Marta. Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) The weather is getting worse, so i've translated also the second part. A good exercise for my english. Sorry for the mistakes guys, I've done my best! interview at LE INVASIONI BARBARICHE 17 January 2014 - part 2 D: So, It was your experience with Italian XF that convinced you to say "yes" also to The voice in France ? M: Yes. Two years ago, they asked me to do The Voice but I said no. But after saying "no" to The Voice, I said "yes" to XF....even if I do not speak the language..i said "yes" because ... oh , I do not know ! D: You make always the things that you want, that you feel... M : oh not always... but this is my intention, even with music. Even my choices are not very commercial, they are fine for me because after thirty years I will look back at my work just saying: yes, here is a true story, my work, my shows are not fake, they are sincere... D:: Many of your songs are about self-discovery , about how to be themselves M : Oh , for me identity is the most interesting thing to talk about ... the identity and tolerance are so interesting and important... D: Before, I asked you about the school , because there are many children or adolescents at school that suffer so much for things that the adults do not understand , but that for children are so important...they suffer because they have glasses , or beacuse they are too fat or because they are a little different from the others ... M : a little? oh I also say very different ... D: Yes, because they are not "homologated" M: Yes , many things that make life difficult during the school , are not unimportant things , they are very very important. Those are the very things that can make a person different. D: how did you get out from all of this? M : with the music, which for me was a sort of revenge ... with my songs I created a movie in my head for planning my future ... but all the people do the same thing, even with the love songs ... the best love songs are written when you're not in love because you can imagine everything! You can have an imaginary love, which is the most beautiful, the most perfect, the more romantic .. more of what happens in reality! but this happens for all the songs: the imagination and the projection that you can find in a song are the most important things. D: I'll show you a video with your crazy months in Xf - a video starts - D: Have you talked again with Elio, Morgan ...? M: Yes. They are three people so beautiful and different ... the intelligence and the strength of Simona , the culture of Morgan , the irony of Elio ... they have been nice encounters ... D: Will you make XF again ? M : I'd like to ... I 'd like doing it again... D : Well, if you say that you 'd like ... then it is sure!... look at the happy faces of your fans ... you remove a weight from their shoulders... they were terrified, destroyed at the idea that you wouldn't make XF again... (the audience claps, Mika smiles ) D: I was very impressed that in the newspaper La Repubblica XL you wrote a letter to yourself octogenarian. You write: "The gay marriage is seen well in America and in Europe .. but not in Italy ... God knows why" ... and then you says, talking to yourself: " I wonder if you've got kids ... How did you get? I know that you haven't had them with a girl ... but I hope you have kids and that they are like to you" ... Mika, this letter to yourself is very tender, for me ... I can see your children, all these little-Mika all around you, so colored, with large teeth ... (he laughs ) D: Now I ask you a private question ... you'll understand why ... I read that you have a partner for many years ... you're still in love with your boyfriend? M: Yes, I am. But love changes ... love grows, is an evolution ...I mean, we can think that a person is so horrible ... but after a while we think he is not! Or we can think that we are in love with a person for a reason but two years later we can change idea ... love is constantly changing. There is one thing that people say, especially in France: "ah, do not ever change!" But I say no, I change always! If I do not change, I'd die. And with love, i have to do the same thing: changing. I saw my mother and my father, who have been together since the beginning, with all these ups and downs, good times and so many problems and I saw that love is always changing ... well, not always and not for everyone ... not for my aunt, for example ... it was important for her not to continue with her love. Because love is different for each of us ... but when love changes, let it changes... because in this way, there is a possibility...if love changes, it can continue... D : It seems the lyrics of a song M : well, I'm not my mother or my aunt ... In 7 years I have had so much pressure on my private life ... but ... we did it ! [meaning...we're still in love, me and my boyfriend!] ... for now, we did it ... Oh, I don't know anymore what I'm saying ... Daria , you are very dangerous ! D: why?? M : Because this conversation seems to me as a conversation done in the morning , in front of a cup of tea and some biscuits without cameras showing all ...but what I'll think tomorrow about all things I've said tonight ? I've said too much ! D: Well, this morning I read in a newspaper an article by an anthropologist , Elen Fisher: she says that romantic love is the only positive drug ... and it is what you say in your song... I had just heard it ! M: Yes , it's the song that I sang tonight with Dario Fo ... (he recalls the words of The Origin of Love: "love is a drung and you are my cygarette ..") oh, I am sick of love , give me some medicine ... (they laugh) I agree , love is the only positive drug .. D: yes...and you can abuse of it... of this positive drug... M: ehm...abuse? oh oh... also talking about this could be dangerous ... D: oh no, "abuse" is a nice word .. sometimes it's good to abuse of something .. M: yes, I agree D: do you know that all pleasures are dangerous in some ways: chocolate, alcohol ... but not romantic love...and I'm not talking about sex, but about love ... M: ...both... D: oh yes, even sex ... uh .. don't throw it away! What do you think? M: Oh I really don't know [he startst to blush and laughs] ... well, that's enough, now let's talk about you, Daria!... (laughs, audience applause) D: Ok, but you never talk about sex ... M: I always talk about sex! In the words of my songs! D: I remember something only in "Popular Song", where you says something like ... "calling me crazy .. a fagot ... " but this has nothing to do with sex..." where do you talk about sex?" M: oh, I talk about sex in a different way ... When I was doing my music in Miami I met a prostitute named Carolina. I wrote for her " Love today" ... but even when I wrote "Lollipop" for a girl... [audience laughs, it seems to me people suggest him: your sister!] ... (he laughs) ah, no, we can't talk about all these things! (he laughs) [back to serious] there is the way to talk about sex with all the freedom of the world ... we can do this in extreme terms, or we can be a little more clever and talk about sex with images..using vulgarity, you lose a bit of tolerance ...you know, it is a sort of mix D: (very seriously ) what a nice thing you said Mika...(the audience applause) M: But I also have to say that i like vulgar artists , even in my art collection ... I was speaking only about the way I write...there are many other singers who speak in a very vulgar way, and this is an extreme choice ... I like the extreme choice or the imagination choice.. the one or the other... D: Tell me something about the song you sing tonight M : uh .. underwater ... I wrote this song with Nick Littlemore .. It's the first song I wrote of the album The orign of Love. We worked at Underwater for a year and a half to put in connection [ I think this is the meaning , but he uses a word that does not exist, "connettare" ] the song with the audience ... even in France with popular music ... we always try to find the value of a song in the approval of the public or in the commercial success... but this is dangerous because with Underwater I realized that it takes so long , and that we have to do many things before finding it ... D: I think Underwater is a song that touch you in the deep ... now we can listen ... are you ready? M: Yes ! [he sings ] Edited June 4, 2014 by Marta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Btw, a part of the amazing interview of Mika and the unforgettable duet with Dario Fo can I thank all the Mika staff and the MFCers for making this evening even more special with their help and companionship? Without all of you everything would be less exciting It sounds like a really magical night. Haven't watched the videos yet but you know, moments like these and reports from all you lovely Italians give me a little bit of hope that it will all be alright in the end. I'm sure it will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I didn't quite get the Dario Fo thing because I am not up on my Italian Nobel Prize winners sorry. But it's funny I saw a pic of Mika in his suit last night and was thinking how much older he looks. I mean not in an old wrinkly way, but just like a mature man. But he was so delighted in that segment with Dario he looked exactly like a boy again. When they showed the pic of him from high school behind him he looks like he hasn't changed at all. He was so happy and I know he is hesitant to meet his idols in case they disappointment him but that was surely not the case here. Very pleased for him and everyone who got to share it in such a tiny studio! Thanks so much for the translation of the interview. Surprisingly I caught quite a bit of it. He seems to be struggling with his Italian again. It must be so difficult especially in a situation like that. Dario Fo has written some great plays/farces, like Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Can't Pay? Won't Pay, which are performed quite often in the UK. (In fact Can't Pay Won't Pay was used as a slogan on a fair few protest marches ). Mika looked in turns amazed/dumbfounded/awestruck/delighted at meeting him. And thanks Marta for translating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 The weather is getting worse, so i've translated also the second part. A good exercise for my english. Sorry for the mistakes guys, I've done my best! interview at LE INVASIONI BARBARICHE 17 January 2014 - part 2 D: So, It was your experience with Italian XF that convinced you to say "yes" also to The voice in France ? M: Yes. Two years ago, they asked me to do The Voice but I said no. But after saying "no" to The Voice, I said "yes" to XF....even if I do not speak the language..i said "yes" because ... oh , I do not know ! D: You make always the things that you want, that you feel... M : oh not always... but this is my intention, even with music. Even my choices are not very commercial, they are fine for me because after thirty years I will look back at my work just saying: yes, here is a true story, my work, my shows are not fake, they are sincere... D:: Many of your songs are about self-discovery , about how to be themselves M : Oh , for me identity is the most interesting thing to talk about ... the identity and tolerance are so interesting and important... D: Before, I asked you about the school , because there are many children or adolescents at school that suffer so much for things that the adults do not understand , but that for children are so important...they suffer because they have glasses , or beacuse they are too fat or because they are a little different from the others ... M : a little? oh I also say very different ... D: Yes, because they are not "homologated" M: Yes , many things that make life difficult during the school , are not unimportant things , they are very very important. Those are the very things that can make a person different. D: how did you get out from all of this? M : with the music, which for me was a sort of revenge ... with my songs I created a movie in my head for planning my future ... but all the people do the same thing, even with the love songs ... the best love songs are written when you're not in love because you can imagine everything! You can have an imaginary love, which is the most beautiful, the most perfect, the more romantic .. more of what happens in reality! but this happens for all the songs: the imagination and the projection that you can find in a song are the most important things. D: I'll show you a video with your crazy months in Xf - a video starts - D: Have you talked again with Elio, Morgan ...? M: Yes. They are three people so beautiful and different ... the intelligence and the strength of Simona , the culture of Morgan , the irony of Elio ... they have been nice encounters ... D: Will you make XF again ? M : I'd like to ... I 'd like doing it again... D : Well, if you say that you 'd like ... then it is sure!... look at the happy faces of your fans ... you took them off a weight from shoulders ... they were terrified, destroyed at the idea that you wouldn't make XF again... (the audience claps, Mika smiles ) D: I was very impressed that in the newspaper La Repubblica XL you wrote a letter to yourself octogenarian. You write: "The gay marriage is seen well in America and in Europe .. but not in Italy ... God knows why" ... and then you says, talking to yourself: " I wonder if you've got kids ... How did you get? I know that you haven't had them with a girl ... but I hope you have kids and that they are like to you" ... Mika, this letter to yourself is very tender, for me ... I can see your children, all these little-Mika all around you, so colored, with large teeth ... (he laughs ) D: Now I ask you a private question ... you'll understand why ... I read that you have a partner for many years ... you're still in love with your boyfriend? M: Yes, I am. But love changes ... love grows, is an evolution ...I mean, we can think that a person is so horrible ... but after a while we think he is not! Or we can think that we are in love with a person for a reason but two years later we can change idea ... love is constantly changing. There is one thing that people say, especially in France: "ah, do not ever change!" But I say no, I change always! If I do not change, I'd die. And with love, i have to do the same thing: changing. I saw my mother and my father, who have been together since the beginning, with all these ups and downs, good times and so many problems and I saw that love is always changing ... well, not always and not for everyone ... not for my aunt, for example ... it was important for her not to continue with her love. Because love is different for each of us ... but when love changes, let it changes... because in this way, there is a possibility...if love changes, it can continue... D : It seems the lyrics of a song M : well, I'm not my mother or my aunt ... In 7 years I have had so much pressure on my private life ... but ... we did it ! [meaning...we're still in love, me and my boyfriend!] ... for now, we did it ... Oh, I don't know anymore what I'm saying ... Daria , you are very dangerous ! D: why?? M : Because this conversation seems to me as a conversation done in the morning , in front of a cup of tea and some biscuits without cameras showing all ...but what I'll think tomorrow about all things I've said tonight ? I've said too much ! D: Well, this morning I read in a newspaper an article by an anthropologist , Elen Fisher: she says that romantic love is the only positive drug ... and it is what you say in your song... I had just heard it ! M: Yes , it's the song that I sang tonight with Dario Fo ... (he recalls the words of The Origin of Love: "love is a drung and you are my cygarette ..") oh, I am sick of love , give me some medicine ... (they laugh) I agree , love is the only positive drug .. D: yes...and you can abuse of it... of this positive drug... M: ehm...abuse? oh oh... also talking about this could be dangerous ... D: oh no, "abuse" is a nice word .. sometimes it's good to abuse of something .. M: yes, I agree D: do you know that all pleasures are dangerous in some ways: chocolate, alcohol ... but not romantic love...and I'm not talking about sex, but about love ... M: ...both... D: oh yes, even sex ... uh .. don't throw it away! What do you think? M: Oh I really don't know [he startst to blush and laughs] ... well, that's enough, now let's talk about you, Daria!... (laughs, audience applause) D: Ok, but you never talk about sex ... M: I always talk about sex! In the words of my songs! D: I remember something only in "Popular Song", where you says something like ... "calling me crazy .. a fagot ... " but this has nothing to do with sex..." where do you talk about sex?" M: oh, I talk about sex in a different way ... When I was doing my music in Miami I met a prostitute named Carolina. I wrote for her " Love today" ... but even when I wrote "Lollipop" for a girl... [audience laughs, it seems to me people suggest him: your sister!] ... (he laughs) ah, no, we can't talk about all these things! (he laughs) [back to serious] there is the way to talk about sex with all the freedom of the world ... we can do this in extreme terms, or we can be a little more clever and talk about sex with images..using vulgarity, you lose a bit of tolerance ...you know, it is a sort of mix D: (very seriously ) what a nice thing you said Mika...(the audience applause) M: But I also have to say that i like vulgar artists , even in my art collection ... I was speaking only about the way I write...there are many other singers who speak in a very vulgar way, and this is an extreme choice ... I like the extreme choice or the imagination choice.. the one or the other... D: Tell me something about the song you sing tonight M : uh .. underwater ... I wrote this song with [ I do not understand the name , Nick ? ] .. It's the first song I wrote of the album The orign of Love We worked at Underwater for a year and a half to put in connection [ I think this is the meaning , but he uses a word that does not exist, "connettare" ] the song with the audience ... even in France with popular music ... we always try to find the value of a song in the approval of the public or in the commercial success... but this is dangerous because with Underwater I realized that it takes so long , and that we have to do many things before finding it ... D: I think Underwater is a song that touch you in the deep ... now we can listen ... are you ready? M: Yes ! [he sings ] It's Nick Littlemore:thumb_yello: Thanks for the translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Thank you so much for your huge work, Marta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokesignal Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Marta, you're a hero, thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marta. Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 It's Nick Littlemore:thumb_yello:Thanks for the translation thanks I've corrected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The full episode has been uploaded by la7: XG7vTSbner8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG7vTSbner8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariposa Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thank you so much for the translation. I understood bits of it - but not every single word! Such a great interview!! So good to spot many MFCers in the audience as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiaIchihara Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) The full episode has been uploaded by la7: XG7vTSbner8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG7vTSbner8 there are separated videos of this episode as well [YOUTUBE]Cxyh06gbsiM[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]wdlLGxFq-4M[/YOUTUBE] and thanks for the translations Marta :huglove: Edited January 19, 2014 by BiaIchihara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Anyone knows if Dario Fo said how he found out about Mika? I mean if he knew his music before being invited to the show,or not? Did Daria said something about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Anyone knows if Dario Fo said how he found out about Mika? I mean if he knew his music before being invited to the show,or not? Did Daria said something about this? Dario said when he hear Mika on tv for the first time he jumped infront of the tv and felt a force of nature...dunno if he knew Mika before or he discovered him that day on tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checcodizzy Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 So happy for you all that partook to the show. I totally agree with Dario Fo, Mika is a Real force of nature, he gives His energy to me when I feel weaken and tired of my situation. And I often reflect about I'm lucky to have met His Genius, he gives me the life I dream, an unbelievable enchantment!