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Ok thanks! I will try it once. It's free right?

Yes definitely! I'm not gonna pay for something like that

Aahahahaha Good job!!!!

 

How fo you make those by the way?

Hahaha thanks! I made these very easily with makeagif.com That usually has an ugly "MakeAGif"-logo, but if you sign up for free you can get rid of that.

I then edited them with Gimp 2 to make them brighter and crop them a little.

I always check this thread every now and then

When I joined I went through every old Wonkaland thread, but unfortunately a lot of pictures have disappeared

I am now thinking, the gifs I made from the TGV making-of might belong here, what do you think?

He's so professional

 

Dans Le TGV ‏@DansLeTGV  19h

Voici en exclusivité le tout dernier clip de @mikasounds dans sa version intégrale !

https://twitter.com/i/videos/676765037621448704

 

Ah, the full music video for Je Chante! I like it a lot, thanks for posting

Well, I don't really understand all those bad reaction. I mean I found the video beautiful and powerfull ! I wasn't sad at any point of the video whereas I'm usially really sensitive (I don't nkow if we use that word, I meant sensible).

 

Maybe it's because I don't understand all the lyrocs but I like this clip so much ! There are reactions against the end of the world, I think this is interesting. And Mika is really beautiful in all the video, wich is very good .

 

I personaly hope that they will sing it at the final !!

I have the same, usually I can't handle anything at all but this video doesn't even make me feel remotely sad.

I don't understand everything in the video (what happens to that bride??) but overall it's not a bad video.

Maybe if I'm honest, I feel a bit indifferent, it doesn't really do much with me at all...

Would a kind, Italian speaking soul please translate/explain what happened with the coffee/tea? Mika looked mildly horrified at it but I'm not quite sure why LOL

What I hear is him saying "She is very sweet! She makes a horrible tea but she's very sweet"

He's always been very picky about his tea, right

I hope I will get the cd tomorrow.. Just saw on the website where I pre-ordered it changed the release date from tomorrow to 3-5 workdays

I pre-ordered NPIH on bol.com as well back in June and I did get it on the release date... I hope that is the case now as well. Maybe they ordered enough for the pre-orders and any orders placed from now need 3 to 5 days.

(Ik heb het net even gecheckt maar er staat wel "Bezorging: op verschijningsdatum" dus ik denk wel dat ze genoeg hebben dat de pre-orders worden bezorgd.. )

How about the other one from that series:

Third time in a row i'm listening to it...

first time i was like "whaaaaaa?"

second time i was like "hmm okay..."

third time i'm like "yeaaaaah "

I had the same

Went from thinking "This is the weirdest thing I've ever heard" to dancing and singing along to the chorus

i love his jacket!

In the SATS video you can see it says "No place in heaven" on the back! I like it too

Thanks for sharing the videos, it actually makes me smile a lot while watching it! I understood that for Italians, him performing on this show is a bit of a laugh, but I thought he was cute with those kids during Relax

I was referring to Heroes and Overrated. Of course for example OMS was (at least for me) equally good but I can't see why they would leave those two songs out, it doesn't make any sense

I agree, I was looking forward to Overrated the most, and Heroes second since I heard a snippet from Como and it left me in tears... I don't understand it

So sad that there are only 14 tracks! Weird though, since on Bol.com (the Dutch webshop where I pre-ordered the cd) it says that there are 20 tracks, but also there are only 14 listed.

Yes I noticed that too! The description says it will have 20 tracks from the OSM concert... What is that based on, then?

I literally gasped and threw my hands in the air, embarrassed myself...

Nice picture   Thanks for sharing

Thank you for the links to the trailer!

Sounds good

Sounds really good!

Makes me feel like he could read the dictionary like this and I'd listen to the entire thing

I'd really like to see this film once it's available

I've been listening to this song today and liking it more and more. I don't think Fedez sounds bad at all, I like his voice and I'm impressed by his speed   , but after reading lyrics translations I agree it doesn't make any sense. They probably just combined two different songs to do something together and get some more publicity and money? However, I love Mika's part and the idea of beautiful disaster  Would love to hear this song at gigs. 

Totally agree. I keep listening to it on repeat!

I'm starting to hope that they'll make it a single and film a music video for it, since it's on number 1 after all..

Hello! Oh really, how fun! It was amazing, right?

Thank you!

Yes it was! I'm still smiling every time I think about it

Hello fellow Dutchie! September 22nd was my first Mika gig as well Glad that you joined MFC and I hope you'll like it here.

I get this feeling I can't miss

 

my life I gave away for this

 

well, I can make it worth it all

I'm hearing "My life I'd give away for this" and "One night can make it worth it all"

And I'm starting to hear "I get this feeling I can't risk" but I'm not very sure about that one...

