Mikasister Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 This was in an italian sports chanel today, right? does anybody know anything more about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crazyaboutmika Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FIRST OFF-AIR PART of the DailyMotion video (summary) Note: of this first part I haven't made a literal translation because I haven't understood everything because the music was very loud, but I wrote more or less everything they said, I hope that's ok. Linus (the interviewer) greets Mika and says something about his hair and they laugh, then asks how things are going and Mika says good but he's tired, then Linus says he does look tired and he agrees smiling. Linus says that the difficult part of XF (the live shows) hasn't begun yet, then he greets someone (I think Giulio Mazzoleni but I'm not sure). Then their voices fade even more, Mika probably says something appreciative about the radio studio but I could hardly hear them. (Any help by Italian fans with better hearing skills will be appreciated!!). Then Mika, just to make things worse, turns away from the camera, then he says he has not spoken Italian for two weeks; Linus reassures him, but says he is afraid of the live show. Then he greets the other interviewer Nicola (who had interviewed him in 2009), and Nicola tells him that he didn't remember he was that tall, he just remembered he (Nicola) was short! Then Mika tells him he's very well tanned, without dark circles under his eyes. Then he says he (Mika) is pale, with dark circles (occhiaie in Italian). Linus says that when he speaks Italian perfectly he will say “emaciato” (emaciated), and suggests him to say the word when he wants to impresse people! Then Nicola appreciates his shoes and says he's always very well-dressed, and that he likes the XF styling, and Mika says that this year it has changed, and Nicola says it's really cool. Then Linus sarcastically asks if there is someone who dresses Elio, Mika says he's very "sartorial". Linus then remembers that last year for the final he wore just a plain t-shirt he had seen him with a hundred times, and Nicola explains that he had put costumes for all the last season and on the last show he was dressed just like he dresses at home. “Travestito” says Mika, Nicola says “travestito da se stesso=disguised as himself”, but Mika laughs because “Elio travestito” sounds like he was a transvestite, and then he asks if that makes sense. Then the inteview begins. I am now translating the following part Thank you very much Teresa I couldn't hear anything with the music, you did a great job at understanding :thumb_yello: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allegra Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Dear friends, i wanna talk to you... a BIG thank you to Mari62! We all know that she is very helpful and always ready in everything. Of course she is very usefull for you international fan. But especially for us italian fans. When we are too busy or too lazy (today it was an italian show, but it is not sure we can turn on the radio in the right moment) we always know that Mari recorded, Mary saved, Mari updated MFC. GRAZIE MARINA and also Teresa... i dont' know you but i think you are doing an amazing job very usefull for not italian people. Thanks you too. I'm sur all Mfcers are agree with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 We could make one out of Lego, so that everyone can send bits in, then it could be assembled and then presented to Mika.Well it's just an idea. Actually I love this idea Everyone could decorate his own lego piece and then the best builder(s) from us (not me ) would build the castle. We could give it to him saying that we are still saving for the real one in Anne's garden for his 50's (or even 60's ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Dear friends, i wanna talk to you... a BIG thank you to Mari62! We all know that she is very helpful and always ready in everything. Of course she is very usefull for you international fan. But especially for us italian fans. When we are too busy or too lazy (today it was an italian show, but it is not sure we can turn on the radio in the right moment) we always know that Mari recorded, Mary saved, Mari updated MFC. GRAZIE MARINA and also Teresa... i dont' know you but i think you are doing an amazing job very usefull for not italian people. Thanks you too. I'm sur all Mfcers are agree with me. Of course and we always thank her for that work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) Actually I love this idea Everyone could decorate his own lego piece and then the best builder(s) from us (not me ) would build the castle. We could give it to him saying that we are still saving for the real one in Anne's garden for his 50's (or even 60's ) I love the Lego idea too Oh my Mika , when he's gonna be sixty I'll be so old seventy six , well the age difference won't show But I'm willing to wait Edited October 17, 2013 by crazyaboutmika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I'm not so sure that he loves castles. He said that Slane Castle was too old and he didn't care to stay there, even though it's very beautiful. And now you just killed our so wonderful (Lego) castle present project Nevermind, I will offer it to myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Dear friends, i wanna talk to you... a BIG thank you to Mari62! We all know that she is very helpful and always ready in everything. Of course she is very usefull for you international fan. But especially for us italian fans. When we are too busy or too lazy (today it was an