First single -We Are Golden!!

[Dark Angel]

What radio station in germany tomorrow and what time?

[suzie]

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"?"



:thumb_yello:
good points....
But the sad truth for me is that I can't exclude the Joe Public opinion when I listen to a new song as I so wish this record will take him to another level...:wink2:... but that's just me over worrying about everything in general.

Also, actually, I think I shouldn't have listened to that snippet on Friday... That bit did not reveal the changing tempos...
Now the end bit reminds me of the feeling when you have been spinning around and then end up on your buttom and the whole world is spinning around ...:biggrin2:... or it could be because I actually hit my head yesterday in a silly fall :blink:

[harlequeen]

What radio station in germany tomorrow and what time?

there's a thread where dates/times are collected

take a look here:
http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19055

[vixenbbw]

:thumb_yello:
Now the end bit reminds me of the feeling when you have been spinning around and then end up on your buttom and the whole world is spinning around ...:biggrin2:... or it could be because I actually hit my head yesterday in a silly fall :blink:

Careful!!:shocked:

We need to keep and MFC round the clock watch on you for signs of concusion!!:naughty:

[Dark Angel]

there's a thread where dates/times are collected

take a look here:
http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19055

Thx :thumb_yello:

[iadoremika]

I thought you were a guy. And we're not allowed to mention mika's family, yano. this is a fan forum :thumb_yello:
Who's to say guys can't make comments about other guys like that? And, as far as I know we aren't supposed to post pictures of Mika's family...because I've certainly seen people talking about Mika's family before, and nothing's happened.

I've been listening to this friggin' song on repeat since I got home :roftl:
Me too. Well, as soon as I get on the computer it goes on repeat. :naughty:

It's catchy but... it sounds like a High School Musical song :blink:
It's okay, not everyone has to like it...don't worry, there's still a whole album of songs.
And it's like HSM? :tears::no::naughty:


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:
From what I know, those pictures were taken down.

[hotdlp]

The WAG posted on MySpace is slightly longer than the radio edit we've heard. Now to get used to another thing :aah:

[natmika]

OK, I'm officially a WAG convert (or brainwashed more likely:hypo:)

Fewww it took me a hole day!:shocked:

[robertina]

OK, I'm officially a WAG convert (or brainwashed more likely:hypo:)

Fewww it took me a hole day!:shocked:

:roftl::roftl::roftl:

thanks danika, i'm on his myspace for more brainwashing!!!:naughty:

[Tayler]

listening to it right now, for the second time. i love it :wub2:

[natmika]

:roftl::roftl::roftl:

thanks danika, i'm on his myspace for more brainwashing!!!:naughty:

It's natmika!:sneaky2::roftl:

Don't go there! You'll come back a different woman!:shocked:

[robertina]

oh!
there's a new image cover...from outer space! :thumb_yello:

[forevermika]

This song has struck a particular note with me. I've been a teenager for almost a year now, but I never really felt like one and I hate to say that after hearing We Are Golden I suddenly know what adolescence is, because I don't, but I have a better sense of it now.
Also, I'm going for my first year of high school this fall and it seems like the perfect anthem for that. Teenage dreams in a teenage circus...:blush-anim-cl:

[robertina]

It's natmika!:sneaky2::roftl:

Don't go there! You'll come back a different woman!:shocked:

sorry, i was referring to hotdlp, her name is danika :wink2: (or daneka? :blink:)

i resist, don't worry! :biggrin2:

[Romis]

It's natmika!:sneaky2::roftl:

Don't go there! You'll come back a different woman!:shocked:

hahaha Nat! Como estas? por donde andás? jeje :aah: A mi también me sucedio, cada vez me pone mas pilas la cancion, jeje

Danika is actually a britanic MFCer, his username is Hotdlp :wink2:

I'm going to ckeck Myspace, after years of abandoning it. But later, now I have to prepare lunch, I won't stop eating beacuse of Mika :naughty:

[Dark Angel]

The WAG posted on MySpace is slightly longer than the radio edit we've heard. Now to get used to another thing :aah:

ohhhh my ohhhhh my ohhhh my

[suzie]

Who's to say guys can't make comments about other guys like that? And, as far as I know we aren't supposed to post pictures of Mika's family...because I've certainly seen people talking about Mika's family before, and nothing's happened.


I think the general guide must be that if you see members of his family with Mika during his 'official engagements' (concerts, interviews, meet-ups..etc) it is OK to mention them without posting photos and videos. Meeting them private is another thing, that should not be discussed here...
(Mods, please correct me if I am wrong ...)

[vickylovesmika]

Well for my view, i've heard it not a million times yet but a few ..
I think it reminds me of a kitsch 70's anthem type song ...

In fact the usual hybrid of many things from the past, quite a flavour of 80's i guess but also 70's glam rock kitsch too! lots of influences there for sure ..
something a bit pre punk naffness about it ...!:teehee:

Quite like it and no doubt will grow on me more ... not an instant wow tho!
Not sure about when he speaks 'We are Golden':teehee:

Good strong pounding single though and hope it does really well for him:wub2:
loved the interviews .... changing the album name is brill too!! Was sad the album was to be named the same ...

[harlequeen]

The WAG posted on MySpace is slightly longer than the radio edit we've heard. Now to get used to another thing :aah:

I like this version even better :thumb_yello:

now fingers crossed that my favorite radio station goes for the longer version as they did with Happy Ending! (at least as soon as the single/album is out :boxed:)

[Shikutukumimika]

I was on myspace, but I can't find WAG there?

[iadoremika]

The WAG posted on MySpace is slightly longer than the radio edit we've heard. Now to get used to another thing :aah:
*runs off to MySpace*

I think the general guide must be that if you see members of his family with Mika during his 'official engagements' (concerts, interviews, meet-ups..etc) it is OK to mention them without posting photos and videos. Meeting them private is another thing, that should not be discussed here...
(Mods, please correct me if I am wrong ...)
Yes, that is true.

You're not wrong. Well, I don't think you are...I'm not a mod, so...:mf_rosetinted::naughty:

[Neiobi]

Aah I'm late on this:naughty:
*runs to myspace*
Btw, I liked your post Christine.. And wish I could write what I think like you do:aah:

[robertina]

I was on myspace, but I can't find WAG there?

it's in the player!

[S-a-S-s-A]

New cover too..

[natmika]

hahaha Nat! Como estas? por donde andás? jeje :aah: A mi también me sucedio, cada vez me pone mas pilas la cancion, jeje


Hey! Qué tal? I'm always around but don't post that much and all I post is usually nonsense:naughty:
Sorry, Off topic!:blush-anim-cl:

[marlau_20zr]

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:

at least i`m not the only one...
yesterday i finished listening the all the interviews and i went to do some things quite far from my house and i was.. we aree gouulden, we are what you think we are, we are gouulden :roftl: and specially at night.. i felt like... i have to listen it again :aah: i admit i like it from the beginning.. but.. i was.. it`s nice a song, not crazy about it.. just ok.. now i like it more and more :naughty:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

Like the cover much more :biggrin2:

[Neiobi]

Wich cover may I ask?:blink:

[iadoremika]

Wich cover may I ask?:blink:
The cover for 'We Are Golden' in the player.

[Dark Angel]

I like this version even better :thumb_yello:

now fingers crossed that my favorite radio station goes for the longer version as they did with Happy Ending! (at least as soon as the single/album is out :boxed:)

Ditto!!!!!! I want it :tears: Cant wait for the release!!!!

[Neiobi]

The cover for 'We Are Golden' in the player.

Ooh! :doh: Yeah I noticed that too:wub2: I love it.. It is spacey:teehee:
But I thought like Cover, from covering a song or something:doh:

[iadoremika]

But I thought like Cover, from covering a song or something:doh:
I thought that at first as well. :lol3:

[lollipopski]

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

Thank you :blush-anim-cl:

[suzie]

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

Thank you, Nicoleta:thumb_yello:

[hotdlp]

sorry, i was referring to hotdlp, her name is danika :wink2: (or daneka? :blink:)

i resist, don't worry! :biggrin2:

Danika is correct :wink2:



I really like that cover for WAG as well.. Took me a while for me to stop staring at it :naughty:

[robertina]

Danika is correct :wink2:



I really like that cover for WAG as well.. Took me a while for me to stop staring at it :naughty:

i must have asked multiple times already!:naughty:

ilove the cover too..just would like to see it bigger :wink2:

[marlau_20zr]

nat!
We Are Golden en los 40 principales :boing: :yay: :drool:
¡ started screaming like a b*tch!!!! :aah:

[mel_tinydancer]

Is it just me, or is the myspace track a little different near the end? He does like a high octave jump vocal instead or just whispering "we are golden"

Am I just missing it? It's a little different I think!

[iadoremika]

Is it just me, or is the myspace track a little different near the end? He does like a high octave jump vocal instead or just whispering "we are golden"

Am I just missing it? It's a little different I think!
It is a little different.

[hotdlp]

Is it just me, or is the myspace track a little different near the end? He does like a high octave jump vocal instead or just whispering "we are golden"

Am I just missing it? It's a little different I think!

It is :thumb_yello: Cos this version is longer as opposed to the radio edit one we heard yesterday.

[mel_tinydancer]

It is a little different.

Yeah! at like 3:36 in the myspace track, that's definitely not in the radio version.

[Dark Angel]

Is it just me, or is the myspace track a little different near the end? He does like a high octave jump vocal instead or just whispering "we are golden"

Am I just missing it? It's a little different I think!

Notised that too!:thumb_yello:

[S-a-S-s-A]

Can't listen to it anymore, it says the song is not available right now :sneaky2:

[violet_sky]

: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.

You're absolutely right with everything you said here. I can't but agree. It's not that I feel cheated on or let down although I might have sounded like it. It's more about having expected 500% and gotten 100%. I know that he will pick me up with that new album at some point. There's zero doubt about it, I know that it will happen.
I expect stories. The Billy Brown way, even more after the EP development and Toy Boy. I think this is another reason why WAG seems so flat to me.

Oh but one thing I have to disagree with: to me it's not exactly non-marmite. :teehee: And has anyone else had the thought that Golden might be code for something else?

Do you really think he might have been afraid of our reactions? Well, somehow this makes me want to take everything back and just say nothing. I mean I wouldn't want him to be restricted into a corner and be unhappy.