I love this song, did not expect that!

I'm hoping they'll perform it on X Factor

i think he just has that same f***ing cold that me and almost everyone i know has these weeks. i felt completely sh*t for about 2 days, also talking hurt during this time, but the worst part was over pretty soon. hope it's the same for mika. a few websites i consulted about the word rhinopharyngitis suggested that it is actually nothing more than a cold, that includes the nose and the throat. but ofc if you're a singer and it gets to your vocal chords, you have a bigger problem than someone who just can't talk much with their family for 2 days. i guess he just had to be careful that he doesn't damage his vocal chords, and in a few days he'll be back on stage. it's sad for the fans in marseille, and i'm sure he wouldn't have cancelled the gig if he'd had a choice - but if the alternative was possibly having to cancel many other gigs, postponing one or two gigs to another date probably was the best option.

 

edit: just saw on fb that tonight's show is postponed as well.

That cold is all around me as well, I got it too last week. As a singer, when you for example cough a lot it does indeed damage your vocal chords, especially your falsetto. That's extremely annoying for Mika I hope he gives his voice and everything some rest, and that he doesn't sing too much to make it heal faster.

Yes, thats me! Arh, nice to meet you again!

Awesome! I'm happy that you joined here

Were you the really tall girl?

Oh I think we were standing right behind you, yes! I am not the tallest one That's my "little" sister

Hello!

 

Wonderful concert

I came from Denmark alone to hear the concert, and it was so nice. So wonderful to stand in que with you wonderful people from the fan club, who welcomed me and make the 9 hours que just fly away :-D

 

I was told that Mika had been in a dutch TV show the the bald guy, who sang Stardust together with him, and they had thrown beer all around - but I cant find the clip at youtube? Could someone help?

 

And do you have restriced rules about borrowing other peoples pictures? you guys have taken some amazing pictures, but do you have copyright rules or can I borrow one of them (with given credits, ofcouse)

 

Again - Thanks for a nice day! To Mika, but very much to the fan club indeed!

 

Love

Linam

Hey Linam! I believe that we queued together for a while I am Manon, the Dutch girl with the flowers on her head

I saw that you were standing on the front row, glad you enjoyed it as well!

I just read some other reviews this Kim Raven made: they are all a bit sour, so no suprise she did that with Mika too.

Ofcourse there's a 'twitter fight' going on between her and someone who saw the concert. https://twitter.com/tisniewat/status/646595106754174976

Better not react on her, she isn't worth it!

That was my first idea too, to not react My post was merely to help Pascale, in the hope that she would stop doubting herself. You saw a great concert, don't give someone like this authority she doesn't deserve. Don't let her dictate what you heard and saw and enjoy your memories

This is a very strange (dutch) review of the concert.

http://www.podiuminfo.nl/review/3828/Mika_-_2209_-_HMH/

 

Basically the reviewer is saying that Mika is a good performer with lots of energy but musically he falls short. She claims he is play-backing a lot in the gig, especially in the middle of the setlist. Apparantly she thinks (halfway the concert) he left the singing of all the higher tones and a lot of the more complicated vocal parts to the other bandmembers and to the crowd. She suggests that he might have done this to give rest to his voice. According to her, he uses a lot of tricks to disguise this play-backing like pulling difficult faces and moving the microphone from his mouth. She mentions Relax and Grace Kelly as examples.

 

I think she is mistaken. Yes, I've noticed last year that Mika actually most of the time leaves the singing of the high notes in Relax to the crowd. And maybe there are a few other songs (Rain?) where he occasionally does that. But actually I thought he hardly did so yesterday. I was very impressed by his vocals. I thought they were much stronger and better now than at the summer gigs. There I was disappointed sometimes by his singing. I even thought that he'd better change the arrangements if he can't reach the higher tones anymore (or practise more). Yesterday I felt completely different. But because of this review I'm startin to have some doubts.

 

I just watched Rain, Relax and Grace Kelly in the following YouTube clips and I can't be sure whether the higher vocals are sung by Mika or by Max or Joy (or taped choirs). I think it is Mika singing almost all of the time with the support of the rest. In Grace Kelly, I'm absolutely sure that's his own voice. It's not very strong at the end of the song in the clip but I think it sounded stronger live.

 

Any opinions? About these clips or about other songs that are not on YouTube yet.

Grace Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cy63ccucao

Relax:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DotIjuDXtEw

Rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPLdCwcHAeo

I've seen this "review" too. I completely disagree with it. He did not playback, I am sure I heard his voice. It was very strong and very much live, even often not singing the recorded version of the song. She mentioned his trick being "pulling a troubled face while pretending to sing" but he has always done that while singing high notes. With Relax in the past recent gigs he often let the audience sing "easy", but here he only did so at the final chorus. The choruses before that he sang it himself.

Let me say that literally anyone can become a critic. There's no reason she has a better ear than any of us. I haven't watched any videos yet but his voice was indeed strong in reality.

My first Mika gig

Let me start off by saying that this was the best concert I've ever been to. I love how much he connects with the audience and the how much he lets the audience influence what he's doing on stage. Plus, I've never been so close to the stage before

I don't want to talk to much about the queuing part, it's really about the concert after all! But I want to thank the people that I have been talking to, it was really nice all under our umbrellas (no it wasn't, it was cold and wet but at least we could share our misery ) I was the blond girl with the flower headband in my hair waiting for my sister, by the way

Then we could get in, and my sister and I ended up at the second row! I couldn't be happier, I didn't really need front row for my first concert but I wanted to at least be somewhat close to the stage. This was perfect. I have never waited so much on one day but once Mika got on stage, it had all been worth it. He started at his caravan which was on the other side of the stage, but he often came to our side as well and then he was standing right in front of us.

During Grace Kelly, he made Max play the bass veeeery slowwwllyyyyy..... then he sped up and sang the song normally. But, after the final chorus.. he started the song again! And made Max play slowly again! "Just because I can"

Somewhat after that he said that just before they got on stage, he promised the band that he was going to behave that night. "I already F'ed that up", he said As he had messed it up anyway, he decided to sing songs in French, even though he originally hadn't planned to. Boum Boum Boum came next and was so much fun. But as someone said before, L'Amour didn't work. People didn't know the lyrics (boum boum boum is easy to sing along to, même les Américains comprennent after all) and they started to lose attention. Even I started taking pictures instead of singing and dancing along. But this was the only song that this happened, with the rest of the gig, Mika had the audience with him. Speaking of which, I am soooo happy about finally having seen Underwater live. I have seen that in so many videos and now I could be a part of the audience and sing for him And the Relax jump! And "don't screeEEAAMMMM"! All those tiny things that I had seen so often on Youtube. That is all I wanted.

Promiseland live was something I didn't dare dream, when I got the album. So the fact that it happened....

To my ears, he didn't make any mistakes at all during that song! I know he did in the previous gigs. But it was perfect. Instead of the first time "I've got no money in my pocket and the whole world's bringing me down" he said: "Heineken Hall..... dance with me". The second time round he did sing those lyrics. His voice was On Point. I was very happy that I could hear everything very well because during the support act Citizens, I did not hear a thing once the drum started. Mika's mic was louder, thankfully.

So then, at one point, Love Today ended, Mika disappeared, the audience was screaming We Want More and he came back to sing Last Party. At one point during the chorus he was standing right in front of me and I was singing and smiling really wide. He had a serious kind of look on his face but then he looked at me (of course, can't be sure. It was really close anyway) and started smiling really wide as well. Perfect ending for a gig.

Except, it wasn't! The audience had been demanding Lollipop for quite some time (screaming Hey, what's the big idea?! and Yo Mika! and simply yelling Lollipop!) soo... after Last Party he sat himself behind his keyboard (I did miss his beautiful piano to be honest) and said: "Normally, after this song, I just leave. But tonight..." and started Lollipop. This guy, who was standing right next to us, screamed so loud at the lyric "She's a player and a downright whore!" that Mika fell silent and smiled: "couldn't have said it better myself"! He searched for the guy and finally he found him, and got his name wrong (it was Frans and he called him Hans) and then he invited him on the stage! It was hilarious.

Eventually, the gig was over, Mika, Curtis, Tristan, Joy, Lewis and Max bowed and that was it. I bought the black shirt as a souvenir and my sister and I waited for Mika at the back. However, after 45 minutes or so we really had to leave. I was kind of sad but we just had to get home and we couldn't miss the last metro. I wasn't expecting to meet him anyway, the gig was all that really mattered to me. Maybe one day when I'm more prepared to meet him, I will.

I couldn't be happier. Well, maybe only if I still were experiencing the gig. His voice was on fire, the setlist was (almost) perfect, I love his outfits, the set design is AMAZING, we had better spots than I had hoped for.. Best concert ever. Thank you Mika

By the way, I didn't take many pictures, and the pictures I have are not very good. This one is my favourite:

I'll also be there at about 14 or 15H. And alone too. But I think you're never alone when surrounded by other MFC'ers!

That's what I'm hoping for, haha! See you all tomorrow