AnnaMariaPetra

Goodmorning all! The pictures are lovely, Mika is obviously having fun:mf_lustslow: Can't wait to see and record the videoclip, don't know when that will be in Holland..

I asked about his band: did he choose the members himself? And do they have a say in the songs: like music and lyrics?

Obsessed, huh? He should join us then....

http://www.top40web.nl/ See the Dutch Charts Top40 again: MIKA is still on the number One position here with Relax (Take it Easy)!

I will write this in very small, light coloured letters so you don't see it: I actually can feel for the belgian Mika a bit. Just you place yourself in her position...

The Brits didn't choose the name MIKA. It was already his name. (Like the Belgian: her name has been Mika too for all her life. So that makes no sense.)

About what is said about Mika not minding about a cancelled concert (Vorst): I think Mika cares about his fans and I do think he will find it very sad to have to cancel a gig! (I can't look into his head ofcourse, but that's how I think Mika is. )

Maybe the Japanese Mika will kind of wake up now and also decides to go on trial for her name....

Though we never met before I kind of regret your leaving, because you write so eloquent and wel thought. Bye for now and I hope you'll be back once.

Hi, fellow Dutchie! Great that you've found the MFC. Welcome and enjoy. (Be careful: it is addictive... ) You can (and please do) also visit the Dutch Thread. You can speak Dutch there.)

And then to think: She (the Belgian) started her carrier in 1983. Yes, indeed the year that our (the real) Mika was born.

Mika (Miko) is an undergroung youth punkband from Los Angeles....

OMG They are fantastic! I think you should start a shoestore with only this fabulous Mika-shoes!

Thanks for all your effort, Deano:thumb_yello: The addiction to the MFC is hard, trying almost every hour if the MFC is online already drove me a little crazy....

I like, thanks!

Hi Mandilambi, sorry for the quit late reaction! I would like to be on the list, but I don't know if I will visit it often. I will try though, but I am a frequent visitor of the Dutch and the Oldlings-threads. But thanks for adding me!

I must say: Mika looks extremely handsome on this video! But in my opinion he also looks nervous. (Or is that because he is asked a lot of question by different interviewers?) Thanks Pamette for the translation!

By Stefan Raatgever His retro-glamrock dominates every radio-station and his last single and album were both number one in the charts last week. How the formar schoolyard-geek became the star of 2007. Within two hours is his birthday but Mika didn't plan a great party for his 24th anniversary.He is flying from The Netherlands to England at night to perform there. A day like all others in the last year he explains. His only dissipation is a mini-glass of champagne on the table. Not for his birthday but to celebrate that his record Life in Cartoon Motion has a golden status. And, not unimportant, because that record is, just like his single Relax, on the number one position in the Dutch charts. To be short: Mika is, at once, a world-star, who just made a great impression at festival Lowlands. But still Mika -threetall, little bit lubberly, shining curls and faithfull doggy-eyes, doesn't drink more than a thimble and eats a little dish with raw vegetables. "In spite of the commercial succes I still have the nervous energy that I used to have in the old days". Strangely enough "the old days" is in fact only one year earlier. His huge breakthrou as the man who teached us that kitchy popmusic can be fun without pretences and en passant made glamrock, in the theatrical style of Elton John, Queen en also T-Rex hip again, followed when in 2006 after a lot of recordcompagnies turned him down, there was one recordlable prepared to release his songs. "This was the most crazy and wonderful year of my life." says Mika. "Difficult too. It surprises how me good I kept on to myself. Succes or bad reviews didn't bring me out of balance. I am loyal to myself and I'm proud of that. What did change? Nothing is impossible anymore. We are working on my new show at the moment: suddenly I can pay people to rehearse. For a very long time I was losing money while making concerts. Now I'm thinking of mega-dolls on the stage and metershigh blow-up-figures for decor. All my life everyone thought of me as a stranger dreamer. But I have made my dreams come true." That plans were created at the schools at which Mika, born in Lebanon as a child of a Lebanees/American mother and an American diplomat-father, studied. His popularity nowadays is in big contrast with his pre-teenyears. Mika was the paria of the schoolyard. "I was a unique child wit a strong personality and taste of clothing," he analysis himself. "Red trousers and bowties, I loved that. Very enthousiastic, a free spirit. But that attidude was beaten out of me very quickly. I was hugely bullied. Even with my teachers I had, dyslectic as I was, big problems. I lost all forms of selfrespect. I became quiet and frightned. Didn't have the guts to wear anything else than jeans." Mika even lost, temporarily, the ability to write and read. He locked himself in his room and worked on his music, music that nobody wanted to hear for years. "Still I had faith that I would make it." he says. "Working in secret gave me strenght. Actually I feel the still the same nowadays: a little bit against the rest of the world. I just don't fit into the hype. At my concerts you don't see celebraties who are there just to be seen. I am not a favourite for the paparazzi, I'm not flashy or glamourous. Actually discrete: I never talk about my private life." That's why Mika is still silent while the discussion about his sexuality goes on in the media. "To survive you need to keep certain matters private. It just doesn't matter." he says. "What do I do in my spare time? I'll be with friends and family, just like anyone else. My only extravagance is spending money to decorate my appartement, which is with one bedroom quite simple. Boring? Maybe. Earlier I did have dissipations: I sang, when we were thrown out of a pub, with my friends I sang songs on the street till the sun came up. Maybe I still do, but I don't tell anyone anymore. Maybe boring, but I have to make choices. What Mika fears, what will happen when his private-life comes out, he remains a question. He wants to keep things pure. That's what he repeats all the time. "A lot of artists destroy themselves by losing themselving in borderline-stuff. That won't happen to me. I think big: a carriere needs a solid base, I making one now. All my life people are calling me a one-day-fly. but I garantuee you: In 20 years time I will still be here.!" (I hope my english is understandable! )

Life on Mars is such a great song! It goes very well with this "making of"-video. I even think that Mika could cover a Bowie-song once, he has a very good voice for it.

Hi there in China! Greetings from Holland and a warm welcome to the MFC!

Hi Mandilambi! What list do you mean?

Suzi, Crina and Queenie87, Thanx! I will look it up immediatly!

Sure:mf_lustslow: It looks charming!

http://www.radio538.nl/top40.html See the dutch top40 chart from this week: Mika is still on the number one position!

I'm sorry, didn't know that. I just thought you had hit the wrong key.