, but I was utterly floored by his amazement when I heard the 4 new songs in LA, and I don't get the same feeling with this one. In my opinion, this is NOT the strongest song of all the new ones we've heard so far. Not at all.

So we'll see what else the album brings, but I am hoping that he's not aiming so 'big' for the rest of songs and that he will go a bit more for 'substance' in them.

[tauruslady]

I know that it's just me (as usual), I'm sure pretty much everyone else is amazed, but those months and months of building up expectations kinda backfired here with me.

It's not just you...I thought it was just me...
I wish I was as crazy about it as everyone else seems to be.
I love the verses, and the way he sings them, but I can't feel the chorus, I feel so...odd for not being mad about it.
It is just one single, I'm gonna give it time.

[Gatagordinha]

You're not alone. I am a bit underwhelmed as well. I don't think that the song is bad, or hate it or dislike it by any means, and I don't think for a second that it won't do well, but I find it...let's see, it's hard to explain. I will try now, and let's see how I feel about it in a few days after some more listens, and I may have to eat my words later on but I will just say how I feel about it now.

I just think that it lacks a few things. One of them is that it's not showing Mika's voice properly. The background is taking over too much, and you can barely hear him. His singing seems a bit too 'fast' as if he's trying to make this a dancey song when it's not meant to, or cram too much into the precious 3 minutes....I don't know, I much prefer his songs when you can actually HEAR his voice and appreciate it properly. It's not that the song is bad or that he doesn't sing it well, but more that any plain Joe could sing it and it doesn't really scream 'I have an incredible vocal range which most can only dream of and here it is in all its glory'.

On another note, I personally find that it's a bit over produced. Yes, many people will jump on my throat for saying this, but in my world simple always wins, and yes, this is big sounding blablabla, BUT I find that the bigger it sounds, the more tiresome it becomes later, and the less longevity it has as a song. The more props that go into the song, the catchier it will be at first and the more sick you'll get of it when you listen to it many times, that's how I see it.
Catchiness does not equal quality- I've had the chorus of WAG in my head all day and yet I don't feel a feeling of 'fulfilment' when I hear it. I DOhowever feel this when I listen to Lady Jane, or ToyBoy, or Blame it On The Girls or Blue Eyes even.

What else? I think that this is it, basically. I don't get a proper sense of story out of it, like there is with ToyBoy for example, and I know that it's a poor comparison as these two are very different styles and they shouldn't be compared, but I was utterly floored by his amazement when I heard the 4 new songs in LA, and I don't get the same feeling with this one. In my opinion, this is NOT the strongest song of all the new ones we've heard so far. Not at all.

So we'll see what else the album brings, but I am hoping that he's not aiming so 'big' for the rest of songs and that he will go a bit more for 'substance' in them.





I agree with a lot of what you say, although I think I like the song more than I feel you do...but I certainly do agree wholeheartedly on the bit about Mika's voice being overwhelmed by the production. That does bother me, quite a lot.

[kath]

Yes, I agree with a lot of your points Sariflor. Underwhelmed is also the word that I used. I had been expecting HUGE things, having heard that it was the 'best pop song for a long time'. Well, in my opinion it certainly isn't a GK or even a Viva la Vida which, IMO was certainly a brilliant pop song. I personally would rather listen to Songs for Sorrow over and over rather than this. I never for one moment thought that I wouldn't like it. I am just waiting for it to grow on me.:shocked:

[xlindee]

Weirdly enough,about an hour after it was on Radio2, 'We are golden' was on romanian radio.
Turned on the car radio and as it sounded familiar I let it play. I can only say we are a fast nation...or we have a Radio2 run station

Ha. Holland was faster:mf_rosetinted:That one played WAG like, 10 minutes after BBC 2.

Anyway, I like the song, but I HATE the falsetto in the chorus. It's so..I dunno.:blink:

[robertina]

You're not alone. I am a bit underwhelmed as well. I don't think that the song is bad, or hate it or dislike it by any means, and I don't think for a second that it won't do well, but I find it...let's see, it's hard to explain. I will try now, and let's see how I feel about it in a few days after some more listens, and I may have to eat my words later on but I will just say how I feel about it now.

I just think that it lacks a few things. One of them is that it's not showing Mika's voice properly. The background is taking over too much, and you can barely hear him. His singing seems a bit too 'fast' as if he's trying to make this a dancey song when it's not meant to, or cram too much into the precious 3 minutes....I don't know, I much prefer his songs when you can actually HEAR his voice and appreciate it properly. It's not that the song is bad or that he doesn't sing it well, but more that any plain Joe could sing it and it doesn't really scream 'I have an incredible vocal range which most can only dream of and here it is in all its glory'.

On another note, I personally find that it's a bit over produced. Yes, many people will jump on my throat for saying this, but in my world simple always wins, and yes, this is big sounding blablabla, BUT I find that the bigger it sounds, the more tiresome it becomes later, and the less longevity it has as a song. The more props that go into the song, the catchier it will be at first and the more sick you'll get of it when you listen to it many times, that's how I see it.
Catchiness does not equal quality- I've had the chorus of WAG in my head all day and yet I don't feel a feeling of 'fulfilment' when I hear it. I DOhowever feel this when I listen to Lady Jane, or ToyBoy, or Blame it On The Girls or Blue Eyes even.

What else? I think that this is it, basically. I don't get a proper sense of story out of it, like there is with ToyBoy for example, and I know that it's a poor comparison as these two are very different styles and they shouldn't be compared, but I was utterly floored by his amazement when I heard the 4 new songs in LA, and I don't get the same feeling with this one. In my opinion, this is NOT the strongest song of all the new ones we've heard so far. Not at all.

So we'll see what else the album brings, but I am hoping that he's not aiming so 'big' for the rest of songs and that he will go a bit more for 'substance' in them.





i have to quote, you can express what i feel very well.:thumb_yello:

[lala_lollies44]

Ha. Holland was faster:mf_rosetinted:That one played WAG like, 10 minutes after BBC 2.

Anyway, I like the song, but I HATE the falsetto in the chorus. It's so..I dunno.:blink:

I cringed when I first heard that part, but now I love it. :naughty:

[scg]

is anyone except rose n kath listening to clyde 1 to listen to mika ?

[Dark Angel]

is anyone except rose n kath listening to clyde 1 to listen to mika ?

Would more than love to but cant cos its only the once over there who can listen (scotland, uk and think ireland too) :tears:

[sariflor]

He does look like he stole his little bro's trousers for sure.:naughty:

I hadn't noticed :roftl: but I don't understand. His brother is his height, and Mika has worn trousers like these before.
So either Mika has grown a lot recently, or he's stolen his bro's old jeans :naughty:. I do feel a bit sorry for him because he looks really tired, maybe he was so worried about the single coming out, etc...


I agree with a lot of what you say, although I think I like the song more than I feel you do...but I certainly do agree wholeheartedly on the bit about Mika's voice being overwhelmed by the production. That does bother me, quite a lot.


Yes, that is I think one of the things that bug me most. The fact that his voice is not centre piece.

It happened with the Katy Perry cd as well. I loved some of her songs in the demo version that she had before, or when she did them live, and then when she got the cd out I didn't 'feel' those songs, and in fact never have felt them the same way that I did when I heard the simpler versions.

I think that I won't comment much more until I've heard the song a few more times or I will feel like a total fool if I change my mind a bit later :naughty:. But the producing/overproducing/voice thing will still stand.

Oh and it's a bit similar to when he's done the songs live (today at Radio 2 and on Saturday at Latitude with Dermot) : I thought that the backing singing (was it Dan? or Martin?) was too loud and that for some periods of time it didn't allow for Mika's voice to be heard properly :blink:.

Anyway, that's my criticism for the day. As I always say, I love him to death, and am a super mega fan, but I say it as I feel it and if I don't love something that he does I will say it with the same passion that I will say if I love something.

[Droopsy]

Would more than love to but cant cos its only the once over there who can listen (scotland, uk and think ireland too) :tears:

Same here :(

[lala_lollies44]

Anyway, that's my criticism for the day. As I always say, I love him to death, and am a super mega fan, but I say it as I feel it and if I don't love something that he does I will say it with the same passion that I will say if I love something.

Well, yes, only true fans are not afraid to share criticisms. :thumb_yello:

[Lena]

Bigger versions:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252399-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252400-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252401-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c383/droopsy/252402-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-r.jpg

Today not day, but great holiday!:mf_lustslow::mf_lustslow::mf_lustslow:

[ninomika]

Mika is sooooooooo beautifulll...I love his hair!!!!:)

[sariflor]

is anyone except rose n kath listening to clyde 1 to listen to mika ?

Where is that?

[tauruslady]

Anyway, that's my criticism for the day. As I always say, I love him to death, and am a super mega fan, but I say it as I feel it and if I don't love something that he does I will say it with the same passion that I will say if I love something.

I agree.
It would be pointless lying if I said I was absolutely madly in love with it.:naughty:

I wish I was madly in love with it though. :blink: Even the reviews are so good, I'm just not feeling it...yet anyway.

[Toy Boy 88]

Is there a full HQ version???!!!!:mf_lustslow:

[Blue Eyes]

Do you remember the Doubletake Brothers, on Harry Enfields show, the way their hair stuck up at the side?
It looks like that:naughty:


:roftl: :floor:
Ha ha, classic!!
I wish I could find a decent picture of them :biggrin2:

[Shikutukumimika]

Does anyone has a recording of the Jo something interview?

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

Radio 1 played it late afternoon again , must say I had it blasting and its fabby :wub2:

Sadly I expected the choir to be more into the groove of like a prayer i.e taking the lead vocal , but still its great:biggrin2:

[Moonlightchild]

Oh well.
I wouldn't say I'm very disappointed, but underwhelmed does fit the bill.
When I first heard that tacky sprechgesang fragment I was hoping for the rest to pick me up but now I find that exact bit the most catchy part of the whole song.
I know that it's just me (as usual), I'm sure pretty much everyone else is amazed, but those months and months of building up expectations kinda backfired here with me. I really did expect something spectacular. A second Grace Kelly or something equally brilliant. But this just sounds to me as if it was originally written for the K36 girls. I'm sure it will go to #1 and stay there for a while but for me it just lacks about everything. Hope the album will contain one or another marvel.

No you're not alone on this.
I wont say the song isn't good or wont be a hit but ,it's to much and to less.
I mean it sounds to big and IMO it doesn't have great quality,it sounds a bit cheap,
no not cheap but more like to commercial to me.
I expected more from Mika but this is maybe what he needs to convert other people to his music,maybe a way to get his feet in on American radio.
And I know I said it before but .... why is HMDYLM not on the tracklist:sneaky2:
But I think the album will be good,there is: Rain,Toyboy,GGG,Blue Eyes,BIOTG
so I'm not disappointed of mika,it's only this song,i was expecting a master piece from this song and it's not;
Maybe I had to big expectations

[Dark Angel]

Radio 1 played it late afternoon again , must say I had it blasting and its fabby :wub2:

Sadly I expected the choir to be more into the groove of like a prayer i.e taking the lead vocal , but still its great:biggrin2:

Know what time?????????????

[alice.loves.mika]

Radio 1 played it late afternoon again , must say I had it blasting and its fabby :wub2:

Sadly I expected the choir to be more into the groove of like a prayer i.e taking the lead vocal , but still its great:biggrin2:
With which DJ/presenter?

[laura*]

He looks so tired in the bigger photos! Sleepless before the big day, our boy! :huglove:

[Moonlightchild]

Ha. Holland was faster:mf_rosetinted:That one played WAG like, 10 minutes after BBC 2.

Anyway, I like the song, but I HATE the falsetto in the chorus. It's so..I dunno.:blink:
That's the part I liked most

[sariflor]

Well, yes, only true fans are not afraid to share criticisms. :thumb_yello:

Yes, that is what I think.

I agree.
It would be pointless lying if I said I was absolutely madly in love with it.:naughty:

I wish I was madly in love with it though. :blink: Even the reviews are so good, I'm just not feeling it...yet anyway.


Maybe that's also part of why we're not feeling it: all the hype leading onto it, making it out to be the best thing since sliced bread :blink:
Then again, the reviews came from people who heard more than just this song, didn't they? They were played the full album.
I get the feeling that the songs that I'll like most are the ones that Mika himself thinks are worst :biggrin2:.



Sadly I expected the choir to be more into the groove of like a prayer i.e taking the lead vocal , but still its great:biggrin2:

That's what I mean about the 'rush' and fragmentation. It feels like there is so much to stick in there, that it's all too short, like little bursts of things, in order to make it 'snappy'.
Gosh, this sounds like it has no head or tail but I swear that the concept makes a lot of sense to me. I can SEE it :roftl:

[scg]

Where is that?

glasgow !

[scg]

mika`s coming on clyde 1 now !!!!!!

[tauruslady]

Maybe that's also part of why we're not feeling it: all the hype leading onto it, making it out to be the best thing since sliced bread :blink:
Then again, the reviews came from people who heard more than just this song, didn't they? They were played the full album.
I get the feeling that the songs that I'll like most are the ones that Mika himself thinks are worst :biggrin2:.


That's what I mean about the 'rush' and fragmentation. It feels like there is so much to stick in there, that it's all too short, like little bursts of things, in order to make it 'snappy'.
Gosh, this sounds like it has no head or tail but I swear that the concept makes a lot of sense to me. I can SEE it :roftl:

Maybe that's it...but I still think with or without hype it's not as amazing to me as I wish it was.
I still think the album will be great, because judging from the ones from the acoustic tour, they are all really good!

And I know what you mean by the quick and snappy way to it.
Not that that's a bad thing, but to me it sounds like loads of different idea's all in one song and it sounds a bit jumbled.:blink: Maybe that's the idea though...
I love the verses and the way he sings in sudden unexpected falsetto but the chorus just keeps popping up and...:aah:
I'm going to shut up now or all my inner thoughts about WAG will come out and I won't seem like a fan at all. :naughty:

[Dark Angel]

mika`s coming on clyde 1 now !!!!!!

:tears:

[sariflor]

No you're not alone on this.
I wont say the song isn't good or wont be a hit but ,it's to much and to less.
I mean it sounds to big and IMO it doesn't have great quality,it sounds a bit cheap,
no not cheap but more like to commercial to me.
I expected more from Mika but this is maybe what he needs to convert other people to his music,maybe a way to get his feet in on American radio.
And I know I said it before but .... why is HMDYLM not on the tracklist:sneaky2:
But I think the album will be good,there is: Rain,Toyboy,GGG,Blue Eyes,BIOTG
so I'm not disappointed of mika,it's only this song,i was expecting a master piece from this song and it's not;
Maybe I had to big expectations


You mention Rain first, and I find that interesting. I was thinking now, that maybe Rain (the new version :naughty:) would have been a better first single.....

[sariflor]

glasgow !


:roftl: But I meant the link to listen?? Pretty please!!

[identicaltwin3]

Oh well.
I wouldn't say I'm very disappointed, but underwhelmed does fit the bill.
When I first heard that tacky sprechgesang fragment I was hoping for the rest to pick me up but now I find that exact bit the most catchy part of the whole song.
I know that it's just me (as usual), I'm sure pretty much everyone else is amazed, but those months and months of building up expectations kinda backfired here with me. I really did expect something spectacular. A second Grace Kelly or something equally brilliant. But this just sounds to me as if it was originally written for the K36 girls. I'm sure it will go to #1 and stay there for a while but for me it just lacks about everything. Hope the album will contain one or another marvel.

I am with you :emot-sad: .
Still, and especially with Sire, you can't judge a song before you've seen him perform it live :original: .

Cheers,

Id3

[scg]

:roftl: But I meant the link to listen?? Pretty please!!

http://www.clyde1.com/goout.asp?u=http://domain567655.sites.fasthosts.com/dynamicstreams/mediaplayer.asp?station=clyde1&playertype=wm

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

Sorry .. it was Radio 1 , .. mmm 5 ish GMT :thumb_yello:

[kath]

You mention Rain first, and I find that interesting. I was thinking now, that maybe Rain (the new version :naughty:) would have been a better first single.....

Yep...or HMDYLM:wub2:

[hjbsrbab@hbibby.orangehom]

Wow! I have listened to WAG 4 times now and I think it is wonderful. Mika's voice hits peaks and yet still retains those uber sexy baritone notes. It is not my favourite but it is number 1 quality and I love it! Well done Mika!

[identicaltwin3]

maybe that's the reason why it's his 1st single- this song has the potential to be a HIT! and honestly he NEEDS to do this, aft a long long break (or disappearance for non-fans). and IMO, the Song for Sorrow EP can compensate that, and i'm sure the rest of the album will as well, since Good Gone Girl give me that "feeling":biggrin2:

Yep, we tend to forget that the artist is a businessman too :wink2: . And a shrewd one at that :thumb_yello: .

Cheers,

Id3

[ewokwicket]

I dunno if this is the right place to post it but...
http://static1.purepeople.com/articles/4/36/02/4/@/252399-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-radio-1-a-diapo-2.jpg
:shocked: :teehee: :wub2:

OMG!! These new pics are going to be so bad for my laptop.:boxed:

[Dark Angel]

Sorry .. it was Radio 1 , .. mmm 5 ish GMT :thumb_yello:

As in 5 hours ago? :blink:

[identicaltwin3]

No How Much Do You Love Me .... I shall cry :tears:

:(

I am already crying :crybaby: but I am sure he will go on singing it on stage, if only when he is away from his lover :wub2: .

Cheers,

Id3

[laura*]

Wow! I have listened to WAG 4 times now and I think it is wonderful. Mika's voice hits peaks and yet still retains those uber sexy baritone notes. It is not my favourite but it is number 1 quality and I love it! Well done Mika!

Guess I know what you mean. *agrees* :blush-anim-cl:

[suzie]

Oh well.
I wouldn't say I'm very disappointed, but underwhelmed does fit the bill.
When I first heard that tacky sprechgesang fragment I was hoping for the rest to pick me up but now I find that exact bit the most catchy part of the whole song.
I know that it's just me (as usual), I'm sure pretty much everyone else is amazed, but those months and months of building up expectations kinda backfired here with me. I really did expect something spectacular. A second Grace Kelly or something equally brilliant. But this just sounds to me as if it was originally written for the K36 girls. I'm sure it will go to #1 and stay there for a while but for me it just lacks about everything. Hope the album will contain one or another marvel.

:huglove:

Well, you must have noticed that A LOT OF FANS are keeping quiet, even though they might have also sent their congrats tweet to him.
I personally take it as a purpose written song that has a different target audience ....and the purpose of the song is to reach that particular audience that has actually been underrepresented on MFC so far, yet are large in number. If he gets them buy this album he can rely on them to keep buying his records for the next 30 years.:wink2: The song is absolutely genius if you take this into condideration, and since basically everyone says it will be a massive hit, he is likely to have accomplished the mission.:biggrin2:

Now I could feel 'cheated' about him abondoning 'us' and on Friday when I heard the chorus I was not sure about the orgin of the song but as soon as I heard the melody of the first verse today I realised it must have been HIM cooking it up in his kitchen.... :roftl:...and this makes me laugh so much...
WAG will never have a place in my Top 10 Mika songs but I accept the fact he needed to release sonething extremely radio-friendly and non-Marmite, something that you just can't get out of your head. Plus, I do acknowledge his efforts to have all the Mika trademarks on this song as well.:wink2:
...and you know what? I think he was afraid of the reaction from the core fans and probably that's why he was not sure about the title though the record company must have been delighted and was pressing for this idea.(..but that's complete speculation from my side, of course.)

As for the album, there are only 4songs I have no clue of - though Dr John is likely to be something like BB -, so I don't have the least concern about the quality of the rest of the songs.

[scg]

this is not funny .... mikas is in clydebank just a 20 min drive from me & i dont drive :sneaky2:

[melman92]

He does look extremely tired, doesn't he?




Underslept more like it :naughty :

Oh, that looks like me every other day :naughty: :fisch:

Yes, I agree with a lot of your points Sariflor. Underwhelmed is also the word that I used. I had been expecting HUGE things, having heard that it was the 'best pop song for a long time'. Well, in my opinion it certainly isn't a GK or even a Viva la Vida which, IMO was certainly a brilliant pop song. I personally would rather listen to Songs for Sorrow over and over rather than this. I never for one moment thought that I wouldn't like it. I am just waiting for it to grow on me.:shocked :

I also agree with a lot of you said (wow, I'm so original :naughty:)
Built up expectations? Probably.My fears of being "deceived" or underwhelmed from the overly great critics have been confirmed...

Even if the song is great overall,there's something that's bugging me. Maybe its commercial aspect like someone pointed out or the fact that we don't hear the choir enough? I mean, I like the fact that it's really pop-ish and "bursting out" but it feels a bit too much? Like,instead of being powerful, it's even more weak? I dunno :dunno:

Anyway, I think the Viva la vida comparision "goes" well here to me. I mean, there's a lot of instruments and "things" at the same time but it doesn't feel too much IMO.

[sariflor]

http://www.clyde1.com/goout.asp?u=http://domain567655.sites.fasthosts.com/dynamicstreams/mediaplayer.asp?station=clyde1&playertype=wm


Thanks!

I think that I'm recording it, so if it all works out (:naughty:) I will post the mp3 up later :thumb_yello:

[laura*]

this is not funny .... mikas is in clydebank just a 20 min drive from me & i dont drive :sneaky2:

That's life, baby. Unfair as usual. :huglove:

[Droopsy]

Thanks!

I think that I'm recording it, so if it all works out (:naughty:) I will post the mp3 up later :thumb_yello:

Oh thank you!:thumb_yello:

[Moonlightchild]

You mention Rain first, and I find that interesting. I was thinking now, that maybe Rain (the new version :naughty:) would have been a better first single.....
Yes you're absolutely right,it would be a great first sigle.
it's my favorite especially the new version,but i remember the first time I heard Rain,I didn't liked it either:naughty:
That was because it was a bad recording quality,the next time I heard it,it was in Amsterdam,I liked it much more and when I heard it on the mikasounds blog,i was totally in love with that song

[Dark Angel]

Thanks!

I think that I'm recording it, so if it all works out (:naughty:) I will post the mp3 up later :thumb_yello:

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay :yay:

[Ioana]

Have you been listening to Guerilla radio ?:naughty:
They are fast bringing new songs :roftl:

That's the one :naughty:

They usually aren't that fast

Ha. Holland was faster:mf_rosetinted:That one played WAG like, 10 minutes after BBC 2.



So I've been told :mf_rosetinted: You have to be reasonable,Holland is 10 mins away from the UK to begin with

[thy]

I love We Are Golden. :wub2: I have to admit I stayed at home instead of visiting the library and listen to both radio shows. After the shows I was so amazed and empty. I love the song and I want to listen to it over and over and over and over again. :)

[tauruslady]

:aah: Hearing it live on that Clyde man's show...It is good..

I'm being converted quicker than I expected. :teehee:

[scg]

taxi for garrett to clydebank clyde one studio to see mika !

[robertina]

:aah: Hearing it live on that Clyde man's show...It is good..

I'm being converted quicker than I expected. :teehee:

we are golden live and acoustic?:blink:

[Emerald]

I haven't read all the new pages lol. But I've found the interview and most importantly, the SONG!! I think I love it lol. It's weird. It's motivating. It's colourful. Yeah. It's Mika. Can't wait for the album!! :D

[scg]

sara they read out your text but not mine grrrrr :roftl:

[xlindee]

You mention Rain first, and I find that interesting. I was thinking now, that maybe Rain (the new version :naughty:) would have been a better first single.....
Yeah, I think so too. As it has been described as ''a sister of Relax'' I think it would do really well, especially in Europe, since Relax did extremely well too.

I don't know, I just think he could even have chosen BIOTG. Wouldn't that have been the first single anyway, until like, a month ago?:blink:
Thanks!

I think that I'm recording it, so if it all works out (:naughty:) I will post the mp3 up later :thumb_yello:
That's great news Sara!
That's the one :naughty:

They usually aren't that fast



So I've been told :mf_rosetinted: You have to be reasonable,Holland is 10 mins away from the UK to begin with
That doesn't have anything to do with it.:mf_rosetinted:

[Moonlightchild]

Thanks!

I think that I'm recording it, so if it all works out (:naughty:) I will post the mp3 up later :thumb_yello:
I hope it does. thank you

[melman92]

:huglove:

Well, you must have noticed that A LOT OF FANS are keeping quiet, even though they might have also sent their congrats tweet to him.
I personally take it as a purpose written song that has a different target audience ....and the purpose of the song is to reach that particular audience that has actually been underrepresented on MFC so far, yet are large in number. If he gets them buy this album he can rely on them to keep buying his records for the next 30 years.:wink2: The song is absolutely genius if you take this into condideration, and since basically everyone says it will be a massive hit, he is likely to have accomplished the mission.:biggrin2:

Now I could feel 'cheated' about him abondoning 'us' and on Friday when I heard the chorus I was not sure about the orgin of the song but as soon as I heard the melody of the first verse today I realised it must have been HIM cooking it up in his kitchen.... :roftl:...and this makes me laugh so much...
WAG will never have a place in my Top 10 Mika songs but I accept the fact he needed to release sonething extremely radio-friendly and non-Marmite, something that you just can't get out of your head. Plus, I do acknowledge his efforts to have all the Mika trademarks on this song as well.:wink2:
...and you know what? I think he was afraid of the reaction from the core fans and probably that's why he was not sure about the title though the record company must have been delighted and was pressing for this idea.(..but that's complete speculation from my side, of course.)

As for the album, there are only 4songs I have no clue of - though Dr John is likely to be something like BB -, so I don't have the least concern about the quality of the rest of the songs.

That feels weird from Mika... What's the whole point of GK then? Composing songs to enlarge his target? :blink: Anyway, if you're right,that'd be kind of a let down for me...

