Apocalypse Calypso - Song and lyrics discussions

[mellody]

6 hours ago, carafon said:

 

That said , back to "une bulle en baisse" . Of course it could be Mika's accent that is confusing us .( I suspect him to do it on purpose to get all streaming we'll need to try to understand ........ )  There are a lot of different kind of "s" "z" sounds in this song , it's probably very hard for him

 

I'm just glad that the singalong challenge isn't to this song - who knows what words would come out of that!  

[Anabela Ferreira]

I absolutely love that we are entering a new universe. I kinda expected that since it's another language. And we are different in different languages. The french language (and in general the latin languages) gives more room for nuances. I am happy that I speak 2 of Mika's languages (english and spanish) and I get the other 2 (ok, a lot of challenges in italian). So, I don't feel left out.  When, I first heard Apocalypse Calypso I was thrilled. I thought: ok, we are going in another journey now. Mika, I'm ready to go with you! I can't stop listening to it. His voice is so beautiful in french!  Anabela (@scaramouche.scaramouche)

[MartaH]

I love this song. I don't speak French, so I rely entirely on the translation here. My first thought was WOW! He has come such a long way from BOUM BOUM BOUM to this one. For me, Apocalypso Calypso is sensual and sexy, with a ton of tension and energy. And it is open to so many interpretations. Maybe the apocalypse is more like the end of a relationship, not the end of the world.  We are heading to an unavoidable disaster, and the only force that keeps us together is our physical affection. Listening to this song feels like listening to a very intimate conversation between 2 people. I love the mix of the feelings this song awakes in me: it's something between it's beautiful and Oh! No, I shouldn't, and  I'm a bit ashamed 

 

He did what he said in this interview: https://www.wired.it/play/musica/2019/07/01/mika-interview-revelation-tour/ 

 

Did he ever explain the meaning of "resist" on his cape somewhere? 

 

But I must admit that I'm a bit scared now. Every time my students want something from me, they play Mika songs before classes to put me in a good mood, and after explaining to them what "from my Jimmy to my jaw" means, I pray that Sweetie Banana will be entirely in French. 

[holdingyourdrink]

1 hour ago, MartaH said:

He did what he said in this interview: https://www.wired.it/play/musica/2019/07/01/mika-interview-revelation-tour/ 

I’ve never seen this interview before! Thank you. And yes, he did exactly what he said here. 

[Anna Ko Kolkowska]

13 hours ago, MartaH said:

I love this song. I don't speak French, so I rely entirely on the translation here. My first thought was WOW! He has come such a long way from BOUM BOUM BOUM to this one. For me, Apocalypso Calypso is sensual and sexy, with a ton of tension and energy. And it is open to so many interpretations. Maybe the apocalypse is more like the end of a relationship, not the end of the world.  We are heading to an unavoidable disaster, and the only force that keeps us together is our physical affection. Listening to this song feels like listening to a very intimate conversation between 2 people. I love the mix of the feelings this song awakes in me: it's something between it's beautiful and Oh! No, I shouldn't, and  I'm a bit ashamed 

 

He did what he said in this interview: https://www.wired.it/play/musica/2019/07/01/mika-interview-revelation-tour/ 

 

Did he ever explain the meaning of "resist" on his cape somewhere? 

 

But I must admit that I'm a bit scared now. Every time my students want something from me, they play Mika songs before classes to put me in a good mood, and after explaining to them what "from my Jimmy to my jaw" means, I pray that Sweetie Banana will be entirely in French. 

 

Thank you for reminding us this interview from 2019.

 

Do you mean you didn’t already feel like that? Were you repressing this sexy part of you?

 

“I wasn’t repressing it, I wasn’t embracing it, I wasn’t using it. It was there but it was in that place French call le jardin secret. There was this idea that it has to stay there, and then you get to a different phase in your work and you realize that actually that’s the biggest source of inspiration, and you go there, and use it, and pull it out. But I also think that it was my reaction to the very “desexualization” of pop music. It has been completely desexualized in so many different ways, and, if it is sexualized, it is an image based, and very objectified sexualization: it’s not playful. Now, even in my live show, I’m confronting that and I’m consciously readdressing that: I think in pop music from the 80s and 90s there is this conscious, sexual energy, a sexual conversation. It is not sexual usage, it is not sexploitation: it’s a dialogue, it is a sophisticated, curated provocation, which makes you feel really good and special. That is why when you now watch on YouTube the footage of Prince’s Lovesexy Tour it still works, because it’s sophisticated, it’s studied, it’s not porn, it’s not just bodies against bodies, it’s a dance. And I’m even studying to put that in my show”.