italian show, but it is not sure we can turn on the radio in the right moment) we always know that Mari recorded, Mary saved, Mari updated MFC. GRAZIE MARINA and also Teresa... i dont' know you but i think you are doing an amazing job very usefull for not italian people. Thanks you too. I'm sur all Mfcers are agree with me. Yes, thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 This was in an italian sports chanel today, right? does anybody know anything more about that? yes, he was interviewed today @ Sky Sport 24 as well! I've opened a thread about it http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3953508#post3953508 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Actually I love this idea Everyone could decorate his own lego piece and then the best builder(s) from us (not me ) would build the castle. We could give it to him saying that we are still saving for the real one in Anne's garden for his 50's (or even 60's ) Best builder here is YulsMcFuls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 This was in an italian sports chanel today, right? does anybody know anything more about that? Marina shared this link on Twitter: http://video.sky.it/sport/spettacolo/x_factor_mika_ospite_di_skysport24/v174797.vid Edit: sorry, just saw your new thread Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FIRST BIT OF THE INTERVIEW (from the dailymotion video minute 3:48 to 11:58) L: We all thought that Mika's adventure in XF would work, but sincerely very few thought it would have been this successful, and among these there's maybe Mika himself. Did you think it would go this well? Hello, welcome back! We're happy to have you here with us. M: I don't know. Now I'm very nervous because we haven't started the live shows, and this is different, it's like a different challenge. Is that correct? I haven't spoken Italian for two weeks and I'm very [nervous? missing word] L: You are afraid you might make some mistakes with words... But I do know that you Italian has progressed, for example, I see you pale, you almost look... M: What was that you said? “Emaciato”! I am emaciated. And this is not good, but thanks a lot for the vocabulary, but it's not a compliment, I do undestand this! N: Even Italians don't know the word “emaciato”! M: But you're not emaciated! N: No, I'm tanned! M: I've said “you is”, always the same [mistakes]! N: Listen, have you learned the meaning of the verb “scegliere” (“to choose”)? M: A bit! L: Look, “choosare” is more beautiful! [During the auditions he made up the neologism “choosare” instead of “scegliere”] Because we were a little bit envious that there was the Spanglish... M: Spaliano! Spanglish, spaliano! What is the word for... “Itanglish”..... This is very ugly. L: But please continue this way! However, are you having fun? M: Yes, I like my team, I like the other judges and the whole situation. It is really different from all the tv shows of the whole world, this is a programme... is that right? A crazy programme. L: You're going very well [with Italian] M: ...completely crazy. L: Even if compared to the English or American XF? M: Yes it's different, it's completely different. It's more free, with a lot more risks, and I don't know, the energy is more...more anarchic. And I like this! L: But hear how he speaks Italian! There are Italian singers who can't even make up these words! N: Listen, but isn't it because of the presence of Morgan, that maybe gives that touch of [craziness]... M: Morgan, the Dario Fo of Italian music [look at the press conference videos to understand this bit ] L: Someone wrote you this one, someone wrote it! M: Now Morgan has to pay me! N: It feels like it's something, you know, out of the future, hearing him talk Italian, it looks like he has taken a pill that lets him talk in Italian! Because last time... M: Yes an espresso much more espresso (? Lol) This is the magic pill. With sugar. Sugar with some espresso. L: This evening there is the last espisode of the not-live ones, the live ones will begin next week and they will be more tiring. Today it's the turn of the Home Visit, that you shot in July, I think M: Luglio? Oh, yes, July! July, where is July? In Ireland! This is my mind... L: You were in Ireland, in Dublin M: yes in Dublin, in Slane Castle L: With you there was Marco Mengoni? M: Yes, with Marco Mengoni N: What is Slane Castle? M: Slane Castle is a castle near Dublin, where a lot of artists have made a lot of concerts...Madonna, U2... Many times the U2... It's a very special place in the musical culture of Europe, according to me. Rolling stones... It's very important. It's a little bit like Knebworth, near London, but a hundred times more important. L: Did you like it? How was it? M: Yes, but I don't like the castle. It's a little bit old, a little bit strange... N: But you didn't sleep there, no? M: No, I didn't want to! But I think the U2 have made a whole album in this castle. The castle is beautiful, to make music it is incredible. L: Is there a recording studio? M: No, no recording studio! And now I got inspired and now I'm doing an album in the same way. In America, in a big house, I want to write and also... “ingrabare”? Record! Record the whole album in the house. L: Because it creates more atmosphere, it's more inspiring? M: Yes, without always being in a studio... L: How do you call these houses? Mansions? M: No it's not that cool, it's a little bit uglier than a mansion! In England a mansion is a palace! And this is not a palace... L: But where in America? M: Near Los Angeles. Because there are the best musicians. L: Listen, the thing I envy the most about you is the fact that you are a citizen of the world. We Italians are fundamentally a bit “provincial”, we live at home with our mothers until the 30s... M: No, that's not true! N: And we don't change city. It's not in our habits to change city, if you are born in Terni you continue living in Terni... M: But according to me this is really not true. L: It's changing now... M: It's changing, in an hour I can go from Milan to another country [not sure if he talks about cities or countries, I think countries, the word is the same]... It's incredible. In Los Angeles what can I do? Mexico? N&L: Yes! You can do many things... M: San Francisco? I don't like San Francisco... L: But I like when I hear you talking on the phone with your sister in French for example M: yes! We speak French, at home... But my sister, she speaks Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish... L: Fantastic. But all of this is due to what? To your parents that have brought you up this cosmopolit? M: No. I think... I am the son of a family of immigrants, American immigrants. My mother is Lebanese-Syrian, my father is American but always in all the parts of the world because of his father L: So this has left you this open-mindness. M: yes! How do you say? Gypsy. We are gypsy. N: What did you grandfather do? Why did he travel that much? M: He was a diplomatic, in the Arabic world. So, a strange mix, very strange. L: A bit like Joe Strummer! From The Clash, he also was a son of diplomats, even if you two have lived different lives... M: yes! For example last week I wrote a song in a castle called Marouatte, in France. This castle... I've just finished. For eight days I've written songs with some others. And this castle is Miles Copeland's castle, and every year he makes an event for his favourite authors of the world of pop music, where 15 songwriters are all together in the castle … Miles Copeland is the manager of The Police but his father, and also his brother, Stewart Copeland, and the drummer of the Police.... L: But wasn't Stewart Copeland's father a CIA agent? That was the legend... M: Stewart Copeland's father was a diplomatic. But he was a CIA yes... But my grandfather wasn't! L: It's clear that we watch Homeland! Let's make a very short musical pause, let's put a minute of music then we start again, so you can breathe a bit! Note: Unfortunately this has taken me more than I expected, and I'm not home tonight, I'll translate the last minutes tomorrow! Sorry for the delay! In the meantime enjoy this first part! 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Alireine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FIRST BIT OF THE INTERVIEW (from the dailymotion video minute 3:48 to 11:58) L: We all thought that Mika's adventure in XF would work, but sincerely very few thought it would have been this successful, and among these there's maybe Mika himself. Did you think it would go this well? Hello, welcome back! We're happy to have you here with us. M: I don't know. Now I'm very nervous because we haven't started the live shows, and this is different, it's like a different challenge. Is that correct? I haven't spoken Italian for two weeks and I'm very [nervous? missing word] L: You are afraid you might make some mistakes with words... But I do know that you Italian has progressed, for example, I see you pale, you almost look... M: What was that you said? “Emaciato”! I am emaciated. And this is not good, but thanks a lot for the vocabulary, but it's not a compliment, I do undestand this! N: Even Italians don't know the word “emaciato”! M: But you're not emaciated! N: No, I'm tanned! M: I've said “you is”, always the same [mistakes]! N: Listen, have you learned the meaning of the verb “scegliere” (“to choose”)? M: A bit! L: Look, “choosare” is more beautiful! [During the auditions he made up the neologism “choosare” instead of “scegliere”] Because we were a little bit envious that there was the Spanglish... M: Spaliano! Spanglish, spaliano! What is the word for... “Itanglish”..... This is very ugly. L: But please continue this way! However, are you having fun? M: Yes, I like my team, I like the other judges and the whole situation. It is really different from all the tv shows of the whole world, this is a programme... is that right? A crazy programme. L: You're going very well [with Italian] M: ...completely crazy. L: Even if compared to the English or American XF? M: Yes it's different, it's completely different. It's more free, with a lot more risks, and I don't know, the energy is more...more anarchic. And I like this! L: But hear how he speaks Italian! There are Italian singers who can't even make up these words! N: Listen, but isn't it because of the presence of Morgan, that maybe gives that touch of [craziness]... M: Morgan, the Dario Fo of Italian music [look at the press conference videos to understand this bit ] L: Someone wrote you this one, someone wrote it! M: Now Morgan has to pay me! N: It feels like it's something, you know, out of the future, hearing him talk Italian, it looks like he has taken a pill that lets him talk in Italian! Because last time... M: Yes an espresso much more espresso (? Lol) This is the magic pill. With sugar. Sugar with some espresso. L: This evening there is the last espisode of the not-live ones, the live ones will begin next week and they will be more tiring. Today it's the turn of the Home Visit, that you shot in July, I think M: Luglio? Oh, yes, July! July, where is July? In Ireland! This is my mind... L: You were in Ireland, in Dublin M: yes in Dublin, in Slane Castle L: With you there was Marco Mengoni? M: Yes, with Marco Mengoni N: What is Slane Castle? M: Slane Castle is a castle near Dublin, where a lot of artists have made a lot of concerts...Madonna, U2... Many times the U2... It's a very special place in the musical culture of Europe, according to me. Rolling stones... It's very important. It's a little bit like Knebworth, near London, but a hundred times more important. L: Did you like it? How was it? M: Yes, but I don't like the castle. It's a little bit old, a little bit strange... N: But you didn't sleep there, no? M: No, I didn't want to! But I think the U2 have made a whole album in this castle. The castle is beautiful, to make music it is incredible. L: Is there a recording studio? M: No, no recording studio! And now I got inspired and now I'm doing an album in the same way. In America, in a big house, I want to write and also... “ingrabare”? Record! Record the whole album in the house. L: Because it creates more atmosphere, it's more inspiring? M: Yes, without always being in a studio... L: How do you call these houses? Mansions? M: No it's not that cool, it's a little bit uglier than a mansion! In England a mansion is a palace! And this is not a palace... L: But where in America? M: Near Los Angeles. Because there are the best musicians. L: Listen, the thing I envy the most about you is the fact that you are a citizen of the world. We Italians are fundamentally a bit “provincial”, we live at home with our mothers until the 30s... M: No, that's not true! N: And we don't change city. It's not in our habits to change city, if you are born in Terni you continue living in Terni... M: But according to me this is really not true. L: It's changing now... M: It's changing, in an hour I can go from Milan to another country [not sure if he talks about cities or countries, I think countries, the word is the same]... It's incredible. In Los Angeles what can I do? Mexico? N&L: Yes! You can do many things... M: San Francisco? I don't like San Francisco... L: But I like when I hear you talking on the phone with your sister in French for example M: yes! We speak French, at home... But my sister, she speaks Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish... L: Fantastic. But all of this is due to what? To your parents that have brought you up this cosmopolit? M: No. I think... I am the son of a family of immigrants, American immigrants. My mother is Lebanese-Syrian, my father is American but always in all the parts of the world because of his father L: So this has left you this open-mindness. M: yes! How do you say? Gypsy. We are gypsy. N: What did you grandfather do? Why did he travel that much? M: He was a diplomatic, in the Arabic world. So, a strange mix, very strange. L: A bit like Joe Strummer! From The Clash, he also was a son of diplomats, even if you two have lived different lives... M: yes! For example last week I wrote a song in a castle called Marouatte, in France. This castle... I've just finished. For eight days I've written songs with some others. And this castle is Miles Copeland's castle, and every year he makes an event for his favourite authors of the world of pop music, where 15 songwriters are all together in the castle … Miles Copeland is the manager of The Police but his father, and also his brother, Stewart Copeland, and the drummer of the Police.... L: But wasn't Stewart Copeland's father a CIA agent? That was the legend... M: Stewart Copeland's father was a diplomatic. But he was a CIA yes... But my grandfather wasn't! L: It's clear that we watch Homeland! Let's make a very short musical pause, let's put a minute of music then we start again, so you can breathe a bit! Note: Unfortunately this has taken me more than I expected, and I'm not home tonight, I'll translate the last minutes tomorrow! Sorry for the delay! In the meantime enjoy this first part! Thank you Teresa I was actually wrong with many things, that's good that I can understand it properly now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Best builder here is YulsMcFuls Good to know, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdeb Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 GRAZIE MARINA and also Teresa... i dont' know you but i think you are doing an amazing job very usefull for not italian people. Thanks you too. I'm sur all Mfcers are agree with me. Yes, definitely. Many thanks, indeed! And now you just killed our so wonderful (Lego) castle present project Nevermind, I will offer it to myself No! I really like the LEGO castle idea! And believe me, you wouldn't have to buy any LEGOs, I have about a billion of them leftover from my son's Lego-bulding days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sax Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 beautiful picture <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FIRST BIT OF THE INTERVIEW (from the dailymotion video minute 3:48 to 11:58) L: We all thought that Mika's adventure in XF would work, but sincerely very few thought it would have been this successful, and among these there's maybe Mika himself. Did you think it would go this well? Hello, welcome back! We're happy to have you here with us. M: I don't know. Now I'm very nervous because we haven't started the live shows, and this is different, it's like a different challenge. Is that correct? I haven't spoken Italian for two weeks and I'm very [nervous? missing word] L: You are afraid you might make some mistakes with words... But I do know that you Italian has progressed, for example, I see you pale, you almost look... M: What was that you said? “Emaciato”! I am emaciated. And this is not good, but thanks a lot for the vocabulary, but it's not a compliment, I do undestand this! N: Even Italians