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I totally adore this song, the more I listen to it, the more cool and great it seems to me.

It would be awesome if there was a vid for it (of course, with Mika in it!) I know it won't be made so popular( :naughty: ) to shoot the video, sadly... but it is one of the best songs for me.

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I agree Priscilla sounds great. Exactly the right kind of voice for this song.

 

As for Mika's drawl-rap, the rubbishness is balanced by the fact that he's singing about not being cool at school, and we know that the ability to rap/MC well is seen as ultra cool among kids these days (all the popular boys at my kids' school are good at it:wink2:). So it makes perfect sense that Mika can't rap :naughty:

 

I totally agree with you! And Christine and you shared my opinion about Priscillia: I am surprisingly impressed by her part!

 

It's my second favourite song and I was not ready to listen to Mika rapping, to be honest.

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You all have noticed how when Mika talks about the loads of people he´s worked with he never mentions her, havent you?? :mf_rosetinted:

 

Didn't he describe her as the one who fell asleep in the studio and afterwards wanted to sing and get rid of Mika (if I'm right, it's what he said in Milan or London, one of the prelistenings)

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i'll give it another try with the new lyrics. :wink2: could need some help again though, with what she says in the beginning of the song - and then that middle part i also don't understand everything... here's what i get:

 

(...?...) Mika Rap

 

Laa laa, laa laa

 

You were the popular one, the popular chick

It is what it is now, popular b*tch

Standing on the field with your pretty pom-pom

Now you're working at the movies selling popular corn

 

I could've been a mess but I never went wrong

'Cause I'm putting down my stories in a popular song

Mh, Ah, Oh

Said I'm putting down my story in a popular song

 

My problem

I never was a model

I never was a star but

You were always popular

 

You were singing

All the songs i don't know

Now you're in the front row

'Cause my song is popular

 

Popular, I know about popular

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

 

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

 

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

 

Always on the lookout for someone to hate

Picking on me like a dinner plate

I hid during classes and in between them

Dunk me in the toilets now it's you that cleans them

 

You're tryin' to make me feel bad with the sh*t you do

It ain't so funny when the joke's on you

Ooh, the joke's on you

And everyone's laughing

Got everyone clapping, asking

How come you look so cool

Cause that's the only thing that I learned at school

What? Uh-huh

So that's the only thing that I learned at school

 

My problem

I never was a model

I never was a star but

You were always popular

 

You were singing

All the songs i don't know

Now you're in the front row

'Cause my song is popular

 

Popular, I know about popular

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

 

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

 

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

 

Before the next time that you call him crazy, lazy

A faggot or (...?...)

Here's the one thing that's so amazing

It ain't a bad thing to be a (...?...)

 

All you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were

 

All you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were

 

All you ever need to know

 

Popular, I know about popular

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

 

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

 

All you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were

(repeat)

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(...?...) Mika Rap

 

Before the next time that you call him crazy, lazy

A faggot or (...?...)

Here's the one thing that's so amazing

It ain't a bad thing to be a (...?...)

 

The first part sounds like 'Psychotic Barney Mika rap' to me, but that doesn't really make sense.

 

The line at the end is 'It ain't a bad thing to be a loser'. And I can't make out the words after the 'crazy, lazy, a faggot or...' part.

 

Also, in the pre-chorus I think the words are 'I never was a starter', not 'star but'. :)

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(...?...) Mika Rap

 

Psychotic Barney Mika Rap :thumb_yello:

 

Before the next time that you call him crazy, lazy

A faggot or (...?...)

Here's the one thing that's so amazing

It ain't a bad thing to be a (...?...)

 

A faggot or A FUGAZI. (you have to look it up!)

 

It ain't a bad thing to be a loser!

 

The first part sounds like 'Psychotic Barney Mika rap' to me, but that doesn't really make sense.

 

The line at the end is 'It ain't a bad thing to be a loser'. And I can't make out the words after the 'crazy, lazy, a faggot or...' part.

 

Also, in the pre-chorus I think the words are 'I never was a starter', not 'star but'. :)

 

I agree!

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My favourite song on the album, for today. :swoon:

 

I believe it's THAT FUGAZI. I had to google to get it, and never heard that word before in my life :naughty:

 

Never heard it before either... we learn so much here :naughty:

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Psychotic Barney Mika Rap

 

Laa laa, laa laa

 

You were the popular one, the popular chick

It is what it is now, popular b*tch

Standing on the field with your pretty pom-pom

Now you're working at the movies selling popular corn

 

I could've been a mess but I never went wrong

'Cause I'm putting down my stories in a popular song

Mh, Ah, Oh

Said I'm putting down my story in a popular song

 

My problem

I never was a model

I never was a scholar

You were always popular

 

You were singing

All the songs i don't know

Now you're in the front row

'Cause my song is popular

 

Popular, I know about popular

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

 

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

 

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

 

Always on the lookout for someone to hate

Picking on me like a dinner plate

I hid during classes and in between them

Dunk me in the toilets now it's you that cleans them

 

You're tryin' to make me feel bad with the sh*t you do

It ain't so funny when the joke's on you

Ooh, the joke's on you

And everyone's laughing

Got everyone clapping, asking

How come you look so cool

Cause that's the only thing that I learned at school

What? Uh-huh

So that's the only thing that I learned at school

 

My problem

I never was a model

I never was a scholar

You were always popular

 

You were singing

All the songs i don't know

Now you're in the front row

'Cause my song is popular

 

Popular, I know about popular

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

 

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

 

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

Catch up! 'Cause you got an awful long way to go

 

Before the next time that you call him crazy, lazy

A faggot or that fugazi

Here's the one thing that's so amazing

It ain't a bad thing to be a loser baby

 

All you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were

 

All you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were

 

All you ever need to know

 

Popular, I know about popular

It's not about who you are or your fancy car

You're only ever who you were

 

Popular, I know about popular

And all that you have to do is be true to you

That's all you ever need to know

 

All you ever need to know

You're only ever who you were

(repeat)

Edited by guylainem123
loser only has one "o"
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Never heard it before either... we learn so much here :naughty:

 

True! But there's a band here in DC called Fugazi, so I have heard it before, just never heard anyone else use it ever anywhere else! I was so surprised to hear it in this song! :naughty:

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as a hard core musicals and especially Wicked fan, I have to admit that I jumped through the roof when I first heard a snippet of this song :wub2::wub2::wub2:

 

I can't say it's my fav of the album, but that's just because there are so many good songs that it's hard to pick just one; but this one is deffo dearest to my heart :wub2:

 

thanks for posting the lyrics :thumb_yello:

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I don't remember in which thread, but I've read that people don't expect to hear Mika singing this song live. Don't you think that Mika needed Joy in his band so she could sing Priscilla's part? Popular is one of my favorites and I would love to hear it live someday :swoon:

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I don't remember in which thread, but I've read that people don't expect to hear Mika singing this song live. Don't you think that Mika needed Joy in his band so she could sing Priscilla's part? Popular is one of my favorites and I would love to hear it live someday :swoon:

 

Hiring someone just to fit in a single song doesnt sounds that smart :aah:

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