natmika Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Soooo gradually we are able to see more of the 11 track titles. We know (tentatively): Happy sounds We Are Golden I See You Touches You Rain Toy Boy so we are past half way:biggrin2: I posted about the Bordeaux info at the end of last week, how we never heard of that date before. Strange, eh. Blue Sky, I don't think Happy sounds is the name of a song. I think it was just how the journalist described the record:biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywonka Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Soooo gradually we are able to see more of the 11 track titles. We know (tentatively): Happy sounds We Are Golden I See You Touches You Rain Toy Boy so we are past half way:biggrin2: Blue sky, The text in Spanish is self explanatory... Sonidos muy alegres (meaning "happy sounds") (tanto, que uno de los temas bebe directamente de la California de los Beach Boys) y también una balada 'retro' que no se entiende sin un lánguido piano y mucho hielo en un whisky. The journalist is referring to the music he heard, which contained happy sounds (as even one of the songs sounds like Beach Boys California) and also a retro ballad... Am i making any sense here? Blue Sky, I don't think Happy sounds is the name of a song. I think it was just how the journalist described the record:biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Sky Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 *slinks off feeling a bit sheepish* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywonka Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 *slinks off feeling a bit sheepish* Oh,no, don't! It's so reasonable you might have taken that conclusion... I was just rereading the article and trying to explain the meaning of the sentence according to the spanish guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikalover95 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 thank you! queenie http://ima.dada.net/image/medium/2141638.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Alan Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 guys can i just ask what doe's this part of the first artical mean ??? "Meanwhile, this former contratenor (his falseto comes from there)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Sky Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 guys can i just ask what doe's this part of the first artical mean ??? "Meanwhile, this former contratenor (his falseto comes from there)" Mika is a trained countertenor. Maybe that qualifies him as a "former" countertenor. You know, they sing opera-type classical music in extremely high voices which other genres call falsetto. Maybe in Spanish it is conratenor, but you can see above how excellent my Spanish is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you so much Queenie for posting and translating!! Love the articles, very nice & interesting, especially the second one! <<Charming & smiling, Mika convinces everyone that the world with him is much much better. Doom, da da-di da-di doom. Da da da-di da-di.>> Now we know what Mika was doing last Friday. He had a meeting with a few journalists (20 people) to talk to them in a meeting about his EP, his tour & his album. Here you have an article in "El Mundo" newspaper. There a few more, but it´s the only i´ve translated at the moment (sorry for the mistakes. i did it in a hurry xD)Enjoy! http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/05/10/cultura/1241942532.html Mika faces his 2nd album His optimism & pretending "naif" sound convinced 5 millions of people who bought his debut album in 2007. And many more who danced & shared drinks with him & Grace Kelly herself. Mika, british with lebanese origins, is confronting the challenge to face the public after his great success. Pressure? Of course. Tall & very thin, with hat, garish colours & constant friendliness, Mika (Beirut, 1983), has showed in a record studio in Madrid, control remote in hand, some of his songs for his 2nd album, which will be released this autumn, recorded between London & Los Angeles. A crisis antidote that, miraclously & maybe for a few minutes, dye the darkest expectations in bubblegum pink shade. "The idea was to reflect my teenage years, between 15 & 18, more or less", he explains sip after sip of his Mahou (Queenie´s Notewell done Mika. Great spanish beer xDD), with the charming naturalness among unknown people judging his songs. With the first album -"Life in Cartoon Motion"- he achieved a Brit & a Grammy nomination- was the soundtrack of his childhood. In the seven songs that he shows, he talks about school desk love never confessed the other one, and the horrific jealousy that you can only feel when the hormones don´t agree among themselves. Happy sounds (so much that, one of the songs finds the inspiration directly from California by The Beach Boys) and a retro ballad too you can´t understand without his listless piano and a lot of rocks on your whisky. Meanwhile, this former contratenor (his falseto comes from there), pampers his side project: a curious acoustic EP in limited edition with 4 songs ('Blue Eyes', 'Toy Boy', 'Lonely Alcoholic' y 'Lady Jane'), based "in ridicilous & dark fairytales" and called "Song for Sorrow", overcoming the inicial blocking to compose his official 2nd work. The album will be accompanied with a luxurious hard cover book with illustrations, between childish & gore, where his favourite creators give their vision about the stories that Mika suggests: from the designer Paul Smith, in which stores the EP will be released & in this artist´s webpage, to the photographer David Mackie, the cartoonist Al Columbia or the pop painter Peter Blake, designer of the unforgettable "Sgt Pepper´s" (1967) cover for The Beatles. The album-book will be purchased from May 25. The ones who don´t want to wait to the physical format, can download the four songs starting this Thursday on his website. In June, Mika will make an acoustic tour starting in Berlin on June 1, making stops in Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan, London, Bordeux (France) (Queenie´s Note: ???) & ending in Paris on June 12. Another one!! http://jenesaispop.com/2009/05/09/mika-presenta-su-disco-personalmente-a-la-prensa/ Mika launches his album in person to the press Mika is making a small tour in 7 european cities where he plays himself his new record for the press. Madrid stop has been on May 8. 