greta Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 and in italian it sounds too sexy when it's not supposed to... it's supposed to be sad not hot! hey it's noobody's fault Italian sounds so charming & Valerio interpretations are always like that {uugh whodouthinkuare} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowGirl Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Well I can't understand Italian so it sounds better to me! i do get what you mean i prefer Mika though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Song is written by a certain Alice....do we know her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Song is written by a certain Alice....do we know her? maybe:teehee: mika, if you need money I'd rather hear a toothpaste commercial jingle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice.loves.mika Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Song is written by a certain Alice....do we know her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 AHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sariflor Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Oooh, I love it . As much as I love Mika's voice, I'm afraid that I'm with Christine on this one. This guy's voice is much more suited to the song, and he does it beautifully. Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) Oooh, I love it . As much as I love Mika's voice, I'm afraid that I'm with Christine on this one. This guy's voice is much more suited to the song, and he does it beautifully. Love it!! who said Erase is meant for a certain type of voice?! Valerio's is A V E R A G E, my uncle can sing that crap almost in the same tone ok, maybe I can't listen to that type of ~love song~ but anyway Mika's peculiar low register is hotter & btw Mastah, xcuseme but HUGE mistakes have been made Erase /Ring Ring / Your sympathy were the best BUT released on difficoult to find regional editions?!?! Edited December 13, 2009 by greta can't believe *I* gotta take defence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainbowGirl Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 i'm with Greta and i love that husky pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Mika sings it best...but I love his voice so much he could sing the dictionary I'd still love it! His voice fascinates me totally! I love listening to him when he speaks in interviews too! And he always has a fantastic sense of humour and witt and such spontaneity and creativity...I just love the way he sees life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinghorse83 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Wow this is so much better than Erase. Mika doesn't have the grit in his voice to pull off a soft rock ballad and the English lyrics are really lame. This guy should try an English version...maybe translated back from the Italian one. totally agree. and it sounds HOT I've always thought erase was.. OK. never liked it, never hated it (i wouldnt buy it..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agathaxxx Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 oh god...its been ages since ive listened to Erase...or any of Mikas LICM songs for that matter!! ima go listen to it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarina Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) who said Erase is meant for a certain type of voice?! Valerio's is A V E R A G E, my uncle can sing that crap almost in the same tone ok, maybe I can't listen to that type of ~love song~ but anyway Mika's peculiar low register is hotter Amen Well I can't understand Italian so it sounds better to me! i think is that.... the italian one is lame...is not poetic and intense like Mika's Erase!! For example: Mika's original lyric was: "Erase, my love I bet you can't erase, my touch, you're trying to replace, a feeling without a name, with somebody else's face, in your head" the italian one says something like (sorry, it is really literal): "Erase it, love come one erase a bit, of what I've wrote about us by then, pretend you're not here, don't open it" I think the italian one is SO lame Edited December 14, 2009 by Sarina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Mika sings it best...but I love his voice so much he could sing the dictionary I'd still love it! His voice fascinates me totally! I love listening to him when he speaks in interviews too! And he always has a fantastic sense of humour and witt and such spontaneity and creativity...I just love the way he sees life! although i like Valerio's version, too, i can't help but quote yr post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 who said Erase is meant for a certain type of voice?! Valerio's is A V E R A G E Well this is the problem with Mika singing Erase - it's a horribly average song. He's said that he writes his own songs because other people's songs are not suited to his voice and really this doesn't sound like a Mika song at all. It sounds like something Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, Jon Bon Jovi or some other mediocre singer would sing. i think is that....the italian one is lame...is not poetic and intense like Mika's Erase!! For example: Mika's original lyric was: "Erase, my love I bet you can't erase, my touch, you're trying to replace, a feeling without a name, with somebody else's face, in your head" But to an English speaker this sounds really lame as well. It's not on par with Mika's best songs and Mika knows it. That's why he won't perform it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Christine : It sounds like something Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, Jon Bon Jovi or some other mediocre singer would sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 "EP3: Sometimes, sticky mellodies are too direct & innocuous, addictive, but at the fifth heard they´re unbearable. Have you felt bored of songs you wrote? M: Yes, there are some i never published. There´s one, Erase, only released in United States. I didn´t allow any other publishing anywhere. I hate it. It´s awful. Sticky, but with nothing behind" Well said, Mika.. Sounds sexy in Italian:mf_rosetinted: I'd still prefer Robbie Williams to sing it. It could easily be one of his innocuous, sticky songs... This would be how Mika financed his French Alps Christmas holiday, by the sounds of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 who said Erase is meant for a certain type of voice?! Valerio's is A V E R A G E, my uncle can sing that crap almost in the same tone ok, maybe I can't listen to that type of ~love song~ but anyway Mika's peculiar low register is hotter totally agree greta! and you couldnt have chosen a better picture to represent this post:thumb_yello: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 But to an English speaker this sounds really lame as well. and to some non-native speakers as well:teehee: Well this is the problem with Mika singing Erase - it's a horribly average song. He's said that he writes his own songs because other people's songs are not suited to his voice and really this doesn't sound like a Mika song at all. It sounds like something Robbie Williams, Bryan Adams, Jon Bon Jovi or some other mediocre singer would sing. I actually mostly agree with Christine’s comment. Erase is a painfully predictable song for the average listener. It is built from typical formulas and based on a standard structure – all listed in any ’Songwriting for dummies’ booklet. Whoever sings it does not matter – you are bound to sing along until you get sick of it.... and even after that. In my opinion, Robbie is only different from the artists mentioned above in that he is a pretty good entertainer and several more recent songs from him contain some rather personal and sarcastic lyrics that I love, actually. However, ’Old Before I Die’ on his first album, for example, made me think that it might actually have been written for Bon Jovi originally ... Similarly, Erase sounds like a ’left over’ Robbie song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I'm not talking about Robbie's talent as an entertainer or the content of his songs, just his voice. His vocals are mediocre. I really don't think you can argue that if you compare him to other, great, singers in history. Since he has been one of the most popular singers in the world, it's more than fair to make such a comparison. The same goes for Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinghorse83 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 i still hate erase and i hate robbie williams even mor e:cheerful_h4h: no.. wait.. hate is a strong emotion.. i don't like them one little bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineGirl Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 This is a really interesting thread - been curious about Erase and its 'history' for some time, mainly because I like the song but more because my youngest son absolutely LOVES it, and has asked me in the past if Mika has ever released it (I didn't know but thought he couldn't have done) and more recently why he didn't put it on TBWKTM, saying he definitely should have done! Now I'll be able to give my son an answer to his question as to whether it's been released before and also tell him other stuff like Mika doesn't like to sing it live because he finds it too upsetting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) I'm not talking about Robbie's talent as an entertainer or the content of his songs, just his voice. His vocals are mediocre. I knew what you meant.. I also think his vocals are pretty mediocre.. In fact, if I had judged him only on his last 2 performances on Xfactor I'd say bad singer and lost on stage... However, I 've been to one of his gigs and listed to his album launch show and I think he is a good entertainer and feels at ease on stage...I simply emphasized the things he was talented in as I imagine it must have been pretty tough for Roobbie fans to have read such comments and not fair, either, as I think Robbie actually is better than BA and BJ - for these last 2 have both mediocre voices and songs:naughty: Edited December 16, 2009 by suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I knew what you meant.. I also think his vocals are pretty mediocre.. In fact, if I had judged him only on his last 2 performances on Xfactor I'd say bad singer and lost on stage... However, I 've been to one of his gigs and listed to his album launch show and I think he is a good entertainer and feels at ease on stage...I simply emphasized the things he was talented in as I imagine it must have been pretty tough for Roobbie fans to have read such comments and not fair, either, as I think Robbie actually is better than BA and BJ - for these last 2 have both mediocre voices and songs:naughty: Yes I was more addressing FD's face. (I would actually say that BA and BJ are BAD singers.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Typical misunderstanding on my part again:teehee: Edited December 16, 2009 by suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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