George Michael

[Rico1304]

Imagine having that much cash and watching Deal Or No Deal.

I bet he'd been for a shit, got back in bed and the remote was lost in the covers.

[redheart]

It's not the fact of the amount it's the fact that he could be bothered enough to give someone the money just because he happened to be watching the show at the time and thought he could help someone who needed it.

 

Just like the £5k he gave the bar maid who was a student nurse struggling with debt. Again, the £5k would have been nothing to him but if more millionaire and billionaires acted with these sort of kind gestures the world would be a better place no?

 

It would better if they were not taxing avoiding cunts and education (including for nurses) went back to being free

[cloggypop]

I bet he'd been for a shit, got back in bed and the remote was lost in the covers.

Like you'd get out of bed with that cash

[A Red]

The only reason people dont understand his music is because they dont like it.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Like you'd get out of bed with that cash

 

Like you'd need to use a remote as well. 

[thegreatelephant]

I've never understood this guilty pleasures business.

 

If you enjoy a song, why care that it isn't held in high regard by other people? What is there to feel guilty about?

what if it's Rock N' Roll by Gary Glitter?

[cloggypop]

what if it's Rock N' Roll by Gary Glitter?

No way am I going to stop listening to Doctorin' The Tardis

[thegreatelephant]

If you enjoy a song, it's good.

ha ha ha

[thegreatelephant]

what if it's Rock N' Roll by Gary Glitter?

 

 

No way am I going to stop listening to Doctorin' The Tardis

 

 

a likely story but that's good quick thinking nethertheless

[cloggypop]

a likely story but that's good quick thinking nethertheless

I don't own any Gary Glitter. Honest. I fucking love Bill Drummond though.

[thegreatelephant]

I don't own any Gary Glitter. Honest. I fucking love Bill Drummond though.

i do own that little KLF manual and did my A levels listening to the White Room and the Doors greatest hits

[cloggypop]

i do own that little KLF manual and did my A levels listening to the White Room and the Doors greatest hits

Money back if you don't make it to number one.

[thegreatelephant]

Money back if you don't make it to number one.

i'll just get Mike Chapman in when i've got the dough, there's still time

[cloggypop]

i'll just get Mike Chapman in when i've got the dough, there's still time

Sheet and a rhino horn if you are getting old and unphotogenic.

[thegreatelephant]

Sheet and a rhino horn if you are getting old and unphotogenic.

 

unlikely

[Grinch]

The only thing good about his music was the Limp Bizkit cover of faith, and im getting too old for that.

[Tony Moanero]

Negged.

[Guest]

Negged.

Repped.

[Paul]

Just listening to George Michael's Desert Island Discs. It's well worth it if you're interested.

[Mook]

Just listening to George Michael's Desert Island Discs. It's well worth it if you're interested.

 

What did he pick?

 

Not a loaded question btw, I'm genuinely interested.

[Guest]

What did he pick?

 

Not a loaded question btw, I'm genuinely interested.

This would seem to be a link to the show :

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008006s

[Guest]

This would seem to be a link to the show :

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008006s

In 2007, George Michael was Kirsty Young's castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

 

He described his life as having felt "self-destructive", going on to talk about love, loss, his sexuality and drug use.

 

Michael did not choose any of his own songs for his castaway list, but recounted the tragedy which inspired Jesus to a Child.

[Paul]

What did he pick?

 

Not a loaded question btw, I'm genuinely interested.

Roxy Music - Do The Strand

Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (This was his "if only allowed one" choice)

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

Goldfrapp - Paper Bag

Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town

Kanye West - Gold Digger

[Strontium]

Protest song as pop ballad. Never bettered on either front.

 

 

In light of the musical snobbery around his output, some irony in the fact this came from an album called Listen Without Prejudice. It's almost like he knew.

[Josef Svejk]

Come on mate, you're better than this post. Whether you liked him or his music, you can't deny that he was a cultural influence and a pop icon.

He could sing, he could write tunes, he did have influence over millions of people.

I'll be choked when Ozzy dies, he's made me laugh, he's rocked my world, he's influnced millions of people too, but it doesn't mean that I can't appreciate what George Michael did as a musician and a human being.

Wham and George really weren't my thing, but as a kid, summer of 84, you can't dispute that he was the one that women wanted to be around and men wanted to be.

But George Michael's legacy really will stay on for all time. Shit songs? Maybe. Not your thing? Definitely. Was it mine? Not really, but I do know that he was massively influential and he was a better than most human being. He used his fame and fortune to do good in this world, which sets him apart from virtually every other one of the cunts who knock out love songs.

I didn't like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Prince, all whom have died, I don't like Paul McCartney much, or Elton John, but they have left a legacy whilst alive and will do when they die.

No need to trample all over them just because they aren't to your taste.

There can be a differtiation between the man, his music, his deeds and his impact. Your above post does you no credit at all.

You don't like his music? I don't much either, but the man has died, and did some good things while he was alive, and to others he did some great things whilst alive.

George Michael was the Elvis Presley of the 80's, and a philatrophist, whether you like it or not.

I've ignored this thread for a while. But there's so much that's objectionable about this post, I barely know where to start. So, to save myself the effort, I'll start at the end.

 

The Elvis fucking comparison. Jesus, I may overstate my criticism. But nowhere near your overstatement of praise.

 

Listen to the Sun recordings. Listen to the Memphis recordings. You are absolutely nuts if you think a single song George Michael ever recorded deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Elvis Presley.

 

Elvis, for all his imperfections, defined rock and roll at its very best. And, if you think iconography matters (which I don't), then George Michael has more in common with Shakin Stevens than Elvis Presley. Look at the Faith promo material. That's fucking Shakin Stevens for MTV.

 

Lord, I despair...