 

Yes, this song doesn't make me feel ashamed. It makes me feel good. Not (only) because of the subject but because of the poetry that makes me feel like opening my eyes wide watching the beautiful images this song provokes in my brain.

Of course I can understand that each of us has different perception and different sensibility. As for any song - one loves it , someone else doesn't.

 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Anna Ko Kolkowska

[Miky Schyns]

Hello, here are the official lyrics. I don't think I saw them on the thread 

[dcdeb]

1 hour ago, Miky Schyns said:

Hello, here are the official lyrics. I don't think I saw them on the thread 

 

What makes you say these are the "official" lyrics? Aren't the lyrics on this site submitted by fans?

[Miky Schyns]

17 minutes ago, dcdeb said:

 

Qu'est-ce qui vous fait dire que ce sont les paroles « officielles » ? Les paroles sur ce site ne sont-elles pas soumises par des fans ?

Sorry for using the term "official". These are the lyrics from YOUTUBE MUSIC 

[QueenBigFat]

What is musixmatch?

[Miky Schyns]

Lyrics that you can also find in Karaoke version 

[Miky Schyns]

6 minutes ago, QueenBigFat said:

Qu’est-ce que Musixmatch ?

Apparently Musixsmatch is an application used on several platforms

[QueenBigFat]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as my father used to say, is anyone besides me wondering when this album is going to address his use of the word Apocalypse, since it appears to not really be addressed in the title song?

….I mean, not that it isn’t a timely reference! Now, more than ever (the timing could not be more prescient. Or ironic.  But it is a prominent  word, and not explained or defined or developed in any way.

Edited October 22, 2023 by QueenBigFat

[holdingyourdrink]

2 minutes ago, QueenBigFat said:

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as my father used to say, is anyone besides me wondering when this album is going to address his use of the word Apocalypse, since it appears to not really be addressed in the title song?

 

I wonder, is it not addressed? I personally think, seeing the lyrics. Apocalypse could refer to an awaiting disaster, or the buildup of complete euphoria. He leaves it open and we can choose ourselves which one it is. 
Either way, it’s a big big bang! And I think there will be a song that will suggest that. And if it won’t: he will do so in the upcoming tour. Just to leave it like that is incredibly dissatisfying. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if he would leave us hanging with the answer  and figure out for ourselves what we think is the Apocalypse. 

[QueenBigFat]

13 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

He leaves it open and we can choose ourselves which one it is.

Yah, in Mika fashion. I agree, dissatisfying
it just felt like we should expect more maybe because it is the title. Or maybe I just want him to. I know he says he is not political but he is certainly political in the human sense (witness his statement about Beirut) and I think some acknowledgment of these times would have great meaning.

 

 When you said it’s the big bang, these days that is not a good thing!!!

 

22 minutes ago, Miky Schyns said:

Apparently Musixsmatch is an application used on several platforms

Is it translated anywhere? Soon I hope!!

Edited October 22, 2023 by QueenBigFat

[CharlotteL]

22 minutes ago, Miky Schyns said:

Sorry for using the term "official". These are the lyrics from YOUTUBE MUSIC

I suspect that the lyrics from youtube music are also just submitted by fans like Spotify lyrics or other platforms. So I think it's also just what some fans understood from listening to the song.

 

10 minutes ago, QueenBigFat said:

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as my father used to say, is anyone besides me wondering when this album is going to address his use of the word Apocalypse, since it appears to not really be addressed in the title song?

Interestingly I didn't even question that and was happy to accept that there are enough things going on in the world for people to be singing about the apocalypse.

Someone suggested to me that this song could be about covid times. Makes a lot of sense imo, I mean from the talks about a lockdown baby boom we know that he wasn't the only one who might have spent it in this way

But with it being the name of the tour, I think it could refer to several big events that felt apocalyptic to him in the last few years, covid, the loss of a loved one, etc. and that he intentionally leaves it up to everybody to think about their own apocalpyses. 

And that his goal is less to talk about the events themselves and more about how we deal with these difficult situations.

(So Apocalypse as a synonym for Major Life Events if you want it in therapy speak :D)

[holdingyourdrink]

7 minutes ago, QueenBigFat said:

it just felt like we should expect more maybe because it is the title. Or maybe I just want him to. I know he says he is not political but he is certainly political in the human sense (witness his statement about Beirut) and I think some acknowledgment of these times would have great meaning.

I actually think he IS acknowledging the times. It doesn’t matter what label you put on it (just like he doesn’t define the sex nor the sexuality of the protagonists). 
Also I think he is very aware of the political situation and is therefore answering in the way he knows best. A way which will rather provoke empathy than divide or polarization: he makes a statement with his art. 
 

7 minutes ago, CharlotteL said:

But with it being the name of the tour, I think it could refer to several big events that felt apocalyptic to him in the last few years, covid, the loss of a loved one, etc. and that he intentionally leaves it up to everybody to think about their own apocalpyses. 

Exactly, this is what I think too. We all have our own apocalypses. Some are global, some are very personal. 

[QueenBigFat]

34 minutes ago, CharlotteL said:

Someone suggested to me that this song could be about covid times

 

34 minutes ago, CharlotteL said:

So Apocalypse as a synonym for Major Life Events if you want it in therapy speak :D)

Especially since he said he had it “like five times” and his mom had it while dealing with her brain tumor. (Shudders)

(Oops, that comment goes with the first quote, above)

 

re second quote…It is??!??! That must be new! (Oh, waIt, I just figured out what you meant.)

 

you know, it’s a good point that people probably know what the term means, right now. I mean—how can anyone with a brain not! So maybe he takes it as a given. And gives us dance in the midst of it. With “dancing “ having several meanings.

Edited October 22, 2023 by QueenBigFat

[krysady]

4 hours ago, dcdeb said:

 

What makes you say these are the "official" lyrics? Aren't the lyrics on this site submitted by fans?

Yes, you are right, they are submitted by users.

[crazyaboutmika]

7 hours ago, Miky Schyns said:

Hello, here are the official lyrics. I don't think I saw them on the thread 

Those are what I hear too   Thank you

[crazyaboutmika]

There's a typo though. It is *Je serre ton corps si fort" 

[crazyaboutmika]

5 hours ago, QueenBigFat said:

Yah, in Mika fashion. I agree, dissatisfying
it just felt like we should expect more maybe because it is the title. Or maybe I just want him to. I know he says he is not political but he is certainly political in the human sense (witness his statement about Beirut) and I think some acknowledgment of these times would have great meaning.

 

 When you said it’s the big bang, these days that is not a good thing!!!

 

Is it translated anywhere? Soon I hope!!

I did a translation. It's not official  but you can trust me 

 

As long as we're in each other's arms
We're making ourselves immortal in front of the apocalypse
By making love we resist
Look at me, take my hand

My mouth, your deadly sensual back
Our hearts hooked
We kiss in the middles of the flammes
No matter what they think about the  consequences your booty's dancing
We're kissing in the middle of flammes

I hold your body so tight

Give me your hand

As long as we're into each other's arms
We're making ourselves immortal in front of the apocalypse
By making love we're resisting
Look at me, take my hand

While dancing this calypso, the apocalyptic calypso
Let's dance this calypso, the apocalyptic calypso
Where is the calypso,  apocalpse calypso, this apocalyptic  calyso

Calypso, calypso, apocalyptic calypso

We're  burning,  ember, a bubble we f♡♡♡
Your skin, my skin, the sky flowing, me in your back
We're kissing in the middle of flammes

I hold your body so tight

Give me your hand

As long as we're into each other's arms
We're making ourselves immortal in front of the apocalypse
By making love we're resisting
Look at me, take my hand

While dancing this calypso, the apocalyptic calypso
Let's dance this calypso, the apocalyptic calypso

Where is the calypso,  apocalpse calypso, this apocalyptic  calyso

Calypso, calypso, apocalyptic calypso

 

[silver]

I think it can be summed up as "If it's the end of the world, let's party (privately)".

[QueenBigFat]

4 minutes ago, crazyaboutmika said:

immortal in front of the apocalypse

In American vernacular would you say this might be “ahead of” or “in the face of” or “before”?

[crazyaboutmika]

Just now, QueenBigFat said:

In American vernacular would you say this might be “ahead of” or “in the face of” or “before”?

In the face of

[QueenBigFat]

4 hours ago, silver said:

If it's the end of the world, let's party (privately)

I agree, but I found the lyrics and melody to Let's Party” so much more moving than this song. After all these posts I went back and listened to the new one again. Sadly, to me, there is really nothing to the melody—not only no hook, but no depth—and the lyrics are so repetitive that they felt thin. I love a couple of lines, though.

 

Edited October 23, 2023 by QueenBigFat