Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Has someone posted this? I just found it, and I didn't see anyone post it so... Halfway through his set last Friday at the Hollywood Palladium British would-be pop superstar Mika unveiled "Touches You," one of the shiniest tracks on his slick new album The Boy Who Knew Too Much. "I wanna be your brother, wanna be your father too," he propositioned the packed dancefloor, "never make you run for cover even if they want us too/ I wanna be your sister, wanna be your mother too/ I wanna be whatever else that touches you." Mika in a bubble That, in a nutshell, is one of Mika's biggest problems. He wants to be a huge star really, really badly. He has everything going for him: he's extremely good-looking, (AN: A-thank you! ) has a remarkably cultivated physique and good taste in the 70s and 80s oldies that he relentlessly plunders for his songs, and he unashamedly makes gay pop though he also cultivates a degree of ambiguity for the little girls' sake. But ultimately Mika doesn't really know what he wants to sell you -- like an expensive prostitute at a five-star hotel, he can be whatever touches you. And he really, really wants to know, as he famously sang in his breakthrough small hit "Grace Kelly," why don't you like him, why don't you like him. Don't get me wrong, the large audience he drew at the Palladium -- mostly very young (high-school young), mostly girls, but also a number of gay men and boys -- was having a great time dancing, wearing balloon animal headdresses, and singing along to the catchy tunes from "The Boy Who..." and its predecessor, the Perez Hilton-endorsed "Life in Cartoon Motion." Mika thanked them for their support, though he followed the appreciation with a frustrated dig at his US record label (the revived Casablanca Records within the Universal umbrella) for failing to make his career go supernova. And this is the other big problem with Mika's act: he oscillates between a persona who wants to stay in his bedroom in his underwear dancing to happy pop music on his headphones surrounded by stuffed animals and other trappings of childhood, and a raging Messiah complex where he leads fat girls, outcasts, and other people less good-looking and privileged than him into some kind of vague revolution against "them," the people who want to make his adopted siblings and children "run for cover." Like in a very gay vaudeville version of "Hamlet," you could actually feel the frustration and neurosis of this unhappy prince through his entire set. From the prologue, where Mika's number one fan Sir Ian McKellen (you old dog!) plays a newscaster on TV announcing a space launch gone wrong (do any of the gold-shoed girlies recognize the actual footage of the Challenger explosion used to represent Mika's tragedy?), to a wink to Ziggy Stardust, to Mika stripping to his undies, the whole show bounced between despair and exhilaration. But Mika didn't want to be in the Hollywood Palladium. He knows and is told incessantly that he belongs in the Hollywood Bowl or the Rose Bowl, or any other massive arena with Fergie and Gaga and all the other international brand names. This ambition is not merely the usual pipe dream of everyone you meet in this town. Though sometimes derivative to the point of pointlessness, he does have solid material ("Touches You" is a better George Michael song than anything GM has come up with in years), he can do Queen-meets-the-Bee-Gees-in-the-body-of-a-Dave-LaChapelle-boytoy better than anybody in the business, and his mid-set ballads are no worse than whatever Elton John and Lloyd Webber are feeding Disney these days. "We are not what you think we are," he mantra-like repeated to himself and the world on Friday, "we are GOLDEN, we are GOLDEN." Nobody's arguing with that. But not many are buying either. And if Mika keeps protesting too much, to use the distant mirror of the 70s he so adores, he might unravel like Jobriath instead of soaring like Elton. What do you think? http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/last-night/mika-palladium-los-angeles-per/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Are they for real comparing Mika to an expensive prostitute? Ah well, at least the pictures are nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetitMika Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 What do you think? I buy into the idea that Mika doesn't do anything for the fame, so I'm against this article almost completely. These reviews keep coming out where they try to be nice to him and pretend they love him, but they're just really insulting. They just need to pick a side and stick by it. I also want a balloon headdress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlindee Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Are they for real comparing Mika to an expensive prostitute? Ah well, at least the pictures are nice. I laughed at that bit! I mean, seriously? I buy into the idea that Mika doesn't do anything for the fame, so I'm against this article almost completely. These reviews keep coming out where they try to be nice to him and pretend they love him, but they're just really insulting. They just need to pick a side and stick by it. I also want a balloon headdress. I know what you mean! It's like we hate you, love you, hate you, love you... Jeez... (I didn't want to say I wanted one, 'cos I thought I'd be the only one to say so! Yay! I'm not alone!