esperia75 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 ...I don't know If you have already watched them...if you don't...just take a look...I think it's a wonderful performance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0PPfCwqQs0&NR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_j48sSRwNg Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havingablast Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 He actually does a pretty good singing that bit of Killer Queen. i'm an ignorant American and I have no idea what they're talking about, but Mika's just too adorable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyFeller Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I totally forgot that Mika speaks French!..so awesome!...I love his drummer girl, too! as for what they're talking about....lets see....from the knowledge of French I have, in the second part, they're talking about Mika, where he's from, his age, etc, then the host dude starts talking about Queen and Freddie Mercury and (I think) how Mika's been compared to them...after the snippet of Killer Queen, they start talking about some of the other stuff from the album and where Mika came up with his ideas for stuff like Big Girl and Grace Kelly (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahara Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I love the "Aux Champs Elysees" part!! thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Wow! That's amazing. Some interesting things came out in the interview, that I hadn't heard before, eg the fact that Grace Kelly is based on one of the most famous themes from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"! I don't know how I didn't spot this before, but Mika demonstrates the comparison. Having said elsewhere on this site that I should really be spending less time here, I might attempt a rough translation because it's worth hearing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoccifreshgurl Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Oh ! I realy love this video His french accent make me totally crazy rhalala... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strudel Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Taratata is a brilliant show would be so great to have it over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengafer Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 esperia So fab well done!! I loved the high kick he did at the start of Grace Kelly and as for the french Killer Queen! Mika is so smooth and polite and refined and a totoal rocker, oooohhh i him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white queen Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 oh how I love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnoccifreshgurl Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I think both videos were posted by C.W. no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Mad Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I can't understand much of what he says, but I could watch him speaking French for hours! It was great to hear him sing that bit of Queen, but it left me desperate to hear more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucked2hard Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I would love to run my hands through those curls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemmalee Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I would love to run my hands through those curls. Me too! But I'm an expert when it comes to hair so I would have to go first for professional purposes of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generator Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Loved the bit where he talks and sings in french too Im crap at picking up these things but just a quick question lip syncing or not on opening song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cautionary Wife Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I loved the little bit of Prince's Kiss and Killer Queen - he was embarrassingly caught off guard there and didn't know the words - but endearing, especially his 'Miss Piggy' voice. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stella Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 ohhhh I just love him and his accent.... What i love the most is that his is unique and does what he want... and respond to the question very well, en francais et anglais... super... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I loved when he sang a little part of Prince's song Kiss....sooooooo lovely:mf_lustslow: and this Ms Piggy thing too:naughty: How can he be so god damn cute all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean_Fairy Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Thanks loads they're briliant :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdlp Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Isn't he just the cutest when he's talking french and then he forgets how to play a bit on the piano. Wow...gorgeousness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meimei88 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Absolutely love this!! He seems so relaxed... more so than any other interview so far! So so so adorable... mmmm lovely! Makes me melt hearing him speak french.. and when he laughs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GertrudeshusbandWilbur Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I could understand some of the stuff that they said. Thanks to 7 years of French lessons in school. We seemed to go over the same suff for the first year of going to a new school (three teir system) because the teachers didn't seem to know what the other schools had taught and what they hadn't. Most useful years were the last two years where I was working towards an exam. Must learn more. Spent a while in middle school learning about the words for different flavours of icecream that was a bit random Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemmalee Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Can any of you clever french speakers translate this? as I just seem to look and stare at his hair as I don't understand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 The killers queen part send shivers for me , scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoppappop Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Nagui : In Taratata, there are some moments like this when before they arrive, whe think "something is gonna happen...". I guarantee the kind of smash you can get when you listen to an album : he's a pure genius, a pure talent : songwriter, singer, producer, he's just 22-23 years old, you will definitly love him as much as we loved him, we are totally crazy about this guy, welcome Mika on Taratata stage : Mika singing Grace Kelly ! Mika sings Grace Kelly... I think I don't have to translate this His name is Mika ! And you will never forget him ! Mika in Taratata ! Welcome ! So... (people applauding) Yeah you're right ! Some more !! So Mika... Let me introduce you the album : I guarantee you, I listened to it, I really got smashed listening to it. If you like Freddie Mercury, Queen, Elton John, yeah ? That's it, it's for you. And if you liked this song, Mika, the album is a bomb, there is no song weaker than another one, only hits... With an absolutly incredible route : Mika, let's talk in French... Mika : Yes, I'm scared now ! No no ! Everything is gonna be alright, Mika ! You were born in Beirut ? I was born in Beirut, in 1983 From parents half-lebanese, half-american ? Yeah, my father's american and my mother is lebanese... During the war in Lebanon, unfortunately, you're just 1 year old, all the family come and settle in Paris, it's true, happily, relations between Lebanon and France are really good, and at the age of 8, things get worse, your dad is held as hostage ? Yeah, in Kuweit, during the war... "Gulf War" ? Yeah, Gulf War (in French). And then you moved to London, waiting for things getting better ? And we stayed there for 16 years And at 11, because it was your way to live with this loneliness, this being uprooted, you play a lot, you make music, especially with this russian music teacher, very strict, who makes you make your first appearance at the opera ? At the opera, yes, it was in a STRAUSS opera "???????" (i don't speak german, and i don't get the name of the opera), and in was at London Royal Opera 11, at the opera... With this route, we understand that when you fisrt heard music, if my counting is good, you were between 1 and 8, roughly at this time, so you were in France ? Yes, it was here, in Paris And what was the first song you learned at the piano ? Aaaaah, he he, i'm a little bit ashamed, but... Yes, if it was French i understand, but what was it ? There are some good stuffs in French... You want to hear it ? Yeah, let's try ! Ok, i hope i remember but... We're all friends... Don't laugh, please !! It's not fair ! Only friends here... I have his/her phone number... (I don't know who he's talking to and what about....) He sings Champs-Elysées (won't translate that either...), pretty well though That's it, thank you ! It was hard... Ok ! Done with that ! Mika giggles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemmalee Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Thankyou Yoppappop! You are a star! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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