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Someone at work today told me that she went to see George Michael in concert. Funny, right? Because he's a somewhat disgraced former pop star. I mean, he's been busted how many times for engaging in gay sex acts in public bathrooms? And I think he's been arrested for some other drunken escapades. I'm not interested enough to even look it up on wiki, but feel free.
But the guy was a mega-major superstar. Wham was an 80's sensation. Then he dropped the "other guy" (Andrew Ridgley?) and was one of the top 3 or 4 recording artists in the world. Girls swooned and MTV played his videos endlessly. Who doesn't remember the leather jacket? The jukebox? The safe sex video featuring all those hot models with words written on their bodies? I think he popularized the stubble beard. He had that other video with all the hot models singing that "Freedom" song. But most important, the guy could sing. Really sing.
So here's a favorite Queen song of mine that he did--I believe--at a tribute concert for the recently deceased Freddie Mercury, himself a tremendous singer and performer featured here previously (on this same song, no less). Michael performed this with the surviving members of Queen and brought the house down. Gotta love that huge English crowd singing in unison at Wembley.
The concert in Boston got a great write-up in the Herald. The Globe reviewer loved it, too.
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