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I buy into the idea that Mika doesn't do anything for the fame, so I'm against this article almost completely. These reviews keep coming out where they try to be nice to him and pretend they love him, but they're just really insulting. They just need to pick a side and stick by it. I also want a balloon headdress. Yes, I think it was really confusing to read because there were compliments and insults in the same sentences But pics are really nice, that pic of Mika and Jimmy is great, wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengafer Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I think the writer is trying to sound clever, but he failed, didnt he now, so opps to he or she. Mika enjoys contradicting himself, it's fun, its what he does and he does it well, I dont think its about being famous and yay me two for the head dress:biggrin2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 I think the writer is trying to sound clever, but he failed, didnt he now, so opps to he or she. Mika enjoys contradicting himself, it's fun, its what he does and he does it well, I dont think its about being famous and yay me two for the head dress:biggrin2: I REALLY WANT ONE NOW!!! (I just spilt face cream on my keyboard. TONS OF IT. Whoops. I didn't know it was open, okay?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I think it's hilarious they say how attractive he is then brings out people in the stage less attractive than him! That's kinda...shallow... but it's extremely hard to not notice how gorgeous he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avoca Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Are they for real comparing Mika to an expensive prostitute? Ah well, at least the pictures are nice. well, these are nice times for our boy, aren't they? forced on one foot, accused of being a miming, lypsyncing expensive prostitute. not bad all in a week. that should score pretty high in the range of compliments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 well, these are nice times for our boy, aren't they? forced on one foot, accused of being a miming, lypsyncing expensive prostitute. not bad all in a week. that should score pretty high in the range of compliments I know... Mika's a miming- expensive-one-footed-male prostitute. How sad. ... ... So... Who's gonna break it to him? LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avoca Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I know... Mika's a miming- expensive-one-footed-male prostitute. How sad. ... ... So... Who's gonna break it to him? LOL. time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 time will tell *is tempted to go on twitter to tell him, but doesn't want to be responsible* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengafer Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I know... Mika's a miming- expensive-one-footed-male prostitute. How sad. ... ... So... Who's gonna break it to him? LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Terrible Has this person really seen the gig ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 What all these critics don't seem to be able to cope with is Mika's sheer versatility. They expect him to have a "sound", but don't seem to realise that Mika's gift is that he can turn his hand to any musical genre and produce good music. I don't think he wants to be a big stadium artist either, we know how much he loves audience reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 *is staring at a picture on her computer, about to edit it to MAKE him one...* ... ... ... I shouldn't.... I... Maybe I should... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 *is staring at a picture on her computer, about to edit it to MAKE him one...* ... ... ... I shouldn't.... I... Maybe I should... I just 'd at your sig. I know that seat warming sensation, like public restrooms when you're in a big line and you have no choice but to use the stall whether or not you hestitate away from it because the person is behind you and you don't want to be rude and turn away from the stall, Then you sit down and it's warm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 I just 'd at your sig. I know that seat warming sensation, like public restrooms when you're in a big line and you have no choice but to use the stall whether or not you hestitate away from it because the person is behind you and you don't want to be rude and turn away from the stall, Then you sit down and it's warm.... I like that dude! He's really funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura* Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I see his point, but... a - any artist wishes a larger audience b - that's not the right way to make a review interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I like that dude! He's really funny! I love him, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkly1 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 well, these are nice times for our boy, aren't they? forced on one foot, accused of being a miming, lypsyncing expensive prostitute. not bad all in a week. that should score pretty high in the range of compliments so he's a mimimg, one-footed, lip-syncing expensive prostitute just the type I go for bigtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine64 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 It´s so depressing to read such crap like that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangirl Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 I love him, Is your signature...? He taught me to run with scissors, play with matches and talk to strangers. (He really did) HOLD UP! ... .. This is very off topic... Uh... Anyway, G'night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 (edited) Well I've tried to leave a comment. The website, like the blogger, is not working well, so I don't know if it will have posted. I hope so though. If it hasn't I'll post it again. Is anyone else going to stick up for Mika and tell that idiot a thing or two? Edit: I've re-done it. I think it will work now Edited October 26, 2009 by Marilyn Mastin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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