"The Boy Who Knew Too Much" Album [Archive] - Page 2

tiibet

07-08-2009, 12:48 PM

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I think the fact that you can associate it with many things it might refer to shows that it is a good choice... To begin with, people will start talking about it.. and I think this kind of publicity cannot be bad...

Also, I think he will probably have a long story to tell about the choice of the title, so that will again draw more attention on the album itself than any other dumb things journalists might want to ask him...:cool:

I think the title is very interesting. I keep thinking what it means. I didn't know the Simpsons connection. It just reminded me about that movie (A Man Who Knew Too Much??). I told my husband about it, and he started thinking too. So, I think that's good :biggrin2:

Artwork is wonderful, love it :wub2:

xlindee

07-08-2009, 12:52 PM

I like this picture waaaay better than the one on LICM with the teacup. This looks like him, that just looked like some old and wild dude.

Christine

07-08-2009, 12:54 PM

The postage stamp on the album cover is 1999.
A nod to Prince?
A nod to the year Mika turned 16?
:blink:

It's funny I always think of that year when Mika talks about being a teenager because I was living and working in his neighbourhood at the time. When I first discovered Mika I felt an affinity with him for being a Londoner, but so much has happened since then. I'd sort of forgotten about this idea that we could have easily crossed paths dozens of times in 1999 because we are living in different worlds now both literally and figuratively.

Now I'm reminded that while I was doing my grocery shopping or rounding up students from their residence that there was this kid down the street dancing around in his bedroom dreaming of being a popstar. One that knew he had something special and was determined to make his dreams a reality even if the people who passed him on the pavement or in the tube station didn't give him a second look.

nico_collard

07-08-2009, 01:22 PM

Omg I see myself on it. :mf_rosetinted:
(that space theme)

:lmfao:

:bow:

Do you want a balloon?

I love IT...

OH MY GOD. I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS TIM CURRY!

Wow. Fail on me.

*MSN slaps*

How couldn't you know it was Tim???

Cover wise, the artwork is growing on my, but the title isn't... and as for the discussion about what to refer to is as rather than the acronym, how about the scond album? :shrug:

AnnaMariaPetra

07-08-2009, 01:37 PM

I think the title is very interesting. I keep thinking what it means. I didn't know the Simpsons connection. It just reminded me about that movie (A Man Who Knew Too Much??). I told my husband about it, and he started thinking too. So, I think that's good :biggrin2:

Artwork is wonderful, love it :wub2:

Hitcock, 1956 The Man who Knew too Much (I looked up the year, didn't know that....:wink2:)

AnnaMariaPetra

07-08-2009, 01:40 PM

Perhaps someone is able to download this Simpson-episode, so that we can see if the new title has got anything to do with it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8z1Zh5Utc&feature=related

suzie

07-08-2009, 02:08 PM

Hitcock, 1956 The Man who Knew too Much (I looked up the year, didn't know that....:wink2:)

Perhaps someone is able to download this Simpson-episode, so that we can see if the new title has got anything to do with it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8z1Zh5Utc&feature=related

I think we'll never know until he reveals it:wink2:... Probably neither of the two, just some random idea:naughty:..
I can also imagine him reading that aricle after Jacko's death and thinking about that as the title....When I read the article it was the title that struck me most... :wink2:... :dunno: The structure itself actually reminds me of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World album.

...but given the right amount of time I can come up with 100s of more ideas and interpretations...:naughty:.. it's fun:biggrin2:

vanessa

07-08-2009, 02:16 PM

Perhaps someone is able to download this Simpson-episode, so that we can see if the new title has got anything to do with it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU8z1Zh5Utc&feature=related

Looking for this episode ?:teehee:
http://www.mediafire.com/?vmqwxyymimy

suzie

07-08-2009, 02:29 PM

Omg I see myself on it. :mf_rosetinted:

You're Hot, Space...:biggrin2:

huikings

07-08-2009, 02:45 PM

It's funny I always think of that year when Mika talks about being a teenager because I was living and working in his neighbourhood at the time. When I first discovered Mika I felt an affinity with him for being a Londoner, but so much has happened since then. I'd sort of forgotten about this idea that we could have easily crossed paths dozens of times in 1999 because we are living in different worlds now both literally and figuratively.

Now I'm reminded that while I was doing my grocery shopping or rounding up students from their residence that there was this kid down the street dancing around in his bedroom dreaming of being a popstar. One that knew he had something special and was determined to make his dreams a reality even if the people who passed him on the pavement or in the tube station didn't give him a second look.

i luv ur words!! u've juz made me kind of speechless:wub2:

okay the new name doesn't impress me much and i think it's quite difficult to type TBWKTM out:mf_rosetinted: but i luv this cover, my desktop wallpaper now:thumb_yello:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 02:55 PM

Just noticed that there are cigarettes (or more likely, "joints") lying on the floor. Bad boy, Mika :wags_finger:

:sneaky2: How could you think such a thing?

They are obviously lollipop sticks. :mf_rosetinted:

AnnaMariaPetra

07-08-2009, 03:07 PM

Looking for this episode ?:teehee:
http://www.mediafire.com/?vmqwxyymimy

Probably yes. I have no time for download+watching. Never watch(ed) The Simpsons, will not do so now. But maybe other people will see smt in it. Thanks for posting the downloadlink!

i luv ur words!! u've juz made me kind of speechless:wub2:

okay the new name doesn't impress me much and i think it's quite difficult to type TBWKTM out:mf_rosetinted: but i luv this cover, my desktop wallpaper now:thumb_yello:

I heard we're gonna call the CD "The Boy"............I like:wub2:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 03:27 PM

Well after sleeping on it, I still find the new title underwhelming, but I am getting my head around the change now, and I do think 'The Boy' is a good short term for it, since the acronym/initials shortcut is so unfriendly.

The artwork is predictable maybe, but still very effective, and I do like it. Especially the clown silhouette Greg :naughty::wub2: Has anyone else pointed out the Alex from Clockwork Orange bit yet? Bottom left.

suzie

07-08-2009, 03:29 PM

...have just seen this:

i think i like TBWKTM*,it reminds me of TMWSTW**too and alsoTMWSHF.***

but it's not the best title ever TBH****

* =the boy who knew too much
** =the man who sold the world
*** =the monk who sold his ferrari
**** = to be honest

:aah:

:floor:

IngievV

07-08-2009, 03:33 PM

Probably yes. I have no time for download+watching. Never watch(ed) The Simpsons, will not do so now. But maybe other people will see smt in it. Thanks for posting the downloadlink!

I heard we're gonna call the CD "The Boy"............I like:wub2:

The boy who lived:mf_rosetinted:

suzie

07-08-2009, 03:37 PM

The artwork is predictable maybe, but still very effective, and I do like it. Especially the clown silhouette Greg :naughty::wub2: Has anyone else pointed out the Alex from Clockwork Orange bit yet? Bottom left.

