As I sat at my desk working on an essay, I had the TV on
for background
noise--tuned to ESPN there was some skating show on. Well lo and behold,
what was the first song someone skated
to? None other than Jesus to a Child.
The sheer artistry Viktor Petrenko's (sp) routine truly brought a tear to my
eye. I'm
sure George would have loved it. I know I'll be watching the video
I taped it on a few more times...
AND AWAY WE GO...
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mylasher-at-gorilla.net
(Robert) writes:
--
I simply do not understand all the upset about George's
"new" information.
We've all always heard the rumors that he was gay or whatever. The fact
that he may have a
relationship with a man does not change the quality of his
voice, writing, production, or direction abilities. His talent (in
that
area) does not begin in the bedroom. None of us (that I know of) have ever
been invited into George's bed (or even his
life), so what business is it of
ours who he chooses to invite, or who has been there?
(A young lass' teenage dreams
Robert, that's all it boils down to. It's just
an initial shock we'll all get over soon, right ladies? AG)
A good friend of
mine once said "your heart doesn't know genitals." I've
rejected, pretty much, religion because it seems (to me) to be
the root of a
lot of prejudice (Holy Wars...). Why can't everyone just live their life
happily as long as they hurt no one?
It's the heart of the bible--without
man's interpretation; that's what all religions are based on. Is he happy?
Are his
partners? Very well then.
(Wow, we've rejected religion for the same reason. But like I said, the When we're young, we have no experiences and no points of reference. We feel Personally, I believe that anyone who needs ANY outside influence to ease The founding fathers grew it, (sorry, I'm an american, educated in our (Gee, then I
guess my unwillingness to even have a beer before writing an Maybe that's why I'm still not published...but the price is too high for ME. Amanda,
even if you choose not to add this, I hope it might help to ease your (I'm fine with
it now, but I'm no longer in total awe of his talent as I once was. Mortality sucks doesn't it? AG) Your hard work is soooo
appreciated... (Thanks! BTW, you bought me lunch the other day... AG) Concerning TBI, I think it is hard for most of us
YOG fans to know what the You made mention of his creative abilities during the Wham! days and how he I just hope he finds
the optimism in his heart that can provide him and us Maybe he'll "get roughly what he
gives"... : ) (I sure hope so. AG) Love ya, Mark Cheers! Brent (Amanda dont send YM to this address just to my regular account (Brent is making it a habit of collecting e mail addresses...I've
gotten (From
what I've read on the AOL Bulletin Board, it was indeed a lip sync. this
isn't necessarily a post, (It is now... AG) but i just finished watching the mtv europe awards & had a few (The general concensus is that it was a lip sync. But in retrospect, my 1st also, maybe that big, distressingly revealing interview just made me (I sure hope you were just looking too hard. I do recall
him saying that he well, nonetheless, i guess the music still rocks in my book... thanks for all your
juggling--i'm consistently amazed by how you keep up w/ it all!! more power to you woman!! (Thanks! AG) Ann : ) (Look, I don't have the tape yet, so don't be getting me all hyper
just yet And, well, George must have been high tonight, because when he just went up (George does love his sunglasses. He wears them all the time, so this is Keep on doin what you do, AG. %%% Dana %%% (Yes, I agree with you. And he shelved LWP II so he wouldn't have to deal pardon me. (No need. AG) (It's not rejection,
don't put words into our mouths. AG) I can totally relate to how he must feel cuz I've been in the same situation (Sorry Ted, but I don't have the luxury of
wallowing in "what's missing"! I I know it's not the smartest thing to do but then again I never really (How old are you? I would have to beg to
differ. A lot of things George Just
talented. He owes all his talents to himself and I don't think smoking (Listen to Older again really objectively, and forget it's George, then get Anyways... did everyone see the MTV thing? That
was really cool!!!! I He didn't sing it - most
disappointing when at that level you disappoint the (That's why I used perform and not sing.
And as for MTV and lip syching, they have no problem with that. Recall the 1989(?) Club MTV Tour? AG) Don't you think
that there is something a little odd about someone who (Look, George wrote Star People as
a joke, he can say "I do not count myself I
know that there is a Laserdisc (and probably a VHS video) from the GM album (Maybe someone else can, I've never heard of it. AG) Thanks You'll
see it when you read it! (And as I promised, I personally will enter the whole article in to a YM PS He was great on the MTV awards..... Please e-mail me at anita.patel-at-bowne.com. Did
they show the EMA4s on MTV US? If not you4ve missed something (They did, but we don't get MTV US here in Canada, so I'm
awaiting a dub from George WON for BEST MALE and PERFORMED "Star People" live !!!! The (George
is notoriously arrogant at awards shows. Watch any tape. He likes Anyway, here are some dates for further GM related TV shows ( for MTV Europe) - Saturday 16th, 11:30 pm, CET : Unplugged with one EMA winner; since GM won - Sunday 17th : GM X-Celerator : An
interview(probably the same) and lots of I really look forward to the unplugged now because i think this is really (Why I'm running
this now I don't know...the Europe gang has already read it, That4s all for now Listen without prejudice...
sexuality reaction is
just a carryover from my teenybopper years. Beside, I
always said that given the choice, I'd have my way with Andrew. So Keren,
BE
WARNED!
everything very
acutely. A toothache is the end of the universe as we know
it. As we age, we gain all the experiences and pain that come as we
all know
they do--and they build, and build... George wrote Careless Whisper when he
was 17. He was so moved by something that
probably wouldn't evoke a nodded
head from him now. Careless Whisper is among the finest songs of the decade
(generation?).
It's hard to top. Maybe George felt that he HAD to top
himself...the press is damn tough. Maybe, in a moment of weakness, he
turned
to something that helped at the right time and found confidence. Maybe it
really helped heighten the emotions... I've
never tried any drug, I'm not
quite sure. On the rare occasion that I have a headache, AN aspirin will
usually knock me for a
nap.
anything is weak. I should be able to
control my emotions and pains with my
mind. Concentrate and it will happen. Not everyone believes that way. Of
all the
"evils" in the world, canibus is one of the least. Alcohol is much
more aggressive and violent than that--it should be
immoral, but it's use is
social--sad. Mass produced cigarettes are much more harmful. Canibus and
tobacco, in their natural
state, do not cause cancer. It's all the bleaches,
dyes, glues, plastics, chemicals, and, in menthols, fiberglass (and whatever
else
is laced into the stuff) that do the damage, and starts and keeps the
addictions. I don't agree with it's use, but I don't
disagree more than I do
alcohol or whatever else.
system).
Native Americans used it in their PEACE pipes. It's been around
for just as long. Most all of my friends have tried pot and the
like. Some
even have an occasional drink (one drink a week(?)), but I still object to
their use. I hate it, but I don't think
it's our right to "damn" George. I
challenge he (she, sorry Amanda) that could name a poet, or writer, who
didn't
use some kind of outside influence. From Shelley (and her whole
"crew") to Morrison, to...George.
essay or setting to work on my little novel, means I'm not cut out
to be
"great". AG)
opinion. You had such a love for George and everything
associated before
that I hope it isn't tainted by something so, really, trivial. That kind of
dedication is hard to find.
Cherish it. George hasn't killed, raped,
battered, or assaulted...he hasn't even called someone a bad name.
Reading back
through I sound like some sort of old Sage or something...I'm in
my early 20s, but I've learned to be very accepting, and take
life as is
comes because someday it won't come at all.
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lisamark-at-mobis.com (Mark and
Lisa) writes:
Hi Amanda,
pressures of stardom actually do to a person. I know George said he always
wanted to be a pop star,
but then turns around and says he doesn't like the
heat. I believe him when he says he wants to write the best music he can and
he
seems to put an incredible amount of pressure on himself. Having read all
that, I have to believe that the last 5 or 6 years have
been a lot harder for
him to deal with...
didn't
need grass then, but can those days really be compared to the past 5
or 6 years or George's life? Just think of what he's gone
through....I know
it seems as sort of a cop out, but depression can be a hard thing to
overcome...
with songs of happier days...
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stw97-at-hotmail.com
(Brent Pearson) writes:
-
Hello this is something kind of
different after all the talk about GM and how
shocked or not shocked people were this week on the Big Issue interview I
thought
I would try to lighten things up a bit. Ok there is a service on the
web called Hotmail and it allows you to set up your own free
e-mail account.
No software needed to install no fees all you need is a way to get onto the
web anywhere in the world and go
to this address: www.hotmail.com and you can
get your very own free e-mail account and it is totally free and you can send
and
receive to anyone just thought I would mention it because maybe some of
you want a way to send and receive e-mail at work or
somewhere where you have
access to the internet and no way to send within your own companies e-mail
system. Hope this helps
someone.
this account is just a free account
dont know if I will keep it or not but
hey its free)
notes from 4 or 5 of his addresses... My fave? georgemichael-at-hotmail.com
AG)
Get
Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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mylasher-at-gorilla.net
(Robert) writes:
Is it me or has anyone else noticed that the show--MTV
Euro Awards--may have
been a lipsync? There are a couple of times when a George-like note was
coming when his mouth was
nowhere near the mic (the back-up singers?), but at
other times, a word was a little delayed so he could get the mic to his
mouth...
And George is not really good at those... AG
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Ann.C.Philippon-at-Dartmouth.EDU
(Ann C. Philippon)
hi amanda!
comments/questions.
at first i was pretty psyched b/ george looked really
enthusiastic & it was great to finally see him on stage again (yay!).
but
then it seemed to me that he was lip-synching?? was i imagining things? or
maybe it was just a time delay or something? if
that's true, how lame of
him! i don't remember seeing him lip-synch at events like this before, or
do i just have a selective
memory?
Euro tape shows a little error or two
also... AG)
paranoid, but while accepting his award,
george seemed to have that
nose-twitch common in users of harder drugs than pot, if you catch my drift.
please, say it isn't
so george!! as you said yourself, "i am NOT
impressed."
had done coke in the past, but didn't much care for it, and besides, he liked
the shape of his nose too
much to continue on... AG)
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dck9-at-cornell.edu
(Dana) writes:
--
I must say, I am not very impressed with the Euro MTV Awards. I
mean,
nothing wrong with George, but the show altogether is... lacking? Anyhoo,
I'm a bit upset that he was lip-syncing to
"Star People." Ah well. I
suppose it's better to see him lip sync than not see him at all. And I love
his cute
little "Fast Love dance move" he sticks in there.
OK? AG)
to receive the best male
vocalist award? Those sunglasses were just a bit
too dark to be wearing inside this late at night. Don't get me wrong. He
still
looked hot.
nothing new really. Maybe he forgot to
put his contacts in, and left his
glasses on the dresser, so he had to leave his shades on. I myself have done
this once or
twice... AG)
% The artist formally known as Priscilla %
"Sitting
in clover looking for the fifth leaf,
something soon will come my way..."
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ackoh-at-arbld.unimelb.edu.au
writes:
--
I think George is getting more and more confused as he gets
older. I just
can't see why he has to take the cannabis just to write a song. If this is
the case, then maybe he shouldn't
expect people to respect him so much for
his songwriting ability anymore. Or has the past few years really been cruel
to him
mentally that he has to depend on the stuff just to write a few songs
or to get out of the depression state. You might not agree
with me, but i
think he's someone who's stealing from himself of his health, success etc. I
keep having the impression that
he's got a lot of negative thoughts in his
mind till he needs help to write his songs. No wonder the Older album gets so
down
in spirit. So what if jesus To A Child or Fastlove were big hits? it;s
not really him anymore. It's that stuff.He's one of the
few who's got what it
takes to write hit dance tunes, but he shelved LWP vol 2. and those dance
songs would've been hits are
now on B sides. I just don't get it.
with a
second flop album. At least Older's only flopping in North America.
