Author Topic: RIP George Michael (Read 6657 times)

SystematicThought · « **on:** December 25, 2016, 04:11:13 PM »

Well, Last Christmas takes on new meaning now

2016 isn't done yet

RIP

Kotowboy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:13:17 PM »

WHAT . THE . FUCK .

MirrorMask · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:20:30 PM »

2016 won't go out quietly, won't it?

SoundscapeMN · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:26:49 PM »

unbelievable.

My wife is an Enormous Fan. This has come as huge shock, really out of nowhere. Kind of ruining her X-Mas.

He was planning a documentary, new album and Tour over the next couple of years. The Documentary and even album might still happen, posthumously, but the tour unfortunately won't.

This really sucks. Probably more than any other celebrity death of the past few years for her, even more than Prince, this sucks big time.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2016, 04:53:12 PM »

Ahhh that's such a shame. Great artist with a great song treasure.

RIP George Michael

Progmetty · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2016, 05:11:02 PM »

I can't believe he was only 53! I got his album "Older" in 1996.. so he was 33 and felt "Older"! I thought he was in his mid 40's at the time.
RIP

WebRaider · « **Reply #6 on:** December 25, 2016, 05:37:42 PM »

Guy could absolutely sing. "Praying For Time" is my theme song for how desperately f'd up this world can be and just an amazing bittersweet song in general. RIP...

wolfking · « **Reply #7 on:** December 25, 2016, 06:04:09 PM »

What the fucking fuck! Couldn't believe it when I saw the thread title.

RIP George. Not a fan, but dude could sing and has some stellar tunes.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #8 on:** December 25, 2016, 06:16:43 PM »

My mom is going to be sad. She loved George Michael. Sad news, pretty young and he had some major singing chops.

bl5150 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 25, 2016, 06:33:46 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on December 25, 2016, 06:04:09 PM

RIP George. Not a fan, but dude could sing and has some stellar tunes.

Same here (I thought there era of Faith/I Want Your Sex was awful) , but I did like I Knew You Were Waiting w/Aretha Franklin as a little kid. He's a bit like Pink/Fergie in that I would've liked to hear a bit more of what he could do in a rock setting. Certainly had the power .

TAC · « **Reply #10 on:** December 25, 2016, 06:53:07 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on December 25, 2016, 06:04:09 PM

What the fucking fuck! Couldn't believe it when I saw the thread title.

RIP George. Not a fan, but dude could sing and has some stellar tunes.

Agreed on both counts. WOW!!!

wolfking · « **Reply #11 on:** December 25, 2016, 06:56:27 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on December 25, 2016, 06:33:46 PM

Quote from: wolfking on December 25, 2016, 06:04:09 PM

RIP George. Not a fan, but dude could sing and has some stellar tunes.

Same here (I thought there era of Faith/I Want Your Sex was awful) , but I did like I Knew You Were Waiting w/Aretha Franklin as a little kid. He's a bit like Pink/Fergie in that I would've liked to hear a bit more of what he could do in a rock setting. Certainly had the power .

I always liked, I think it was called Fastlove. Groovy as hell.

TAC · « **Reply #12 on:** December 25, 2016, 06:59:15 PM »

Careless Whisper puts me right in the DeLorean.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #13 on:** December 25, 2016, 07:27:50 PM »

Listening to One More Try, what a voice!

jjrock88 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 25, 2016, 08:41:15 PM »

Not a fan either but definitely respect him. "Last Christmas" is a very catchy tune and an excellent video.

Sad news

jjrock88 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 25, 2016, 08:54:47 PM »

I wouldn't be surprised if Last Christmas goes to number 1 worldwide in the next couple of weeks

KevShmev · « **Reply #16 on:** December 25, 2016, 08:57:16 PM »

Like him or not, he had one of the greatest voices in pop of the post-70s era. Careless Whisper is a phenomenal tune.

R.I.P.

wolfking · « **Reply #17 on:** December 25, 2016, 09:03:46 PM »

Quote from: jjrock88 on December 25, 2016, 08:54:47 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if Last Christmas goes to number 1 worldwide in the next couple of weeks

Good call j.

DragonAttack · « **Reply #18 on:** December 25, 2016, 10:19:26 PM »

Wasn't a fan of WHAM! or George, and then comes along the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and his performance with Queen of 'Somebody To Love'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYAR8RigqDA

Enjoy the whole song, or start at 2:20 to get the feel of what leads up to around the 3:30 mark, with the ultimate highlight around 3:45, and Brian's glowing, accepting smile afterwards......

A fan of Queen for four decades+, and this is the ONLY rendition of ANY Queen song with a different vocalist that I like. He frickin' NAILED it, NAILED it, NAILED it. Stunned me then, stunned me later, still stunned me when we listened to it two days ago. Always wish he would have been given the keys to the Ferrari, and that Brian and Roger would have done an album with him, or at least a couple of world tours.

My admiration for that performance has never ceased. For the first time tonight, my enjoyment dropped a notch.

Thanks for one glorious reminder of what power that band had in the right hands (vocals). Rest well, sir.

RoeDent · « **Reply #19 on:** December 25, 2016, 11:26:14 PM »

A real bolt out of the blue, this one. Huge shock. Creator of some of the finest songs of the last 30 years. I remember hearing both Kissing a Fool and Cowboys And Angels for the first time and being blown away with it.

Zydar · « **Reply #20 on:** December 26, 2016, 01:21:26 AM »

Well this came out of the blue, I didn't even know he was ill.

RIP George, I'm going to listen to Jesus To A Child now. I remember really liking it when it was released.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #21 on:** December 26, 2016, 01:41:18 AM »

Quote from: DragonAttack on December 25, 2016, 10:19:26 PM

Wasn't a fan of WHAM! or George, and then comes along the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and his performance with Queen of 'Somebody To Love'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYAR8RigqDA

That was excellent!

Bertielee · « **Reply #22 on:** December 26, 2016, 01:49:34 AM »

I'm in shock! I'm a huge fan of Wham and GM, listened to him non-stop when a teen and in my young adult life. Fuck you, 2016! Up to the end, you will keep on taking one each day?!?

B.Lee

? · « **Reply #23 on:** December 26, 2016, 01:53:47 AM »

Not a fan, but he had a great set of pipes for sure.

RIP

NunoTenniscourt · « **Reply #24 on:** December 26, 2016, 02:53:24 AM »

George was my favorite non-rock/metal male vocalist. So, this was very hard news to hear. Yet another 2016 death of a music icon and on fucking Christmas.
His technique was absolutely flawless and his live performances always ended up sounding better than his studio work.

I also agree George stole the show at the Freddy Tribute concert. Unbelievable.

If you want to hear a song of his that has moments that sound a lot like Freddie, check out "Mother's Pride". One of the saddest songs
I've ever heard in my life.

Bertielee · « **Reply #25 on:** December 26, 2016, 03:22:20 AM »

Quote from: NunoTenniscourt on December 26, 2016, 02:53:24 AM

George was my favorite non-rock/metal male vocalist. So, this was very hard news to hear. Yet another 2016 death of a music icon and on fucking Christmas.
His technique was absolutely flawless and his live performances always ended up sounding better than his studio work.

I also agree George stole the show at the Freddy Tribute concert. Unbelievable.

If you want to hear a song of his that has moments that sound a lot like Freddie, check out "Mother's Pride". One of the saddest songs
I've ever heard in my life.

MP is one of my absolute faves as well. The rendition, the emotion, the power...What a beast of a singer he was!

B.Lee

Kotowboy · « **Reply #26 on:** December 26, 2016, 03:36:27 AM »

I remember back when Freddie Mercury died - a lot of people just *assumed* George Michael would take over. He seemed the perfect fit.

Maybe George didn't want to "replace" Freddie but it would have been perfect I think.

Paul Rodgers was such an odd choice.

Zydar · « **Reply #27 on:** December 26, 2016, 03:38:50 AM »

He did a great version of Somebody To Love on the Freddie tribute concert.

MrBoom_shack-a-lack · « **Reply #28 on:** December 26, 2016, 04:52:01 AM »

Stumbled upon the rehearsals for that Freddie tribute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBmZ0qNhIq0

David Bowie and Seal chillin in the back while Brain May can't contain himself.

KevShmev · « **Reply #29 on:** December 26, 2016, 07:23:45 AM »

Quote from: RoeDent on December 25, 2016, 11:26:14 PM

A real bolt out of the blue, this one. Huge shock. Creator of some of the finest songs of the last 30 years. I remember hearing both Kissing a Fool and Cowboys And Angels for the first time and being blown away with it.

Kissing a Fool was his least successful single from Faith, but I always thought it was better than almost all of the others, except Father Figure, which sits alongside Careless Whisper as the two best songs he ever wrote.

For those of us who watched MTV a lot in 1987 and 1988, George Michael was as much as a mainstay at the time as Def Leppard, U2 and Guns N' Roses, which is really saying something.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #30 on:** December 26, 2016, 12:16:36 PM »

I was not a big GM fan, but I will vouch for Kev's comment about him being all over MTV as much as any artist.

My initial thought was also the Mercury concert. I remember watching that live, and that performance was probably my favorite, and it does still stand up today. He doesn't try and emulate Freddie's voice, but uses his own amazing voice to do justice to Freddie's delivery and passion.

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #31 on:** December 26, 2016, 03:17:25 PM »

Fuck this year. Like seriously. The Grammys are gonna have to use a Dream Theater song for the in memoriam come February.

I was never the biggest George Michael fan, but Careless Whisper is pretty great and Mother's Pride gives me chills every time I hear it.

RIP George Michael.

nicmos · « **Reply #32 on:** December 26, 2016, 03:55:33 PM »

not a huge fan, but Freedom '90 is a killer tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 27, 2016, 09:57:44 AM »

I was a big fan back in the day. One of the best pure voices I've ever heard, and always had catchy songs.

RIP

rumborak · « **Reply #34 on:** December 27, 2016, 11:02:28 AM »

While surprising, it looks like he had an uncontrolled heroin addiction. His boyfriend called the previous three weeks "complicated", which probably refers to heavy abuse.

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Author Topic: RIP George Michael (Read 6657 times)