MIKA, if I can have my way you can write and release as many run-of-the-mill songs as you like. If it keeps you happy. And if you throw in a pearl every now and then :teehee:

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

Oh no no, I could never do that :no: It would make me very sad if it came across as painful. I do believe in Mika :kaf:
WAG will go to #1
He will have a lot of new fans.
The album will hold some treasures for me.
Everybody will be happy! :thumb_yello:

[laura*]

I'm officially in love with the new artwork on Myspace... :blush-anim-cl:

[S-a-S-s-A]

I'm officially in love with the new artwork on Myspace... :blush-anim-cl:

Me too, but I wish it was bigger :mf_rosetinted:

[iadoremika]

Me too, but I wish it was bigger :mf_rosetinted:
I agree! Seeing all the detail, and such, would be lovely. :D

[femifrosk]

it's different, but i like it :)

[hotdlp]

I agree! Seeing all the detail, and such, would be lovely. :D

I second that. They can't just put a small picture of something that looks so pretty and not expect people to want to see a larger version, pfft. :rolls_eyes:

[natmika]

nat!
We Are Golden en los 40 principales :boing: :yay: :drool:
¡ started screaming like a b*tch!!!! :aah:

Really? Cool!:thumb_yello:
I should check Aspen, that's more my kind of radio and the main dj loooves Mika

[laura*]

Me too, but I wish it was bigger :mf_rosetinted:

I can see it very well using my superpowers. :mf_rosetinted:

[S-a-S-s-A]

I can see it very well using my superpowers. :mf_rosetinted:

Gimme those powers! :sneaky2:

[mel_tinydancer]

I can see it very well using my superpowers. :mf_rosetinted:

Jealous! :naughty:

Yeah, I want a bigger version too. If that was supposed to be the album cover.... what happens if he decides to change the name? Who knowsssss!

[S-a-S-s-A]

Jealous! :naughty:

Yeah, I want a bigger version too. If that was supposed to be the album cover.... what happens if he decides to change the name? Who knowsssss!

Poor Yasmine..

[Neiobi]

My mom loved it even though she thinks that sometimes you can't hear his voice clearly:teehee:

[laura*]

Gimme those powers! :sneaky2:


Ha! No way! :tongue2: Teaching develops them. :mf_rosetinted:


Jealous! :naughty:

Yeah, I want a bigger version too. If that was supposed to be the album cover.... what happens if he decides to change the name? Who knowsssss!

Don't be. Check out my students first. :naughty:

[S-a-S-s-A]

Ha! No way! :tongue2: Teaching develops them. :mf_rosetinted:




Don't be. Check out my students first. :naughty:

Let me be your student, master!

[suzie]

You're absolutely right with everything you said here. I can't but agree. It's not that I feel cheated on or let down although I might have sounded like it. It's more about having expected 500% and gotten 100%.

Oops, you have quoted my post again, or which I received some harsh 'criticism' from a newbie or two.:teehee:... (though perhaps criticism is not really the best way to describe those words:cool:)

So, just in case anyone missed my many previous posts before, let me state that:

1., To me, someone's ability to write a song with a particular objective in mind gains my appeciation ..... (To tell you an example, Freddie Mercury wrote We Are The Champions with the purpose of writing a sing-along anthem.)
I salute people who can do that with ease. (I don't know if that's what happened in this case, too, but it made sense as Mika was talking about writing an album from a teenage perspective.)

2., To me, the ability to write a radio-friendly song is a gift I admire. Plus, if you don't have a song that can be played on the radio, you are out of the game, as simple as that.

3., There are different types of radio-friendly songs : there are cheesy ones, mainstream pop songs that everyone likes and the performer is actually replaceable as well as songs with something unique in them.
Now, Mika's singles, including this one (!) so far have all been unique and 'Mika-esque'. What I meant is that If I compare Love Today and WAG, for example, I'd say Love Today is a marmite song because of the dominance of the falsetto , whilst WAG has general appeal......though it needs to be confirmed by record sales if my assumption was correct or not..
Anyone is free to agree or disagree with that, it is just my reasoning for what I said or how I feel. :dunno:... and I love constructive debate.:wink2:


Do you really think he might have been afraid of our reactions?

Well, I don't think he is reading this forum anymore, but I think everyone said they liked the song or at least predict it to be a massive hit.
If he reads, though, I am sure he can differenciate 'positive criticism', especially it it comes from hard core fans, including 'the famous Violet_sky':biggrin2:


I do believe in Mika :kaf:
WAG will go to #1
He will have a lot of new fans.
The album will hold some treasures for me.
Everybody will be happy! :thumb_yello:
:thumb_yello:
I quoted this as I agree 100%... and believe it or not I am enjoying the song more and more, it's only the lyrics 'teenage dreams' that is bugging me ..:wheelchair:.. (:naughty:)
...as you pointed out, it is just a too direct step from the stories we are used to..

[Dark Angel]

Can't listen to it anymore, it says the song is not available right now :sneaky2:

Just tested and still working here....

Me too, but I wish it was bigger :mf_rosetinted:

Ditto.....

[sariflor]

Is it just me, or is the myspace track a little different near the end? He does like a high octave jump vocal instead or just whispering "we are golden"

Am I just missing it? It's a little different I think!


It sounds a bit different, and I think that I prefer it :blink:



I quoted this as I agree 100%... and believe it or not I am enjoying the song more and more, it's only the lyrics 'teenage dreams' that is bugging me ..


Yes, that is the part of the song that I don't like: the teenage dreams/teenage circus thing. I just find it way too....something :roftl:. I don't know what it is. A bit like the fish talk in Lady Jane perhaps?

[suzie]

Yes, that is the part of the song that I don't like: the teenage dreams/teenage circus thing. I just find it way too....something :roftl:. I don't know what it is. A bit like the fish talk in Lady Jane perhaps?

...hmmm... better than 'fishy dreams' though :fisch:

[Soaring Simpson]

My mom loved it even though she thinks that sometimes you can't hear his voice clearly:teehee:

It sounds a bit different, and I think that I prefer it :blink:


Yes, that is the part of the song that I don't like: the teenage dreams/teenage circus thing. I just find it way too....something :roftl:. I don't know what it is. A bit like the fish talk in Lady Jane perhaps?

If its different, then I'll have to listen to it- and I did think I'd get me tea at a reasonable hour today

I'm in two minds about whether it'll appeal to teenagers- I think its more one for people looking back on their teens, which is what he's doing, I suppose, even if he's a lot nearer than me. The bit about "running around like a clown on purpose" rings a bell and makes the dreams... circus bit part of the whole. Otherwise I wouldn't be so keen.

I've been singing it all day- hopefully not aloud- loving all the slowing up and shouting! I think the lyrics are interesting, but basically I find it such a rush- so exhilarating. I keep seeing myself headbanging to it, which is a worry (though probably incomprehensible to actual teens)

[suzie]

Is it just me, or is the myspace track a little different near the end? He does like a high octave jump vocal instead or just whispering "we are golden"

Am I just missing it? It's a little different I think!

It is longer by 30 secs.
He shouts the line
We are not what you think we are
We are golden, we are golden

and then the childen's choir comes in again and shouts out loud the same lines.
.. I think that's the difference.

[Marilyn Mastin]

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.
I've been thinking a lot about this thing with Mika's songs, where we're not sure about the song when we first hear it, then we turn it off, and it plays in our heads, then we go back to it (because we're compelled to) and absolutely start to love it.

I have a theory about why that is.

It's because his songs are not like any other songs out there, so we don't really have a reference point to start off with. The first time we hear a Mika song we're hearing something completely new, and that can confuse us at first. Then when we hear it again, because subconciously we know it's good really, we start to understand the way it works and how intricate, yet brilliant, his song is! Then we love the song with a passion!
That's what I think anyway, don't know if anyone agrees.

[Soaring Simpson]

It is longer by 30 secs.
He shouts the line
We are not what you think we are
We are golden, we are golden

and then the childen's choir comes in again and shouts out loud the same lines.
.. I think that's the difference.

Yeah- I'd pick the whispering end, if I was making the decision.

[Laurel]

I've been playing WAG constantly while on breaks at work today ..... the more I listen to it .... the more I love it .... I can't get it out of my head .... :wub2:

Am definitely brainwashed :wink2:

[suzie]

I've been thinking a lot about this thing with Mika's songs, where we're not sure about the song when we first hear it, then we turn it off, and it plays in our heads, then we go back to it (because we're compelled to) and absolutely start to love it.

I have a theory about why that is.

It's because his songs are not like any other songs out there, so we don't really have a reference point to start off with. The first time we hear a Mika song we're hearing something completely new, and that can confuse us at first. Then when we hear it again, because subconciously we know it's good really, we start to understand the way it works and how intricate, yet brilliant, his song is! Then we love the song with a passion!
That's what I think anyway, don't know if anyone agrees.

I think it probably depends on the person...

As for me, I liked every single Mika song on LICM the first time I heard them and they were on different occasions as he had some up on Myspace before LICM was released and also sang some live at radio stations...

I also liked HMDYLM, Toy Boy, Blue Eyes, GGG and BIOTG the first time I heard them.

Rain and L.A. ... I was not sure about but I loved L.A. live and I expect Rain to have received some 'treatment' in the studio.
Lady Jane is a special song - I mainly love how it runs with the piano :teehee:

So, it seems to be that if I like a MIKA song first, I will love it 4 ever:biggrin2:

If we don't consider forming an opinion on the snippet and on the lyrics, WAG appealed to me the first time as well, but it was different. I kind of put it in the "radio-friendly like Hot'n'Cold, Poker Face or Just Dance" drawer...
Please don't anyone misquote this, I mean , when I first heard these I knew they would dominate European airwaves for months on end.. And I was right.
I sincerely hope I am right with my prediction this time, too:blush-anim-cl:...

[mikalollipop_karla]

Just tested and still working here....



Ditto.....

What is Ditto ??:blink:

[suzie]

I've been playing WAG constantly while on breaks at work today ..... the more I listen to it .... the more I love it .... I can't get it out of my head .... :wub2:

Am definitely brainwashed :wink2:

You'd better be prepared to sing along to it if he plays it live next week....
Lucky you.
And congratulations, by the way!:thumb_yello:

[Romis]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this before, but what Mika says about the choir on the Clive1 Glasgow interview, I didn't even noticed it :aah:

He said they wanted so much the choir to sing the chorus, but they didn't want to 'cause it has the word "damn", and it's not appropriate for a church choir.
So in the end, the choir sung instead : " Ohhh....ooooohhhh....come from" :teehee:

I had to listen to WAG again to be sure that it was like that, I hadn't put enough attention before :naughty:

[Romis]

You'd better be prepared to sing along to it if he plays it live next week....
Lucky you.
And congratulations, by the way!:thumb_yello:

Are you going to see Mika live next week?? :)

Good luck Laurel! :thumb_yello:

[Laurel]

You'd better be prepared to sing along to it if he plays it live next week....
Lucky you.
And congratulations, by the way!:thumb_yello:

I now have even more reason to play it constantly ... I need to learn all the words by the 31st lol ... :aah:

Thank you :huglove:

:wub2:

[harlequeen]

Oops, you have quoted my post again, or which I received some harsh 'criticism' from a newbie or two.:teehee:... (though perhaps criticism is not really the best way to describe those words:cool:)

So, just in case anyone missed my many previous posts before, let me state that:

1., To me, someone's ability to write a song with a particular objective in mind gains my appeciation ..... (To tell you an example, Freddie Mercury wrote We Are The Champions with the purpose of writing a sing-along anthem.)
I salute people who can do that with ease. (I don't know if that's what happened in this case, too, but it made sense as Mika was talking about writing an album from a teenage perspective.)

