REPORTS/PICS/VIDS - Mika in Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof March 21 2010

[RAK1]

perhaps she is thinking 'why am I the only one who has to wear such a damn warm wig inside a hot hall??!!'

 

I think it's more likely she's thinking, " If Martin moves too quickly, that guitars gonna smack me in the head!!!":shocked:

[RAK1]

YEAH!!! THAT'S ME!!!

I had the time of my life last night Jimmy asked me if I could play the bass on Lollipop! Ah ah he didn't remember I was left handed, I wanted to cry!!! But we danced like crazy and he gave me the bass at the end of the song

 

 

Aww, that's so cool!

You look like a rock chick, LG there:wink2:

[Dark Angel]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice piccies.... but the last onbe... is that what the venue looked like?

[CazGirl]

Nice piccies.... but the last onbe... is that what the venue looked like?

 

Is this the place that Mika said was an abbetoire? Because if that really IS the venue then I have to say, they haven't really spruced it up since the slaughterhouse days lol *PRAYS to God it's not someone's house or something*

[STEP___]

Hi, I'm back.

 

This was the most amazing, mindblowing gig experience I ever had.

 

We arrived at about 3 pm, I got #20. It was really nice to meet some MFCers again and some for the first time. I really enjoyed the company and time went by very fast. As usual there was a bit of a discussion about the numbers system as we got closer to the time doors opened, yet most people were very accepting - at least the ones who got a number. I was really worried if it would work out in the end because there was close to no security to be seen and any sort of organisation was quasi nonexistant. There was a caretaker wandering around of whom we thought he was more of a dosser than anyone involved with the venue, and he just stated repeatedly that 'everything would be handeled as always' to whatever question asked.

After Katrien had given out the numbers and Mellody got the numbered people in front of everyone else before doors opened, we got help from John and I really can't tell you how happy I was to see that man. It was literally like 'Okay, now it will be all good.' He's doing such a great job on top of his usual business. I don't think many tour managers are really taking care of fans. I'm very grateful for that.

We were let in before everyone else according to our numbers and I had a fantastic spot right behind Katrien and Droopsy. I freaked out by the sheer opportunity to actually see the set. In fact I realised that I have missed a lot in Stockholm because I was so far in the back.

It was a great audience, no pushing at all. Yet I have to say that there were a few quite small children trying to get to the front from behind. I don't think this is okay. They were like 8 or maybe 10 years old and wouldn't have been able to see anything if they had been standing right in front of the barriers because they were even shorter than that. I wonder what their parents were thinking. The crowd could have turned out a lot more pushy and I would think that's a bit dangerous for kids as small as that.

Anyway, the gig:

 

I did like the Stockholm gig but it gets nowhere near to this experience. Mika was in top shape. He was funny and chatty and spontaneous and sexy and focused and emotional and definitely mood-altering.

I was drawn into it right from the beginning and just absorbed everything like a dry sponge. I never bounced so much in my life.

 

And his voice! It really stood out in its entire range and the volume and power and clarity and warmth. That was just divine. I loved the high notes and the low notes and everything in between. He was sooo good.

 

I loved the intro and Rain in spite of the electronic version, I guess having a proper view on the set and the lighting helped. I never had a thing for I see you when I heard it on the album but it is just so so much better live that I just couldn't but fall in love with it. Of course the umbrella adds to that, as I said before in the Stockhom report. And the lighting, especially the front spot. I can't get over it.

Dr John is so funny and almost a bit tragic. I love Mika's adorably doltish acting there. And the costume and the song.

In fact I'm smitten with everything they do with the tangible props, although there are not many. I'm very happy they kept the snow for the Love Today intro, which is so lovely with Sunshine's voodoo acting affecting the real Mika. It's such a great idea.

And the musical box dance he does with IMMa, that's so sweet.

 

At one point someone in the audience shouted how they had come from Brasil (or Chile?) just to see Mika and he totally jumped on it in a - as I thought - pretty tongue in cheek way. It was very entertaining.

He said a few sentences in German, too and I was wondering about how much of my language he really must understand, because when he was about to start playing toy boy the south american section made itself heard again and he feisty put them back in their place by telling them that it was not their turn. He wanted to say it in German and got a little help from the front row, as someone shouted (was it Mellody?) 'Du bist nicht dran!',which is the German translation if he addressed only one person. He quickly picked it up and applied it to his special admirers, saying 'Ihr seid nicht dran', (the equivalent for more than one person). I was pretty amazed, as he continued 'Die Puppe ist an der Reihe', (It' the puppet's turn) which is yet another way to say it. He was so chatty and giggled a lot.

