Le Parisien-Mon dîner avec Mika

Thanks to Williwonka:thumb_yello:

http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/mon-diner-avec-mika-08-05-2009-505621.php

Mon dîner avec Mika

Devine qui régale ce soir ? Mika. Pardon ? Oui, Mika. Et le chanteur sait recevoir. Malgré les deux ans de folie qu’il vient de vivre, la star a eu la délicate idée, avant-hier, de convier autour de lui à table sept journalistes à la Fidélité, un restaurant près de la gare de l’Est (Paris Xe ). Ceux qui avaient cru d’emblée à son « Life in Cartoon Motion », début 2007, écoulé à plus d’un million d’exemplaires chez nous.

« Je voulais passer un peu de temps avec les gens qui m’ont soutenu dès le début », annonce-t-il dans un français toujours quasi parfait. « C’est vraiment ma première langue, j’ai vécu ici jusqu’à l’âge de 7 ans. » Alors, forcément, le chanteur anglo-libanais nous soigne, sans grosses ficelles non plus.

Veste azur, barbe naissante, frisettes et sourires généreux, il est même passé inaperçu en arrivant. Une embrassade ici, et voilà Mika qui donne déjà des nouvelles, au bar, pour l’apéro, entre champagne et verre de vin. « J’ai fini mon disque il y a trois jours. J’ai enregistré quatorze titres à Los Angeles.

Il y en aura onze sur l’album. Ce sera un peu le disque de mon adolescence, des premiers émois, alors que le précédent parlait de mon enfance. »

« Je vais mettre en vente sur mon site Internet un CD quatre titres »

Ce CD est attendu à la mi-septembre, précédé d’un single en juillet. Mika sera ensuite en tournée en mars 2010 avec un Bercy à Paris. Mais il chantera déjà avant l’été. « Je vais faire quelques concerts acoustiques avec des cordes les 11 et 12 juin au Cirque d’Hiver, explique-t-il en commandant un gaspacho de concombre. Un retour sur scène qui suivra la sortie de nouveaux titres. « J’ai voulu reprendre la musique sans penser aux considérations commerciales. Je vais mettre en vente sur mon site Internet, à la fin du mois, un CD quatre titres « Songs for Sorrow » à seulement 10 000 exemplaires. Il sera disponible à 15 € dans un livre de 68 pages illustrées par une vingtaine de dessinateurs, dont Peter Blake qui a fait la pochette de Sergent Pepper’s des Beatles, les Français de Kerascoët ou le couturier Paul Smith. Ce sera très inspiré par des ambiances de conte de fées. »

Mika en a déjà beaucoup dit alors qu’arrive une imposante côte de boeuf. « Ça fait trop là, non ? » Pas sûr finalement, le temps de nouvelles confidences.

« Je suis en train de chercher une maison à une heure de Paris, à la campagne. Je veux passer six mois à Paris et six mois à Londres. J’aimerais bien trouver quelque chose du côté de Fontainebleau. » La viande est déjà loin, place à un pain perdu en dessert tandis que l’artiste se souvient de ses derniers concerts en France : le Parc des Princes, les Francofolies de La Rochelle, « l’un des meilleurs de la tournée ». Il n’était pas repassé à Paris depuis, malgré des appels du pied… de l’Elysée.

« Madonna m’a raconté des choses bizarres sur sa vie sexuelle »

« Quand le président libanais est venu en France en mars, j’ai reçu une invitation à dîner avec Nicolas Sarkozy et Carla Bruni. Je ne voulais pas entrer dans ce jeu-là. Carla Bruni, quand même, c’est incroyable ! Quand je pense à Taratata que j’ai fait avec elle à mes débuts… » Mika s’amuse, répond, dément gentiment : pas de duo avec Lady Gaga, pas de chansons pour Madonna. « Il n’en a jamais été question. J’ai rencontré ensuite Madonna à Los Angeles dans une fête après les Oscars. Elle m’a raconté des choses bizarres sur sa vie sexuelle et buvait beaucoup d’alcool. »

Il est plus de minuit. Le repas est terminé. Le musicien a envie de nous faire écouter quelques morceaux de son futur disque. On y découvre un Mika plus décomplexé que jamais, osant des arrangements en technicolor. Mention spéciale à « We Are Golden », impressionnante symphonie pop qui ferait un ébouriffant single, « Touches », ballade aussi fondante qu’éblouissante, ou « Rain », petite soeur plus ambitieuse de « Relax, Take it Easy ». De savoureuses mignardises pour conclure un dîner vraiment pas comme les autres.

TRANSLATION PLEASE!

Awesome. Is there a translation anywhere?

Edit: Damn you Rose! Lol.

And here is the translation, thanks to my crafty online transator:

My dinner with Mika

Guess who treats this evening? Mika. Forgiveness? Yes, Mika. And the singer can accept. In spite of two years of madness which he has just lived, the star had the delicate idea, the day before yesterday, of inviting seven journalists around him at table in Fidelity, a restaurant near the Eastern railway station (Paris the Xth century). Those who had believed straightaway in his «Life in Cartoon Motion», at the beginning of 2007, sold in more than a million copies at our place.

« I wanted to spend a little of time with people who supported me from the beginning», he announces in French always quasi perfect. «It is really my first language, I lived here until the age of 7 years. »Then, willy-nilly, the anglo-Lebanese singer treats on us, without big twines either.

Jacket azure, rising beard, little curls and generous smiles, it even passed unobserved by arriving. A kissing here, and here is Mika who already gives news, in the bar, for the drink, between champagne and glass of wine. «I finished my disc three days ago. I recorded fourteen titles in Los Angeles.

There will be eleven on the album. It will be a bit the disc of my adolescence, first agitations, while precedent spoke about my childhood.»

« I am going to put a CD for sale on my Internet site four titles»

ONE waits in mid-September for this CD, preceded of a single in July. Mika will be then in tour in March, 2010 with Bercy in Paris. But he will sing already before summer. «I am going to make some acoustical concerts with ropes on June 11th and 12th to the Winter circus, he explains by ordering a gaspacho of cucumber. A return on stage which will follow the exit of new titles. «I wanted to take back music without thinking of commercial considerations. I am going to put a CD for sale on my Internet site, at the end of the month, four titles " Songs for Sorrow " in only 10 000 copies. It will be available in 15 € in a book of 68 pages illustrated by designers' about twenty, of which Peter Blake who made the case of Sergeant Pepper s of Beatles, Frenchmen de Kerascoët or the couturier Paul Smith. It will be very inspired by ambiences of fairy tale.»

Mika has already a lot said about it while an imposing rib of beef arrives. «This makes too much there, no? »Not sure finally, the time of new confidentiality.

« I am searching a home in one Paris time, in the campaign. I want to spend six months in Paris and six months in London. I would really like to find something on the side of Fontainebleau.» The meat is already far, puts in a bread lost for dessert while the artist remembers his last concerts in France: the Park of the Princes, Francofolies of Rochelle, «one of the best of tour». He was not ironed in Paris since, in spite of calls of the foot of the Élysée Palace.

« Madonna told me strange things on her sexual life»

« When the Lebanese president came in France in March, I accepted an invitation to have dinner with Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. I did not want to enter this game. Carla Bruni, nevertheless, it is incredible! When I think in Taratata that I made with her at my beginning» Mika has a good time, answers, denies mildly: no duet with lady dodderer, no songs for Madonna. «It was never a matter of it. I met Madonna then in Los Angeles in a holiday after Oscars. She told me strange things on her sexual life and drank heavily alcohol.»

It is more than midnight. Meal is ended. The musician feels like making us listen to some pieces of his future disc. They discover Mika more done wonders for the self-confidence there than ever, daring arrangements in technicolour. Special mention in "We Are Golden", impressive symphony pop who would make one tousling single, "Keys «, ballade as mellow as dazzling, or "Rain", small more ambitious sister of «Rest, Take it Easy». Of tasty affectation to conclude a dinner really not as others.

Yay, new translation fun!

- Lady dodderer

- Rest, Take it Easy

Yay, new translation fun!

 

- Lady dodderer

- Rest, Take it Easy

 

Yes, I know, it's terrible.:naughty:I translated it first to spanish and it was a lot better:naughty:

Do I need to retranslate or will the online translation do ?

T4P & translating Natmika:wink2:

Oooh, another new song Keys, and it's a ballad! Look forward to hearing that on the album.

In the original article it says Touches, not keys. They didn't translate Relax, take it easy, so it makes me think that's the real title.

Niki, Id3 offered to translate it. But I'm thinking that maybe it won't be necessary.We get the general idea.Thanks anyway:thumb_yello:

Do I need to retranslate or will the online translation do ?

Natmika thinks that that other title is Keys, would that be right?

No, Rose, I think it's Touches!

No, Rose, I think it's Touches!

Sorry, I thought that was the French word!

Sorry, I thought that was the French word!

Now doesn't Touches sound much better than Keys?

I found these after lunch but Clafoutis and Fanny were he ones revealing it...

I posted it on the Mikasounds thread too...

As I read it it's really "Touches", not the french word "touches" for "keys"...

Waddaya think Niki???

Thank you natmika!

Lovely to hear this:biggrin2:

Now doesn't Touches sound much better than Keys?

Oh yes!

Natmika thinks that that other title is Keys, would that be right?

What do you mean??

The French "Touches" can indeed mean "keys" in english but unless he decided to use a french title for one of his songs, I guess the right title is "touches" ?

Now doesn't Touches sound much better than Keys?

:das:It depends in what context actually.

I found these after lunch but Clafoutis and Fanny were he ones revealing it...

 

I posted it on the Mikasounds thread too...

 

As I read it it's really "Touches", not the french word "touches" for "keys"...

 

Waddaya think Niki???

I don't know lol. Why wouldn't he do a French song for once? Could pretty well do it after all...

:das:It depends in what context actually.

Well, apparently it's a ballad so...

Maybe he developped a keys fetiche for twitting so much, he now decided to write a song about it....lol

Niki, Id3 offered to translate it. But I'm thinking that maybe it won't be necessary.We get the general idea.Thanks anyway:thumb_yello:

Here it is

OMFG ! This is a thirsty job... wish Santa were with me at the bar !

 

You know what ? I'm going to send it paragraph after paragraph so that you'll have time to correct my English. And it will remind you of Sire, throwing crumbs of information to his fans .

 

Here goes :

 

 

QUOTE :

 

Le Parisien

 

Guess who’s inviting us tonight ? Mika. Sorry ? Yes, Mika. And the singer sure is a nice host. In spite of the two years’ madness he’s just been through, Mika was kind enough, the day before yesterday, to invite 7 journalists at La Fidélité, a restaurant near the Gare de l’Est, those who, from the very beginning, believed in his talent when LICM was released early in 2007. He has sold over 1 000 000 copies here in France.

 

‘I wanted to spent a little time with those who’ve supported me from the very beginning’ he says in almost perfect French. ‘It’s really my first language, I lived here until I was 7’. So of course the Anglo-Lebanese singer is spoiling us, without overdoing it though.

Sky blue jacket, discreet stubble and a few sunny smiles, nobody took much notice when he arrived. A hug later and he is already giving us news at the bar round a drink of champagne or wine.

‘I completed my album three days ago. I recorded 14 songs in Los Angeles.’

There will be eleven on the album.

‘In a way, it’s going to be an album about my adolescence, my first emotions, while the first one was about my childhood.’

 

UNQUOTE

Don't shoot the translator !

 

Back after a drink or two. Should make my translation more colourful...

 

Cheers,

 

Id3

Second instalment...

 

QUOTE :

 

 

I’m going to sell a 4 song EP on my Internet site

This CD should be released in September, after a single in July. Then Mika will be on tour from March 2010, with a gig in Paris Bercy. But he’ll have already been singing before the summer. ‘I’m doing a couple of gigs in the Cirque d’Hiver, on June 11th and 12th ‘ he says while ordering a cucumber gaspacho. A return to the stage that will be preceded by the release of new songs. ‘I wanted to go back to writing music without thinking in terms of sales. At the end of the month I am going to sell, on my Internet site, a four song CD, ‘Songs of sorrow’, only 10 000 copies of it. It will be available in a 68 pages booklet, illustrated by about 20 artists, including Peter Blake, who illustrated the Beatles’ Sergent Pepper’s album, the Kerascoet French and Paul Smith.

Mika has already told us a lot when a very impressive beef rib is put on the table. ‘OK, that’s a bit too much, don’t you think…’. Not so sure about it, as it gives Mika time to confide a little more.

‘I am looking for a house about an hour’s drive from Paris, in the country. I want to spend six months in France, six months in Britain. I’d like to find something near the Fontainebleau forest. ‘

The meat is long gone. Here comes our dessert, French toast, while the musician remembers his latest concerts in France, the Parc des Prince, the Francofolies in La Rochelle (‘One of the best of the tour’), he hadn’t come back to France since, in spite of a kind invitation coming from the French President.

 

UNQUOTE

 

Right, hungry now. Meanwhile could some of you edit it, I mean correct the more blatant English mistakes ? Come on guys, editing, some of you are brilliant at it, don't be shy !

 

Cheers,

 

Id3

Last part of the article :

 

QUOTE :

 

‘Madonna told me weird things about her sex life’

‘When the Lebanese Pdt came to France in March, I was invited to dinner by Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. I won’t play that kind of game. But Carla Bruni, it’s unbelievable. When I think of the Taratata I did with her when I was starting my career…’.

Mika is amused, answers questions, sweetly denies rumours : no duet with Lady Gaga, no song for Madonna ‘It has never even been mentioned. I met Madonna later on in LA at the after Oscars party. She told me weird things about her sex life and was drinking a lot’.

It is past midnight. The meal is over. The musician wants us to listen to a few songs from the next album. It allows us to discover a new Mika, more relaxed than ever, not afraid to try daringly colourful musical arrangements. Especially in ‘We Are Golden’, impressive pop symphony which, as a single, would blow us over. ‘Touches’, a gentle and dazzling ballad, or ‘Rain’, ‘Relax, Take it Easy’ little sister, only more ambitious… Petits fours to end a very special dinner…

 

UNQUOTE

 

It will take us some time to digest -no pun intended- a very interesting article. Badly translated but still you got the gist of it.

 

Back after a few burps.

 

Niki, I wasn't joking, it's very difficult to be critical of your own translation, can you oblige ? Better still, can't English speakers correct the most blatant English mistakes ?

 

Thanks.

 

Cheers,

 

Id3

We are golden and keys, these are on LiCM2 ?