2., To me, the ability to write a radio-friendly song is a gift I admire. Plus, if you don't have a song that can be played on the radio, you are out of the game, as simple as that.

3., There are different types of radio-friendly songs : there are cheesy ones, mainstream pop songs that everyone likes and the performer is actually replaceable as well as songs with something unique in them.
Now, Mika's singles, including this one (!) so far have all been unique and 'Mika-esque'. What I meant is that If I compare Love Today and WAG, for example, I'd say Love Today is a marmite song because of the dominance of the falsetto , whilst WAG has general appeal......though it needs to be confirmed by record sales if my assumption was correct or not..
Anyone is free to agree or disagree with that, it is just my reasoning for what I said or how I feel. :dunno:... and I love constructive debate.:wink2:



Well, I don't think he is reading this forum anymore, but I think everyone said they liked the song or at least predict it to be a massive hit.
If he reads, though, I am sure he can differenciate 'positive criticism', especially it it comes from hard core fans, including 'the famous Violet_sky':biggrin2:


:thumb_yello:
I quoted this as I agree 100%... and believe it or not I am enjoying the song more and more, it's only the lyrics 'teenage dreams' that is bugging me ..:wheelchair:.. (:naughty:)
...as you pointed out, it is just a too direct step from the stories we are used to..

I think you a right with your opinion, and you don't have to explain yourself :thumb_yello:
I just come from another angle: I think that Mikas songs are not written aiming at someone or something. I believe that he wants to tell a story and tries to find the sound that best transports what he is wanting to tell, or vice versa. Like when writing a song about teenagers he might want a sound that is rich, bombastic, at the same time transporting a sort of aggressive carelessness and anger about hurt feelings, and ends up with WAG. He knows exactly, what sound he wants, but I'd think that he knows very well that aiming at the mainstream would get him dangerously close to writing songs that are nothing but the smallest common denominator in music. He won't fall for that.

I believe that first when the songs go into production and they have to choose which ones to put on the album, people will start to give opinions what reception each of the new songs will get, and which would be a likely single or even a number one. My guess is that Universal was pretty happy that at least one of the 64 pieces he wrote had the quality of a mainstream radio-friendly song :wink2:

[laura*]

I can't stop listening to the Myspace version...

I'm sure we will have to fight to get into the venue at the next tour. :teehee:


pre-gig:
:camping: :argue: :boxing: :lightsabre: :bash:

gig:
:band:

post-gig:
:woot_jump: :omg_fans:

[Romis]

I can't stop listening to the Myspace version...

I'm sure we will have to fight to get into the venue at the next tour.


pre-gig:
:camping: :argue: :boxing: :lightsabre: :bash:

gig:
:band:

post-gig:
:woot_jump: :omg_fans:

hahaha I love your smilies :thumb_yello:

but why fighting? here, we all seem to truly like each other, as if being a Mika fan would make us forget all the differences and the fact that we barely know the other people :teehee: That's really funny

[mandilambi]

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.

LOL Vero...what a great way of stating it. That's how I've felt for the last 24hours too.

Truly this song gives me the same emotions that I felt when I first heard Grace Kelly. Wanting to jump up and down while singing every word and feeling almost empowered by the lyrics because at one time or another I had felt put down by a particular group or person. Mika has such a gift for writing lyrics that you are able to relate to. Not only that, but he does these types of "kiss off" songs in such a classy way, I love it. :)

I've probably listened to this song at least 15-20 times. I simply can't get enough since yesterday.

[natmika]

I can't stop listening to the Myspace version...

I'm sure we will have to fight to get into the venue at the next tour. :teehee:


pre-gig:
:camping: :argue: :boxing: :lightsabre: :bash:

gig:
:band:

post-gig:
:woot_jump: :omg_fans:

hahahaa (thanks for taking up all the smilies*insert angry smilie here*)
You are forgetting post gig depression smilie

[laura*]

hahaha I love your smilies :thumb_yello:

but why fighting? here, we all seem to truly like each other, as if being a Mika fan would make us forget all the differences and the fact that we barely know the other people :teehee: That's really funny


I was actually thinking about thousands of new fans. :teehee:


hahahaa (thanks for taking up all the smilies*insert angry smilie here*)
You are forgetting post gig depression smilie

:doh:

Unforgivable. :mf_rosetinted:

Post-gig:
:woot_jump: :omg_fans: :no: :sad: :tears: :crybaby:

[xxmika-maddo-joxx]

YAAAAY! THE FULL VERSION IS ON MYSPACE! I love the ending on this version!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=79041575

new artwork?!?

[*LEON*]

new artwork?!?

I was wondering that, too! It is very nice, so maybe this´ll be the cover for the 12''/7''?

[xxmika-maddo-joxx]

yeaaaaaaaah
It's hard to believe It's all hand-painted....It's so beautiful :wub2:

[Romis]

yeaaaaaaaah
It's hard to believe It's all hand-painted....It's so beautiful :wub2:

you mean this one?

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=79041575&blogId=500201388

[Elmindreda]

you mean this one?

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=79041575&blogId=500201388
no the little one in the music player

[xlindee]

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:
Same here.
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:

Well, ofcourse the underwear must be golden.:naughty:
I must say, this video description sounds very gay :lol3:
EDIT: I just picture Bruno dancing :roftl:
Oh Lord no:lmfao:I didn't like that movie that much, though some bits were funny.
It took me a very long time to find the interview and I feel stupid now that there's links everywhere, haha.
Your siggie:lmfao:
I really hope he will sing WAG on his shows, imagine only his voice, not the whole choir!:wub2:

Yeah, it would show his voice much better!

[Romis]

no the little one in the music player

:wub2:

i wish i could see it bigger, to appreciate the handpainting on it :naughty:

[avoca]

do not feel bad, robertina. its a free world. :wink2:


you may get to like it once you hear it more or love, you may still hate it.

I KNOW how you feel, believe me. I have experienced it lately, but don't feel guilty about it. :wub2:

[avoca]

still cannot listen to clip anyway.. gives me an awkward adobe player -which I have BTW- message and even if I click yes, it won't let me listen to it. :boxed:

[robertina]

do not feel bad, robertina. its a free world. :wink2:


you may get to like it once you hear it more or love, you may still hate it.

I KNOW how you feel, believe me. I have experienced it lately, but don't feel guilty about it. :wub2:

thanks.
today i seem to like it a bit more:naughty:

[Dark Angel]

Will post the review from him when i get it

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k307/angelique-denmark/bbf/bfootemail.jpg

(Bumblefoot - Guns N Roses member)

[sariflor]

Well, ofcourse the underwear must be golden.:naughty:




Please nooooooooooooooooooo !!! The golden boxers and the golden Loboutins, singing into his hairbrush :lmfao:




but why fighting? here, we all seem to truly like each other, as if being a Mika fan would make us forget all the differences and the fact that we barely know the other people :teehee: That's really funny

I am coming to the Argentinian gigs from now on instead of the home ones then :naughty:.
Believe me, you wouldn't be saying this if you'd witnessed half the asses that I have seen at Mika gigs, trying to f*ck other people over and just generally being assholes towards everyone. It's quite an eye opener, really.



I'm in two minds about whether it'll appeal to teenagers- I think its more one for people looking back on their teens, which is what he's doing, I suppose, even if he's a lot nearer than me. The bit about "running around like a clown on purpose" rings a bell and makes the dreams... circus bit part of the whole. Otherwise I wouldn't be so keen.

I've been singing it all day- hopefully not aloud- loving all the slowing up and shouting! I think the lyrics are interesting, but basically I find it such a rush- so exhilarating. I keep seeing myself headbanging to it, which is a worry (though probably incomprehensible to actual teens)


I had to quote the bolded part because I think that you make a great point there.

And yes, I have also caught myself singing the blooming thing all day dammit :roftl:


yeaaaaaaaah
It's hard to believe It's all hand-painted....It's so beautiful :wub2:

It is, I love it!!! I think that it's one of my favs so far. I love the space/sky theme.


thanks.
today i seem to like it a bit more:naughty:

Oh Robi, you are falling already just like me :naughty:. I think that I'm ahead though, I was falling yesterday so I will wait for you at the bottom.

[avoca]

[COLOR=purple]Oh Robi, you are falling already just like me :naughty:. I think that I'm ahead though, I was falling yesterday so I will wait for you at the bottom.

the sad truth is he got us all in his hands, bless him... :mf_rosetinted:

[robertina]

it will take long sara..very long...he cannot get away with it so soon!:sneaky2:

mika, you are not safe, watch out!:naughty:

but i agree to sing it out of my lungs at a gig, i think i can do it:teehee:

[sariflor]

the sad truth is he got us all in his hands, bless him... :mf_rosetinted:

A long time ago, too...But he got some more than others I must say :naughty:




it will take long sara..very long...he cannot get away with it so soon!:sneaky2:

mika, you are not safe, watch out!:naughty:

but i agree to sing it out of my lungs at a gig, i think i can do it:teehee:



Protest all you like but by the end of the week you'll be going 'WAG WAG WAG!" everywhere :roftl:

[robertina]

A long time ago, too...But he got some more than others I must say :naughty:






Protest all you like but by the end of the week you'll be going 'WAG WAG WAG!" everywhere :roftl:

am i so predictable?? :crybaby: :crybaby:

no, he's the kind and fine wiz! :doh:

[sienna]

YAAAAY! THE FULL VERSION IS ON MYSPACE! I love the ending on this version!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=79041575

new artwork?!?


It wants me to install Flash and to do that it wants me to turn off Firefox!

I don’t dare to do that!:shocked:

[sienna]

it will take long sara..very long...he cannot get away with it so soon!:sneaky2:

mika, you are not safe, watch out!:naughty:

but i agree to sing it out of my lungs at a gig, i think i can do it:teehee:

Listen to the song again and try to focus on the lyrics and imagine him singing without the choir!:wub2:

And if that doesn't do it for you, try to recap your teens!:roftl:

[silver]

Protest all you like but by the end of the week you'll be going 'WAG WAG WAG!" everywhere :roftl:

:dunno: I still seem to be immune to its charms

[robertina]

Listen to the song again and try to focus on the lyrics and imagine him singing without the choir!:wub2:

And if that doesn't do it for you, try to recap your teens!:roftl:

eheheheheh
i'm 50 and proud...i guess this simply is not MY song.
nice, but not in my chords.

but mika gave and will give me many more, and i'll love them :wub2:

i'll sing out loud with you all and i'll have fun, this is sure!:thumb_yello:
but wag will never be my favourite

i'm ready to move on!!
next single please?!?
:teehee:

[suzie]

I believe that first when the songs go into production and they have to choose which ones to put on the album, people will start to give opinions what reception each of the new songs will get, and which would be a likely single or even a number one. My guess is that Universal was pretty happy that at least one of the 64 pieces he wrote had the quality of a mainstream radio-friendly song :wink2:
:thumb_yello:
....you know what? If I had been part of the record company team having a say in which song is to be released as the first single, I would have also chosen WAG, despite the fact that it is not in my Top 10 Mika songs ever..:biggrin2:
( I know it might sound like I view it from a business perspecive only, but I do like it, just in a different way: with no emotions attached. :wink2: ...)

[sienna]

eheheheheh
i'm 50 and proud...i guess this simply is not MY song.
nice, but not in my chords.

but mika gave and will give me many more, and i'll love them :wub2:

i'll sing out loud with you all and i'll have fun, this is sure!:thumb_yello:
but wag will never be my favourite

i'm ready to move on!!
next single please?!?
:teehee:

I know what you mean!:wub2:

Maybe this not the place to talk about it :blush-anim-cl: but I think that so far, on my own top list of Mika’s songs, SITM is a clear and outstanding favourite.
I have been collecting many different versions of that song from different gigs and I never get tired to hear them. That song has, apart from the lyrics, which is a masterpiece in itself, so much variation in it, with his voice, the humming part and the endless ways he treats it on the piano! Just love it!:wub2:

[Moonlightchild]

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!!
First of all,mind your language,you truly hurt my feelings.
Second I sad it sounds too commercial to me, that's just an opinion and has noting to do with not being intelligent, I'm intelligent enough to give my opinion.
than,I said it would be a good song to get his feet into America (what's wrong with that!)
So you just think people are stupid and have their heads in...(no I'm not gonna quote that) because they are not excited about this song and because they have an opinion about it.
With this post you, yourself don't sound that smart to me.
And it's like someone else said here, just like her I'm over 30 and it doesn't do it for me.
But, I have to say it's growing on me.

BTW; I never said it's a bad song,I just said it was not what I expected it would be and I still think it's not his best

[Moonlightchild]

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.






agree:thumb_yello:

[KatrienV]

The song is still stuck in head :woot_jump:


I like the new cover better than the first one!

[identicaltwin3]

I can't stop listening to the Myspace version...

I'm sure we will have to fight to get into the venue at the next tour. :teehee:




I wish I could -sulking again...

Sleepless for some reason, I've seen the light :pbjt: at 5 in the morning -all great men, Napoleon, a Leo too, and Sire included have been insomniacs- and now I know why I don't much enjoy WAG : no melody to speak of :thumbdown: .

Cheers,

Id3

[OhMyMika!!]

i know it's kindda late to write a "review" or sth for this song
but i heard it for the first time this morning and didn't like it as much but i decided not to post anything till i make up my mind...by now which is 11:20 PM i absolutely love it! :teehee:
daymn it grew on me...:mf_rosetinted:


+ can't wait for the vid! :naughty:

[milica01]

LOOOOVE the song!!!! Specially the way he says 'goooolden'!!!
Oh!!
Can't wait the video, love to watch him dancing!!!

[Shikutukumimika]

Gawlden. :mf_rosetinted: It still sounds like GAAAAAAAWWWLDEEEN, even after I've heard it a million times. :roftl:

[identicaltwin3]

I can't stop listening to the Myspace version...

I'm sure we will have to fight to get into the venue at the next tour. :teehee:




Hopefully, we'll be spoilt by Sire and bestowed upon a few seating venues :wink2: ?

Cheers,

Id3

[identicaltwin3]

I know what you mean!:wub2:

Maybe this not the place to talk about it but I think that so far, on my own top list of Mika’s songs, SITM is a clear and outstanding favourite.
I have been collecting many different versions of that song from different gigs and I never get tired to hear them. That song has, apart from the lyrics, which is a masterpiece in itself, so much variation in it, with his voice, the humming part and the endless ways he treats it on the piano! Just love it!

Don't worry, love : f we didn't post off topic this wouldn't be the MFC :naughty: .

SITM lyrics are poignant, at the same time so loving, so bitter and so wistful... I bet there is one guy whose eyes are brimming :tears: whenever he listens to it.
It's a beautiful love song, as touching as HMDYLM, in a different way of course :wink2: .

I myself am not partial to the jazzy piano part of it. It kind of ruins the magic :sneaky2: .

If you have got many versions of it -so have I- can you VM me which is/are your fave(s) :biggrin2: ?

Cheers,

Id3

[Shikutukumimika]

Wha, I still didn't post my opinion. :aah: Maybe I shouldn't do it now, after the loads of coffee I had and after I got up at 5:42 am. :naughty:

We Are Golden, eh? It sounds happy. But, it's a happy-sounding-sad-song-with-a-meaning. I hope he didn't hurt himself. I mean, he sings "I hurt myself" but I hope that's just saying, not doing. Because it hurts to hurt yourself. I don't want him to be hurt. Okay, it probs just fit in with the rest of the lyrics, but I am worried.

Okay, that didn't make sense. :aah:

So, I kinda like the song but I think it's weird. It sounds so typical pop-ish but also typical weird Mika-ish. :aah:

Okay, forget it, I think I'm just being weird. :teehee:

[suzie]

The song is still stuck in head :woot_jump:



Don't tell me... I basically woke up to it being played in my head and I only listened to it 3 times yesterday...:blink:
I am seriously scared....:mf_rosetinted:

[robertina]

i'm still the same of yesterday, no improvement :mf_rosetinted:

i'll stay the only lonely one? :naughty:

[greta]

i'm still the same of yesterday, no improvement :mf_rosetinted:

i'll stay the only lonely one? :naughty:
what kind of being you were a day ago? :teehee:
I D O N T F I N D I T P A R T I C U L A R L Y G O O D *runs*

[Laurel]

Gawlden. :mf_rosetinted: It still sounds like GAAAAAAAWWWLDEEEN, even after I've heard it a million times. :roftl:

That bit of the song .... it's the bit I really didn't like on the snippet .... now it's the bit I like the most .... I'm so fickle :lmfao:

Gawwwwwwwwwlden ... we are Gawwwwwwwlden :naughty:

[Shikutukumimika]

That bit of the song .... it's the bit I really didn't like on the snippet .... now it's the bit I like the most .... I'm so fickle :lmfao:

Gawwwwwwwwwlden ... we are Gawwwwwwwlden :naughty:

I still don't like that bit. It's just too gaaaaaawwwldeeen for me. :mf_rosetinted: :naughty:

But it makes me giggle. :teehee:

[sariflor]

It wants me to install Flash and to do that it wants me to turn off Firefox!

I don’t dare to do that!:shocked:


Just do it :naughty:. it's totally safe (and quite necessary).
Just say yes to everything, accept, it will take you to the adobe website (the makers of flash), install it, and then restart Firefox or explorer or whatever.


:dunno: I still seem to be immune to its charms

You cold hearted biatch, you :aah::biggrin2:

[CazGirl]

I think it's my fave Mika song right now :naughty:

It makes me so happy I could cry.

[racinghorse83]

I think it's my fave Mika song right now :naughty:

It makes me so happy I could cry.

:dunno: it made me cry. that combined with hearing mika's voice 'live' (want for a better word) for the first time and the mentioning of New Zealand 4 (YES!! FOUR!) times :teehee:

[laura*]

i'm still the same of yesterday, no improvement :mf_rosetinted:

i'll stay the only lonely one? :naughty:


Honestly, I don't give a damn if you don't like it. :roftl:

But I'm really sorry for you, because it makes me feel so good! :groovy:
Just turn up the volume, set on repeat and jump around!!!! :boing: :boing:

[suzie]

i'm still the same of yesterday, no improvement :mf_rosetinted:



Just turn up the volume, set on repeat and jump around!!!! :boing: :boing:

We are all different... some like jumping around in their underpants, some are catchy tune resistent.:mf_rosetinted:

[laura*]

We are all different... some like jumping around in their underpants, some are catchy tune resistent.:mf_rosetinted:


I'm glad I'm species number 1. :mf_rosetinted:


BTW I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt. :biggrin2:

[sienna]

Don't worry, love : f we didn't post off topic this wouldn't be the MFC

SITM lyrics are poignant, at the same time so loving, so bitter and so wistful... I bet there is one guy whose eyes are brimming :tears: whenever he listens to it.
It's a beautiful love song, as touching as HMDYLM, in a different way of course

I myself am not partial to the jazzy piano part of it. It kind of ruins the magic .

If you have got many versions of it -so have I- can you VM me which is/are your fave(s) :biggrin2: ?

Cheers,

Id3

Sure, I’ll have a serious listen and try to remember where each and everyone came from; I’ll be back to you!:wink2:

Don't tell me... I basically woke up to it being played in my head and I only listened to it 3 times yesterday...:blink:
I am seriously scared....

You should be!:roftl:

Whatever it is, it’s catchy!:biggrin2:


i'm still the same of yesterday, no improvement :mf_rosetinted:

i'll stay the only lonely one? :naughty:

Wait to the live performance I’ll tell you!:wub2:

That bit of the song .... it's the bit I really didn't like on the snippet .... now it's the bit I like the most .... I'm so fickle

Gawwwwwwwwwlden ... we are Gawwwwwwwlden

Congrats to the ticket, have tons of fun, I’ll be with you in my thoughts and please don’t forget to report back!:thumb_yello:

We are all different... some like jumping around in their underpants, some are catchy tune resistent.:mf_rosetinted:

Ahum, can we really know abou that yet? I mean really?!:naughty:

[identicaltwin3]

I'm glad I'm species number 1. :mf_rosetinted:


BTW I'm wearing jeans and a t-shirt. :biggrin2:

Sure, and I am the Queen of May :roftl: .

Cheers,

Id3

[sienna]

Just do it :naughty:. it's totally safe (and quite necessary).
Just say yes to everything, accept, it will take you to the adobe website (the makers of flash), install it, and then restart Firefox or explorer or whatever.



Okay.
I'm still scared but I'll give it a try!:biggrin2:

[identicaltwin3]

Gawlden. :mf_rosetinted: It still sounds like GAAAAAAAWWWLDEEEN, even after I've heard it a million times. :roftl:

True :shocked: .
Really, Sire, what happened to you, leaving your American vowels in mid-Atlantic :rolls_eyes: !
Fortunately, there is some 'wader' in Lady Jane to make up for it :thumb_yello: ...

Cheers,

Id3

[Shikutukumimika]

True :shocked: .
Really, Sire, what happened to you, leaving your American vowels in mid-Atlantic :rolls_eyes: !
Fortunately, there is some 'wader' in Lady Jane to make up for it :thumb_yello: ...