:thumb_yello::thumb_yello::thumb_yello:

Actually, I have not paid much attention to the detail so far. I am sure everything there carries a meaning. Thanks for pointing these out. You are absolutely right, I think.

huikings

07-08-2009, 03:38 PM

I heard we're gonna call the CD "The Boy"............I like:wub2:

oh reli??? sori i hvn't read many pages:naughty:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 03:46 PM

The boy who lived:mf_rosetinted:

Right. I am going to share something with you all now that you will find breathtaking :teehee::mf_rosetinted: and I swear on all things mikaish it's the total truth!

Around Christmas 2007 I was reading A Harry Potter book and came across the phrase 'the boy who lived'. Around the same time I had started thinking about what Mika might do with his second album and what the title might be, as you do, as a fan. And I actually wrote down on a piece of paper..Mika second album title..'The Boy who Lived'. I had it in my mind that his second album would be about his transition either a) from childhood to adulthood or b) from obscurity to fame, and that the title 'the boy who lived' would be a good way to allude to survival instinct.

:shocked: I predicted the first three words of his second album title, almost two years ago.

:aah:

mellody

07-08-2009, 03:48 PM

lol, i thought of harry potter too when i read the title. :bleh:

don't know if it has been posted yet, but here's a high quality version of the cover: http://artists.universal-music.de/_artists/mika/images/MIKAAlbumCvrRGB.jpg :wink2: - the bearded man on the painting, is it dumbledore? :naughty:

Blue Sky

07-08-2009, 03:56 PM

I wish 1999 me (at age 15) could have met 1999 Mika.

I was a total nutcase at 15, but a rather creative one. I think he and I would have hit it off beautifully. :roftl:

I lived in the UK for part of the year I was 15. I was dancing round like a lunatic at discos in Scotland...pity it was 1977 and Mika wasn't even a twinkle in his father's eye.:aah:

I went back to live in the UK when Mika was 10 or 11...just when he was being taken out of school and starting his music lessons, I guess.

It would be way too weird for me to go back to my 1999 self. I had my third child that year.:teehee:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:05 PM

I lived in the UK for part of the year I was 15. I was dancing round like a lunatic at discos in Scotland...pity it was 1977 and Mika wasn't even a twinkle in his father's eye.:aah:

I went back to live in the UK when Mika was 10 or 11...just when he was being taken out of school and starting his music lessons, I guess.

It would be way too weird for me to go back to my 1999 self. I had my third child that year.:teehee:

1999 was one of the happiest years of my life. I had just had my first child and loved becoming a Mum so much. :wub2: Plus I got engaged. I probably didn't listen to any music at all that year apart from lullabies :naughty:, in fact I know, I was completely and utterly off pop/rock music at that time. I certainly could have no idea at all that at that time, a geeky sixteen year old boy who I would become a huge fan of eight years hence was dancing in his pants in a bedroom in London, dreaming of stardom. :aah:

Really, when you think of stuff in that way, it kind of does your head in doesn't it?

Kodes100

07-08-2009, 04:05 PM

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:16 PM

I am confused??
I am one of the very few who doesn't like the new title.
I am surprised at myself mostly as I have pretty much loved everything Mika has done.
I think the artwork is Brilliant & Beautiful!
I love all the music I have heard so far!
I am hoping I will get used to the new title.
But - if we here start calling the new album "The Boy" doesn't that totally negate Mika's new title, "The Boy Who Knew Too Much?"
I understand why we want to shorten the title & i get that the acronym doesn't work as well as LICM - but -I don't know - it seems disrespectful somehow doesn't it???
I can't believe I am defending the full title - believe me. Hahaha!

Well I am one of the others who isn't keen, so you're not alone!

As for shortening the title, it just seems inevitable that it WILL be shortened, as it it a long title and we are lazy typers :naughty: and typing out the whole thing time and time again will become tiresome for most of us.

People are free to call it what they want, whether that be The Boy Who Knew Too Much (aagh my fingers :aah:), The Boy, Boy, TBWKTM, or, as in my case, WAG :shun:

luvin mika 4eva

07-08-2009, 04:19 PM

It's probably obvious but what is TAFKAWAG?

babuccia

07-08-2009, 04:21 PM

Right. I am going to share something with you all now that you will find breathtaking :teehee::mf_rosetinted: and I swear on all things mikaish it's the total truth!

Around Christmas 2007 I was reading A Harry Potter book and came across the phrase 'the boy who lived'. Around the same time I had started thinking about what Mika might do with his second album and what the title might be, as you do, as a fan. And I actually wrote down on a piece of paper..Mika second album title..'The Boy who Lived'. I had it in my mind that his second album would be about his transition either a) from childhood to adulthood or b) from obscurity to fame, and that the title 'the boy who lived' would be a good way to allude to survival instinct.

:shocked: I predicted the first three words of his second album title, almost two years ago.

:aah:

What's the name for my future husband? :mf_rosetinted::teehee::roftl:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:21 PM

It's probably obvious but what is TAFKAWAG?

The Album Formerly Known As We Are Golden :teehee:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:22 PM

What's the name for my future husband? :mf_rosetinted::teehee::roftl:

Wait a minute..I am getting my crystal ball out...

babuccia

07-08-2009, 04:23 PM

Wait a minute..I am getting my crystal ball out...

No, seriously, Rach!! Tell me a latvian name, maybe this works:naughty::wink2:
Just dont say- renārs.. :naughty:

Christine

07-08-2009, 04:27 PM

:shocked: I predicted the first three words of his second album title, almost two years ago.

:aah:

Okay, so then why don't you LOVE it? :roftl:

It's not spectacularly genius, but WAG was hardly that either. Mika's just always been our boy, so I can't help but like it because it would make me think of him even if I'd heard it elsewhere - as apparently happened to you!

I probably didn't listen to any music at all that year apart from lullabies :naughty:, in fact I know, I was completely and utterly off pop/rock music at that time.

Pop music was terrible at the time. Think the only thing I really liked was Madonna's Ray of Light and even that was quite dancey/trancey for her. I was mostly going to clubs and listening to trance (even though I was already way too old for such things :teehee:).

But - if we here start calling the new album "The Boy" doesn't that totally negate Mika's new title, "The Boy Who Knew Too Much?"
I understand why we want to shorten the title & i get that the acronym doesn't work as well as LICM - but -I don't know - it seems disrespectful somehow doesn't it???

How does it negate it? The acronym would just look like nonsense so I don't see how that is any more or less respectful.

And really as long as people are yelling at Mika and sticking pens and cameras in his face, ogling over screenshots of his crotch, etc. I'm really not concerned about anyone disrespecting him by shortening the name of his album title on a message board for the sake of expediency. :aah:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:27 PM

No, seriously, Rach!! Tell me a latvian name, maybe this works:naughty::wink2:
Just dont say- renārs.. :naughty:

Ok..

Janis
Maris
Kaspars

one of those :aah:

iadoremika

07-08-2009, 04:28 PM

I just now saw it after blue sky's post where she circled it. It took me forever... look at the red poster right at the end of where she circled, in the black letters it says "if" sideways. The smiley face poster is partially covering up the dot of the "i"

Hope that helps! Took me forever to see it. I don't really think it's purposely like that though.
That actually helps a lot, thanks. :aah: Yeah, totally unintentional.

lollipop_trilly

07-08-2009, 04:28 PM

the title of the new album is a bit too long ... but I like it!:wub2: "WAG" is too obvious as the title while "The boy" is much better! it's special as Mika :teehee:

babuccia

07-08-2009, 04:29 PM

Ok..

Janis
Maris
Kaspars

one of those :aah:

I knew :mf_rosetinted:
No.. another one:naughty:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:32 PM

I knew :mf_rosetinted:
No.. another one:naughty:

ok

you will marry ANDRIS..the Latvian boy who knew too much.

:mf_rosetinted:

babuccia

07-08-2009, 04:34 PM

ok

ANDRIS

:mf_rosetinted:

Oh my.. I hope you wont be right:roftl:

As to me.. I like TBWKTM the best of the titles:wub2:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:42 PM

Okay, so then why don't you LOVE it? :roftl:

It's not spectacularly genius, but WAG was hardly that either. Mika's just always been our boy, so I can't help but like it because it would make me think of him even if I'd heard it elsewhere - as apparently happened to you!

A very good point.:aah:. When someone texted me to tell me the title, I laughed almost ironically..it was strange, I thought..yes, the boy who..., it was like deja vu.:shocked:

I think my main bugbear with the title is it's a little too long, not quite snappy enough..I just liked the idea of a short title like We Are Golden. In general I do prefer short album titles, I don't know why.

Pop music was terrible at the time. Think the only thing I really liked was Madonna's Ray of Light and even that was quite dancey/trancey for her. I was mostly going to clubs and listening to trance (even though I was already way too old for such things :teehee:).

Funny you should mention Ray of Light, as I always associate that with that year too. You are right though, it was an awful awful time for pop. Boy bands and stuff, just terrible. I was happy to just listen to my baby's nursery rhyme tapes :aah:. How Mika-like :teehee:.

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 04:51 PM

Oh my.. I hope you wont be right:roftl:

As to me.. I like TBWKTM the best of the titles:wub2:

Look! Here is your Andris. The boy who spent too much time with the hairdryer :naughty:

http://www.micrec.lv/uploads/makslinieki/erglis-051_L.jpg

babuccia

07-08-2009, 04:53 PM

Look! Here is your Andris. The boy who spent too much time with the hairdryer :naughty:

http://www.micrec.lv/uploads/makslinieki/erglis-051_L.jpg

:lmfao: I wouldnt mind him :das:

luvin mika 4eva

07-08-2009, 04:54 PM

The Album Formerly Known As We Are Golden :teehee:

LOL! Ye I really should have guessed that. I got the last bit

huikings

07-08-2009, 04:55 PM

i suddenly think that it should be called The Ridiculous Boy:mf_rosetinted:
i would absolutely luv this:mf_lustslow:

Laurel

07-08-2009, 05:00 PM

Okay, so then why don't you LOVE it? :roftl:

It's not spectacularly genius, but WAG was hardly that either. Mika's just always been our boy, so I can't help but like it because it would make me think of him even if I'd heard it elsewhere - as apparently happened to you!

Pop music was terrible at the time. Think the only thing I really liked was Madonna's Ray of Light and even that was quite dancey/trancey for her. I was mostly going to clubs and listening to trance (even though I was already way too old for such things :teehee:).

How does it negate it? The acronym would just look like nonsense so I don't see how that is any more or less respectful.

And really as long as people are yelling at Mika and sticking pens and cameras in his face, ogling over screenshots of his crotch, etc. I'm really not concerned about anyone disrespecting him by shortening the name of his album title on a message board for the sake of expediency. :aah:

:shocked:

I don't know anyone who would ogle over screenshots of his crotch ... certainly not me ... far too old and sensible to do that :blush-anim-cl:

Or I was before I became a Mika fan .... I don't ever remember ogling Damon's or Alex K's crotch :aah:

I swear it's an MFC thing :mf_rosetinted:

On a strange note ... when I was 16 ... I fell in love with one of those stupid teeny romance books ... read it constantly ... even stole a copy out of the library - (very very very sorry :bow:) it was complete nonsense - but it appealed to my sappy side

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Who-Was-Magic-Heartlines/dp/0330295772/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249660469&sr=1-4

:naughty:

I still have it actually .... maybe I should read it again :wub2:

Laurel

07-08-2009, 05:03 PM

Look! Here is your Andris. The boy who spent too much time with the hairdryer :naughty:

http://www.micrec.lv/uploads/makslinieki/erglis-051_L.jpg

Who on earth is that :blink:

Gatagordinha

07-08-2009, 05:13 PM

Who on earth is that :blink:

I'm sorry. It was babuccia and I going seriously off-topic. I think he is a Latvian pop singer :naughty:

Kodes100

07-08-2009, 05:15 PM

How does it negate it? The acronym would just look like nonsense so I don't see how that is any more or less respectful.

And really as long as people are yelling at Mika and sticking pens and cameras in his face, ogling over screenshots of his crotch, etc. I'm really not concerned about anyone disrespecting him by shortening the name of his album title on a message board for the sake of expediency. :aah:

I am still struggling to like the new title which I am sure Mika worked really long & hard at.
The definition of expedience is: The use of methods that are advantageous rather than FAIR or JUST.
I would say that plays a part of my skepticism concerning the shortened name for Mika's work & why I am questioning if it is disrespectful.
Also it is just a question.

babuccia

07-08-2009, 05:18 PM

I'm sorry. It was babuccia and I going seriously off-topic. I think he is a Latvian pop singer :naughty:

you think or you know?:sneaky2:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 06:01 PM

Oh my, in 1999, I was 7 years old, and I told my mom that I wanted to marry Aaron Carter. :blush-anim-cl: Nowhere near Mika. :teehee:

Laurel

07-08-2009, 06:03 PM

Oh my, in 1999, I was 7 years old, and I told my mom that I wanted to marry Aaron Carter. :blush-anim-cl: Nowhere near Mika. :teehee:

In 1999 my house burnt down and I nearly died ... ummmmm ... yep .... great year for me :lmfao:

Christine

07-08-2009, 06:04 PM

I swear it's an MFC thing :mf_rosetinted:

I find a lot of things are MFC things. Collective madness. :teehee:

I am still struggling to like the new title which I am sure Mika worked really long & hard at.
The definition of expedience is: The use of methods that are advantageous rather than FAIR or JUST.
I would say that plays a part of my skepticism concerning the shortened name for Mika's work & why I am questioning if it is disrespectful.
Also it is just a question.

