View Full Version : RIP George Michael
lefty
12-25-2016, 06:28 PM
Last Christmas
resistanze
12-25-2016, 06:39 PM
Damn, just read. 10 years since James Brown died too.
Ball Buster
12-25-2016, 06:41 PM
just when you think 2016 can't get any worse, then Wham!
HI-FI
12-25-2016, 06:43 PM
RIP.
monosylab1k
12-25-2016, 06:43 PM
His life passed by like a careless whisper.
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12-25-2016, 07:11 PM
John climbing that scaffolding at Wembley Stadium "Don't Let the Sun" to join him still raises the hair. It is incomparable.
At prime he was almost beautiful.
Now he's never gonna dance again.
My condolonces, Chumpdumper
baseline bum
12-25-2016, 08:24 PM
Shit happens when you have sex with Magic
Outlived by Charlie Sheen... wow
Just goes to show you just gotta have faith.
SpursforSix
12-25-2016, 09:15 PM
He didn't even waked me up.
KarmaKarma
12-25-2016, 09:21 PM
HIV/AIDS ?
SpursforSix
12-25-2016, 09:24 PM
HIV/AIDS ?
Who knows. Or maybe the toll taken from drugs.
Oh, Gee!!
12-25-2016, 09:48 PM
Drugs. Great voice. Great musician. Producer. Same echelon as Prince
SpursforSix
12-25-2016, 11:01 PM
Drugs. Great voice. Great musician. Producer. Same echelon as PrinceMaybe same star level and nothing against GM but Prince was a mucical genius on a different level.
Suspect death. Only 53, but RIP anyways.
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12-25-2016, 11:07 PM
Maybe same star level and nothing against GM but Prince was a mucical genius on a different level.
Prince was all about symbolism.
Michael was all about substance.
Prince was all about symbolism.
Truth.
SpursforSix
12-25-2016, 11:19 PM
Prince was all about symbolism.
Michael was all about substance.
I can't tell if you're disagreeing or just throwing out a catch phrase. Both were extremely talented songwriters and performers. But I don't think Micheal was on the same level...musically...as Prince. I'm not sure it's debatable.
And I wasn't a huge fan of either. Liked a lot of both of their work but not complete catalogs.
SpursforSix
12-25-2016, 11:24 PM
Anyway...they're playing GM videos on MTV Classic. Pretty cool. Find myself appreciating some of the early stuff slow stuff that I didn't care for at the time.
Never cared for GM. Queer shit, probably died from AIDs but still, he should have known better than to cheat a friend.
StrengthAndHonor
12-25-2016, 11:46 PM
Poor George, I guess he never had faith.
TheCultOfPersonality
12-25-2016, 11:54 PM
Looks like this was his Last Christmas.
R.I.P.
99 Problems
12-26-2016, 01:10 AM
Remember that song 'James Brown is dead, do do do da da, do, do ,da,da, James Brown is dead' and that was the whole thing he wasn't of course.
da_suns_fan
12-26-2016, 02:22 AM
just when you think 2016 can't get any worse, then Wham!
:bobo
benefactor
12-26-2016, 07:25 AM
Prince was all about symbolism.
Michael was all about substance.
The problem with Prince is that he was so wrapped up in being symbolic that it overshadowed his talent in a lot of people's eyes, especially the mainstream fan. He was one of the greatest talents of his generation and easily a top ten musical talent all time. SFS is right...GM doesn't belong in the same discussion with Prince from a talent standpoint.
Rust Cohle
12-26-2016, 07:31 AM
RIP. Too bad doctors couldn't put the boom boom into his heart.
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12-26-2016, 10:56 AM
I can't tell if you're disagreeing or just throwing out a catch phrase. Both were extremely talented songwriters and performers. But I don't think Micheal was on the same level...musically...as Prince. I'm not sure it's debatable.
And I wasn't a huge fan of either. Liked a lot of both of their work but not complete catalogs.
No, it's my considered opinion here.
I never could quite figure out Prince's intent. [Silly] comes to my mind then & still.
George put it & himself out there and it was pure.
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12-26-2016, 10:57 AM
Never cared for GM. Queer shit, probably died from AIDs but still, he should have known better than to cheat a friend.
Yep.
His version of Somebody to Love with Queen was great.
Spurminator
12-26-2016, 05:05 PM
RIP. Too bad doctors couldn't put the boom boom into his heart.
Winner
Spurminator
12-26-2016, 05:06 PM
We wore out "Make It Big" on roadtrips when I was a kid. That album is pop gold front to back. Never really cared for any of Wham's other stuff or much of his solo material, but the talent was undeniable.
In hindsight it's hard to believe he didn't come out as gay until 1998.
SpursforSix
12-26-2016, 06:28 PM
His version of Somebody to Love with Queen was great.
Now he and Freddie can do...yep...do I even need to say it.
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12-27-2016, 08:09 PM
Last Christmas
It's ironic, but, I'll admit when I first saw this thread and title I honestly thought he'd died last Christmas and it was a reminder of the anniversary. I caught up when I saw the TV, but, still under the impression it was his actual last Christmas. Bear with me.
Yesterday afternoon I stopped in at a Goodwill and perusing the CDs I came across a 2005 compilation of Xmas songs put out by Bath & Bodyworks $1.99, original price tag of $21,99 still on the case...(The Perfect Christmas.) I had no idea he'd started with Wham. I didn't even know what Wham was until reading his obit. That 10th cut on a second disc is Wham-Last Christmas.
Now, I know.
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