suzie Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I can't believe there is no thread on him yet, even though he is known to have written some songs with Mika for the Origin of Love: Lola, Make You Happy and 2 others, apparently. He arrived on the music scene at the same time as Mika - here is an interview with him back then (they compared him to Mika, actually) http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/nov/26/popandrock My favourite track from him: [YOUTUBE]dbtLqJmoM_8[/YOUTUBE] another one: [YOUTUBE]0qu4EH8Qmiw[/YOUTUBE] ...and in true MFC fashion, an earlier thread about something he apparently said about Mika... http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17607&highlight=fryars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreacher Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 just earlier this week i happened upon that thread when i was searching for what Mika said about Amelia's magazine, was gonna mention the thread here i wonder if Mika knows what Ben said. anyway, i heard his song Grinding a couple days ago, but honestly didnt like it much. i need to listen to these two more but i can already tell i like them much better than Grinding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Don't know if I'm the only one, but the first time I heard about frYars wasn't because of Mika, but because of this song/video with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode (I was searching songs from his solo carrer, came to his official site and I found this video ) [YOUTUBE]aoON8AC3UuM&feature=plcp[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 ...and in true MFC fashion, an earlier thread about something he apparently said about Mika...http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17607&highlight=fryars Oh dear I was just reading that I am really impressed with Lola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I like him very much By far not as much as Mika , but I'm listening to "Dark young hearts", his album, regularly. He is listed as a similar artist to Patrick Wolf on last.fm and as I listen to Patrick a lot, too, he therefore was one of my recommendations all the time. And when we discovered here that frYars co-wrote some songs with Mika it thought "one moment, I know this name from somewhere". And as I realized that this guy is somehow the connection between two of my most favorite artists, I HAD to try his album. I don't think his style is very similar to Mikas style mostly because of the arrangement. frYars is much more "electro-independent". But I like his style, because he is "non-mainstream" but very melodic. "The Ides" und "Visitors" I like very much, too. One other favorite of mine is "Lakehouse" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 oh I like Lakehouse and Visitors, too. Thank you for posting these. When I heard about Mika collaborating with him I quickly listened to some music from him and I liked most of them, so I was relieved about the two of them working together as this guy seems to have the 'electro knack' and I thought he would direct Mika more towards an indie electro sound. And I was right about that as far as Make You Happy is concerned. I don't get how come his name features under Celebrate, too, but in any case, he is supposed to have the moneypot now.... Here is the original article from 2007 http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/interviews/fryars/ I don't find him that offensive at all, actually. I think he just tries to be funny and acknowledges Mika's talent in pop. I loved reading the responses on that thread though - especially Kata's Good old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 First heard of him through Andy, at the pub party, he asked us if we'd follow him, so I did. At the time he had done that track with Dave Gahan, which interested me, being a Depeche Mode fan. There is a video on his website FrYarCorps, that he uses an orchestra. I think that was what Andy went to LA to film, when he said he was going over there with him, last year I think. It's quite a good track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaraMay Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I'm diggin his songs a lot Love electronic music, wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for starting this thread Suzie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) @Rak1 - I think anyone following Andy's Myspace account heard of FrYars ages ago. I just thought that in the first post I should not contradict directly what Mika said about randomly finding this guy over the internet Edited July 9, 2012 by suzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 @Rak1 - I think anyone following Andy's Myspace account heard of FrYars ages ago.I just thought that in the first post I should not contradict directly what Mika said about randomly finding this guy over the internet yet it might be true...did he say 'when'? we know mika's time is not mortals' time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 yet it might be true...did he say 'when'? we know mika's time is not mortals' time true.... perhaps 2007 then by randomly reading about him in the Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 true.... perhaps 2007 then by randomly reading about him in the Guardian Yes exactly. I think Mika found Ben on the internet the same way I found Mika on the internet. Also this story about Ben's mother makes me laugh, as Mika seems to be using it to emphasize how young and unestablished Ben was. But are we to imagine that Ben would go to Mika's house and Mika's mum was not there too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14344-love-so-cold/ new song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I think it wasn't posted yet - I like it GB-b16E8j_Y It was "next hype" on the "Tonight's show" on BBC1 today, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 I think On Your Own got played on R1 last night, on Zane Lowes show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuna Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Tried some of his songs on Youtube.. and very very hard to find any special something... umm... pretends quiet a lot, it sounds..... hm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 [YOUTUBE]lHZy9pynB18[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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