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Dario said when he hear Mika on tv for the first time he jumped infront of the tv and felt a force of nature...dunno if he knew Mika before or he discovered him that day on tv Thanks! I've watched again,and you're right,he must knew Mika before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marta. Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) So, today hails so I,ve translated also the third part...Dario Fo and Mika together...enjoy! interview at LE INVASIONI BARBARICHE 17 January 2014 - part 3- Dario Fo and Mika together (Dario Fo enters and embraces Mika) F: Oh...you are so good-looking! (they laugh) [Fo is concerned about the steps which are in the studio, maybe he does not see well anymore, but Mika takes him by the hand and accompanies him, warning him about every steps of the studio...then he takes strongly the chair and expects Fo to be sitting] D: So, when I went at Dario Fo's home, our Nobel Prize for literature, to talk him about Mika, I didn't know if master Fo already knew Mika in someway M : oh, no...I don't think so ... D: Mika , do you know what he told me ? He said: "I 'm a big fan of Mika!" M : No, but how is it possible? F : When I listened to Mika for the first time I was watching television and... I jumped ! I heard there was a force of nature ... a rhythm... and especially I heard the mathematics of the music ..but more later I discovered that Mika cannot read music: and this can only mean that he has the music inside!...in his skull , inside the stomach , inside his heart ... everywhere .. M: Oh, but are you really Dario Fo ? But I can't still believe... F : Do you know what I thought when I heard you the first time ? I thought: "I would love to sing with him!!" D: It's possible? M : Yes, we've talked a little before entering the studio ... ehm ... (Mika 's so emotioned that he can not talk ) ..ehm... I asked Mr. Fo if he knew some of my songs...and I was expecting maybe Grace Kelly ... but no, he knew The Origin of Love! ... incredible for me ...I think that Dario Fo is one of the most important symbols of freedom , not only in his work but also in his life, he is a symbol of freedom and tolerance , the most important things for a culture and for Love in general D: ok , Dario...do you feel ready singing with Mika ? F: But I want to sing with Mika ! I am excited ! Come on Mika, sing your song about the origin of love ... I'll follow you...and please, give me a good vote! (Mika starts playing visibly emotioned and sings his song ; Fo follows him singing with his famous Gramelot, a set of onomatopoeic sounds without a real sense. ... lots of claps from the audience ... ) F: (laughs) it was so simple! M : oh, I have studied the work of Dario Fo in english, even if I can not figure it out in Italian ... [ and I believe it , it's almost all dialect ! ] D: But you have in common many things ... there's a movie that puts you in comparison (a movie starts ... and actually their gestures , the way of moving on the stage...are quite similar ) F: Mika, you're crazy ! M : Oh no , not me ! You are crazy ! I have learned from you ! Q: The madness seems to be fundamental ! F: Oh yes, with the madness you can go out from normality, from obvious things, trivial and risapute ... all the more great men of culture and especially of art have always been regarded as fools ... even Michelangelo or Leonardo because they went out of the banality Q: Let's try to sing even the Dario's song ... Can someone bring me the drawings you have done before? F: oh, yes I made a gift for Mika and one for you Daria, my drawings are here.. D: oh thank you! But these lithographs are of inestimable value! Thank you so much! F: I know that Mika knows one of my songs, "I've seen a King" [a satiric song about a king and his horse] and now we can sing it together ... Mika, if you can not read the song's music, you can use the drawings that I've given to you...they represent just the lyrics of my song.. M: Oh, but these drawings are perfetc for me, beacuse I can not read the music of the song... Ok ... then ... "Re maggiore"? D major? F: Yes, Re maggiore. M: ok ... uh ... "oh mamma!" ... Oh my god I'm a little 'nervous ... (he starts playing) (Fo begins to sing in the dialect spoken in Milan and Mika ... he continues to sing in Milanese dialect!] . D: oh, you are so wonderful together![audience does not stop clapping] D: Mika, I think next year Dario Fo will be one of the judges of XF ... now you are a couple that you can not split ... Dario, you have to expect a proposal from Sky M: (to Fo) Would you like to be a judge? Having to say "yes or no". F: well, it depends ... I have to know people before judging them .. Mika, I know you...and when I see you ... it always comes in my mind an idea of clarity, developing, sincerity, intelligence ... oh yes, INTELLIGENCE! M: Oh, no...I'm not intelligent ... I have a too simple brain, it's so confused .. F: ah, but you've got a double brain, two brains that run together (Mika does not understand well, Fo notices it and uses his hands to describe the two brains in motion ... Mika laughs and understands immediately) M: oh but no...i don't.. F: But yes, it is true, I tell you! You have one brain of spare! D: Another thing you have in common is the language ... there's your "Gramelot" Dario, but even Mika has his own "Gramelot," when he speaks in his language a little invented, a mix of many languages he speaks ... M: Yes, maybe .. F: It is true, Mika! ...Listen, you made me an extraordinary remark ... "Italian language is a beautiful language ... but you need to learn Italian dialects, those are important to understand Italy in the deep ... and this, said by a foreigner, is extraordinary... M: I've learned a little dialect spoken in Piemonte ... very difficult Q: tell us something ... M : Oh no , I've only learned bad words ... but this night I also learned a bit of the dialect spoken in Milan ( and says a few words ) D : well, I think you are also similar in the body ...both tall, handsome , with large teeth..let's see... ( a video starts with images of a young Fo ... he reminds Mika a little bit) F: Oh I have never seen that video... I was so young, I was 23 ... D: Ok, now we have to say goodbye ... [Daria still talks a little bit about the book of Fo's wife, Franca Rame, who died recently, his partner in life and work ...and about the next show of Fo in the theatre. Fo says that in Rome, even now as in the past , someone tried to censor him... the theatre where he had to play the show is a Vatican property and "someone" was not happy...and tried to stop him. - Fo's shows often attack "the power", including the Church's one -] M : I know your problems with censorship... F : Well Mika, this is the proof that I still get annoyed someone (he laughs) ... and this is important ... a musician, a poet, a clown, an artist must always give annoyance to the power ... otherwise it means they are not worth anything [ Daria still talks a little about the book and greets - the audience stood applauding - Mika accompanies Dario Fo outside the studio ] Edited June 4, 2014 by Marta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Marta, you are a star! Thank you so much for your work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marta. Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Marta, you are a star! Thank you so much for your work!! Yes, I am. I am not what you think I am...I AM GOLDEN! I AM GOLDEN! :naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiam Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Yes, I am. I am not what you think I am...I AM GOLDEN! I AM GOLDEN! :naughty: YES - you are golden Marta - MIKA golden - grazie mille!! I feel I owe you a lot - hope I can "pay you back" when we hopefully meet at a MIKA concert... Love,love me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Only time will tell. I'd like him NOT to make new music if he doesn't feel like to, or hasn't found the right inspiration. I don't need new music just for the sake of it. Yes I totally agree with that. I don't expect great music to come from someone whose heart is not in it but it still saddens me if that is how he feels about focusing his career on music now. (And please note I am only talking about his career, not his whole life.) In any case all I ask at this point is some honesty or at the very least some silence that will allow one to draw a reasonable conclusion. But that just me, always seeing the glass half full:blush-anim-cl: I do not see the glass as half-empty. I see that someone dumped out my lovely glass of 2002 Dom Perignon rose and replaced it with a full glass of Kool Aid. And to add insult to injury they are trying to convince me that champagne is actually made from packets of Kool Aid so I should just be patient while it ferments and before you know it my glass will magically turn into Dom again. But let us use Allegra's metaphor and hope that there are fine grapes growing in some of this manure and once again we will be drinking something half decent. Dario Fo has written some great plays/farces, like Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Can't Pay? Won't Pay, which are performed quite often in the UK. (In fact Can't Pay Won't Pay was used as a slogan on a fair few protest marches ). Yes I mean I know his background but you know an old guy singing gibberish with Mika is not the most amazing thing I've ever seen when you take it out of context. Looking at the clips of Dario on TV in the 60s and the fact that he is a performer and not just a playwright, etc. shows there is a cultural context/familiarity there that I have not experienced and it's not just that he's written some great things...but I "get it" in the sense that I understand Mika's reactions and everyone's reports. So, today hails so I,ve translated also the third part...Dario Fo and Mika together...enjoy! Wow thank you, you've really done an excellent job. I was curious to know what Dario was saying beyond telling Mika he was so smart. I understood that part without translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoment1608 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Marta, you are golden Grazie mille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~TheLoveYouBreathe Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I'd like him NOT to make new music if he doesn't feel like to, or hasn't found the right inspiration. I don't need new music just for the sake of it. I totally agree! And thanks for the report The Mika & Dario Fo show has enchanted the whole Italy Tonight the program will be repeated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camille* Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Finally watched all of the show... What can I say, it was very enjoyable and I have no doubt Mika and fans who attended enjoyed this even more..! I haven't followed many things he has done in Italy because I didn't watch X Factor and because I don't speak Italian but I'm starting to think I should have followed it all more closely, it was such a good show, it makes me reassess how much I love Mika once again and the good surprise is that I actually understood most of what they said! Thanks Marta for the translation, I read it after watching to catch all the details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thank you Golden Marta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwendin Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Now waiting for a (long) report from Elwendin As you wish I suggest the others to skip it. It's insane long. When I landed here on MFC (I wish I could say back in the day but actually that was just some months ago) one of the first thing many of you told me was: forget planning, forget preparing, forget that comfy feeling to be aware of what's going to happen. Which was quite a shock to me, all my life is based on planning. It makes me feel safe. But when Mika is at stake, how could I stick to my old habits? I guess I apprenticed a bit through Bergamo signing session and Che Tempo Che Fa show, so I was a kind of relaxed this time. As you all know the start of this adventure was a bit difficult: confirmed, cancelled, confirmed again almost the day before the show (I'll be grateful forever, won't forget). That would be enough to make my old me freak out, but new me was a way more calm. I admit, actually after the first confirmation I still tried to plan a bit asking people were they were going to sleep, as you (yes, you know who you are ) told me... “don't bother the girls”.... (just kidding, I love you, don't get mad ) I think the fate is using Mika to teach me something. I'm overcoming so many fears these days, I'm changing so much. And the side effect is that I'm always happy. Who wouldn't enjoy learn having fun like that? I was scared of driving around in big towns and about getting injections by myself. I spent months avoiding to think about that, since I knew I should have face that this month and I was terrified. The day of the first confirmation I switched from “what if I ask some old lady to come at my place and do the shots?” to “just give my that thing, I'll do it by myself, I'm busy, I have to go and see Mika”. See? No big deal. Anyway, for the third time in about a month and a half I