MikazBOI Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I feel bad for fans who can't make the gigs but I do agree with you for myself. I am afraid he won't sing Century Boy again but if he does it in Toronto I am more than happy to wait and hear it for myself live first. It's so much more special that way. ahh im sure and i hope that everyone gets the show we got last night! beautiful....but i hope the other cities get to experience an encore....as we didnt cause of the stupid venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikazBOI Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I see, you are not subdued just much taller than me! I need to be at the front or I can't see anything at all. Front row of the balcony is great too. But I may as well stay home as to end up in the 3rd row I was at the Commodore, Place des Arts and the balloon festival too. Come say hi to MFCers next time (we'll be in the queue even if it starts at 6:30 pm). Are you coming to the other Cdn gigs? Anyway thanks for your report. I am always happy to hear from other Canadians who are huge fans. ahhh not really that tall but i had an amazing view from where i was. im not to sure about other cdn gigs, but i will definatly try!! if i do i will absolutely be sure to find my fellow mikafanzzzzz and say hi!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikazBOI Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 i was quite sad that there was no merch! it would have been cool to get a t for my mikaT collection from this amazing show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 ahhh not really that tall but i had an amazing view from where i was. im not to sure about other cdn gigs, but i will definatly try!! if i do i will absolutely be sure to find my fellow mikafanzzzzz and say hi!!!! Oh good, I hope to see you in Toronto. We may be in the pub next door if there is no queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 i was quite sad that there was no merch! it would have been cool to get a t for my mikaT collection from this amazing show! Oh shame maybe they were just late with it and will sell stuff later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikazBOI Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Oh good, I hope to see you in Toronto. We may be in the pub next door if there is no queue. ha ha ha! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikazBOI Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Oh shame maybe they were just late with it and will sell stuff later. i hope so for the sake of the other fans attending the other shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Here's the setlist of Yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Thanks everyone for the report! now i'm really getting excited for our Montreal gig how many people approximately were at the Venue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Here's the setlist of Yesterday Okay definitely not Eric Clapton then (would have to revoke Mana's music fan status if it was ) Sounds like something he would have written in Miami and if it's lyrically complex like Mana says perhaps Jodi Marr had a hand in it...? So looking forward to hearing it. how many people approximately were at the Venue? I think it was under 600. I am a bit bummed that Toronto is one of the biggest venues. I wouldn't call it intimate unless you are talking about U2 and not Mika I think DC is going to be spectacular though. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Here's the setlist of Yesterday I think that Hia Leah song is about his trip to the races in Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) 46 PIC ALBUM on FaceBook :: Vankuver, The Venue, 22. mart 2013. FROM: MIKA SERBIA http://www.facebook.com/pages/MIKA-Serbia/230342797015174 Edited March 24, 2013 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikazBOI Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 46 PIC ALBUM on FaceBook :: Vankuver, The Venue, 22. mart 2013. omg i dont think i have ever seen vancouver spelt that way! he he xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 ya he did ask personally, i think its because it makes it feel special when ur there and you get to hear him sing these brilliant special songs. i feel like he felt it was a real treat for the fans in the room to experience them. if he wanted them all over youtube he would have released them as singles or abum tracks. it just feels more special, makes the experience more exciting.builds hype for the other shows as well i think. I know what you mean,but it's still heartbreaking And I've been grateful to all the people who have shared on YT their records from his live performances over the years,you can't get to know Mika's magic only by listening to his albums.....and there's so many fans unable to see him live from different reasons,those videos are priceless,IMO. But we have to respect his decision and hope......as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I know what you mean,but it's still heartbreaking And I've been grateful to all the people who have shared on YT their records from his live performances over the years,you can't get to know Mika's magic only by listening to his albums.....and there's so many fans unable to see him live from different reasons,those videos are priceless,IMO. But we have to respect his decision and hope......as always We'll see what happens. I still can't believe he's going to prohibit filming for 17 shows and maybe he was just a bit nervous because the tour is not off the ground yet. I also think this may be a prelude to some European shows so you may get something similar (if you're willing to travel a bit). He has been talking for a long time about doing a residency in France and he usually does what he says even if it takes a lot longer than we hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 We'll see what happens. I still can't believe he's going to prohibit filming for 17 shows and maybe he was just a bit nervous because the tour is not off the ground yet. I also think this may be a prelude to some European shows so you may get something similar (if you're willing to travel a bit). He has been talking for a long