AnnaMariaPetra

Thanks for the video. Who the heck was that woman? She was awful. She didn't even keep in tune.

Mika was brilliant, of course. It's a pity he had to sing with her.

I totally agree with Marilyn here. Her voice seemed too sharp/harsh, or pinched, I don't really know how to subscribe that in English. Therefor didn't like this version much.

I notice the guests are all squiting/ half-closing their eyes, did they have to look into the sunlight perhaps.

Hoi, welkom bij de MFC!

Leuk, weer een nederlandse erbij!

De leukste thread (voor ons althans:wink2:) is toch wel die van de Oldlings! See you there:punk:

Groetjes, Anneke

In the french supermarket Intermarche I heard Elle Me Dit Yesterday. In Le Pouzin in the Ardeche.

I can't take him seriously with that thing in his face

Me neither!

In France, It is not compulsory to have an alcohol test in the car. It was a project proposed by Sarkozy's gouvernment but this law was not finally voted by our parliament (or immediatly suppressed by the next gouvernment...). So, no problem about that!

Merci beaucoup! Now I can travel at ease!

Vive la France

Bonjour Frenchies!

Can I ask you something about the rule that you have to have an alcohol test thingie in you car while driving in France?

Do we need to buy one? (or two). My hubby says the only thing he can find on the internet that you have to have such a thing but if the police checks you out and you don't have one, there will be no fine/penalty.

Girls, I'm lost in this thread, so:

is there a full list of the roles in this vid? They are so messed up that I can't even understand if the cowboy and the nice village boy are the one person

I was wondering the same thing...I now think it's the same boy.

Yep, first thing I thought. But I got past it and started watching the video..

Me too, but after that I watched it about 40 times again...

If he can't be a future James Bond, he could be a future Doctor. That guy is always regenerating into new people. One time he regenerates, it could be Mika playing the role.

I would love:wub2: to see him do that, I love Dr. Who!

No one said it was chronological

Aha, you're sharp! And right, Perez also says Mika's a timetraveller....

In a knife fight at 3:00, first he is without hat, than he has it and then it's gone again.

Oh yes, you are right! oops

Did anyone notice that error the scene at 0.19 (the cowboy in the mountain - shootout)? At first the blanket on Mika's shoulder is more at his back, at 0.25 is over his chest and at 0.28 it's on his back again, at 0.31 it's over his chest again and at that moment his flips is over his shoulder to get his gun.

 

 

So, I know everybody was waiting for the answer to these VERY important quesitons: Did Mika said the truth concerning writing BBB on Stella's paper tablecloth? Are there actually paper tableclothes at Stella's?

 

The answer is YES and YES

 

Here is the proof

 

 

We talked to the waiter, he remembered Mika very well He told us (without us asking anything, except the authorization to take a pic of the "famous" paper tablecloth on another table) that Mika was seated just behind us And that he wrote stuff on the tablecloth and took it with him

So now we know which window it may have been

Actually the waiter didn't know that Mika had a new single () and that he talked about the Stella on the radio. He was quite happy about it, I heard him telling about it to his colleagues after . We told him about the song He will listen to it tonight

And I told him about the window, so he knows exactly what Mika has been telling everywhere about this place It made him laugh

I guess now he will keep checking the window

 

Thanks to Becks and M for coming with me, it was fun with you guys!

Wow, you're a great MFC-detective and Mika-promoter! Well done, I love your story!

AND... Oh my God!!!!

 

Q Music just contacted me on twitter to ask me if they can call me tonight to talk about Mika's new single on air :shocked:

 

I'm scared

Great, don't be scared! Have fun:huglove:

Is it Belgian Q music?

I didn't like very much the pic where the actress pretends to get busy with his "wanted" poster , as I think it's cheap and unnecessary vulgar. But that's all.

Ah thanks!

I don't think it's cheap, I think it's funny! The song is about 'getting busy' after all...

I didn't like very much the pic where the actress pretends to get busy with his "wanted" poster , as I think it's cheap and unnecessary vulgar. But that's all.

I think I missed that one

This morning Dutch Radio2 played Grace Kelly. I've sent them a message that I love hearing a Mika-song on the radio and that Mika has a new one.

Hope they will pick it up!

this evening it's time for The Belgian Red Devils to play their first game!!

hope they'll do well

 

even my dog's ready for the game this evening

As long as they don't play against our orange lions I am cheering for Belgium!

Go Rode Duivels!

I never thought the Netherlands would win so easily

Me neither!

We were at the theater, watching a musical my daughter plays in, and afterwards people grab their phones and shout: 5 -1 !! We: What, did Spain win with 5 to 1? No, we did!

Actually, the actors knew before the audience: they watched behind the stage!

Another -ancient - song about, you know boumboum:

here's a resume

 

- some adore it (cuz you know... it's Mika)

- some love it

- some like it

- some think it's comme-ci comme-ca

- some don't care

- some don't like it

- some hate it

 

- some are shocked by the lyrics

- some think they are funny

- some adore the lyrics (cuz you know... it's Mika)

- some don't care cuz they have no clue what he's saying

 

you can thank me for saving you reading 30 pages

Yes, I think you've captured exactly how I feel Robi. My reaction to this song is visceral. It makes me want to get out of my chair and dance, which is exactly how Love Today and Grace Kelly used to make me feel. I really can't defend my response to it in any other way except to say, "I feel it."

 

But the French lyrics still bother me, because I simply can't sing them.

 

Someone said they didn't think the song would have the same affect if Mika translated this song into English, and I don't necessarily agree. I mean, I want to be able to sing along with it and my tongue keeps tripping over all the French phrases.

 

So if Mika asked ME to help him write an English version of the song (please Mika, call me!), here's what I would say:

 

We never need to have a ruse

No we don't need an excuse

To drop our "fruit of the loom"

You and I can boom boom boom

 

When you're gone I do dumb things

I get drunk and start to sing

I sing about Orlando Bloom

And I recall our boom boom boom

 

And all the people stare and wonder

Why I love you and not another

There's no need to use a zoom

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom

 

Yesterday at your mom's place

We saw that look upon her face

After she heard us in your room

When you and I went boom boom boom

 

In the hotel's elevator

We just could not wait 'til later

We sent the bellhop from the room

So you and I could boom boom boom

 

And all the people stare and wonder

Why I love you and not another

There's no need to use a zoom

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom

 

Even at a dinner party

We can't resist being naughty

Between the tea and macaroons

There’s still time to boom boom boom

 

It is true the walls have ears,

And the neighbors they can hear

But they know this is what we do

'Cause you and I go boom boom boom

 

And all the people stare and wonder

Why I love you and not another

There's no need to use a zoom

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

It's not wrong to love like this

When we make love and we kiss

You know the shelves go bada-boom

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

 

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

 

One plus one always makes two

Two plus two it's up to you

Like the boxer Brahim Asloum

You plus I go boom boom boom

 

Traveling 'round would be absurd

When it's you who rocks my world

Who needs coconuts of Touloum

When you and I can boom boom boom

 

And all the people 'round they wonder

Why I love you and not another

There's no need to use a zoom

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

It's not wrong to love like this

We make love and we kiss

You know the shelves go bada-boom

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

 

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

boom boom, boom boom boom

 

When you and I go boom boom boom

 

 

Yes, I have too much time on my hands today.

They are awesome Deb!

"Afternoon delight" is a little shag in the middle of the day.

 

I was actually watching a funny old episode of Arrested Development the other day where young/old family members started singing this as a duet and didn't realize what the lyrics were about until halfway through. Awkward.

Ha cool! Thanks for explaining!

Here is another little "innocent" hit from the 70's....http://youtu.be/Fz1ex78QeQI.

I know the song and I like it, but I've never known this isn't 'innocent'...

Still don't know btw, will I know after reading the lyrics? Or does it have hidden context?

A little more seriously.. I think that with this single Mika took his risks. It is true that the melody is very catchy, but the text, so explicit, it could be criticized or misunderstood . I Mean.. it does not seems to me an easy choice to sell more.... but a sincere and True song.

Talking about explicit:

and this was a huge hit in the 70ies.