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MILANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! E sabato!!!!!
Nerys che dici, sarà la volta buona?
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Wait, I'm doing the Milano Dance
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Just two words: freaking out.
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Excitement excitement!!
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Exclusive - Mika's Second Coming
A new EP this month and album in September aim to reveal the pop peacock's bleak side. But there is still room for sex-crazed furry animals....
Mika is preparing the follow-up to 2007's platinum-selling Life In Cartoon Motion, promising a "coming-of-age" album that marries eclectic, flamboyant pop with "dark" lyrical themes. As yet untitled, it's scheduled for release in September and will be prepared with a four track EP.
"The first record dealt with childhood", he says between sessions in Rocket Carousel Studios in Los Angeles. "This time I decided to age the world and characters I'd been writing about by 10 years. I wanted this record to sound like how I felt when I was 16 to 17 - sometimes it sounds big and out of control, other times it feels like a comfortable hug".
Having finished his world tour with a show in Lebanon, the singer songwriter began work on the album in London's Olympic Studios in June 2008, and began sketching a selection of "bleak fairy tales", some of which will be released on 25th May as the Songs For Sorrow EP.
"The lyrics are dark and emotional. There's a track called Toy Boy, which is about a toy that gets used and abused by different owners. I guess these songs are the antidote to my first album."
Despite the despondent lyrics, Mika's music remains decidedly flamboyant, inspired as it is by Disney soundtracks, '50s country starlet Patti Page and the hefty pop anthems of '80s artists such as Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
"I wanted to make an unashamed pop record," he says. "I became obsessed with Disney soundtracks from the '50s, so I decided to make my own."
Mika moved into Rocket Carousel in September 2008, turning an album's worth of demos into polished tracks with Life In Cartoon Motion producer Greg Wells. The duo clearly had grand designs: Blame It On The Girls has Cuban pianos and a swaggering, hip-hop production, while We Are Golden bolts the Andrae Crouch choir (who sang Madonna's Like A Prayer) to a Pink Floyd-inspired groove.
With a world tour planned to promote the Songs For Sorrow EP this summer and a number of festival appearances already pencilled in, 2009 looks to be another busy year. However, the gimmicks and dancing bears that marked his first world tour are due for an overhaul.
"People thought I was putting on a kid's show," he says. "But really, the animals were inspired by a sexual craze called plushing - people getting dressed up in furry animal costumes and having sex with one another. My animals came on stage, hung out and started drinking. Then they had an orgy. But I don't care whether people get it or not. I'm a Marmite artist - people love me or hate me."
Thank you Fred!! The good news start coming!!
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Ok, finishesd watching all the videos. Love ALL of them!!
And now, as a good student, gotta study the lyrics:naughty:
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OK, FINALLY the complete list. Here they are, in case someone wants to update the front page:
Meeting:
Grace Kelly:
Big Girl:
Billy Brown:
Stuck In The Middle:
Love Today:
Lollipop:
Grace Kelly2:
goodbye:
&fmt=22Ok, what the heck, here the new ones. I hope that they will be safe
TB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdfuUKmHLe4&fmt=22
BIOTG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7eKa-0SKoc&fmt=22
GGG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XILstP_D3DA&fmt=22
BE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrBnXl-2U9s&fmt=22
I wanted to resist and wait for the mini tour before listening to the new songs but I just gave up. Sari thanx a lot for filming all the set list!!
BOTG is awesome, I love it! i'm dying to listen the studio version of it, aah!
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I'm not holding my breath either, but you know just in case.
Btw, they published the first list of the gigs:
26th May – SLY & ROBBIE & THE COMPASS POINT ALLSTARS featuring VERY SPECIAL GUESTS;
27th May – THE FRATELLIS; VERY SPECIAL GUEST; BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB;
28th May – CAT STEVENS/YUSUF and friends, BAABA MAAL
29th May – PAUL WELLER; ERNEST RANGLIN; SPOOKY TOOTH
30th May – KEANE; TOM TOM CLUB; LADYHAWKE
31st May – AMY WINEHOUSE; TOOTS & THE MAYTALS; I BLAME COCO
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Its U2 sunshine ... they do their tour dates the 9th .. well this will be part of it
Well, they used the plural, and that little blue rosette in the picture put me in a good mood
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This isn't about Mika in particular, but it might be (at least I hope so:naughty:).