[tauruslady]

we are golden live and acoustic?:blink:
No no, Sorry, I just meant it was played on the radio :teehee:



Mika's Afro?!?! :lmfao: Did anyone else hear that?

And Sariflor got a mention!:aah:

:fro:

[scg]

No no, Sorry, I just meant it was played on the radio :teehee:



Mika's Afro?!?! :lmfao: Did anyone else hear that?

And Sariflor got a mention!:aah:

:fro:

well the afro text had to be a scottish gal , its a pity they werent said directly to mika :sneaky2:

[babspanky]

No no, Sorry, I just meant it was played on the radio :teehee:



Mika's Afro?!?! :lmfao: Did anyone else hear that?

And Sariflor got a mention!:aah:

:fro:

Yeah some sucker's been taken in by the curling tongs :lmfao:

[babspanky]

well the afro text had to be a scottish gal , its a pity they werent said directly to mika :sneaky2:

I think he said craig.

[Dark Angel]

No no, Sorry, I just meant it was played on the radio :teehee:



Mika's Afro?!?! :lmfao: Did anyone else hear that?

And Sariflor got a mention!:aah:

:fro:

:shocked:

I hope someone is recording that interview!!!!!

[Soaring Simpson]

Yep...or HMDYLM:wub2:

Never really warmed to that. And it doesn't seem to have much in common with Viva la Vida (which I love) to me either.

I think WAG is great- so exhilarating. I thought it was bitty at first, but now I've heard it two or three times it feels together. I think that slight abruptness is going to keep it fresh for much longer than if it had initially seemed smoother.

But I'm not really seeing why so many people were telling the radio shows it's typical Mika though- it sounds quite different to me.

Don't see any reason to assume its not sincere- and I like the lyrics, they're distincly odd.

[scg]

I think he said craig.

exactly what i said a gal ... a gay guy :teehee:

[Ruth]

I do feel a bit sorry for him because he looks really tired, maybe he was so worried about the single coming out, etc...

He's been burning the candle at both ends and then he's got this whirlwind of interviews.....


My friend says he's on rock fm (97.4) at 9:30



:huglove:

WAG will never have a place in my Top 10 Mika songs but I accept the fact he needed to release sonething extremely radio-friendly and non-Marmite, something that you just can't get out of your head. Plus, I do acknowledge his efforts to have all the Mika trademarks on this song as well.:wink2:



Have you tried this track on non-Mika fans? I have and the marmite metaphor still holds.

[sienna]

:huglove:

Well, you must have noticed that A LOT OF FANS are keeping quiet, even though they might have also sent their congrats tweet to him.
I personally take it as a purpose written song that has a different target audience ....and the purpose of the song is to reach that particular audience that has actually been underrepresented on MFC so far, yet are large in number. If he gets them buy this album he can rely on them to keep buying his records for the next 30 years.:wink2: The song is absolutely genius if you take this into condideration, and since basically everyone says it will be a massive hit, he is likely to have accomplished the mission.:biggrin2:

Now I could feel 'cheated' about him abondoning 'us' and on Friday when I heard the chorus I was not sure about the orgin of the song but as soon as I heard the melody of the first verse today I realised it must have been HIM cooking it up in his kitchen.... :roftl:...and this makes me laugh so much...
WAG will never have a place in my Top 10 Mika songs but I accept the fact he needed to release sonething extremely radio-friendly and non-Marmite, something that you just can't get out of your head. Plus, I do acknowledge his efforts to have all the Mika trademarks on this song as well.:wink2:
...and you know what? I think he was afraid of the reaction from the core fans and probably that's why he was not sure about the title though the record company must have been delighted and was pressing for this idea.(..but that's complete speculation from my side, of course.)

As for the album, there are only 4songs I have no clue of - though Dr John is likely to be something like BB -, so I don't have the least concern about the quality of the rest of the songs.

I was waiting for you :wink2: and as I said earlier I think you really have a point with this reasoning!:thumb_yello:

Thanks!

I think that I'm recording it, so if it all works out (:naughty:) I will post the mp3 up later :thumb_yello:

I would be most grateful my technical wizard!:wub2:
Can’t get it to work, it’s loaded with commercials and it wants me to download so much crap and I’m not able to separate the good guys from the bad ones! :naughty:

[IngievV]

No no, Sorry, I just meant it was played on the radio :teehee:



Mika's Afro?!?! :lmfao: Did anyone else hear that?

And Sariflor got a mention!:aah:

:fro:

Wut what? Mika's afro?:shocked:

What did they say about Sara?:biggrin2:

[sariflor]

Ok, I knew that this would happen. It would seem that, after a couple more listens, I feel more 'positive' towards this song. God I'm so flaky and can never keep my mouth shut for long enough. Let's say that it sounds better now, but I still do stand by most of my previous points and think that it's not as good as some of his other new ones- And now I will shut it :aah:

[Nezza]

Finally heard it!! Fabfabfabfabfab :fangurl: Not feeling extremely constructive right now :roftl:

[Soaring Simpson]

I don't suppose anyone recorded the Jo Whiley interview (without the song, of course). It doesn't seem to be about anywhere. (And I'm about to post a query in the tech thread so I can do it too)

[tauruslady]

Yeah some sucker's been taken in by the curling tongs :lmfao:

:roftl: They said something like they wanted to grab his afro...or something?!?
:shocked:

I hope someone is recording that interview!!!!!

I tried, but as I've never done anything like that before I messed it up and it didn't record.:boxed: I hope someone got it though.

Wut what? Mika's afro?:shocked:

What did they say about Sara?:biggrin2:

Yes, some one seemed fond of his afro and texted in to grab it or something:naughty:

Something like she's from London?! can't remember the message though:teehee:

[Ruth]

I guess that the quality of WAG on Perez' site isn't great, but I'd have thought the local school would have a choir that could have done the backing ........

[Niki27]

Ok, I knew that this would happen. It would seem that, after a couple more listens, I feel more 'positive' towards this song. God I'm so flaky and can never keep my mouth shut for long enough. Let's say that it sounds better now, but I still do stand by most of my previous points and think that it's not as good as some of his other new ones- And now I will shut it :aah:

Seriously, WAG is a good pop song. It's catchy, the melody gets stuck in your head. Of course it ain't his best song ever, and yeah it sounds like 80s rock, but i'm surprised in a very positive way (for a change). In fact, I dare say it came as a relief after the EP, for me at least.:aah:

I like how people disagree on everything he does, isn't that refreshing? :wink2:

[robertina]

Ok, I knew that this would happen. It would seem that, after a couple more listens, I feel more 'positive' towards this song. God I'm so flaky and can never keep my mouth shut for long enough. Let's say that it sounds better now, but I still do stand by most of my previous points and think that it's not as good as some of his other new ones- And now I will shut it :aah:

i stick to your previous analysis...and i have been listening to it all afternoon in a loop!:aah:

[robertina]

Seriously, WAG is a good pop song. It's catchy, the melody gets stuck in your head. Of course it ain't his best song ever, and yeah it sounds like 80s rock, but i'm surprised in a very positive way (for a change). In fact, I dare say it came as a relief after the EP, for me at least.:aah:

I like how people disagree on everything he does, isn't that refreshing? :wink2:
absofu!kinglutely!:biggrin2:

[lollipopski]

Hi!
Has somebody uploaded the videos or have a link to the videos/clips from when Mika preformed on radio today and on fridays? I have searched everywhere for them but I can't find them. Not even on BBC's webpage. I have already listned to the songs but I would really like to hear the interviews. Please, it would be so kind if anybody could help me.

[Niki27]

Not sure it has been posted yet
Don Diablo remix of WAG:

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/123717/guiltfreemp3/July/Mika%20-%20We%20Are%20Golden%20(Don%20Diablo%20Remix).mp3

I quite like this sh*t :roftl:

[RAK1]

Well, yes, only true fans are not afraid to share criticisms. :thumb_yello:

Well I LOVE it!
And I think it's been really well done, would have been nice for the AC choir to been a bit louder, or at least equalised more with the children, but otherwise I think its brilliant.

[Miss_lollipop54]

Don't know if it has already been posted here:

http://nsa07.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100033894590.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100142267699.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa07.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100225670710.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100330476108.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100256755552.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

Link: http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/mika_2512504 :wink2:

[Lena]

Do not do painfully to Mika, criticizing the song
:no::no:

[scg]

He's been burning the candle at both ends and then he's got this whirlwind of interviews.....


My friend says he's on rock fm (97.4) at 9:30





Have you tried this track on non-Mika fans? I have and the marmite metaphor still holds.

he is on rock fm ... but where is that ? hes in glasgow

[scg]

or hes already been on http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847 ... im confused here , too much mika today is messing my head up :blink:

[IngievV]

Nice interview!:biggrin2:

[kath]

[QUOTE=Soaring Simpson;2403795]Never really warmed to that. And it doesn't seem to have much in common with Viva la Vida (which I love) to me either.
QUOTE]

I wasn't comparing it to Vida la vida. I was simply siteing Viva la vida as an example (in my opinion) of a briliiant pop song:thumb_yello:


I don't think he was actually LIVE in the Glasgow studio at the time of the broadcast. I think the segment with him on was pre recorded because when Romeo came back with the texts he was no longer there. Just a theory.

[Dark Angel]

or hes already been on http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847 ... im confused here , too much mika today is messing my head up :blink:

listning to it atm. :roftl:

[Miro]

Don't know if it has already been posted here:

http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100256755552.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

Link: http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/mika_2512504 :wink2:

Thanks for posting :thumb_yello:

Mika, is this your mother's bag? :sneaky2::roftl:

[Ruth]

They've just said he's on next..... rock fm - It's a Lancashire station.


Could he be using the phone????

[Dark Angel]

or hes already been on http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847 ... im confused here , too much mika today is messing my head up :blink:

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE what he is saying about the music vid. :mf_lustslow::roftl::wink2:

[Ruth]

They said he's a national treasure and that WAG sounds lke the intro to a kids' TV show.

[sariflor]

:aah: Hearing it live on that Clyde man's show...It is good..

I'm being converted quicker than I expected.

OMG we're in this together :aah: Equally flaky :lmfao:


sara they read out your text but not mine grrrrr :roftl:

Sorry :blink: They never read anything that I send anywhere though so it was a first :roftl:




My friend says he's on rock fm (97.4) at 9:30




Thanks for the tip! Recording now




What did they say about Sara?:biggrin2:


Nothing really, just read my text out and that I was listening online (he figured that out based on my location)




Seriously, WAG is a good pop song. It's catchy, the melody gets stuck in your head. Of course it ain't his best song ever, and yeah it sounds like 80s rock, but i'm surprised in a very positive way (for a change). In fact, I dare say it came as a relief after the EP, for me at least.:aah:

I like how people disagree on everything he does, isn't that refreshing? :wink2:


And especially us, we seem to disagree often enough :naughty:. But yes, I do think that the song is going to do well.





absofu!kinglutely!

I see that something has already rubbed off on you from our dear Mister Mika



Don't know if it has already been posted here:

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OMG is his shirt tucked into his underpants? :roftl:

[scg]

They've just said he's on next..... rock fm - It's a Lancashire station.


Could he be using the phone????

he`s not !

[Dark Angel]

"please come and see me dance in my underwear" would love that :naughty:

[scg]

bugger it must have been recorded earlier today

[lollipopski]

Love how he pronounce Akerlunds name *giggles* and the whole idea of how the video is going to be like :)

[Ruth]

Well, if he was after plenty of air play, he's got it.

And it is growing on me very much :)

[sariflor]

Love how he pronounce Akerlunds name *giggles* and the whole idea of how the video is going to be like :)

Yeah, it's a very cute interview :wub2:. I still can't believe that he's gonna be dancing in his underwear in the video ahhahaha. Do you think that he'll get new pants or will he use the good ol' faithful grey Gaps? :naughty:

[tauruslady]

or hes already been on http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847 ... im confused here , too much mika today is messing my head up :blink:

I know what you mean, I feel completely overloaded in Mika and technology in general today, I think we should all log off and go run down the garden, get some air! :camping: :naughty:

OMG we're in this together :aah: Equally flaky :lmfao:

:roftl: I've had an inconsistant opinion about the song since I've heard it. It just has that love hate way about it...I think it's marmite through and through.
We'll probably like it when we're in the mood for being positive.:naughty:

[Ruth]

Mika Monday.

I am really loving WAG through earphones. He whispers right in your ear.

[Soaring Simpson]

Yeah, it's a very cute interview :wub2:. I still can't believe that he's gonna be dancing in his underwear in the video ahhahaha. Do you think that he'll get new pants or will he use the good ol' faithful grey Gaps? :naughty:


He'd better!

[Fmbm]

Just listening to the re-run of the rock fm show. He's so silly :naughty:

[silver]

Maybe that's it...but I still think with or without hype it's not as amazing to me as I wish it was.
I still think the album will be great, because judging from the ones from the acoustic tour, they are all really good!

