George Michael

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Marcinabolan said:
After all the Yog adoration in the Secret Celeb Gossip threads, I think it’s time the man, the legend, got his own thread (let’s face it, he’s more than worthy of one!)

I’ve been a fan of his since the early 90’s as I grew up listening to both him and Wham! My favourite solo album of his was Listen Without Prejudice.

He was a fantastic artist, an incredible human being, and was the first to have a laugh at himself. One of my favourite videos of him is where he’s refused entry into his own concert 😂😂😂 I can’t think of an artist since who can take the piss out of himself and kept it real as well as George did.

He is so, so missed 💔

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He secretly paid for a lot of medical procedures for people which the NHS didn’t cover, such as breast cancer treatment. And never publicised it.

There is a great interview somewhere alongside Morrissey where GM, affable as usual, happened to tell the interviewer that he was a fan of the band Joy Division. They were totally confused as had assumed he just favoured cheesy pop IRL and I suspect Morrissey was put a bit out of joint too as he wanted the monopoly on seriousness. 🤣

Eta: here it be
 
Waiting for the Fast Love to start ❤️
 

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VicksterIcon said:
My mum denied me from seeing Wham! when they came to Bournemouth as she was absolutely disgusted with George shoving shuttlecocks down his shorts and not something a young teenager should be seeing!
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I was very young when the shuttlecocks down the shorts thing happened, but I can very vividly remember watching TOTP and my Mum abruptly changing channel, looking at my Dad and saying "He's not wearing any pants, that's absolutely disgusting". Me being me (and about five years old and obviously very innocent!), I spent the next half hour going "But how do you KNOW he's not wearing pants, Mum?" and being solidly brushed off. 😂

A few years later, I read about the shuttlecocks in Smash Hits and asked her why on earth anyone would put shuttlecocks down their shorts because I just didn't get it. I was not given an answer. 😂

If W.A.P had come out when I was a kid, my Mum would have locked me in a cupboard. I'd probably still be in the cupboard now, come to think of it.
 
Twinkle6 said:
I bloody adored his Outside and Freeek music era too , and kicking about in the pinstripe suit and the goatee. He was giving no fucks and was filth , we love to see it 👏
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Aww yes!!! 💯

I really love Outside. The song and the video are amazing in their own right, but the cultural impact! He’d just been outed and the press clearly wanted him to feel ashamed, and he just went, “no, I’m going to have FUN with this”.

I honestly think that video is one of the most punk rock things to happen in popular music.
 
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