CazGirl Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 There should have been clapping in it so people know to do it at his gigs... The beginning should have been more...1920's Like that scene in Chicago where Billy Flynn is talking to people in this posh restaurant about Lucy Liu murdering someone. EXACTLY like that, but in black and white. Girls in charleston dresses with their long cigarette holder things. That's what I always envisioned. And the whole video could have been filled with different eras, like 1920's up to 2000's. Pfft, I should have directed this video I liked the whole Clockwork Orange thing, I think it fits. But there should have been more edits and it should have been more energetic. And the dance to be more...just...more. It was too simple in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydid1994 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In fact, I think it's my favorite now out of all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violet_sky Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 The purpose of this video is not to remind his diehard fans how cute he is because we've already seen 10,000 pics and videos of him. It's to sell the song and to sell himself to people who don't know anything about him. It comes up way short on that score. If WAG followed the same purpose it must have been doomed to complete and utter failure then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 for those who can't watch it as youtube is down: Thank you ... thank you .... thank you .... YT is still down ... came rushing back home from work all excited cos' I knew you'd have it up already and I missed it this morning ... and ... I love you guys ... you never let me miss anything *waits to watch it* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 YouTube is working fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 YouTube is working fine for me. tried to check a vid.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 hey youtube, i have a sugegstion STOP BEING UNDER MAINTENANCE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 tried to check a vid.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haley & Megan Meyer Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Well we just love this super cute video. Have always loved the 50's style and this is so up our alley. Love the jump at the end. Too cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droopsy Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 There should have been clapping in it so people know to do it at his gigs... The beginning should have been more...1920's Like that scene in Chicago where Billy Flynn is talking to people in this posh restaurant about Lucy Liu murdering someone. EXACTLY like that, but in black and white. Girls in charleston dresses with their long cigarette holder things. That's what I always envisioned. And the whole video could have been filled with different eras, like 1920's up to 2000's. Pfft, I should have directed this video That's something I'd more expect for a loverboy video actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 strange... it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlindee Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 This was not what I expected at all.:blink:I don't really like it, but I like the dancers and the piano. I hate the beginning, and how it looks like they just put some stuff in a building and decided to film something on spot (they actually just put stuff in a building, but hey, with other vids you can't see that:aah:) Funny how he did his signature jump at the end. I don't think he looks one bit dorky in this video. At least much less than in WAG, which gave even me a lot of WTF. Let alone to a lot of people who just came across it randomly, having no idea about what was his intention behind it and what message he wanted to communicate. Knowing about it, it makes a bit of sense. But having him jump around there in those awfully awful underpants makes me cringe. Regardless of the director's efforts. So, now it's out. As for the cheapness in MIKA videos, I really don't think anything can ever top the Big Girl video. Big girl is one of the cheepest looking video's I've ever seen. I still like it a lot though, because it looks like they had fun making it. I hate WAG. I liked Love Today and thought Relax,Lollipop and Happy Ending were quite nice. I hated Grace Kelly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaMadLuke Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Screencaps anybody xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydid1994 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I will say with WAG that the resolution seems lower than others on the tv. But maybe that's on purpose because things weren't high def in that time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Ah! I believe the full body shots that pan out on Mika and the dancers are a subtle homage to Busby Berkley musicals of the 1930's and Berkley's famous "top shot". Including the way the dancers formed the double circle.... something reminiscent of Berkley's famous kaleidoscope shots of the chorus girls. Mika's movements, gestures on the other hand, as well as his costume (including the famous cane) are a throwback to Cabaret... both to Sally Bowles and the Emcee. ... And there are a few other references ... Thank you for explaining this! I really hope Mika will talk about his thoughts with this video, I know there has to be. He is not the kind of artist that just throws fate to the wind. And I still love it, the colours, his moves, the long camera shots! I think it will grow on most of you! His stuff usually do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Mika's movements, gestures on the other hand, as well as his costume (including the famous cane) are a throwback to Cabaret... both to Sally Bowles and the Emcee. That was exactly my thought from the first shot I saw of the video - no SB though, just Emcee. and I love this video. I think it will work for any audience in any country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Screencaps anybody xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo If the few gray/white beginning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lollipopgirl83 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 AGH YOUTUBE IS NOT WORKING FOR ME!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikaMadLuke Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks DarkAngel x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thanks DarkAngel x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Angel Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 i have waaaaaay too many more from it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 That's something I'd more expect for a loverboy video actually. Doubt Loverboy will ever be released though lol as for the Emcee references, Mika DID play Emcee in a college production of Cabaret... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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