Focus Group 11 – MIKA
MIKA – “Grace Kelly” – Score: 3.68 (17th) – Controversy: 2.59 (14th)
(Females: 10th. Males: 19th. Under 30s: 18th. Over 30s: 15th)
Most like: Take That. Most unlike: FHM High Street Honeyz.
- “How did they let this happen?” (0)
- “Argh! Stage school!” (2)
- “Slinky, indie, British, girly” (4)
- “Going nowhere but good feel” (5)
- “George Michael pre-cynicism?” (6)
- “Idiocy has never sounded better” (10)
If you dislike Mika…
- …you are very unlikely to think that music meant more when you were 16.
- …you are more likely to listen to music in foreign languages.
If you like Mika…
- …you are much less likely to think of yourself as indie.
- …you are more likely to think the 00s have been fantastic for pop.
Ladies love cool Mika!
I baulk at the notion of Mika.
I watched the Mika video again last night on HitsTV and it really is daft amounts of joy. If you hate Mika you hate Fun! I can imagine how repeated plays might become irksome, but I don’t think I’ve had as much exposure to this as a lot of people.
Yes, I’m not quite sure where all the Mika hate comes from!
Extroverts in loving Mika shocker!
The only “Fun” inherent in Mika is of the Benigni/Life Is Beautiful variety.
This is the first time that the “if you likes/dislike”s have been even remotely accurate so far!
The science is impeccable – it is you who are innacurate, sir!
(Actually, I think this is the point at which there’s some nuance in the marking which is why the “analysis” bits make more sense – the previous 3 had basically low marks across the board so were all correlated with one another more than anything else)
I am sorry to see that if Britain underwent cultural apartheid I would be on the FHM high st honeyz side of the big chainlink fence, since I think I might be in dubious company. But I dislike Mika THAT MUCH. + any version of Touch Myself is good.
Did you take my zero joker on Mika into account?
Yes don’t worry. It was balanced out by the TEN JOKER given him by an individual we may only refer to as “LT GRUBER”.
Oh incidentally STATS FANS the rankings by demographic are done on raw scores not scores with joker weighting added.
Good review and to anyone that thinks Mika is at any point good, you need to grow up a few years, get yourself a music education and then ask yourself the question “Is Mika a whining hom boy who’s target market is 12 year old girls, local drive time radio stations and Guantanamo Bay torture camps?? Because I’m no clairvoyant but I can foresee the answer ‘YES, Yes he is’!!!
Not that I’ve seen it, but the Mika video is bound to be inadequate. For why? Because the image Love Today thrusts into my head is one of mediæval peasants country-dancing, and a midget jester lolloping through a field. And Men Without Hats already did that.
And why do we have Guantanamo Bay torture camps? PRECISELY as a consequence of that US Marines sticker on the bumper of your SUV!
Kat – if by “fun” you mean listening to singing which sounds pretty similar to a cat being castrated, then yes I hate fun.
I’d forgotten all about novelty one hit wonder Mika. Now I’ll have to do it all over again.
*nanosecond pause*
There, done.
fuck mika