Husband in jail, painful cold turkey crack rehabilitation, funny haircut – things are just about as bad as possible for Amy Winehouse at the moment, right?
Nope. Because Mika wants to get in on Amy's plans for a Christmas album.
Mika seems to be under the impression that an Amy Winehouse Christmas album would be much better with him in it because she's Jewish and he's partly related to someone who's been to Lebanon once, or something. But, hey, anything that exposes Mika to a career-threatening hard drug addiction is fine with us.
It's been a year since Mika got to number one with that Grace Kelly song of his, and what a year it's been. Not only did he release Grace Kelly, but he also released a bunch of other songs that not even Mika's biggest fans could hum if you held a gun to their heads. True, Mika helped stall a Boyzone reunion – so fair play to that – but unless he gets his act together sharpish, there's a good chance that Mika will become another quickly forgotten, funny-haired one hit wonder.
So what can Mika do? Piggyback around on someone much more famous to remind everyone that he's still alive? OK!
Mika has caught word that Amy Winehouse is going to temporarily switch smoking crack for singing soon, to record an album of Christmas and Hanukkah standard. Now, yes, we know that the Christmas album is basically an admission of creative bankruptcy, but ask yourself this – would you rather listen to a recovering crack addict singing Little Donkey or a double concept emo-jazz album entitled Requiem For My Blakey? Quite, so shut up.
Anyway, that's not the point. Mika's heard about Amy Winehouse's Christmas album and now he's so desperate to join in that he probably let a little bit of wee come out. You see, Mika doesn't just think that combining his camp gonk-pop and Amy Winehouse's thousand-year-old roar would make a perfect Christmas present – he thinks that it'll bring peace to the Middle East forever. The Sun reports:
The flamboyant singer revealed: "I heard Amy will be recording an album of Jewish music once she gets well and I’d like to make a contribution to it. I really like her music. Think about this – me, a part-Lebanese artist working on a Jewish album. I think that’s a nice statement. I’d like to make a statement some day."
Unless that statement is along the lines of "I'm giving up music forever to become a penniless hermit, plus I'm sewing my mouth up," then we expect that there's going to be a lot of profoundly disappointed people around.
Although maybe there is something to Mika's comment. Perhaps world peace can only be achieved by a hokey cash-in carol-singing album by a drug addict and a gay-looking man with a Freddy Mercury complex. After all, if painstaking negotiation and flat-out violence hasn't worked, then it's probably worth trying to unite the Arabs and the Jews through a united sense of crippling shame.
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Teri Blake says
“he also released a bunch of other songs that not even Mika’s biggest fans could hum if you held a gun to their heads.”
Dude, where are you from? All of Mika’s concerts are well known for having everyone in the room singing along to every song, with fans even coming dressed up as characters from new songs he has not even released yet. This is well documented in just about any concert review of his you’d care to read. His last tour had shows selling out within 48 hours, and in Europe his other singles got top numbers in the charts. His album is one of the biggest-selling ones around the world.
Then again, you also seem to take everything “The Sun” reports in good faith, so questioning your research is kind of pointless, isn’t it?
safeasfuck says
“with fans even coming dressed up as characters from new songs”
did you honestly write that with a straight face?
go & sit in the corner & think about what you’ve done
Teri Blake says
Oh no! I actually wrote something about someone’s concerts that was TRUE! You are right, I need to go read the Sun some more until I forget how to actually check for facts or do any research.
catherine w says
Teri Blake I totally agree with you. If you are going to take seriously everything the Sun has to offer then there is no point anybody reading your articles.
Mika’s concerts are sellouts – his album was 2nd biggest selling album of 2007 and grace kelly was number 1 selling single of 2007 , plus it was only the 2nd single EVER to reach number 1 on downloads alone. He doesn’t really sound like a one hit wonder to you now does he? Plus, the statement “he’s partly related to someone who’s been to Lebanon once,” is utter rubbish, in fact he is half-lebanese, as his mother is full lebanese and his father is american. Hmmm, I think you had better get your facts right http://www.hecklerspray.com before you start making false claims!!!!
bia says
realy i don’t no……i thing i like mika just on his own but it is ok if he wants to….
MIKA-LOVER... says
Mika is Lebanese,Not only : He came one time in Libanon i am half lebanese to!(and i liked it :p)
But mika and amy winehouse are the best and lily allen to!
Just i know when he’s new album come’s out in belgium : Last dayz of 2008 or 2009! xxlove MIKA
sasha says
mika is a legend and i know of one person who can sing like mika he is so talented. but mika has the whole room standing coz of his energy on stage it is excellent.
Kaitlin Davis says
mika is VERY TALENTED, you need to stop talking trash about him, and agreed, even my parents could hum along to his songs, my momma could sing them, I know every lyric to every song, even the unreleased ones, and if you put a gun at my head I would scream “WE ARE GOLDEN”
Ferrety says
Look, I know this is an old post, but you need to check your facts, seriously! MIKA is in fact half lebonese and was born in Lebanon. Lived there for a bit too! To be honest, the rest of his songs may be forgettable to you, but the rest of us know EVERYTHING… like KD before me, I know every single lyric. Everything he’s done. That includes ep content, collaborations, and unreleased songs. As soon as a new song is performed live a thread is promptly opened for discussion and lyrics on his fan forum. And for such a “forgettable” artist, he sure is doing well, because, HEY!!! It’s the middle of 2012 and we’re all still doing it!!! MIKA is indulgently creative, something you obviously wouldn’t know anything about judging by the quality of your insults. What is it like to have a job based off the prospect that people are entertained by slander and false truths? But hey, you still get a paycheck. What is wrong with that picture? Pray tell. After all, I hear enough people complaining about things like this… >.<