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"Mika: The Art of Song" on BBC Radio2, 1.1.2016


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Loved his song selection, classic pop songs. Didn't know that young guy though (Canadian?). Need to listen to that one again.

 

He's (Tobias Jesso jr) from Vancouver... I love his album :) pissed I couldn't go to his show in Montreal last fall :(

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I loved this show so much.  Such a perfect way to start off what I think is going to be a fantastic year for Mika and all his fans. :)

I really liked the story about Annie Lennox, I can totally imagine Mika as an eager young boy running to his singing lessons. :D

Also, his music taste is really similar to my dad's. :teehee:

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I loved this show so much.  Such a perfect way to start off what I think is going to be a fantastic year for Mika and all his fans. :)

I really liked the story about Annie Lennox, I can totally imagine Mika as an eager young boy running to his singing lessons. :D

Also, his music taste is really similar to my dad's. :teehee:

 

:) Well, than your father and I have something to talk about, hehe  :teehee: MIKAs music taste in this program, is very much the same as mine and hubbys  :wink2:  But I missed Prince - was almost sure he would play "Purple rain" - but he didn't. 

Maybe because there's such a huge pile of great music to choose from.  And I agree with Silver, it was far too short - I could have listened to MIKA,  presenting his music, and own stories, for several hours more... :wub:  That said, I'm more than happy for what we got - MIKA is a perfect radio reporter, something I've never doubted he would be... :naughty:  :wub: 

 

Love, love

me 

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Wanna save this amazing 2 hours in my heart....

 

:thumb_yello: Me too - and to be honest, I wrote down the playlist, as it went on,  and the most important things he said, facts about the artists, and his own stories :wink2:   Maybe I did it because I've made a lot of music radio programs myself, for a station "a little bit smaller" than BBC Radio2, hehe... :teehee:  Anyway, imo, there is nothing better than music and radios - it's the "spice of life" - together with live gigs, of course ... :fisch:  :wub:

 

Love, love

me

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:thumb_yello: Me too - and to be honest, I wrote down the playlist, as it went on,  and the most important things he said, facts about the artists, and his own stories :wink2:   Maybe I did it because I've made a lot of music radio programs myself, for a station "a little bit smaller" than BBC Radio2, hehe... :teehee:  Anyway, imo, there is nothing better than music and radios - it's the "spice of life" - together with live gigs, of course ... :fisch:  :wub:

 

Love, love

me

 

Oh, That's what I wanted to do.. 

For now I just saved the playlist..

Would it be possible, if you share with me that important things that he said about artists, please? That would be amazing!!

Because this is what matters a lot... This is something very personal to Mika...which means for me too..

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Those 2 hours were amazing ! I very liked his explanations about the stories of his favorites songs. 

He has very good musical tastes ! (I'm young but I know 80% of the playlist  :naughty: )

And the 3 covers were wonderful, my favourite is "I want love"  :wub:

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thank you , this was amazing , and super fast too :wub:  :wub:

 

is there gonna be a video ?I'm already swooning over the audio  ! god only knows what i'll do  when the video comes ! :das:  :das:

 

There are video clips of his cover versions

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This is for the non-native English speakers, who also is not really good at it (like me :P)

1. David bowie let's dance

Let's dance,
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
Let's dance,
To the song they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway,
While color lights up your face
Let's sway,
Sway through the crowd to an empty space

If you say run,
I'll run with you
And if you say hide,
We'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall into my arms
And tremble like a flower

Let's dance
Let's dance,
For fear your grace should fall
Let's dance,
For fear tonight is all
Let's sway,
You could look into my eyes
Let's sway,
Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight

And if you say run,
I'll run with you
And if you say hide,
We'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall into my arms
And tremble like a flower

 

 

2. Dusty Springfield (I Only Want To Be With You)

I don't know what it is that makes me love you so
I only know I never want to let you go
'Cause you started something, can't you see
That ever since we met you've had a hold on me
I happens to be true, I only want to be with you

It doesn't matter where you go or what you do
I want to spend each moment of the day with you
Look what has happened with just one kiss
I never knew that I could be in love like this
It's crazy but it's true, I only want to be with you

You stopped and smiled at me
Asked me if I'd care to dance
I fell into your open arms
I didn't stand a chance

Now, listen, honey, I just want to be beside you everywhere
As long as we're together, honey, I don't care
'Cause you started something, can't you see
That ever since we met you've had a hold on me
No matter what you do, I only want to be with you

You stopped and smiled at me
Asked me if I'd care to dance
I fell into your open arms
I didn't stand a chance

Now hear me darling, I just want to be beside you everywhere
As long as we're together, honey, I don't care
'Cause you started something, can't you see
That ever since we met you've had a hold on me
No matter what you do, I only want to be with you
I said, no matter, no matter what you do, I only want to be with you

 

3. Fleetwood Mac (Everywhere)

Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say

I'll speak a little louder
I'll even shout
You know that I'm proud
And I can't get the words out

Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Something's happening
Happening to me
My friends say I'm acting peculiarly

