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.
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FT's Tom on April 11th, 2007
Ladies love cool Mika!
jel on April 12th, 2007
I baulk at the notion of Mika.
Kat on April 12th, 2007
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.
Pete on April 12th, 2007
Yes, I’m not quite sure where all the Mika hate comes from!
FT's Tom on April 12th, 2007
Extroverts in loving Mika shocker!
Marcello Carlin on April 12th, 2007
The only “Fun” inherent in Mika is of the Benigni/Life Is Beautiful variety.
jeff w on April 12th, 2007
This is the first time that the “if you likes/dislike”s have been even remotely accurate so far!
FT's Tom on April 12th, 2007
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)
FT's alext on April 13th, 2007
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.
FT's Sarah on April 13th, 2007
Did you take my zero joker on Mika into account?
FT's Tom on April 13th, 2007
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”.
FT's Tom on April 13th, 2007
Oh incidentally STATS FANS the rankings by demographic are done on raw scores not scores with joker weighting added.
Tim on April 17th, 2007
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’!!!
FT's LeboviciAB84 on April 18th, 2007
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.
Marcello Carlin on April 18th, 2007
And why do we have Guantanamo Bay torture camps? PRECISELY as a consequence of that US Marines sticker on the bumper of your SUV!
Dan on November 20th, 2007
Kat - if by “fun” you mean listening to singing which sounds pretty similar to a cat being castrated, then yes I hate fun.
Marcello Carlin on November 20th, 2007
I’d forgotten all about novelty one hit wonder Mika. Now I’ll have to do it all over again.
*nanosecond pause*
There, done.