mellody

i think mika will be in italy for promotion tomorrow, from what i understand on the mika italia facebook site. obviously they sent out e-mails with the details to the italian fans?

i guess it will sell out once the album is released in germany. there wasn't much promotion here yet.

tickets are available on eventim again. shame, i'd have liked it if a german gig had sold out so early.

i quite liked that young rock'n'roll band in basel on the last tour, firesomething. firebirds? anyway, they rocked!

yay, looking forward to see you again!

more than 2 hours is unlikely. but i'm sure there'll be a support act, there always was so far. usually the support act is on for 30 minutes, then a 30 minutes pause and then mika. as it says on the tickets that the doors open at 7 and the show starts at 8, i guess that's when the support act starts. so probably mika will start at 9. but maybe we'll know more about the timing after the first shows of this tour (in the US)?

i agree caz.

many thanks for the translation!

t4p! listening now. edit: aww, die forelle! it was one of the very very few classical songs that i loved when i was a kid. and i love to hear him speaking german!

what does the album booklet say? are there lyrics for ALL songs in there, this one included?

yeah i also thought of ian when i read the 'boyfriend' description.

LOL this is hilarious!! others would talk of heavenly inspiration or something like that, and mika says "it just comes out like vomit" - that bit made me ROFL!! loved watching this interview, it's nothing really new but he seems very open, and the *way* he talks about it is somewhat refreshing. though well i love what he says about writing songs in the beginning of the interview, don't think he's said it like that before. t4p!!

thanks for the translation! well ok i can understand him that he doesn't feel comfortable swimming in the sea where it's deep, i don't like that either and would feel better if there was a boat nearby. but as long as i don't have to swim in it, (or only where it's not so deep that i can't see the ground anymore), i love the sea.

aww, thanks in advance!

we didn't write much there in the last few weeks... i DMed you on facebook with the link. not sure about your fb name... please let me know here or on fb.

we're driving home right after the gig (car is full though, and i think where you live is the other direction than munich anyway? ) but i think faballa is staying there, at the etap or ibis or something like that - maybe you could ask her about sharing a room and how much it would be? i'm gonna take her there by car before we leave, of course i could take you as well. we've looked for hostels in zurich but they were all quite expensive, that's why we decided to drive home right away. if you're generally interested in sharing a room with her, i could also ask her on fb to look in this thread, she's not on mfc regularly.

yup that was my thought as well. i know that there's a publication ban for german (online and magazine) interviews until oct 1st, they want to have it all in the week of the release date. doesn't the album come out in italy next week? so i guess that's when he'll be there? someone from the german forum found out that mika will be in germany again for a live breakfast show on a nationwide tv channel (sat1) - we don't know when exactly, but we also suppose it might be the week of the album release (oct 1-5), probably some time between monday and thursday, as thursday evening he'll be in the uk for that bbc show.

any chance for a translation? or at least a transcript, so i can copy it into google translate. i think he says that after origin of love, karen is his 2nd fave song on the album. i don't understand though why he wanted to change it from the original version - he says something to the sound engineer girl about making it work, and then he played the guitar sound... why did he exchange the piano for guitar, does he say it?

isn't that a snow owl? looks like hedwig to me.

:lmfao: :lmao: wonkaaaa!!! *falls from the chair laughing* there are so many answers to that, and that's just my opinion, others have other reasons... i first fell in love with the song grace kelly, then i came here on MFC, watched some video interviews on youtube, and saw him live in munich. that was the beginning, already 4 reasons. his concerts are addictive, i love his music, i feel at home in this forum, i can relate to several aspects of mika's background story and personality (as we know it). and he really cares about his fans. he comes out to sign autographs and have a quick chat with his fans after nearly every show. plus, and i appreciate this a lot compared to other bands/artists i've been a fan of in the past, mika fans are one team. of course you get along better with some than with others, but generally there's not those little fan groups working against each other like it's the case with other artists, but mostly we all try to help each other. maybe it's about tolerance, it's something that is important to mika, and to his fans as well. another reason is the creativity. a lot of mika fans are really creative, and so am i. we've made a lot of fan presents for him (we all melt when we see him so happy when he receives our presents ), and i LOVE taking part in those projects, they made me re-discover my creative side in the last 5 years and gain more confidence in being creative. all thanks to mika and his fans.

has someone posted a translation of the french parts yet? i've watched it halfway so far, and what i noticed is that he has harry potter's owl at home and that he doesn't put on the seat belt in the car. the children's pics are cute, aww!

i think i can only add you when we're friends on fb. i sent you a friend request. yes we need money. thanks statue for adding fran!

t4p and translating! interesting interview, finally something different from the story we get in almost every other interview.

i'll give it another try with the new lyrics. could need some help again though, with what she says in the beginning of the song - and then that middle part i also don't understand everything... here's what i get: (...?...) Mika Rap Laa laa, laa laa You were the popular one, the popular chick It is what it is now, popular b*tch Standing on the field with your pretty pom-pom Now you're working at the movies selling popular corn I could've been a mess but I never went wrong 'Cause I'm putting down my stories in a popular song Mh, Ah, Oh Said I'm putting down my story in a popular song My problem I never was a model I never was a star but You were always popular You were singing All the songs i don't know Now you're in the front row 'Cause my song is popular Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go Always on the lookout for someone to hate Picking on me like a dinner plate I hid during classes and in between them Dunk me in the toilets now it's you that cleans them You're tryin' to make me feel bad with the sh*t you do It ain't so funny when the joke's on you Ooh, the joke's on you And everyone's laughing Got everyone clapping, asking How come you look so cool Cause that's the only thing that I learned at school What? Uh-huh So that's the only thing that I learned at school My problem I never was a model I never was a star but You were always popular You were singing All the songs i don't know Now you're in the front row 'Cause my song is popular Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go Before the next time that you call him crazy, lazy A faggot or (...?...) Here's the one thing that's so amazing It ain't a bad thing to be a (...?...) All you ever need to know You're only ever who you were All you ever need to know You're only ever who you were All you ever need to know Popular, I know about popular It's not about who you are or your fancy car You're only ever who you were Popular, I know about popular And all that you have to do is be true to you That's all you ever need to know All you ever need to know You're only ever who you were (repeat)

ok, i'll add you if you let me know who you are on fb? (i'll not be home for the rest of the day though, so i can only do it tomorrow)