C'mon baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Can you hear me calling
Out your name
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say

Come along baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh I,
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

 

4. Robbie Williams - Road to Mandalay

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach

What a lovely holiday
There's nothing funny left to say

This somber song would drain the sun
But it won't shine until it's sung

No water running in the stream
The saddest place we've ever been

Everything I touched was golden
Everything I loved got broken
On the road to Mandalay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

There's nothing left for you to give
The truth is all that you're left with
Twenty paces then at dawn
We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees
Have the universe at one with me
Look down the barrel of a gun
And feel the moon replace the sun

Everything we've ever stolen
Has been lost returned or broken
No more dragons left to slay
Every mistake I've every made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a lovely holiday
There's nothing left to say

 

5. Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Girl, close your eyes
Let that rhythm get into you
Don't try to fight it
There ain't nothing that you can do
Relax your mind
Lay back and groove with mine
You gotta feel that heat
And we can ride the boogie
Share that beat of love

I want to rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away

Out on the floor
There ain't nobody there but us
Girl when you dance
There's a magic that must be love
Just take it slow
'Cause we got so far to go
You gotta feel that heat
And we can ride the boogie
Share that beat of love

I want to rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away

And when the groove is dead and gone (yeah)
You know that love survives
So we can rock forever, on

I want to rock with you
I want to groove with you

I want to rock (all night) with you girl (sunlight)
Rock with you, rock with you girl (yeah) (all night)
Dance the night away

I want to rock with you (yeah) (all night)
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away

Feel the heat feel the heat
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I want to rock-rock the night away.

 

6. Michael Jackson - Thriller

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller at night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller, tonight

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear a creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time

'Cause this is thriller, thriller at night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight

Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life

They're out to get you; there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah
All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen
I'll make you see

That it's a thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul
Would ever dare try
This is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller chiller
Thriller here tonight

That it's a thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul
Could ever dare try
This is thriller, thriller night
Girl so let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller
I'm gonna thrill ya tonight

Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'awl's neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell

The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller

 

7. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love

I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And it’s me you need to show

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)
I really need to learn
‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
You’re the light in my deepest darkest hour
You’re my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And it’s me you need to show

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)
I really need to learn
‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)
I really need to learn
‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)

 

8.  Elton John I want love (Covered by MIKA)

I want love, but it's impossible
A man like me, so irresponsible
A man like me is dead in places
Other men feel liberated

I can't love, shot full of holes
Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold
Don't feel nothing, just old scars
Toughening up around my heart

But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love

I want love on my own terms
After everything I've ever learned
Me, I carry too much baggage
Oh man I've seen so much traffic

But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love

I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love

 

9. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

And floating around in ecstasy
So don't stop me now don't stop me
'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go
There's no stopping me

I'm burnin' through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm havin' a good time)
I don't want to stop at all

Yeah, I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite I'm out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to
Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I'm burnin' through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don't stop me don't stop me
Don't stop me hey hey hey
Don't stop me don't stop me
Ooh ooh ooh, I like it
Don't stop me don't stop me
Have a good time good time
Don't stop me don't stop me ah
Oh yeah
Alright

Oh, I'm burnin' through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time (wooh)
Just give me a call (alright)
Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time - yeah yeah)
Don't stop me now (yes I'm havin' a good time)
I don't want to stop at all
La da da da daah
Da da da haa
Ha da da ha ha haaa
Ha da daa ha da da aaa
Ooh ooh ooh

 

10. Tobias Jesso Jr - How Could You Babe

So long, my only friend
I guess we gave it a try
And then I guess we tried again
I don't remember why
But nothing's as hard to do
As just saying goodbye
And when love is in the way, you gotta say
"I guess love ain't always right"

And I find out you'd gone and met a new man
And told him he's the love of your life

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)
How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)
Well, how could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, have you lost your memories?
Did you wash 'em down the drain?
And did you have some help deciding
To forget my name?
Cause nothing I can say to you
Could ever ease this pain
I'm just waiting for the day when I can say
That you are mine again

When I found out you'd gone and met a new man
I felt so lonely that I cried

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)
How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)
Well, how could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, how could you, baby?
How could you, baby?
How could you, baby?
How could you, baby?

When I found out you'd gone and met a new man
I felt so lonely that I cried, I cried, I cried!

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)
How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)
Well, how could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

 

11. Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

Just before our love got lost you said
I am as constant as a northern star and I said,
Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter
And so sweet oh
I could drink a case of you darling and I would
Still be on my feet
Oh I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
I remember that time that you told me, you said
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine 'cause
Part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time

Oh you are in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter
And so sweet oh
I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours, she knew your life
She knew your devils and your deeds and she said
"Go to him
stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh but you are in my blood you're my holy wine
You're so bitter
bitter and so sweet oh
I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet
hmm

 

12 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

My sweet Lord
Hm, my Lord
Hm, my Lord

I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord

My sweet Lord
Hm, my Lord
Hm, my Lord

I really want to know you
Really want to go with you
Really want to show you Lord
That it won't take long, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)
My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

I really want to see you
Really want to see you
Really want to see you, Lord
Really want to see you, Lord
But it takes so long, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)
Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my Lord (hallelujah)

I really want to know you (hallelujah)
Really want to go with you (hallelujah)
Really want to show you Lord (aaah)
That it won't take long, my Lord (hallelujah)

Hmm (hallelujah)
My sweet Lord (hallelujah)
My, my, Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hare krishna)
My, my, my Lord (hare krishna)
Oh hm, my sweet Lord (krishna, krishna)
Oh-uuh-uh (hare hare)

Now, I really want to see you (hare rama)
Really want to be with you (hare rama)
Really want to see you Lord (aaah)
But it takes so long, my Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)
My, my, my Lord (hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (krishna krishna)
My Lord (hare hare)
Hm, hm (Gurur Brahma)
Hm, hm (Gurur Vishnu)
Hm, hm (Gurur Devo)
Hm, hm (Maheshwara)
My sweet Lord (Gurur Sakshaat)
My sweet Lord (Parabrahma)
My, my, my Lord (Tasmayi Shree)
My, my, my, my Lord (Guruve Namah)
My sweet Lord (Hare Rama)

(hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (hare krishna)
My sweet Lord (krishna krishna)
My Lord (hare hare)

 

13 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

You could have a steam train
If you'd just lay down your tracks
You could have an aeroplane flying
If you bring your blue sky back

All you do is call me
I'll be anything you need

You could have a big dipper
Going up and down, all around the bends
You could have a bumper car, bumping
This amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
Oh let me be your sledgehammer
This will be my testimony
Show me round your fruitcage
'Cause I will be your honey bee
Open up your fruitcage
Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer
Why don't you call my name
You'd better call the sledgehammer
Put your mind at rest
I'm going to be-the sledgehammer
This can be my testimony
I'm your sledgehammer
Let there be no doubt about it

Sledge sledge sledgehammer

I've kicked the habit
Shed my skin
This is the new stuff
I go dancing in, we go dancing in
Oh won't you show for me
And I will show for you
Show for me, I will show for you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you
Only you
You've been coming through
Going to build that powerr
Build, build up that power, hey
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
Going to feel that power, build in you
Come on, come on, help me do
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you
I've been feeding the rhythm
I've been feeding the rhythm
It's what we're doing, doing
All day and night

 

14 Chic - I Want Your Love

I want your love, I want your love.
I want your love, I want your love.

Do you feel like you ever want
To try my love and see how well it fits?
Baby can't you see, when you look at me
I can't kick this feelin' when it hits
All alone in my bed at night
I grab m pillow and squeeze it tight
I think of you and I dream of you all the time.
What am I gonna do?

I want your love, I want your love.
I want your love, I want your love.

Sometime, don't you feel like you
Never really had a love that's real?
Well, here I am, and who's to say
A better love you won't find today?
Just one chance and I will show you love
Like no other, two steps above.
On your ladder I'll be a peg.
I want your lovin', please don't make me beg.

I want your love, I want your love,

 

15 Adele - Make You Feel My Love

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
And oh, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love

 

16 Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talking (MIKA cover)

Everybody's talkin' at me
I don't hear a word their sayin'
Only the echos of my mind
People stop and stare
I can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off of the northeast winds
Sailin' on summer breeze
And skippin' over the ocean like a stone
Everybody's talkin' at me
Can't hear a word their sayin'
Only the echos of my mind

People stop and stare
I can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off of the northeast winds
Sailin' on summer breeze
And skippin' over the ocean like a stone
I won't let you leave my love behind

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'
Through the pourin' rain
Goin' where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin' off of the northeast winds
Sailin' on summer breeze
And skippin' over the ocean like a stone

 

17 Charles Aznavour - She

She
May be the face I can't forget
A trace of pleasure I regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that Solomon sings
May be the chill that autumn brings
May be a hounded tearful things
Within the measure of the day.
She
May be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into heaven or a hell
She may be the mirror of my dream
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside as shell
She who always seems so happy 'n proud
Who's eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She may be the love that can and hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past
That I remember till day I die
She
May be the reason I survive
The why and where for I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough and rainy years
Me I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I got to be
The meaning of my life is
She, she, she

 

18  Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Sometimes you're better off dead
There's a gun in your hand it's pointing at your head
You think you're mad too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a West end town
Call the police there's a mad man around
Running down underground
To a dive bar in a West end town

In a West end town a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
In a West end town in a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
West end girls.

Too many shadows whispering voices
Faces on posters too many choices
If when why what how much have you got
Have you got it do you get it
If so how often
Which do you choose
A hard or soft option
(How much do you need)

In a West end town a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
In a West end town in a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
West end girls.

(How much do you need)

In a West end town a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
Ooh a West end town in a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
West end girls.

You got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait till I get you home
We've got no future
We've got no past
Here today built to last
In every city and every nation
From Lake Geneva to the Finland station
(How far have you been)

In a West end town a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
In a West end town in a dead end world
The East end boys and West end girls
West end girls.

West end girls
West end girls

 

19 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Hey where did we go
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow
Playin' a new game
Laughing and a running hey, hey
Skipping and a jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our hearts a thumpin' and you
My brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

Whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow
Going down the old mine
With a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing
Hiding behind a rainbow's wall
Slipping and sliding
All along the water fall, with you
My brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da
Just like that
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da, la te da

So hard to find my way
Now that I'm all on my own
I saw you just the other day
My how you have grown
Cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometime I'm overcome thinking 'bout
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (lying in the green grass)
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (bit, bit, bit, bit, bit, bit)
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (sha la la la la la)
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

 

20. Carole King - It's Too Late

Stayed in bed all mornin' just to pass the time.
There's somethin' wrong here, there can be no denyin'.
One of us is changin', or maybe we've just stopped tryin'.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,
Though we really did try to make it.
Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,
And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no.

It used to be so easy, livin' here with you.
You were light and breezy, an' I knew just what to do.
Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,
Though we really did try to make it.
Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,
And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no.

There'll be good times again for me and you,
But we just can't stay together; don't you feel it too?
Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,
Though we really did try to make it. (we can't make it)
Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,
And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

It's too late baby, it's too late now darling
It's too late.

 

21 Mika covering Piano Man (Billy Joel)

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright

 

22. Stephen Stills  - Love The One You're With

If you're down and confused
And you don't remember who you're talking to,
Concentration slips away
Cause you're baby is so far away

[Chorus]
Well there's a rose in the fisted glove
And the eagle flies with the dove
And if you can't be with the one you love honey
Love the one you're with, Love the one you're with,
Love the one you're with, Love the one you're with.

Don't be angry, don't be sad
Don't sit crying over good times you've had
There's a girl right next to you
And she's just waiting for something to do

[Chorus]

Love the one you're with,Love the one you're with,
Love the one you're with,Love the one you're with,

Turn your heartache right into joy
Cause she's a girl and you're a boy
Get it together, make it nice
You ain't gonna need anymore advice

[Chorus]

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Oh, That's what I wanted to do.. 

For now I just saved the playlist..

Would it be possible, if you share with me that important things that he said about artists, please? That would be amazing!!

Because this is what matters a lot... This is something very personal to Mika...which means for me too..

 

:) Yes, of course you can have it - but it's quite a lot, totally.  So if you PM me your e-mail adr, I'll send it to you, as soon as I find time, probably during this weekend... :wink2: 

 

Love, love

me 

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I really hope this radio show and the performances on the website (for which there are no words to convey his sheer excellence) will gain Mika some interest again in the UK. I hope they are looking him up

And getting hooked!

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This is for the non-native English speakers, who also is not really good at it (like me :P)

1. David bowie let's dance

Hey baby, won't you take a chance?

If you want to, you can have a dance

Let's dance, let's dance

Do the twist and shout, mashed potato too

Any old dance that you want to do

Let's dance, let's dance

 

 

Hey baby, now you're all alone

Hey baby, let me walk you home

Let's dance, let's dance

Do the twist and shout, mashed potato too

Any old dance that you want to do

Let's dance, let's dance

 

Let's dance

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues

Let's dance

Dance to the song they're playing on the radio

Let's sway

While color lights up your face

Let's sway

Sway through the crowd to an empty space

If you say run, I'll run with you

If you say hide, we'll hide

Watch my love for you

It would break my heart in two

If you should fall into my arms

And tremble like a flower

Let's dance

Let's dance

Let's dance, let's dance

Let's dance, let's dance

 

2. Dusty Springfield (I Only Want To Be With You)

I don't know what it is that makes me love you so

I only know I never want to let you go

'Cause you started something, can't you see

That ever since we met you've had a hold on me

I happens to be true, I only want to be with you

It doesn't matter where you go or what you do

I want to spend each moment of the day with you

Look what has happened with just one kiss

I never knew that I could be in love like this

It's crazy but it's true, I only want to be with you

You stopped and smiled at me

Asked me if I'd care to dance

I fell into your open arms

I didn't stand a chance

Now, listen, honey, I just want to be beside you everywhere

As long as we're together, honey, I don't care

'Cause you started something, can't you see

That ever since we met you've had a hold on me

No matter what you do, I only want to be with you

You stopped and smiled at me

Asked me if I'd care to dance

I fell into your open arms

I didn't stand a chance

Now hear me darling, I just want to be beside you everywhere

As long as we're together, honey, I don't care

'Cause you started something, can't you see

That ever since we met you've had a hold on me

No matter what you do, I only want to be with you

I said, no matter, no matter what you do, I only want to be with you

 

3. Fleetwood Mac (Everywhere)

Can you hear me calling

Out your name

You know that I'm falling

And I don't know what to say

I'll speak a little louder

I'll even shout

You know that I'm proud

And I can't get the words out

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Something's happening

Happening to me

My friends say I'm acting peculiarly

C'mon baby

We better make a start

You better make it soon

Before you break my heart

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Can you hear me calling

Out your name

You know that I'm falling

And I don't know what to say

Come along baby

We better make a start

You better make it soon

Before you break my heart

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

Oh I,

I want to be with you everywhere

(Wanna be with you everywhere)

 

4. Robbie Williams - Road to Mandalay

Save me from drowning in the sea

Beat me up on the beach

What a lovely holiday

There's nothing funny left to say

This somber song would drain the sun

But it won't shine until it's sung

No water running in the stream

The saddest place we've ever been

Everything I touched was golden

Everything I loved got broken

On the road to Mandalay

Every mistake I've ever made

Has been rehashed and then replayed

As I got lost along the way

There's nothing left for you to give

The truth is all that you're left with

Twenty paces then at dawn

We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees

Have the universe at one with me

Look down the barrel of a gun

And feel the moon replace the sun

Everything we've ever stolen

Has been lost returned or broken

No more dragons left to slay

Every mistake I've every made

Has been rehashed and then replayed

As I got lost along the way

Save me from drowning in the sea

Beat me up on the beach

What a lovely holiday

There's nothing left to say

 

5. Michael Jackson - Rock With You

Girl, close your eyes

Let that rhythm get into you

Don't try to fight it

There ain't nothing that you can do

Relax your mind

Lay back and groove with mine

You gotta feel that heat

And we can ride the boogie

Share that beat of love

I want to rock with you (all night)

Dance you into day (sunlight)

I want to rock with you (all night)

Rock the night away

Out on the floor

There ain't nobody there but us

Girl when you dance

There's a magic that must be love

Just take it slow

'Cause we got so far to go

You gotta feel that heat

And we can ride the boogie

Share that beat of love

I want to rock with you (all night)

Dance you into day (sunlight)

I want to rock with you (all night)

Rock the night away

And when the groove is dead and gone (yeah)

You know that love survives

So we can rock forever, on

I want to rock with you

I want to groove with you

I want to rock (all night) with you girl (sunlight)

Rock with you, rock with you girl (yeah) (all night)

Dance the night away

I want to rock with you (yeah) (all night)

Rock you into day (sunlight)

I want to rock with you (all night)

Rock the night away

Feel the heat feel the heat

Rock you into day (sunlight)

I want to rock-rock the night away.

 

6. Michael Jackson - Thriller

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark

Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart

You try to scream, but terror takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes

You're paralyzed

'Cause this is thriller, thriller at night

And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike

You know it's thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller, tonight

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run

You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun

You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination

But all the while you hear a creature creepin' up behind

You're out of time

'Cause this is thriller, thriller at night

There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes

You know it's thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer thriller tonight

Night creatures call

And the dead start to walk in their masquerade

There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time

(They're open wide)

This is the end of your life

They're out to get you; there's demons closing in on every side

They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial

Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah

All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen

I'll make you see

That it's a thriller, thriller night

'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul

Would ever dare try

This is thriller, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller chiller

Thriller here tonight

That it's a thriller, thriller night

'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghoul

Could ever dare try

This is thriller, thriller night

Girl so let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller

I'm gonna thrill ya tonight

Darkness falls across the land

The midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize y'awl's neighborhood

And whosoever shall be found

Without the soul for getting down

Must stand and face the hounds of hell

And rot inside a corpse's shell

The foulest stench is in the air

The funk of forty thousand years

And grizzly ghouls from every tomb

Are closing in to seal your doom

And though you fight to stay alive

Your body starts to shiver

For no mere mortal can resist

The evil of the thriller

 

7. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love

I know your eyes in the morning sun

I feel you touch me in the pouring rain

And the moment that you wander far from me

I wanna feel you in my arms again

And you come to me on a summer breeze

Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

And it’s me you need to show

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)

I really need to learn

‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools

Breaking us down

When they all should let us be

We belong to you and me

I believe in you

You know the door to my very soul

You’re the light in my deepest darkest hour

You’re my saviour when I fall

And you may not think

I care for you

When you know down inside

That I really do

And it’s me you need to show

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)

I really need to learn

‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools

Breaking us down

When they all should let us be

We belong to you and me

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)

I really need to learn

‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools

Breaking us down

When they all should let us be

We belong to you and me

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?)

 

8.  Elton John I want love (Covered by MIKA)

I want love, but it's impossible

A man like me, so irresponsible

A man like me is dead in places

Other men feel liberated

I can't love, shot full of holes

Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold

Don't feel nothing, just old scars

Toughening up around my heart

But I want love, just a different kind

I want love, won't break me down

Won't brick me up, won't fence me in

I want a love, that don't mean a thing

That's the love I want, I want love

I want love on my own terms

After everything I've ever learned

Me, I carry too much baggage

Oh man I've seen so much traffic

But I want love, just a different kind

I want love, won't break me down

Won't brick me up, won't fence me in

I want a love, that don't mean a thing

That's the love I want, I want love

I want love, just a different kind

I want love, won't break me down

Won't brick me up, won't fence me in

I want a love, that don't mean a thing

That's the love I want, I want love

 

9. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

And floating around in ecstasy

So don't stop me now don't stop me

'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky

Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva

I'm gonna go go go

There's no stopping me

I'm burnin' through the sky yeah

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball

Don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time just give me a call

Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)

Don't stop me now (Yes I'm havin' a good time)

I don't want to stop at all

Yeah, I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars

On a collision course

I am a satellite I'm out of control

I am a sex machine ready to reload

Like an atom bomb about to

Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I'm burnin' through the sky yeah

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don't stop me don't stop me

Don't stop me hey hey hey

Don't stop me don't stop me

Ooh ooh ooh, I like it

Don't stop me don't stop me

Have a good time good time

Don't stop me don't stop me ah

Oh yeah

Alright

Oh, I'm burnin' through the sky yeah

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball

Don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time (wooh)

Just give me a call (alright)

Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time - yeah yeah)

Don't stop me now (yes I'm havin' a good time)

I don't want to stop at all

La da da da daah

Da da da haa

Ha da da ha ha haaa

Ha da daa ha da da aaa

Ooh ooh ooh

 

10. Tobias Jesso Jr - How Could You Babe

So long, my only friend

I guess we gave it a try

And then I guess we tried again

I don't remember why

But nothing's as hard to do

As just saying goodbye

And when love is in the way, you gotta say

"I guess love ain't always right"

And I find out you'd gone and met a new man

And told him he's the love of your life

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, how could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, have you lost your memories?

Did you wash 'em down the drain?

And did you have some help deciding

To forget my name?

Cause nothing I can say to you

Could ever ease this pain

I'm just waiting for the day when I can say

That you are mine again

When I found out you'd gone and met a new man

I felt so lonely that I cried

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, how could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, how could you, baby?

How could you, baby?

How could you, baby?

How could you, baby?

When I found out you'd gone and met a new man

I felt so lonely that I cried, I cried, I cried!

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

How could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

Well, how could you, baby? (How could you, baby?)

 

11. Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You

Just before our love got lost you said

I am as constant as a northern star and I said,

Constantly in the darkness

Where's that at?

If you want me I'll be in the bar

On the back of a cartoon coaster

In the blue TV screen light

I drew a map of Canada

Oh Canada

With your face sketched on it twice

Oh you are in my blood like holy wine

You taste so bitter

And so sweet oh

I could drink a case of you darling and I would

Still be on my feet

Oh I would still be on my feet

Oh I am a lonely painter

I live in a box of paints

I'm frightened by the devil

And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time that you told me, you said

"Love is touching souls"

Surely you touched mine 'cause

Part of you pours out of me

In these lines from time to time

Oh you are in my blood like holy wine

You taste so bitter

And so sweet oh

I could drink a case of you darling

Still I'd be on my feet

I would still be on my feet

I met a woman

She had a mouth like yours, she knew your life

She knew your devils and your deeds and she said

"Go to him

stay with him if you can

But be prepared to bleed"

Oh but you are in my blood you're my holy wine

You're so bitter

bitter and so sweet oh

I could drink a case of you darling

Still I'd be on my feet

I would still be on my feet

hmm

 

12 George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

My sweet Lord

Hm, my Lord

Hm, my Lord

I really want to see you

Really want to be with you

Really want to see you Lord

But it takes so long, my Lord

My sweet Lord

Hm, my Lord

Hm, my Lord

I really want to know you

Really want to go with you

Really want to show you Lord

That it won't take long, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

I really want to see you

Really want to see you

Really want to see you, Lord

Really want to see you, Lord

But it takes so long, my Lord (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)

My, my, my Lord (hallelujah)

I really want to know you (hallelujah)

Really want to go with you (hallelujah)

Really want to show you Lord (aaah)

That it won't take long, my Lord (hallelujah)

Hmm (hallelujah)

My sweet Lord (hallelujah)

My, my, Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hare krishna)

My, my, my Lord (hare krishna)

Oh hm, my sweet Lord (krishna, krishna)

Oh-uuh-uh (hare hare)

Now, I really want to see you (hare rama)

Really want to be with you (hare rama)

Really want to see you Lord (aaah)

But it takes so long, my Lord (hallelujah)

Hm, my Lord (hallelujah)

My, my, my Lord (hare krishna)

My sweet Lord (hare krishna)

My sweet Lord (krishna krishna)

My Lord (hare hare)

Hm, hm (Gurur Brahma)

Hm, hm (Gurur Vishnu)

Hm, hm (Gurur Devo)

Hm, hm (Maheshwara)

My sweet Lord (Gurur Sakshaat)

My sweet Lord (Parabrahma)

My, my, my Lord (Tasmayi Shree)

My, my, my, my Lord (Guruve Namah)

My sweet Lord (Hare Rama)

(hare krishna)

My sweet Lord (hare krishna)

My sweet Lord (krishna krishna)

My Lord (hare hare)

 

