I will now be forming the Coalition to Protect Stevie Wonder At All Cost. 

Shhhh don't put names out there. Seriously I think 2016 distracted us with Carrie Fisher then swooped in and took George Michael

I could listen to Faith and I Knew You Were Waiting all day. 

Since he died on Christmas, listening to Last Christmas was a little tough :/

 

And agreed dragonflies. Swooped right in. Man this year took so many people.

4 hours ago, ChitHappens said:

I could listen to Faith and I Knew You Were Waiting all day. 

He had a lot of great hits! He is one of the artists that I have his complete hits on one CD.

Three of his albums are in the top 20 in Itunes with the album Faith at #5.

shocked he was only 53. I thought he was older for some reason bc he's been around for so long

I can only listen to I Knew You Were Waiting if I mute out all of Aretha's overrated whaling parts. 

37 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

shocked he was only 53. I thought he was older for some reason bc he's been around for so long

Its because he didn't age well. He lived a rough life even though he had all that money.

15 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

I can only listen to I Knew You Were Waiting if I mute out all of Aretha's overrated whaling parts. 

LOLOLOL....Alvin I love reading your posts...always something great on them....thanks for the laugh as always...teehee....LOL

23 hours ago, Cheap21 said:

shocked he was only 53. I thought he was older for some reason bc he's been around for so long

 

I read somewhere that he wrote Careless Whisper at 17. I read he was only 19 when Wham! hit the big time.

 

 

Did anyone see this?  George Michael rehearsing with Queen with David Bowie and Seal watching in the background. No one could've known that David Bowie and George Michael would die in the same year.  The backstory was written about here. http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/watch-george-michael-rehearse-somebody-to-love.html

 

 

The funny thing is is when I was a kid, George was the male pop star I most wanted to be like, lol. His influence on modern pop is so underrated - people like Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber (who are nowhere as talented btw) owe more to him than Michael Jackson (who they always cite). 

 

With Prince and George dying in the same year, it really is the end of the massive 80's/early 90's pop star/MTV era. Madonna's really the last one standing from that era with any lasting cultural impact. 

28 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

The funny thing is is when I was a kid, George was the male pop star I most wanted to be like, lol. His influence on modern pop is so underrated - people like Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber (who are nowhere as talented btw) owe more to him than Michael Jackson (who they always cite). 

 

With Prince and George dying in the same year, it really is the end of the massive 80's/early 90's pop star/MTV era. Madonna's really the last one standing from that era with any lasting cultural impact. 

Ha I can't picture you as a GM wannable....LOL.  Don't forget about Janet...but Madonna is the only one left.

Well, moreso his Faith era than his Wham era. 

25 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Ha I can't picture you as a GM wannable....LOL.  Don't forget about Janet...but Madonna is the only one left.

 

Absolutely.  Janet was just as big as them in her heyday.  

 

In-T-Way, not really relevant to George's passing.  RIP.

 

i like Janet, but didn't include her because I don't think she was ever quite the global force the others were, or as pop culturally significant (my opinion of course).

 

Anyway, here are some other duets - with Whitney and Mary J. Blige. Both were hits in the UK.

 

 

 

@BetterForgotten I'd really have to disagree with you about Janet. Control was pretty big and Rhythm Nation 1814 was pretty big and Janet Jackson had carved out her own space in choreography, other than Michael, very few could live with her in terms of her stage shows and music video choreography that everyone wanted to copy. In the video music age, that was pretty big.

Of the places I'd been to in the 90s (North America and parts of Europe), she was pretty big there.

 

ETA. I'm seeing how many times I keep saying "pretty big". I feel like Larry David.

Edited December 28, 20168 yr by DramatistDreamer