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That's exactly the subtleness in language we are talking about. Logically thinking, when he is talking about writing a song in a hurry and comments on the end result as 'I quite like it' sounds to me like it was ok but not something he is particularly proud of.... (?) What else was he supposed to say, in any case. :dunno:

 

To me, "i quite like it" means more than just "liking it"

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I've never read this article before and searched in MFC....not been posted.   Billboard https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-origin-of-mika-1083435/ 10/15/2012

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Thank you @Kumazzz!  I've seen these videos before but enjoyed watching them again this afternoon. I'm  fascinated by Mika's explanations of the songmaking process and the details related to the creat

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I agree. The subtleness in what he says gets lost in translation, so someone who may not speak English that well or does not understand Mika's sense of humour might have difficulty in figuring out if he is joking, unsure or tries to make hints without revealing it all...etc.

 

I used to have problems years ago on MFC and off-line, too, when trying to figure if some 'sarcastic' people were joking or not. Now since I know them from their posts or in real life there is no problem with that.

 

 

There are several varieties in jazz and historically as well it went through an evolution. I don't "understand" (:teehee:) them all but the intro to Lollipop he performed with the clarinet player (:wub2::naughty: ) two weeks ago sounded pretty much like 1920's swing jazz to me - something people used to dance the charlston to -, to name a current example.

 

PS. Lucky you with that festival - and Rufus. Will Nikki Yanofsky perform as well?

 

No Nikki this year, unfortunately

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To me, "i quite like it" means more than just "liking it"

 

This is how I would interpret that statement:

 

quite like/enjoy something BRITISH

to like or enjoy something, but not to a great degree

I quite like going to weddings, but I don’t want to go to theirs.

We quite enjoyed our day out, in spite of the weather.

 

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/quite

 

My impression is that when Mika goes around saying that something only took him 2 days or a week or whatever is that he is trying to excuse it. I think he was also worried about how EMD would be received and said the same thing about it being rushed.

 

I meant to post this morning (but I was having probs with my internet connection) that he also does this with performances...tells everyone he is sick in advance, presumably to prep for the less-than-stellar performance to come. And now I see he is tweeting he's at the doctor's about his throat before the tour starts. :teehee:

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To me, "i quite like it" means more than just "liking it"

 

I meant that in the context of him evaluating his own song he is now promoting in a tv show, "I quite like it" sounds less enthusiastic than "I'm proud of it" or "really pleased with the end result", "The RedOne did a brilliant job".. etc.

 

No Nikki this year, unfortunately

I saw her in concert last year in London and I liked her.

 

 

now I see he is tweeting he's at the doctor's about his throat before the tour starts. :teehee:

What tour? Isn't it some festivals only? :teehee:

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OMG.

Found a song title 'Tah Dah" written by Mika, Jodi and Pharrell

 

Now let me go and recover from my shock ...

:naughty:

 

Edit: DId Pharrel write Tresspassing for Adam Lambert? That's a good one, actually.

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OMG.

Found a song title 'Tah Dah" written by Mika, Jodi and Pharrell

 

Now let me go and recover from my shock ...

:naughty:

 

Edit: DId Pharrel write Tresspassing for Adam Lambert? That's a good one, actually.

 

Wait what where? OMG

 

Nevermind, found it, OMG lemme hear it

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What's wrong with Tah Dah? :lmfao:

 

Maybe it will make the 12 cut if Celebrate is a success. :teehee:

 

I have to see the "word" in the song context before I can pass judgement, so I can't say anything now :mf_rosetinted: I mean, you could have the noise that babies make, you can have the "bye bye" tah dah, or the "wow look, here I am" tah dah. :mikacool:

Maybe there's another meaning that I don't know about yet :)

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I have to see the "word" in the song context before I can pass judgement, so I can't say anything now :mf_rosetinted: I mean, you could have the noise that babies make, you can have the "bye bye" tah dah, or the "wow look, here I am" tah dah. :mikacool:

 

:lmfao:

Maybe he's taking his pregnancy seriously. :mikacool:

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Some more info in this article. Thanks to Hippieibbie for translating!

 

 

Mika: It was nice not to be alone!

 

After 5 years of waiting, Mika finally came to the Nibe Festival to play. And Gaffa was with him

 

Gaffa got the opportunity to meet Mika after the concert, and then there got raked up in a old wound.

 

You should have played at Nibe 5 years ago, but you had to cancel. That didn’t make you popular. Do you feel you and the audience “kissed and made up” during the concert?

 

Mika: (laughing) I don’t know. Ask them. When I cancelled last time, was it all wrong with me. Lost 60% of my hearing. When things like that happen you, get scared of you might get death, and if the career is over. I went all the way to the rats (a Danish saying). But I found the balance, and got the most of my hearing back again, but I have never got over it. If I have to go at a restaurant, I have to sit in a corner with the one ear against the wall, to hear something. But It wont let me down. It wouldn’t help my career. Så I shut up and swallow the caramel, that was the best I could do. I want to stand up and say “I’m a bit late. But I’m here now”

 

And now it's now. You got a new album “The Origin of love” on the way (out in September), There is filled with love songs…

 

Mika: (smiling laughing) Yes, not normally love songs. Pretty different.

And that makes a kliché question, and I would like to hear, what there make you do an album with love songs?

Mika: Hmm, to lose the love and then fall in love very quick again. And to follow the flow. First I haven’t wrote a song in a half year, and been on tour for 2 years. And I didn’t knew how to get started again. And each time I thought about writing a song, I felt the pressure. And then I felt in love again, felt in love with writing songs again. I have wrote songs since I was 11 years old, so to write songs is my job. Not to write for a half year was very strange. But to fell in love with a new person, was motivation enough to leave my life in London, pack my bags, call Nick Littlemore (producer) that I would like to work with. Then I wrote the tittle track to the new album “the origin of love” and I didn’t take home for a half year, and wrote the album during that time

 

You say that the album contains unconventional love songs. What makes them unconventional?

 

Mika: "There are all kinds of love songs. There is one called" Love you When I'm Drunk ", a song about hating love, which is" The Origin of Love ", which is about the Roman Catholic church, and my contempt for religion's chains. It's not exactly 90s-ballads (laughs). "

 

Fortunately. Now that you are the Roman Catholic Church and chains. How else would you describe your relationship to religion?

 

Mika: "I have no respect for religious authority. I think they are terrible. But I think it's good to have faith. Whether it's a tree or in one that is called God. I grew up with religion . I was brought up by a hippie Roman Catholic family. a strange environment. It was always that I should go to church, or I would be punished. "

 

If we return to the love songs, what do you think the perfect love song contains?

 

Mika: "(laughs) Probably a Diane Warren and Celine album. But hatred. Absolutely. Anger. There will be resentment in a love song. Tension between" I love you but I hate you also "do a love song valid. when you love someone, you appreciate them not only. you hate them also for the control they have over you, how weak you feel. you hate how much better you feel, now that you're in love, for why can not you be happy enough alone. Blondie is a good example. Blondie has written the best love songs. There are plenty of sexual tension. "

 

What love song are your favorite? Is it one of Blondie?

 

Mika: "Yeah, or maybe Björk with 'It's Oh so Quiet'. It is good love song. Psychotic, crazy, disturbed. All the things that a love song must contain".

 

What’s the best song to make love to?

 

Mika: "Hmm, I know hardly. I think many of my generation probably was conceived for an East 17-plate, and it's certainly not sexy music (laughs). The best songs to love to is probably not the best songs to make love to. I hate the idea of what song I was conceived, and I have no desire to figure it out. The idea makes me really badly. Sex and music may not work so well together, unless you is really drunk and then you probably just f*ck the wrong person anyway.

 

Which song do you feel the audience enjoyed the most during the concert?

 

Mika: "'The Origin of Love' felt good. There was another love song I wanted to try, called" Under the Water ", but I dropped. I do not know why. Maybe because there were technical problems at the start of the concert . But my performances with "the Origin of Love" was almost six minutes long, and I really enjoyed it. long intro, it starts, it gets so big and even bigger before it becomes small again. The song is a bold musical statement. there is much music and singing in it. and you must remember that it is a very compact case to soak in for the first time. But the audience took it to their heart. it was also the first time I performed with it.

 

Yes you mention that on the stage!

 

Mika: "(laughs) I do not know if it was due to stress or whether it was an excuse. If everything went to completely wrong, then you knew why."

 

People also liked “celebrate”

 

Mika: "Yes, definitely, but I didnt think much about it, because I’ve played once before. But it's a big change. I make big changes. And I know I’ve to make the changes perfect. I’m on my third album and make alternative pop. it is my responsibility as a musician to make bold statements, to make things that are contradictory in a way. that is what I do. "

 

What was the best about making your third album?

 

Mika: That I had fun

 

What was so fun?

 

Mika: "It was fun not to be alone. I had Nick Little More to have fun with. I had Pharrell Williams, and some guys that I found on the web. A 22-year-old who never had made a major release before. I heard him (FrYars) online, visited him at his mother. A week after I took him to the States. 'Come with me. We make music and have fun. "the whole concept of the album was to make happy and alternative pop music . to make alternative pop music is a Contradiction. But it can be done. When I think of artists that I love ... for example, Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, and Beck. I see Beck do 'Odelay' and watch him go into a shop to buy his own album, because he makes music for himself. All of us in the studio are doing music for ourselves. We are grown men who make happy pop music for ourselves. And it is never a bad thing

 

Can you feel the joy of the album?

 

Mika: Yes, you can. There’s much joy at the album. It's very inspired by the Bee Gees, Fleetwod Mac and french house from the 90s. And you can sense the sincerity of the album. And it was nice not being alone.

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I just remembered that we have some huge pieces of TOOL puzzle, and we didn't put them here.:aah:

Make You Happy

[YOUTUBE]B_0hGOE8IPU&feature=relmfu[/YOUTUBE]

 

Lola

[YOUTUBE]IqjprYPu4Z0[/YOUTUBE]

 

Celebrate

[YOUTUBE]PM8z_MR3Fc8[/YOUTUBE]

 

Underwater

[YOUTUBE]OhMILqAXLIM[/YOUTUBE]

 

The Origin of Love

[YOUTUBE]3OGyB99VL-0[/YOUTUBE]

 

 

Overrated (we don't know how is it going to sound, but we know the melody:wink2:)

 

Six songs, it's half. Not bad, so far, don't you think? Now I'm even more curious to hear the rest. :doh:

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