Well mine was just an answer. :wink2:

WAG was also used for the sake of expediency and Mika got a kick out of it.

But you know even if he hates it, that doesn't make its use disrespectful. Respect has more to do with intention than effect IMO and I feel the word "disrespect" shouldn't be used lightly since there are potentially far more grievous ways of disrespecting another human being.

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 06:08 PM

In 1999 my house burnt down and I nearly died ... ummmmm ... yep .... great year for me :lmfao:

Oh no! I'm sorry. :huglove:

Laurel

07-08-2009, 06:13 PM

Oh no! I'm sorry. :huglove:

Oh don't be ... lol ... I'm still here thankfully to talk about it ... lol ... which might have not have been the case .... I never even noticed when I looked at the cover that the envelope you can see was date-stamped 1999 ... you lot are far more observant than me :wink2:

IngievV

07-08-2009, 06:16 PM

The Album Formerly Known As We Are Golden :teehee:

TAFKAWAG sounds very catchy as a matter of fact:naughty:

Oh my, in 1999, I was 7 years old, and I told my mom that I wanted to marry Aaron Carter. :blush-anim-cl: Nowhere near Mika. :teehee:

Don't worry, I wanted to be a Spice Girl and marry a character from Pokemon:roftl:

Laurel

07-08-2009, 06:18 PM

TAFKAWAG sounds very catchy as a matter of fact:naughty:

Don't worry, I wanted to be a Spice Girl and marry a character from Pokemon:roftl:

Hee ... least you can actually say it .... :wink2:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 06:28 PM

Oh don't be ... lol ... I'm still here thankfully to talk about it ... lol ... which might have not have been the case .... I never even noticed when I looked at the cover that the envelope you can see was date-stamped 1999 ... you lot are far more observant than me :wink2:

Yes, it's good that you're here. :biggrin2:

I didn't notice any hidden details until they were pointed out to me either. I just though "Hmm, what a pretty cover!" :naughty:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 06:28 PM

TAFKAWAG sounds very catchy as a matter of fact:naughty:

Don't worry, I wanted to be a Spice Girl and marry a character from Pokemon:roftl:

:aah:Which Pokemon character?

Kasia_xxx

07-08-2009, 06:30 PM

Just love the artwork and the new title. So to the point!!! I'm really glad Mika's changed We Are Golden title - that was too obvious and from the beginning I was expecting a title that wouldn't be a song name at the same time. Am so excited now!!!

IngievV

07-08-2009, 06:46 PM

:aah:Which Pokemon character?

Gary:mf_rosetinted: But then he became a good boy and the infatuation was over. And I loved Mewtwo too, but even at that age I realized that it would be weird:roftl:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 06:49 PM

Gary:mf_rosetinted: But then he became a good boy and the infatuation was over. And I loved Mewtwo too, but even at that age I realized that it would be weird:roftl:

:roftl:
You could have mewtwo/human babies!

:aah:

When I was really little, I was in love with Sabastian from The Little Mermaid. :mf_rosetinted:

Queenie

07-08-2009, 06:51 PM

I love there´s a cassette on the floor. I miss those :roftl:

I like the artwork. I think i could spend days analyzing every little thing on it.

The title? For me it´s better than WAG but i try to picture Mika as a young James Stewart..and i don´t see it :naughty:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 06:55 PM

Fmbm

07-08-2009, 06:58 PM

I love the details. I think his little feet are so cute(on the album covre, that is):teehee:

Aw, that's cold :roftl:

suzie

07-08-2009, 06:58 PM

i try to picture Mika as a young James Stewart..and i don´t see it :naughty:

What about Bart Simpson?:naughty:

lala_lollies44

07-08-2009, 07:01 PM

Aw, that's cold :roftl:

:teehee: And I made a typo!

It wasn't anything against his real feet, I just don't like feet.

vixenbbw

07-08-2009, 08:19 PM

I love that everyone is getting nostalgic for 1999!

I can't remember any specifics from the rest of the year but I drove from Chester to London for the Millenium gig at Greenwich (in my Mick Hucknall loving days!!) then back home again.

I loved being in London that night...went for pizza and wine before the show and the city was buzzing...people in tuxedo's and frocks swigging champers from the bottle...everyone on a high...then waking down to Greenwich and enjoying the gig. When it was midnight it just went crazy!!

On the drive home it was really foggy and non of the services were open!! (For those who were too young - everyone thought that the moment the date changed to 2000 in every type of machinery that it would come to a grinding holt or that computer hackers would mess every thing up! Of course.....nothing happened!!:roftl::roftl::roftl:)
I drove home in a cold sweat incase we ran out of petrol!!!:blink:

Like Christine said (and others have commented on) I too wonder if I ever crossed paths with him when he was a teen and I was being a dutiful tourist! :naughty:

Around 1997/1998 I used to stay in the same two hotels whenever I visited London which were in his stomping ground!

bitter.icarus

07-08-2009, 08:57 PM

^ That's an exciting possibility.

I remember I was in love with Aladdin when I was little. In 1999 I was four.. LOL. Didn't listen to much music back then, aside from my An Extremely Goofy Movie tape. Shake yo groove thang, shake yo groove thang, ya ya..! :)

ANYWAY. How does the cover-art process work, does anyone know? Does Mika tell Yasmin what he wants on it? Is it a joint project? Does he paint/draw too?

Laurel

07-08-2009, 09:18 PM

lollipop_monkey

07-08-2009, 09:31 PM

Gary:mf_rosetinted: But then he became a good boy and the infatuation was over. And I loved Mewtwo too, but even at that age I realized that it would be weird:roftl:

Really? You strike me as more of a Wigglytuff kind of girl. :naughty:

I love the details. I think his little feet are so cute(on the album cover, that is):teehee:

His poor real life toesie-woesies get no love. :tears: :roftl:

In 1999, I fancied myself a poet, was in the middle of my first real relationship, and spent the summer idolizing Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins. Did I ever think that ten years later, I'd be obsessed with a kid from London who got a record deal? Nope. I barely knew where London was. I was 14, tentatively testing out the world I lived in, and Calgary was big enough for me. It didn't even register that there was a whole, wide world out there beyond the city limits. </nostalgia>

natmika

07-08-2009, 10:04 PM

1999 was all about Y2K. Anyone else who knows what that means join me at the Oldlings' please:naughty:

Fmbm

07-08-2009, 10:10 PM

:teehee: And I made a typo!

It wasn't anything against his real feet, I just don't like feet.