AG)
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Acropora-at-msn.com
(Ted) writes:
-
Hi everyone! Hi Amanda! First of all, I just want to say that
I can't
believe a lot of you guys rejected him for what he did (I'm refering to the
drug thing)!!!
before
where you have everything and yet there's something missing and you
just can't concentrate and would try any alternative
(including drugs) to get
back on track. It's a very depressing situation and yes ALL my friends
rejected me back then and I
had to start all over again and I'd really hate
to see that happening on George.
have to deal with it, say "F*ck it then", and move on. That's how we deal
with
problems in the real world. AG)
considered George to
be smart (how can someone who dropped out of school at
the age of 16 be smart???).
says are based on the classical philosophers. In my mind, it doesn't matter
when you stop going
to school, it's when you stop learning--this coming from
a university student facing another 5 1/2 years of school. AG)
weed is going to make him less talented (maybe shorten his
lifetime but it's
his life not ours).
back
to me. The lyrics are good, but musically, it's a little out of whack.
AG)
noticed that most of the people from the Fastlove video were there. And the
car looks neat too!! Well
that's all I have to say. BYE!
(Were they? AG)
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ACS3HANCOSM-at-ntu.ac.uk (SM Hancock)
writes:
--
Perform ??
MTV audience by lip myming.
where's sunglasses all the time - regardless of darkness or being inside
?? -
aside from anything else, it makes you look about six years old with a new
toy.
among" you until the cows come home, I think it's pretty obvious, he's right
up
there. Everyone needs their image, George has always relied on his
shades, would you prefer he wore bustiers--a la Madonna? Cuban
heels--a la
0}+> --or surgical masks--a la Jackson? AG)
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p.a.a.w.vanderheijden-at-ato.dlo.nl
(Pieter van der Heijden) writes:
--
Hello
Listen without Prejudice. Could you tell me what the
tracklisting of this
Video is?
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vcufalo-at-mathsoft.co.uk
(Enza) writes:
-
Hi Amanda
Having read the big issue story myself
now (not the SUN version) GM
is not revealing that he has doubts about his sexuality - he's saying
that he will NEVER confirm
it either way!
The big neon question mark is not his own, its everyone elses...
(That much I figured. AG)
during my XMas break.
Comment free so you can print it out. AG)
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Anita.Patel-at-bowne.com
(Anita Patel) writes:
--
Hello.
Does have a copy of the
MTV EUROPE awards from two years ago in Berlin
that I could get a copy of, I will pay for the dupe, video cassette
and
shipping charges...as well as the STW video and the recent MTV
interview. Thanks!
(All I have is George performing Freedom
at the Berlin awards. I wouldn't
mind seeing last year's either. I have STW, and the recent MTV interview was
a few sound
bites of the forthcoming full interview. AG)
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stefank-at-hildesheim.sgh-net.de
(Stefan Kirchfeld) writes:
-
HI AG,
someone in the US. AG)
performance
and his whole appearance on stage was kinda cool but he appeared
a little arrogant !!!
But i likes his joke about Nick Cave
to bask in utter and complete glory on occasion, and hey, don't
we all? AG)
:
- Saturday 16th, 4:30 pm
, CET : Premiere of the whole MTV Interview
one
award it is possible that this is the great GM-Unplugged so check it out
!!!!
videos !! ( I don4t know the exact time when it will be on yet but i will
know
tomorrow so i can send it to you then )
gonna be
great. I mean the EMA4s were not bad but not such a big thing ; but
an Unplugged will be really cool !
but why not. AG)
Take Care
Stefan
snailmail:
Stefan Kirchfeld, Burgstrasse 42, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany
Tel.: +49 5121 132726
E-mail: stefank-at-hildesheim.sgh-net.de
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To
Wrap it Up: