slavaniet Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Pic here. Songs for Sorrow Avant un nouveau rouleau compresseur disco-pop, Mika s'offre une pause acoustique. Dès la rentrée, avec la parution du successeur de Life in Cartoon Motion, Mika est assuré de rajouter quelques zéros à son compte en banque. Histoire de décompresser un chouia, et de maintenir un lien amical avec ses fans, le lauréat franco-anglo-libanais propose en ligne ce bel objet en forme de livre illustré dans lequel il a rangé un EP de quatre chansons dépouillées de tout falbala, au diapason des concerts récents qui ont bluffé jusqu’aux plus sceptiques. Une vingtaine d’illustrateurs connus (Peter Blake, Paul Smith, le créateur de Elmer l’éléphant David McKee) ou pas, recrutés à travers le monde via Internet, ont “interprété” les textes de ces Chansons pour la tristesse, empreints de l’imaginaire des contes gothiques et leurs cauchemars doucereux, pour un résultat somptueux qui peut même dispenser d’écouter le disque. Pourtant le disque est pas mal, un peu chiche (douze minutes) et légèrement moins jubilatoire que les extraits entendus du prochain album. Ici, c’est Mika dans son habit de Gilbert O’Sullivan qui s’avance, entouré d’une charmante formation de chambre (Toy boy), seul au piano (Lonely Alcoholic), titillé par des guitares africaines et des percus Paul Simon (Blue Eyes) et à nouveau solo (Lady Jane). Une chose est certaine : ce garçon a du cran, car privé des fards d’une orchestration camouflage, il risquait d’apparaître comme diva chétive et prétentieuse. Il en ressort au contraire comme un grand gamin généreux qui goûte autant ce genre de parenthèses affables que les grandes exclamations du superstardom qu’il retrouvera bientôt. ****************Bad translation (the way this article is written is sh*tty tbh)***************** Songs for Sorrow Before a new disco-pop stream roller, Mika offers himself an acoustic break. In the autumn, with the release of the successor of LICM, Mika is assured to add some zeros to his bank account. Just to relax a bit and stay in touch with his fans, the french-english-lebanese singer proposes this beautiful object online, in the form of illustrated book in which it stored an EP of four songs deprived of any excessive detail, like of the recent concerts he gave and which bluffed the most sceptic people. About twenty known (Peter Blake, Paul Smith, Elmer the Elephant's creator David McKee) or unknown illustrators, recruited worldwide via Internet, "interpreted" the texts of these songs for sorrow, imbued by the imagination of the Gothic tales and their sweetish nightmares, for a luxurious result which can even exempt of listening to the record. The record's not bad, a little bit short (twelve minutes) and slightly less cheerful than the extracts of the second album than we heard. Mika, in his Gilbert O’Sullivan suit, is surrounded by a nice chamber music formation (Toy Boy), alone at the piano (Lonely Alcoholic), surrounded by Paul Simon's african guitars and percussions (Blue Eyes) and once again alone at the piano (Lady Jane). One thing is sure : this boy has guts, because deprived of some "camouflage" of an important orchestration, he risked to appear as a puny and pretentious diva. He looks, on the contrary, like a generous kid who enjoys as much this kind of breaks as the superstardom which he will find soon again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thanks for posting Pic here. ****************Bad translation (the way this article is written is sh*tty tbh)***************** Songs for Sorrow Before a new disco-pop stream roller, Mika offers himself an acoustic break. In the autumn, with the release of the successor of LICM, Mika is assured to add some zeros to his bank account. Just to relax a bit and stay in touch with his fans, the french-english-lebanese singer proposes this beautiful object online, in the form of illustrated book in which it stored an EP of four songs deprived of any excessive detail, like of the recent concerts he gave and which bluffed the most sceptic people. About twenty known (Peter Blake, Paul Smith, Elmer the Elephant's creator David McKee) or unknown illustrators, recruited worldwide via Internet, "interpreted" the texts of these songs for sorrow, imbued by the imagination of the Gothic tales and their sweetish nightmares, for a luxurious result which can even exempt of listening to the record. The record's not bad, a little bit short (twelve minutes) and slightly less cheerful than the extracts of the second album than we heard. Mika, in his Gilbert O’Sullivan suit, is surrounded by a nice chamber music formation (Toy Boy), alone at the piano (Lonely Alcoholic), surrounded by Paul Simon's african guitars and percussions (Blue Eyes) and once again alone at the piano (Lady Jane). One thing is sure : this boy has guts, because deprived of some "camouflage" of an important orchestration, he risked to appear as a puny and pretentious diva. He looks, on the contrary, like a generous kid who enjoys as much this kind of breaks as the superstardom which he will find soon again. He is so cute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thanks very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thx a mill. for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemappelle... Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 That's a good article. t4p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil'Violet Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 thanks for posting and for the translation!! The record's not bad, a little bit short (twelve minutes) and slightly less cheerful than the extracts of the second album than we heard. Mika, in his Gilbert O’Sullivan suit, is surrounded by a nice chamber music formation (Toy Boy), alone at the piano (Lonely Alcoholic), surrounded by Paul Simon's african guitars and percussions (Blue Eyes) and once again alone at the piano (Lady Jane). One thing is sure : this boy has guts, because deprived of some "camouflage" of an important orchestration, he risked to appear as a puny and pretentious diva. He looks, on the contrary, like a generous kid who enjoys as much this kind of breaks as the superstardom which he will find soon again. ok ok, the journalist saved the day with the last sentence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura* Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 *likes this* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikalollipop_karla Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Thanks for post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlau_20zr Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 thanks for posting here it`s "los inrockuptibles" great magazine thanks for posting and for the translation!! ok ok' date=' the journalist saved the day with the last sentence... [/quote'] +1 "not bad" sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANI56 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracekelly85 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Thank you very much for posting I love the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlx Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Merci Slavaniet ça fait plaisir de voir que Mika peut convaincre même les plus sceptiques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Beautiful! Thanks for the post! Fantastic review!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Pic here. Songs for Sorrow Avant un nouveau rouleau compresseur disco-pop, Mika s'offre une pause acoustique. Dès la rentrée, avec la parution du successeur de Life in Cartoon Motion, Mika est assuré de rajouter quelques zéros à son compte en banque. Histoire de décompresser un chouia, et de maintenir un lien amical avec ses fans, le lauréat franco-anglo-libanais propose en ligne ce bel objet en forme de livre illustré dans lequel il a rangé un EP de quatre chansons dépouillées de tout falbala, au diapason des concerts récents qui ont bluffé jusqu’aux plus sceptiques. Une vingtaine d’illustrateurs connus (Peter Blake, Paul Smith, le créateur de Elmer l’éléphant David McKee) ou pas, recrutés à travers le monde via Internet, ont “interprété” les textes de ces Chansons pour la tristesse, empreints de l’imaginaire des contes gothiques et leurs cauchemars doucereux, pour un résultat somptueux qui peut même dispenser d’écouter le disque. Pourtant le disque est pas mal, un peu chiche (douze minutes) et légèrement moins jubilatoire que les extraits entendus du prochain album. Ici, c’est Mika dans son habit de Gilbert O’Sullivan qui s’avance, entouré d’une charmante formation de chambre (Toy boy), seul au piano (Lonely Alcoholic), titillé par des guitares africaines et des percus Paul Simon (Blue Eyes) et à nouveau solo (Lady Jane). Une chose est certaine : ce garçon a du cran, car privé des fards d’une orchestration camouflage, il risquait d’apparaître comme diva chétive et prétentieuse. Il en ressort au contraire comme un grand gamin généreux qui goûte autant ce genre de parenthèses affables que les grandes exclamations du superstardom qu’il retrouvera bientôt. nice article, love the very positive last two sentences:thumb_yello: t4p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neiobi Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Only saw this now, it's a lovely article! Thanks for posting:biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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