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I saw and copies mine there too:thumb_yello:

He doesn,t write, he has a TV show on Musique PLus (the equivaltent of MTV in Quebec) so it's a translated transcript from a video. No, I don,t think he was reluctant to write because he put the Make You Happy short film in his "favorites" songs on his website. I think he was just truly disappointed with the album as he was expecting something more in line with Make you Happy

Found this review from one of Quebec best and thoughest critic (no clue if the video will work outside of Canada) http://www.musiqueplus.com/videos/mi...ique-1.1069078 translation Origin of love is the title of Mika's 3 album. Mika is a lebanese singer who grew up in Paris and London. Very popular in Quebec and Europe, particularly in France because he sings in French too. Not very well known in the USA, they haven't understand anything yet... I didn't know his other 2 albums. I was introduced to Mika by the song Make you happy. I knew he was singing a bit like Freedie mercury. I love Make you happy and was expecting the same for the remainder of the album, a bit of elctro... Unfortunately, make you happy is the only one one of its kind on the album. With the very first song, we are reminded of Freddie. But with such a good voice, why the need to copy autotune so much, I don't understand. Also, I understand he can get from very high notes to very low notes in a second but does he have to do it 40 times in a row? Obviously not my kind of singer! Very light pop, reminds me of the norvegian group A-ha (although I prefer their albums). Sometime, we have the feeling he wants to do very commercial music, but didn,t get all the way through. Emily and stardust are good example. I prefer Gaga's remix. he looses me with the euro-techno-testo-like songs like Celebrate. The production is bland, his compositions are old-fashioned. It's OK but not much more. Extract of Make you happy. This one is good, but only this one. One the positive side: this guy also have a DESTROY feature on his show, so the fact that Mika was not featured in it is a victory in itself

can you put the Rajotte review I posted in the first post please?

Like I said to Christine, I summarize some parts because they were hard to translate. His sentence was more something like "he looses me with the euro-techno-testo-like songs like Celebrate" (I'll go change the previous post). So maybe it's best not to judge his knowledge by my poor translation skills:mf_rosetinted:

Thanks for the translation, very interesting article:thumb_yello:

Yes it is. Some parts are hard to translate, as they are in slang. Blame it on the translator. In my book, Rajotte is one of the most knowledgable critics in Quebec TV, and one of the thoughest too. I've seen him throw CDs in the garbage or breaking vinyls (show how long he's been around) Unfortunately, he's also the one one who did a review in hte album. Even La Presse didn't, yet. I emailed one of their critics this weeks, asking why and she told me there was too many albums out and said she would listen to it. My hopes are not very high to see something in tomorrow's paper though:sneaky2:

With a title like that, I pretty sure many radios would not play Love you when I'm drunk, arguing it's too explicit:sneaky2:

Found this review from one of Quebec best and thoughest critic (no clue if the video will work outside of Canada) http://www.musiqueplus.com/videos/mika-the-origin-of-love-critique-1.1069078 translation Origin of love is the title of Mika's 3 album. Mika is a lebanese singer who grew up in Paris and London. Very popular in Quebec and Europe, particularly in France because he sings in French too. Not very well known in the USA, they haven't understand anything yet... I didn't know his other 2 albums. I was introduced to Mika by the song Make you happy. I knew he was singing a bit like Freedie mercury. I love Make you happy and was expecting the same for the remainder of the album, a bit of elctro... Unfortunately, make you happy is the only one one of its kind on the album. With the very first song, we are reminded of Freddie. But with such a good voice, why the need to copy autotune so much, I don't understand. Also, I understand he can get from very high notes to very low notes in a second but does he have to do it 40 times in a row? Obviously not my kind of singer! Very light pop, reminds me of the norvegian group A-ha (although I prefer their albums). Sometime, we have the feeling he wants to do very commercial music, but didn,t get all the way through. Emily and stardust are good example. I prefer Gaga's remix. he looses me with the euro-techno-testo-like songs like Celebrate. The production is bland, his compositions are old-fashioned. It's OK but not much more. Extract of Make you happy. This one is good, but only this one. One the positive side: this guy also have a DESTROY feature on his show, so the fact that Mika was not featured in it is a victory in itself:wink2:

It was indeed I laughed when they made him talk about the album in the end... He clearly wanted to talk about dogs more. Of course, with all the promo he's done in the last day, I can't blame him for trying to get a break:teehee:

anyone know what the ribbon on his left wrist means???

Unlike all others you can get throught their stomach:fisch:

Thanks to Mel, I got a replied on Twitter:wub2:

I made the same assumptions:shocked:

Songs of the standard edition Origin Of Love: 10/10 Lola: 7/10 Stardust: 7.5/10 Make You Happy (Miami Edit / with strings): 9.5/10 Underwater: 9/10 Overrated: 10/10 Kids: 8.5/10 Love You When I’m Drunk: 7/10 Step With Me: 9/10 Popular Song: 6/10 Emily: 8/10 Heroes: 9/10 Celebrate: 7/10 Bonus tracks Elle Me Dit: 8.5/10 Karen: 7/10 L’Amour Dans Le Mauvais Temps: 7/10 Un Soleil Mal Luné: 9.5/10 Celebrate (acoustic): 7.5/10 Origin of Love (acoustic): 10/10 Kids (acoustic): 9/10 Love You When I'm Drunk (acoustic): 7/10 Overrated (acoustic): 10/10 Make You Happy (LA Edit / shortfilm-version): 9/10 Tah Dah: 8.5/10

I have written a full review on the other thread but I agree with you on Origin of love. It deserves a 10.

I love reading your reports

This is love not war ;-)

I could watch it live but connection was bad...

The connection kept freezing but I really loved it... Hopefully will be able to watch it again with a normal feed. Everybody's talking was

Sales for Quebec http://www.adisq.com/palmares.aspx?l=v5

saw an ad yesterday but no Mika in it:sneaky2:

Don't forget to watch tonight:thumb_yello:

Track by track for kids

Emily is a bit like Elle me dit evil twin:naughty: Hope you'll find a way to post your video, would love to see it:wink2: