A victim of the times
It was pretty nice to be invited along to a PR junket the other night. A funny old business. Look at all these losers modelling their free sunglasses. The canapes were great though! Not quite sure why I was there, since if the idea of the evening was to get fashionable people wearing Ray Bans it was a bit lost on me. For starters i'm very far from fashionable. And most of all my useless eyes are rather dependant on a pair of ferocious prescription glasses to be able to see. But hey, free drinks & shades. And the canapes were lush. I'm not complaining!
I had to leave early, so missed all the 'proper celebrities'. Mind you it was quite entertaining watching certain unnamed Z-list stars desperately trying to get in front of the cameras whilst at the same time trying to appear to be nonchalently avoiding them. Well hell, let's name names. Meg Matthews!
Why the early departure? Well I had tickets to see MIKA at a special gig at the Reindeer Theatre on Brick Lane. This is a small temporary venue that's only open over christmas... and it was a real treat to see someone so talented, and so destined to stardom, in such an intimate theatre.
It seems obligatory at this point to mention Freddie Mercury & Scissor Sisters. And much as i'd like to think of some more interesting frames of reference... I think they'll do fine. Charismatic and camp, he's a grand piano wielding singer-songwriter with a disco falsetto and some catchy as hell tunes.
This is the first track of his that I suspect will blow up to huge proportions early next year. If you're anything like me you'll find yourself humming it at every quiet moment.
MIKA - GRACE KELLY
Love it or hate it, you'll be hearing that a lot next year. Head over to his myspace for more. My sister, Emma, is rather taken by 'Billy Brown', while 'Relax' is radio-friendly pop gold also. Although the gig as a whole was quite mesmerising, I found he overdid his falsetto a bit. When he reverted to a more natural voice for the chorus of the penultimate song it really gave me shivers down my spine.
Here's one more... the most Scissor Sisters-sounding of his songs. Mixed in with 'I Just Died in Your Arms' by The Cutting Crew. You'll have to turn a bit gay for this one.
MIKA - RELAX, TAKE IT EASY
I've just found a (very short) clip of Mika from the gig:
And another version of the song on Jools Holland:
I had to leave early, so missed all the 'proper celebrities'. Mind you it was quite entertaining watching certain unnamed Z-list stars desperately trying to get in front of the cameras whilst at the same time trying to appear to be nonchalently avoiding them. Well hell, let's name names. Meg Matthews!
Why the early departure? Well I had tickets to see MIKA at a special gig at the Reindeer Theatre on Brick Lane. This is a small temporary venue that's only open over christmas... and it was a real treat to see someone so talented, and so destined to stardom, in such an intimate theatre.
It seems obligatory at this point to mention Freddie Mercury & Scissor Sisters. And much as i'd like to think of some more interesting frames of reference... I think they'll do fine. Charismatic and camp, he's a grand piano wielding singer-songwriter with a disco falsetto and some catchy as hell tunes.
This is the first track of his that I suspect will blow up to huge proportions early next year. If you're anything like me you'll find yourself humming it at every quiet moment.
MIKA - GRACE KELLY
Love it or hate it, you'll be hearing that a lot next year. Head over to his myspace for more. My sister, Emma, is rather taken by 'Billy Brown', while 'Relax' is radio-friendly pop gold also. Although the gig as a whole was quite mesmerising, I found he overdid his falsetto a bit. When he reverted to a more natural voice for the chorus of the penultimate song it really gave me shivers down my spine.
Here's one more... the most Scissor Sisters-sounding of his songs. Mixed in with 'I Just Died in Your Arms' by The Cutting Crew. You'll have to turn a bit gay for this one.
MIKA - RELAX, TAKE IT EASY
I've just found a (very short) clip of Mika from the gig:
And another version of the song on Jools Holland:
posted by headphonesex @ 9:16 PM