And he messed up the lyrics for Good Gone Girl as he tried to put two Georgias into it. But he realised it and so the second Georgia was not a real Georgia but more of a Geopril. What a hassle to get that on tape for the miming business...

 

I loved this gig. It's going to be my all time favourite #1 for now.

 

Thank you Mika!

 

And thanks to all the lovely people I met, you're really gorgeous!

 

Oh, and I asked for PUOTF but Mika said he won't play it as he can't do too many slow songs.

 

Mika. I figured that.

I see the problem AND the solution.

 

And something else:

There was a lovely guy standing next to me during the gig and obviously it was his first Mika gig. He was very much looking forward to it and had a lot of questions like Is that a bubble machine over there and how long is Mika's set and does he play Big Girl, too. Then he told me about every icon he had ever seen on a stage (I think even Cher was among them) and how much he was looking forward to finally, finally see Mika. I said well, I can promise you that if this is your first Mika gig tonight, there will be a many more to come. He loved the gig. In the end I asked him if he thought I had promised him too much and he replied 'NO WAY. THIS IS HIM. THIS IS THE ONLY TRUE KING OF POP.'

 

You preach to the converted.

I really hope I'll be able to convert my mum and sister aswell. I think my sister doesn't really want to go, but I really hope she'll love it, as this is my 1st mika gig, i don't want it too be spoiled!

[Droopsy]

Nice piccies.... but the last onbe... is that what the venue looked like?

 

Is this the place that Mika said was an abbetoire? Because if that really IS the venue then I have to say, they haven't really spruced it up since the slaughterhouse days lol *PRAYS to God it's not someone's house or something*

 

WELLLL it actually was the 'pretty' side of he venue the other sides were covered in graffiti and really really bad... Above the main entrance (not this one) there even was barbed wire..

[CazGirl]

WELLLL it actually was the 'pretty' side of he venue the other sides were covered in graffiti and really really bad... Above the main entrance (not this one) there even was barbed wire..

 

Nice.

[Dark Angel]

WELLLL it actually was the 'pretty' side of he venue the other sides were covered in graffiti and really really bad... Above the main entrance (not this one) there even was barbed wire..

 

And i thought KB Hallen looked "bad"

[mari62]

Is this the place that Mika said was an abbetoire? Because if that really IS the venue then I have to say, they haven't really spruced it up since the slaughterhouse days lol *PRAYS to God it's not someone's house or something*

yes, it must be: Schlachthof means slaughterhouse/abertoire

[mellody]

I think something similar happened in Dublin....

As far as I remember, Mellody mixed up the words for Rain and Mika followed her... (Do I remember it well, Mellody?)

 

was happy ending, but apart from that, right. that means, i think it was dublin. or was it belfast? one of them anyway.

[Lee-Ann]

Your reports are all fab:roftl:

I had to laugh hard and I see, you all had fun at the slaughterhouse:roftl:

 

Hamburg tomorrow!!!

[noa]

WELLLL it actually was the 'pretty' side of he venue the other sides were covered in graffiti and really really bad... Above the main entrance (not this one) there even was barbed wire..

 

schlachtof, the "pretty" side

 

and the not SO pretty

[Droopsy]

Review:

 

http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/region/kultur/musik/8649412.htm

 

Mika im Wiesbadener Wunderland: Kindergeburtstag im Schlachthof

22.03.2010 - WIESBADEN

 

Von Sven Rindfleisch

 

Was ein Spaß: Riesige Luftballons, überdimensionale Marionetten, Glitzerregen, eine knallbunte Videoshow und mittendrin Mika, der mit Frack und Hut so über die Bühne tobt und tänzelt, dass man unweigerlich an Johnny Depp und die aktuell im Kino laufende Neuverfilmung von „Alice im Wunderland“ denken muss. Nicht umsonst hieß das Debütalbum des libanesisch-britischen Sängers „Life in Cartoon Motion”. Und ehrlich, treffender als mit der Überschrift „Leben in einem Zeichentrickfilm“ kann man das bonbonfarbene Spektakel, dass die völlig euphorisierten Zuschauer am Sonntagabend im Wiesbadener Schlachthof erleben, nicht beschreiben.

 

Zeremonienmeister Michael Holbrook Penniman, kurz Mika, hat die Menge dabei von der ersten Sekunde an im Griff. Mit der Entertainer-Attitüde eines Freddy Mercury und ganz viel Falsett-Gesang mixt er Motown-Euphorie mit 70er-Disco-Beats und eingängigen Melodien zu einem quietschfidelen Regenbogenpop. Angetrieben von einer fünfköpfigen, glasklar aufspielenden Band zelebriert der 26-Jährige eine Popperle nach der anderen - unterbrochen nur von sympathischen, teils sogar in eigenwilligem Deutsch vorgetragenen Ansagen. „Big Girl (You are Beautiful)“ etwa, diese charmante Hymne auf etwas kräftigere Frauen. Oder das quirlige „We are Golden“ vom zweiten Album „The Boy who knew too much“. Fehlen darf natürlich auch nicht sein erster Top-10-Hit „Grace Kelly“, bei dem das ganze Auditorium glückselige Textsicherheit beweist.

 

Ehre für „Lollipop“

 

Die Ehre, das zweistündige Konzert zu beenden, gebührt dann aber „Lollipop“. Und das ist nur konsequent: Ist dieser Bubble-Gum-Popsong doch praktisch die Blaupause für Mikas spezielle Fähigkeit, Songs zu schreiben, die alle Altersklassen gleichermaßen ansprechen. Und so ist ein Mika-Konzert letztendlich auch immer ein gigantischer Kindergeburtstag für Kinder jeden Alters. Da tanzen Zehnjährige auf den Schultern ihrer Eltern gemeinsam mit trendigen Teenies und gesetzten Mittdreißigern. Während Mika für die Kinder ein prima Einstieg in die Welt des Pops ist, erlaubt er ihren erwachsenen Begleitern, sich im Kinderparadies auszutoben, ohne, dass es ihnen peinlich sein müsste.

 

Doch Vorsicht: Mika auf seine glänzende Oberfläche zu reduzieren oder ihn sogar wegen seiner zur Schau getragenen Fröhlichkeit als „seicht und uncool“ zu bezeichnen, greift zu kurz. Denn wie der Titel seines zweiten Albums bereits andeutete, ist Mika auch immer der Junge, der zuviel wusste, der sich als Kind in die Musik flüchtete, um seine Außenseiterrolle in der Schule erträglicher zu machen. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es bewundernswert und gar nicht „uncool“, dass Mika in seinen Songs das Leben nicht in Grautönen, sondern in den buntesten Farben beschreibt.

[Dark Angel]

 

[mamaaake]

Review:

 

http://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/region/kultur/musik/8649412.htm

 

Mika im Wiesbadener Wunderland: Kindergeburtstag im Schlachthof

22.03.2010 - WIESBADEN

 

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Wooow, real cool review!

[laura*]

Wooow, real cool review!

 

I trust you. I only understand about 20 words.

[mamaaake]

euhm, I would like to translate, but I'm afraid my English is too poor to really make a good translation

[laura*]

euhm, I would like to translate, but I'm afraid my English is too poor to really make a good translation

 

Don't worry! It's ok. I will survive!

[sienna]

Thank you all for the nice reports!

[imoop]

Haha, yeah it says that Mika is like a children's birthday for every age and that those who are saying that he is uncool are wrong

 

The concert was absolutely amazing, I totally adored it. My first MIKA gig and defo not my last!

[CazGirl]

Haha, yeah it says that Mika is like a children's birthday for every age and that those who are saying that he is uncool are wrong

 

The concert was absolutely amazing, I totally adored it. My first MIKA gig and defo not my last!

 

awesome! welcome to the fanclub!

[Kodes100]

Haha, yeah it says that Mika is like a children's birthday for every age and that those who are saying that he is uncool are wrong

 

The concert was absolutely amazing, I totally adored it. My first MIKA gig and defo not my last!

 

Good for you!:thumb_yello:

Welcome to the MFC imoop!

 

[YulsMcFuls]

REALLY COOOL PIX FROM EVERYBODY!!

 

Does anyone know where we can listen to the concert that was recorded last night?? wud be really quite delightful to relive the moment!!

[mellody]

so no one has posted videos yet?! i filmed a few songs and the toy boy talk, but guess i'll only be able to upload my stuff after berlin on thursday/friday. thought i'd have time today, but didn't, mariposa and me went to check out the venue and do a bit of reeperbahn sightseeing, which only makes sense at night. and now i really need to sleep, sigh...

[FOUCHONNERET]

YEAH!!! THAT'S ME!!!

I had the time of my life last night Jimmy asked me if I could play the bass on Lollipop! Ah ah he didn't remember I was left handed, I wanted to cry!!! But we danced like crazy and he gave me the bass at the end of the song

 

waouhhhhh!!!

super axie!

si on pouvait voir ça en vidéo/photo,ce serait top!

 

some pics or videos about it could be so great!