I don't either! :shocked:
Here we go again :rolls_eyes:

I don't mind his feet though. :teehee:
Maybe I would if they were shoved in my face...

sienna

07-08-2009, 10:16 PM

1999 was all about Y2K. Anyone else who knows what that means join me at the Oldlings' please:naughty:

Well of course!:wink2:

It was very easy to get caught up in the worries, but see, the world is still here and mostly the way we knew it!:naughty:

sariflor

07-08-2009, 11:48 PM

1999 was all about Y2K. Anyone else who knows what that means join me at the Oldlings' please:naughty:

Mais oui :naughty:- In 1999 I was working as technical support for computers in Dublin, and they rounded a huge group of volunteers to work through the night around the New Year's Eve/New Year, as this huge debacle was expected and they thought that we'd have millions of customers calling up in a panic :lmfao:

Of course, nothing happened, and we got paid a nice little bonus for sitting around watching dvd's all night :roftl:. Those were the times :wub2:.

natmika

08-08-2009, 12:04 AM

Mais oui :naughty:- In 1999 I was working as technical support for computers in Dublin, and they rounded a huge group of volunteers to work through the night around the New Year's Eve/New Year, as this huge debacle was expected and they thought that we'd have millions of customers calling up in a panic :lmfao:

Of course, nothing happened, and we got paid a nice little bonus for sitting around watching dvd's all night :roftl:. Those were the times :wub2:.

:roftl::roftl:

I remember that at the time if you went to the bank you could see that the computers that passed the Y2K test had a sticker on them. To me it was all a big scam :teehee:

Fmbm

08-08-2009, 12:04 AM

In 1999 I was 7 years old and totally jaded in elementary school. :pinkbow:

natmika

08-08-2009, 12:08 AM

In 1999 I was in my final year of art school (after deciding not to pursue a Masters degree due to complete lack of interest and dedication), and was fully planning on moving to New York and getting a loft, spending my days illustrating and my nights networking (drinking) with the art director of Rolling Stone magazine and other fabulous people. Eventually, I would also be able to have a loft in Barcelona, where I would have many candles and lots of wine, and would paint scenes of the people that I'd see walking in the street as I watched them from my wall-to-wall windows. My Barcelona loft would be messy, with just a bed on one side and a full studio on the other, paint splattered on all the walls. Perhaps a cat wandering around. The New York loft would have to be smaller of course, but it would be in a good location.

I won't tell you what really happened since then... wouldn't want to burst anyone's bubble. :naughty:

Hey, are you talking about my life?!:shocked:
Stop stalking me! That'll teach me to close the curtains of my floor to ceiling loft windows:sneaky2:

natmika

08-08-2009, 12:09 AM

In 1999 I was 7 years old and totally jaded in elementary school. :pinkbow:

Let's kill her. I'll make it look like an accident:glasses2:

Romis

08-08-2009, 03:42 AM

1999 was the BEST year of my life. I can't tell a happier moment since then.
I was twelve and everything seemed to be going spectaculary fine. I had great holidays, a nice birthday party...I got the friend I always wanted to have,my first best friend. We were 35 people in my class and we talked to each other as if we were family. I was confident with my girls mates, and we laughed a lot talking about the soap opera of the moment with our teacher Isabel. They are the people who I'd always like to see again, and we try keep in touch as much as we can. We felt like we grew up together in primary school, and at that time we were leaving childhood behind...the close-down of a life phase , 'cause the following year I started high school and life changed completely to me.

lollipopgirl83

08-08-2009, 08:36 AM

In 1999 I was 7 years old and totally jaded in elementary school. :pinkbow:

haha...aww...that sounds so incredibly sad.

in 1999, i turned 9 on december 9th (lotta 9's eh?) hmmm...i was living in wisconsin and i was a panda bear in my school's christmas show.:biggrin2:

Louiza

08-08-2009, 08:42 AM

Brilliant cover!! Love the image of the teenager in his room, all those pictures (including a few clowns) on the wall, the little purple pet looking through the window and also love the choice of colors!!

mellody

08-08-2009, 11:04 AM

The Album Formerly Known As We Are Golden :teehee:

:lmao: that one made me rofl! :lmao:

Gatagordinha

08-08-2009, 11:17 AM

:lmao: that one made me rofl! :lmao:

TAFKAWAG was Laurel's idea btw, I can't claim any credit for your ROFL :naughty:

Gatagordinha

08-08-2009, 11:24 AM

In 1999 I was in my final year of art school (after deciding not to pursue a Masters degree due to complete lack of interest and dedication), and was fully planning on moving to New York and getting a loft, spending my days illustrating and my nights networking (drinking) with the art director of Rolling Stone magazine and other fabulous people. Eventually, I would also be able to have a loft in Barcelona, where I would have many candles and lots of wine, and would paint scenes of the people that I'd see walking in the street as I watched them from my wall-to-wall windows. My Barcelona loft would be messy, with just a bed on one side and a full studio on the other, paint splattered on all the walls. Perhaps a cat wandering around. The New York loft would have to be smaller of course, but it would be in a good location.

I won't tell you what really happened since then... wouldn't want to burst anyone's bubble. :naughty:

Aw I want to read the rest of the story!! Well I think so anyway..:boxed:

I'm going to Barcelona next week as it happens..I'll keep a look out for a cheap and messy loft for you, it's never too late!! :mf_rosetinted:

Soaring Simpson

08-08-2009, 11:31 AM

1999 was all about Y2K. Anyone else who knows what that means join me at the Oldlings' please:naughty:

Oh yes- all the planes that didn't drop out of the sky, all the software they tried to sell us...!

*deep sigh* I'd be 37. I was living in the same flat and was just getting the job I've still got now. I was thinner, but not much else has changed- and not for lack of trying

racinghorse83

08-08-2009, 11:32 AM

haha...aww...that sounds so incredibly sad.

in 1999, i turned 9 on december 9th (lotta 9's eh?) hmmm...i was living in wisconsin and i was a panda bear in my school's christmas show.:biggrin2:

In 1999 I was 7 years old and totally jaded in elementary school. :pinkbow:

In 1999 I was 6 years old and put in year 3 when i was supposed to be in year 1 and all the 9-year-olds hated on me because i was this really smart 6 year old who shouldnt be in their class and one of them broke my arm when i punched him in those nose when he called me a boy :sneaky2:

Laurel

08-08-2009, 11:38 AM

In 1999 I was 6 years old and put in year 3 when i was supposed to be in year 1 and all the 9-year-olds hated on me because i was this really smart 6 year old who shouldnt be in their class and one of them broke my arm when i punched him in those nose when he called me a boy :sneaky2:

Oh :shocked: :huglove: I don't even know what to say to that .... :huglove:

keti

08-08-2009, 11:54 AM

I like the artwork, though it's quite similar to the 1st album one. Except in the LiCM one pink and orange nuances were dominant, here it's darker :thumb_yello:

And, about the album name - what to say? Alfred Hitchcock,my favourite director and my hero,his movie, "The Man Who Knew Too Much"... Jimmy Stewart :wub2:
I think the title totally fits the whole album's thematics and songs and the way Mika felt.

