Mika vs David Brent

[nietzscheprime]

I wish Mika was DEAAAAAAAAAD

[juicesnap]

david brent/ ricky gervais way better :).

[Xpyriant]

haha good job, that was awesome. I love the office so much XD

[ultamatefrogmaster]

"It sounds a bit gay"

"It's not gay"

"WE ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK WE ARE!"

"Gay?"

"We are GOLDEN!"

"Yeh, that sounds a bit gay."

"IT'S NOT GAY!!"

"

[upstateNYcuties]

Whenever I'm really sad, I watch this video and it instantly cheers me. I put the audio on my iPod. It never gets old. Thank you!

[LondonEmber]

I didn't realize you had made the mix for Wossy. Well done! Did they find you via YT or did they ask you to put together this mash up and you posted it here later?

Poor Mika is getting slammed here :( Whether you like the song or not he is an extraordinary live performer.

[EdwardStove]

@LondonEmber I've done stuff for the Wossy lot before, so I did them a short mash-up when I knew Ricky and Mika were on and they showed it. I then did a full length version when I had a more time.

[johnalantheofficial]

ha ha ha i so enjoyed that !!! :D

[luarionte]

Mika is NOT dead! :)

[doktorkosmos213]

oh come on..

[smshamma]

freelove freeway also sounds so much like "hit me with your best shot" for Pat Benatar.

try making a mash up with those two songs, see how it comes out. altho you might wanna use the actual song with all the right beats, rather than this version.

would be interesting to see how that goes.

[paulofthebailey]

Brilliant :) Did you have to speed up or slow down either of them to fit, or were they the same speed to start with?

[EdwardStove]

The tempo of Freelove Freeway fluctuated, so I had to tweak the speed slightly here and there and cut it about a bit. The main thing was pitch-shifting it as they aren't actually in the same key.

[paulofthebailey]

Cool. Well it's very well done!!

[komandersilva]

that sounds awsome! :D i would buy it

[rory09]

She's not dead!

[Clarestovold]

Nyeh, I really like Mika though...

[WKaliberr]

Mike you fucking bender you stole it

[daleksfearthewhovian]

no he didnt

[purplenurps]

Did Courtesy of Jonathon Ross lool

[purplenurps]

Take the did away

[jamstandfestival]

I never heard this song until just now when Mika was performing this shit song on Live at Abbey Road and I instantly heard Brent. Turns out someone heard it already!!!

[benny120061]

at first i thought it was a tom petty rip off but the song i thought of went F C Am G then i remembered that david brent song went C F Am G this will make for a great acoustic medley lol

[daleksfearthewhovian]

Ok, so I've noticed that alot of people have taken a disliking to my last comment mabey thats because I got my facts wrong anout Mika writing his music. Well I recently tryed to mix the Bob the Builder theme with Boom Boom Pow and one note was the same! So Black Eyed Pea's must have copied Bob The Builder. Its the same princepal. There IS only a few was you can arange a set of cords effectively.

[wadehjb]

I knew it was very similar, but didn't know it was a straight rip off.

I'm getting really irritated at all these so-called artists stealing the music of other musicians (Mika, Timbaland, Dizzee Rascal to name a few) and claiming credit.

[EdwardStove]

That is the worst criticism of someone mixing two songs that I have ever read.

[ProfessorPiano]

OWNED! Lol!

[daleksfearthewhovian]

im getting quite annoyed by these people saying "oh these to songs sound alike. Mika must have copied them"

there are only a few ways that you can arranged a set of cords affectivly. and my i have you know that mika doesnt write his own songs, so even if his song was copied (and i dont think it was) it wasnt his fault

[bigbadpoo]

mika does write his songs. the songs are nothing alike

[alexwylie29]

Absolute genius.

[fuckermatthew]

holly shit us... thats incredible...))meeennn

[khalithistle]

what a curious juxtaposition of perceptive, clever, timeless ART with moronic lowest-common-denominator corporate bilge. mika should be ashamed of himself

[hallicks]

Same chord progression but different key.

[ProfessorPiano]

Same key. C maj.

[ProfessorPiano]

Dude, that message you sent about "More than a feeling" ?

The songs are We Are Golden and "Freelove Freeway" Lol.. So, you've made a mistake. :)

[hallicks]

The bloke above my first comment said "more than a feeling" had the same chords as the Mika/David Brent song. I pointed out that it was the same chord progression but in a different key. I know the Mika and David Brent songs are in the same key. I guess you just missed the point of the first comment which was what I was replying to. Never mind!

[ProfessorPiano]

Ahh right. Sorry about that, :D

[olamf04]

Hahaha!

[TheIceP]

Mika is a shocking artist, the guy has zero talent.

Ricky Gervais did much better with his effort and he was trying to make David Brent look bad !

[GranulatedStuff]

I always thought RG's song was a Lou Reed pastiche. This Mika song sounds like its been ripped 'straight' out of a 70's variety show

[mynameisrobtoo]

David Brent sounds 1000x better than ANY of Mikas songs..

[CHERUB47]

how did you get an instrumental version in the verse? great video btw.

[EdwardStove]

I made a mix of this for Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - they got the instrumental verison for me.

[FmBm2]

:O

Could you send it to me, please? I'm kind of obsessed with instrumental versions. It helps me learn the songs on piano :]

[EdwardStove]

I'm afraid I don't have it any more, only the Mika Brent mashup.

[daleksfearthewhovian]

So it was you who did the Friday Night With Jonathan Ross remix. I have one thing to say to you...

GOOD JOB!! These songs fit perfactly! And they are both great!

[GetOverIt2]

I love the fact that because Ricky posted this link on his blog he may well sit at home on Youtube and search 'Ricky Gervais'.

Nothing wrong with that. I do it enough anyway

[CudaFilth]

of course! thanks for this - brilliant! she's not dead...

[hedgehog910]

You copied jonathan ross' idea

[EdwardStove]

Actually I did the audio mix that he used on the show - this is my extended version.

[hedgehog910]

My apologies then.

[EdwardStove]

No worries.

[Softcore118]

Wheres Ricky sending people here from ? any links ? :D

[aahmm]

his blog on his website

[ilovemingers]

his blog

[biglifer26]

This should be the official video. He'd win over more fans, Mika that is.

[LuckyPup1]

Thank you. I've been wondering what that remined me of.

[iainhudson]

Has anyone noticed it also sounds pretty similar to living on a prayer and heaven is a place on earth too? :)

[skibadee66]

not gay!

[solsiestar]

fun!

[HanatielHawk]

mika sucks, The Office UK rocks!

[KILLFELIX]

Maybe so - but this song still rocks Non The LeSs

[MikeyHogarth]

Fantastic!

[Geffen111]

Great mash-up man, I wonder how Mika would feel after seeing this!?

[EdwardStove]

He saw it on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and loved it - well, seemed to.

[HanatielHawk]

i'd think he felt gay.

[Flighn]

I love how he is trying so hard not to crack up when he sings, "...porvafor , can you pump me up?"

[kendal226]

Ricky G is a genius!!!

[sylvz18]

haha this song is in my head again now!! lol so funny though...

[frogji]

amazing

[upstateNYcuties]

PS -- the only way this could be improved would be by adding David Brent's dance somewhere....

[upstateNYcuties]

Ricky sent me here, too. Too funny. I had a big smile on my face the whole time.

[jaina81]

This is brilliant! Thanks!

[OPG1987]

Ricky Sent Me Here!

[weezly83]

great mashup. you did a great effort mixing these 2 together. well done.

[scomatsho]

Surely Mika is one of those cases when the record company spends a fortune ramming shit down our throats knowing the weaker ones will buy it after repeat play radio brainwashing. I'm stronger willed and call shit when I hear it.... SHIT!

[rdgloveshouse]

hilarious x

[rdgloveshouse]

Ricky sent me here xx

[sosollaz]

I don't like to think of myself as 'homophobic', but everytime I hear/see Mika I can't stop staying Faggot over and over in my mind.

[MrMopeyMan]

lmao....yeah me too!

Watched this on Jonathan Ross. I bet Mika was thinking "FUCK" I mean this might end his career. I even think Brent's lyrics are better.

Great work with this, that was amazing..

[EdwardStove]

Thanks very much!

[GetOverIt2]

thats not a lovely word. kinda homophobic dude

[Jontaylor002]

ricky sent me here

[timgoodings]

Ricky sent me here

[TheCheeseBucketShow]

Ricky sent me here.

[IAMJWB]

ricky sent me

[captainkenny007]

she not dead....hahahahaha amazing

[Tommyboy424]

Ricky Gervais must youtube himself constantly

[Carfer22]

I'm sure he was shown this on a talk show. I've definitely watched something where he was shown it.

[Bushbaker]

jonny woss

[rdgloveshouse]

lolx or other people do and send him links x

[comface]

Why ruin a perfectly good song with a half-naked man dancing around!?!

[askAminja]

:D lol

[Ieshido]

I thought it was a cover of a Bucks Fizz song, with added cancer and OMG died goats.

[departed94]

Ricky has a link to this video on his blog!!!

[usernamefaulkes]

OMG it really is Ricky G's song!

[Dabs84]

God, I hate Mika.

[samfitzell]

haha... me and my girlfriend though exactly the same thing!!!!!!!!! the thing is a love Freelove Freeway and HATE MIKA!

[timthegooddancer]

HAHA this is fucking fantastic!

[bender970]

Why the hell is Andy Lee ripping off Ricky Gervais?

[karatefella]

everytime I hear the mika song, the song drifts into the David Brent song !

[LiekaQueenofDarkness]

Excellent! xD

[GoodyTooShoes333]

amazing

[eloril]

haha, exactly what I thought when i heard this on the radio 2 days ago. well done.

[VasyaVasilysa]

Mika & The Office - smashing mix! Should be included into official video releases! It's GOLDEN!!! Well done, creator!

[Conorinit]

It's Just Too Close, Innit

Hahaha

[roelvano]

Yuk!!

[texaspete66]

lebanese brother mika  !

[poppylovell]

they did this on friday night with jonathan ross!

[ada692]

hahaha, I love it

[XhoowieX]

so cool, saw a mix between the 2 on friday night with jonathon ross

[jimmymac111]

quality

[uberfluss]

its not gay