meimei88 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I found this review of the Manchster gig, couldn't find it already posted.. so here it is.. looks like someone got out of bed onthe wrong side!! ******************************************************* By Hannah Wysome (gig: 27/02/07) BBC Manchester Bumped up from the modest Academy 3 to the giant Academy on the strength of one song, Mika did his best to give the people what his record company are telling them they want. Mika When a song sits at the top of the charts for six weeks and is hammered to death on national prime-time radio, you can’t begrudge people for wanting to go along and check out the artist live. However, lesson one for the rising star: you can’t then keep folk waiting until nearly quarter to 10 to make up for a shortfall in material. Mika’s a talented bloke but he’s just starting out. As such, what he presented was 45 minutes of pastiche 80s disco, Scissor Sisters’ demo tunes, leftovers from his GCSE composition unit, an obligatory ‘slowy’ (sort of Aqualung meets Elton John), before topping it off with the money-song, Grace Kelly, and an encore of Lollipop, complete with glitter and balloons. Someone somewhere has turned a bloke with real promise into a cynically packaged show-pony. There’s no consistency; he doesn’t have his own sound and that can’t be countered with chants of ‘but can’t you appreciate his crazy eclecticism!’ If you like Grace Kelly, there’s really no guarantee you’ll like anything else; he’s got one song that started off so similar to Sesame Street, you were surprised when The Count didn’t turn up to join in on percussion; his cover of Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talking would have had Mister Cowell snarling that he’d made no attempt to make it his own. Mika’s clearly having a ball on this tour; he looked genuinely astounded by the size of the crowd. At the moment, he’d make a fantastic support act to a bigger band; he’s got presence and, at times, he really can hold the attention, but when it comes down to a summer of headline gigs before slipping back into obscurity versus a profile-building Take That support slot, it might be an idea to rethink his decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 No no no! Silly person! Why would anyone write that!? I don't believe what I read! Well, not everyone have to like him anyways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BexxY Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 hmmffpph i didnt like that review much at all the reporter obviously doesnt have much of a taste in fine music in my oppinion. but as you say we are each entitled to our own oppinion and his oppinion sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 hmmffpph but as you say we are each entitled to our own oppinion and his oppinion sucks Haha - good one! When they are sending people out to makes reviews, they should try sending someone open-minded instead! We could get so much better reviews that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine931 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 but as you say we are each entitled to our own oppinion and his oppinion sucks :roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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