don't know the word “emaciato”! M: But you're not emaciated! N: No, I'm tanned! M: I've said “you is”, always the same [mistakes]! N: Listen, have you learned the meaning of the verb “scegliere” (“to choose”)? M: A bit! L: Look, “choosare” is more beautiful! [During the auditions he made up the neologism “choosare” instead of “scegliere”] Because we were a little bit envious that there was the Spanglish... M: Spaliano! Spanglish, spaliano! What is the word for... “Itanglish”..... This is very ugly. L: But please continue this way! However, are you having fun? M: Yes, I like my team, I like the other judges and the whole situation. It is really different from all the tv shows of the whole world, this is a programme... is that right? A crazy programme. L: You're going very well [with Italian] M: ...completely crazy. L: Even if compared to the English or American XF? M: Yes it's different, it's completely different. It's more free, with a lot more risks, and I don't know, the energy is more...more anarchic. And I like this! L: But hear how he speaks Italian! There are Italian singers who can't even make up these words! N: Listen, but isn't it because of the presence of Morgan, that maybe gives that touch of [craziness]... M: Morgan, the Dario Fo of Italian music [look at the press conference videos to understand this bit ] L: Someone wrote you this one, someone wrote it! M: Now Morgan has to pay me! N: It feels like it's something, you know, out of the future, hearing him talk Italian, it looks like he has taken a pill that lets him talk in Italian! Because last time... M: Yes an espresso much more espresso (? Lol) This is the magic pill. With sugar. Sugar with some espresso. L: This evening there is the last espisode of the not-live ones, the live ones will begin next week and they will be more tiring. Today it's the turn of the Home Visit, that you shot in July, I think M: Luglio? Oh, yes, July! July, where is July? In Ireland! This is my mind... L: You were in Ireland, in Dublin M: yes in Dublin, in Slane Castle L: With you there was Marco Mengoni? M: Yes, with Marco Mengoni N: What is Slane Castle? M: Slane Castle is a castle near Dublin, where a lot of artists have made a lot of concerts...Madonna, U2... Many times the U2... It's a very special place in the musical culture of Europe, according to me. Rolling stones... It's very important. It's a little bit like Knebworth, near London, but a hundred times more important. L: Did you like it? How was it? M: Yes, but I don't like the castle. It's a little bit old, a little bit strange... N: But you didn't sleep there, no? M: No, I didn't want to! But I think the U2 have made a whole album in this castle. The castle is beautiful, to make music it is incredible. L: Is there a recording studio? M: No, no recording studio! And now I got inspired and now I'm doing an album in the same way. In America, in a big house, I want to write and also... “ingrabare”? Record! Record the whole album in the house. L: Because it creates more atmosphere, it's more inspiring? M: Yes, without always being in a studio... L: How do you call these houses? Mansions? M: No it's not that cool, it's a little bit uglier than a mansion! In England a mansion is a palace! And this is not a palace... L: But where in America? M: Near Los Angeles. Because there are the best musicians. L: Listen, the thing I envy the most about you is the fact that you are a citizen of the world. We Italians are fundamentally a bit “provincial”, we live at home with our mothers until the 30s... M: No, that's not true! N: And we don't change city. It's not in our habits to change city, if you are born in Terni you continue living in Terni... M: But according to me this is really not true. L: It's changing now... M: It's changing, in an hour I can go from Milan to another country [not sure if he talks about cities or countries, I think countries, the word is the same]... It's incredible. In Los Angeles what can I do? Mexico? N&L: Yes! You can do many things... M: San Francisco? I don't like San Francisco... L: But I like when I hear you talking on the phone with your sister in French for example M: yes! We speak French, at home... But my sister, she speaks Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish... L: Fantastic. But all of this is due to what? To your parents that have brought you up this cosmopolit? M: No. I think... I am the son of a family of immigrants, American immigrants. My mother is Lebanese-Syrian, my father is American but always in all the parts of the world because of his father L: So this has left you this open-mindness. M: yes! How do you say? Gypsy. We are gypsy. N: What did you grandfather do? Why did he travel that much? M: He was a diplomatic, in the Arabic world. So, a strange mix, very strange. L: A bit like Joe Strummer! From The Clash, he also was a son of diplomats, even if you two have lived different lives... M: yes! For example last week I wrote a song in a castle called Marouatte, in France. This castle... I've just finished. For eight days I've written songs with some others. And this castle is Miles Copeland's castle, and every year he makes an event for his favourite authors of the world of pop music, where 15 songwriters are all together in the castle … Miles Copeland is the manager of The Police but his father, and also his brother, Stewart Copeland, and the drummer of the Police.... L: But wasn't Stewart Copeland's father a CIA agent? That was the legend... M: Stewart Copeland's father was a diplomatic. But he was a CIA yes... But my grandfather wasn't! L: It's clear that we watch Homeland! Let's make a very short musical pause, let's put a minute of music then we start again, so you can breathe a bit! Note: Unfortunately this has taken me more than I expected, and I'm not home tonight, I'll translate the last minutes tomorrow! Sorry for the delay! In the meantime enjoy this first part! Thank you!! I do understand this translation takes time - it's so much, and you refer it all in details - it's amazing, better than any language school lesson!! I also find it funny that MIKA, for the 2nd time now, explain that his big fam. is like gypsy - exactly the pic I got in my head, while reading his holiday report - this huge amount of people and cars, moving through Europe - in the late summer weeks... Look forward to the rest of the interview Love,love me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathouzouf Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Thank you Teresa for the translation:huglove: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I have already bought Mika a couple of castles. One in London and one in Miami. X Factor and Voice fans can pay the the upkeep. Thanks for the translation Teresa. I haven't watched the whole video or had a good look at the transcripts yet. But I am surprised I understood all that stuff about the castle and his family. To me it sounds like he's speaking some kind of pidgin Frenglish with an Italian accent so it's even easier to understand than his French. Of course I already know about the castle and Knebworth and his family history but I don't know a word of Italian so it's bizarre to understand any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOYCHASER Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 And doesn't he look gorgeous? His hair should always look like that. he s amazing !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FIRST BIT OF THE INTERVIEW (from the dailymotion video minute 3:48 to 11:58) L: We all thought that Mika's adventure in XF would work, but sincerely very few thought it would have been this successful, and among these there's maybe Mika himself. Did you think it would go this well? Hello, welcome back! We're happy to have you here with us. M: I don't know. Now I'm very nervous because we haven't started the live shows, and this is different, it's like a different challenge. Is that correct? I haven't spoken Italian for two weeks and I'm very [nervous? missing word] L: You are afraid you might make some mistakes with words... But I do know that you Italian has progressed, for example, I see you pale, you almost look... M: What was that you said? “Emaciato”! I am emaciated. And this is not good, but thanks a lot for the vocabulary, but it's not a compliment, I do undestand this! N: Even Italians don't know the word “emaciato”! M: But you're not emaciated! N: No, I'm tanned! M: I've said “you is”, always the same [mistakes]! N: Listen, have you learned the meaning of the verb “scegliere” (“to choose”)? M: A bit! L: Look, “choosare” is more beautiful! [During the auditions he made up the neologism “choosare” instead of “scegliere”] Because we were a little bit envious that there was the Spanglish... M: Spaliano! Spanglish, spaliano! What is the word for... “Itanglish”..... This is very ugly. L: But please continue this way! However, are you having fun? M: Yes, I like my team, I like the other judges and the whole situation. It is really different from all the tv shows of the whole world, this is a programme... is that right? A crazy programme. L: You're going very well [with Italian] M: ...completely crazy. L: Even if compared to the English or American XF? M: Yes it's different, it's completely different. It's more free, with a lot more risks, and I don't know, the energy is more...more anarchic. And I like this! L: But hear how he speaks Italian! There are Italian singers who can't even make up these words! N: Listen, but isn't it because of the presence of Morgan, that maybe gives that touch of [craziness]... M: Morgan, the Dario Fo of Italian music [look at the press conference videos to understand this bit ] L: Someone wrote you this one, someone wrote it! M: Now Morgan has to pay me! N: It feels like it's something, you know, out of the future, hearing him talk Italian, it looks like he has taken a pill that lets him talk in Italian! Because last time... M: Yes an espresso much more espresso (? Lol) This is the magic pill. With sugar. Sugar with some espresso. L: This evening there is the last espisode of the not-live ones, the live ones will begin next week and they will be more tiring. Today it's the turn of the Home Visit, that you shot in July, I think M: Luglio? Oh, yes, July! July, where is July? In Ireland! This is my mind... L: You were in Ireland, in Dublin M: yes in Dublin, in Slane Castle L: With you there was Marco Mengoni? M: Yes, with Marco Mengoni N: What is Slane Castle? M: Slane Castle is a castle near Dublin, where a lot of artists have made a lot of concerts...Madonna, U2... Many times the U2... It's a very special place in the musical culture of Europe, according to me. Rolling stones... It's very important. It's a little bit like Knebworth, near London, but a hundred times more important. L: Did you like it? How was it? M: Yes, but I don't like the castle. It's a little bit old, a little bit strange... N: But you didn't sleep there, no? M: No, I didn't want to! But I think the U2 have made a whole album in this castle. The castle is beautiful, to make music it is incredible. L: Is there a recording studio? M: No, no recording studio! And now I got inspired and now I'm doing an album in the same way. In America, in a big house, I want to write and also... “ingrabare”? Record! Record the whole album in the house. L: Because it creates more atmosphere, it's more inspiring? M: Yes, without always being in a studio... L: How do you call these houses? Mansions? M: No it's not that cool, it's a little bit uglier than a mansion! In England a mansion is a palace! And this is not a palace... L: But where in America? M: Near Los Angeles. Because there are the best musicians. L: Listen, the thing I envy the most about you is the fact that you are a citizen of the world. We Italians are fundamentally a bit “provincial”, we live at home with our mothers until the 30s... M: No, that's not true! N: And we don't change city. It's not in our habits to change city, if you are born in Terni you continue living in Terni... M: But according to me this is really not true. L: It's changing now... M: It's changing, in an hour I can go from Milan to another country [not sure if he talks about cities or countries, I think countries, the word is the same]... It's incredible. In Los Angeles what can I do? Mexico? N&L: Yes! You can do many things... M: San Francisco? I don't like San Francisco... L: But I like when I hear you talking on the phone with your sister in French for example M: yes! We speak French, at home... But my sister, she speaks Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish... L: Fantastic. But all of this is due to what? To your parents that have brought you up this cosmopolit? M: No. I think... I am the son of a family of immigrants, American immigrants. My mother is Lebanese-Syrian, my father is American but always in all the parts of the world because of his father L: So this has left you this open-mindness. M: yes! How do you say? Gypsy. We are gypsy. N: What did you grandfather do? Why did he travel that much? M: He was a diplomatic, in the Arabic world. So, a strange mix, very strange. L: A bit like Joe Strummer! From The Clash, he also was a son of diplomats, even if you two have lived different lives... M: yes! For example last week I wrote a song in a castle called Marouatte, in France. This castle... I've just finished. For eight days I've written songs with some others. And this castle is Miles Copeland's castle, and every year he makes an event for his favourite authors of the world of pop music, where 15 songwriters are all together in the castle … Miles Copeland is the manager of The Police but his father, and also his brother, Stewart Copeland, and the drummer of the Police.... L: But wasn't Stewart Copeland's father a CIA agent? That was the legend... M: Stewart Copeland's father was a diplomatic. But he was a CIA yes... But my grandfather wasn't! L: It's clear that we watch Homeland! Let's make a very short musical pause, let's put a minute of music then we start again, so you can breathe a bit! Note: Unfortunately this has taken me more than I expected, and I'm not home tonight, I'll translate the last minutes tomorrow! Sorry for the delay! In the meantime enjoy this first part! Thank you Teresa You're such a sweetheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I have already bought Mika a couple of castles. One in London and one in Miami. X Factor and Voice fans can pay the the upkeep. Thanks for the translation Teresa. I haven't watched the whole video or had a good look at the transcripts yet. But I am surprised I understood all that stuff about the castle and his family. To me it sounds like he's speaking some kind of pidgin Frenglish with an Italian accent so it's even easier to understand than his French. Of course I already know about the castle and Knebworth and his family history but I don't know a word of Italian so it's bizarre to understand any of it. Yes My thoughts exactly I love to listen to him speak in Italian and I understand better than when he speaks French (at least when it's recorded because when he spoke French to me I understood everything perfectly ) He speaks slowly and he articulates carefully, that helps a lot I could listen to him speak Italian for hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 FIRST BIT OF THE INTERVIEW (from the dailymotion video minute 3:48 to 11:58) L: We all thought that Mika's adventure in XF would work, but sincerely very few thought it would have been this successful, and among these there's maybe Mika himself. Did you think it would go this well? Hello, welcome back! We're happy to have you here with us. M: I don't know. Now I'm very nervous because we haven't started the live shows, and this is different, it's like a different challenge. Is that correct? I haven't spoken Italian for two weeks and I'm very [nervous? missing word] L: You are afraid you might make some mistakes with words... But I do know that you Italian has progressed, for example, I see you pale, you almost look... M: What was that you said? “Emaciato”! I am emaciated. And this is not good, but thanks a lot for the vocabulary, but it's not a compliment, I do undestand this! N: Even Italians don't know the word “emaciato”! M: But you're not emaciated! N: No, I'm tanned! M: I've said “you is”, always the same [mistakes]! N: Listen, have you learned the meaning of the verb “scegliere” (“to choose”)? M: A bit! L: Look, “choosare” is more beautiful! [During the auditions he made up the neologism “choosare” instead of “scegliere”] Because we were a little bit envious that there was the Spanglish... M: Spaliano! Spanglish, spaliano! What is the word for... “Itanglish”..... This is very ugly. L: But please continue this way! However, are you having fun? M: Yes, I like my team, I like the other judges and the whole situation. It is really different from all the tv shows of the whole world, this is a programme... is that right? A crazy programme. L: You're going very well [with Italian] M: ...completely crazy. L: Even if compared to the English or American XF? M: Yes it's different, it's completely different. It's more free, with a lot more risks, and I don't know, the energy is more...more anarchic. And I like this! L: But hear how he speaks Italian! There are Italian singers who can't even make up these words! N: Listen, but isn't it because of the presence of Morgan, that maybe gives that touch of [craziness]... M: Morgan, the Dario Fo of Italian music [look at the press conference videos to understand this bit ] L: Someone wrote you this one, someone wrote it! M: Now Morgan has to pay me! N: It feels like it's something, you know, out of the future, hearing him talk Italian, it looks like he has taken a pill that lets him talk in Italian! Because last time... M: Yes an espresso much more espresso (? Lol) This is the magic pill. With sugar. Sugar with some espresso. L: This evening there is the last espisode of the not-live ones, the live ones will begin next week and they will be more tiring. Today it's the turn of the Home Visit, that you shot in July, I think M: Luglio? Oh, yes, July! July, where is July? In Ireland! This is my mind... L: You were in Ireland, in Dublin M: yes in Dublin, in Slane Castle L: With you there was Marco Mengoni? M: Yes, with Marco Mengoni N: What is Slane Castle? M: Slane Castle is a castle near Dublin, where a lot of artists have made a lot of concerts...Madonna, U2... Many times the U2... It's a very special place in the musical culture of Europe, according to me. Rolling stones... It's very important. It's a little bit like Knebworth, near London, but a hundred times more important. L: Did you like it? How was it? M: Yes, but I don't like the castle. It's a little bit old, a little bit strange... N: But you didn't sleep there, no? M: No, I didn't want to! But I think the U2 have made a whole album in this castle. The castle is beautiful, to make music it is incredible. L: Is there a recording studio? M: No, no recording studio! And now I got inspired and now I'm doing an album in the same way. In America, in a big house, I want to write and also... “ingrabare”? Record! Record the whole album in the house. L: Because it creates more atmosphere, it's more inspiring? M: Yes, without always being in a studio... L: How do you call these houses? Mansions? M: No it's not that cool, it's a little bit uglier than a mansion! In England a mansion is a palace! And this is not a palace... L: But where in America? M: Near Los Angeles. Because there are the best musicians. L: Listen, the thing I envy the most about you is the fact that you are a citizen of the world. We Italians are fundamentally a bit “provincial”, we live at home with our mothers until the 30s... M: No, that's not true! N: And we don't change city. It's not in our habits to change city, if you are born in Terni you continue living in Terni... M: But according to me this is really not true. L: It's changing now... M: It's changing, in an hour I can go from Milan to another country [not sure if he talks about cities or countries, I think countries, the word is the same]... It's incredible. In Los Angeles what can I do? Mexico? N&L: Yes! You can do many things... M: San Francisco? I don't like San Francisco... L: But I like when I hear you talking on the phone with your sister in French for example M: yes! We speak French, at home... But my sister, she speaks Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Spanish... L: Fantastic. But all of this is due to what? To your parents that have brought you up this cosmopolit? M: No. I think... I am the son of a family of immigrants, American immigrants. My mother is Lebanese-Syrian, my father is American but always in all the parts of the world because of his father L: So this has left you this open-mindness. M: yes! How do you say? Gypsy. We are gypsy. N: What did you grandfather do? Why did he travel that much? M: He was a diplomatic, in the Arabic world. So, a strange mix, very strange. L: A bit like Joe Strummer! From The Clash, he also was a son of diplomats, even if you two have lived different lives... M: yes! For example last week I wrote a song in a castle called Marouatte, in France. This castle... I've just finished. For eight days I've written songs with some others. And this castle is Miles Copeland's castle, and every year he makes an event for his favourite authors of the world of pop music, where 15 songwriters are all together in the castle … Miles Copeland is the manager of The Police but his father, and also his brother, Stewart Copeland, and the drummer of the Police.... L: But wasn't Stewart Copeland's father a CIA agent? That was the legend... M: Stewart Copeland's father was a diplomatic. But he was a CIA yes... But my grandfather wasn't! L: It's clear that we watch Homeland! Let's make a very short musical pause, let's put a minute of music then we start again, so you can breathe a bit! Note: Unfortunately this has taken me more than I expected, and I'm not home tonight, I'll translate the last minutes tomorrow! Sorry for the delay! In the meantime enjoy this first part! Thank you for the translation so far Teresa:huglove: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Already told you on twitter...it's in the Italian water...yup...that must be it... Of course,you're right,there couldn't be another explanation Thanks,Teresa and Marina for everything That guy has right,it's exactly like he took a magical pill for speaking Italian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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