SarahfromParis

well, his "incredibly boring blogs" recently led me to the Hayward Gallery and i couldn't thank him enough for that, because it was amazing. And being parisian, i would probably never have heard about it otherwise... But, whatever floats your boat, i guess...

Oh, i see... i think i get it now.. it's a bit sad though...

i sometimes really don't get it... fans whining because Mika doesn't pay enough attention to them then more fans whining because he writes everyday people claiming to be fans and saying they hate everything related to the man people claiming to be fans and almost bragging they are " over him" i really don't mean to be mean ( uh, sounds nice) but i reaaaaally don't get it !! you're tired of the blog, don't read it... you're tired of the man, do something else i dunno... maybe this poll is a joke and i didn't get it.. sorry if it is...

Seems like the answer to your questions is on myspace : a curly young man said : "OH! and by the way, YES it is ME who is writing these. From now on this is what we will do!! lol If any comment/blog/bulletin is signed off with an M/Mx?M! whatever! than I swear on my many tooth fillings that IT IS ME who wrote it MYSELF!! lol ok? M! X" That's it ! always trust a tooth filling !

There's a new one... not on the official site for the moment, just on the youtube channel... about a day of sailing in La Rochelle... very nice... Sounds like holidays, and a little bit like lol !!

yep, and the jugglers and trapeze artists too !! Amazing to think he already had all these ideas in mind more than a year ago... It gives the Parc des Princes show an even more impressive dimension !!

this just warmed my heart... i happened to be a little concerned about various threads on the forum, lately, that sounded quite unfair and negative to my ears... D'you mind if i stick around here for a while, just to rebuild my MFC-confidence ??

Thanks for your opinion... I completely agree with it !

i can understand what you all feel... but i was just saying : what if, in the end, it turns out that David did nothing wrong and that he actually fills Luke's shoes ? ( which i think he could do if given a chance and a little time to adapt.. and i'm saying this having actually heard him play in Paris ) i'm sorry if people are upset by what i'm gonna say.. I very rarely express personal feelings on this forum, but this whole bullying thing against this new musician makes feel very uneasy... After all - correct me if i'm wrong - nobody knows exactly what happened with Luke, neither exactly when and how David got the job. And now there are nasty things being said about him in various threads, about Michael Choi and about Mika too, about almost all the other band members in fact... i don't like that... that's just my opinion and it's not only related to this "Luke topic" but i never understood how people could say nasty things and still ask for hugs after the gigs... Ok, now you can shoot me.. i'm done !

Please don't kill me, but... ... i think it's okay to miss Luke but couldn't we give this David a chance ? Seems like the guy didn't have that much time to rehearse, and i think he was ok, he didn't ruin the show... ok, he might look like a 90's boys band member, but wtf ? Since when do mfcers judge people by the way they look ?? Remember how things started with Saraynade ?? Everyone missed Mika's original backup singer and there were some nasty things said about this poor girl, who turned out to be a very sweet person, in addition of a good backup singer... Let's see what David's made of before judging him... shouldn't we ??

I sooo agreee with that !!! i think you probably need to have experienced a rainy day in London ( well, it works wih Paris too ) to get the feeling it expresses... Like the rain is never gonna stop, it goes on and on and on and on, like if the sky was crying and couldn't stop... the structure of the chorus completely captures this feeling, that's what totally saves it from the "cheesiness" for me, because it's not only music anymore, it's like a sort of musical metaphore, if that makes sense... btw, am i the only one to hear "When you pray it'd rain" at one point, by the end ?

That's very interesting.. I had never actually heard him explain the meaning of Relax, which always seemed a pretty cryptic song to me... There had been tons of speculations about what this song was about and it's great to hear a "first hand" explanation

Can i give you a piece of advice, coming from an "adult" point of view ? ( God, i hate that word, though...) When i was a teenager, i felt exaclty the same as you do, Rainbow : didn't want anything to change, didn't want to move from my childhood flat, didn't want my best friend to move to the south of France, didn't want my parents to grow old... we all feel that, it's natural. But things just evolve, that's the way life goes... You can't avoid it, you must learn to evolve too. It doesn't mean you give up things you believed in, that's where Mika comes in : When you first heard of him, he was 23, his was just coming out of his own childhood and most of his songs were talking about that. Of course lots of teenagers could relate to things he expressed, cause even if life had been pretty hard on him in some ways, the subjects of his songs still were quite universal. Now he's a bit older, his adult life has really begun, his work is acclaimed by the entire world (i like to write that !!! ) of course he's bound to evolve, because his life has changed !! It's probably a bit frightening for him too, although i suppose it's mainly exciting, but he adapts to the situation. Which doesn't mean he's not a nice guy anymore !! What i'm trying to say is : don't expect him to stay the same forever, he's not a doll sitting on the mantelpiece. He's a human being, and a pretty creative one !! Lots of people here said he had been some sort of role model for accepting themselves as they were and dealing with childhood difficulties. So now, instead of regretting the "old Mika", if that makes any sense, why not take him as a role model of evolution ? d*amn, i wrote a novel, sorry about that

Prince - Starfish and Coffee The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun Katy Perry - Simple David Bowie - Lady Stardust

i think it's because Mika stopped speaking for a little while when he was experiencing severe bullying in school. He expressed his pain this way. it's not that uncommon among kids, some will become violent and aggressive, but some will just stop communicating and sort of retire in their own world. i think that's what this painting expresses.

Well.. eeer... i chose rainbow and i'm a Mika chicken too... with just a dash of headless It's weird, though...

Right, this actually brings a new light to these lyrics... i've never really been sure to understand the meaning of this song, and this line about the pain and the longing being the same when you're dying sounded particularly "cryptic" to me (if that makes sense).. i thought it was because of my limited english, but i tried to talk about it with native speakers and they were a bit puzzled too... so thank you very muh for posting this ! never saw it before and it does offer a possible interpretation.

i didn't quite like the stadium idea either.. but now i must say i can't wait to see what he has in mind !!!! for the moment, all i can think of is a mixture of baroque theatre and an huge toy shop !!! i'm sooooooo excited at the idea of seeing that coming to life for the very first time !!!!

No, i don't think he was nominated in another category.. That's sad, but hey, he can't win everything this year... huh ? Let's save some for the next album !!!!!

same here, sadly... i dunno why.. maybe it's because he's TOO flawless.. I mean, technically, he sounds a bit like a classical music record... When i think about Mika's songs, each of them is like bungee jumping, and you can feel this risk when he performs onstage.. it's part of the excitement, i think... to hear him flirting with his vocal limits and hitting amazing notes when you don't expect them (i'm thinking about the love today intro on the dvd, for instance ) And i don't really feel that with J.G... but i still have to see him onstage, i might change my mind...

exactly my thoughts when i first heard about them : "Uh oh, somebody's mum must have been a big Dr Who fan back in the seventies !! "

This is absolutely brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mf_lustslow: (i must confess a massive crush on David Tennant's doctor ) the images fits the songs perfectly !! love love it !!! I dream of the day when Mika will appear in a DW episode !! I always thought he'd be a wonderful villain !!!

yeppeeee !! let's play the " guess the pseudonym" game Obviously, no anagrams in sight... and no "Alice" neither... let's be smart !! i'm sure we can find him !!

yep, star academy is a french trash real-tv show... it seems like they're just gonna play the tunes and have people dance to it.. nothing to loose sleep over really... plus, the guy who hosts the show, Nikos, reaaaally sucks, in my humble opinion

i'm still trying to figure out what this song's really about, actually... there's some kind of philosophy to it, i think, like "accept whatever life throws at you and try to make the most of it, because you can't really change your destiny and fighting against it will only make it worse"... Its a bit weird, because it doesn't sound very "Mika" to me... i think he's more likely to retaliate when life seems unfair... on a more "down to earth" note, it also reminds me on a bad space-cake trip in Amsterdam (i dunno if i should mention this here... mods, don't hesitate to delete it if you think it's inappropriate !!!!! ) what i'm trying to say is : that's exactly what you tell yourself in these occasions : you feel lost, alone, dying, but relax, take it easy, because there's nothing you can do.. except wait patiently for it to be over !! it could probably apply to a hangover too, or to any bad experience one can go through... this sounds more Mika to me actually... if the "aspirin on top of the chair on top of the bed" trick doesn't work, then, relax and take it easy... it will get better in a couple of hours /days