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this sounds promising! Thanks for all the pics and links to the radio stations / podcast. I tried to listen but had to give up... it’s too frustrating! I’ll wait for you, wonderful people, to translate. You’re priceless

Thanks for all your reports! Sarina, when I saw the pic I was exactly like this I'm not curious (at all!) to know what you two were talking about ... that's why I won't ask but I'll just say that I'm impressed by your nerve. Glad you had a "worthy experience"

...from what I've read / heard until now, it seems that FX is gonna be a big kindergarten this year. I love it! (I'm so glad Simona won't be there)

....yes but lollipop has a (supposedly ) "educational" purpose and was (supposedly ) referred to a kid; in this song the context is quite different

I kinda like the song; not exactly what I was hoping for but what I was expecting. It sounds ...happy and this can’t be bad. I love his full voice I’m fine with the lyrics (thanks for posting and translating!) though I don’t speak french hence I can’t sing it (...and I mean “sing” in all the accepted meanings of the word ) I suspect many people around me will be thankful for this The only slightly “weird” thing, for me, is the kid’s choir singing “boum boum boum”; it fits the sound well but when I think about the meaning... I guess it's just me About the rhythm I can’t help thinking he’s been inspired by Kendji...

My thoughts exactly. Lovely man I wish I could hug all those petits guerriers

+1 thanks for posting & translating I love this kind of interview with short, direct questions and short, direct answers. Especially when the questions are not the usual ones and we get the chance to know new little peculiar things about the guy I find it funny that he managed to include the word “Lebanon” anyway, even though, for once, no one asked him about his origin About his drawing, it's hard for me to believe he really feels like that... But I think that nothing makes a man more handsome and sexy then his lack of knowledge he is handsome and sexy so I’m fine with his rendition (uhm... I hope the translation of my thoughts in english makes sense... I swear it does, in my head! )

....I know that I'm not adding anything new to the subject but here's my own report on Naples gig... Since I’m a “new” fan I never attended to a Mika’s gig and had no hopes to see him performing live in a very long time; so, as soon as I heard about the nutella event I started planning the trip to Naples. I couldn’t believe it was true: one of my favourite ...comfort food, a city that I never visited (but I was longing to) and Mika: all together in the same event! I obviously involved my two nieces (”my girls”) who are huge Mika fans and my hubby (I call him like that, even though we’re not married 'cause I don’t know how to call the man I’m sharing my life with for the last 18 years) who’s not exactly a fan but he really likes Mika (and now, everytime I say "doom" he immediatly replies "dadarirari-doom".... will this mean something? ) I was pretty scared by the thought of all the people that would have been there (especially considering that I was responsable for two underage girls) but nothing would have stopped me. Or the girls. We hand-painted our own Mika tshirts (...this was the girls main concern ) and headed to Naples We enjoyed Naples a lot! I absolutely loved the city, visited a few of the major touristic spots and ate the best pizza and sfogliatella ever! (...actually too many of them...) We met only nice people and had no problem at all. I will surley return there to see what I coulnd’t see this time (and to stuff on pizza & sfogliatelle :rolls_eyes:). Back to the gig: we arrived to Piazza del Plebiscito not very early in the morning just to take a look around. I couldn’t recognize you but surely some of you were among the people I saw sitting on the ground. I didn’t want to stop there so early because I thought I wouldn’t have survived until 9:30! (kudos to you who did ) So we went shopping (and and ate pizza, sfogliatelle...) and got back at 6. The crowd wasn’t too close and we could easily reach a decent position a bit on the right side of the square where, at least, we could see the big screen very well. We had to fight every now and then with people trying to walk on over our heads but we managed to survive. Those were very long 3 and a half hours. When finally Mika got on the stage I was really excited and the joy on my girls’ faces made me even happier. They danced and sang all the time ...I tried too but I was quite concerned in keeping my balance because everytime I tried to lift one foot I wasn't sure to find a spot to put it down again. Anyway I enjoyed the gig very much: I knew it would have been uncomfortable, over crowded and ...pretty painful for my legs and feet but I was prepared. Ok it wasn’t a full show, ok maybe Mika wasn’t at his best and I understand that older fans found it boring since there was nothing new to them but to me everything was new (...kind of...) and I shared it with two equally enthusiastic girls attending their first gig ever. Plus it was probably the last time he performed the “old” show so I feel lucky I had the chance to see it live. My favourite moments were Love Today and Underwater and every word Mika said between a song and the other. I love to hear him talking, love his voice and, when he speaks italian, I like the way he builds phrases and the words he uses. I have a thing with voices... I fall in love with voices. I often forget people’s faces but not their voices. Could it be I'm a little... As for the songs translated in italian I take them as a sort of “homage” by Mika to italian fans, and I really appreciated the effort. I think Lollipop was pretty nice (even hubby got to sing it!) and I agree with many of you who think that Origin of love lost its meaning in the translation and sung in duet but ...( don’t hit me) I don’t particularly like that song anyway, so.... I’m just glad that Mika thought we were worth the time he took to make that version. As I got home I downloaded the gig and watched it again, sitting very comfortably on my couch and felt like I was there (but without aching legs and feet). Now I can’t wait for the next one. *sigh*

hey, thanks for your welcome! I'm going to post my first post about Naples gig... I feel like I'm on my first school day:biggrin2: uuuuuhmmm.... eventually I'll find out how to quote posts but at the moment I'm addressing to Marta and Mari 62 the old fashion way, just to say that I'm from Liguria too (Imperia)

Hi! My name is Stefania (friends call me sté) and I’m another italian Mika fan. Actually my niece, who’s now 16 yo, is the first Mika fan in my family: she had her “life in cartoon motion” cd back in 2008 (smart girl ). She loved it very much and soon my second niece was infected with the same enthusiasm. Me... I wasn’t so smart... by then I only heard Grace Kelly and really loved it but didn’t listen to the whole record (I can’t remember but I was surely obsessing over some other singer / group at that time and I just skipped on this Mika guy). I made the same mistake when the single “we are golden” came out. The next Mika songs I happened to listen to were “stardust” and “celebrate”, which are not exactly my cup of tea and made me think that maybe I was wrong about Mika and I kind of forgot about him. Then came x-factor... I know many of you are not happy with all the x-factor thing and I can clearly see your reasons (and often share them) but thanks to that tv program I discovered what a charming, smart, intriguing man Mika is and soon after that I bought all his records. And I fell in love. And started “obsessing” over him.... This meant (I’m sure you know exactly what I’m talking about) hours and hours spent at the pc screen reading / listening to anything Mika-related. It also meant a really bad conjunctivitis ... but that’s another story What I love the most about him is his originality and uniqueness. I’m often amazed by his openness and candour, both in his songs and interviews; his lyrics are never pointless, I love how he chooses words (also when he talks, even in italian) and I’m fascinated by the wide range of his interests and skills .... he’s always surprising. Oh, and I love how he’s always nice and polite to everyone: these are characteristics that I feel are getting more and more rare among people in general... I’m a little embarassed admitting that I’m fangirling more than my two young nices because my age is far from theirs and I should probably be more "mature", but I’m having a lot of fun sharing my Mika-love with them! So I thought it was time to join in this forum (that I’ve been reading since a few months); by the way, maybe this is not the right place to say it but I’d like to thank everyone for the precious translations, pics, videos and stuff that I’ve been enjoying during all this time............ You are golden Finally, let me apologize for my english and feel free to correct me anytime!