you're right, every mika's song is touching for different reasons, personally i'm touched by them depending on my mood and on how my day's gone..
moreover, i'm totally in love with his voice, it arrives straight to my stomach, and i have a feeling for certain notes he reaches (not necessarily the high ones) and for the intensity with which he sings or even with which he plays the piano..
my first song is any other word from the oct. 2007 bologna gig (italy)
look from 3.09 to 3.34
now i'm used to his way to involve the audience, and i love it of course
but that was my first mika gig, and in that moment i didn't expect that the singer could show his appreciation to the audience singing along! and i was almost disoriented from that "ha ha", i clearly remember i was really surprised!!
now every time i listen to this particular performance, i just listen, him and us, and relive that night with a certain feeling in the heart..
then i have to mention rain from pdp
the very first time i listened it, i cried... and i don't feel ashamed to tell it, it was a pure emotion i was feeling, mostly joy and regard
his voice, the piano, the lyrics, the emotion for hearing a new song, but above all the way he sang it... priceless!
now it seems almost impossible that such an intimate song is going to become a 'dance' hit, but mika's already done this magic with relax, and we know how intense the thing could be.. even if this time he's inverted the process