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2 minutes ago, Poisonyoulove said:

 

OMG, it's just now occurred to me, and it makes so much more sense... he's saying "the keys to the Taj Mahal"!  

Mind blown! Well done!! 😂

On 06/10/2017 at 7:54 PM, Poisonyoulove said:

 

For the first line, I'm hearing "Don't even try to temp me with a kiss at the Taj Mahal"

I'd also never have gotten this!! Great job!!

If anyone plays piano by the way, I was super-bored and transcribed a little of what we have.

Here's the piano riff Mika plays in the first snippet:



This is played throughout the verses then chords for the chorus are:

A
It might be big, it might be small
D
There ain't no paintings on the wall
G                                           C                      C/B   C/Bb
And the bed might not be long enough
A
The neighbours want us all to leave
D
Then they're callin' the police
G                                        C
Kick us out if they were strong enough (it's my house!)
A
Cause my house
G
Is your house
C                            D
There's room for yoooouuuuuuu
             A
It's my house!

New spot!!
 

So I'm hearing (and please correct me if you think I'm wrong):

Don't even try to tempt me with a ??? of my own
Or the leaning tower of Pisa cause I heard it's about to fall (oh no!)
There ain't no pyramids or palaces for me
Already got a home, it's the only place I need

It might be big, it might be small
There ain't no paintings on the wall
And the bed might not be long enough
The neighbours want us all to leave
And they're callin' the police
Kick us out if they were strong enough
It's my house!

It's my house, it's your house
There's room for you
It's my house!

Found someone’s recording of it on Instagram, would I be in trouble if I shared it here?? 🙈

A little earlier Mika shared a video on insta (that he shared to Twitter) of him on a train wearing headphones, dancing and clapping along to a mix of his new single!! He must’ve deleted it pretty quickly though 😭😵

Hello! Looking for the French/Italian advert he did where he's riding through a city on a piano, if anyone can help it'd be much appreciated

This doesn't look like a good place for a horse, or a donkey - the animail should rather be in a field  I wonder what he's writing - is it something for his book, new songs, or...? 

 

Love, love

me

I think it'll probably be for the book, he's said he only ever writes songs at his piano 

They played the first ten seconds or so of Oh Girl You're the Devil at the start of a Peter Kay documentary on ITV1 tonight in the UK.

Here's what I got!   

My resolution, amen to you

Will you hear my confession as the truth?

Tell me what my penance should be

If you really love me, punish me

It’s a beautiful disaster x2

I get this feeling I can’t waste

You’re getting harder to resist

And maybe by the time I know

It’ll be too late to let you go

Who knew my heart could beat so quick?

My life I’d give away for this

Don’t care what anybody sees

I know I’m doing this for me

All these people talking to themselves

Think they’re talking to someone

But they’re talking to themselves

Look at our love, you know that it’s true

It can build us up, tear us down

But I’ll be next to you

It’s a beautiful disaster x2

I get this feeling I can’t waste

You’re getting harder to resist

And maybe by the time I know

It’ll be too late to let you go

Who knew my heart could beat so quick?

My life I’d give away for this

Don’t care what anybody sees

I know I’m doing this for me

I can be your butterfly

Love you so hard that I could die

One night could make it worth it all

What a beautiful way to fall

It’s a beautiful disaster

Beautiful disaster

I get this feeling I can’t waste

You’re getting harder to resist

And maybe by the time I know

It’ll be too late to let you go

Who knew my heart could beat so quick?

My life I’d give away for this

Don’t care what anybody sees

I know I’m doing this for me

Beautiful disaster

It’s a beautiful disaster x3

Hialeah!

https://twitter.com/mikasounds/status/639161689078910977

 

I guess that shooting at Marseille train station for « voyage par TGV » sncf.com 

...Oh!   I didn't know about that. (My French is bad!) 

Ah well, I guess all I can do is keep wishing for an All She Wants video.

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mikainstagram Just finished shooting the most amazing night scene in Marseille train station! Meanwhile in the time Valentino Couture atelier work is buzzing away on costumes for my new tour! Here is the incredible team, with a little guest visitor Stella Piccioli

 

I wonder what he's shooting. My bet is promo for The Voice or another French advert I hope it's an All She Wants video, though.

I heard 'Oh Girl You're the Devil' being played in H&M today in the UK. The till assistant was tapping her hand on the counter to it. It made me happy.

I kind of hope someone filmed him falling over! Bless him :') 

Here's the full concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRawBjLACS8

It mostly means finding you've got no money left and not really knowing what you spent it on. But I've heard it used not about money occasionally

 

I think here it might mean that he (briefly) had good things/opportunities/relationships, that are now gone, and he didn't notice them going and/or doesn't know why.

Yeah, there's a saying that's like "Your money's burning a hole in your pocket". It means you're in such a rush to spend whatever money you have.

He was on about 11.15, but the interview was about 10 minutes long so you should have seen him.

There's a +1 channel, number 33 if you can get it. Otherwise, someone will probably upload the video soon. I don't do things like that as I get too confused now.

Ahh, forgot there was a +1 channel. Thanks! 

He's on This Morning at 11.15am. It is lovely hearing his name on TV!

Marilyn has already found her place in Heaven. Just waiting for Mika to join me there.

Fantastic! It all goes to the sales worldwide, and will, hopefully, impress the UK media.

I haven't heard anything about any UK promo, this week. Maybe there will be something next week, when more album sales figures are in, from other countries.

I hope the album will be advertised on UKTV.

The only thing I've heard is that it's album of the week on BBC R2, so a different track from the album will get played on Ken Bruce's show and again after midnight each day, which is good, but still, Ken Bruce.  it might help boost awareness a bit, but he definitely definitely needs to get back on UK television. My fingers are crossed for talk-shows. Alan Carr, Loose Women, even the Saturday Kitchen type programmes would be great. I think people will fall in love with him when they hear him in conversation, and realise he's not the weird, flouncy 'Grace Kelly' singing manchild they've all painted him to be in their heads.

Thank you so so so much in advance Subtitling Team!! Your work is extremely appreciated by everyone. Love you! 

I definitely think it's his real voice, I don't think there's any pitch-shifting done. The notes are within his range.

Great news!!   

 

Ok, thanks

I wasn't sure he meant right a different son or one more son to get the flaws of the previous one covered, if you know what I mean. 

Both interpretations could apply, I thought I was missing some shade because of the language...

Joanie has another son, though, if the song really is written so literally from Mika's point of view. There's Fortuné. 

I don't know, it could definitely mean either really, it's not a language problem.   that's just my take on it!

It really reminds me of a song called 'Learn To Keep Your Mouth Shut, Owen Pallett' by Owen Pallett. I'm pretty confident he's mentioned the song in an interview at some point as being a song he likes. It's not a "rip off" by any standards, though.   

Question for native speakers: 

 

All that she wants
Is another son

 

Another son as in "a different son" or as in "one more son"?

I think it means a different son in the context of the song.