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    The Dutch thread, Part 35

    in MFC International

    Posted

    Ik denk inderdaad ook niet dat dat een verrassing is dat die gesprekken over Mika gingen. :naughty: Maar ik denk dat dat inderdaad wel een goede manier is om te bekijken of je het Nederlands al begint te begrijpen.

    Of tv-programma's in het Nederlands kijken of een Nederlands tijdschrift lezen of krant of iets dergelijks kan misschien ook wel helpen?

     

    En dat praten loopt ook wel los :wink2: Dat is gewoon een kwestie van oefenen.

    Het is trouwens zelfverzekerd :) Niet zelfvertrouwd. Als je het niet erg vindt dat ik je even op een foutje wijs tenminste...

     

    Ik doe het al ;) Ik moet elke week artikelen voor de universiteit lezen

    :thumb_yello: Ik luister naar de radio en ik kijk ook naar filmpjes... meestal met Carice van Houten xD

     

    Ja...De waarheid is dat ik heel jong penvriendinnen heb gehad met wie ik in het Engels pratte dus was het nogal wat gemakkelijk om Engels te leren (ook al is mijn Engels nog niet perfect). Met het Nederlands had ik nooit iemand gehad met wie ik dat kon doen. Dat is een enorm verschil. :'/

     

    Nu praat ik meer in het Nederlands dan vroeger maar ik moet toch nog oefenen ;)

     

    Het is trouwens zelfverzekerd :) Niet zelfvertrouwd. Als je het niet erg vindt dat ik je even op een foutje wijs tenminste...

     

    Aah nee, totaal niet ! Dank je :huglove:

     

    Wel, ik ben erg slapig nu zo heb ik waarschijnlijk fouten gemaakt...

    Ik ga direct naar bed :mf_rosetinted:

    The Dutch thread, Part 35

    in MFC International

    Posted

    En dan ga je in Nederland studeren en als je terugkomt kan geen Vlaming je meer verstaan :lmfao:

     

    P.S.: Probleem, geen problem, daar ben ik wel zeker van :wink2: Je Nederlands is echt supergoed, trouwens!

     

    Misschien haha :naughty:

    Wel, ten minste ga ik het Nederlandse accent *hopelijk* kunnen begrijpen :thumb_yello: Ik vind het moeilijker dan het Vlaamse :')

    (Ik weet dat er meer dan 2 accenten zijn maar "over het algemeen" is het zó).

     

    Ik kon toch een paar Nederlandse fans in Brussel begrijpen xD Ik luisterde naar een paar conversaties om te zien of ik kon begrijpen...

    Ze gingen meestal over Mika, geen verrassing :fisch:

     

    Mmm Supergoed... wacht maar... Praten is iets anders :aah: Ik heb mijn taalpartner twee keer gezien en dat wordt beter, denk ik maar ik voel me nog niet zelftrouwend wanneer ik Nederlands spreek :')

    The Dutch thread, Part 35

    in MFC International

    Posted · Edited by Kaito

    Ik zou artikelen zeggen, maar misschien zeggen ze in Vlaanderen artikels... dat weet ik niet. Als je het verschil niet ziet, is het juist gevaarlijk, want dat kun je ze per ongeluk door elkaar halen :shocked:

     

    Wanneer is de deadline voor Erasmus?

     

    Ik heb een vak linguistiek en we gaan het studeren. ;'>

    Ik ga opletten... :thumb_yello:

     

    Volgonde week moeten we onze keus aankondigen. En dan moeten we wachten te zien of we onze eerste keus kunnen krijgen ;)

     

    Nou... Ik zeg wel artikels. Maar nu doe je me twijfelen of het eigenlijk wel juist is... :blink:

     

    MMm Ik heb geleerd dat beide voor dit woord "correct" zijn :')

    Maar misschien wordt -s in Vlaanderen meer gebruikt...

     

    Ik heb al het problem gehad met AnneMaaike xD

    Ik gebruikte Vlaamse woorden zonder het te weten en ze kon ze niet begrijpen :'D

    The Dutch thread, Part 35

    in MFC International

    Posted

    En je kent in ieder geval Nederlandse afkortingen... ik hoop dat we je niet teveel verkeerde dingen leren hier. MFC-taal wordt denk ik niet altijd geaccepteerd op een tentamen :fisch:

     

    Ja, dat weet ik wel x) I ga het niet doen :thumb_yello:

    Voor mijn tentamens moet ik meestal over artikels uit de Volkskrant schrijven/praten dus moet ik sowieso andere woorden gebruiken :aah:

     

    Ik zie toch niet het verschil tussen tussentaal en standaardtaal... Ik weet alleen of ik begrijp.. of niet :doh:

    The Dutch thread, Part 35

    in MFC International

    Posted

    Dag Kaito,

     

    Welkom in de Dutch thread! Ik hoop dat je genoeg gelezen hebt om je hier op je gemak te voelen. Ben je Franstalig? Want ik zie dat je tussen Brussel en Luik woont?

     

    Neus hier nog maar wat rond, snuif de sfeer op, en post erop los ;)

     

    Hallo! Hopelijk kan je hier goed oefenen :thumb_yello:

     

    Hooi welkom hier :huglove:

     

    Bedankt allemaal ! :blush-anim-cl:

     

    Ah jaaa haha x) Maar de sfeer lijkt me al goed hoor :thumb_yello:

    Idd, Ik ben Franstalig ;) Ik kom uit Luik maar ik studeer in Brussel :)

    Comme un Soleil Mal Luné Lyrics/Discussion

    in Mika's Music and Artwork

    Posted

    :lmfao:

     

    But... yeah, I agree totally! :swoon:

     

     

     

    Yes, I'm with you there -- if I just LISTEN to the French version, and don't think too much, I can almost forget the English version. Almost. Not entirely, but enough that I can enjoy it for what it is. A pretty little melody with words I don't understand, but that blend with it beautifully. :wub2:

     

    You know? there a little satisfaction in me thinking about all you english speakers for once in my shoes!

     

    I agree with Robertina :aah: It's pretty fun to be the ones who understand FULLY the songs this time :D haha I won't say I don't understand his songs in English but I probably don't grasp every subtle meanings as you, English speakers, do :thumb_yello:

    Why is Mika Boycotted in the UK?

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    I don't know what/if they will reply. I received a response that said they read them all but don't always respond. I like Robbie Williams, I do, but his single "Candy" is crap. Anything by Mika blows that song away. If RW has a place on R1, why not Mika.

     

    The thing about Candy is that it's catchy. I didn't like it at all but it was played ALL THE TIME when I was listening to Q-music to get tickets for Mika's showcase. And well, I came to like it... I even started to sing it without even realizing it..

     

    With Mika, I think the songs that have been released so far aren't THAT catchy. I really love Underwater but the chorus isn't strong enough if you compare with Candy :(

     

    The proof is that I have noooo idea what Candy is about *have never paid real attention to the meaning of this song*... For Underwater, the meaning of the song is quite important, I think...

    Tour Rumours - 2013!

    in Before the Show

    Posted

    pfft! :sneaky2: he always has to choose which language to speak, so he prefers one anyway! :doh:using english subtitles if he speaks another language would be the best for all the international guests. :wink2:

     

    I think so too ;) Both French and English are fine for me but it'd be sad if only French speakers could understand the show :blink:

    Tour Rumours - 2013!

    in Before the Show

    Posted · Edited by Kaito

    but if it's a mixture between theatre and gig, then there probably will be talking, maybe even talking that has an important meaning in the context of the whole thing... and it'll be in french. :aah: so unless he finds a way to include subtitles, or makes a few of those shows suitable for international guests, by speaking english, i don't think i'd have much fun at this event. :sad:

     

    There are subtitles in opera theaters in Belgium :thumb_yello:

    I guess he could use them as well... ;)

     

    In 2010, he said he could subtitle his show in Antwerp but he had to pick ONE language... which was a problem 'cause Belgium has 3 official languages :fisch: That's why he decided not to use it... He was afraid to upset some people in the audience by choose one language over an other :')

    Tour Rumours - 2013!

    in Before the Show

    Posted

    I am not moving into the theatre! The whole point of the seats is so that I can spend my time in France enjoying France and only go to the venue for 2 hours. :doh::naughty:

     

    You'll go seesighting in the morning then :fisch:

    ...Or when the first notes of Karen start xD hahahaha

    French interview + translation Virgin Radio Lille 31-10-12

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted

    This is an interview from Virgin Radio Lille, just before the gig in Roubaix on October 31st. He says nice things about the fans at the end :wub2:

     

     

     

     

    We are here in Roubaix at the Colisée just a few hours before you go on stage, how are you feeling?

     

    It's the first French date and so I want to sing songs in French, and I'm stressed because it's the first time and I don't know... Also it's the first theatre I'm playing in on this tour. Before that we performed in clubs and halls, but not really theatres. And a theatre means completely different dynamics. It means that when I go on stage, people are seated, they stand up, the sound in my ears is very different because it comes back to the stage differently and well, everything is new, it's as if it was the first show of the tour, actually it's not the first date of the tour at all but I've got stage fright as if it was the first time. We could think that it's normal but it's a feeling that I hate.

     

    It's a kind of positive stress probably; because the audience is there, they are waiting, it's an audience from the North that you know well.

     

    It's a very warm audience, they sing, they like to be into it wholeheartedly, but it also gives me some pressure because it's been a long time since I've performed here next to Lille, it's been years, and so I really want to do something nice, something good and it's probably the worst moment to talk to me, before a gig, it's when the monster comes out and then when I go on stage, I calm down.

     

    A new album, the 3rd one, completely different from the first two, what is different according to you?

     

    There is a difference, but it's not completely different, we can recognize me in every way, in the melodies, in my way of writing songs, it's pop music with a lot of influence from classical music, 70s music, a bit of electronic sound, it's a mix, like me, like a person, I'm a mix of different sounds and different cultures. At the same time it's clear that there's an evolution, I gave myself challenges, for example on this disc I told myself I really wanted to make something fresh, something that would continue my story. And for me this is essential, if we don't continue the story, then what are we doing? I like looking back at my 3 albums and see 3 periods of my life, very honest, very different. I live my life in my albums and when you listen to my albums you can completely see a snapshot, a kind of portrait of my life during these 2 or 3 years everytime I make an album. And I like continuing like this, because it is something honest, something real, it is not planned. I make the music that comes out from the period during which I'm writing.

     

    What stands out from this album is happiness and joy

     

    There's a lot of joy in this album and it's funny because most of the people who tell me, mostly in interviews, 'well the album is quite dark', I tell them 'what are you talking about?'. It's clear that the lyrics are dark, it comes from a time in my life when really there were a lot of dark and sad things, but at the same time the album is really happy, very festive, it's like a kind of medicine, like a psychedelic potion in a way, and for me that's what music is for. It helps taking me out of these sad times. So the lyrics are rather sad or deep, but the music is very joyful. It's the combination of both.

     

    Music wraps up sadness and eventually joy comes out from the whole

     

    That was the goal. For me personally that was the goal and when I went to the studio, when I escaped my life in London, from my family and friends and everyone I knew, even from my own music and career, I flew to Montreal to work with someone and I didn't come home for 8 months. Because I didn't want to go back before I had written everything.

     

    That was Nick Littlemore?

     

    It was Nick Littlemore from Empire of the Sun. And with him I went in a room and I felt as if I was in a band, the same way I had made the first album, surrounded by people, musicians, a musical collective. It was fun. Going to the studio was all I wanted to do.

     

    There are 4 songs in French, is it important to sing in this language? You have spent a long time living in France.

     

    Yes I grew up with French music, by Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy, Rita Mitsouko, and also some trashy pop at the same time. It was not only classy people, I liked everything. And I still like everything. I've got a filter that makes me like something completely trashy and 30 seconds later I'm listening to Tom Waits crying. It's a mix and for me it's important not to be snob, and so I grew up with a lot of French music, very serious and pop music and I think it really educated me, from the age of 2 to 10 I was listening to this. And in French music there's always melody, it's very important. For me it's fun to sing in another language, a language that brings melody to the singing in a very different way than English. It's much more percussive. And I also like working with someone who can help me with the lyrics, and when I work in French I work with my songwriter friend Doriand, and I like his way of expressing himself, in a way you can't express in English in my opinion.

     

    Do you already look back a bit thinking 'what is happening to me is incredible, this huge success with the first album, this audience behind me', do you look at it with clear-headedness? How do you analyse this?

     

    Hmm well... I don't analyse. I don't look. I can't. I do what I do and I go on stage to handle the reality of what I do. I don't know if it makes sense, but when I go on stage it becomes something real. When I look at my audience and they look at me, I've got a contact that is real. It's not abstract, it's not hype, it's not press, it's not figures.

    Fans are hugely important for an artist, maybe for you particularly, what would you like to say to your fans who have been following you from the start?

     

    My fans are everything, really in my career it's the most essential thing. They are part of my universe. I've always said I come from nowhere so I'll create my own world. I'm Lebanese, a bit English, French, American, a real mix, I'm a gypsy. And so I'll create with my music and my shows and my visuals my own universe. But creating your own universe without the fans is useless. They give me so much, they also give me ideas and they'll be on stage with me tonight, 6 or 7 of them will be singing with us.

     

    Did you choose them?

     

    Yes I chose them, I asked them to send a video of them singing and my musicians and me chose them together. And I'm never scared when I ask my fans to do something. I don't know why. I'm not scared. I'm not scared it will go wrong because honestly they have such a good vibe that I always trust them. Yes they are very important in what I do. And they are very loyal and I'm very lucky.

     

    Aaaah Roubaix :wub2:

    I like to hear him say that he can trust us... :)

    Aww... I can't wait to see him again :blush-anim-cl:

    Mikasounds and Twitter updates - Part 11

    in Mika News and Press

    Posted · Edited by Kaito

    FACEBOOK - MIKA

     

    Now that the European tour has pretty much finished, Mika is resting for a day or 2 then we're gearing up for the UK dates and lots of other stuff... so stay tuned for more announcements coming soon...

     

    1 or 2 days ?? 0_0 Seriously !? LET HIM REST UNTIL THURSDAY !! U_U' He needs it !~

    I hope he'll be ok ... :'/ I'm worried about this "elephant medecine" as he calls it :'/

     

    "lots of other stuff..." May I be excited ? :'D

    MIKA @ Rocher de Palmer, Bordeaux, FRANCE - 25 November 2012: REPORTS/PICS/VIDEOS

    in Concert Reviews

    Posted

    Stardust was lovely indeed, and Underwater and Karen as well, one of the best Karen performances I've heard :wub2:

     

    (and I think he was joking about the doctor because the medicine must have been quite strong, he was dancing and jumping a lot)

     

    A friend of mine lost his voice a few weeks ago and he had to perform on stage a few days later... He was supposed to rest his voice but he really wanted to go on stage so he went was given strong medicine... He told me it was the medecines Opera singers took when they had voice problem and I guess Mika had to use it as well... My friend told me it wasn't good for the health and so, you have to be very careful with it... :'/

    Tour Rumours - 2013!

    in Before the Show

    Posted

    To get back on topic... :wink2:

     

    What has anyone heard about this?

     

    http://www.printemps-bourges.com/

     

    http://www.printemps-bourges.com/fr/reservation.php?type=spec_03

     

    Le Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel du 23 au 28 avril 2013

     

     

    MIKA - BENJAMIN BIOLAY ...

     

    le jeudi 25/04/2013 à 19h00

     

    LE PHENIX

    18000 BOURGES

     

    Le Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel ouvre la saison des festivals avec cette année encore de belles promesses ! Plus de 140 artistes français et internationaux seront présents du 23 au 28 avril 2013 pour 6 jours frénétiques et enflammés de musique 100% live avec MIKA, -M-, C2C, BENJAMIN BIOLAY, SEXION D’ASSAUT, DISIZ, sans oublier le sulfureux dancefloor de la ROCK’N’BEAT PARTY ! Rendez-vous le 15 janvier pour découvrir de nouveaux artistes. Get ready !

     

    Benjamin Biolay...

    I haven't heard his new CD but it's completely different from what Mika does, I think. It's weird to have them both on the same evening :blink:

     

    I doubt I could go to this one either, I won't be on holiday at that time :'(

    Japanese Thread

    in MFC International

    Posted

    Summer....it's so hot and humid.:aah:

    but you can climb up mt.fuji in summer.

    The last pic is sunrise which I took from top of mt.fuji.

     

    I know, I'm gonna melt ! :doh:

     

    But I only have vacation in summer :aah:

    I have some friends near Tokyo (Shinagawa, Meguro, Hachioji, Fuchu) so I'll probably focus on Tokyo but I'd like to try to go to Kansai as well, it depends on the train fares ;)

    Tour Rumours - 2013!

    in Before the Show

    Posted

    Just to annoy us all?

     

    I think so too :naughty:

     

    The flights to Iceland are too expensive from here anyway but well, I could attend Glasgow if I didn't have to take a plane in Edinburgh at 7 AM the day after. Impossible to make it by train or coach. :'( I would have loved to go back to Scotland though ;')

     

    Nevermind, I'm getting ready for festivals :mf_rosetinted:

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