giraffeandy

I don't know the reason but it's a shame because I love NPIH! Maybe he thinks there is no "big hit" on this album and that the more melancholic songs don't fit to his new show...  But I don't think so, he should represent every album with at least one song on the tour in my opinion. I'd love to hear Good Guys or even Last Party from the singles and Good Wife and Hurts from the non-singles. Or even All She Wants... 

1 hour ago, daeni28 said:

neben dem komplex 457 ist das Letzi Einkaufszentrum dort kannst du auf jedenfall mit Karte Zahlen. Ebenso im Bahnhof. Auch in den meisten Restaurant kannst du mit Karte oder Twint bezahlen. Kleinere Geschäfte eher nicht. Auch ist es ratsam etwas Münzen zu haben ( meist geht auch Euro, halt zu einem schlechten Kurs oft 1 zu 1) für Toiletten. Hat auch Öv Toiletten doch die sind halt oft wirklich eklig und in Zürich werden die oft von den Drogen konsumierenden benutzt. 

1 hour ago, daeni28 said:

Wie es im komplex innen ist mit Kreditkarten Bezahlung weis ich auch nicht bez. merch

Danke, um Essen etc. geht es mir nicht so sehr, ich nehme wahrscheinlich doch etwas Geld (CHF) mit, eher bei dem Merch Stand bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob es sich lohnt so viel CHF dabei zu haben, falls ich am Ende vielleicht doch nichts kaufen werde... Ich weiß noch nicht, meistens kauf ich Merch eher spontan und impulsiv vor Ort wenn ich Lust hab und auch falls noch nicht alles ausverkauft ist. Da ich nicht so häufig in der Schweiz unterwegs bin möchte ich nicht, dass mir viel Geld übrig bleibt. 

On 11/11/2019 at 7:05 PM, daeni28 said:

Sicher kannst du deine Sachen in meinem Auto deponieren.

Danke vielmals, ich weiß nicht, ob es dort eine Garderobe oder Schliessfächer gibt... 

Btw, kann man dort mit Karte oder Euro zahlen? Ich überlege, wie viel Schweizer Franken ich mitnehmen soll, falls ich mir dort was kaufen möchte (z.B. Merch)... 

1 hour ago, Lunari said:

The concert was amazing and definitely one of my favorite Mika gigs I've been to so far. The queuing was very relaxed and I managed to make it to the front row. Mika was in good spirits and sounded wonderful. I loved hearing Live Your Life, which I'd never heard life before. I was surprised that he didn't do Tomorrow this time though (and no Sanremo either). He came out to meet the fans after the gig, stayed a while and really took the time to sign things and talk to people. All in all, an unforgettable experience. 😁

Do you remember, when was the end of the concert and how long did you wait for Mika? How long did he stay? 

Btw, when will you start queuing? I should be in Zurich in the morning but I'm not going to the venue right away, it's already getting quite cold there so I think I'm going to the venue in the afternoon... I hope I can meet some of you there.

I didn't know the yearbook is already finished, is there a link with the pdf file anywhere? I'd like to see it. 

4 hours ago, daeni28 said:

Je nur noch 18 Tage bis Zürich. Wer kommt von euch nach Zürich? Übrigens komme ich mit dem Auto. Ich kann gut euch zum Hotel oder der Unterkunft Fahren nach dem Konzert. Auch wenn ich mehrmals fahren soll ist das kein Problem.

Ich komme nach Zürich!  Und ich reise dann gleich nach dem Konzert (um halb zwei) wieder ab. Jemand hat mir schon im Zürich-Thread angeboten mich nach der Show zur Bus Station zu fahren, aber leider kenne ich hier niemanden persönlich, daher weiß ich nicht, ob wir uns vor Ort finden werden. Also vielleicht könnte ich deine Hilfe gebrauchen. Falls ihr zu der Unterkunft von @mellody&Co. fahrt, kann ich mitfahren, da der Carparkplatz Sihlquai nicht mehr weit von der Unterkunft entfernt ist.

Da fällt mir noch ein - es wäre sehr hilfreich, wenn ich bei dir im Auto meinen Reisekissen lassen dürfte, ich weiß nicht, ob man im Komplex 457 seine Sachen ablegen kann... 

I think one of the most emotional songs for me personally is Hurts, otherwise I find Happy Ending and the orchestral version of Heroes the most heartbreaking ones. 