20 journalists were invited to a small studio where Mika, remote control in hand, showed 8 songs of his new record, releasing this Autumn. Before this, he will release "Songs For Sorrow", a limited edition EP with a luxury design with the collaborations of Owen Pallett, having a shared song in the album "Toy Boy" Mika explained that if "Life In Cartoon Motion" was an album about his childhood, from 6 to 11 years, this is about "the turbelence age", from 15 to 18. Something that reflects in some of the lyrics, like "We Are Golden", a lively song that seems to talk about supporting someone, or "I See You", a song that he introduced as "the first time you like someone but you don´t tell, but at least, you look at...". "Touches You" talks about jealousy,for the first love or for a sweater, and "Blame It On The Girls", apparently, talks about "escurrir el bulto" (Queenie´s note: According to a translator, dodging the issue). The record´s song is clearly pop & continuist from the 1st album. "I see you" is a big ballad & "Touches You" has a darkest shade. The first single could be "Blame It On The Girls", because it´s full of claps & sticky rhythms, or "We Are Golden", having teenage chords clearly identical by "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle. The song that probably will make in "2009 best songs" list will be the song that Mika thinks for the 2nd single, "Rain", the electro song á la "Relax·, with a powerful bridge that repeats "I hate days like these" & the chorus in falsetto. It ends with real rain sound. The album ends with a soundtrack style, musical style song, included as well in the EP, "Toy Boy", having a Disney movie sound, very different from the whole pop album & very interesting. There´s no doubt his clear influence with Kurt Well that he proclaims, & with Final Fantasy. The new EP book in limited edition will be released on May 25 and on his website on May 14. After playing his tunes to the journalists, Mika shared drinks & canapés with the press, like he was one of us. He cares to talk with people, 3 or 4 people groups, sharing impressions about the album & anecdotes for a couple of hours. He talks about his several visits to Madrid, how much he loves Barcelona, even filled with tourists, and how hard it was to find a party area in Valencia. He also talks about his fanatism for Rufus Wainwright & his fear of knowing him, in case he disappoints him. Charming & smiling, Mika convinces everyone that the world with him is much much better. Doom, da da-di da-di doom. Da da da-di da-di. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANI56 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Now we know what Mika was doing last Friday. He had a meeting with a few journalists (20 people) to talk to them in a meeting about his EP, his tour & his album. Here you have an article in "El Mundo" newspaper. There a few more, but it´s the only i´ve translated at the moment (sorry for the mistakes. i did it in a hurry xD)Enjoy! http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/05/10/cultura/1241942532.html http://jenesaispop.com/2009/05/09/mika-presenta-su-disco-personalmente-a-la-prensa/ Many thanks, Queenie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Good job Queenie . thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 lots of info about the new songs! pretty exciting articles!!! thank you queenie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sariflor Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Muchas gracias por el sudor y lagrimas,guapa,jeje... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you, Queenie... first thoughts: 'having a shared song in the album "Toy Boy"' ... so it will be on both the EP and the album ..(?) Owen Pallet on the EP? Perhaps he was working on 'musical arrangements' like on the PSB album... (I really want 2 different versions of TB released, no orchestra on the EP) ... and that's why he asked Mika if he actually played on the EP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Owen Pallet on the EP? Perhaps he was working on 'musical arrangements' like on the PSB album... (I really want 2 different versions of TB released, no orchestra on the EP) ... and that's why he asked Mika if he actually played on the EP... What is PSB album ? I'd love to hear 2 versions of TB too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Deb Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thanks for these articles Can't wait to hear those songs.... hmmm so exciting ! :mf_lustslow: For the ones who want to know, for this Bordeaux mystery gig : someone called the theatre and this gig has been canceled. Maybe it happened the same for the Dubin one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracekelly85 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 THANKS A LOT QUEENIE for sharing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you Queenie for those wonderful articles. I especially love the 2nd one! Now we know what he's doing in these countries at the moment (before his tour) it's for publicity for his new work! I'm just wondering about the downloads of Mika's EP songs? I know the EP itself is limited edition, but if people go onto mikasounds to download, does that mean that those songs can be downloaded by more than 10,000 people?? The reason I ask this is that I really think that those acoustic songs SHOULD become known all over the world, and not just be exclusive to 10,000 people. I understand that the book is exclusive, but his songs are too good to be exclusive and should really be out there, like the ones on the album will be. Finally, I think I'd prefer GGG as the first single. I tend to like it better than BIOTG, but of course I haven't heard the album version of it yet. I might change my mind when I do. Thanks again for the post. It's made my day, and I'm ill today, so you've helped me feel a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariposa Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Muchas gracias for translating the articles, Queenie! Sounds exciting! I really can't wait to finally hold the record in my hands (and listen to it of course ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 What is PSB album ?I'd love to hear 2 versions of TB too ! pet shop boys 'yes' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 What is PSB album ?I'd love to hear 2 versions of TB too ! PSB= Pet Shop Boys.. Owen P. worked with them on their latest album (doing orchestral arrangements, I think) ... that's probably part of the reason why Mika got so excited about their new music:naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celien Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you for sharing & translating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you so much for sharing these articles!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura* Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Love it! thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neiobi Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Muchíssimas gracias Queenie:biggrin2: *Stops pretending she can speak spanish:teehee:* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you so much for posting and translating the articles Queenie, really interesting! What is PSB album ?I'd love to hear 2 versions of TB too ! OH! Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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