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Some part he sings with clear headvoice, When he's in good form he sings 'Underwaterrrr' part with perfect headvoice also. (Sorry I sometimes mix Falsetto and headvoice both) But in Seoul live he clearly use full-voice (genuine voice, I mean) on the 'Underwaterrr' part. why that couldnt be the difference? (Headvoice or falsetto+weak and smaller drum+soft chorus girls) vs (Fullvoice+theatrical drum+powerful tone of chorus girls) , that's what I meant, not the key or tune

Oh that's interesting.. well I think his highest falsetto voice is up to F#4, the highest note of happy ending and Relax.. never heard G5 or more Anyone knows? And the genuine voice (full voice) is up to G3, Love you when I'm drunk... the world record is around F#5 I heard, can't believe Mika sings more than world guinness world record. The lowest - maybe G#1, Step with me... I think... anyone knows more lower key he touched?

I can show you an example.. This is Love you when I'm drunk , sung in October, before the laryngitis. [YOUTUBE]nTydfTcps40[/YOUTUBE] He starts the first note with falsetto, and after genuine voice. The notes are getting flat when singing 2nd line of the 1st verse. So, he decided to use falsetto all lines from the 2nd verse. As you know the recorded ver start with powerful genuine note, same as he used in 1st line of 2nd verse in this vid. (Oh gosh...see how he's struggling before 'I don't wanna be that guy- part) And this one...after the laryngitis. He has to jump to the highest note of the song from the beginning, with his genuine voice, but he didn't do that this time too. Not because of his voice problem but Maybe it's too risky. And it's near the highest limit. [YOUTUBE]0DjVJ6-OYUo[/YOUTUBE] This song should be one scale lower (donno its correct English word) like this. The first note sounds much comfortable and stable with his genuine voice. Because it's into his voice range. [YOUTUBE]1xEhmLhfVJI[/YOUTUBE] That's why I say some songs are not in his voice range. This kind of problem appears on Origin of Love live, Underwater, and Step with me, and Elle Me Dit ('Elle me dit C'est ta vie - ' part). I hardly felt this on his 1st, 2nd album songs. He can change his voice in right places, from genuine-falsetto, and falsetto-genuine. I think that's his strongest weapon he has as a singer. But I can hardly find that on 3rd album. I love Stardust live, because it sounds so comfortable in live, he uses his different voices very well just like he did his on old songs. When falsetto and genuine voices are in right places, in record and live both, and when he feels comfortable with that, listeners can be into that song.

Oh you did great finally! Congrats and welcome to MFC My English was terrible as well when I first joined here, but dramatically improved thanks to this place and and lots of Mika's interviews. You'll see that magic too

Hey welcome

That's exactly what I said since the very beginning of album release. The concept and whole sounds of album failed to bring Mika's best musical ability. I repeated the Seoul live ver and the album ver, and todays live ver of Underwater several times, and tried to find what's the difference between 3. in Seoul the drum was more theatrical and epic, and the backing singing of Ida & iMMa was more powerful. But the core difference was that, he sang the highest part of 'Underwaterrrrr' with his genuine voice, not falsetto. By touching the highest part with falsetto, the whole song suddenly loose the power I think..But he chose to sing the highest part with falsetto in recorded/recent live ver both. Unfortunately he seems to think that he should take a risk to touch that note with genuine voice everytime. That note is similar as the first note of 'Love you when I'm drunk' , he sings that part with genuine voice in live, but most of times it sounds very umcomportable and out of tunes. Origin of Love, Underwater, Love you when I'm drunk, Step with me - In those songs I found that there are specific voice range that Mika fail to touch in live. Too low or too high. I feel very nervous whenever listening those songs in live cuz I feel that Mika's struggling with those songs to touch some notes while singing. When the singer fail to completely rule the song, the listeners can feel that too. I even thought Mika must have had voice problem at the end of the tour, cuz too many new songs are out of Mika's voice range. To get over that he try to change his voice to falsetto, or 1 octave lower or higher, but that change never worked. I know it's very unrealistic idea, but thought it could be good if entire TOOL is re-produced in other way. Like, fix some songs to be in Mika's best voice range, removes some unappropriate electronic voice twists that hides Mika's beautiful voice tone. Every single raw stone of TOOL songs are so so good.. Once I experienced that the song that I felt the 'Worst' one became 'Absolutely Beautiful one' by some changes, 'Blame it on the weather in Seoul' I mean.

환영합니당 앞으로 여기 포스트 2000개만 더 쓰면 새집으로 이사갈수 있어요 죽기전에 새집지을수 있을지... ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Hello guys I have a new idol these days so not on MFC that much than before... so think it's time to join here.. my new guy is very cute and have a great voice and sweet.... ok I'll shut and reflect on myself here...

are you serious? he should step back from the stage and write songs just for others? No Way! I won't imagine that at least for 10 years from now!

Today I found this , the upcoming movie news, and it says Mika is in charge of Music of this musical movie. Did it turn out to be real already?

I found Adam Lambert mentioned Mika on twitter in 2010 (am quite interested in him these days ) He said Mika's kind of things CAMP.

Why am I imagining Celine Dion duet with Justin Bieber? or one direction singing Bohemian Rhapsody in teenstar way? To me, Popular song ft) ariana blahblah sounds like that. Disney star is singing about bullying in school in very light and thoughtless way. No humor or no thought but she's just playing and wasting the song itself! Well someone can say that it would be cool if Celine Dion sing with Justin Bieber.... and I respect that opinion too .

Yes we can say, when Psy dances in silly way singing "Gangnam Style" , Psy is exactly saying "gangnam style guys and girls are nothing special but same and funny as me " But the truth is, PSY is born and raised as an exactly Gangnam style guy. His father is very rich, his mother owns dozens of luxurious restaurants in all over Seoul. Psy is well-educated in United states and spent his whole life in most luxurious place in Gangnam. He's not that good-looking guy and that's only one difference.

Message? well ... I don't think it has that serious message or something like that.. The lyrics is just just about "cool, intelligent guys and girls in Gangnam (rich town of Seoul - like Chelsea in London? )" But there's some 'twist' just because Psy sings that, cuz his appearance is far from that man described in "Gangnam style" That 'Gangnam Style guy' is Psy's wannabe and he sings as if he's exactly like that guy, but the truth is not that so we say it's funny. Here's the English translation.. Oppa is Gangnam style Gangnam style A girl who is warm and humanly during the day A classy girl who knows how to enjoy the freedom of a cup of coffee A girl whose heart gets hotter when night comes A girl with that kind of twist I'm a guy A guy who is as warm as you during the day A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down A guy whose heart bursts when night comes That kind of guy Beautiful, loveable Yes you, hey, yes you, hey Beautiful, loveable Yes you, hey, yes you, hey Now let's go until the end Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style Oppa is Gangnam style Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh A girl who looks quiet but plays when she plays A girl who puts her hair down when the right time comes A girl who covers herself but is more sexy than a girl who bares it all  A sensable girl like that I'm a guy A guy who seems calm but plays when he plays A guy who goes completely crazy when the right time comes A guy who has bulging ideas rather than muscles  That kind of guy Beautiful, loveable Yes you, hey, yes you, hey  Beautiful, loveable Yes you, hey, yes you, hey Now let's go until the end Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style Oppa is Gangnam style, Gangnam style Oppa is Gangnam style Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby I'm a man who knows a thing or two On top of the running man is the flying man, baby baby I'm a man who knows a thing or two You know what I'm saying Oppa is Gangnam style Eh- Sexy Lady, Oppa is Gangnam style Eh- Sexy Lady oh oh oh oh

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Can't remember where it was but as far as I remember he climbed somewhere

Oh not hiding yet :naughty:

He performed at Fuji Rock in 2007 didn't he? He need to drop in several Asian festivals (include Jisan Rock Festival ) in this summer.

Nothing planned for January yet... that makes me a bit worried cuz that plan might me hiding for a few months

I searched how Billboard chart and US charts work, and it says.. Billboard got sale data from Nielsen Soundscan System, and that system count the real sale records all over the country (retailers -> customers) and that's the data for Billboard chart system. But Billboard issues Gold-Platinum certies base on data from Recording Industry Association of America. (RIAA) RIAA sends the data based on their stock releasing. (Each Record Label -> Retailers) Billboard says, they issue Gold/Platinum certies based on RIAA data because Nielsen Soundscan System data is much less than RIAA. Nielsen doesn't count returned ones and CDs still on the shelves of each retail shop and promotional CDs. I think it's similar in France too. TBWKTM got 4X platinum in Korea by Universal music, the label company, but when I checked the annual record report Mika was not listed in 4X platinum cuz it's base on Real sale amount. Mistery solved

One theory is... SNEP and the local record label count the album sales differently so TOOL is not platinum based on SNEP's counting.. For example, the Lable may count sales based on their stock releasing, and the Charting company might count actual sales record of retail shops. the Platinum disc is given by Local record company I think .. (Barclay or Universal music)

:lmao: I am Jealous. Even there I can't see myself

I think it's from very reliable source... You can check the sales till 31th October here http://www.actu.snepmusique.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/DISQUES-DOR-2012_site.pdf and can see TOOL didn't reach 50,000 till then. so that number till Dec 16 is quite make sense. But we can get to know exact number maybe next year.

from SNEP (Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique) France sales statistics so far..

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