1 hour ago, ellie said:

'Can you blow my whistle' is gentler than 'I want your ice cream'

It isn't just this line, the whole song is trash... Makes me uncomfortable to listen to because it's so bad.

10 minutes ago, krysady said:

On Spotify, Google Play... I bought the digital album from Google Play and I could choose from two versions: explicit or clean 

The clean one sounds so weird, they simply removed the word sh*t 

I hate this, it doesn't make sense to me if they don't replace the word at least, it's the same with the song IDGAF by Dua Lipa, sometimes I hear the clean version on the radio and the chorus goes just "I don't give a ...", it's so weird, especially when the song is called IDGAF.  The same with Beautiful Trauma by Pink, they just removed the swear words in the clean version and the gaps in the lyrics sound so strange. And then they play songs like Whistle by Florida which is really disgusting but no one cares.

8 hours ago, miknikel said:

And since we're talking about songs from the new album, what do you think about the idea of the mayor of Sanremo, who would like this song to represent his city? 

Idk, to me the song doesn't really represent the city, of course, it mentions the city and it's named after Sanremo, but the song isn't about the city itself if you know what I mean... It would work with another Italian town which is located by the sea as well. It's more about the image you get from the song.

10 minutes ago, krysady said:

He wants to take a selfie with his ad from Times Square? 

I think he said the ad is going to be there just for 2 weeks.

12 minutes ago, Mikasister said:

From LICM I'm tired of BG again and again 

It would be great if he would replace BG with Platform Ballerinas!  

14 minutes ago, Mikasister said:

That's sad. I would like to hear No Place In Heaven song

I'd like to hear any song from NPIH, I hope he adds at least Good Guys to the setlist! Even Last Party or NPIH would be great. My dream is Hurts, Good Wife or All She Wants but that doesn't seem realistic. 

18 minutes ago, Mikasister said:

Underwater it's a classic as EMD, he sang them last tour

And probably he sings LYL in Spain due to the beer ad 

I also think in French speaking countries he can add a French song as Les Baisers Perdus and in Italy Domani, maybe he will sing part of the song in English and part of it in Italian, like he does with GK in France sometimes.

1 hour ago, Mikasister said:

Which songs do you think he will sing on Revelation tour?  Apart form the classic hits. 

The singles (Tiny Love, Ice Cream, Dear Jealousy, Tomorrow, Sanremo) and probably Blue and at least a part of Stay High... Maybe sometimes he will skip one of those songs. I also hope for Platform Ballerinas. From the other albums, I think unfortunately there still will be many songs from LICM (for me, Happy Ending and Love Today would be enough to be honest). I'm a bit afraid there won't be any songs from NPIH and also TBWKTM, probably only WAG has a chance to make the setlist. From TOOL I expect OOL, Underwater and EMD, at least in French speaking countries. The same with BBB, it seems, he likes to sing it live. However, I hope he will surprise us with some songs from the new album he didn't perform live yet. 

I have to say I'm quite surprised by the fact that this song seems to be the most popular one (apart from the singles of course) from the album and keep thinking it's because of the collab (even though Jack isn't huge, at least I've never heard of him till Youth&Love, he still has a solid fanbase which is of course interested in this song). But maybe it's because I don't like love duets and love ballads as much so I really can't get into it... To me songs like that sounds a bit boring and cliched most of the time, even though I like Mika's voice in this one of course but for me it's still both sonically and lyrically probably the least interesting track on the album... 

2 minutes ago, ellie said:

1 hour ago, mellody said:

Blood is red tomorrow too?

 

A metaphor for passion? This does sound awkward for me too

I thought it's the blood from the scratches...  

31 minutes ago, ellie said:

 

I think I was expecting something in italian not a name

I got it, I'm rather one of those who sings BBB like that: lalalalala TEQUILA lalalala BOUM BOUM BOUM...

As a Mika fan, not only that I'm living on a wrong place, I've also learned the wrong languages.

39 minutes ago, ellie said:

 

So is 'James Dean' what he was singing This was the line I couldnt figure out and I feel so dumb now

For me it was the only line I could figure out... Apart from Domani, of course.

On 10/17/2019 at 12:17 AM, mellody said:

 

Actually I just realized it's pretty close to the bus station - near Limmatplatz. You might even be able to walk from there, about 10 minutes.

Only if Mika decides to leave very late, you might need to take a cab on your own, as probably no one will want to leave if he's still inside. But usually he should come out around midnight.

Limmatplatz indeed isn't far away from the bus station so that would also be an option for me if we are going to leave at the same time... Yeah, I also really hope Mika's timing will be right. 

21 hours ago, Florine said:

 

Honnestly all that matter to me is to help you! You can stay after the show if you want to see Mika and we can drive you to the station after, there's no problem for me!

Oh, you aren't planning to stay after the show? As @mellody said, I thought it would rather be a problem if Mika won't appear until then that nobody is going to leave the venue earlier. That's why I wrote I have to leave around 1:00.

2 hours ago, Florine said:

 

I can help you!! I'm probably gonna book an hotel near the venue. So we can share the night if you want or if you really need to go home the night of the concert we can drop you after the show

Thank you so much for your offer, that would be very kind of you! I originally also booked a hotel near the venue but then I realize that on Saturday all the direct bus lines are leaving at night or early in the morning so it doesn't make sense to me to stay in a hotel overnight if I have to leave early because of the bus... So I decided to leave at night after the show. Usually a concert ends around 23:00 so I hope I'll still have time to stay almost 2 hours after the show before I have to leave around 1:00. The only problem is the transport. If you are going to leave the venue around the same time, it would help me a lot. 

2 hours ago, mellody said:

 

Hmm, I think rather our hotel is on the way to the bus station...  

But maybe you'll find a solution with Florine.

How far is the hotel? 

5 minutes ago, mellody said:

@Florine fab, see you there!

 

@giraffeandy I'll only arrive in the early afternoon, so I can't help you with sightseeing... as for after the show, some of us are going to share an Uber to get to our hotel, if the bus station is on the way maybe we can share... Also I know that @daeni28 is coming by car, but I don't know if she has any space or what time she plans to leave, or in which direction she's going. 

To share an Uber would also be an option but the bus station is near the city center so I doubt it'll be on the way to your accommodation... 

34 minutes ago, Florine said:

Now it's official : I'll be at the show !!

 

I've never been in switzerland before so it's a first for me !! My brother is gonna drive me, he's a big big fan of Mika too so it's gonna be great !! I'm excited!

I've technically been in Switzerland many times but always just crossing the country to get to Italy so it's my first official visit too... 

Also I'd like to ask somebody who is going to Zurich a big favour... I'm travelling by bus in the morning of the concert and leaving the night after because unfortunately there aren't many direct bus lines on Saturday. If anybody wanna meet in the morning to take a walk through the city, get some food and go to the venue in the afternoon, I would be really glad as I'm travelling alone. But my biggest request is for the night after the concert. The bus station is just 4 km from the venue but I need to get there at 1:00 at night (the bus is leaving at 1:25). I'm afraid I can't afford a swiss taxi (also because of the call prices in Switzerland etc.). Is anybody going by car to the venue? If someone could drop me at the station, I would be so grateful.  Of course, I could pay a bit for the ride. 

1 hour ago, ellie said:

 

Yeah, and that he will have a dozen of dancers on tour and his music videos will be experimental films not promo videos

I've read porno videos at first... 

11 minutes ago, ellie said:

 

It looked like he had the artwork ready since may though so I dont get what happened here, the whole booklet looks fanmade

Also I think he once said there'll be artworks similar to the album cover for every single and then after Ice Cream and Tiny Love the other singles were released only with the album cover... 

21 minutes ago, Marika said:

Today for the first time I read the lyrics in his booklet, coming with the CD. Even though my English is not that good, I was shocked by the typos and grammatical mistakes! Especially in I went to hell last night. Sometimes it's written as God and sometimes as god. One sentence 'Wwhen your dark and your sad.' Double w in when and constant your instead of you're. This also comes back in platform ballerinas. And in cry a whole sentence was on the wrong place. 

 

Did anyone else see this too? Who wrote these lyrics in the booklet of the CD? 

6 minutes ago, krysady said:

Yes, many people are complaining about that on Twitter, I really don't get why they ignored this issue... after all it's an elementary step to check the text before get printed.

Also the outro of Paloma is missing in the booklet and Tiny Love Reprise is completely wrong, especially the part of Mika's mum, the whole verse is different... Sometimes it's only one word but still, it changes the meaning a lot. I'm also very disappointed by the booklet this time to be honest, it seems like it was made in a rush even though they had quite a lot of time to do it better...  Also there aren't any pics, I was bit surprised by that as I was used that Mika's booklets always had beautiful artworks even when the lyrics were missing there.