Cheers,

Id3

:naughty:

Yah, Lady Jane culd walk on wadder. :mf_rosetinted:

[Dark Angel]

I cant pre-order it :tears: :tears: :tears:

[Shikutukumimika]

The Album or the Single?

[Dark Angel]

The Album or the Single?

the single. Pre-ordered the album 1-2 weeks time ago

[Shikutukumimika]

the single. Pre-ordered the album 1-2 weeks time ago

Ah 'kay. I didn't even know you can pre-order the single, so I don't know how, sorry. :wink2:

[Dark Angel]

Ah 'kay. I didn't even know you can pre-order the single, so I don't know how, sorry. :wink2:

pre-order the album on amazon and single on itunes. Link to pre-order the single on Mikas myspace. But you can only pre-order that one on iTunes. I do have iTunes but it wont let me cos its in a Danish version thingy.... :tears:

[huikings]

I still don't like that bit. It's just too gaaaaaawwwldeeen for me. :mf_rosetinted: :naughty:

But it makes me giggle. :teehee:



u made me giggle:teehee:
hv been listening to this song for who-knows-how-many times, but still, everytime when it comes to that part, i juz think of some of u guys' posts, as well as some comments in Perez's site saying "i get annoyed by how he says GOLDEN":roftl:


okay, so no time for me to read all the pages either. but i've got to say, last morning when i woke up, plugged in my earphones n listened to the song under perfect sunlight and blue sky with fluffy clouds, i found life so enormously brightened at that moment!! it's both energetic and emotional. when i listened to the lines "now i'm sitting alone, i'm finally looking around....", suddenly i wanna cry.............. our boy can reli catch that tiny bit of adolescent sentiment n deliever it in a vibrant way.


though it's still kind of overproduced, i luv WAG and MIKA.:mf_rosetinted:

[laura*]

Sure, and I am the Queen of May :roftl: .

Cheers,

Id3

Nice to meet you! :pinkbow:
My pervy Queen! :bow:


:naughty:

Yah, Lady Jane culd walk on wadder. :mf_rosetinted:

:naughty:


Ah 'kay. I didn't even know you can pre-order the single, so I don't know how, sorry. :wink2:

:roftl:

[Big Girl]

I am stunned, shocked and well, quite frankly gutted :S

On first listen I hated it, infact so did everybody around me at the time. Which prompted some serious p*** taking as they know how much I like Mika. Add embarrassed to the above list :shocked:

Ok, so now after hearing it what feels like a gazillion times (thanks Radio1) I can appreciate (?) its catchiness, but the whole "we are gawwwlden" (perfect description btw) bit makes me cringe.

What really worries me is, was this really the best track he had on the album? After such a long break this single needed to be as spectacular as Grace Kelly was, and surely most of us can admit it's just not? I was really hoping he would come out with something a lot better both lyrically and musically and a lot less teeny pop, just to show all his doubters that he could. Instead this is the worst example of sacharine pop so far and will just confirm the opinions of those who see him as a tacky kiddies pop star.

Sorry. No, really I am.

[suzie]

I am stunned, shocked and well, quite frankly gutted :S


:huglove:

My recommended approach to handle the situation is as follows:

1., Confess it to Holy Johnny :naughty:

2., Read the whole thread from the time we heard the first snippet, then when we heard the song and see how our opinions were kind of divided and we also kind of overanalysed both the song and our expectations as usual ...
I think it will be a nice read..:wink2:

That should cheer you up:biggrin2:

[Shikutukumimika]

:roftl:

Is no fun I didn't know! :sneaky2:

:naughty:


Not like I am going to pre-order it, I'll just tell the owner of the nearest music shop he has to get the single for me. :pinkbow:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

I am stunned, shocked and well, quite frankly gutted :S

On first listen I hated it, infact so did everybody around me at the time. Which prompted some serious p*** taking as they know how much I like Mika. Add embarrassed to the above list :shocked:

Ok, so now after hearing it what feels like a gazillion times (thanks Radio1) I can appreciate (?) its catchiness, but the whole "we are gawwwlden" (perfect description btw) bit makes me cringe.

What really worries me is, was this really the best track he had on the album? After such a long break this single needed to be as spectacular as Grace Kelly was, and surely most of us can admit it's just not? I was really hoping he would come out with something a lot better both lyrically and musically and a lot less teeny pop, just to show all his doubters that he could. Instead this is the worst example of sacharine pop so far and will just confirm the opinions of those who see him as a tacky kiddies pop star.

Sorry. No, really I am.

This is an interesting review .. at first I must say I thought mmm high school musical and hes lost that "classic" edge , several listens later .. its actually deeper than that and mega catchy .. a whole album of this would drive me nutty (as if he would):blink:

[laura*]

Is no fun I didn't know! :sneaky2:

:naughty:


Not like I am going to pre-order it, I'll just tell the owner of the nearest music shop he has to get the single for me. :pinkbow:

I never preorder. You know, somehow I've become a very patient fan. :fisch:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

We need to change all the threads to " We Are Goldeeeeeeennnnnnnnn"

:roftl::thumb_yello:

[Shikutukumimika]

I never preorder. You know, somehow I've become a very patient fan. :fisch:

What a surprise. :mf_rosetinted:

We've become the most patient fans in the world, while living in Mikatime. :naughty:

[Kodes100]

A long time ago, too...But he got some more than others I must say :naughty:






Protest all you like but by the end of the week you'll be going 'WAG WAG WAG!" everywhere :roftl:

That is Too Funny!
I am already going WAG WAG WAG Everywhere!

[Kodes100]

First of all,mind your language,you truly hurt my feelings.
Second I sad it sounds too commercial to me, that's just an opinion and has noting to do with not being intelligent, I'm intelligent enough to give my opinion.
than,I said it would be a good song to get his feet into America (what's wrong with that!)
So you just think people are stupid and have their heads in...(no I'm not gonna quote that) because they are not excited about this song and because they have an opinion about it.
With this post you, yourself don't sound that smart to me.
And it's like someone else said here, just like her I'm over 30 and it doesn't do it for me.
But, I have to say it's growing on me.

BTW; I never said it's a bad song,I just said it was not what I expected it would be and I still think it's not his best



I wasn't referring to you - unless you said Mika sold out etc.
From what I read of your posts you didn't.
I was a "bit" crude but I don't think my language was that Bad!

I was & am still talking about the very few her who didn't just critique Mika's new song but Mika himself as if he turned into someone else. DUH!
I don't agree!
I don't think most here agree with those statements.
Believe it or not I don't have Anything against Anybody who doesn't like We Are Golden!
Yesterday one of the "few" stated here Emphatically that Mika will NOT be changing the title of his new album.
Mika has changed it already - Get Over Yourself!!

Love We Are Golden!

Bravo Mika!!

[Moonlightchild]

I wasn't referring to you - unless you said Mika sold out etc.
From what I read of your posts you didn't.
I was a "bit" crude but I don't think my language was that Bad!

I was & am still talking about the very few her who didn't just critique Mika's new song but Mika himself as if he turned into someone else. DUH!
I don't agree!
I don't think most here agree with those statements.
Believe it or not I don't have Anything against Anybody who doesn't like We Are Golden!
Yesterday one of the "few" stated here Emphatically that Mika will NOT be changing the title of his new album.
Mika has changed it already - Get Over Yourself!!

Love We Are Golden!

Bravo Mika!!
and bam she did it again
I'm not going to like you, I think

[dcdeb]

We need to change all the threads to " We Are Goldeeeeeeennnnnnnnn"

:roftl::thumb_yello:

I don't think we need to do that -- they already ARE We are Golden! LOL!
:roftl:


I was a "bit" crude but I don't think my language was that Bad!

I think your tone was a bit harsh, and has continued to be
harsh, and now I'm asking you respectfully to scale it
down. It's fine to disagree, and it's fine to be passionate, but when you
start going down the insulting road it's time for the moderators to step in.

You need to "get over yourself" as well -- everyone has a right to
express their opinion here, but no one has a right to be insulting and
rude. Please reread the MFC Guidelines (link in my sig) if you need
to be reminded of what's acceptable here.

I'm happy to see you actively posting again -- I remember you from
way back, so I know you're a longtime fan like many of us and that
you are probably just as excited at Mika's return to the "scene" as
we are. I'm just asking that you express yourself a little less aggressively.

Thanks so much! :thumb_yello:

[Kodes100]

and bam she did it again
I'm not going to like you, I think

Nobody is asking you to!

FYI - This isn't high school all over again!

[Kodes100]

I don't think we need to do that -- they already ARE We are Golden! LOL!
:roftl:



I think your tone was a bit harsh, and has continued to be
harsh, and now I'm asking you respectfully to scale it
down. It's fine to disagree, and it's fine to be passionate, but when you
start going down the insulting road it's time for the moderators to step in.

You need to "get over yourself" as well -- everyone has a right to
express their opinion here, but no one has a right to be insulting and
rude. Please reread the MFC Guidelines (link in my sig) if you need
to be reminded of what's acceptable here.

I'm happy to see you actively posting again -- I remember you from
way back, so I know you're a longtime fan like many of us and that
you are probably just as excited at Mika's return to the "scene" as
we are. I'm just asking that you express yourself a little less aggressively.

Thanks so much! :thumb_yello:

You are Right!

I Apologize!

I did get Ticked with some of the personal criticisms of "Mika" & did not express myself in a polite way.

I will back off!!

[Shikutukumimika]

Nobody is asking you to!

FYI - This isn't high school all over again!

Nobody is asking you to be so rude and insulting.

This isn't highschool indeed. Because at highschool it is normal to fight, be rude and to insult people. Here it isn't.

[Moonlightchild]

I heard WAG again today,and you know what.I liked it,no, I loved it!!! :fangurl::biggrin2::yay:

[laura*]

Nobody is asking you to be so rude and insulting.

This isn't highschool indeed. Because at highschool it is normal to fight, be rude and to insult people. Here it isn't.

I know, sadly. :tears:
But I'm sharpening my teeth for next year. :mf_rosetinted:

[Shikutukumimika]

I know, sadly. :tears:
But I'm sharpening my teeth for next year. :mf_rosetinted:

Me too.

I'm becoming a real bitch, beware.:mf_rosetinted:

[laura*]

Me too.

I'm becoming a real bitch, beware.:mf_rosetinted:

Well, actually, my students haven't made up their mind yet. One day they call me a bitch, then the following day they switch to nun. :blink:
I'm going identity mad. :naughty:

[Shikutukumimika]

Well, actually, my students haven't made up their mind yet. One day they call me a bitch, then the following day they switch to nun. :blink:
I'm going identity mad. :naughty:

You can be anything they like, apparently. :mf_rosetinted: :roftl:

[Greyceli]

I made my best friend listen to We Are Golden and the first thing she said was "I don't like it, it sounds like High School Musical".
I was like "IT DOESN'T?!?!".

I think a lot of us have suffered a placebo through the release of this song. We have anticipated it for ages, it already had it's own thread, and all of those who had already heard it said it was brilliant. All of these things kind of led us to liking it or believing that we liked it because we already thought it was amazing. This is why it's easier for those who heard the single, without going fan-crazy about it months before, to admit that they don't love it.
I think we can all agree that it's definitely not the Mika material that we are used to, but we love Mika and support everything he does so we are determined to adapt. Others were just absolutely fascinated at the first listen, so the variety in the opinions are immense.

[identicaltwin3]

I am stunned, shocked and well, quite frankly gutted :S

On first listen I hated it, infact so did everybody around me at the time. Which prompted some serious p*** taking as they know how much I like Mika. Add embarrassed to the above list :shocked:

Ok, so now after hearing it what feels like a gazillion times (thanks Radio1) I can appreciate (?) its catchiness, but the whole "we are gawwwlden" (perfect description btw) bit makes me cringe.

What really worries me is, was this really the best track he had on the album? After such a long break this single needed to be as spectacular as Grace Kelly was, and surely most of us can admit it's just not? I was really hoping he would come out with something a lot better both lyrically and musically and a lot less teeny pop, just to show all his doubters that he could. Instead this is the worst example of sacharine pop so far and will just confirm the opinions of those who see him as a tacky kiddies pop star.

Sorry. No, really I am.

Roby, there are three of us now, we're a much less endangered species :dance_man: !

Cheers,

Id3

[sariflor]

Well, actually, my students haven't made up their mind yet. One day they call me a bitch, then the following day they switch to nun. :blink:
I'm going identity mad. :naughty:

Surely a nun can be a bitch at the same time? :naughty: I swear that I have heard reports of some of those before :biggrin2:

[Blue Sky]

Did anyone see that we can preorder WAG now?
From MS:
PRE-ORDER WE ARE GOLDEN FROM ITUNES NOW!
Posted on July 22nd, 2009
“Epic. Huge. Massive. And, of course, happy!”
- Perez Hilton

Mika’s new single, ‘We Are Golden’ is available to pre-order now at iTunes.
Click here (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=324695850&s=143444) now to pre-order your copy and your iPod can go gold as soon as the song hits the iTunes Store.
Don’t forget that you can still listen to a clip of ‘We Are Golden’ on mikasounds.com right now, just tune in here (http://www.mikasounds.com/) and see what all the fuss is about!
‘We Are Golden’ the album is released on September 21st.
MIKASOUNDS

[identicaltwin3]

I don't think we need to do that -- they already ARE We are Golden! LOL!
:roftl:



I think your tone was a bit harsh, and has continued to be
harsh, and now I'm asking you respectfully to scale it
down. It's fine to disagree, and it's fine to be passionate, but when you
start going down the insulting road it's time for the moderators to step in.

You need to "get over yourself" as well -- everyone has a right to
express their opinion here, but no one has a right to be insulting and
rude. Please reread the MFC Guidelines (link in my sig) if you need
to be reminded of what's acceptable here.

I'm happy to see you actively posting again -- I remember you from
way back, so I know you're a longtime fan like many of us and that
you are probably just as excited at Mika's return to the "scene" as
we are. I'm just asking that you express yourself a little less aggressively.

Thanks so much! :thumb_yello:

:confused:

Cheers,

Id3

[laura*]

You can be anything they like, apparently. :mf_rosetinted: :roftl:

Surely a nun can be a bitch at the same time? :naughty: I swear that I have heard reports of some of those before :biggrin2:


:crybaby:

But I've got a good reply for them: I live for glitter, not you. :shun: :mf_rosetinted:

[forevermika]

I made my best friend listen to We Are Golden and the first thing she said was "I don't like it, it sounds like High School Musical".
I was like "IT DOESN'T?!?!".

I think a lot of us have suffered a placebo through the release of this song. We have anticipated it for ages, it already had it's own thread, and all of those who had already heard it said it was brilliant. All of these things kind of led us to liking it or believing that we liked it because we already thought it was amazing. This is why it's easier for those who heard the single, without going fan-crazy about it months before, to admit that they don't love it.
I think we can all agree that it's definitely not the Mika material that we are used to, but we love Mika and support everything he does so we are determined to adapt. Others were just absolutely fascinated at the first listen, so the variety in the opinions are immense.

This is a really good thought, I agree with it. Are we automatically going to like this whole album just beause we think its brilliant already. I hope not.

[identicaltwin3]

Nobody is asking you to!

FYI - This isn't high school all over again!

:confused:

Cheers,

Id3

[mikalollipop_karla]

:crybaby:

But I've got a good reply for them: I live for glitter, not you. :shun: :mf_rosetinted:

quiet laura don´t cry :biggrin2:

[laura*]

quiet laura don´t cry :biggrin2:

:huglove:

[identicaltwin3]

I know, sadly. :tears:
But I'm sharpening my teeth for next year. :mf_rosetinted:

So your braindead students were -once more :rolls_eyes: - wrong : you are not so much a bitch or a nun as a trouble maker :devil: :bow: .

Cheers,

Id3

[Shikutukumimika]

:crybaby:

But I've got a good reply for them: I live for glitter, not you. :shun: :mf_rosetinted:

Aww.. Don't cry. :huglove: You get some hair on your teeth and be a perfect teacher!

[Emerald]

Am I the only one who can't hear "WAG" on Mika's myspace anymore? :(

[silver]

Am I the only one who can't hear "WAG" on Mika's myspace anymore? :(

I think someone said it would only be streamed for 24 hours. But I can't remember where I read that :old:

[suzie]

Am I the only one who can't hear "WAG" on Mika's myspace anymore? :(

I think the idea was that it would be on for 24 hours only..:wink2:
(and now you can pre-order the download with the link available.)

[lindemfc]

is it true that the ending of WAG was different? The version on Mika's myspace from the one we've heard so far on radio I mean? :wink2:

[suzie]

is it true that the ending of WAG was different? The version on Mika's myspace from the one we've heard so far on radio I mean? :wink2:

It was 30 secs longer and with 2 parts repeated, I guess, one being him shouting the chorus and then the kids's choir doing the same...

So, no significant difference

[Soaring Simpson]

is it true that the ending of WAG was different? The version on Mika's myspace from the one we've heard so far on radio I mean? :wink2:

Just a bit- more choir, then another falsetto bit. A lot of people preferred it, but I'd go for the whispering end myself.

[xxmika-maddo-joxx]

Can someone post a Picture of the artwork, please? :)
I can't find it anywhere up close :(

[Mary]

WAG is already playing on a cell phone company commercial here in Portugal:

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsUMhQGlUs

Yesterday I was watching TV and saw this...I was like "Whaaaaaaa?? NO WAY!" :boing: :aah:

[xxmika-maddo-joxx]

WAG is already playing on a cell phone company commercial here in Portugal:

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsUMhQGlUs

Yesterday I was watching TV and saw this...I was like "Whaaaaaaa?? NO WAY!" :boing: :aah:

:naughty: NEVER! ALREADY?
I don't think it suits the advert neither :teehee:

[Emerald]

Oh ok, thanks guys! :)

[hjbsrbab@hbibby.orangehom]

Not being a dimwit but was there supposed to be a WAG video today...

[Moonlightchild]

Not being a dimwit but was there supposed to be a WAG video today...
I just asked the same question in an other thread

[hjbsrbab@hbibby.orangehom]

I just asked the same question in an other thread

Did you get a reply?

[Moonlightchild]

Did you get a reply?
Yes but it wasn't that helpful:roftl:
about considering Mika time
So my guess is that it will be on some where end this century or the next:roftl:

[hjbsrbab@hbibby.orangehom]

Yes but it wasn't that helpful:roftl:
about considering Mika time
So my guess is that it will be on some where end this century or the next:roftl:

Thanks :teehee:

[CazGirl]

Yes but it wasn't that helpful:roftl:
about considering Mika time
So my guess is that it will be on some where end this century or the next:roftl:

At the top of the week is more than likely.

[crazyaboutmika]

It seems Mika is fighting hard so the video isn't censored (mikasounds twitter); I can't wait to see it either! But I grasp time the same way Mika does, so I can wait cause I understand; we know it's worth waiting because the video will be Mikawesome as ever!

[babspanky]

Hello. I love it now.

[CazGirl]

Hello. I love it now.

Didn't you love it in the first place? :blush-anim-cl:

[babspanky]

Didn't you love it in the first place? :blush-anim-cl:

To be honest I heard that little clip and kinda liked it. Then I kind of heard it on Monday but too many people were talking in the office. Then I was so tired I didn't really listen to it again properly till today.

Feels like 2007 again!

[CazGirl]

To be honest I heard that little clip and kinda liked it. Then I kind of heard it on Monday but too many people were talking in the office. Then I was so tired I didn't really listen to it again properly till today.

Feels like 2007 again!

It does, doesn't it? It's like water in the saucepan...it's simmering....and then it bubbles and bubbles....and at some point it's just gonna burst :naughty:

TOTALLY CANNOT WAIT FOR THE TOUR!

[babspanky]

It does, doesn't it? It's like water in the saucepan...it's simmering....and then it bubbles and bubbles....and at some point it's just gonna burst :naughty:

TOTALLY CANNOT WAIT FOR THE TOUR!

Haha great analogy! Now I am really looking forward to the album too.

[CazGirl]

Haha great analogy! Now I am really looking forward to the album too.

Me too. One track I'm really looking forward to is "I See You"

[natmika]

Hello. I love it now.

Another one bites the dust:mf_rosetinted:

Dear, join the club of the "formerly-haters-of-WAG". I'm member number 1



And for some reason, I'm really looking forward to listening to Dr. John.

[Moonlightchild]

At the top of the week is more than likely.
oh no:shocked:, not top of the week:aah:,that will take even longer than a century:naughty:

[laura*]

Yes but it wasn't that helpful:roftl:
about considering Mika time
So my guess is that it will be on some where end this century or the next:roftl:


:fisch:
Sorry. :teehee:

[mikalollipop_karla]

hello everyone:bye:

[laura*]

hello everyone:bye:


Ciao Karla! :bye:

[mikalollipop_karla]

Ciao Karla! :bye:

if you want you can help what's twitter


:wink2:

[A. Clay]

WAG is already playing on a cell phone company commercial here in Portugal:

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsUMhQGlUs

Yesterday I was watching TV and saw this...I was like "Whaaaaaaa?? NO WAY!" :boing: :aah:

GOOD FIND! :thumb_yello:

[mikalollipop_karla]

Emotion

[Moonlightchild]

:fisch:
Sorry. :teehee:
Sorry laura,didn't meant to say it like it sounds :teehee:
Thanks for quoting me in that other thread,I can be so ungrateful sometimes:roftl:

[laura*]

Sorry laura,didn't meant to say it like it sounds :teehee:
Thanks for quoting me in that other thread,I can be so ungrateful sometimes:roftl:


I was joking. No problem. Although we do live in Mikatime! :naughty:
And I actually wasn't helpful at all! :roftl:

[Dorii]

OOOOOOOOOOHHH I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!! It's soo amazing! :mf_lustslow::wub2::teehee::biggrin2::naughty: I can't wait for Sept 21!

We Are Golden on Youtube (good quality with lyrics): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVVS8uNPc5k

[Dorii]

I listening again and again! This song is fantastic and amazing!!!! :biggrin2::mf_lustslow:

[Romis]

I listening again and again! This song is fantastic and amazing!!!! :biggrin2::mf_lustslow:

I sing along all the time :teehee:

First time I can sing a song really feeling it :naughty: I even close my eyes and dance a little bit, hahaha

[*carrie*]

I really like it! :biggrin2:

I was worried I wouldn't..

[mikalollipop_karla]

I sing along all the time :teehee:

First time I can sing a song really feeling it :naughty: I even close my eyes and dance a little bit, hahaha

Great :naughty:

[identicaltwin3]

To be honest I heard that little clip and kinda liked it. Then I kind of heard it on Monday but too many people were talking in the office. Then I was so tired I didn't really listen to it again properly till today.

Feels like 2007 again!

Yeah, coworkers can be mightily annoying and rude :mad: : honestly, talking business when there are so many much more serious things to listen to :sneaky2: !

What's brilliant with teaching :thumb_yello: is when you say 'Quiet !', they do shut up :shocked: .

Cheers,

Id3

[nikjass]

Had reviews of WAG from friends who aren't real Mika fans - some good, some bad. It is another Marmite!

[crazyaboutmika]

This morning, I woke up and "We are golden" was playing inside my head (the same thing happened with "Good gone girl"!) I'm so happy about it!:)

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

I wish he wouldnt sing over the choir (record repeat over and over again I know)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uORcKfgVJaE

You can actually hear them on here , they seem distant and quite on WAG :blink:

[violet_sky]

After having listened to the song one and a half times and decided not to like it, I got asked yesterday what it was that I'd been humming all day long. :blink:
:sneaky2: I suspect there's some serious brainwashing going on.

[babspanky]

After having listened to the song one and a half times and decided not to like it, I got asked yesterday what it was that I'd been humming all day long. :blink:
:sneaky2: I suspect there's some serious brainwashing going on.

Yeah the clever ****er......:aah:

[robertina]

for all those interested in my WAG evolution, i have to admit that i woke up with 'we are not what you think we are - we are golden' in my head.
this quite disturbed me, cause i cannot deny the brainstoming power of that refrain.

so i guess i will come to the conclusion that i will listen to the song without fighting against it, still convinced that i don't like it, still disappointed it has been chosen as first single, fully aware it will be a huge success that will give mika the power and money to keep on writing the songs i love better.

so....HAIL WAG! i bow to you power :bow:

i even can see the usual trick sad words/happy rythm fully working in this song, i'd wonder if it were not like this.
i'll sing it out loud at gigs, and join every choir he might want us to sing, i know it will be great fun, but this does not mean i fully like this song.

bulletin over :biggrin2:

[nikjass]

After having listened to the song one and a half times and decided not to like it, I got asked yesterday what it was that I'd been humming all day long. :blink:
:sneaky2: I suspect there's some serious brainwashing going on.

Maybe it's some kind of magical spell that's included in the song..:aah:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

for all those interested in my WAG evolution, i have to admit that i woke up with 'we are not what you think we are - we are golden' in my head.
this quite disturbed me, cause i cannot deny the brainstoming power of that refrain.

so i guess i will come to the conclusion that i will listen to the song without fighting against it, still convinced that i don't like it, still disappointed it has been chosen as first single, fully aware it will be a huge success that will give mika the power and money to keep on writing the songs i love better.

so....HAIL WAG! i bow to you power :bow:

i even can see the usual trick sad words/happy rythm fully working in this song, i'd wonder if it were not like this.
i'll sing it out loud at gigs, and join every choir he might want us to sing, i know it will be great fun, but this does not mean i fully like this song.

bulletin over :biggrin2:

Just a matter of time :naughty:

[robertina]

Just a matter of time :naughty:

:sneaky2:

you and your curly friend! :aah:

[suzie]

for all those interested in my WAG evolution, i have to admit that i woke up with 'we are not what you think we are - we are golden' in my head.


I woke up to it 2nd morning in a row ( but if I count Saturday morning as well, it is the third one, actually) :blink:

He seems to have included a magic potion as an additional ingredient. (:kaf:)

[robertina]

I woke up to it 2nd morning in a row ( but if I count Saturday morning as well, it is the third one, actually) :blink:

He seems to have included a magic potion as an additional ingredient. (:kaf:)

yeah :sneaky2:
but the wizard here is mr. greg wells
:wink2:

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

:sneaky2:

you and your curly friend! :aah:

:roftl::roftl:

Thought ways all the way from the UK .. Robiii make lasagangee and love WAG .. :wub2::naughty:

[violet_sky]

Maybe it's some kind of magical spell that's included in the song..:aah:

Yes, a repeated secret message like 'you won't get rid of me', too high for the ear but not for the subconscious. Mean.

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

I woke up to it 2nd morning in a row ( but if I count Saturday morning as well, it is the third one, actually) :blink:

He seems to have included a magic potion as an additional ingredient. (:kaf:)

Is that on Radio 1?

[suzie]

Is that on Radio 1?

No, it's Suzie's radio inside her head :insane:

I usually wake up to my mobile's alarm but these days I find myself waking up to this melody being played in my head. Scary...

[FREDDIESDOUBLE]

No, it's Suzie's radio inside her head :insane:

I usually wake up to my mobile's alarm but these days I find myself waking up to this melody being played in my head. Scary...

:roftl:

Youve been drining that 40% proof black "stuff" you gave me havent you? :naughty:

mmmm why havent I heard it on Radio yet .. mmmm <twitter time>

[suzie]

:roftl:

Youve been drining that 40% proof black "stuff" you gave me havent you? :naughty:



No, no... "Black stuff" is for later if and when I am next at his concert as I will most definitely need encouragement to sing the teenage dreams in a teenage circus :pinkbow: stuff.... I'll bring some for Robi as well :drunk_sing:
:biggrin2:

[robertina]

No, no... "Black stuff" is for later if and when I am next at his concert as I will most definitely need encouragement to sing the teenage dreams in a teenage circus :pinkbow: stuff.... I'll bring some for Robi as well :drunk_sing:
:biggrin2:

i'll stick to the 'we are not what you think we are- we are golden' bit:biggrin2:

i feel golden, if not a teen!:naughty:

i book a place next to you anyway, we can be grumpy to wag together :thumb_yello:
(violet, interested?)

[sariflor]

I woke up to it 2nd morning in a row ( but if I count Saturday morning as well, it is the third one, actually) :blink:

He seems to have included a magic potion as an additional ingredient. (:kaf:)





This morning, I woke up and "We are golden" was playing inside my head




After having listened to the song one and a half times and decided not to like it, I got asked yesterday what it was that I'd been humming all day long. :blink:
:sneaky2: I suspect there's some serious brainwashing going on.




for all those interested in my WAG evolution, i have to admit that i woke up with 'we are not what you think we are - we are golden' in my head.
this quite disturbed me, cause i cannot deny the brainstoming power of that refrain.

so i guess i will come to the conclusion that i will listen to the song without fighting against it, still convinced that i don't like it, still disappointed it has been chosen as first single, fully aware it will be a huge success that will give mika the power and money to keep on writing the songs i love better.

so....HAIL WAG! i bow to you power :bow:

i even can see the usual trick sad words/happy rythm fully working in this song, i'd wonder if it were not like this.
i'll sing it out loud at gigs, and join every choir he might want us to sing, i know it will be great fun, but this does not mean i fully like this song.

bulletin over

Ok girls, it looks like we're all on the same page here :roftl:. This is too funny for words.



No, no... "Black stuff" is for later if and when I am next at his concert as I will most definitely need encouragement to sing the teenage dreams in a teenage circus stuff.... I'll bring some for Robi as well :drunk_sing:


Yes, that is the one line in the song that I absolutely dislike. But, of course, I was singing away to it in any case this morning. In fact, I find that I am suddenly discovering that I'm singing random different parts of the song and surprising myself with that.

He obviously knows what he's doing he!

[racinghorse83]

my friend at school in english today;

her; Charlotte! I heard mika;s new single, we are golden, on ZM yesterday!! it was the first play in New Zealand!! and i heard it before you becasue you dont listen to ZM!! hahaha you call yourself a fan!!

Me; actually I was up at 1am listening to it on the internet thanks.. remember.. i told you..

her; oh :boxed: ok.. have i ever told you youre completely insane? heard of a thing called overdedicated?

me; :rolls_eyes:

[Laurel]

:lmfao:

Overdedicated ... they have no idea do they :lmfao:

:aah:

[racinghorse83]

[COLOR=purple]Yes, that is the one line in the song that I absolutely dislike. ]

wow, how strange! I find that my favorite part of the song. Being 15 is hard and the lyrics seem to slot in so perfectly with my life right now, i was really amazed that mika could still relate back to this feeling. by the time most people reach 30, they can relate.. but not in quite the same way, you know? I remind myself of when I was 12.. i hated life, i just wanted to be older. I was cutting myself and trying and trying to live upto what my parents expected of me, but i didnt fit in. i didnt make friends. my closest aunty had just died. i wished i was dead.

At college, when i turned 13, everything changed. It's weird but i could almost call myself popular. I became so much more outgoing. When i was 13 i discovered Mika, and while i wouldn't attribute my whole turnaround on him, he was defiantely a major factor.

Now i'm 15, i can't really relate to 12 year olds anymore, despite being in so much pain when i was 12. Sure, this isn't my all-time favorite Mika, but wow. This is a song and a half. It really sums up everything and leaves me kinda breathless.

[racinghorse83]

:lmfao:

Overdedicated ... they have no idea do they :lmfao:

:aah:

tell me about it :naughty:

[robertina]

wow, how strange! I find that my favorite part of the song. Being 15 is hard and the lyrics seem to slot in so perfectly with my life right now, i was really amazed that mika could still relate back to this feeling. by the time most people reach 30, they can relate.. but not in quite the same way, you know? I remind myself of when I was 12.. i hated life, i just wanted to be older. I was cutting myself and trying and trying to live upto what my parents expected of me, but i didnt fit in. i didnt make friends. my closest aunty had just died. i wished i was dead.

At college, when i turned 13, everything changed. It's weird but i could almost call myself popular. I became so much more outgoing. When i was 13 i discovered Mika, and while i wouldn't attribute my whole turnaround on him, he was defiantely a major factor.

Now i'm 15, i can't really relate to 12 year olds anymore, despite being in so much pain when i was 12. Sure, this isn't my all-time favorite Mika, but wow. This is a song and a half. It really sums up everything and leaves me kinda breathless.

this is the perfect feedback for mika and WAG:thumb_yello:

[elanorelle]

is it officially out now??

I am officially back...

had a breakthrough tonight

and if anyone was in Pittsburg tonight you might have had that breakthrough

its hard to explain

[Laurel]

Not out til' September .... but had first radio plays this week ... plus it's on Mikasounds now :thumb_yello:

[sariflor]

wow, how strange! I find that my favorite part of the song. Being 15 is hard and the lyrics seem to slot in so perfectly with my life right now, i was really amazed that mika could still relate back to this feeling. by the time most people reach 30, they can relate.. but not in quite the same way, you know? I remind myself of when I was 12.. i hated life, i just wanted to be older. I was cutting myself and trying and trying to live upto what my parents expected of me, but i didnt fit in. i didnt make friends. my closest aunty had just died. i wished i was dead.

At college, when i turned 13, everything changed. It's weird but i could almost call myself popular. I became so much more outgoing. When i was 13 i discovered Mika, and while i wouldn't attribute my whole turnaround on him, he was defiantely a major factor.

Now i'm 15, i can't really relate to 12 year olds anymore, despite being in so much pain when i was 12. Sure, this isn't my all-time favorite Mika, but wow. This is a song and a half. It really sums up everything and leaves me kinda breathless.


I hear you :wink2:. And I'm very happy that the song has struck a personal chord with you. I guess that it shows that Mika managed to connect with certain people with it, and that is fantastic.

Maybe the reason why I don't feel identified with the whole 'teenage dreams' and teenage vibe is because, even though I have quite a strong recollection of how I felt back then, I didn't quite feel in the same way. I don't know.
Or maybe I'm just too removed from my teenage years in general as I have changed a lot since then, even though I'm as immature as they come for a 38 year old, and certainly haven't matured tons since my teens-only changed in my madness :lmao:

But, in any case, I'm very glad to read this :biggrin2:.


this is the perfect feedback for mika and WAG:thumb_yello:

Yep, exactly.



is it officially out now??

I am officially back...

had a breakthrough tonight

and if anyone was in Pittsburg tonight you might have had that breakthrough

its hard to explain



Ok, you could try, I am quite curious as to what breakthrough this is now :naughty:

[Laurel]

I hear you :wink2:. And I'm very happy that the song has struck a personal chord with you. I guess that it shows that Mika managed to connect with certain people with it, and that is fantastic.

Maybe the reason why I don't feel identified with the whole 'teenage dreams' and teenage vibe is because, even though I have quite a strong recollection of how I felt back then, I didn't quite feel in the same way. I don't know.
Or maybe I'm just too removed from my teenage years in general as I have changed a lot since then, even though I'm as immature as they come for a 38 year old, and certainly haven't matured tons since my teens-only changed in my madness :lmao:

But, in any case, I'm very glad to read this :biggrin2:.




Yep, exactly.






Ok, you could try, I am quite curious as to what breakthrough this is now :naughty:

:shocked: You're older then me ... I swore you were only in your late 20's ... I'm surprised at that ... I thought I was older than you :lmfao:

[B!anka]

is it officially out now??

I am officially back...

had a breakthrough tonight

and if anyone was in Pittsburg tonight you might have had that breakthrough

its hard to explain

You're from Pittsburg? :shocked::biggrin2::teehee:

[sariflor]

:shocked: You're older then me ... I swore you were only in your late 20's ... I'm surprised at that ... I thought I was older than you :lmfao:


Don't worry, you're not the first one to say that-Shows what I meant about the immaturity :aah::lmfao:

[sienna]

After having listened to the song one and a half times and decided not to like it, I got asked yesterday what it was that I'd been humming all day long. :blink:
:sneaky2: I suspect there's some serious brainwashing going on.

Yepp, for some of us it only works faster…:wink2:

for all those interested in my WAG evolution, i have to admit that i woke up with 'we are not what you think we are - we are golden' in my head.
this quite disturbed me, cause i cannot deny the brainstoming power of that refrain.

so i guess i will come to the conclusion that i will listen to the song without fighting against it, still convinced that i don't like it, still disappointed it has been chosen as first single, fully aware it will be a huge success that will give mika the power and money to keep on writing the songs i love better.

so....HAIL WAG! i bow to you power :bow:

i even can see the usual trick sad words/happy rythm fully working in this song, i'd wonder if it were not like this.
i'll sing it out loud at gigs, and join every choir he might want us to sing, i know it will be great fun, but this does not mean i fully like this song.

bulletin over :biggrin2:

I knew you would come around!:thumb_yello::wub2:



He obviously knows what he's doing he!


You think?:naughty:

Waking up in the middle of the night with a loop of a melody stuck in your head, to me it’s natural and healthy, that’s the way I’ve learned new stuff for years in my choir!

Sooo much better than waking up thinking of all the trouble life gives you!:wink2:

[sienna]

is it officially out now??

I am officially back...

had a breakthrough tonight

and if anyone was in Pittsburg tonight you might have had that breakthrough

its hard to explain

Welcome back Elanorelle, so nice to see you again!:wub2:

Please tell us a little about your breakthrough, have you wrote about it somewhere else?

[elanorelle]

You're from Pittsburg? :shocked::biggrin2::teehee:

no its a song that was played in Pittsburg

at a Green Day concert last night

it was essentially Green Day meets MIKA

and now the unspeakable has happened

the worlds have merged and talk about a beautiful result

I found it on youtube....and I dedicated it to all MFC on facebook
because its Billie channeling MIKA or the spirit of MIKA or channeling the spirit that MIKA is channeling..whatever that is I think it is the latter

[sienna]

wow, how strange! I find that my favorite part of the song. Being 15 is hard and the lyrics seem to slot in so perfectly with my life right now, i was really amazed that mika could still relate back to this feeling. by the time most people reach 30, they can relate.. but not in quite the same way, you know? I remind myself of when I was 12.. i hated life, i just wanted to be older. I was cutting myself and trying and trying to live upto what my parents expected of me, but i didnt fit in. i didnt make friends. my closest aunty had just died. i wished i was dead.

At college, when i turned 13, everything changed. It's weird but i could almost call myself popular. I became so much more outgoing. When i was 13 i discovered Mika, and while i wouldn't attribute my whole turnaround on him, he was defiantely a major factor.

Now i'm 15, i can't really relate to 12 year olds anymore, despite being in so much pain when i was 12. Sure, this isn't my all-time favorite Mika, but wow. This is a song and a half. It really sums up everything and leaves me kinda breathless.

Wow!:shocked:
I could say so much about this, about not necessary been ready with your teenage years although you’re not a teenager any more and how some people never stop having the ability to relate to different ages and stages in their life, that is where and poets, authors and songwriters come from…
But getting philosophic…nah…I don’t think so!:roftl:

Great writing Racinhorse!:thumb_yello:

[avoca]

is it officially out now??

I am officially back...

had a breakthrough tonight

and if anyone was in Pittsburg tonight you might have had that breakthrough

its hard to explain

welcome back, girl. :wub2:


am I the only lonely one who finds the spoken bit (we are not what you think we are, we are goooolden...) a bit ridicolous..? the accent, I mean.. :blush-anim-cl::teehee:

[Laurel]

welcome back, girl. :wub2:


am I the only lonely one who finds the spoken bit (we are not what you think we are, we are goooolden...) a bit ridicolous..? the accent, I mean.. :blush-anim-cl::teehee:

:no: I thought it sounded completely stupid when I heard it on the snippet .... I like it now though ... it has grown on me .... or needled it's way into my head ... whatever .... he has brainwashed me .... :aah:

[Kodes100]

This might be interesting to you guys!
I sure Enjoyed it!
Mika at his radio interview in Hamburg Germany talks about his writing the new ( yet to be named ) album.
He specifically talks about the beginnings of We Are Golden!
The whole interview is really good!
The new album stuff starts at around 1:41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn6DWnuyRGc

I love hearing where his motivation comes from & his intent!

[huikings]

welcome back, girl. :wub2:


am I the only lonely one who finds the spoken bit (we are not what you think we are, we are goooolden...) a bit ridicolous..? the accent, I mean.. :blush-anim-cl::teehee:


i still giggle when it comes to those parts:teehee:


oh yeah... i wanna ask this for long, so wt means by "it's all abt outer pace"?? i still can't get this despite all the tweets n interviews so far:blink:

[violet_sky]

Yepp, for some of us it only works faster…:wink2:

Well yes, I probably could have just given in immediately. Doesn't seem like I have a choice.

[sariflor]

Ok, not quoting you as you want to delete, but can I also find out Suzie? I have also "heard" that song during the acoustic version...

[suzie]

Ok, not quoting you as you want to delete, but can I also find out Suzie? I have also "heard" that song during the acoustic version...

Well, I first heard it when I first heard WAG on Monday. Covering himself is fine, but it's a bit more than that, I think ... and I do not mean the song in the title..:cool:

[sariflor]

Well, I first heard it when I first heard WAG on Monday. Covering himself is fine, but it's a bit more than that, I think ... and I do not mean the song in the title..:cool:

Yes, I know which one you mean :naughty:. The snippet.

[xlindee]

welcome back, girl. :wub2:


am I the only lonely one who finds the spoken bit (we are not what you think we are, we are goooolden...) a bit ridicolous..? the accent, I mean.. :blush-anim-cl::teehee:

No.

I think it sounds kinda stupid too. It's the accent, and the robotic way he says it.:aah:

[sienna]

Well yes, I probably could have just given in immediately. Doesn't seem like I have a choice.

Ok, not quoting you as you want to delete, but can I also find out Suzie? I have also "heard" that song during the acoustic version...

Well, I first heard it when I first heard WAG on Monday. Covering himself is fine, but it's a bit more than that, I think ... and I do not mean the song in the title..:cool:

Yes, I know which one you mean :naughty:. The snippet.

Okay guys, I guess it would be interesting to know what in the world you are talking about!:roftl:

[nikjass]

Okay guys, I guess it would be interesting to know what in the world you are talking about!:roftl:

:roftl: My thoughts exactly.. a bit confused here ladies..:boxed:

[suzie]

Okay guys, I guess it would be interesting to know what in the world you are talking about!:roftl:

This is MFC and we are having fun! :rolleyes:
:tongue2:
:freak:

[nikjass]

This is MFC and we are having fun! :rolleyes:
:tongue2:
:freak:

Fair enough :boxed: