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  1. Electric energy in Brooklyn tonight! Mika is so comfortable in his skin and in his songs, and he shared that with us tonight. Some thoughts in no particular order: In the intro, there is a recording of Mika talking all about love: how love created the universe, and lit up the sun, and how the sun created all of us with its yellow light. During this recording the band is all on stage waiting, and you don't see Mika at all, and then he just runs on all at once! Red! Suit! Frilly! Shirt! CURLS!!! And Velcro Shoes???? Dear Jealousy was the second song he played (I think) -- beforehand, he talked for a bit about he hasn't been on tour in four years, and he is starting something new. To start something new, you have to start with new music, and this song was acknowledging something new...basically, how he is a "jealous bastard." 😂 Crowd reaction was great, it felt like everyone around me was either familiar with the song or caught on really quickly. The venue itself had great sound, high ceilings, and a very wide stage that meant a lot of people could get close. Mika did a good job of walking back and forth and giving energy to every corner of the room. Mika was really hamming it up, saying "this song is for my aunties..." he named all of the aunties, some of whom were here tonight, and his mother. Then he said "you'll see why I'll be getting 56 slaps in the face when you find out what song this is" -- then launched into Big Girl. The gig was also RECORDED, which was at first apparent because of the team with the huge camera who walked around filming for most of the concert. Mika also mentioned the name of an accomplished sound engineer who reached out to him about turning a show on this tour into a live album. Mika was saying he's never dropped a live album before! So this was the show that's going to be mixed into an album. When we were leaving the venue, they opened up the side door and you could see into what looked like all the sound engineers mixing right there. Setlist was almost the same as last night, with the omission of Sanremo Lots of LICM songs tonight, followed by TOOL. Plus all the new stuff! Funny, because I think those were the two albums he toured most on in the U.S. so it makes sense to stick within those tracklists. Sofia (not sure of MFC handle) gave Mika a cool jacket (I have photos below) with embroidery and patches that were relevant to the tour. He put it on and it fit perfectly! The renditions of the older songs are some of the best I've seen. Lollipop and Love Today really stand out. Lollipop, they start with a bit of a dueling pianos soundfest that resolves into what the crowd eventually recognizes as Lollipop. He had a spiel beforehand about how his mom told him to avoid the girl next door, but she didn't need to worry about the girl next door...it was the boy next door! Love Today he had the balcony and the floor wave at each other, then told us all to close our eyes and dance our hearts out because no one cares how you look. Encore was GK and a Tiny Love reprise that ended with Mika riffing off the theme of getting and staying high on a tiny love. He said "stay high!" as the last message before he went off stage. The new tracks were great, though the sound made Blue a little difficult to understand. Technically it is a very challenging song, and Mika sings most of it solo with very basic accompaniment. Very cool to see it live, and I'm looking foward to hearing it a couple more times. TOMORROW is a CLASSIC already, the chorus is so catchy and cleverly timed -- it's just doing what Mika does best: clever lyrics, interesting melody, timing that's a little different. He gave us the intro, that this song is about being "15 cm" away from someone in the back of an old Mercedes Benz and making a mistake that you may or may not regret. Pink is the color of sin. Especially when you grow up as a Catholic boy -- because pink is also the color of passion. He used this intro to talk about Origin of Love. This kind of comment is touching to see as a fan who has followed him for so long. He's so much more comfortable in his own skin and sexuality, and open in expressing that. One of the great joys of following Mika over the years is seeing him grow and process this part of his identity through music, and being able to process alongside him. He's come a long way. Show ended around 10:30pm, Mika came out around 11:30pm to sign. There was a big crowd and he must have spent about 20 minutes talking, taking photos, and autographing with everyone. He really made his way around the crowd and took time to talk to those who were at the front. Several times during the concert, he had mentioned how he hasn't been here in four years. So it seems he's making the time to get to know his fans over here. We are lucky! Some photos:
    21 points
  2. I will post a more in depth review and pictures and videos tomorrow, but I wanted to say 2 things on here tonight. 1. This gig was recorded for a live album and DVD. Look forward to it! 2. On a personal note, I got to meet Mika and it was a really incredible experience. I'm very emotional right now and I'm still letting it all sink in. Excellent gig, will do a full report tomorrow.
    15 points
  3. My first gig! I guess I picked a killer one too. All the lovely people I met said Mika just had so much extra energy tonight and it was definitely for the live DVD. I was in the front row so I was definitely filmed for that, look out guys... I have never been to such an incredible show. Like it not just because I love Mika so much, he just put on such a great performance and the crowd echoed the energy right back. It was ecstatic. It was more than I was hoping for. I was a complete mixture of emotions all day, and it all came to a boiling point when Mika came to the stage door greet some of us. There were probably 100 people outside and I knew I probably wouldn't get to see him because I was nowhere near the front. I eventually manuvered myself to the second row of an area where it wasn't as congested, but it didn't seem hopeful and I understood that. I started crying because he was just like... There and a moment I couldn't even dream of happening when I was so much younger was literally like unfolding before my eyes. I also think I am a little emotionally unstable right now because I'm just struggling with mental health issues too. But that's another reason why Mika and his music mean so much to me, its helped me pull through the absolute hell I've had to go through through the years to even get to where I am today and be the person I am today. It's just something you cannot thank someone enough for. The fact that I was crying caught some people around me's attention (I think they were Italian, if you see this thank you! I was too much of a mess to remember that) and they successful grabbed Mika's attention and pointed at me. Mika walks up to me and asks "now, why are you crying?" And I start rambling like the crazy lady I am, I think he was a little taken aback by it but whatever, and tell him pretty much I've been a fan for a long time and I want to thank him for his music because it got me through so much and I'm sorry because you probably hear this a lot. At this point I'm sobbing, he's looking at me like he doesn't know what to say or do and thinking wow I really need new antidepressants because these don't stabilize mood at all anymore. He says something along the lines of that's very sweet and I go in for a hug and then I hear an audible "awww" from the immediate crowd around us. It was so incredible. I'm just to blessed to have had that opportunity to speak with him and tell him that because... How many people get to thank their favorite musician or someone inspiring for them? Thank you, Mika. I'm sorry if I scared you. Here is my Google album from the gig, please enjoy. I filmed quite a few songs that are in here too. https://photos.app.goo.gl/kBjF2G64cpo4UrNx6
    14 points
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  5. Hellooo! I don’t know if I have much to say that someone else hasn’t already said in much more depth earlier, but I’m really glad I was able to see him on this tour. He was full of energy and gave a great performance- I only wish it could’ve been longer so we could have heard more songs that weren’t just the big hits 😉 Also, it was super cool to be part of the recoding, but I’ll admit it was a little distracting having the camera following him around almost the whole time, especially during Tiny Love I waited at the stage door, but we were near the back so I didn’t get to say hi, but it was nice to see that he seemed to be taking time with the people he did talk to Hopefully it won’t be another four years before he comes back to the states so I can see him in concert again! I forgot to really take any pictures, but here are a couple!
    5 points
  6. Its definitely going to be both an album and a DVD. Regarding the live DVD, he mentioned that he just hasn't done one in a long time.
    4 points
  7. Now that he's Michael Holbrook he may forget everything about Mika
    4 points
  8. To me, Dear Jealousy sounds like a song from a Broadway musical, especially in the last chorus with the choir. I think this might be my favourite song from the album so far!
    4 points
  9. Thank you! I think all the warm wishes from MFC members over the years about how they hope I can go to a gig/meet Mika just built up so I could have a truly magical night. But I also think Mika is quite magical too. He just makes good things happen. Definitely all my good luck for the rest of my life was used up at once for this gig, considering how easily I could get things to work out for traveling there too when it could of been very complicated. Thank you, everyone. I feel so thankful and my heart is full.
    3 points
  10. A first try at the lyrics - corrections and additions are welcome. Blue is a feminine colour Blue is deep and bold Blue is like no other as secret as it's old Blue like the ocean's heart (...) But you're blue (...) Blue for your sons not your daughters Blue not for pleasure but pain Obvious to say that it's okay no matter what life throws at you I will always love the blue in you I don't trust the rainbows that are made by the sun For a friend of many is a friend of none Come out of nowhere but quit to end like any other farewell a friend Obvious to say that it's okay no matter what life throws at you I will always love the blue in you Green is pretty as for two but not as deep and dark as blue Red like the flame that burns in you but the hottest part of it is blue Yellow beams its joy for (…) (...) (…) looks cruel to you your faithful friend, your truth for blue Obvious to say that it's okay no matter what life throws at you I will always love the blue in you
    3 points
  11. My try at the lyrics - there's some bits I don't understand at all, and some where it doesn't make sense what I understand - but maybe it's something from where we can start. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, (Tomorrow) You and I will really bringin of some innocent (?) consequences won't be easy (…) needs to regret but if this isn't what you wanted why'd you even come here, it's 2am if this isn't what you wanted why'd you put a smiley in the message then backseat lying on window open, staring So kiss me in the backseat of my vintage Benz Oh, we'll give a shit about tomorrow When it comes we can worry then Oh we'll give a shit about tomorrow And then we're lying of a thousand stars Oh we'll give a shit about tomorrow when you know how lucky we are Oh tomorrow worry bout tomorrow Lying here together (...) (...) But this is is a man's worth fighting for If this isn't what you wanted why'd you even come here, it's 2am if this isn't what you wanted why'd you put a smiley in the message then T-Shirt on, breeze coming in The leather seat (...) So kiss me in the backseat of my vintage Benz Oh, we'll give a shit about tomorrow When it comes we can worry then Oh we'll give a shit about tomorrow And then we're lying of a thousand stars Oh we'll give a shit about tomorrow when you know how lucky we are Oh tomorrow worry (…) sorrow If you'll be there tomorrow then I'll love you Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow So kiss me in the backseat of my vintage Benz Oh, we'll give a shit about tomorrow When it comes we can worry then Oh we'll give a shit about tomorrow And then we're lying of a thousand stars Oh we'll give a shit about tomorrow when you know how lucky we are Oh tomorrow worry bout tomorrow
    3 points
  12. It's going to fantastic, because the set and the new songs he really fabricated into emotions and stories that everyone can relate to in the banter and things he said before playing them. He was also wild onstage, and it was practically a rave during Love Today (?) and We Are Golden because the crowd was just as wild and loving every minute of it.
    3 points
  13. YouTube Vincenzo Parrella RELAX BIG GIRL GRACE KELLY
    3 points
  14. Hello, everyone! Just a quick report from Cloud Nine -- that's where I am on this morning after the amazingness that was last night! Yes, I am fangirling big time! You'll see some of my photos on my Instagram @dcdeb52 and on the MFC's Insta and stories @mikafanclub Lighting was pretty awful for photos from where I was standing -- at times I felt like *I* was in the spotlight more than Mika! Anyhow, the show was absolutely amazing. Yes, I'm a fan, I'm supposed to say that, but Mika was overflowing with joy last night and it spilled out onto all of us. He was so happy to be in NYC and on stage again, it was infectious. So many new songs on the setlist -- and 18 songs altogether, so a nice show, which was over way too soon. Highlights of the evening for me: Hearing Jealousy, Tomorrow, and Blue for the first time -- and hearing him explain a little bit where these songs came from. Fantastic version of Happy Ending -- but has he ever done a bad version of this lovely song? Tiny Love live in person was... I hate to use the word amazing again, but it was. So so so good. His voice... and the different segments of the piece come together so beautifully. I really can't say enough about it. Finally, my personal favorite moment. During Sanremo, I had to stop taking photos -- I just FEEL it so much. I really love all of the new songs, but Sanremo speaks to me in a special way. I ❤️ it. And I ❤️ our pop star. Very much. Gorgeous, talented and very, very sweet. Makes me realize just why I've been here for the past 12 years. Afterward, we waited a little more than an hour before Mika finally came out -- he posed for some photos and signed some things, and very kindly took a group photo with some of us from the MFC. Special shout out to my Italian and French friends who were looking out for me. And another shout out to all the international fans there -- it's amazing to me what a diverse and friendly community we have here. Thank you all! Looking forward to tonight even more, now that I know what to expect! See you there!
    3 points
  15. 1. Tiny Love 2. Dear Jealousy 3. Sanremo 4. Ice Cream Both Tomorrow and Blue will have their place above Sanremo, but like you said I'll need the studio version to understand my feelings better
    2 points
  16. I love the melody, it's more a work of art, more like a poem, than a catchy song - definitely not mainstream, definitely unique, and I agree it reminds me of Ordinary Man - which I also love. It's a song I can't always listen to, not something that you can just hear while doing something else - but some of my most favourite songs ever are the same (for example my all-time-favourite "Music" by John Miles), that's what makes them so special.
    2 points
  17. Here's what I'm hearing that differs from yours... You and I, we're really, really not so innocent Oh, who gives a s**t about tomorrow I'm living higher than a thousand stars Lying here together stretching and ? i played your game to have this but this is a mess worth fighting for That second verse is pretty hard to make out though, that could be wrong!
    2 points
  18. There is also Sinfonia Pop (both live CD and DVD) but I guess it's something different for him because he sings with the symphony orchestra... And he probably already forgot about Live at Sadler's Wells (live CD)? Actually I collect CDs and the only live albums I have (and also the only I care about) are from Mika so it's quite strange that according to him he didn't release any.
    2 points
  19. He said that it's different, because the Montreal one was with an orchestra and this is just a normal show audio wise with the music that sounds more like to what he releases.
    2 points
  20. @superstar @cat_loves_mika thank you so much for your reports While reading them I felt nervous and excited. I'm so happy for you
    2 points
  21. And I understand "I don't need to be the richest star "
    2 points
  22. OOOH yeeees!!!! it's true!!!
    2 points
  23. Sempre questa sera, ma alle 21:05, su TF1, andrà in onda La Chanson Secrete, con Nikos e la partecipazione, tra gli altri, di Mika! Questi sono i link per poterlo seguire: https://www.myfree-tivi.com/watch/d https://www.stream4free.live/tf1-live-streaming?ttc=9xj9yvrc https://www.firstonetv.live/Live/France/TF1-28
    2 points
  24. Questa sera su RAI 1, alle 21:25, andrà in onda Ali di libertà, con Andrea Bocelli e la partecipazione, tra gli altri, di Mika! https://www.facebook.com/6006248039/posts/10156897311828040/
    2 points
  25. Mika for "Au feminin" answers questions "Pour ou Contre" (Pro&Con). He answers questions by saying if he is "for or against"something. Hello it's Mika and today I am with "Au feminin" with my "Pour et Contre". Generally I am against everything :-) Question: Covers of your songs? I am "for" people who do my covers. Because I think it's a big complement. And sometimes it happens that a part of the song that I have not paid attention to is stepping forward. So it's not only a complement but it may be as well an inspiration. It gives me ideas for my live versions of the song. So I like covers. Question: To eat ice cream in winter? I am against ice cream in winter. Because generally I don't like ice cream. Question: To participate in "Dancing With The Stars"? I am against participation in "Dancing With The Stars". I am not interested. Firstly because it's very difficult. Secondly because moving is a part of my job. I know I am not a dancer but I am moving on stage. I expresse myself with movements. So to be judged on my natural movements it would hurt me.
    2 points
  26. I I'm in love with "tomorrow" too. It has a very catchy rhythm, I can't wait to hear it live soon!!
    2 points
  27. Thank you all for these wonderful and generous shares, which make us feel very close to each other. ❤️
    2 points
  28. 'Ready to call this love' is the duet with Jack Savoretti, don't think that was mentioned yet 😁
    2 points
  29. Thanks @Irem Aytepe for your try at the lyrics. I think they're not quite right yet, but we're on a good way with your suggestions! When I look at the movements of his lips in the video from that radio station Eriko posted here, I get different results than just from hearing. We got one thing in common, (Amen?) the only problem is that it's wrong and and every single person even you without me (it could be even you even me, not sure) is jealousy I think sara was right with I don't need to be the richest, I know enough is enough (not "the richest guy") I think it's "this bed wasn't made for three", not band. And then when he sings "you'd better run away..." - "while it let us" makes sense, but in the video he clearly sings a "b", so it would be "you'd better run away but it let us" - that doesn't really make sense - could it be something with "letters"? Edit: maybe it's "but it led us"?
    2 points
  30. I finally got a video to upload on Vimeo! Here’s Tomorrow in full! And here’s Dear Jealousy Last one is Blue
    2 points
  31. Some bits of it from last night's show: Here you have to scroll through, it's #7
    1 point
  32. I like the interaction with the crowd. I see myself infront of the stage screaming "High"
    1 point
  33. Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mika-tiny-love-big-girl-seth-meyers-883462/ September 12, 2019 11:39AM ET
    1 point
  34. Ah, good point! I had just watched it on IG and wondered what song it is.
    1 point
  35. Thank you so, so much to every fan who shared their experience! When I saw all these videos and pics this morning I really felt like I was there, happy, emotional and pretty much overwhelmed - I think I won't ever forget this day. Can't wait to see what the Tiny Tour will bring in the next days
    1 point
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  37. They post the VIDEO to https://www.rtl.it/power-hits-estate/2019/ Click "MIKA" !
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  39. This was Mika we love - this performance reminded me Parc des Princes. Happy Mik running through the stage with his great dandy jacket and colourful neckless.
    1 point
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