13 Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

You could have a steam train

If you'd just lay down your tracks

You could have an aeroplane flying

If you bring your blue sky back

All you do is call me

I'll be anything you need

You could have a big dipper

Going up and down, all around the bends

You could have a bumper car, bumping

This amusement never ends

I want to be your sledgehammer

Why don't you call my name

Oh let me be your sledgehammer

This will be my testimony

Show me round your fruitcage

'Cause I will be your honey bee

Open up your fruitcage

Where the fruit is as sweet as can be

I want to be your sledgehammer

Why don't you call my name

You'd better call the sledgehammer

Put your mind at rest

I'm going to be-the sledgehammer

This can be my testimony

I'm your sledgehammer

Let there be no doubt about it

Sledge sledge sledgehammer

I've kicked the habit

Shed my skin

This is the new stuff

I go dancing in, we go dancing in

Oh won't you show for me

And I will show for you

Show for me, I will show for you

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you

Only you

You've been coming through

Going to build that powerr

Build, build up that power, hey

I've been feeding the rhythm

I've been feeding the rhythm

Going to feel that power, build in you

Come on, come on, help me do

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you

I've been feeding the rhythm

I've been feeding the rhythm

It's what we're doing, doing

All day and night

 

14 Chic - I Want Your Love

I want your love, I want your love.

I want your love, I want your love.

Do you feel like you ever want

To try my love and see how well it fits?

Baby can't you see, when you look at me

I can't kick this feelin' when it hits

All alone in my bed at night

I grab m pillow and squeeze it tight

I think of you and I dream of you all the time.

What am I gonna do?

I want your love, I want your love.

I want your love, I want your love.

Sometime, don't you feel like you

Never really had a love that's real?

Well, here I am, and who's to say

A better love you won't find today?

Just one chance and I will show you love

Like no other, two steps above.

On your ladder I'll be a peg.

I want your lovin', please don't make me beg.

I want your love, I want your love,

 

15 Adele - Make You Feel My Love

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

When evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

And oh, there's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

Nothing that I wouldn't do

Go to the ends of the earth for you

To make you feel my love

 

16 Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talking (MIKA cover)

Everybody's talkin' at me

I don't hear a word their sayin'

Only the echos of my mind

People stop and stare

I can't see their faces

Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'

Through the pourin' rain

Goin' where the weather suits my clothes

Bankin' off of the northeast winds

Sailin' on summer breeze

And skippin' over the ocean like a stone

Everybody's talkin' at me

Can't hear a word their sayin'

Only the echos of my mind

People stop and stare

I can't see their faces

Only the shadows of their eyes

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'

Through the pourin' rain

Goin' where the weather suits my clothes

Bankin' off of the northeast winds

Sailin' on summer breeze

And skippin' over the ocean like a stone

I won't let you leave my love behind

I'm goin' where the sun keeps shinin'

Through the pourin' rain

Goin' where the weather suits my clothes

Bankin' off of the northeast winds

Sailin' on summer breeze

And skippin' over the ocean like a stone

 

17 Charles Aznavour - She

She

May be the face I can't forget

A trace of pleasure I regret

May be my treasure or the price I have to pay

She may be the song that Solomon sings

May be the chill that autumn brings

May be a hounded tearful things

Within the measure of the day.

She

May be the beauty or the beast

May be the famine or the feast

May turn each day into heaven or a hell

She may be the mirror of my dream

A smile reflected in a stream

She may not be what she may seem

Inside as shell

She who always seems so happy 'n proud

Who's eyes can be so private and so proud

No one's allowed to see them when they cry

She may be the love that can and hope to last

May come to me from shadows of the past

That I remember till day I die

She

May be the reason I survive

The why and where for I'm alive

The one I'll care for through the rough and rainy years

Me I'll take her laughter and her tears

And make them all my souvenirs

For where she goes I got to be

The meaning of my life is

She, she, she

 

18  Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Sometimes you're better off dead

There's a gun in your hand it's pointing at your head

You think you're mad too unstable

Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables

In a restaurant in a West end town

Call the police there's a mad man around

Running down underground

To a dive bar in a West end town

In a West end town a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

In a West end town in a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

West end girls.

Too many shadows whispering voices

Faces on posters too many choices

If when why what how much have you got

Have you got it do you get it

If so how often

Which do you choose

A hard or soft option

(How much do you need)

In a West end town a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

In a West end town in a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

West end girls.

(How much do you need)

In a West end town a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

Ooh a West end town in a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

West end girls.

You got a heart of glass or a heart of stone

Just you wait till I get you home

We've got no future

We've got no past

Here today built to last

In every city and every nation

From Lake Geneva to the Finland station

(How far have you been)

In a West end town a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

In a West end town in a dead end world

The East end boys and West end girls

West end girls.