asked my hubby to get my bakpack from the attic. “Which one, the one you told me you weren't going to ask it again since your trips to see Mika were over after the Bergamo thing?” Euh, yes, that one So, I left friday morning with my backpack and my coolbag with the drugs and drove to Sarik's parents home in Milan. Just a little stop at the pastry shop to buy a little present for Mika, even if I swear I was totally sure we wouldn't meet. There will be no sneaking ut of the studio, and no chances to meet. But you know, just in case something weird happen,just in case, just in case. That's not planning. That's wondering about life twists and be prepared not to regret something. Besides we all enjoyed those biscuits last time, I was sure we could enjoy them again. Of course me and my car were singing Mika all he drive long. I listened especially to Underwater instrumental, I felt in love with it, it's overwhelming and fulfills me completely. As I arrived close to Sarik's place I dropped the car in the first free parking spot I found, and relaxed: ok, it's done, I parked the car. From now, I just have to walk to her place, and get it tomorrow morning. Sarik introduced me to her family (lovely lovely people) and then pizza and chat. In a blink of an eye it was time to leave, so we walked towards the car. While walking I noticed I already knew that road, since it was the same I did to reach her home. I thought “Oh, funny, she parked near to my car”. Then an awful thought came to my mind, exactly when I recalled her saying “I don't drive”. Oh s * h * t. This is how Kismet made me drive downtown in Milan, by night. Remember the ovecome-your-fear thing? Exactly. This didn't prevent me to swear now and then against traffic, pavement, pedestrians and the whole town while Mika was still singing on my cd. Well, even he can't do all miracles, can he? We finally got to the studio, thank to my human navigator Sarik, who was always late on giving instructions (turn here – here where? - here!!! - wheeeere???!!!) So, we eventually parked in an alley and agreed to split the fine since it's less expensive than a parking lot (we didn't get it eventually) and reached the studio. I was totally sure we weren't going to meet him this time. But just in case just in case I wrote a tiny note and attached it to the present. I don't know why I did it, I really didn't think to have a chance. Probably that was all about not having any regret. I hate regrets, they haunt me. Outside Rai studio I just got stucked and couldn't to anything, I didn't want to feel like that again. Just in case. Dario Fo arrived and walked his way to the studio, asking if we all were there for Mika (sure!) and telling us “Mica sceme”. (not fool of you). Then Mika came but the van didn't stop, me and Sarik didn't care, we had no expectation at all, we were too busy to chat. Little walk back to my car to have my shot done (dark alley, but Sarik being on lookout couldn't prevent a guy to stare at that junkie girl (me), her car full of garbage and dogs crates, her syringe and her so-what-look... Back to the studio, met the girls (yes, we all still are girls) I already knew and some new one and waited for the door getting opened. I didn't do it that much, so yes, I still enjoy queueing to have the chance to talk with everybody (which I eventualy didn't even if I tried to.) We finally managed to get in, and we left our jackets at the wardrobe. We were given tickets with numbers, to be able to recognize our stuff later. I noticed some year ago that my lucky number is 4. It really is. Well, I had two tickets: 4 and 44. I felt a bit thrilled and wondered “WTH...?” but then let it go. I used to study science at university, I used to be skeptical on that stuff, so I just put them into my pocket and kept on talking with the girls (yes, before that I told everybody about my lucky numbers, the gap between the being-thrilled moment and the let-it-go one was long enough to tell The more emotional I get, the more childish) We finally noticed there were no strangers left, so it occured to us that they were letting people getting the seats and reached the stage. We were told were to sit, and we all got the perfect seats to admire Mika's bright red soles. I was fine with that, we were alltogether, the studio was so tiny that we could perfectly hear everything and I knew I could watch the vids today. I was and still am so grateful for this chance, I don't mind the seats at all. The show started and I enjoyed being there, chatting a little while listening to guests. Daria told us we were a bit too calm when the politician was talking, but what could we do? You stay quiet when a politician talks, right? I thought.. ok.. just wait and see when Mika will enter the stage... We managed to see him peeping from the back stage, that was funny. He finally got in, and two rows among the audience did a standing ovation. That were the former too quiet rows.... guess who they were I think he looked at us in that moment, but I don't know if I'm delusional, the others could confirm or deny. Then it was just perfect. I enjoyed so much his time with Dario Fo, they both looked happy, I suppose Mika felt a kind of how we could feel meeting him one to one for many minutes... I'm sure they had some extra time behind the scenes as well. When it comes to the interview, we knew Daria is pretty good to make guests at ease and ask them interesting questions in order to make them talk. We knew she was dangerous, as he noticed after a while and I didn't know what will be the result. I think it was pretty good, wasn't it? I still have to watch the vids, I'm looking forward to see his looks, for you sake, who knows how long could I write after having watched them? Then he sang. OMG he sang Underwater and that was a way too good to forget it in a whole life. I love that song, I already knew him back in the day for being the writer of it (yes, swatch ad). I almost never fall for a song at the first listening, but on that one I fell immediately. Ok, I admit I didn't look for more till I randomly stumbled on him on XF while doing chores, I'm (should I say I was?) a moron when it comes to music. I could talk more about Underwater but I could end up banned for writing too much... Then the show ended and my 4 and 44 worked. He stayed there, he didn't leave. Ok, I didn't take that chance cause I didn't go to him immediately (none of us did), so when I managed to go over there he was surrounded by people asking for pics together and stuff. But that's my fault, I'm the one to blame. I was trying to get whether we were allowed or not. So I let it go and come back to join the girls who were chatting with his band. I didn't dare to say anything, cause I felt I had no right, so I just waved, but I enjoyed so much just standing there with all of them. We eventually got out, and waited for