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    Live Your Life - lyrics and discussion

    in Mika's Music and Artwork

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    I think it is a fun song. Catchy tune.

     

    But....I am sorry to be a bit negative but okay: it is IMO an ESC-song. I don't know how to put it exactely but it is average, poppy. Not bad, but not very good either.

     

    Perhaps I feel that way because it also bothers me a bit (or more than a bit:wink2:) that it is a song for a beer commercial. Guys, come on: Mika in a beer commercial...not what I expected.

     

    But all in all I think I will be humming this tune quite often! :teehee:

    MIKA @XFactor Italy 2013 as a judge!

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    I quote this post in order to place my own reaction to it, but all I can do right now is: :shocked::dunno:

     

    :thumb_yello: I really hope "he's not aware of all the drama around his decisions" - because it's too stupid for words, imo ...

     

    Love,love

    me

     

    If it is 'too stupid for words' why for heaven's sake take part in it yourself??

     

    And I don't think it is a stupid discussion; it is an emotional one okay, but it is one which should be able to be held.

     

    It makes me real sad reading that people I've know my entire 'MFC-life' are leaving the MFC! :huglove:

    MIKA @XFactor Italy 2013 as a judge!

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    Havent read back but what about the "Should i look older, should i bend over just to be put on your shelf" thingie?

    And the "But you only want what everybody else says you should want" thingie???

     

    I guess he's gone identity mad this time...

     

    Right Carlita!

    That's why I said (a lot of pages ago probably:wink2:) I was going to listen to Grace Kelly for obvious reasons!

    MIKA @XFactor Italy 2013 as a judge!

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    But the fact remains that I don't agree with his choice to do this show. He may do very well on it. He may sweep Italy off its feet. He probably will. He may become a HUGE star in Italy. And he may think he needs to do this show for any of the number of reasons many of you have listed in this thread. Maybe he needs a rest, maybe he needs inspiration, maybe he needs the money, maybe he needs the challenge/change... Whatever. You're all right -- he's free to do whatever he wants with his life, make choices good or bad, succeed or fail at whatever he likes. That's all not my issue.

     

    The issue is that I have been a fan of Mika, both as a person and as an artist, for 6-1/2 years, and I thought the goal -- his goal, not mine -- was to be a successful musician. Not to just have a few top 10 hits in the UK and then disappear from the scene. Not to just perform in France. Not to just act as a judge on a reality show in Italy. I thought the goal was to have a successful, long-term career as a songwriter and performer on a fairly big scale. That certainly seemed to be the goal if you bought into all the hype that accompanied his 2007 debut. Mika was fresh, different, unique even, and was going to change music forever! Hurray! I believed it and rejoiced! :yay:

     

    So... I don't know. Maybe the goal changed somewhere along the line, or maybe it was unrealistic to begin with. But I think that this is why so many of us who were here in 2006/7 are feeling rather disillusioned at this particular career choice. Here is someone we fell in love with as the new face of music -- someone who went against the grain, whose music was fresh and not like every other thing on the radio. This was someone who stood for not conforming to the old industry standards, someone who just stood out, for that matter... and now he appears to be conforming. It seems he's getting sucked into the music industry machine, where he will be talking about someone else's career, someone else's music, instead of his own. How exactly is that going to further his career? And on top of that, we see him devoting so much time and energy to other side projects that may be gratifying to him as a person, but what exactly do sunglasses and a clothing line have to do with his music? He's not Britney Spears or J. Lo, is he? He's not going to come out with a MIKA fragrance next, is he?

     

    As I said, if these projects are important to him creatively on a personal level, then, OK. I can put up with them. But how many more of these side projects will there be? At what point do they stop being SIDE projects and become ALL Mika is doing? Yes, he's performing a load of festivals this summer, and no, he's not a machine, he obviously can't crank out new music and perform nonstop without a mental and physical break. I get that. But...

     

    Perhaps I'm being dense, and this is now the path to the old goal -- a long, sustained career in the music business. Maybe that's the strategy. "If I can't get them to buy my records because they like the music, I'll do a clothing line. Then once they love the clothing, they'll buy the records. Then I'll be a judge on X Factor and they'll fall in love with me because I'm so charming, and then they'll buy my records."

     

    I've been asked to keep an open mind about this decision, and I'm trying.

     

    I'm still feeling the high from those exceptional acoustic shows the week before last, I'm still loving Mika SO much... He's sweet and charming and seems to be so sincere, as anyone who's spent even 30 seconds with him in real life knows. As I've said before, I'm a fan of Mika the man, as well as a fan of Mika the musician. So I WANT to support him in everything he does, personally and professionally.

     

    But the truth is that this X Factor thing doesn't appeal to me. I don't see how limiting himself to several months in Italy, on a show that only Italians (and hard core fans like ourselves) are going to see is going to earn him any more exposure or credibility in the music world at large. All it does, in my opinion, is alienate those of us who want to support HIS music, and his MUSIC career. :dunno:

     

    Obviously, just because I can't see the benefit of it, doesn't mean there isn't any. And let's face it, no one on Mika's team, starting with Mika, is looking for my opinion on this decision. I have to accept it, and of course I will, because it's not the end of the world. But I think as a fan from nearly the beginning, I've earned the right to express a disagreement with his choice without being told off about it or being called disloyal or even "wrong", for that matter. It's really disturbing to me to have read a lot of what's been said in this thread -- it's a forum, we're allowed to talk about what we think and feel here. And this is how I feel. If you feel otherwise, that's fine -- I'm not going to tell you that you shouldn't feel that way, so please don't tell me I shouldn't feel the way I do, either.

     

    And with that, I need to go back to the Real World, which luckily for me this week consists of riding roller coasters and visiting with the other Big M in my life, Mickey Mouse. Sorry if I don't reply to anything else in this thread -- it's not that I don't care, it's that I won't have much time until Sunday, and besides, I think the subject has just about been exhausted by now anyway :original:

     

    Oh darn, I tried to only repost a part of your story, but almost the whole thing is too important to delete:thumb_yello:

     

    Deb: you are saying my words! Totally.

    (Well, except about the hard work for MFC, that is totally you!:blush-anim-cl:)

    MIKA @XFactor Italy 2013 as a judge!

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    I took the time to read most of the comments on this thread, and I must say I totally agree with Ingie and Christine!

    It has got nothing to do with "just wait a few months and he'll be back", it is because of whàt he is going to do!

    Not the Mika I knew...

     

     

    And now I am going to listen to Grace Kelly, for obvious reason:teehee:

    MIKA @XFactor Italy 2013 as a judge!

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    http://ingridchant.blogspot.nl/2013/04/dear-mika.html

     

    Maybe that will help to get my point across.

    I tried to post an answer/reaction underneath your blog, but I don't seem to be able to manage...

    Here it is:

    Wow Ingrid: erg goed geschreven! Ik ben het er helemaal mee eens, heb er niets aan toe te voegen!

    Bedankt dat je dit geschreven hebt!

    Very well written! I completely agree, don't have anything to add!

    Thanks for writing this!

     

    Anneke

    Mikasounds and Twitter updates - Part 11

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    MIKA official ‏@mikasounds

    It felt so happy, positive and multicultural. This is the last thing in the world I was expecting. Very sad

     

     

     

    MIKA official ‏@mikasounds

    Am so shocked by the explosions at the finish line in Boston. Was standing near there yesterday surrounded by people from around the world

    Mikasounds and Twitter updates - Part 11

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    That was Jensen. He was nice to Mika, but he could be quite a bastard. He's not really around anymore. I liked the Paul de Leeuw show so much better, the one with the dog:wub2:

     

    Robert Jensen's back on Dutch tv: http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5601/TV-Radio/article/detail/3412941/2013/03/21/Nieuwe-talkshow-Jensen-moet-ergens-over-gaan.dhtml

     

    I hope he'll invite Mika again. (That would be the only reason for me to watch his show:teehee:) (Oh and curiosity would be a reason too:wink2:)

    Mikasounds and Twitter updates - Part 11

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    I am not saying it should be allowed for gay couples. I also mentioned straight people who can't have children. Not everybody WANTS to adopt. And if they wish to have a child of their own then there should be an option to do that.

     

    How is this more selfish than a couple choosing to get a baby the natural way? Shouldn't we all adopt then if we want to have children?

     

     

     

    Shouldn't we all adopt then if we want to have children?

    This was exactely what I was thinking after reading the discusion this afternoon.

    Totally agree with Ingie.

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