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Hold on :confused: ...

 

LICM was already described by Sire as a 'coming of age' album, one that he could write only once in his life.

 

Now the new album is supposed to feel about 16-17, 10 years later than the first one ... I know he was a child prodigy but 6 or 7 is a bit young to come of age, isn't it :naughty: ?

 

 

 

Yes, I also noticed this right away but we all know he is bad with numbers, so you don't read it literally...

...In other words, you are not supposed to calculate in the decimal system :biggrin2:

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Marilyn is currently over the moon without a spaceship!!!!!!!

 

I'm so thrilled he's putting out the Sorrow EP. This proves to sceptics that Mika is not just about happy clappy pop songs and falsetto. His fans know there is more to him than that! Now everyone else will know that too!!!!

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Yes, I also noticed this right away but we all know he is bad with numbers, so you don't read it literally...

...In other words, you are not supposed to calculate in the decimal system :biggrin2:

 

:naughty: Yes, and Mika's concept of time is unique, as we know.:mf_rosetinted:

 

So..which characters is he supposedly 'ageing by 10 years'? Lollipop Girl = Good Gone Girl, I can kind of see that, but not sure I can see too much more evidence for this 'concept' :naughty:

 

I think we know what he is getting at though (good job we are used to interpreting Mikaspeak!)

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:naughty: Yes, and Mika's concept of time is unique, as we know.:mf_rosetinted:

 

So..which characters is he supposedly 'ageing by 10 years'? Lollipop Girl = Good Gone Girl, I can kind of see that, but not sure I can see too much more evidence for this 'concept' :naughty:

 

I think we know what he is getting at though (good job we are used to interpreting Mikaspeak!)

 

And that we forgive him for his little fibs and love him for being unique.:wub2:

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:naughty: Yes, and Mika's concept of time is unique, as we know.:mf_rosetinted:

 

So..which characters is he supposedly 'ageing by 10 years'? Lollipop Girl = Good Gone Girl, I can kind of see that, but not sure I can see too much more evidence for this 'concept' :naughty:

 

I think we know what he is getting at though (good job we are used to interpreting Mikaspeak!)

 

interpreting 'aging' in the new songs:

Toy Boy, for example, is aging within the same song... that is definitely a new concept :naughty:

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:naughty: Yes, and Mika's concept of time is unique, as we know.:mf_rosetinted:

 

 

Sire's concept of time is hazy, to say the least :naughty: , and what he says in the press or more generally in public is what he wants them to believe :wink2: .

It's not that he is a liar. He just likes things to be a little over pretty, or over sad, or over dramatic, or over endearing -no, I did not call him a drama queen :shocked: , don't put words in my mouth :roftl: !

 

Cheers,

 

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It's already been said, but really, what he did in LA is not acoustic. I hope his tour is in fact acoustic and he performs proper acoustic versions of these songs, but I don't know.

 

The Roxy is just a bar and this gig was thrown together in less than a week so I don't think it's exactly what Mika has in mind for his beautiful little theatres around the world he's been dreaming about for a year.

 

I have to say though I think a studio version of Toy Boy is going to ruin the magic, as it was all down to his quiet performance and the audience reaction. I'm looking forward to Blame it on the Girls much more as I think all the bells and whistles are going to take it to a whole other level.

 

Ditto about the acoustic notion, etc.... and I also hope that the acoustic gigs will in fact be acoustic.

I also have to agree with what you say about ToyBoy. That song for me just HAS to be simple, pure, and left with just its bareness in order to be beautiful. I am not even looking forward to hearing the studio version with all the disney music in it, because I can tell already that I will not like it as much as the live "raw" version that we heard.

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Exclusive - Mika's Second Coming

 

A new EP this month and album in September aim to reveal the pop peacock's bleak side. But there is still room for sex-crazed furry animals....

 

Mika is preparing the follow-up to 2007's platinum-selling Life In Cartoon Motion, promising a "coming-of-age" album that marries eclectic, flamboyant pop with "dark" lyrical themes. As yet untitled, it's scheduled for release in September and will be prepared with a four track EP.

 

"The first record dealt with childhood", he says between sessions in Rocket Carousel Studios in Los Angeles. "This time I decided to age the world and characters I'd been writing about by 10 years. I wanted this record to sound like how I felt when I was 16 to 17 - sometimes it sounds big and out of control, other times it feels like a comfortable hug".

 

Having finished his world tour with a show in Lebanon, the singer songwriter began work on the album in London's Olympic Studios in June 2008, and began sketching a selection of "bleak fairy tales", some of which will be released on 25th May as the Songs For Sorrow EP.

 

"The lyrics are dark and emotional. There's a track called Toy Boy, which is about a toy that gets used and abused by different owners. I guess these songs are the antidote to my first album."

 

Despite the despondent lyrics, Mika's music remains decidedly flamboyant, inspired as it is by Disney soundtracks, '50s country starlet Patti Page and the hefty pop anthems of '80s artists such as Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

 

"I wanted to make an unashamed pop record," he says. "I became obsessed with Disney soundtracks from the '50s, so I decided to make my own."

 

Mika moved into Rocket Carousel in September 2008, turning an album's worth of demos into polished tracks with Life In Cartoon Motion producer Greg Wells. The duo clearly had grand designs: Blame It On The Girls has Cuban pianos and a swaggering, hip-hop production, while We Are Golden bolts the Andrae Crouch choir (who sang Madonna's Like A Prayer) to a Pink Floyd-inspired groove.

 

With a world tour planned to promote the Songs For Sorrow EP this summer and a number of festival appearances already pencilled in, 2009 looks to be another busy year. However, the gimmicks and dancing bears that marked his first world tour are due for an overhaul.

 

"People thought I was putting on a kid's show," he says. "But really, the animals were inspired by a sexual craze called plushing - people getting dressed up in furry animal costumes and having sex with one another. My animals came on stage, hung out and started drinking. Then they had an orgy. But I don't care whether people get it or not. I'm a Marmite artist - people love me or hate me."

 

Track By Track

 

Blame It On The Girls

 

This sounds like No Doubt. It's about a wealthy, handsome boy who has everything, yet pretends to be miserable.

 

We are Golden

 

It's big sounding and aggressive, but in a good way. It's got a gospel choir on it and a kids choir, but unlike the first record, they are not singing sweetly, they're screaming on top of their lungs.

 

Rain

 

This is an unapologetic '80s pop record. I bumped into producer Stuart Prince while he was working with the Killers at Olympic Studios. He helped me program this. It reminded him of ABBA and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

 

Toy Boy

 

This has a full orchestra, like a Disney soundtrack, but the lyrics are intense and dark. Toy Boy is full of twiddling flutes and lush strings, but the melody is very mechanic, like a music box.

 

 

I can't wait for the EP. I just hope the US gets it as well. We kind are the last ones to get most of mika's production. LOL

 

THANKS for the info.

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Blame It On The Girls

 

This sounds like No Doubt. It's about a wealthy, handsome boy who has everything, yet pretends to be miserable.

 

We are Golden

 

It's big sounding and aggressive, but in a good way. It's got a gospel choir on it and a kids choir, but unlike the first record, they are not singing sweetly, they're screaming on top of their lungs.

 

Rain

 

This is an unapologetic '80s pop record. I bumped into producer Stuart Prince while he was working with the Killers at Olympic Studios. He helped me program this. It reminded him of ABBA and Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

 

Toy Boy

 

This has a full orchestra, like a Disney soundtrack, but the lyrics are intense and dark. Toy Boy is full of twiddling flutes and lush strings, but the melody is very mechanic, like a music box.

 

No Doubt? The Killers? I thing I'm soooooooo goooonna like this!

Can't wait! :punk::wub2:

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:roftl: Well done, you just beat me to it, you two!!

 

And...wasn't it in a video interview where he actually mentioned the Six Songs of Sorrow title???

 

I am not attempting to find that...sorry, my brain will explode!

 

I don't recall hearing it anywhere but here he mentions a six-seven songs EP that he's working on (in 2007 :naughty: )

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Oooh, thanks! :wub2:

I quite like the pic, I like the naturality of it. But does it look like he's had his eyebrows done? :naughty: The gap between them seems a lot larger... :fisch:

 

 

 

Oi! I saw that! :bleh:

 

Yes, I agree, he should have a real piano!! That is why the Fiat gig was so amazing, it was proper acoustic and he had a real piano :wub2:

That eyebrowthing is typically something for YOU to point out!:roftl:

 

Yeah. Acoustic is acoustic, and keyboards aren't acoustic, and usually don't get to the full, nice and natural sound of a piano. Also a bass or electric guitar or whatever that was at the Roxy and drums don't belong in the category of ''acoustic instruments'':naughty:

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