him at the gate. As you know, he did stop. I couldn't believe my no meeting no expectation day was twisting like that. I know, I know, you told me things happen like that, randomly, and I should have trusted my 4 and 44, but … unbelievable. He was happy and willing to chat (I suppose a platinum award and a meeting with Dario Fo worked) and so he talked a little with the ones he already knew and with the new ones who managed to speak. Guess who got stuck? I managed to give him my present, though, I still don't know how. I wasn't able to get his attention (too busy signing school journals and stuff), I suppose Lucrezia helped (thank you so so so much ). So this way I fixed my previous regret of the Rai studios and have another one to fix for the next time (it's about time to switch from notes to spoken chat, isn't it?....) I'm not lying when I say I enjoyed his chat with mfcers. I don't care if it wasn't me the one who spoke. I admit I have loved if he had looked at me eve for less than a second, which he didn't, but since I wasn't expecting anything of that, I'm good with what happend. He will regret it when he will taste those amazing biscuits and won't be able to remember who ask for more . I told once or twice that I would have enjoyed a group chat and that was a kind of. If he waited 14 years to talk some minutes to Dario Fo, I can wait some time (months, years, who knows?) to chat with him a few seconds. Meanwhile, I'll keep on writing. Perhaps he would read a note of mine, some day. And yes, those are shorter than this report. Epilogue: back to Sarik's parents place, couldn't sleep till 5 am. Woke up at 7, drove 200 km far to visit a friend, boosted my energies with some coffee (try never have coffee and then drink it with sugar, it kicks your ass), another 200 km drive back home, felt high with endorphines (and coffee and sugar), sang from the top of my lungs (I trust truck drivers heard me), saw The Voice/chatted with some mfcers till midnight, went to bed, woke up at 5 am and back to Milan, came home from Milan, wrote this report for about 4 hours. And I'm not done. I still feel good. Outcomes: driving around Milan: done having my shot done by myself in my car: done meeting mfcers: done seeing Mika in the show talking and singing: done meeting Mika: a kind of done Feeling amazed: work in progress, so far so good. Dedicated to Allegra, who loves my looooong reports so much Edited January 19, 2014 by Elwendin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine64 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 As you wish I suggest the others to skip it. It's insane long. When I landed here on MFC (I wish I could say back in the day but actually that was just some months ago) one of the first thing many of you told me was: forget planning, forget preparing, forget that comfy feeling to be aware of what's going to happen. Which was quite a shock to me, all my life is based on planning. It makes me feel safe. But when Mika is at stake, how could I stick to my old habits? I guess I apprenticed a bit through Bergamo signing session and Che Tempo Che Fa show, so I was a kind of relaxed this time. As you all know the start of this adventure was a bit difficult: confirmed, cancelled, confirmed again almost the day before the show (I'll be grateful forever, won't forget). That would be enough to make my old me freak out, but new me was a way more calm. I admit, actually after the first confirmation I still tried to plan a bit asking people were they were going to sleep, as you (yes, you know who you are ) told me... “don't bother the girls”.... (just kidding, I love you, don't get mad ) I think the fate is using Mika to teach me something. I'm overcoming so many fears these days, I'm changing so much. And the side effect is that I'm always happy. Who wouldn't enjoy learn having fun like that? I was scared of driving around in big towns and about getting injections by myself. I spent months avoiding to think about that, since I knew I should have face that this month and I was terrified. The day of the first confirmation I switched from “what if I ask some old lady to come at my place and do the shots?” to “just give my that thing, I'll do it by myself, I'm busy, I have to go and see Mika”. See? No big deal. Anyway, for the third time in about a month and a half I asked my hubby to get my bakpack from the attic. “Which one, the one you told me you weren't going to ask it again since your trips to see Mika were over after the Bergamo thing?” Euh, yes, that one So, I left friday morning with my backpack and my coolbag with the drugs and drove to Sarik's parents home in Milan. Just a little stop at the pastry shop to buy a little present for Mika, even if I swear I was totally sure we wouldn't meet. There will be no sneaking ut of the studio, and no chances to meet. But you know, just in case something weird happen,just in case, just in case. That's not planning. That's wondering about life twists and be prepared not to regret something. Besides we all enjoyed those biscuits last time, I was sure we could enjoy them again. Of course me and my car were singing Mika all he drive long. I listened especially to Underwater instrumental, I felt in love with it, it's overwhelming and fulfills me completely. As I arrived close to Sarik's place I dropped the car in the first free parking spot I found, and relaxed: ok, it's done, I parked the car. From now, I just have to walk to her place, and get it tomorrow morning. Sarik introduced me to her family (lovely lovely people) and then pizza and chat. In a blink of an eye it was time to leave, so we walked towards the car. While walking I noticed I already knew that road, since it was the same I did to reach her home. I thought “Oh, funny, she parked near to my car”. Then an awful thought came to my mind, exactly when I recalled her saying “I don't drive”. Oh s * h * t. This is how Kismet made me drive downtown in Milan, by night. Remember the ovecome-your-fear thing? Exactly. This didn't prevent me to swear now and then against traffic, pavement, pedestrians and the whole town while Mika was still singing on my cd. Well, even he can't do all miracles, can he? We finally got to the studio, thank to my human navigator Sarik, who was always late on giving instructions (turn here – here where? - here!!! - wheeeere???!!!) So, we eventually parked in an alley and agreed to split the fine since it's less expensive than a parking lot (we didn't get it eventually) and reached the studio. I was totally sure we weren't going to meet him this time. But just in case just in case I wrote a tiny note and attached it to the present. I don't know why I did it, I really didn't think to have a chance. Probably that was all about not having any regret. I hate regrets, they haunt me. Outside Rai studio I just got stucked and couldn't to anything, I didn't want to feel like that again. Just in case. Dario Fo arrived and walked his way to the studio, asking if we all were there for Mika (sure!) and telling us “Mica sceme”. (not fool of you). Then Mika came but the van didn't stop, me and Sarik didn't care, we had no expectation at all, we were too busy to chat. Little walk back to my car to have my shot done (dark alley, but Sarik being on lookout couldn't prevent a guy to stare at that junkie girl (me), her car full of garbage and dogs crates, her syringe and her so-what-look... Back to the studio, met the girls (yes, we all still are girls) I already knew and some new one and waited for the door getting opened. I didn't do it that much, so yes, I still enjoy queueing to have the chance to talk with everybody (which I eventualy didn't even if I tried to.) We finally managed to get in, and we left our jackets at the wardrobe. We were given tickets with numbers, to be able to recognize our stuff later. I noticed some year ago that my lucky number is 4. It really is. Well, I had two tickets: 4 and 44. I felt a bit thrilled and wondered “WTH...?” but then let it go. I used to study science at university, I used to be skeptical on that stuff, so I just put them into my pocket and kept on talking with the girls (yes, before that I told everybody about my lucky numbers, the gap between the being-thrilled moment and the let-it-go one was long enough to tell The more emotional I get, the more childish) We finally noticed there were no strangers left, so it occured to us that they were letting people getting the seats and reached the stage. We were told were to sit, and we all got the perfect seats to admire Mika's bright red soles. I was fine with that, we were alltogether, the studio was so tiny that we could perfectly hear everything and I knew I could watch the vids today. I was and still am so grateful for this chance, I don't mind the seats at all. The show started and I enjoyed being there, chatting a little while listening to guests. Daria told us we were a bit too calm when the politician was talking, but what could we do? You stay quiet when a politician talks, right? I thought.. ok.. just wait and see when Mika will enter the stage... We managed to see him peeping from the back stage, that was funny. He finally got in, and two rows among the audience did a standing ovation. That were the former too quiet rows.... guess who they were I think he looked at us in that moment, but I don't know if I'm delusional, the others could confirm or deny. Then it was just perfect. I enjoyed so much his time with Dario Fo, they both looked happy, I suppose Mika felt a kind of how we could feel meeting him one to one for many minutes... I'm sure they had some extra time behind the scenes as well. When it comes to the interview, we knew Daria is pretty good to make guests at ease and ask them interesting questions in order to make them talk. We knew she was dangerous, as he noticed after a while and I didn't know what will be the result. I think it was pretty good, wasn't it? I still have to watch the vids, I'm looking forward to see his looks, for you sake, who knows how long could I write after having watched them? Then he sang. OMG he sang Underwater and that was a way too good to forget it in a whole life. I love that song, I already knew him back in the day for being the writer of it (yes, swatch ad). I almost never fall for a song at the first listening, but on that one I fell immediately. Ok, I admit I didn't look for more till I randomly stumbled on him on XF while doing chores, I'm (should I say I was?) a moron when it comes to music. I could talk more about Underwater but I could end up banned for writing too much... Then the show ended and my 4 and 44 worked. He stayed there, he didn't leave. Ok, I didn't take that chance cause I didn't go to him immediately (none of us did), so when I managed to go over there he was surrounded by people asking for pics together and stuff. But that's my fault, I'm the one to blame. I was trying to get whether we were allowed or not. So I let it go and come back to join the girls who were chatting with his band. I didn't dare to say anything, cause I felt I had no right, so I just waved, but I enjoyed so much just standing there with all of them. We eventually got out, and waited for him at the gate. As you know, he did stop. I couldn't believe my no meeting no expectation day was twisting like that. I know, I know, you told me things happen like that, randomly, and I should have trusted my 4 and 44, but … unbelievable. He was happy and willing to chat (I suppose a platinum award and a meeting with Dario Fo worked) and so he talked a little with the ones he already knew and with the new ones who managed to speak. Guess who got stuck? I managed to give him my present, though, I still don't know how. I wasn't able to get his attention (too busy signing school journals and stuff), I suppose Lucrezia helped (thank you so so so much ). So this way I fixed my previous regret of the Rai studios and have another one to fix for the next time (it's about time to switch from notes to spoken chat, isn't it?....) I'm not lying when I say I enjoyed his chat with mfcers. I don't care if it wasn't me the one who spoke. I admit I have loved if he had looked at me eve for less than a second, which he didn't, but since I wasn't expecting anything of that, I'm good with what happend. He will regret it when he will taste those amazing biscuits and won't be able to remember who ask for more . I told once or twice that I would have enjoyed a group chat and that was a kind of. If he waited 14 years to talk some minutes to Dario Fo, I can wait some time (months, years, who knows?) to chat with him a few seconds. Meanwhile, I'll keep on writing. Perhaps he would read a note of mine, some day. And yes, those are shorter than this report. Epilogue: back to Sarik's parents place, couldn't sleep till 5 am. Woke up at 7, drove 200 km far to visit a friend, boosted my energies with some coffee (try never have coffee and then drink it with sugar, it kicks your ass), another 200 km drive back home, felt high with endorphines (and coffee and sugar), sang from the top of my lungs (I trust truck drivers heard me), saw The Voice/chatted with some mfcers till midnight, went to bed, woke up at 5 am and back to Milan, came home from Milan, wrote this report for about 4 hours. And I'm not done. I still feel good. Outcomes: driving around Milan: done having my shot done by myself in my car: done meeting mfcers: done seeing Mika in the show talking and singing: done meeting Mika: a kind of done Feeling amazed: work in progress, so far so good. Dedicated to Allegra, who loves my looooong reports so much Great one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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