I like it:thumb_yello:

racinghorse83

08-08-2009, 12:02 PM

Oh :shocked: :huglove: I don't even know what to say to that .... :huglove:

It's OK, i got over it years ago. I never understood that though, its always made me ashamed of being abover average intelligence for my age :boxed:

Lena

08-08-2009, 09:41 PM

Laurel

08-08-2009, 09:44 PM

Why in iTunes it is shown, that the album has 14 songs (Lady Jane) but in other onlineshops there is no this song. I am already mad... Third time I change news on Russian site, thinking it is my carelessness.

Lady Jane is available as a download via Itunes ... but won't be on the album proper ... :thumb_yello:

CazGirl

08-08-2009, 09:44 PM

1999...I was 9/10 years old I think? I was in year 6. The last year of junior school.

I have happy memories there actually...I played the main part in a school production, Charlie and I were always geeking off...I have my first crush :teehee:

But obviously I was in year 6 when september came round. Year 5 was also good, studied Greek Mythology which I fell in love with...Junior school was just a pretty darn good experience overall. It was senior school I hated :roftl:

Neiobi

08-08-2009, 10:33 PM

Can I just ask why is everyone talking about '99 in their lives? I can't catch up nowadays:aah:

CazGirl

08-08-2009, 10:37 PM

Can I just ask why is everyone talking about '99 in their lives? I can't catch up nowadays:aah:

:dunno: I went back a couple of pages and everyone's going "WHEN IN 1999...." :roftl:

There's a postal stamp on top of the artwork with the year 1999 on it, so I guess that's where it's stemmed from.

Christine

08-08-2009, 10:38 PM

Can I just ask why is everyone talking about '99 in their lives? I can't catch up nowadays:aah:

There is a postmark on the album cover that says London 1999 so we all got to talking about what Mika was doing in 1999 and then what we were doing. I think it's my fault. :teehee:

CazGirl

08-08-2009, 10:39 PM

Neiobi

08-08-2009, 10:44 PM

:dunno: I went back a couple of pages and everyone's going "WHEN IN 1999...." :roftl:

There's a postal stamp on top of the artwork with the year 1999 on it, so I guess that's where it's stemmed from.
hahaha:lmfao:

Aaaah I didn't even notice it:blush-anim-cl:
That's nice I think:biggrin2:
There is a postmark on the album cover that says London 1999 so we all got to talking about what Mika was doing in 1999 and then what we were doing. I think it's my fault. :teehee:

That's actually quite nice:teehee:
I... I was 4.. I have no idea what I was doing:lmfao:
Just know I was really made fun of by then, even in kindergarten:dunno:

Kasia_xxx

08-08-2009, 10:45 PM

1999 - first year at uni. Making new great friends - but where are they now?! I was about 8 kg fatter, had spots and short black hair. Total disaster! Would go back in time, anyway!
Oh and I was a hopeless Bee Gees and Michael Jackson fan. Wow!

CazGirl

08-08-2009, 10:45 PM

That's actually quite nice:teehee:
I... I was 4.. I have no idea what I was doing:lmfao:
Just know I was really made fun of by then, even in kindergarten:dunno:

don't know why but the bolded bit made me giggle a bit :roftl:

Droopsy

08-08-2009, 10:47 PM

1999 was all about Y2K. Anyone else who knows what that means join me at the Oldlings' please:naughty:

Lol, I remember, I always associate it with the will smith song tho :aah:
Let's see, I was 12, so last year of elementary school --> best time of my life and beginning of secundary education --> horrible:boxed:

So yeah, a bit of duality there :naughty: What I remember most was my math teacher from hell:mf_rosetinted:

Lena

08-08-2009, 11:17 PM

Lady Jane is available as a download via Itunes ... but won't be on the album proper ... :thumb_yello:
Now it is clear, I in vain corrected news))

Neiobi

08-08-2009, 11:41 PM

don't know why but the bolded bit made me giggle a bit :roftl:

Haha, I was just about to ask: why?:blink:

Seriously.. I have no idea what I was doing.. And I probably didn't know back then either:aah:

sariflor

09-08-2009, 12:49 AM

There is a postmark on the album cover that says London 1999 so we all got to talking about what Mika was doing in 1999 and then what we were doing. I think it's my fault. :teehee:

Blame it on the girl :mf_rosetinted:

Errr....girl? I thought that we'd established that Christine was (the meanest) hag :naughty::biggrin2:

CazGirl

09-08-2009, 12:59 AM

Errr....girl? I thought that we'd established that Christine was (the meanest) hag :naughty::biggrin2:

You raise a good point :mf_rosetinted:

alekarp

09-08-2009, 03:45 AM

Wow Great!

Fmbm

09-08-2009, 06:15 AM

lollipop_monkey

09-08-2009, 09:13 AM

I... I was 4.. I have no idea what I was doing:lmfao:
Just know I was really made fun of by then, even in kindergarten:dunno:

Oh my, I feel old. :naughty: :old:

Sorry to hear you were already being made fun of at age four. :no:

CazGirl

09-08-2009, 09:32 AM

Oh my, I feel old. :naughty: :old:

Can I ask how young you are? :biggrin2:

SunshineGirl

09-08-2009, 10:05 AM

Coming to this discussion a bit late as I've just got back from another few days away at the 'Black Hole' (ie parents-in-laws' house with no internet access!!)

I really love the new album artwork - it has a real 1970's feel to it (not a period I'm particularly fond of fashion-wise!) - am liking the retro-feel. I think the photo of Mika just placed there like that is a nod to those girls' mags that were about then - pics of popstars were randomly 'scattered' over a page. It's very evocative of that period to me.

The new title is more imaginative than just naming it after the single 'WAG' - I quite like it but I think it will take time to really grow on me. The title has shades of the 1950's to me - maybe it reminds me of sci-fi films or something?? Can't quite put my finger on it at the mo as to why I feel it's 'of that period'. Anyway, I think it kind of "fits" in an oblique way, because the 1950's was the time when teenagers really came into their own with music, fashion etc. I'm sure Mika wasn't alluding to that with the choice of this title, but it just helps to make it more appropriate to the theme of his album for me!
On the whole I like the change!

