mari62 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 nice review in Italian http://www.lineamusica.it/2012/11/mikamika-e-il-suo-the-origin-of-love-a-roma-un-tripudio-di-musica-e-colori/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) The second Roman date was as special as the first one, definitely one of my best Mika experiences in every possible way: very pleasant journey + accommodation + company + awesome show: terrific music and voice, excellent interpretation of all the songs, great connection with the crowd, fun, humor. He's the ultimate performer and showman, to me it was the perfect gig, he couldn't be any better. He's also a great coordinator and watching him lead the band and the choir is very interesting and fascinating. He's getting better and better, if that's even possible. I saw him more grown-up, mature, more a man than a boy. There was no support act, it started shortly after 10 pm and lasted about 1.45 h. it was a very long set, he sang 20 songs! He must have been tired, but you couldn't really tell, he did his best to offer a superb gig; he clearly loves Italy, and especially Rome; he made us sing and clap A LOT. The crowd was very responsive, ready to follow him and have fun, danced and jumped, especially during Celebrate, EMD and Love Today. The young guy next to me was jumping like a spring From Matt's audio you can hear, that there was a LOT of singing along. There was such a good interaction and participation, that you could feel love was in the air. We also had a fantastic choir, they were really good! Mika had an excellent idea! I had a nice view and the acoustics was very good from where I was. Hubby said it was too loud, but it didn't bother me at all I just couldn't get the talked parts very well. I had lots of fun and tried not to sing and move too much, in order to fully enjoy him, so during a few songs I was just listening and watching in awe. He was very energetic: danced and jumped a lot and made funny faces, he knows how to put you in a good mood and make you forget anything else. It's a big party, a celebration of life, he makes you feel happy and grateful to be alive, stronger and ready to face RL. I loved all the songs, the old ones as well, he added many new intros and extensions, in order to make us sing more. The new arrangements are fantastic, the new songs are superb and irresistible live, Stardust is sung so beautifully that it hurts, I can't tell how much I like Origin of Love and Popular; Happy Ending, Underwater, Rain, LYWID, Celebrate (with the slow intro) are so touching. He really writes and sings with his heart on his sleeve with great power and passion. I love the new album to bits, but it's even better live. I was expecting him to speak a lot in Italian like in Vigevano, unfortunately he hardly did it, a part from the greetings and the Italian verses in Origin and Stardust. He must have had no time or energy to prepare for it. I met him after the gig, and I must say, that, besides being an amazing and genius artist, he's definitely a special, good-hearted, thoughtful, sensitive guy; nothing new actually, but after Rome he's even dearer to me. Hubby didn't take videos this time: we were next to security and he didn't manage to reach a spot with a good and free view. The upside was that he could fully enjoy the show Fortunately there are many excellent videos on youtube, and probably more will come. EDIT: I forgot to mention the posters We hold them at the beginning of Origin of love and they've been a success, Mika really appreciated, and at the end of the gig when he held one of them towards us, taking it out of his hat, in order to thanks us, he was really moved and so were we all A big thank you to the fans who had the idea and worked to realize it! Kudos to you! -------------------------------------------------------- SETLIST (thanks Matteo!) 01 Relax, Take It Easy 02 Blame It On The Girls 03 Popular Song 04 Billy Brown 05 Blue Eyes 06 Lola 07 Rain 08 Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) 09 Stardust 10 Underwater 11 Stuck In The Middle 12 Love Today 13 Love You When I'm Drunk 14 Elle Me Dit 15 Origin Of Love 16 Happy Ending 17 Celebrate 18 Grace Kelly 19 Lollipop 20 We Are Golden Edited November 15, 2012 by mari62 adding details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) we left Padua the morning after the gig at about 9.30 am. It was going to be a long journey by train...the fast one is too expensive and we like chatting, so not a bad opportunity! As you can see we welcomed a nice guest even if a bit too posh IMO (me, Valentina, Simona G., Valmont69 and Nezza) some of us pretended to be like him Simona G and valmon69) Eventually we arrived in Rome and Valmont69 (Myriam IRL) went and took her car and drove us to the hotel! How amazing was that? we saved a lot of energies and time! Thank you Myriam! Mari62 was already there and we greeted her, then we had a good snack with tea and home made cake! What a nice surprise. We arrived to the venue at <about 7.00 pm, there were a lot of people there! We ended behind row 10 I think, but the venue was not big and we could see pretty well. Handed out the posters and the gig started, and you could see Mika was tired and his voice strained. Sound sucked as in Padua, I could not hear his voice over the instruments! But he's always full of life and energy, and the audience was very hot. They kept on singing and dancing like mad At the end he reaised Monica's poster, and full success was accomplished! After the gig we went outside but the barriers which were scattered around and could be used to make a line of fans, were stored inside the venue gate instead The people waiting were not that many and very quiet according to me. They would listen to us if we suggested to form a line behind barriers. But which barriers? A line without them becomes a crowd in no time. Then Mika arrived and was soon surrounded by the crowd....no way he would greet everyone, so he left and I watched all at a distance. The day after we spent a lovely time with friends and we went to a store to set things right. here's the shelf of new arrivals after our action Edited November 13, 2012 by robertina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Myriam was amazing indeed, thanks again! And thanks everyone for the company! some of us pretended to be like him :lmfao: At the end he reaised Monica's poster, and full success was accomplished! :tears: The day after we spent a lovely time with friends and we went to a store to set things right. here's the shelf of new arrivals after our action :naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francina miketta Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 This is Mika in Rome with his present from the Italian fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 brava! You beat me to that. Valerria prepared a book with pictures of our towns we had sent her, and a short description for each town, strictly in ITALIAN! he has to practise his Italian, hasn't he this is Pilgrim Mika wandering through Italy and visiting all our beautiful spots... :naughty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [YOUTUBE]ycEEKbzSWZA[/YOUTUBE] please note the Manager IS laughing...it's a start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 [YOUTUBE]ycEEKbzSWZA[/YOUTUBE] please note the Manager IS laughing...it's a start Oh Robi that's so lovely ... Some of the gifts he gets are so amazing ... so much thought goes into them ... you should all be very proud of yourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 his facial expression is so intense.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 his facial expression is so intense.... Lovely photo ... I really wish I could stop reading all these report threads ... it just makes me miss him more ... and what the hell I'm going to do after December I have no clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 his facial expression is so intense.... he really meant it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarina Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 This is Mika in Rome with his present from the Italian fans! sweet memories brava! You beat me to that. Valerria prepared a book with pictures of our towns we had sent her, and a short description for each town, strictly in ITALIAN! he has to practise his Italian, hasn't he this is Pilgrim Mika wandering through Italy and visiting all our beautiful spots... :naughty: he laughed SO hard when he saw this pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edoclaire Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 There was no support act, it started shortly after 10 pm and lasted about 1.45 h. it was a very long set, he sang 20 songs! He must have been tired, but you couldn't really tell, he did his best to offer a superb gig; he clearly loves Italy, and especially Rome; he made us sing and clap A LOT. The crowd was very responsive, ready to follow him and have fun, danced and jumped, especially during Celebrate, EMD and Love Today. We also had a fantastic choir, they were really good! Mika had an excellent idea! I loved all the songs, the old ones as well, he added many new intros and extensions, in order to make us sing more. The new arrangements are fantastic, the new songs are superb and irresistible live, Stardust is sung so beautifully that it hurts, I can't tell how much I like Origin of Love and Popular; Happy Ending, Underwater, Rain, LYWID, Celebrate (with the slow intro) are so touching. Yes I completely agree with the Stardust statement. It was the most beautiful song of the night I think. I like it on the album, but God, the acoustic piano-voice version is gorgeous Almost cried ! I'm glad you like the choir . I was unsure that you could hear our voices, it seemed to be very noisy already brava! You beat me to that. Valerria prepared a book with pictures of our towns we had sent her, and a short description for each town, strictly in ITALIAN! he has to practise his Italian, hasn't he this is Pilgrim Mika wandering through Italy and visiting all our beautiful spots... :naughty: I love it soooo much. That's super cool. I love the way he laughed when he saw it. So good to have a vid to remember that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Yes I completely agree with the Stardust statement. It was the most beautiful song of the night I think. I like it on the album, but God, the acoustic piano-voice version is gorgeous Almost cried ! I'm glad you like the choir . I was unsure that you could hear our voices, it seemed to be very noisy already so true! Oh yes, I could hear you well, you were awesome and beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edoclaire Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) so true! Oh yes, I could hear you well, you were awesome and beautiful A video of Stardust : Edited November 17, 2012 by Edoclaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 A video of Stardust : oh that user has got such fantastic videos! almost the whole gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 another positive review in Italian http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.outsidersmusica.it/recensione/Roma/mika-the-origin-of-love-tour-atlantico-live-roma-101112/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAEoATAAOABA7vSghQVIAVgAYgVpdC1JVA&cd=e86_B2Da8Jk&usg=AFQjCNHL19YjmxBiuLoZn_fcvACV5ED9sw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggie112 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I know I'm really late, these are my videos from the show Underwater Stardust (Italian edit) Origin of love Relax We are golden Elle me dit there also other videos from the show, but just little of songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Grazie Margherita! Sweet memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggie112 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I really miss him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 we need a show in Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy_Queen Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I know I'm really late, these are my videos from the show Underwater Stardust (Italian edit) Origin of love Relax We are golden Elle me dit there also other videos from the show, but just little of songs Thank you for the vids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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