I got it today:
We will be making a very big announcement next week (w/c 9th March), regarding the run of live shows, so keep your eyes on our brand new website at http://www.island50.com and look out for another newsletter next week. We can today reveal that there will be an exclusive ticket pre-sale for a week of shows at a London venue featuring Island artists past and present for all those signed up to this newsletter!
That's all for now, more news next week!
Island Records
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No, non l'ho guardato per qualche settimana, non ho avuto tempo... Stavo ancora guardando la seconda seria... Ho un sacco di cose sul computer a casa da guardare ma mai abbastanza tempo
Ah ok, il Volume 3 è stupendo, il 4 (che è appena iniziato) insomma.. :s
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C'ho da fa'
Ciao btw
Uff..Nerys sei l'unica che che conosco qui che lo guarda: stai seguendo Heroes ultimamente? ha preso una piega che non mi piace:thumbdown:
Ciao Mirti, sei capitata in un momento in cui non c'è nessuno o quasiSpetta che guardo se ti trovo la Katy
Capito sempre in un momento in cui non c'è nessuno
Don't uorri Mari, la greta mi ha dato un link. Grassie cmq
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"Mirty non ci sei mai" "mirty come mai non vieni + sul forum?" Ma tutte le volte che vengo non c'è mai una mosca!
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Marco Carta ha vinto Sanremo ed è nata anche Mael, la figlia della Clerici! cosa vogliamo di più dalla vita ?!?!?!?
E Renga? la sua canzone è meravigliosa..
Ah, qualcuno ha un video di Katy Perry a Sanremo? su youtube stranamente non c'è nulla:thumbdown:
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Do you mean Luke the engineer?
He has one of those faces, that you think you recognise.
He does remind me of someone but it's an actor, whose name I don't recall.
Nope, I mean the guy in the chorus..
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che? chi? che cosa? chi è passato?
per santa radegonda, san faustino e san eurismondo... stavolta il rubicondo marinaretto ha espletato un sacco
e acciderbolicchiola quando è diventata discotecara RAIN... però bellina comunque...
tanto a me mi piaceva pure quando l'era lugubre
Ma sai che io la preferisco "lugubre"? cioè, a piano, lenta, profonda..la preferisco. Così mi pare davvero un po' troppo disco. Però dai, la si deve sentire en todo dall'album. MIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA x la miseria, datte na mossa!
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THE BEST BLOG
Second that.
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Doesn't he look like a little child with a new shiny toy? that's just so cute..
Btw, at the beginning of the video do you know the guy with the olive shirt? I'm pretty sure I saw him before..
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OMG OMG!!!!!
That's all I can say right now!
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la cometa lulin
o la cometa giulin?
o bettin?
o mirtillin?
qui son tutte comete tranne le babbions!
son passata a vedere se tutto fila liscio...brave!
brava greta, hai fatto i compiti
Devo confessare che sono offesa. Hai cambiato avatar e non mi hai detto nulla. Vai a contare sull'affidabilità della mommy..
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l'erba cattiva non muore mai....
prossima volta (sperando non ce ne siano +) avverto tramite tnt, che io e l'omino dei pacchi ormai siam pappa e ciccia, anche se quella del servizio clienti continua a non trovare le mie spedizioni sul pc rrrrrr
vado a farmi una spremutina e poi di filato in ufficio a mandare plichi (AIUTOOOOOOOOOOO)
Toh, apro la pagina col tuo post e l'ipod comincia a suonare Venditti con Roma Capoccia. Ciao cicci
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orpo, mi son persa la giulia..
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ma non si dovrebbe fumare negli ambienti chiusi...................
ciao pulzella!
Si si, ma quando uno va fuori e torna c'ha tutta l'aura fumosa che si porta dentro, bleah:sneaky2:
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Consiglio: qualcuno sa come combattere la puzza di fumo? mi sta letteralmente dando alla testa, mi sono piazzata il deodorante x ambiente di fianco ma non è una cosa molto intelligente:bored:
Italian thread - part 8............ :)
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