And I know what you mean by the quick and snappy way to it.
Not that that's a bad thing, but to me it sounds like loads of different idea's all in one song and it sounds a bit jumbled.:blink: Maybe that's the idea though...
I love the verses and the way he sings in sudden unexpected falsetto but the chorus just keeps popping up and...:aah:
I'm going to shut up now or all my inner thoughts about WAG will come out and I won't seem like a fan at all. :naughty:

I agree with nearly all of this - except it's the verses and unexpected falsetto bits I don't like :naughty: and the chorus bit I do like

Marmite :mf_rosetinted:

[natmika]

He said that the video is basically him dancing. in white boxers:mf_lustslow::naughty:Although he also said that someone from the record company said that some parts would have to be cut to be played on tv. They better not:sneaky2:

[sienna]

or hes already been on http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847 ... im confused here , too much mika today is messing my head up :blink:

Not available in my country! I can't ******* believe it!

Love how he pronounce Akerlunds name *giggles* and the whole idea of how the video is going to be like :)

Waaa, how can you hear it? We are in the same town!!!!:shocked:

Yeah, it's a very cute interview :wub2:. I still can't believe that he's gonna be dancing in his underwear in the video ahhahaha. Do you think that he'll get new pants or will he use the good ol' faithful grey Gaps? :naughty:


New shiny golden ones, I imagine!:wub2:

I know what you mean, I feel completely overloaded in Mika and technology in general today, I think we should all log off and go run down the garden, get some air! :camping: :naughty:



That’s a thought!:naughty:

[Fmbm]

I must say, this video description sounds very gay :lol3:
EDIT: I just picture Bruno dancing :roftl:

[sienna]

Mika Monday.

I am really loving WAG through earphones. He whispers right in your ear.

I know!:blush-anim-cl::blush-anim-cl::blush-anim-cl:




:naughty:

[scg]

I must say, this video description sounds very gay :lol3:
EDIT: I just picture Bruno dancing :roftl:

boke !

[CazGirl]

Okay so I didn't read the last couple of pages but I've read that some people think Mika has released this single because it's "audience friendly"/"radio friendly" etcetc...

Okay so it's your opinion but...really?

That's not what Mika's about, is it? Surely he's stuck to his guns? I personally think this song is totally Mika and one that IS marmite...

About the song being overproduced...sure, it has a lot going on, but this song is pure pop. I know what you mean when you say you can't hear a great deal of Mika's voice (although this is only a problem for me towards the end when he sings about being alone and hurting himself blah blah before he starts whispering "we are not what you think we are...")
Not only is this pure pop but it's also very...teenagey... which is exactly what the song is about. It's not going to appeal to everyone.

It's okay not to like it, I'm not having a go at those who aren't over the moon about it...
But personally I love how it sounds so big and it makes me want to dance in a room full of people with a confetti gun continuously going off :blush-anim-cl:

And remember, people have said it wasn't what they were expecting. What is a Grace Kelly Version 2.0 by the way? A song that sounds similar to Grace Kelly? Gosh, surely we would have jumped on him if that happened? :roftl:
Mika came out with something a little different.
Like it or loathe it, the difference is a good thing, surely?...

I'm sure it will grow on people...

And I must be in a minority group because I for one am glad that HMDYLM isn't on the album :naughty:

And don't forget, we haven't heard this song live yet...I can't wait to go to his next gig and be in a room full of people screaming "WE ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE; WE ARE GOLDEN!"

:biggrin2:

[Miro]

I know what you mean, I feel completely overloaded in Mika and technology in general today, I think we should all log off and go run down the garden, get some air! :camping: :naughty:

Exactly! I'm all :hypo::eek: and :insane: I think I won't be looking at any computer screen tomorrow :roftl: Don't think this will happen though :naughty:

[nicoleta]

Please please please please please can someone record the radio 1 interview with Jo Whiley? BBC iplayer is failing on me and I really really really want - no, NEED - to hear the interview :sad:

Do you still need of this?!

2009.07.20-BBC RADIO 1-JO Whiley Show-Mika interview.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2n4n2zytwo

:wink2:btw,you can use this awesome program for audio recording

http://www.no23.de/no23web/MP3_OGG_Aufnahme_Player_Download.aspx#cbReadtearms

[CazGirl]

OMG is his shirt tucked into his underpants? :roftl:

ROFL omg they actually are :roftl: He must have been tired...:naughty:

[RAK1]

White boxers and gold shoes,hmm, new video sounds VERY interesting!:mf_lustslow::naughty:

[tauruslady]

I agree with nearly all of this - except it's the verses and unexpected falsetto bits I don't like :naughty: and the chorus bit I do like

Marmite :mf_rosetinted:


I personally think WAG is more marmite than Grace Kelly...:shocked: But maybe that's just me.



That’s a thought!:naughty:

Exactly! I'm all :hypo::eek: and :insane: I think I won't be looking at any computer screen tomorrow :roftl: Don't think this will happen though :naughty:

:naughty:
I'm gonna go take my own advice now, I feel sluggish being here so long.

Or maybe we should all go dance around to WAG in our underwear in our bedrooms like Mika will be doing in his video!:teehee:

bye!

[lollipopski]

Yeah, it's a very cute interview :wub2:. I still can't believe that he's gonna be dancing in his underwear in the video ahhahaha. Do you think that he'll get new pants or will he use the good ol' faithful grey Gaps? :naughty:


Hihi. Neither can I. In the beginning I thought he was joking. Haha, he probably has a whole stock of those grey but it would be fun seeing him in something different for a change :mf_rosetinted:

Not available in my country! I can't ******* believe it!


Va konstigt. Jag kunde lyssna på den och jag lyssnar också från Sverige. :blink:

[tiibet]

Never really warmed to that. And it doesn't seem to have much in common with Viva la Vida (which I love) to me either.

I think WAG is great- so exhilarating. I thought it was bitty at first, but now I've heard it two or three times it feels together. I think that slight abruptness is going to keep it fresh for much longer than if it had initially seemed smoother.

But I'm not really seeing why so many people were telling the radio shows it's typical Mika though- it sounds quite different to me.

Don't see any reason to assume its not sincere- and I like the lyrics, they're distincly odd.

I think it is sincere, too. He has made some compromises, yes. WAG is not at my top ten Mika song list either but I really like it. It's happy and cheerful and very catchy. It is not as "weird" (sorry, use that word because cannot find the right one, lol) as I thought and hoped for after the clip, though, but I like it. Maybe he felt he had to do it :wink2: I'm really looking forward the album. Rain would have been perfect single for European market, can't wait to hear it (album version).

[Dark Angel]

Do you still need of this?!

2009.07.20-BBC RADIO 1-JO Whiley Show-Mika interview.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2n4n2zytwo

:wink2:btw,you can use this awesome program for audio recording

http://www.no23.de/no23web/MP3_OGG_Aufnahme_Player_Download.aspx#cbReadtearms

wow thx!!!!

[lollipopski]

Do you still need of this?!

2009.07.20-BBC RADIO 1-JO Whiley Show-Mika interview.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2n4n2zytwo

:wink2:btw,you can use this awesome program for audio recording

http://www.no23.de/no23web/MP3_OGG_Aufnahme_Player_Download.aspx#cbReadtearms

Thanks! :biggrin2: I really needed this one too.
Have you possibly also got the other recording from when he was at radio 2? Were there also and interview to it or did they only announce the song?

[norwalk174]

It took me a very long time to find the interview and I feel stupid now that there's links everywhere, haha.

[sienna]

Hihi. Neither can I. In the beginning I thought he was joking. Haha, he probably has a whole stock of those grey but it would be fun seeing him in something different for a change :mf_rosetinted:



Va konstigt. Jag kunde lyssna på den och jag lyssnar också från Sverige. :blink:

Det är lugnt nu, jag laddade ner Sariflors recording!:doh:

För det mesta går det bra att höra streamat men den här tappade jag bort!:roftl:

[mariposa]

finally had the chance to listen to Mika's new single (been thinking about it all day :wink2:). Absolutely love it! It's gonna be a massive hit for sure. A perfect pop song! :wub2:

[KatrienV]

The song is stuck in my head since noon ... and I love it :wub2::naughty:

[tiibet]

And don't forget, we haven't heard this song live yet...I can't wait to go to his next gig and be in a room full of people screaming "WE ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE; WE ARE GOLDEN!"

:biggrin2:

I can't wait that!! :wub2:

I think I need to get some sleep and listen to it again and again tomorrow. Well, I already like it a lot, but I feel I need to know it properly :teehee:

[nicoleta]

Thanks! :biggrin2: I really needed this one too.
Have you possibly also got the other recording from when he was at radio 2? Were there also and interview to it or did they only announce the song?

01 - - BBC RADIO 2-KEN BRUCE SHOW-20.07.2009.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?qzjgezqnmmy


2009.07.20-rockfm.co.uk-MIKA is IN DEMAND .mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?wqei2dmzjcx

[mariposa]

Thanks for all the links! :wub2:

Could anybody tell me please how many/what interviews I've missed today...I feel kinda lost atm :aah: Thanks!

[mandilambi]

Okay so I didn't read the last couple of pages but I've read that some people think Mika has released this single because it's "audience friendly"/"radio friendly" etcetc...

Okay so it's your opinion but...really?

That's not what Mika's about, is it? Surely he's stuck to his guns? I personally think this song is totally Mika and one that IS marmite...

About the song being overproduced...sure, it has a lot going on, but this song is pure pop. I know what you mean when you say you can't hear a great deal of Mika's voice (although this is only a problem for me towards the end when he sings about being alone and hurting himself blah blah before he starts whispering "we are not what you think we are...")
Not only is this pure pop but it's also very...teenagey... which is exactly what the song is about. It's not going to appeal to everyone.

It's okay not to like it, I'm not having a go at those who aren't over the moon about it...
But personally I love how it sounds so big and it makes me want to dance in a room full of people with a confetti gun continuously going off :blush-anim-cl:

And remember, people have said it wasn't what they were expecting. What is a Grace Kelly Version 2.0 by the way? A song that sounds similar to Grace Kelly? Gosh, surely we would have jumped on him if that happened? :roftl:
Mika came out with something a little different.
Like it or loathe it, the difference is a good thing, surely?...

I'm sure it will grow on people...

And I must be in a minority group because I for one am glad that HMDYLM isn't on the album :naughty:

And don't forget, we haven't heard this song live yet...I can't wait to go to his next gig and be in a room full of people screaming "WE ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE; WE ARE GOLDEN!"

:biggrin2:

That's what I've been thinking ALL day. I can't wait for that!

[sienna]

I really hope he will sing WAG on his shows, imagine only his voice, not the whole choir!:wub2:

[Fmbm]

I really hope he will sing WAG on his shows, imagine only his voice, not the whole choir!:wub2:

I know :fangurl:

[mandilambi]

I really hope he will sing WAG on his shows, imagine only his voice, not the whole choir!:wub2:

*siiiighh* :)

[Fresh]

Although the full songs is already all over the internet, according to this article (http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2009/07/20/mika-previews-new-single-new-cd-due-in-september/), the full (I think) song will be on Mika's MySpace from 9am tomorrow for 24 hours.

[CazGirl]

Although the full songs is already all over the internet, according to this article (http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2009/07/20/mika-previews-new-single-new-cd-due-in-september/), the full (I think) song will be on Mika's MySpace from 9am tomorrow for 24 hours.

Ooh, thanks for that!

[mandilambi]

Cool!

[Fmbm]

Although the full songs is already all over the internet, according to this article (http://www.sentimentalistmag.com/2009/07/20/mika-previews-new-single-new-cd-due-in-september/), the full (I think) song will be on Mika's MySpace from 9am tomorrow for 24 hours.

Thanks for posting:thumb_yello:

[laura*]

Don't know if it has already been posted here:

http://nsa07.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100033894590.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100142267699.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa07.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100225670710.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100330476108.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100256755552.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

Link: http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/mika_2512504 :wink2:

TFP Kate!
:mf_lustslow: OMG I'm in love with his sloppy side and his well groomed one. Groomed on the right, sloppy on the left! So Mikaish! :wub2:

[Droopsy]

Oohhh, I just read a rumour that he's planning on doing a gig in the 'palais omnisports de Paris - Bercy' in early 2010:teehee: Sooo early to be talking about this, but yeah, it's quite exciting:roftl:

http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/111006/pour-mika-l-or-se-partage-en-musique/

[iadoremika]

I've had 'We Are Golden' stuck in my head all day. :teehee:

[Droopsy]

I've had 'We Are Golden' stuck in my head all day. :teehee:

Me too, the weird thing though is... That when the chorus hits... I start singing the heaven is a place on earth song :fisch: And with the teenage line I'm tempted to start singing 'teenage dirtbag' :aah:

[iadoremika]

Me too, the weird thing though is... That when the chorus hits... I start singing the heaven is a place on earth song :fisch: And with the teenage line I'm tempted to start singing 'teenage dirtbag' :aah:
"I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby". :roftl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJWQkVgDs4

[K@koL@ndon]

i have to confess you i missed it at the radio this morning but thanks to Perez ive just listen it and......