time about doing a residency in France and he usually does what he says even if it takes a lot longer than we hope I really hope you're right.As for me,I have to travel to see him anyway,and I'm sure other fans will do it,I know many of you are doing it as well now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I really hope you're right.As for me,I have to travel to see him anyway,and I'm sure other fans will do it,I know many of you are doing it as well now Most North Americans have had to travel a long way to see him at all in the past 4 years. I understand these are special gigs and anyone would want to see them but maybe a little perspective is in order here. Anyone who's been around since earlyish days has had plenty of chances to see Mika at small showcases. I also understand it's disheartening for people in the UK to see his popularity slipping there but he hasn't even performed a full week of gigs elsewhere since the UK dates so I'm not so sure anyone in Europe wants to trade their circumstances for 3 weeks of gigs every 4 years no matter how great those gigs are. Especially when you consider if you were actually living here you'd be lucky to get to even 2 or 3 of those gigs because this isn't Europe. The gigs are all crammed into a very short period of time and you have to travel thousands of miles between them. Maybe, just maybe, everyone in Europe could live without Mika for 17 days just this once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathouzouf Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Most North Americans have had to travel a long way to see him at all in the past 4 years. I understand these are special gigs and anyone would want to see them but maybe a little perspective is in order here. Anyone who's been around since earlyish days has had plenty of chances to see Mika at small showcases. I also understand it's disheartening for people in the UK to see his popularity slipping there but he hasn't even performed a full week of gigs elsewhere since the UK dates so I'm not so sure anyone in Europe wants to trade their circumstances for 3 weeks of gigs every 4 years no matter how great those gigs are. Especially when you consider if you were actually living here you'd be lucky to get to even 2 or 3 of those gigs because this isn't Europe. The gigs are all crammed into a very short period of time and you have to travel thousands of miles between them. Maybe, just maybe, everyone in Europe could live without Mika for 17 days just this once? Well said Can the next 2 weeks go by faster, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollipop_monkey Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Whoa - What's this Bonnie and Clyde?! And Relax? Stupid venue, we'd have gotten another new song! Okay definitely not Eric Clapton then (would have to revoke Mana's music fan status if it was ) Sounds like something he would have written in Miami and if it's lyrically complex like Mana says perhaps Jodi Marr had a hand in it...? So looking forward to hearing it. Haha, no I know the Eric Clapton song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiyuanamanda Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 He looks shy in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiyuanamanda Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 That was such an awesome show. I've seen Mika 25+ times now, and there was nothing quite like that. I think the closest experience that I've had was the April 2009 secret gig at the Roxy. Or if you've seen footage from that Salt Lake City gig where his gear didn't arrive and he decided to just kinda wing it - it was like that. The opening act was...interesting! It consisted of an ironing board set up at the front of the stage, adorned with old books, french anatomy posters and what appeared to be a taxidermy duck (lolwut?). Max and Curtis came out and did a random DJ set at the ironing board table. *blink* The Gig As we were getting ready to go in, the venue security came out and told us that My-ka (facepalm) said photos were okay, but that he didn't want anyone filming. I didn't think much of it until we got in the venue and the same announcement was repeated over the PA - twice. They said something along the lines of "The performer is excited to share these songs with you, but not with all of YouTube." At first I wasn't a hundred per cent sure that the request had come from Mika - but when he played Century Man, I figured that the request did indeed come from him. As others have said, in 2007 in NYC - which I believe is the only other time he's done Century Man - there was also a request for no filming. Hmm. It was way more stripped down than the June 2009 acoustic tour; just him, Curtis and Max. The arrangements were so vastly different from what I've heard before that there were times when I didn't even realize what song he was playing for the first few bars. The setlist: Grace Kelly Toy Boy Lollipop Blue Eyes Billy Brown Popular Love You When I'm Drunk Only Lonely One Underwater Stuck In The Middle Elle Me Dit New Song (Laya? Leia? Layla?) Origin Big Girl Century Man Celebrate Love Today Over My Shoulder It was so vastly different from the little fall North American tour. That was a proper album promo tour; this was something different. Super intimate, and very much about the music. After the DJ ironing board table was removed, there was no set to speak of other than a bunch of ginormous light bulbs hanging over the stage. Mika's voice was amazing, in perfect form. He completely re-jigged Popular, doing it at the piano. Back in NYC in October I felt that Popular was a little all over the place, because it sounded like he was replicating the CD version - this was just him at the piano. For Lollipop they started it and did the first half a capella. For Stuck In The Middle he told a story about how he studied tap dancing when he was a child, and that those tap rhythms had always stuck with him - and that was what he had in mind when he wrote SITM. He had Max and Curtis tapping out a tap rhythm with drumsticks on the piano - very cool. The New Songs He did Only Lonely One first, saying that he'd never done anything with it since he recorded the demo in Chiswick. It was very much like the version he did at the points gig in London. I think he said the second new song was called Leia, Laya, maybe Layla...something like that? I'm not actually sure, as the sound was quite crap when he was speaking as the front row was actually ahead of the speaker stacks. He had a mic stand at centre stage and he jumped up and sat on the piano, pulling the mic stand close to him. It's a very jazz-influenced number - imagine Pick Up Off The Floor meets Elton John's They Call It The Blues or something to that effect. Ooh! or like that Christmas song Santa Baby. Bum, ba-bum, bum, ba-bum! I really wish we'd been able to record this one as it's very lyrically complex, and I'd love to sit down and work out the lyrics. The one part that repeated over and over that I remember was "I need you, that's all", repeated to fade out. It was like we were in some kind of smoky jazz club. Century Man is classic early Mika, piano based and plinky plonky with a vaguely military beat. The chorus goes "I'm a Century Maaaaaan" with Mika going full voice for the first three words and then up into falsetto on "Man." When I packed for this trip I made a point of leaving my passport at home, knowing full well that the Mika Magic tends to inspire feats of crazy - and I'm glad I did, or I'd be going to Portland. If last night was any indication, this tour is going to be very, very special indeed. The venue was a nightclub, with a strict curfew so they could turn into their club night. Mika did indeed receive a piece of paper at 9:45 telling him that he had to be off stage in 15 minutes. He was all "At 15 minutes out they say 'Dear Mika, please wrap up in 15 minutes". By 10:00 it's all "dammit Mika, get off the f*@! stage!" Hehe. There was no encore, which is really unfortunate because people were going mental. He closed the show with Over My Shoulder, which was such a treat. I was surrounded by Mika virgins, all of whom were spellbound when he hit the money notes. There were some people chatting at the back though, which is something I will never for the life of me comprehend. He disappeared right after the gig, which is unfortunate as there were only about 15 people waiting for him. I'll be back later with pics - my friends want breakfast and they're starting to look at me and lick their lips... Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camille* Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Most North Americans have had to travel a long way to see him at all in the past 4 years. I understand these are special gigs and anyone would want to see them but maybe a little perspective is in order here. Anyone who's been around since earlyish days has had plenty of chances to see Mika at small showcases. I also understand it's disheartening for people in the UK to see his popularity slipping there but he hasn't even performed a full week of gigs elsewhere since the UK dates so I'm not so sure anyone in Europe wants to trade their circumstances for 3 weeks of gigs every 4 years no matter how great those gigs are. Especially when you consider if you were actually living here you'd be lucky to get to even 2 or 3 of those gigs because this isn't Europe. The gigs are all crammed into a very short period of time and you have to travel thousands of miles between them. Maybe, just maybe, everyone in Europe could live without Mika for 17 days just this once? Totally! Sometimes it's good to have some hindsight (Although I still really hope to see this show one day ) Whoa - What's this Bonnie and Clyde?! And Relax? Stupid venue, we'd have gotten another new song! Bonnie and Clyde is the title of a French song by Serge Gainsbourg, I wonder if it has anything to do with it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonslovesu Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) Whoa - What's this Bonnie and Clyde?! And Relax? Stupid venue, we'd have gotten another new song! Ha! that must be what this tweet was referring too Jodi Marr @JodiMarr 13 Mar @mikasounds there's nothing like the best of friends , The best of times and #music here's to b & c ! Edited March 24, 2013 by buttonslovesu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellody Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) thanks for the reports! mana, you know that you're killing me with that description of the new song?! puotf, i guess that's why they call it the blues and santa baby are 3 of my fave songs. this doesn't make it easier to wait for hearing it eventually, in the distant future if he won't allow filming for the rest of the tour. about what christine said, you're right, but atm it's more about the new songs for me than about the intimate gigs. if he just did new arrangements of the old songs in intimate venues, i'm sad enough to miss that, but i feel like i'm double punished since he's doing new songs AND i can't hear them! so far, every fan with an internet connection always was able to hear mika's new songs a few hours after he first performed them, except for that one time with century man. if he released those songs as an ep next week, i'd be fine... but the last time he played century man was in 2007 - this knowledge doesn't give me much hope that i will *ever* get to hear them. Edited March 24, 2013 by mellody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokesignal Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I thought he couldn't read sheet music? I think we might need to add that one to the list of Mika statements that need a bit of nuance: I'm afraid of the water (if I swim 2 km in open sea) I'm a bad driver (although I have driven through half of Europe, where they drive on the different side of the road as compared to the way I learnt to drive, and lived to tell about it) I'm a bad cook (compared to a chef with a Michelin star, I'm an expert on sauces though) I can't read music (as well as you expect from a clasically trained musician) ... Oh and let's not forget: I don't limit myself in who I sleep with (but I am very faithful and I've been in a stable relationship for the past three years) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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