Daisuke Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It's the 'He's got looks that books take pages to tell' bit v. the 'A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fine(fly??)' from No Scrubs. Yes, it's only a few notes but it's quite a distinctive few notes. Oh ok ok it sounds nothing like it Except it does!! LOL Oh that, yeah those are the same couple of notes right there, I doubt I would have noticed that if you hadn't pointed it out XD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatagordinha Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Oh that, yeah those are the same couple of notes right there, I doubt I would have noticed that if you hadn't pointed it out XD Yes, I'm sorry about that!!! Sometimes ignorance is bliss, in these matters isn't it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazGirl Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Oh you can totally tell that's Mika at the beginning, even if he is speaking in a dodgy American accent lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vedrana Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 first time I heard that talking part I thought he said "my lap stinks" I was quite:blink::blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 first time I heard that talking part I thought he said "my lap stinks" I was quite:blink::blink: That 'boys to the left!' picture post is also hilarious, and really cracked me up. I never really thought about who did the voice at the start, but I'm listening to it again now and yeah I can easily hear that it's Mika. I didn't know he did the woman's voice in Grace Kelly til the Chris Moyles interview the other day though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elanorelle Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 That 'boys to the left!' picture post is also hilarious, and really cracked me up. I never really thought about who did the voice at the start, but I'm listening to it again now and yeah I can easily hear that it's Mika. I didn't know he did the woman's voice in Grace Kelly til the Chris Moyles interview the other day though! its MIka's voice! damn I love this song! its so funny Very Billy Brownish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberduckiiz2 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I really love this song. It was the first song I heard after I downloaded it off itunes and hearing that dodgy voice made my day 500 times better. Tonight, my local Alternative rock radio station plays 5 new songs you should know about at 9pm and I saw MIKA- Blame it on the Girls on the list. I wasn't listening at the time but freaked out when they said that it was one of the songs they played and voted for it to be played again tomorrow night! I was totally caught off guard but excited.. like why would an alt. rock station be playing Mika? Actually, I don't need to know. I just told them I loved them for playing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzy Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 I listened to this song again for the first time in MONTHS and in the talking part in the beginning it almost sounds like he might be saying: "...quite a good-looking face" rather than, "what a good-looking face". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmbm Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I listened to this song again for the first time in MONTHS and in the talking part in the beginning it almost sounds like he might be saying: "...quite a good-looking face" rather than, "what a good-looking face". In the making of the BIOTG video, the director is reading the little intro and he clearly says "quite." I always say "what" though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise_golden Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Blame It On The Girls (clap clap song) lovempls: http://www.mediafire.com/?qftadbgjmm2 Alternatives: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho0HttTfPMI&feature=related [url=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UavGm5LOtr4][/url] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UavGm5LOtr4 EDIT - SPOILER ALERT - these lyrics are from the lyric book in the Japanese album version: Ahaaaa I've always wondered what Mika said before the song starts, now it becomes clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise_golden Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 And by the way, how do you explain the "blame it on your father but you know he's dead"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Can't believe no one has been to this thread in 13 years! Which means I have no idea if anyone will actually see this post... Anyway, I was reading a little about famous philosophers today and this quote by Confucius came up: "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" and it instantly brought BIOTG to mind because of Mika's lyrics in the song "Life could be simple but you never fail, To complicate it every single time." Now I'm wondering if Mika was partly inspired by Confucius at the time of writing this song? It seems too much of a coincidence if you ask me! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 38 minutes ago, TinyLove_CJ said: Can't believe no one has been to this thread in 13 years! Which means I have no idea if anyone will actually see this post... Anyway, I was reading a little about famous philosophers today and this quote by Confucius came up: "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" and it instantly brought BIOTG to mind because of Mika's lyrics in the song "Life could be simple but you never fail, To complicate it every single time." Now I'm wondering if Mika was partly inspired by Confucius at the time of writing this song? It seems too much of a coincidence if you ask me! You bumped the thread so "I see you" Yes he could have of course 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreacher Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 3 hours ago, TinyLove_CJ said: Can't believe no one has been to this thread in 13 years! Which means I have no idea if anyone will actually see this post... Anyway, I was reading a little about famous philosophers today and this quote by Confucius came up: "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" and it instantly brought BIOTG to mind because of Mika's lyrics in the song "Life could be simple but you never fail, To complicate it every single time." Now I'm wondering if Mika was partly inspired by Confucius at the time of writing this song? It seems too much of a coincidence if you ask me! I wouldn't be surprised if he was, although the idea isn't that revolutionary so it could totally be coincidence. Hmmmm... I don't recall him ever mentioning Confucius before And im not going to quote anyone from 2010, but i always have heard 'quite a good-looking face' and particularly like that bit because I use the word 'quite' quite often. I'd be so sad if it's actually "what a good-looking face" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 13 hours ago, TinyLove_CJ said: Confucius I don't know that Mika is influenced by Confucius... But he mentions "The Tao of Pooh" many times since 2007. In 2017, https://www.panorama.it/televisione/ll-vademecum-di-mika-dove-si-trova-la-mia-gioia-anarchica Interview by an Italian magazine PANORAMA Il libro cui è più legato. The Tao of Pooh, di Benjamin Hoff. The book he is most attached to. The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 12 hours ago, kreacher said: And im not going to quote anyone from 2010, but i always have heard 'quite a good-looking face' and particularly like that bit because I use the word 'quite' quite often. I'd be so sad if it's actually "what a good-looking face" I've always heard 'quite' when listening to the song but reading back through this thread made me doubt myself so I went and listened to BIOTG twice and yep it's definitely QUITE! Few! I quite like 'quite' myself and I also use it quite often! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdeb Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 6:47 AM, TinyLove_CJ said: I've always heard 'quite' when listening to the song but reading back through this thread made me doubt myself so I went and listened to BIOTG twice and yep it's definitely QUITE! Few! I quite like 'quite' myself and I also use it quite often! I'm also checking in to say yes, it's QUITE. I don't even remember that anyone ever suggested it was "what a good-looking face" -- I guess I don't pay much attention to other people's versions of the lyrics, not even the "official" lyrics. I trust my own ears more! It's like I could never understand how people could listen to that bit and say that it *wasn't* Mika speaking! I mean, have you heard Mika talk before? Anyhow, yes, I'm quite sure it's quite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlotteL Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 (edited) Honestly I love it when 13 yo threads get dug up and I see stuff I never would have come across otherwise. I don't think it's unlikely that it's just a coincidence, I agree that the idea that "life is actually quite simple and we overcomplicate it" is not revolutionary. At the same time it's also not unlikely that Mika got inspiration from a philosopher. It's Mika, who knows! 6 hours ago, dcdeb said: It's like I could never understand how people could listen to that bit and say that it *wasn't* Mika speaking! Wait people were saying that?! That's funny, even I knew that was him right away and it took me some time to recognize his speaking voice. For example it took me ages to realize that it's his voice in that GK promo where he goes "There are many different kind of pop stars"... Edited December 17, 2023 by CharlotteL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Ko Kolkowska Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) I can't find now the thread with Mika's songs used in movies. I was skipping between channels on my TV and I saw/heard this! It was the end of the American-Hungarian movie Monte Carlo from 2011 with Selena Gomez. It's so cool to hear all of sudden on Polish TV Blame It On The Girls!!!! I don't know if it has been already mentioned on the Forum. EDIT: On the soundtrack list we can find as well Love Today. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1067774/soundtrack/ VID_20240114_190019450.mp4 Edited January 14 by Anna Ko Kolkowska 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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