West end girls

West end girls

 

19 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Hey where did we go

Days when the rains came

Down in the hollow

Playin' a new game

Laughing and a running hey, hey

Skipping and a jumping

In the misty morning fog with

Our hearts a thumpin' and you

My brown eyed girl

You're my brown eyed girl

Whatever happened

To Tuesday and so slow

Going down the old mine

With a transistor radio

Standing in the sunlight laughing

Hiding behind a rainbow's wall

Slipping and sliding

All along the water fall, with you

My brown eyed girl

You're my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

Just like that

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da, la te da

So hard to find my way

Now that I'm all on my own

I saw you just the other day

My how you have grown

Cast my memory back there, Lord

Sometime I'm overcome thinking 'bout

Making love in the green grass

Behind the stadium with you

My brown eyed girl

You're my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (lying in the green grass)

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (bit, bit, bit, bit, bit, bit)

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da (sha la la la la la)

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

 

20. Carole King - It's Too Late

Stayed in bed all mornin' just to pass the time.

There's somethin' wrong here, there can be no denyin'.

One of us is changin', or maybe we've just stopped tryin'.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,

Though we really did try to make it.

Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,

And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no.

It used to be so easy, livin' here with you.

You were light and breezy, an' I knew just what to do.

Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,

Though we really did try to make it.

Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,

And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no.

There'll be good times again for me and you,

But we just can't stay together; don't you feel it too?

Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,

Though we really did try to make it. (we can't make it)

Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,

And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

It's too late baby, it's too late now darling

It's too late.

 

21 Mika covering Piano Man (Billy Joel)

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in

There's an old man sitting next to me

Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory

I'm not really sure how it goes

But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete

When I wore a younger man's clothes."

La la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

Sing us a song, you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well, we're all in the mood for a melody

And you've got us feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine

He gets me my drinks for free

And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."

As the smile ran away from his face

"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star

If I could get out of this place"

Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist

Who never had time for a wife

And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy

And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness

But it's better than drinkin' alone

Sing us a song you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well we're all in the mood for a melody

And you got us feeling alright

Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

Sing us a song you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well we're all in the mood for a melody

And you got us feeling alright

 

22. Stephen Stills  - Love The One You're With

If you're down and confused

And you don't remember who you're talking to,

Concentration slips away

Cause you're baby is so far away

[Chorus]

Well there's a rose in the fisted glove

And the eagle flies with the dove

And if you can't be with the one you love honey

Love the one you're with, Love the one you're with,

Love the one you're with, Love the one you're with.

Don't be angry, don't be sad

Don't sit crying over good times you've had

There's a girl right next to you

And she's just waiting for something to do

[Chorus]

Love the one you're with,Love the one you're with,

Love the one you're with,Love the one you're with,

Turn your heartache right into joy

Cause she's a girl and you're a boy

Get it together, make it nice

You ain't gonna need anymore advice

[Chorus]

Just to let you know, the lyrics you have for David Bowies 'Let's Dance', are actually the Chris Montez song of the same name.

 

Here are the Bowie lyrics  :thumb_yello:

 

Let's dance,

Put on your red shoes and dance the blues

Let's dance,

To the song they're playin' on the radio

Let's sway,

While color lights up your face

Let's sway,

Sway through the crowd to an empty space

If you say run,

I'll run with you

And if you say hide,

We'll hide

Because my love for you

Would break my heart in two

If you should fall into my arms

And tremble like a flower

Let's dance

Let's dance,

For fear your grace should fall

Let's dance,

For fear tonight is all

Let's sway,

You could look into my eyes

Let's sway,

Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight

And if you say run,

I'll run with you

And if you say hide,

We'll hide

Because my love for you

Would break my heart in two

If you should fall into my arms

And tremble like a flower

 

 

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On 1/1/2016 at 11:18 PM, Kumazzz said:

 

Isle of Wight Festival NEWS reminds me this radio show, Mika talks about a memory of Robbie Williams concert.

 

 

Listen & Download links

are still available ! :thumb_yello:

 

Hopefully BBC Radio will make projects with Mika again.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s9dx2

 

Music Played

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    David Bowie

    Let's Dance

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
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    Dusty Springfield

    I Only Want To Be With You

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection. .
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    Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
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    Robbie Williams

    The Road To Mandalay

    • (CD Single).
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    Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
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    Michael Jackson

    Thriller

    • Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition.
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    Bee Gees

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
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    Mika

    I Want Love (Radio 2 Session, 1st Jan 2016)

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    Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
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    Tobias Jesso Jr.

    How Could You Babe

    • Goon.
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    Joni Mitchell

    A Case Of You

    • Blue.
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    George Harrison

    My Sweet Lord

    • All Things Must Pass.
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    Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
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    Chic

    I Want Your Love

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
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    Adele

    Make You Feel My Love

    • 19.
    • XL.
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    Mika

    Everybody's Talkin' (Radio 2 Session, 1st Jan 2016)

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    Charles Aznavour

    She

    • The Best Of Charles Aznavour.
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    Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
  •  
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    Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
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    Carole King

    It's Too Late

    • Carole King - Tapestry.
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    Mika

    Piano Man (Radio 2 Session, 1st Jan 2016)

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    Stephen Stills

    Love The One You're With

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
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    Annie Lennox

    Walking On Broken Glass

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
  •  
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    The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
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    Depeche Mode

    Just Can't Get Enough

    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.

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    New Year's Day 2016 12:00
    BBC Radio 2

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