Neiobi

09-08-2009, 01:09 PM

Oh my, I feel old. :naughty: :old:

Sorry to hear you were already being made fun of at age four. :no:

Ha:roftl: Don't feel:teehee::naughty:

It's okay:aah: I have no idea why I was made fun of, but all I know is that it was a girl mocking me and it terrorized me:aah:

Neiobi

09-08-2009, 02:01 PM

Btw just noticed that there are a lot of cigarrettes and bottles in the ground:aah:
Typical teen?:naughty:

Mika_Addiction

09-08-2009, 02:47 PM

Btw just noticed that there are a lot of cigarrettes and bottles in the ground:aah:
Typical teen?:naughty:
That's what I noticed the first too. :naughty:

Neiobi

09-08-2009, 05:04 PM

That's what I noticed the first too. :naughty:

:teehee:
What a scandal:shocked::mf_rosetinted:

RainbowGirl

09-08-2009, 08:08 PM

What's the thing peeking in from the window? A new character perhaps...?

what hope do i have with typing TBWKTM when alking about Mika to my friends when they had to ask what MFC was!?!?!?!

in 1999 i was 7... not much happened that was particularly exciting for me...

i immediately loved the album cover and the name! but i'm a bit weird so maybe it's just me... :)

RainbowGirl

09-08-2009, 08:12 PM

Ha:roftl: Don't feel:teehee::naughty:

It's okay:aah: I have no idea why I was made fun of, but all I know is that it was a girl mocking me and it terrorized me:aah:

i was made fun of when i was younger because i have REALLY curly hair...
suddenly, come 2007 and Grace Kelly, something i'm proud of! :blush-anim-cl:

Neiobi

09-08-2009, 08:16 PM

i was made fun of when i was younger because i have REALLY curly hair...
suddenly, come 2007 and Grace Kelly, something i'm proud of! :blush-anim-cl:
:shocked: Same here!:bleh: I still have it. And I already had to wear glasses, and it made my eyes huge so maybe that's why:dunno:

kimmyg

09-08-2009, 09:46 PM

i am glad to be in mikafan club
i am mikas BIGGEST fan and everyone knows it:wub2::mfr_lol:
I LOVE HIM:mf_lustslow ::wub2: :snog:

Daisuke

09-08-2009, 11:54 PM

:doh:

I see... he is bearded, but doens't Walter VB tend to use more clean cut and black beard? Mika's bearded guy looks like a mad scientist with some magic power
:biggrin2:

Dr. John?

I liked the cover when I fist saw it, but it's grown on me in the last few days, I like it waaaaay more than the LICM cover.

The space theme is cool, though I don't see where that "fits in" with the title XD
Escape to outer space I guess?

The thing I love most about the cover, it's verrry "MIKA-ish". I knew as soon as I saw it it saw for one of his releases and its always nice when artists (in any kind of art) have a clear obvious "style".

Lil'Violet

10-08-2009, 10:12 AM

i know, i'm late!! i tried to read the whole thread but i didn't succeed.. so, sorry if i'm saying something you've already pointed out.. :blush-anim-cl:

when i first saw the cover, i was like :shocked: as usual talking about mika's things..
but with a second look, i felt in love!!
i like the fact that it reminds slightly LICM, as someone said before, i agree in finding it a sort of sequel!

i don't know if it's me or if it was obvious, but i had this enlightenment just this morning watching it while reading this thread.. :teehee:
looking at the image giving it a third dimension, it seems that MIKA, the title and the little pic are flying over the room.. as they are part of a transparent ceiling that allows us to watch inside the room..
at the beginning there was something i didn't get, the perspective was not right imo.. but then i've looked at the image as it was representig a box with a transparent cover, and then i get it!! now it has much more sense!! :blush-anim-cl:
again, sorry if you've already said that, but i had to share my discovery!! :roftl:

the title doesn't excite me, but i'm curious about it..
the little pic is def not one of his bests, there were tons better looking imo, but whatever, probably it's meant to be catchy and not to show how gorgeous he is.. :aah:

RainbowGirl

10-08-2009, 10:28 AM

:shocked: Same here!:bleh: I still have it. And I already had to wear glasses, and it made my eyes huge so maybe that's why:dunno:

i had to wear glasses as well but now i've got contacts so it's all better :biggrin2: i have some pics of me when i was about 6 or 7 and i wondered how i went to school with my hair short and very curly?!?! not a good look... xxx

RainbowGirl

10-08-2009, 10:32 AM

also i think the album is called 'The Boy Who Knew Too Much' cos when you're a teenager you think you know everything (as my parents keep telling me) so maybe it's a play on that... who knows. Mika'll probably have some weird or unusual reason for it :naughty:

Christine

10-08-2009, 10:36 AM

i don't know if it's me or if it was obvious, but i had this enlightenment just this morning watching it while reading this thread.. :teehee:
looking at the image giving it a third dimension, it seems that MIKA, the title and the little pic are flying over the room.. as they are part of a transparent ceiling that allows us to watch inside the room..

This is why I don't really understand the complaints that the photo of Mika is misplaced and should be hung on the wall. The pic appears to me to be falling from space well above the room and I get the sense that this shot of the room is meant to be a glimpse back in time from the present point (or perhaps the reverse, a look to the future from a past point). That outside Mika's walls, instead of his crappy school existence, the entire universe was awaiting him and his 16-year-old imagination has now manifested itself in this popstar called MIKA whose picture is drifting down from above.

sienna

10-08-2009, 10:42 AM

Lil'Violet

10-08-2009, 10:48 AM

This is why I don't really understand the complaints that the photo of Mika is misplaced and should be hung on the wall. The pic appears to me to be falling from space well above the room and I get the sense that this shot of the room is meant to be a glimpse back in time from the present point (or perhaps the reverse, a look to the future from a past point). That outside Mika's walls, instead of his crappy school existence, the entire universe was awaiting him and his 17-year-old imagination has now manifested itself in this popstar called MIKA whose picture is drifting down from above.

the complaints about the misplacing of mika's pic are exactly what makes me get the perspective game!!
infact the rounded white frame gives the idea you well explained!!
i'm a bit slow in getting things probably!!! :roftl:

i love this aspect of mika's art!!
at first sight you think "uhm, well, that's nice/funny..."
but if you understand the meaning or if you can find your own sense, then you can really enjoy the whole lot!! :thumb_yello:

e.g.
from when i get the perspective game, i'm really much more into this artwork cover then before!!
the same happened with WAG.. at the beginning it was a strange apparently happy song, but then i've found a sense and got the sufference in it as well, and now i love it!!

Naectegale

10-08-2009, 10:49 AM

Christine

10-08-2009, 11:07 AM

from "Simplify Me When I'm Dead" by Keith Douglas

http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/show/31106-Keith-Douglas-Simplify-Me-When-I-m-Dead

Oh interesting. :thumb_yello:

I also like the following lines:

Through that lens see if I seem
substance or nothing: of the world
deserving mention or charitable oblivion

It's all about perspective isn't it?

All that nostalgia talk for 1999 made me think how nice it is for Mika that his 16-year-old dreams have become a reality, but wondering how it is that my golden life took such a horribly wrong turn. :aah: :teehee:

Naectegale

10-08-2009, 11:54 AM

Oh interesting. :thumb_yello:

I also like the following lines:

Through that lens see if I seem
substance or nothing: of the world
deserving mention or charitable oblivion

It's all about perspective isn't it?

All that nostalgia talk for 1999 made me think how nice it is for Mika that his 16-year-old dreams have become a reality, but wondering how it is that my golden life took such a horribly wrong turn. :aah: :teehee:

Glad you like it - the poem stuck in my head for some reason. The chap is a 2nd WW poet - killed in 1944, age 24 :sad:

It's all about looking back after the lapse of time, so that short-term things get forgotten, and what remains is a simpler, clearer view - like Mika's "cartoon" self on the album cover. I like the idea of looking back being like looking the wromg way down a telescope - you see less detail, not more - and it reminded me of the perspective of looking down (and back) onto Mika's teenage bedroom.

"Through that lens see if I seem
substance or nothing: of the world
deserving mention or charitable oblivion"

This makes me think of how perspective changes over time when it comes to art and music appreciation - the "greats" we recognise now may not have been recognised in their lifetimes (eg Van Gogh), or if successful, may have competed with people whose work did not stand the test of time.
eg Mozart and Salieri (who?)
or Handel's "Messiah" and Coleridge-Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" (both were major choral works performed equally in the early part of the 20th C)

I hope Mika stands out as a great in time too :thumb_yello:

suzie

10-08-2009, 12:36 PM

This makes me think of how perspective changes over time when it comes to art and music appreciation - the "greats" we recognise now may not have been recognised in their lifetimes (eg Van Gogh), or if successful, may have competed with people whose work did not stand the test of time.
eg Mozart and Salieri (who?)
or Handel's "Messiah" and Coleridge-Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" (both were major choral works performed equally in the early part of the 20th C)

I hope Mika stands out as a great in time too :thumb_yello:

:thumb_yello:

To me, it is also interesting how my perspecive changes over time when it comes to appreciation of art and even music. I think it is likely to have to do with the experience we can relate to that piece of art. As you become older, you have more experice to draw from and your perspective changes as well. I think this theory can be applied to society accepting some visionary artists rather late, too... :wink2:

hotdlp

10-08-2009, 02:12 PM

Have finally managed to go on the Internet quickly and of course came on here as soon as I saw the link Caz left me (thanks again Caz :wub2:) I seriously LURVE it. I knew I would anyway :wub2: And I'm liking the new title as well, I'm trying to think where I've heard of it before though :aah: It's prob already been written in the past few pages, boy do I have a lot of catching up to do :aah:

Neiobi

10-08-2009, 02:31 PM

i had to wear glasses as well but now i've got contacts so it's all better :biggrin2: i have some pics of me when i was about 6 or 7 and i wondered how i went to school with my hair short and very curly?!?! not a good look... xxx

Haha:roftl:
Not a good look but honestly.. I don't think I cared how I looked when I was that young:dunno:

celesteee

11-08-2009, 08:52 PM

??? :shocked:

bitter.icarus

12-08-2009, 06:45 AM

Haha:roftl:
Not a good look but honestly.. I don't think I cared how I looked when I was that young:dunno:

Kids these days care too much about how they look. I didn't care what I wore/how I looked when I was that young! I hated combing my hair and washing my face!

EnFa

12-08-2009, 06:50 AM

Love it. A bit Swedish in the colours, but I can live with that. Reminds me a bit of the first cover - But I don't mind at all - it a whole new theme! :biggrin2:

And I'm not slow, I did see it on Mikasounds, just didn't see this topic before.

Neiobi

12-08-2009, 04:06 PM

Kids these days care too much about how they look. I didn't care what I wore/how I looked when I was that young! I hated combing my hair and washing my face!

Yeah:bleh:
Same here! And I hated to wash my teeth:roftl:
Now girls are allover the place with makeup and nail polish and they're like 7 years old:blink: I don't find that normal..

RainbowGirl

12-08-2009, 06:53 PM

Kids these days care too much about how they look. I didn't care what I wore/how I looked when I was that young! I hated combing my hair and washing my face!

i physically COULDN'T comb my hair when i was young. my mum had to help me cos it was so curly... :sad: but it's more managable now. i wonder what Mika's hair was like when he was young? Curlier?
i don't think i cared what i wore when i was young but looking back you think 'i actually went out in that?!?!? :shocked:

Miss Rainbow

14-08-2009, 09:50 PM

yippeee !!!:woot_jump: :dance_man: :toot: :aah:

RainbowGirl

14-08-2009, 09:55 PM

hello Miss Rainbow! seems like you're happy to be here! :boing: :group_hug:

Sity

16-08-2009, 05:11 AM

LOVE IT. More reason to be here. :biggrin2:

racinghorse83

16-08-2009, 06:36 AM

http://sammy.yrecaps.com/theboy.jpg

*sneaks in*

preeeeetty. :wub2:

*sneaks out*

Dudu

16-08-2009, 11:13 PM

i love the cover album is great!

Naectegale

16-08-2009, 11:27 PM

i love the cover album is great!

I love it too - every time I look at it, I see something new :biggrin2:

Romis

17-08-2009, 01:59 PM

i wonder what Mika's hair was like when he was young? Curlier?
i don't think i cared what i wore when i was young but looking back you think 'i actually went out in that?!?!? :shocked:

Actually it was quite straight :blink:
Here you have public pics

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l376/60mika/mikakid.jpg (school annuary)

Fourteen:

http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w336/FmbmPsycho/LITTLEMIKA.jpg

I guess he was 16 or 17 in this pic, but not sure (perhaps the stage that inspired WAG! :naughty:)

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l376/60mika/untitled1111111.jpg

And this one, he was older, maybe eighteen or nineteen

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn401/pianogirlsammy/mika105.jpg

(oh and I have to tell you a little secret: Mika curls of today, they have a little help from the iron curler :wink2:)

ninomika

17-08-2009, 02:04 PM

Actually it was quite straight :blink:
Here you have public pics

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l376/60mika/mikakid.jpg (school annuary)

Fourteen:

http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w336/FmbmPsycho/LITTLEMIKA.jpg

I guess he was 16 or 17 in this pic, but not sure (perhaps the stage that inspired WAG! :naughty:)

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l376/60mika/untitled1111111.jpg

And this one, he was older, maybe eighteen or nineteen

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn401/pianogirlsammy/mika105.jpg

(oh and I have to tell you a little secret: Mika curls of today, they have a little help from the iron curler :wink2:)

thanks for this photos:mf_lustslow:
I would like see him when he was baby:mf_lustslow::wub2:

RainbowGirl

17-08-2009, 02:37 PM

Actually it was quite straight :blink:
Here you have public pics

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l376/60mika/mikakid.jpg (school annuary)

Fourteen:

http://i521.photobucket.com/albums/w336/FmbmPsycho/LITTLEMIKA.jpg

I guess he was 16 or 17 in this pic, but not sure (perhaps the stage that inspired WAG! :naughty:)

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l376/60mika/untitled1111111.jpg

And this one, he was older, maybe eighteen or nineteen

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn401/pianogirlsammy/mika105.jpg

(oh and I have to tell you a little secret: Mika curls of today, they have a little help from the iron curler :wink2:)

i thought they did!

it really shocked me the first picture it looked like a picture of any person but if you really look in to the eyes you can tell! OMG!
i still love the hair and i don't care if he uses curling irons it looks amazing anywayand in any style! :swoon: