carafon

1 minute ago, krysady said:

 

Anyway, so far CLV remain my favorite, but I like this one as well, too bad Jane Birkin didn't get the chance to hear it...

I'd realy like to know  her daughters 's opinions about the song  ( Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon )

58 minutes ago, mellody said:

Google translate tells me it's "too bad if my arms swing", and my dictionary tells me that "tant pis" can mean both "nevermind" and "too bad" ... I guess "too bad" might make more sense in the context of people laughing about him? But ofc I don't know the details of how to use and interpret it, just wondering if it could be the other option too or if it's clear in the context that it would be "nevermind" here?

 

In this song's context , I think it's more  an "I don't care" meaning

58 minutes ago, mellody said:

And about the first lines, sometimes too big and sometimes too small, I wonder if maybe it stands for how you feel, that sometimes you feel like you're the king of the world (and maybe you get judged for that because it's not far from there to behaving snobbish) and sometimes you feel like you're nothing - so the confidence that comes and goes, like probably for most people. Could it mean that, or wouldn't you use these words for that at all in French?

Hum , not sure that we'd use this metaphore in a conversation , but I see what you mean . Kind of the "tiny love" video feelings I guess.

My thought is that he's maybe refering to his early teens when he was not already that tall , and I remember some interviews when he said that he was a little bit fat (just like many teenagers btw......) . Then that explains that he didn't feel at ease in his blue jeans , not necessarely in terms of size , but maybe also if he sometimes tried to wear the same kind of clothes than any other boy but it was not his true himself ....

Due to lack of holiday, I had to make a choice between Berlin and Dublin...... So, I've got a spare ticket for Berlin.

It's a "physical" one so don't ask me too late .

On 11/7/2023 at 1:10 PM, Marika said:

Looking for 1 ticket for the Amsterdam show the 29th of March 2024, for a friend. Thankssss

I still don't know if I'll be able to go or not 

I'll probably know at the end of february, If I can't  ,I'll contact you .

15 hours ago, dcdeb said:

 

To me the clones and also the painting of the yellow suit, sort of refer back to his earliest days, when record label executives wanted to turn him into the next generic pop star. I remember the little cartoon teaser for the first album that showed all the generic pop stars, and then the one stand-out, Mika! And I mean, the guy is quite literally white-washing Mika in the suit-painting scene, changing him from a brilliant yellow into a bland off-white.

 

The fact that the yellow suit seems to be in plastic made me think that they are trying to replace it with a more recyclable substance (seems to be "papier maché" ) because..... "plastic is not fantastic" 

( Statement that only French speaking people can understand and refering to this song that has nothing to do whith ecology .....  )

Back to the AC video ....

The fact that he's not totaly  covered by the white stuff may mean that it's too late or impossible to be 100% plastic free

Another idea was that it could be plaster and could explain that part of his neck is covered too . ....trying to repair his body 

15 hours ago, dcdeb said:

Let's see if I can explain better: He chose to do the video at Studio Job, with Job and his wife looking on. He's standing amidst lots of things that Job has created, many of those things specifically for Mika and his stage sets. We might have expected the video to have some dreamy, sensual love scenes, or some perfect romantic setting, with blue skies and green grass and fluffy white clouds. But instead we see an industrial warehouse with gray cinder block walls and concrete floors and a welder spewing sparks in one of the most unromantic settings you could imagine. So to me the whole video is about *making* the video or more specifically making *art*, with people he trusts looking on -- it's something that he loves to do, and he's doing it with people he loves working with, in a safe space, while who-knows-what turmoil is going on in the outside world. That is the ultimate poetic resistance, as he has talked about it before -- it is in a way akin to making love in the middle of an apocalypse to make yourself feel immortal or indestructible. And it is precisely because it is the extreme opposite of what we all might have been expecting from the lyrics and melody of the song that it works. It's Mika in a nutshell. IMO.

 

I see it as kind of a bunker where each character takes what he thinks may help him to face the apocalypse ..........but at the end it didn't work because making love was the solution and none of them didn't realise in time

On 10/30/2023 at 5:11 AM, QueenBigFat said:

carafon, I didn’t mean to cause you any pain. I thought you made an important point!

 

Do you mean this kind of statement ?  

Anyway , don't worry , i'm not that sensitive ......and most of all , anything that I say is never 100%  important nor serious 

1 minute ago, QueenBigFat said:

Awww, jeese, go ruin a good opportunity to make people laugh with great feminist facts!

I think they're just enjoying to play the game 

On 10/28/2023 at 12:35 AM, mellody said:

 

Btw, I've been thinking a bit on how I could imagine this song in the live shows, and if you see it a bit broader, as in "being close to each other" and "dance together", maybe he will walk through the crowd for this song instead of Big Girl? I still don't find it very dance-able, but well, maybe Mika will show us the NOT-adults-only version of the Apocalypse Calypso dance in his shows.

I'd rather imagine it as the opening song  after an "apocalyptic" intro . (kind of the rocket explosion of the Imaginarium tour )

And then a big party 

6 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Preferably a sport with a lot of diversity and no strong gender roles. A sport that doesn’t require a lot of muscle yet can be finished within 20 mins. 
 

 

Girls are playing rugby too 

1 hour ago, Prisca said:

 

Yes, agreed at an aftershow Mika could have sung longer, but how many people would have stayed in the stadium? 

Maybe  halftime would be the better option ?

13 hours ago, Kumazzz said:

mati.network IG stories

 

Andy is walking with children...

 

 

 

 

 

Ah ah .....good opportunity to watch the match live gratis

12 hours ago, QueenBigFat said:

 

 

Seriously, I am totally miffed that they only gave Mika 5-ish minutes. What, they couldn’t spare 20???

Yeah so much work for only 5 minutes is a bit frustrating

That's why I'd prefer to have the show after the match

If someone is interested.....South Africa won by 1 points (like 1/4 final  and 1/2 final against France and England ) 

26 minutes ago, ordinary-fangirl said:

Thank you to everyone here who recorded it and posted it 😭 Dutch commentary didn't show it and chatted the whole way through clips.r

That's not very surprising.

This is a major sport event , they want to talk about the match .

The show was great , but tbh , I'd find more logical to ask him to sing the hymns with the kids .

Or an aftershow like he did after the top 14 final.

Btw , apart myself who is watching the whole match ?

38 minutes ago, Hero said:

Thanks so much, that's really useful info! Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to go ☹️, but hopefully it'll be useful for others going for the first time. 

Oh nooooo..... I thought it was for yourself 🤣

1 minute ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Sinister? Hahah! I like it already  

I‘ve heard it’s a smaller studio? 

Yes it is ,and everybody is seated .

21 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

I went to the recording of the final in 2021 (right before the philharmonic concerts) and this is very accurate. Although the recording was „only“ from 18.00 until midnight back then. We weren’t offered anything to drink nor was it possible to have a bathroom break, because they were filming continuously. They did offer the sandwich though. 

They are less strict for pre recording sessions and the studio is not at the same place (even more sinister area , especialy at night ) 

But it's still very long ! Especially what they call "aplause sessions" without the coaches , just Nikos recording sentences for the after show ......long , boring .....

@Hero 

There are hostesses who  take small groups of people to their seats.

Sometimes it's possible to negociate the area you want to go , sometimes it's not

Last time I went there ,If they were taking us to some stairs we were seated in the main stand behind the coaches seats. Otherwise the "floor" way was to smaller stands aside .

Note that once you've got a place they still can ask you to move if some area are not as full as they want or any other reasons

I think you'd better find and queue withs fans who know the place and process . I'm not going to any of the first recordings but I'm quite sure Nina will be there along with the Parisian French girls.

As @mellody said you have to leave all your belongings at the cloakroom because there is a security searching .

You'll have to wait quite a lot outside after the cloakroom , so you can take a sweater and use it as a cushion once you're inside .From what I remembered , you can't take your own beverage but they give some water at some point.  You can have a (not so good) sandwich but you're supposed to finish it before they start to film .But some small snaks are ok if you don't make noise with the papers 

There are some toilets breaks but you have to be quick .( for the live recordings it's not allowed ) . You have toilets at the entry , you'd better go before the recording .

About the dress code they encourage colourfull clothes , but no stripes and no big logos 

On 10/21/2023 at 10:27 PM, QueenBigFat said:

Nous pourrions parler de la façon dont c’est ouvertement ou sexuel, mais en tant qu’étranger très éloigné observant la culture française, il semble que vous ayez une frontière beaucoup moins rigide que nous entre ce qui est manifeste et romantique. Nous sommes tellement réprimés aux États-Unis ! Donc, ce que nous pouvons considérer comme trop manifeste, peut ne pas sembler l’être dans une autre culture ? – demanda-t-elle.

 

 

Take a look at this song, and the lyrics......

He's useing the same words as Mika in Apocalypse Calypso.

And many others that could be disgusting if used with bad intent or vulgarity.

But this guy who wrote songs called "Le zizi" or "Le cul de Lucette" and many others is considered a naughty erotic poet in France.

Pierre Perret — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)

4 minutes ago, Prisca said:

Also according to the pictures in the video this makes the most sense. 

Now that we've got the lyrics , it's time to debate about all the small video details (and meanings of course ......) .

3 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

I love how much my French vocabulary expands with each Mika song 

That's made me smile because in French  "avoir le feu aux fesses" means having lot of sex 

 The second meaning is being in a hurry . In this video , it could me a combination of both 

23 minutes ago, dcdeb said:

 

 

 

Je sers ton corps si fort


 

it is "Je serre ton corps"  otherwise it's a very diferent meaning 

26 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

 

HE SINGS THE F WORD! It’s official 

Parce que c'est (aussi)  ça la vie ......

19 hours ago, QueenBigFat said:

OMG. I love him but especially in this moment in time that is the most horrifying thing I have ever read.

The post apocalypse bal remembers me the nightmare and skeletton sequences of the "imaginarium tour" 

Mika said several times that he likes dark things , and I'm sure the shows will be awesome  

21 hours ago, mellody said:

 

 Sex and food are the most important things for him. 

Be ready for "sweety banana" .......the title may be a perfect combo of his 2 passions !

Well , as I said a few hours ago , the more I'm listening to the song , the more I'm earing " une bulle en baisse" instead  of "une bulle , on baise" 

Not that I'm chocked by the second option because he says it very softly , nothing to do with the way some singers do , and you know that there is a vulgar intention behind .

Btw , I think that many French fans love the song , probably because we get this difference more easily than no French speaking's people

That said , back to "une bulle en baisse" . Of course it could be Mika's accent that is confusing us .( I suspect him to do it on purpose to get all streaming we'll need to try to understand ........ )  There are a lot of different kind of "s" "z" sounds in this song , it's probably very hard for him . At least to be an acceptable option it has to have a meaning and maybe a connection with the beginning of the verse " on brule la braise" . That's why I was thinking about a reference to a Galileo thermometer .

What's a Galileo thermometer and how do you read it? (zmescience.com)

Maybe it's just the ecologist in me who is speaking and it's a totaly fool idea but look .....the thermometer has bubbles and you know the temperature while looking which ones are floating and on what level (up or down) .  You don't have to care about the ones that sink , then maybe he's saying that the acceptable temperature's buble are sinking and that's what temperature it's so hot and unleash the apocalypse.

 "quoi qu'ils en pensent des conséquences" can describe  climato sceptic persons.

"le ciel à flots" could be storms

It also caught my attention that he talks about "LE calypso" ( the danse) but there is also "Ou est LA Calypso ?" Why LA Calypso ?

Firstable it could be the sea nymph who is missing because the oceans are too hot.

I also remembered that in the 80/90 years "La calypso" was a very well known boat used by a very well known oceograph who did ecological documentaries

So maybe he's saying that this is missing too ......

Jacques-Yves Cousteau — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)

Of course , I know it's very much farfetched  ........but as it crossed my mind and as some of you find the lyrics too much understandable I'm just here to add some more confusion........sorry about that 

About the LGBTQ+ interpretations I think that "on s'embrasse dans les flammes" may represent the hell where some people woud like to send them in

On 10/2/2023 at 4:16 AM, Evergreen said:

Hi!^^

Does anyone have any extra tickets they would like for the Dublin concert

I'd buy at any price to finally attend my first concert🥲🙏🏽

On 10/2/2023 at 6:43 PM, tiibet said:

A long shot, I know, but I’m looking for a ticket for Dublin. I have one for myself but I would like to take my son as well. This is such a long tour that I’m buying a few tickets for my family as well just to be able to see them! Luckily they like Mika and his music and have already seen some shows in the past. Please contact me if any extra. 
 

Edit: just bought the missing ticket 👍

On 10/3/2023 at 8:20 AM, thesuku said:

Hi all, am looking for one ticket for Dublin.

Much appreciated.

🙏🏾

mikascomfort on ig is selling 2 tickets for Dublin.

25 minutes ago, Prisca said:

Somehow I have the feeling that this ambiguity is so very Mika. 😅For those who find "f..." too vulgar, they can simply interpret it as kissing. 

The more I'm listening to the song , the more I wonder if Anne may be right with "une bulle en baisse"

I'll explain my theory later when I'll be beck from tennis

6 hours ago, L'inconnue35 said:

For the lyrics 🔞

On brûle, la braise, une bulle  on baise

 

I also hear the same, but I wonder if the translation is correct... In French the verb baiser has 2 meanings : have sex in a very familiar and vulgar language or it could also mean "to kiss" , which is OK with the next lyrics ta peau ma peau...?? 

The second meaning is more poetic than the first one 🤣

Only the official translation can tell us what Mika had in mind😅

 

 

The place where WE place the ponctuation reveals what WE have in mind  .....

Oh , I still had no time to listen a second time , but I remember that he explained that his logo's form is kinda bubble that will evolve and change with time depending on songs .