Woooow...:wub2: our guy surprise me again!!

i didnt expect somethinglike this, im addicted of it! :biggrin2:


well... cant wait to listen the album!!

a big kiss to all Mfc'eerrrrs:thumb_yello:

[lala_lollies44]

"I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby". :roftl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJWQkVgDs4

I hate that song, but I love the movie "Loser." I used to watch it every day. :naughty:

[mikalollipop_karla]

TFP Kate!
:mf_lustslow: OMG I'm in love with his sloppy side and his well groomed one. Groomed on the right, sloppy on the left! So Mikaish! :wub2:

awww :wub2: :wub2: :wub2: i love mika :naughty:

[RAK1]

i have to confess you i missed it at the radio this morning but thanks to Perez ive just listen it and......

Woooow...:wub2: our guy surprise me again!!

i didnt expect somethinglike this, im addicted of it! :biggrin2:


well... cant wait to listen the album!!

a big kiss to all Mfc'eerrrrs:thumb_yello:

Love you Pietro, good too see you again.
Hope to see you at a gig next year:thumb_yello:

[iadoremika]

I hate that song, but I love the movie "Loser." I used to watch it every day. :naughty:
I've never seen the movie (:teehee:) I only know that s**t song. :naughty:

[lala_lollies44]

I've never seen the movie (:teehee:) I only know that s**t song. :naughty:

My sister used to be obsessed with that song and she would sing it and imitate the singer's whiny voice. I just wanted to punch her back then. :sneaky2:

[iadoremika]

My sister used to be obsessed with that song and she would sing it and imitate the singer's whiny voice. I just wanted to punch her back then. :sneaky2:
That's awful. Your sister singing the whiny voiced song that is. :naughty: I'll go look up the premise of the movie...now. :lol3:

[iadoremika]

I saw someone on Perez saying that 'We Are Golden' sounds like Annie Lennox's 'Walking On Broken Glass'.

It does. :teehee:

[K@koL@ndon]

Love you Pietro, good too see you again.
Hope to see you at a gig next year:thumb_yello:

sweetieee:wub2::wub2::wub2:
luv u too.. its a lot i dont pass here but the Mfc is always in my heart:teehee:
beautiful memories!!!

of couuuuurse im sure we will see at a gig... cant wait!!:thumb_yello:
a somerset house mfc'ers reunion hahahaha why not?kisssses

[RAK1]

sweetieee:wub2::wub2::wub2:
luv u too.. its a lot i dont pass here but the Mfc is always in my heart:teehee:
beautiful memories!!!

of couuuuurse im sure we will see at a gig... cant wait!!:thumb_yello:
a somerset house mfc'ers reunion hahahaha why not?kisssses

Absolutely!
Maybe Somerset house again next year, fingers crossed:wink2:

[lala_lollies44]

I saw someone on Perez saying that 'We Are Golden' sounds like Annie Lennox's 'Walking On Broken Glass'.

It does. :teehee:

OMG, it does. :teehee:

[A. Clay]

INTERVIEW:
http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847

After the blinding Life in Cartoon Motion and some extensive touring, MIKA sadly fell of our radar a little bit.

Luckily, where IN: DEMAND is involved, no-one really slips our attention. We caught up with the man as We Are Golden makes its radio debut and he looks forward to a new album under the same name.

We talk about the difficult follow-up, making music videos in your underwear and elaborate stage performances.

"Come, watch me dance in my underwear."

Now unfortunately the video is still very much under-wraps... so you'll just have to imagine the underwear on this one!

"WHITE BOXERS + GOLD SHOES!"

[Neiobi]

Hey hey!
So sorry to barge in, but what have I missed since Radio 2? I've seen the tweets though. Was there another radio interview or?

[pianogirlsammy]

so.....
seeing that its already been released, is there an mp3 of today's bbc2 Blue Eyes available?

[Neiobi]

Ok so anyone has the mp3 link to that rock fm interview?
:aah:

[Blue Sky]

INTERVIEW:
http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847

After the blinding Life in Cartoon Motion and some extensive touring, MIKA sadly fell of our radar a little bit.

Luckily, where IN: DEMAND is involved, no-one really slips our attention. We caught up with the man as We Are Golden makes its radio debut and he looks forward to a new album under the same name.

We talk about the difficult follow-up, making music videos in your underwear and elaborate stage performances.

Now unfortunately the video is still very much under-wraps... so you'll just have to imagine the underwear on this one!


Thanks for that Alice, that interview is a CLASSIC!!!!

He tells all about his video, and compares himself to Michael Hutchence!! (I posted pictures of him looking like Michael Hutchence back in early 2007!!)

:fangurl:

[Roxy♥Mika♥]

I just heard the song! (yeah I know, a bit late, but I was out of town...:biggrin2: ) I love it!!!!


I'm listeing to the interview.. he's sooo cute!

[lala_lollies44]

Ok so anyone has the mp3 link to that rock fm interview?
:aah:

I would also like that...anyone? :teehee:

[Kodes100]

Wow! Some of you actually think Mika Sold out with this - according to you - "audience friendly/ radio friendly," Mika has compromised, feel cheated about Mika abandoning us, - WTF??
Are you Nuts?????

I wouldn't expect everyone to like/love We Are Golden - But - Listen to yourselves - You are Not talking about the Mika that I & Millions of fans have come to like!
Did you listen to the lyrics??

I happen to Love "We Are Golden" - I actually usually respect others for their variable viewpoints - but - that isn't what irks me about your critique.
Listen to We Are Golden a few more times.
Listen to the lyrics.
Then return & get your heads out of your arses & actually critique it with some intelligence & Knowledge remembering who the Artist is!!

I am sure I will get my Butt Kicked here for my view on the few of you who think Mika sold out - But - You Pi--ed me off!!

I Love We Are Golden & my Congrats to Mika!!
I can't wait for the Whole Album in September!!

[A. Clay]

ok so anyone has the mp3 link to that rock fm interview?
:aah:

I would also like that...anyone? :teehee:


here it is:
http://www.rockfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1420863&spid=21847

[Neiobi]

Thanks Alice:wub2: But how do you download it from there?:blink:

[dcdeb]

Thanks Alice:wub2: But how do you download it from there?:blink:

I think sariflor uploaded it here: :thumb_yello:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AFGOME08

[Roxy♥Mika♥]

Wow! Some of you actually think Mika Sold out with this - according to you - "audience friendly/ radio friendly," Mika has compromised, feel cheated about Mika abandoning us, - WTF??
Are you Nuts?????

I wouldn't expect everyone to like/love We Are Golden - But - Listen to yourselves - You are Not talking about the Mika that I & Millions of fans have come to like!
Did you listen to the lyrics??

I happen to Love "We Are Golden" - I actually usually respect others for their variable viewpoints - but - that isn't what irks me about your critique.
Listen to We Are Golden a few more times.
Listen to the lyrics.
Then return & get your heads out of your arses & actually critique it with some intelligence & Knowledge remembering who the Artist is!!

I am sure I will get my Butt Kicked here for my view on the few of you who think Mika sold out - But - You Pi--ed me off!!

I Love We Are Golden & my Congrats to Mika!!
I can't wait for the Whole Album in September!!

You're soooo right! I hate when people critique without enough knowledge.... I mean to critizice you have to have some knowedge about the artist and what he has done!

[Neiobi]

I think sariflor uploaded it here: :thumb_yello:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AFGOME08
Oh!
Thanks Deb, and thanks Sara:biggrin2:
I loved the interview.:wub2:

[lala_lollies44]

Thanks for the links! :thumb_yello:

I've been downloading every Mika interview that I come across lately. :teehee:

[Roxy♥Mika♥]

Can anyone give me a quick summary of what people think of the song.. I'm too lazy to read!:aah:

[willywonka]

Can anyone give me a quick summary of what people think of the song.. I'm too lazy to read!:aah:

If.THEY.DON'T.LIKE.IT.THEY.SHOULD!!!:mf_rosetinted :

[Roxy♥Mika♥]

If.THEY.DON'T.LIKE.IT.THEY.SHOULD!!!:mf_rosetinted :

Hahahaha... OK thanks...:thumb_yello:

[Blue Sky]

If you want to download the first remixes, see here:
http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19049&highlight=arjanwrites

[guylainem123]

Can anyone give me a quick summary of what people think of the song.. I'm too lazy to read!:aah:

i'm sorry, but there is no short cut here! the only way to tell if people liked it or not is to read for yourself, otherwise, you'll be basing your opinion on someone else's point of you... and that is not the way to go ! :thumb_yello:

[Roxy♥Mika♥]

i'm sorry, but there is no short cut here! the only way to tell if people liked it or not is to read for yourself, otherwise, you'll be basing your opinion on someone else's point of you... and that is not the way to go ! :thumb_yello:

Arghh... You're right...
:mf_rosetinted:




:naughty:

[marlau_20zr]

Do you still need of this?!

2009.07.20-BBC RADIO 1-JO Whiley Show-Mika interview.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2n4n2zytwo

:wink2:btw,you can use this awesome program for audio recording

http://www.no23.de/no23web/MP3_OGG_Aufnahme_Player_Download.aspx#cbReadtearms

01 - - BBC RADIO 2-KEN BRUCE SHOW-20.07.2009.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?qzjgezqnmmy


2009.07.20-rockfm.co.uk-MIKA is IN DEMAND .mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?wqei2dmzjcx

I think sariflor uploaded it here: :thumb_yello:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AFGOME08

thanks
thanks
thanks
:thumb_yello:
i hate the remix :aah:
love the rest :biggrin2:

[Christine]

You're soooo right! I hate when people critique without enough knowledge.... I mean to critizice you have to have some knowedge about the artist and what he has done!

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

[lala_lollies44]

This song really makes me feel something. I always end up shouting along.:biggrin2:

[lala_lollies44]

Do you still need of this?!

2009.07.20-BBC RADIO 1-JO Whiley Show-Mika interview.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?z2n4n2zytwo

:wink2:btw,you can use this awesome program for audio recording

http://www.no23.de/no23web/MP3_OGG_Aufnahme_Player_Download.aspx#cbReadtearms

Thank you!:wub2:

[RAK1]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.


Amen to that!
Totally agree:thumb_yello:

[guylainem123]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

:shocked: that is so well written... that's exactly how i feel!

[Blue Sky]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.



I love how I can hear all the old songs from the 80s actually, yet this is STILL completely original. It makes me want to dance round the bedroom...bit past doing it in my undies:blush-anim-cl: And I always like the dark lyrics set to the happy tune.

And the contrast on Mikasounds when it goes from WAG to one of the EP songs is more than I can bear and I have to click back on WAG.

I am still tripping on the adrenaline rush from yesterday, cannot get my RL back together AT ALL. :fangurl:

[mandilambi]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

Very well stated. I agree completely with you.:thumb_yello:

[iadoremika]

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper.

It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends.

I agree with you.

And, yes, that's an excellent way to describe it.

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I told my mom that Mika's new single was released today, and that it's on Perez Hilton.
So she, right away, opened it up and her first reaction, without even playing the song was, "Oooh I like that picture! He looks very nice...I wonder what kind of watch he's wearing". :aah:
But when she listened to it she said, "you can tell this is Mika" (when he hit the high notes).

Which, coming from her, is a good thing because she likes Mika. :naughty::thumb_yello:

[dcdeb]

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

You've certainly nailed my feelings too, Christine. I don't know what I
was expecting, but I wasn't expecting THIS, and... I'm so glad it
caught me off-guard! How boring if it had been another Grace Kelly!
This is what I love most about Mika -- he doesn't sound like everything
else on the radio. And it's a departure of sorts
for him as well -- while at the same time still being very much
something you can believe he would do.

I definitely feel the spirit of this song --
it immediately took me back to how I felt when I
was 16-17, in a small town surrounded by a lot of small minds and I
wanted to break out. We are not what you think we are, we are golden,
we are golden... Absolutely!

And I don't see it as a sell-out in the least. I mean,
please -- how could you get any more commercial than Love Today,
which was actually used in a number of advertisements? :naughty:

I think We Are Golden is fabulous, but not in the same way that
I adore Blame it on the Girls or
Blue Eyes -- it's a completely different type of song and conjures up
completely different emotions. Still I am impressed with it and
find it to be fresh and appealing, and, as you said, authentic. :thumb_yello:

[tiibet]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

I think it sounds '80s song and I love it. My first thought about the clip we heard the other day was that they used to make music like that and I really like that '80s sound. Right now I'm so in love with Songs for Sorrow songs that WAG feel very new and different, but I woke up this morning singing WAG so I'm quite confused at the moment :naughty:

[tiibet]

I am still tripping on the adrenaline rush from yesterday, cannot get my RL back together AT ALL. :fangurl:

I feel the same. I almost couldn't sleep last night, I was too excited about everything. In my age :shocked:

:roftl:

[identicaltwin3]

Seriously, WAG is a good pop song. It's catchy, the melody gets stuck in your head. Of course it ain't his best song ever, and yeah it sounds like 80s rock, but i'm surprised in a very positive way (for a change). In fact, I dare say it came as a relief after the EP, for me at least.:aah:

I like how people disagree on everything he does, isn't that refreshing? :wink2:

All the more so as in the long run we're all going to :wub2::fangurl::swoon: ... :wink2:

Cheers,

Id3

[identicaltwin3]

If.THEY.DON'T.LIKE.IT.THEY.SHOULD!!!:mf_rosetinted :

I luuuuve a bossy girl :wub2: ... makes me feel sorry I am not straight :tears: .

Cheers,

Id3

[identicaltwin3]

Don't know if it has already been posted here:

http://nsa07.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100033894590.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100142267699.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
http://nsa07.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100225670710.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)
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http://nsa08.casimages.com/img/2009/07/20/090720100256755552.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

Link: http://www.contactmusic.com/photos.nsf/main/mika_2512504 :wink2:


Brilliant pics :thumb_yello: .
I love the 'sorry I couldn't find my shoulder bag so I stole an old one from my granny' touch :wub2: .
And... don't laugh but his thighs seem to be less painfully skinny ; all the junk food has probably jumped onto them :biggrin2: .
His hair though :rolleyes: ! Sooner or later the guys's got to accept the fact that it's thinning and wear it short. Fortuné looks silly with longish hair, he looked yummy in NYC :drool: .

Cheers,

Id3

[Marianne84]

I see I've missed tons of interviews and everyone's opinion on the new song! :teehee: I listened to Radio 2 yesterday and heard We Are Golden being played for the first time on the radio... :wub2: and almost got late to work because Mika played Blame It On The Girls! :roftl: I love the 80's vibe the single has. I don't think it sounds any other song in particular. Must listen again! :biggrin2:

[identicaltwin3]

Wow! Some of you actually think Mika Sold out with this - according to you - "audience friendly/ radio friendly," Mika has compromised, feel cheated about Mika abandoning us, - WTF??
Are you Nuts?????

I wouldn't expect everyone to like/love We Are Golden - But - Listen to yourselves - You are Not talking about the Mika that I & Millions of fans have come to like!
Did you listen to the lyrics??

I happen to Love "We Are Golden" - I actually usually respect others for their variable viewpoints - but - that isn't what irks me about your critique.
Listen to We Are Golden a few more times.
Listen to the lyrics.
Then return & get your heads out of your arses & actually critique it with some intelligence & Knowledge remembering who the Artist is!!

I am sure I will get my Butt Kicked here for my view on the few of you who think Mika sold out - But - You Pi--ed me off!!

I Love We Are Golden & my Congrats to Mika!!
I can't wait for the Whole Album in September!!


I have just got my head out of my arse and it hurt a bit :shocked: ... I still have a little hatah yoga training to do :naughty: ...

I am the last person here to kick your butt for speaking your mind and not being pc, I love that :wink2: .

But 'sold out' :confused: ?
I wish people would stop forgetting that Sire is a shrewd businessman as well as a hugely talented artist. You can be both, you don't have to starve to be talented, and he IS both, good for him :thumb_yello: .
And good for us too because everytime he writes and records and performs an audience/radio/chart friendly song he does it with such genius that it takes our breath away, whether it's one of our faves or not.

Cheers,

Id3

[robertina]

i did not want another GK! :naughty:

but i wanted to feel the same shock i felt when i heard GK the first time...sorry, not this time.

and from some opinions expressed here, i'm still more convinced that this song is made to break the north american market!:biggrin2:

now i'll sit peacefully and wait for the second single, probably closer to my feelings (pls. let it be RAIN!):teehee:

finally, i'm doing my loyal fan job...listening to it in a loop striving hard to make myself like it. but it keeps on leaving me totally emotionless and pretty irritated.
but lady jane's sweet arms are always there to welcome me for a rest....:wub2:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

Robi ... get it in the car , windows down with that amazing Italian sun beating down :wub2: and play it loud .. sounds better :wink2:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

Ohhhh On Radio 1 now :wub2::biggrin2:

[robertina]

Robi ... get it in the car , windows down with that amazing Italian sun beating down :wub2: and play it loud .. sounds better :wink2:

hahahahahahahhahahaha true!!

probably it works better than at a desk full of papers in a office room!:roftl:

[suzie]

Wow! Some of you actually think Mika Sold out with this - according to you - "audience friendly/ radio friendly," Mika has compromised, feel cheated about Mika abandoning us, - WTF??
Are you Nuts?????


:blink:

Well, I don't want to quote the rest of your post, because you would have probably regretted using the words you did... :wink2:
I'd recommend You read my first post again. I was NOT referring to a song being radio-friendly as something negative that I despise. Absolutely not. I fully understand that it is the music business and Lady Jane would have no chance as a stong single and neither would Over My Shoulder.
If you read carefully, or what I meant is to describe how I went through different stages of forming an opinion about the song (from Friday onwards) that changed completely when I first heard the full version.
And what I stated was that I do understand some people's concern and 'disappointment'. It does not mean that I am disappointed by the song itself. Not the least.
And excuse me, I am 30+ and I do not really believe that anyone at my age or above can fully identify with this song. In other Mika songs age does not matter because most of them are stories and written from a particular point of view. This one is a teenage anthem and it was written to sound like a teenage anthem. And I congratulate Mika on that without fooling myself into thinking it will ever become my favourite track (though I am likely to sing along it in a car.)

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

hahahahahahahhahahaha true!!

probably it works better than at a desk full of papers in a office room!:roftl:

Serious .. it needs that vibe going on with it , Summer and sun , windows down .. blasting it:groovy:

Going to be interesting live .. he needs two choirs :naughty:

[robertina]

Serious .. it needs that vibe going on with it , Summer and sun , windows down .. blasting it:groovy:

Going to be interesting live .. he needs two choirs :naughty:

why i'm so sure one of them will be the screaming fans in front row?:naughty:
i'm sure he relies on that!:teehee:

don't misunderstand me...i'm ready!!!

[Naectegale]

Serious .. it needs that vibe going on with it , Summer and sun , windows down .. blasting it:groovy:

Going to be interesting live .. he needs two choirs :naughty:

That's what audiences are for :roftl:

[Laurel]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

Amen to that .... completely agree 100%

Funnily enough my fave albums so far this year are The Pet Shop Boys and the new one from A-ha ... which definitely sound like something I missed from the 80's but also very now ..... :thumb_yello:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

why i'm so sure one of them will be the screaming fans in front row?:naughty:
i'm sure he relies on that!:teehee:

don't misunderstand me...i'm ready!!!

Your born ready ... :biggrin2: ...

That's what audiences are for :roftl:

Yes !! :roftl:

Its for sure a sing along number , I need to take my voice level down 10 Octaves :naughty:

[suzie]

Have you tried this track on non-Mika fans? I have and the marmite metaphor still holds.

Really? That could well be that it is Mika, though. :teehee: Perhaps for someone who has not heard of him so far (like basically millions of people outside Western Europe) will consider this track as non-Marmite.... But true, I cannot tell with certainty, I like Marmite:naughty:. I think only the success of the record will tell, so we will be able to figure it out in 2 months' time.. :wink2:

[Fmbm]

It was supposed to be on his Myspace today. :sneaky2:

[silver]

i did not want another GK! :naughty:

but i wanted to feel the same shock i felt when i heard GK the first time...sorry, not this time.

and from some opinions expressed here, i'm still more convinced that this song is made to break the north american market!:biggrin2:

now i'll sit peacefully and wait for the second single, probably closer to my feelings (pls. let it be RAIN!):teehee:

finally, i'm doing my loyal fan job...listening to it in a loop striving hard to make myself like it. but it keeps on leaving me totally emotionless and pretty irritated.
but lady jane's sweet arms are always there to welcome me for a rest....:wub2:

I'm with you Robi :thumb_yello:

I listened again this morning and I'm still not wildly impressed. I keep thinking of the song it could have been :fisch:

[racinghorse83]

Fortuné looks silly with longish hair, he looked yummy in NYC :drool: .

Cheers,

Id3

I thought you were a guy. And we're not allowed to mention mika's family, yano. this is a fan forum :thumb_yello:

[robertina]

I'm with you Robi :thumb_yello:

I listened again this morning and I'm still not wildly impressed. I keep thinking of the song it could have been :fisch:

but you know what?

i can see mika in a corner looking at all of us jibbing fans with a patronizing stare as thinking...'i'll catch you all in the end'.

and this annoys me even more!!!!!:aah:

:teehee:

[racinghorse83]

Robi ... get it in the car , windows down with that amazing Italian sun beating down :wub2: and play it loud .. sounds better :wink2:

i think any music would sound better in that situation :thumb_yello:

:roftl:


My Dad, whos not a mika fan but doesnt mind him, this was his responce to 'we are golden'

'wow, its very commercial. sounds like a musical song. or maybe from a TV show.'

he also said 'calling the album we are golden? anything is better then that. he could even call it blue eyes and that would be better than we are golden. it sounds like a cheap marketing shot.'

[CazGirl]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!!!!!

I freakin' LOVE this song. I could quite happily dance around in my room with nothing but underwear on. Actually, I could sing this on the street.

Or, loving Fred's idea with singing it in the car, full blast with the windows down. This song certainly reminds me of summer!

[babspanky]

Hah! I am as critical as they come, but you know what, I am just going to go with it. I like it. I think I will like it more, the more I hear it.
I've already heard it once on Radio 2 today so far.
I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.
He's a great performer, got lots of talent, is always surprising us and is very charismatic.

We (I) won't always like everything he does (I'm no yes woman) but even when I don't like certain songs, there is usually something I can appreciate about them and I know he has the capacity for greatness in the music arena, so I know better will come.

For all my whining, moaning and negativity, I can say this.
There's been no artist for years that I have taken to like I have taken to Mika and I guess I am in it for the long haul, whether he likes it or not!

PS Sari/Christine quote this for posterity if you like, I don't care :naughty:

[robertina]

bab
now i really feel a bad fan! :teehee:

*screencaps the page*

[CazGirl]

Hah! I am as critical as they come, but you know what, I am just going to go with it. I like it. I think I will like it more, the more I hear it.
I've already heard it once on Radio 2 today so far.
I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.
He's a great performer, got lots of talent, is always surprising us and is very charismatic.

We (I) won't always like everything he does (I'm no yes woman) but even when I don't like certain songs, there is usually something I can appreciate about them and I know he has the capacity for greatness in the music arena, so I know better will come.

For all my whining, moaning and negativity, I can say this.
There's been no artist for years that I have taken to like I have taken to Mika and I guess I am in it for the long haul, whether he likes it or not!

PS Sari/Christine quote this for posterity if you like, I don't care :naughty:

Babs!!!!! :huglove:

You are not what we think you are, YOU ARE GOLDEN!! :roftl:

Sorry, had to go for the cheese! :naughty:

[babspanky]

Babs!!!!! :huglove:

You are not what we think you are, YOU ARE GOLDEN!! :roftl:

Sorry, had to go for the cheese! :naughty:

I am not what you think I am, but you have to dig really, really deeply for the golden bits. :lmfao:

[CazGirl]

I am not what you think I am, but you have to dig really, really deeply for the golden bits. :lmfao:

But they're there :original:

[B!anka]

I dunno if this is the right place to post it but...
http://static1.purepeople.com/articles/4/36/02/4/@/252399-mika-arrive-aux-studios-de-radio-1-a-diapo-2.jpg
:shocked: :teehee: :wub2:

I seem to have lost track here, but won't bother to catch up. I think I know everything there is to know. :teehee:

Just one thing about the pic: DAAAAAAMN, Mika! Stop raising your brow! It's dangerous! :shocked::wub2:

When you're a fan of Zach Quinto apart from Mika, you learn a lot about eyebrows and how to appreciate and love them!


:naughty:

[suzie]

Hah! I am as critical as they come, but you know what, I am just going to go with it. I like it. I think I will like it more, the more I hear it.
I've already heard it once on Radio 2 today so far.
I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.
He's a great performer, got lots of talent, is always surprising us and is very charismatic.

We (I) won't always like everything he does (I'm no yes woman) but even when I don't like certain songs, there is usually something I can appreciate about them and I know he has the capacity for greatness in the music arena, so I know better will come.

For all my whining, moaning and negativity, I can say this.
There's been no artist for years that I have taken to like I have taken to Mika and I guess I am in it for the long haul, whether he likes it or not!


I was missing your post.:wink2:
I don't know how many times I asked myself in the last 24 hours whether I liked the song because I understood 'our boy' behind and if he can just get away with anything in the future... The truth is, that he can't ,and I think the song is growing on us because it is a good one....:biggrin2:

PS: I always appreciated people with an opinion more than 'yes' men/women /:fangurl:

bab
now i really feel a bad fan! :teehee:


No.... You have a different opinion, as simple as that.:wink2:
There are lot more who don't like OMS or LJ or other songs and I don't have the right to judge them. That's just different tastes.
Now I don't think there is any Mika fan who likes all his songs... or they are fooling themselves.... (or have not heard the Can't Stand Losing You cover :naughty:)

[Fmbm]

I've been listening to this friggin' song on repeat since I got home :roftl:

[CazGirl]

I've been listening to this friggin' song on repeat since I got home :roftl:

It's the first thing I did when I got up :roftl:

[racinghorse83]

I've been listening to this friggin' song on repeat since I got home :roftl:

+1 :naughty:

[Marilyn Mastin]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this post!!!!!

I freakin' LOVE this song. I could quite happily dance around in my room with nothing but underwear on. Actually, I could sing this on the street.

Or, loving Fred's idea with singing it in the car, full blast with the windows down. This song certainly reminds me of summer!
Me too! I can never understand why people say they want another GK. GK was original and always will be. What I love about this new song is that it ISN'T like any other Mika song! I love that he can write and sing so many different types of song, and do it so well.
We've also got to remember that Mika will know the market by now, and his record company will have wanted him to bring out a single that is comercially viable. It's a business after all. I really think he's come up with the goods with We Are Golden, and I do think that no song is everyone's cup of tea, but whatever a person's taste in music is, Mika will have written a song just for you!

[sariflor]

Wow! Some of you actually think Mika Sold out with this - according to you - "audience friendly/ radio friendly," Mika has compromised, feel cheated about Mika abandoning us, - WTF??
Are you Nuts?????

I wouldn't expect everyone to like/love We Are Golden - But - Listen to yourselves - You are Not talking about the Mika that I & Millions of fans have come to like!
Did you listen to the lyrics??

I happen to Love "We Are Golden" - I actually usually respect others for their variable viewpoints - but - that isn't what irks me about your critique.
Listen to We Are Golden a few more times.
Listen to the lyrics.
Then return & get your heads out of your arses & actually critique it with some intelligence & Knowledge remembering who the Artist is!!

I am sure I will get my Butt Kicked here for my view on the few of you who think Mika sold out - But - You Pi--ed me off!!

I Love We Are Golden & my Congrats to Mika!!
I can't wait for the Whole Album in September!!


Everything that has been stated on this thread are people's feelings and opinions about a song. Nothing else. Music is something that you feel, you like or dislike, but this is not something that can be rationalised or logically explained.

When you say that people should critique the song using "some intelligence and Knowledge" (why you capitalise random words including this one, I won't ever understand, but hey, each to their own) you are actually insulting a number of people, and that is not very nice to be honest.
Incidentally, a sign of intelligence would also be to know what you can or cannot say to people, and in this case I believe that you've overstepped the mark. This was quite unnecessary, don't you think?

We're just a bunch of fans giving our (subjective, as they would all be, this is not molecular biology after all) opinions, and everyone is bound to have different ones. As long as nobody is actually being offensive to anyone else, or to Mika, and stating these opinions respectfully, we should be fine. It's posts like these that threaten to throw the balance.

[KatrienV]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

I could write all my thought about this song down, but you put it already in the right words for me. I totally agree with you :thumb_yello:

I think it clearly a Mika-song without being more of the same. It's different, but you still can hear it's our boy :wub2: and I love the fact that there's still a falsetto in it.

I love the '80s sound. I was a kid in the '80s and the song gives me a very nostalgic feeling. I agree when you said it could be a song from these days.

The song is stuck in my head ever since yesterday and I LOVE IT !!! :wub2:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

Off topic .. I love 80s music , nothing really has come close since then for me .. Adam And The Ants , Depeche Mode , Go West .. endless list :wub2:

[vixenbbw]

Haven't posted on here at all yet as I wanted to actually have an opinion before stating it!

I remember hearing the LICM album sampler on Mikasounds and being overcome with excitement as each snippet came on. It felt like I knew every song the minute I heard them.

That was all part of the crazy start of the obssession as it will have been for so many others. I instantly loved everything about his work and it changed my life forever in a way that no other artist ever had.

So, OK, he's something special.:wub2:

So the anxiety about what comes next was warranted and I felt sick with nerves when I played the new stuff from the LA gig. Would they feel familiar like the LICM songs? Would they be as good? Or better even?

My gut feeling was..."oh, no, they're not what I was expecting" (whatever that menns???)..."what am I going to do if I don't like any more of his stuff???" I just kind of felt numb to them all.

By the time I bought the EP I had all four songs on repeat and realised that not only did I love every nuance of each one...but that I couln't decide on one over the rest.

How did that happen??:blink:

Well, I think it was because they were always brilliant, they were always Mika at his best, Mika evolving musically, Mika being more confident in making music.....but the anticipation and expectation overwhelmed me at the start.

When I heard the snippets of WAG the same thing happened mixed with "Hmmmm, what will Joe Public make of that?? Will people like him more or less? Does it represent the Mika we all know? Will the world at large "get it"?"

I wasn't just listening for my own pleasure, I was listening with the ear of the public and wanting to know what they would think.

With that feeling out of the way I can now listen and enjoy and get to know every note, word, etc and add it to the growing collection of songs that I love and that make such a difference to my life.

[Monie]

Off topic .. I love 80s music , nothing really has come close since then for me .. Adam And The Ants , Depeche Mode , Go West .. endless list :wub2:

Yes, me too :wub2:. Brings back teenage memories (for me, that is :naughty:). I remember the very first broadcast from Musicbox (now MTV or TMF) in Holland. I had plans to go to an 80s music disco after the Xmasparty with Vicky and Rose but we ended up knackerd in our hotel before we got to the disco :roftl:.

I like WAG, tho the lyrics don't appeal to me (they don't bring the teenage memories back to me like 80s music does), I don't like the way he says we are golden and every now and then I think it is too screamy. Still, I love the fact that the song is so different from the other ones. Maybe I just have to get used to the song :wink2:.

[sienna]

but you know what?

i can see mika in a corner looking at all of us jibbing fans with a patronizing stare as thinking...'i'll catch you all in the end'.

and this annoys me even more!!!!!:aah:

:teehee:

Oh Robbie, that is so funny…and yes I think he is! :blush-anim-cl:

Of course he will…he’s Mika!:wink2:


Hah! I am as critical as they come, but you know what, I am just going to go with it. I like it. I think I will like it more, the more I hear it.
I've already heard it once on Radio 2 today so far.
I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.
He's a great performer, got lots of talent, is always surprising us and is very charismatic.

We (I) won't always like everything he does (I'm no yes woman) but even when I don't like certain songs, there is usually something I can appreciate about them and I know he has the capacity for greatness in the music arena, so I know better will come.

For all my whining, moaning and negativity, I can say this.
There's been no artist for years that I have taken to like I have taken to Mika and I guess I am in it for the long haul, whether he likes it or not!

PS Sari/Christine quote this for posterity if you like, I don't care :naughty:

I don’t quote it for any other reason than that I agree! :thumb_yello::roftl:





I'm nice!:naughty:

[vixenbbw]

Off topic .. I love 80s music , nothing really has come close since then for me .. Adam And The Ants , Depeche Mode , Go West .. endless list :wub2:

Hmmmmm....Stuart Leslie Goddard...the first love of my life!! :wub2:

The first gig I ever went to when I was 12 was to see him and I went in full Antmusic outfit and Prince Charming make up!! :roftl:

Luckily for you it was before the days of digital photography!!! :naughty:

[vixenbbw]

Something else that I was thinking yesterday is the way he's making music now has changed.

LICM was a piano album. Obviously the songs were padded out with the usual guitar/bass/drums/etc as they needed to be but it was definitely a man and his piano.

On WAG you would never guess that he was that piano man! He could be fronting a band or a solo singer but it's totally guitar/bass/drums music and I think it makes a real difference to how the song will be percieved.

[sariflor]

Something else that I was thinking yesterday is the way he's making music now has changed.

LICM was a piano album. Obviously the songs were padded out with the usual guitar/bass/drums/etc as they needed to be but it was definitely a man and his piano.

On WAG you would never guess that he was that piano man! He could be fronting a band or a solo singer but it's totally guitar/bass/drums music and I think it makes a real difference to how the song will be percieved.


That's a very good point, and I hadn't thought of that, but it's definitely part of the 'feeling' that I got and now I can put my finger on it :thumb_yello:.

[Cassiopée]

I'm still not particularly impressed. It's catchy but... it sounds like a High School Musical song :blink: Okay it's better but not really my thing. I'm pretty sure people will be fed up to hear it over and over on the radio :huh:

Then again I think it'll be so great live! the falsetto, the whispering...:wub2:

[identicaltwin3]

I thought you were a guy. And we're not allowed to mention mika's family, yano. this is a fan forum :thumb_yello:

Yes, I am a guy. So is Sire :wink2: .

We're not allowed to mention Fortuné but posting pics of him near in NYC, near the ice cream van is all right ? I am :confused: .
Incidentally Sire's family has often been mentioned on the threads. By many different MFCers. Quite lately re the Latitude gig.

Cheers,

ID3

[vixenbbw]

That's a very good point, and I hadn't thought of that, but it's definitely part of the 'feeling' that I got and now I can put my finger on it :thumb_yello:.

Yeah, it took til yesterday to figure it out as it was nagging away and I also couldn't put my finger on what was different!

[inbar_assaf]

Off topic .. I love 80s music , nothing really has come close since then for me .. Adam And The Ants , Depeche Mode , Go West .. endless list :wub2:

Pet Shop Boys... :wub2: (im simply insane with them today, as I am going to their only live concert here...)

[inbar_assaf]

I love this thread- seeing everyones point of view (and the are ALOT of them!)
I can actually see where everyone is coming from, and the first thing I thought of when i heard, is how Mika-ish it is (not anything like any of his other songs, but how it is so him, I can actually see him as a teenager, and what he is going through)
I could see him sing it- it is brilliantly genius- it sale-able, its catchy, its summerish and super fun
so I cant possibly say its his best, or close to it, but its fun, and crazy cool :biggrin2:

Mika just keeps surpsising me- that makes so much more special for me...

[Christine]

i did not want another GK! :naughty:

but i wanted to feel the same shock i felt when i heard GK the first time...sorry, not this time.

I don't know about you but that same shock could never happen for me again. The shock was learning that such an extraordinary talent existed in the first place. He's been in our faces for two and a half years now and we know everything about him down to his white boxer shorts. :teehee:

WAG surprised me more than I thought any new song could actually. I thought I'd sussed him out but he's still got a few tricks up his sleeve apparently.

and from some opinions expressed here, i'm still more convinced that this song is made to break the north american market!:biggrin2:

If it was that calculated Mika wouldn't have such an exceptionally pronounced English accent. That's going to be problematic I think.

You know Mika is partly American after all, as is Greg and some of the musicians and the Andrae Crouch choir. So it shouldn't surprise anyone if a track turns out sounding American.

but it keeps on leaving me totally emotionless and pretty irritated.

I think this sounds like an American song because it has the potential to appeal to Americans on an emotional level. It does for me anyway.


And excuse me, I am 30+ and I do not really believe that anyone at my age or above can fully identify with this song.

I guess I'm just really immature then. :teehee:

It was supposed to be on his Myspace today. :sneaky2:

At 9 am EST. (90 mins)


I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.

Enjoy it while it lasts Mika!

And take her gifts! :teehee:


On WAG you would never guess that he was that piano man! He could be fronting a band or a solo singer but it's totally guitar/bass/drums music and I think it makes a real difference to how the song will be percieved.

Yes I was thinking about that and imagined if he gets radio play in the US that everyone will think MIKA is a group especially since the song is "we" are golden.

[robertina]

thanks christine :naughty:

what shall i say...in the end...i simply don't like it!:roftl:

i guess i can live with that, and enjoy the rest of the album :blush-anim-cl:

[willywonka]

I think it's safe to say that many of the people who are critiquing in this thread have more than enough knowledge about Mika and what he has done.

I love the song and as Gata said somewhere way back I could pick out individual faults but I don't care to because altogether it works and that's all that matters. Mika is shamelessly pop and that's what this is.

I love the jarring twists from falsetto and back, from shout to whisper. There is a real authenticity to this song where it doesn't sound like a rip-off of a particular '80s song, but an actual original '80s song. And yeah it is vaguely reminiscent of a TV theme song in spots but nothing written for television is of this calibre. This is a #1 pop song.

A few people have said that it is lacking emotion and perhaps it is a cultural/age thing but in my world this is one of the "highest" Mika songs by far. It reminds me of summer and driving around and dancing and friends. I can't even describe it except to say that it mutes everything else and I don't even want to listen to Songs for Sorrow and LICM right now.

I crave novelty and it's sad that it seems there is really nothing left to be invented in music these days but I'm glad that Mika can at least come up with solid tracks different from anything else that he's done before.

Really I don't want to hear Grace Kelly v2.0. I have been waiting 2 years for something new and here it is.

I would have loved to post such a great post like yours, but as I couldn't, I can do nothing else but totally agree with you...:thumb_yello:

I luuuuve a bossy girl :wub2: ... makes me feel sorry I am not straight :tears: .

Cheers,

Id3

:shocked::mf_rosetinted:

Hah! I am as critical as they come, but you know what, I am just going to go with it. I like it. I think I will like it more, the more I hear it.
I've already heard it once on Radio 2 today so far.
I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.
He's a great performer, got lots of talent, is always surprising us and is very charismatic.

We (I) won't always like everything he does (I'm no yes woman) but even when I don't like certain songs, there is usually something I can appreciate about them and I know he has the capacity for greatness in the music arena, so I know better will come.

For all my whining, moaning and negativity, I can say this.
There's been no artist for years that I have taken to like I have taken to Mika and I guess I am in it for the long haul, whether he likes it or not!

PS Sari/Christine quote this for posterity if you like, I don't care :

:thumb_yello: :huglove:

Me too! I can never understand why people say they want another GK. GK was original and always will be. What I love about this new song is that it ISN'T like any other Mika song! I love that he can write and sing so many different types of song, and do it so well.
We've also got to remember that Mika will know the market by now, and his record company will have wanted him to bring out a single that is comercially viable. It's a business after all. I really think he's come up with the goods with We Are Golden, and I do think that no song is everyone's cup of tea, but whatever a person's taste in music is, Mika will have written a song just for you!

:thumb_yello:

Off topic .. I love 80s music , nothing really has come close since then for me .. Adam And The Ants , Depeche Mode , Go West .. endless list :wub2:

:naughty:
:thumb_yello:

Pet Shop Boys... (im simply insane with them today, as I am going to their only live concert here...)

:thumb_yello:

[Kodes100]

[QUOTE=sariflor;2404749]Everything that has been stated on this thread are people's feelings and opinions about a song. Nothing else. Music is something that you feel, you like or dislike, but this is not something that can be rationalised or logically explained.

When you say that people should critique the song using "some intelligence and Knowledge" (why you capitalise random words including this one, I won't ever understand, but hey, each to their own) you are actually insulting a number of people, and that is not very nice to be honest.
Incidentally, a sign of intelligence would also be to know what you can or cannot say to people, and in this case I believe that you've overstepped the mark. This was quite unnecessary, don't you think?

We're just a bunch of fans giving our (subjective, as they would all be, this is not molecular biology after all) opinions, and everyone is bound to have different ones. As long as nobody is actually being offensive to anyone else, or to Mika, and stating these opinions respectfully, we should be fine. It's posts like these that threaten to throw the balance.


I was really ticked that Some "fans" were saying Mika sold out, it is audience/ friendly, radio/friendly, etc, etc.
They weren't just critiquing the song!
The capitalizing word thing - that is Weird - eh??
If I wanted to have a biased opinion I would agree with Christine & Babspanky.
I do wish I had written my opinion half as decently as Christine though!!
Like it or don't like it - I still think a "few' of the people here could take their heads out of their arses - IMHO!

"I Live For Glitter, Not you!"

Have a nice day!

[sariflor]

If it was that calculated Mika wouldn't have such an exceptionally pronounced English accent. That's going to be problematic I think.


Excuse me :naughty:, I beg to differe here-When he says "damn", he sounds downright American! :roftl:



I think this sounds like an American song because it has the potential to appeal to Americans on an emotional level. It does for me anyway.


See, this is again where I differ. I never really feel emotionally connected to a happy pop song as such. Yes, one could argue that if it makes you feel happy you do feel some emotional connection to it, as happiness is an emotion, but what I mean is that it doesn't touch me in the same way that a sadder song touches me.

I can see that the underlying message in WAG is angry, it's the feeling of being misunderstood or misrepresented and trying to have his point seen, but this connection I can only feel at a conscious level, when I read the lyrics and sort of digest them. I don't feel that whilst I am listening to the song, because all the stuff that's happening in it makes it dilute the message before it 'hits' me.
I do feel connected to the story though when I listen ro Toy Boy for example, or to other songs (in general, not just Mika songs) that are of a slower tempo and that just sound more 'genuine' when I listen to them. This is quite funny because it shows how different people relate to different songs, and I find it inmensely interesting, as Inbar posted earlier.

Anyway, after a whole day of listening to WAG and trying to analyse my feelings, I think that it's safe to say that I think it's a great pop song, very catchy indeed (I've been humming the bugger all the time when it popped into my brain at the most unexpected times, so effectively I've been singing it nonstop), it shows a very anthemic side of Mika if that makes any sense, and that despite all these things I don't think that this is one of his songs that I will listen to again and again in say 5 years time, when I can safely say that I will be listening to other songs where I can appreciate his beautiful voice in all its glory.

They are different styles, and IMO WAG, as great as it is as a catchy tune, is not one where you can hear the amazing voice that Mika has. I guess that this is one of my main gripes with it.

My opinions and feelings on this are quite conflictive though, because at the same time that I am saying this I am really enjoying listening to it, so I guess that I'm developing a bit of a love/hate relationship with WAG :naughty:.



I guess I'm just really immature then. :teehee:


So am I, really :roftl: but I still don't find the attachment. I guess I might have gone through different emotions as a teen. This may well all be down to personal experience to a large degree. People who found themselves in a similar position at that age, and others that had a different experience. I did feel very angry/disappointed with a lot of things, but the type of feelings that I had don't seem to match the ones that I can see in this song, or not greatly.



Yes I was thinking about that and imagined if he gets radio play in the US that everyone will think MIKA is a group especially since the song is "we" are golden.


Many people already think that so hey :roftl:.

[sunshine931]

Ok... I haven't had time to read this thread at all so I don't know if people like it or not... but here's my take on it :

I abso****inglutly freakin' LOVE IT!!!!!! Listened to it like 100 000 000 times yesterday. Makes me want to jump on the kitchen table and dance and throw glitter around.

And what I notice is the more I listen to it, the more I like it.

[S-a-S-s-A]

Ok... I haven't had time to read this thread at all so I don't know if people like it or not... but here's my take on it :

I abso****inglutly freakin' LOVE IT!!!!!! Listened to it like 100 000 000 times yesterday. Makes me want to jump on the kitchen table and dance and throw glitter around.

And what I notice is the more I listen to it, the more I like it.

Me too :roftl:

[natmika]

Count me in as one of the people who is not totally convinced by the song, so why I had a party yesterday evening and all the time in my head I heard "running around agaaaain" above all the chattering (and believe me, argentinians are noisy:naughty:)
And why did I wake up today and the first thing on my mind was "I.have.to.listen.to.WAG" and I ran to the computer and did just that.:blink:
Congrats, Mka, you've done it again:naughty:

Oh, and by the way, ditto to everything Christine says, not just today but from now on. Girl, I tell you, you save me a lot of headaches trying to write in english my thoughts. Can we merge accounts and from now on you speak for the both of us?:mf_lustslow:

[willywonka]

Count me in as one of the people who is not totally convinced by the song, so why I had a party yesterday evening and all the time in my head I heard "running around agaaaain" above all the chattering (and believe me, argentinians are noisy:naughty:)
And why did I wake up today and the first thing on my mind was "I.have.to.listen.to.WAG" and I ran to the computer and did just that.:blink:
Congrats, Mka, you've done it again:naughty:

Oh, and by the way, ditto to everything Christine says, not just today but from now on. Girl, I tell you, you save me a lot of headaches trying to write in english my thoughts. Can we merge accounts and from now on you speak for the both of us?:mf_lustslow:

:roftl::naughty::thumb_yello:

[harlequeen]

Haven't posted on here at all yet as I wanted to actually have an opinion before stating it!

I remember hearing the LICM album sampler on Mikasounds and being overcome with excitement as each snippet came on. It felt like I knew every song the minute I heard them.

That was all part of the crazy start of the obssession as it will have been for so many others. I instantly loved everything about his work and it changed my life forever in a way that no other artist ever had.

So, OK, he's something special.:wub2:

So the anxiety about what comes next was warranted and I felt sick with nerves when I played the new stuff from the LA gig. Would they feel familiar like the LICM songs? Would they be as good? Or better even?

My gut feeling was..."oh, no, they're not what I was expecting" (whatever that menns???)..."what am I going to do if I don't like any more of his stuff???" I just kind of felt numb to them all.

By the time I bought the EP I had all four songs on repeat and realised that not only did I love every nuance of each one...but that I couln't decide on one over the rest.

How did that happen??:blink:

Well, I think it was because they were always brilliant, they were always Mika at his best, Mika evolving musically, Mika being more confident in making music.....but the anticipation and expectation overwhelmed me at the start.

When I heard the snippets of WAG the same thing happened mixed with "Hmmmm, what will Joe Public make of that?? Will people like him more or less? Does it represent the Mika we all know? Will the world at large "get it"?"

I wasn't just listening for my own pleasure, I was listening with the ear of the public and wanting to know what they would think.

With that feeling out of the way I can now listen and enjoy and get to know every note, word, etc and add it to the growing collection of songs that I love and that make such a difference to my life.

this hit the nail for me, it matches my Mika-experience point on :thumb_yello:

With every new songs he releases, the variety in his work grows. I'm not able to point out any favourite, it just depends on my mood, but there is no song as of yet that lets me shrug in indifference.

I love how he embraces music as a whole as he moves on with his work. His music is indeed multidimensional, as he covers up a huge time-line as well as different styles and musical cultures. And still he never misses to put his own unique stamp on it, letting everyone know 'now look, this is what I make of it'

And excuse me, I am 30+ and I do not really believe that anyone at my age or above can fully identify with this song.

oh, just be patient - in another 15 or 20 years you'll start remembering the good old times of your youth and will happily embrace songs like this again! I'm there already :aah::naughty:

[dcdeb]

Off topic .. I love 80s music , nothing really has come close since then for me .. Adam And The Ants , Depeche Mode , Go West .. endless list :wub2:

Go West! I actually have their album -- which I bought in London, oh, those
many years ago. Yes, it's vinyl. But still... :wub2:



PS Sari/Christine quote this for posterity if you like, I don't care :naughty:

In case they don't, I've saved it :wink2:

It was supposed to be on his Myspace today. :sneaky2:

Still not there :sneaky2:


I think this sounds like an American song because it has the potential to appeal to Americans on an emotional level. It does for me anyway.

As I said before, it does for me, too. Oh, wait, I'm American :shocked:
But I don't think that's why I connect with it -- it's the "We are not what you think we are... We Are Golden, We Are Golden..." I felt that way when
I was younger -- I still feel that way at nearly 50!
I am so much more than you see on the surface -- I love that sentiment.
And it's not just the lyric, it's the big sound -- really
huge, grandiose -- it does remind me a bit of Queen, I must say, but
it just evokes a feeling for me. Very stirring, very emotional. It speaks
to me. :blush-anim-cl:



I abso****inglutly freakin' LOVE IT!!!!!! Listened to it like 100 000 000 times yesterday. Makes me want to jump on the kitchen table and dance and throw glitter around.

And what I notice is the more I listen to it, the more I like it.

:roftl: No, tell me how you really feel, Vero.

Love your enthusiasm, I'd be dancing on the table right alongside you! :biggrin2:

[tiibet]

Hah! I am as critical as they come, but you know what, I am just going to go with it. I like it. I think I will like it more, the more I hear it.
I've already heard it once on Radio 2 today so far.
I'm in a Mika lovin' mood.
He's a great performer, got lots of talent, is always surprising us and is very charismatic.

We (I) won't always like everything he does (I'm no yes woman) but even when I don't like certain songs, there is usually something I can appreciate about them and I know he has the capacity for greatness in the music arena, so I know better will come.

For all my whining, moaning and negativity, I can say this.
There's been no artist for years that I have taken to like I have taken to Mika and I guess I am in it for the long haul, whether he likes it or not!

PS Sari/Christine quote this for posterity if you like, I don't care :naughty:

:huglove:

I liked this song yesterday. I thought it's happy and cheerful, and I liked that '80s sound. I didn't have really strong feelings, though. But a few minutes ago I was listening to it, and I suddenly felt so carefree and happy. Wow :wub2:

For me it's not LT, GK, Relax or Lady Jane. But I can't wait to see him dancing it or us singing it at gigs :thumb_yello: I think I'm going to like it even more in future.

[sienna]

Oh, and by the way, ditto to everything Christine says, not just today but from now on. Girl, I tell you, you save me a lot of headaches trying to write in english my thoughts. Can we merge accounts and from now on you speak for the both of us?:mf_lustslow:

You have no idea how many times a day I think like this, not only with Christine, we have so many good writers in this place who can really find the right words to express their feelings and thoughts!:wub2:



oh, just be patient - in another 15 or 20 years you'll start remembering the good old times of your youth and will happily embrace songs like this again! I'm there already :aah::naughty:

No doubt about that!:biggrin2:

[suzie]

oh, just be patient - in another 15 or 20 years you'll start remembering the good old times of your youth and will happily embrace songs like this again! I'm there already :aah::naughty:

:roftl:
I'll try to remember in 15 years... :thumb_yello:Hope my memory will serve me right :biggrin2: