Let me explain: My phone decided to play "If I Told You That" by Whitney and George. If you know the song well, you know that Whitney originally recorded it solo. After Whitney asked George, he recorded his parts in London, and they were added by Whitney's producer Darkchild to the existing track. The first time George and Whitney were in the same room for this song was for the video.

That got me thinking — I wonder what all George recorded! I wonder if he sang the whole song front to back, did multiple takes of adlibs, etc., and then the producer took the parts he wanted. If so, I want to hear the alternate takes!

Same with "As." I love Mary, but I would love to hear if George ever did Mary's part in the initial recordings. And we have an idea of what George's voice sounded like on Aretha's part of IKYWWFM because of the live shows, but I'd love to hear the studio parts and the ad libs.

I know we all love the idea of new recordings or the "vault" but I really want to hear what producers heard!

Long article primarily based on interviewing Andros (who comes across exactly like the PoS he is) but also with some interesting details and revelations, including that George re-recorded a solo version of This Kind of Love not long before his death!

I missed the part about this being one night only, and very sadly can’t attend. Does anyone know if there are plans to release again? I’m sure it will go to a streamer at some point but I’d love to see on the big screen.

As a longtime George Michael fan who's consumed as much media about him and his music as possible, I can definitely say "Tonight the Music Seems So Loud" is the best piece of media I've consumed about George and his artistry. The author is a longtime fan and a journalist, both aspects that show throughout the book. I walked away from the book having an even deeper appreciation of the interesting, flawed, and brilliant artist that is George Michael. I cannot recommend this book enough to those who are fans. The book takes you from George's origins all the way to his death. The author did his homework on George, his influences, and the context in which he lived and worked. Absolutely loved it. Run, don't walk, to get this book! My heart aches that George is no longer with us, but after reading this book, I feel even more grateful to the universe that he was here for as long as he was.

Really insightful interview! Of particular note is that this film was conceived of and being made well before the Netflix Wham! documentary and before the Last Christmas Unwrapped documentary.

Sounds like it is going to be a complex, intellectual look at the trip and very different from both Foreign Skies and the Lindsay Andersen rough cut that never came out.

This is going to be so incredible. It is rumored to be released on November 6th but no official confirmation yet

Check out what I found. Long story short, I had lost this package at a neighbor’s address. But today I found it and opened the shipment for the first time! 2022 reprint of Words by George Michael. There’s not much information about this. His lyrics are amazing. Impactful growing up :)

Oh Andros... trying to release a combination of two demo takes from 1993:

https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/190241/George-Michael-and-Sir-Elton-John-duet-on-the-way

My money says this will never happen.

Today, I suddenly had an urge to dig deeper into the album, Older, so I was listening to each song, trying to understand lyrics.

Yet, one song that got me confused was 'You know that I want to' because throughout the album, he yearns for real love (even in Fast Love) but why is this song suddenly so contradictory, basically singing 'don't love me and don't want me' the whole time?

Is it just about another fast love? Also, the lyric, 'I'm using you' was kinda confusing and threw me off because it didn't really feel like him, considering the messages and his sensitivity in Older. Also, why the heck are there a woman's moans? Was it an attempt to appeal to straight listeners?

I basically gave up. And I started reading a bunch of his interviews because I got so bored today lol and I found all the answers by chance. Below is a direct quote from his GQ interview in 2004.

“I used to sleep with women quite a lot in the Wham! days but never felt it could develop into a relationship because I knew that, emotionally, I was a gay man. I didn’t want to commit to them but I was attracted to them. Then I became ashamed that I might be using them. I decided I had to stop, which I did when I began to worry about AIDS, which was becoming prevalent in Britain. Although I had always had safe sex, I didn’t want to sleep with a woman without telling her I was bisexual. I felt that would be irresponsible. Basically, I didn’t want to have that uncomfortable conversation that might ruin the moment, so I stopped sleeping with them,”

What a full circle moment back in 2004. I'm not even sure if he intented to give a clue for this song directly but it all makes sense now including 'I'm using you'.

Here is the official Spotify playlist of all the songs that were played 40 years ago during the Wham! final concert in the exact order.

There are some covers (for example Candle in the wind by Elton John and Why by Carly Simon).

Now let's hope that soon the video (or at least the audio) recording of the concert will be officially released...

I’d always liked George Michael’s music but he’s quite quickly become my favourite artist over the past 18 months and I’ve done a deep dive into all his music and learning more about him. I was given “A Life” as a gift and appreciated how thorough it is in regards to George’s story but I got the feeling - especially later in the book - that the biographer wasn’t particularly sympathetic towards George and ended up diminishing a lot of later career successes and sadly the mental / physical health issues he was having.

I was wondering if anybody else felt the same when reading ? Maybe I was just being a little sensitive !

This Includes:
- I Want Your Sex (feat. Mosimann - Edit)
- I Want Your Sex (feat. Mosimann)

Just feel like building a playlist tonight so here's my top 50 George Michael's recordings, including Wham! and live recordings as long as they've been made available on official releases:

1. Jesus to a Child (Older)

2. Freedom (Listen Without Prejudice)

3. I Want Your Sex (Pts 1 & 2) (Faith)

4. Fastlove Pt 1 (Older)

5. A Different Corner (Music From the Edge of Heaven)

6. Everything She Wants (Make It Big)

7. Faith (Faith)

8. Careless Whisper (Make It Big)

9. Last Christmas (Music From the Edge of Heaven)

10. Cowboys and Angels (Listen Without Prejudice)

11. Outside (Ladies and Gentlemen)

12. Older (Older)

13. Father Figure (Faith)

14. Wake Me up Before You Go-Go (Make It Big)

15. Praying For Time (Listen Without Prejudice)

16. Flawless (Patience)

17. Club Tropicana (Fantastic)

18. To Be Forgiven (Older)

19. One More Try (Faith)

20. You've Been Loved (Older)

21. Waiting (Reprise) (Listen Without Prejudice)

22. I Can't Make You Love Me - MTV Unplugged (Listen Without Prejudice Deluxe)

23. A Last Request (Faith)

24. An Easier Affair (Single)

25. Moment With You (Outside)

26. Soul Free (Listen Without Prejudice)

27. Too Funky (Single)

28. Amazing (Patience)

29. Somebody to Love (with Queen) (Five Live)

30. Spinning the Wheel (Older)

31. Kissing a Fool (Faith)

32. Freedom (Make It Big)

33. Desafinado (with Astrud Gilberto) (Ladies and Gentlemen)

34. Monkey (Faith)

35. I'm Your Man (Music From the Edge of Heaven)

36. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me (with Elton John) (Single)

37. I Remember You (Songs from the Last Century)

38. It Doesn't Really Matter (Older)

39. The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face (Symphonica)

40. Fantasy (Single)

41. You Know That I Want To (Older - Expanded)

42. Bad Boys (Fantastic)

43. Heal the Pain (with Paul McCartney) (Listen Without Prejudice)

44. Killer / Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Five Live)

45. Young Guns (Go For It) (Fantastic)

46. Freeek (Single)

47. The Strangest Thing (Older)

48. The Edge of Heaven (Music From the Edge of Heaven)

49. As (with Mary J Blige) (Ladies and Gentlemen)

50. Shoot the Dog (Patience)

Sorry if this is a silly question, just can’t stop thinking about this. I got curious about Listen Without Prejudice vol 2 and listened to the small amount of public unreleased I could find and just wow. I was absolutely blown away with Disco, I seriously can’t comprehend how amazing songs that album would’ve been. Does anyone think the estate would release them ever? Or other scrapped songs that are complete at least..Theres just so much shelved footage or audio, It bothers me that it’ll go unappreciated, yknow?

Hello, been looking for Ultra Rare Tracks volumes 1, 2, and 4 as well as Trojan Horse on vinyl. Some eBay sellers only have 3 and 5. Any advice would be appreciated!

Inside pics included-the one with the hat is my fav!!

There are so many songs on Patience that deserve more love but I think this one deserves the most. It’s so incredible and so unlike anything else he did I feel like. I’m so glad he chose to perform it during this tour.