FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Mika - Review In Aprils Q magazine Re-Recorded @ Yahoo UK HTTP.//UK.MUSIC.YAHOO.COM Twenty three year old Mika Penniman is a an astonishing talent. This live session , recorded at noted London Jazz Ronnie Scott's , blows the frequency made to comparisons Scissor Sisters out of the water and demands instead that he upgraded to Elton John's heir apparent.In lesser hands , Billy Brown (in which a wife loses her husband to another man) could be irratingly camp , but Mika brushes aside such objectives with the skill of a young Freddie Mercury.A cover of Fred Neil's Everbody's Takin' and his own My Interpretation are hugely impressive,but its his number 1 single Grace Kelly that's hs real showstopper.It begins with thumping at the keyboard before singing ,"I could be hurtful / I could be purple / I could be anything you like," in a flawless falsetto that peaks with a not as high as a dog whistle. On this evidence the world is his oyster ... 4 stars out of 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 very cool:cool: nice review! lv, andi xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelic Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Thanks Freddie, must get the magazine when we go shopping tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Q magazine is great , very good reviews and they dont take fools lightly!! , hes good , but we knew that already huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-on.the sax Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I was reading this review last night while looking through my new copy of q, its in the section about music you must download this month isn't it or somehing like that, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Yes! I saw this interview this morning when hubbie's Q Magazine arrived. Great review. However, the same issue gives a big thumbs up to Lily Allen, so hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Yeh hes got half a page in the download section , sorry for the delay cant take my eyes off Joss Stone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Now, now, Freddie - don't be fickle. I thought your heart belonged to someone else...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Now, now, Freddie - don't be fickle. I thought your heart belonged to someone else...! Theres a difference between lust and love ... I think ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raha! Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 ooh, great review.. took the words right out of my mind! i used to wonder why i didn't find billy brown annoying when mika sang it...i guess there's just SOMETHING that mika does to ensure that all his songs are likeable! ah, the mikamagic.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 thanks for posting, I still think 'Grace Kelly' is a unique track and that it will be pulled out again and again in years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 thanks for posting, I still think 'Grace Kelly' is a unique track and that it will be pulled out again and again in years to come. I agree , every breakthrough artist needs a breakthrough track and Grace Kelly is it , amazing .. I like Love Today as well mind ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 I agree , every breakthrough artist needs a breakthrough track and Grace Kelly is it , amazing .. I like Love Today as well mind ya I do so agree, 'Love today' is a beautiful trck but I can already see the critics pulling it apart and having a go at the way he pleads 'love, love me' not seeing it as the ftack/storyline Mika intended it to be. I hope this will not happen, but I have already heard comments along those lines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 The critics will never ever get his "tongue in cheekness" , but to me thats what makes him great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Great review:wink2: Mika is awesome? Like, duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 The critics will never ever get his "tongue in cheekness" , but to me thats what makes him great well put, indeed that's what makes him unique, and in many interview he has proven that.He gets the better of all of them:naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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