Cautionary Wife Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 MONSTERS & CRITICS "Grace Kelly" - Mika Feb 20, 2007, 21:55 GMT Mika, a 23-year-old male Beirut-born jack-of-all-musical trades, topped U.K. singles in January with "Grace Kelly" based solely on digital sales - a new phenomenon in that country - with his jaw-dropping, wild-eyed Scissors Sisters-meets-Freddie Mercury four-octave vocal imprint. Cosmic uptempo production sounds like nothing that stateside radio has indulged . . . well . . . ever . . . with audacious howling-into-a-squeal falsetto opening verse: "Do I attract you? Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?/Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty?" Polarizing opinions are a certainty, given the self-proclaimed "operatic spoof`" manic musical overdrive. "Grace Kelly" is surely atypical, conspicuous in its weird, ambrosial, hyperactive originality. We can`t even imagine what`s in store from full-length debut 'Life in Cartoon Motion,' due in March. --- Can anyone explain "atypical, conspicuous in its weird, ambrosial, hyperactive originality"? DUH ! CW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babspanky Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I think it's a compliment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean_Fairy Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Certinly a strange compliment I havn't seen that before:blink: Thanks for posting this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 No clue, I didn't even understand the rest of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Is it just me or do U.S. critics like to talk in riddles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kk448 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 No, it's not just you....they do like to talk in riddles! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cautionary Wife Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 I thought maybe they'd put their review through he Jargonator in Dilbert's Desktop Tools. The opinion is expressed so obliquely, they just can't be wrong.... I gues. CW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyFeller Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Can anyone explain "atypical, conspicuous in its weird, ambrosial, hyperactive originality"? DUH ! CW. I think what they mean is that its not normal for what you hear on the radio here...its weird, amazing, and hyperactive, in addition to be original all at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAK1 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Oh thanks, that makes it a bit clearer now. So does that mean they like it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyFeller Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I dunno...I'm sure they do...the critics and such tend to like people that the majority of the public may not...I try not to keep comparing Mika to Scissor Sisters, but a lot of the music-buying public will see him as the same as them, and may write him off, while the people myself and the other U.S. fans on the message boards here who (from what I can gather) tend to look at artists from all around the world, will likely like Mika's stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raha! Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 MONSTERS & CRITICS"Grace Kelly" - Mika Feb 20, 2007, 21:55 GMT Can anyone explain "atypical, conspicuous in its weird, ambrosial, hyperactive originality"? DUH ! CW. atypical is the opposite of typical--- meaning original. conspicuous is the opposite of inconspicuous---it means he stands OUT. ambrosial means something along the lines of---pleasing our senses. hope i helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl_anachronism Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 well i think it's a good thing. saying he is different from what's normally played on the radio these days in the US is def a compliment.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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