Hi all! Some notes:
1. I have been processing surveys for most of the last 24
hours, despite the
nasty design flaw of the first version... Again, my sincere apologies for
the screw up, I should have known
better, I know enough about e mail to know
that there would be problems... If you have received a survey and not yet
responded,
please do, it's only a few minutes of your time. To those of you
who have, you have my eternal gratitude! If you trashed it not
knowing it
was mine, and you have the time to fill it out, please tell me so I can
re-send it to you. The sooner this survey
is completed, the sooner I can
stop bugging you about it, and move onto the YOGMAEL Honours. (And, no, it
has nothing to do
with a looming deadline, the study is not due until mid
April.)
2. JEFF ON COMPUSERVE: ANSWER ANNA'S E MAIL *NOW*!!!
3.
The address yogmail-at-aol.com--NOTE THE "MAIL" AND NOT "MAEL"--has been
decommisioned to make room for a
YOGMAEL Honours voting address. Yes, I know
I have a lot of e mail addresses, but if you saw the archives to the
Yog88-at-aol.com
address, you'd understand why I've branched out! So yes, the
voting ballot will be coming from yet another address...bureaucracy
is great
ain't it? : )
4. Now I promised someone that I would do yet another "in honor of" edition
of YOGMAEL
for them, specifically for proof-reading my survey the other
night, and generally for being an all around great guy. And since
100 is a
milestone, I figured it had better be a very important person. And that
person is none other than my personal George
Michael guru, the incomparable
ALAN K. HART! I've "known" Alan for about 18 months, from way back in my
days as
zuft08a-at-prodigy.com. This man is always in the know, and is always
willing to share. And I know I can speak for all of us when
I say THANK YOU
ALAN! When they ask "Who the man?" in I'm Your Man '96, I think they are
referring to you my friend!
5.
This is issue #100!!! As Madonna once said--"F*CKING AWESOME!!!!" It's
time for me to thank the people who really make
YOGMAEL what it is: THE
PEOPLE WHO POST!!! You know who you are, we all know who you are, we can't
help but get to memorize
your addresses! My eternal thanks for giving me
stuff to post and share with the world!
6. I'm taking a long weekend off!
That gives you a chance to catch up on
your mail, which I KNOW some of you need to do... : ) So I'll see ya bright
and early
Monday morning!
7. This issue is going out to OVER 500 ADDRESSES!!!
AND AWAY WE GO...
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WIN
A WHAM! 12" REMIXES CD RIGHT NOW!!!! Contest closes Friday February 14th
at 8pm Eastern Standard Time. Submit your entries
to me at yogmael-at-aol.com
titled "ATTN: CONTEST"
TEST YOUR GEORGE MICHAEL IQ!
This was originally a
multiple choice test, but a true George fan should be
able to answer these off the top of his/her head. In the event of my
receiving
a number of perfect tests, the winner will be chosen by random
draw. You have 24 hours to answer this, GO!
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1.
What is George's birth name?
2. What is his birthdate?
3. What are is parents' names?
4. What is his former Wham!
partner Andrew Ridgeley's middle name?
5. Who is George's favourite cousin?
6. Name the two record companies that George
has had problems with.
7. Which of the manager did George publicly dislike while still under his
representation?
8. When
and where did Wham! play their final concert?
9. Problems with which album release prompted George to file suit against
Sony?
10.
Name George's childhood musical idol and now close friend?
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ATTENTION:
My
thanks to all of you who helped with with the nominees in the YMH's, I'm
still waiting on confirmation from 3 of you before I can
hit the stats Michelle...hmmmmm.... AG)
I'm looking forward to reading #100 - Cool!! 900 more issues to go for #
1000!
Have
you joined the Tim's competition?
(Possessing an Older EP in my collection already, no, I decided not to. BTW,
in the last
12 months, my George collection has gone from 5 CD's to 13. I
like this whole George being prolific thing don't you? AG)
Have
a good one.
Keli
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PlaterDude-at-aol.com writes:
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Dear
Amanda,
On behalf of your upcoming 100th issue of Yogmael ( I don't know how to
do that fancy little backwards A/E thing
that you do) I would just like to
say Congratulations and Way To Go! You are really doing an incredible job on
this and I am
getting a lot of enjoyment out of it. Keep up the good work.
(Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying, because I know I am. As for
the fancy
Æ and the æ: It's really easy. For an Æ, hold down the ALT key while typing
in 1098 on the number pad of your
keyboard. For an æ, the code number is
0230. This is just one of many questions that will soon find their way onto
the soon
be be completed YOGMAEL FAQ--Frequently Asked Questions--Sheet to be
posted on Tim's page. We'll let you know when it's up. AG)
JR
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Daylou-at-aol.com
(Markjames) writes:
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I have a HUGE collection of his earlier stuff and
would just like to keep up.
Club Fantastic Fantastic Megamix, Careless demo, A Ray of Sunshine live from
the Tube, and a
bootleg Make it Big concert on vinyl. I'm looking to find if
you know anyone who has live videos? Such as Whamamerica--in
Philidelphia
preferred--and of course the Final Concert at Wembley Arena.
(Not much to see of the Final at the Arena,
considering it was across the
road at the Stadium... AG)
If you know anyone, yourself maybe, I wouldn't mind swapping if I
have
anything of interest to someone.
The girl who asked about Jive Talkin', it's by Boogie Box High his cousin
produced.
(Or
so George let us believe... AG)
If a copy is needed I can tape it.
Awaiting your response,
Markjames
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d.f.gomes-at-ncl.ac.uk
(Delina) writes:
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Hallo everyone!
Today I'm here to send you the
portuguese lyrics of Desafinado. I have to
say that I wasn't able to find the original lyrics anywhere. So these are
basically
what I heard. It's possible that some words were misunderstood,
but maybe not--I am portuguese after all.
So here it goes:
Se
voce disser que eu desafino amor
Saiba que isso em mim provoca imensa dor
So previlegiados tem ouvido igual ao seu
Eu
possuo apenas o que deus me deu
E se voce insiste em classificar
Com o meu comportamento de anti-musical
Nao lhes vou
mentir ate vou comentar
Que isso e bossa-nova
Que isso e muito natural
Que voce nao sabe nem sequer pressente
E que os
desafinados tambem tem um coracao
Fotografei voce na minha role-flix
Revelou-se a sua enorme engratidao
So nao podera
falar assim do meu amor
Que bem maior que voce pode encontrar
Voce passou a musica e esqueceu o principal
Que no peito dos
desafinados
No fundo do peito bate calado
No peito dos desafinados tambem bate um coracao
(Antonio Jobim)
This
song is from Tony Jobim a famous brazilian singer, which is one of the
best singers of bossa-nova. He also sang Agarota de
Ipanema--The girl from
Ipanema.
I would also like to add that George's portuguese is very good.
(THANKS A HEAP for
taking the time!!! I really do appreciate it, now I can
have a better clue of what I'm trying to sing along to. AG)
Before
saying bye, I Just want to say it seems to me that Amanda didn't like
my remark about being t song I ever
heard.
Bye bye
for now.
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Rsdean-at-unixg.ubc.ca (Ray Khan) writes:
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He's
simply the best. No other performers songs touch my heart as his do.
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JMac022-at-aol.com (Jason)
writes:
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Re: George and Freddie Mercury
actually, i'm pretty sure
george has said he didn't know freddie mercury at
all
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Jpbas1-at-aol.com (John Philip Bas)
writes:
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I just wanted to let you know that an unofficial release
of George Michael's
Unplugged or acoustic set will soon be available. KTS is well known for
their superior recording quality,
usually nothing less than DDD. While I was
web surfing, I discovered that they plan on releasing the CD sometime soon.
Please
check http://www.kts.it
View Upcoming Releases. With enough interest, possibly the CD will be
processed even faster. I'm not
quite sure of this, but an unofficial release
is coming+none-the-less.
(And now for some legalese: The resulting CD's would
be illegal, especially
since it is a company profit hunting. YOGMAEL assumes no liability for any
problems you incur. AG)
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pettini-at-dada.it
(Stefano) writes:
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Dear Amanda ,
How many instruments can George Michael
play?
(To the best of my knowledge, 4. Drums, electric bass, keyboards, and
acoustic guitar. AG)
My compliments to
your work! I do believe that we are practicing the same
religion!
Unfortunately I'm only an italian student and I can ' t
understand english
very well !
Bye!
Stefano
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chassagne-at-webster.ch (Martine) writes:
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Hi
Amanda,
Its been a while since I last dropped a line to the Yogcrew. I'm the
NYer studying in Geneva, Switzerland, just in
case you forgot. And
because I'm such a die-hard fan of George, I find it normal to ask people
if they ever met him. You don't
usually hear the answer yes, and you
'Move on'. I love doing that! I ask them So, have you ever met George?
And they look at
me baffled, "George who?" I say quite casually GM of
course! Its really funny, because the discussion will usually be
about
George since I brought it up.
Anyway, I was in the school cafeteria(cafe), and a friend of mine was
sitting with a
couple of her friends. So I asked the 'have you ever met
George' question, with a big smile. And this one girl said yes, about
two
months ago in London! I looked at her exclaiming, "what." She said
yeah, I was at this club in London, called
"'Equipe Anglaise'; a club
that my British friend told me to go to during my Europe MTV excursion to
meet George. But I
was so tired that I opted not to go, thinking that I
wouldn't really bump into George on such a busy weekend.
The rest of
the info that I'm going to add may not be music to your ears,
but hear goes. Of course I pleaded with her to give me more
details. I
asked her if she walked up to him, to at least say hello..Its George for
goodness sakes! But what I've learned here
in Europe is that is really
not such a big deal to most people. Honestly, besides that MTV weekend,
I haven't met any other
"die-hard George fans." Its always a yeah I met
him, but I not a fan or anything. I tend to think at those exact
moments,
WHY NOT ME GOD, I'D BE GRATEFUL, IF I MET GEORGE! But shit
happens! Anyway, this girl tells me, George really looked great, sort
of
the 'Star People' Euro MTV look. I'm saying yeah, yeah. Then she tells
me that he walked in with two seventeen year old,
drop dead gorgeous
models and that they were making out in the V.I.P. sec mentioned!! But school work leaves my travel time
boggled down, so
I am determined; worse case scenario to meet George in St.Tropez in
August, which would be my last month in
Europe!
(WELL GOOD LUCK TO YOU!!! AG)
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njones-at-bf.rmit.edu.au (Nicole Cherie Jones) writes:
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Hi
To All the Yogmael Family,
Just a quick question:
What happened between GM and his former manager Rob K. and how did GM
convince
Andy Stevens to leave Fony and manage him?
(I have no concrete answer to either, but I think Rob was dismissed over a
comment
made by Justice Parker along the lines of the problems with Fony
being the result of too much Rob and not enough George. Rob also
owed George
over a hundred grand, and some serious money to Fony as well. As for
Stevens, I think he had already left Fony.
AG)
Also the Older EP is now released in Australia.
Thanks for all your hard work Amanda it is much appreciated.
Nicole.
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pchrist-at-eaicorp.com
(Pete) writes:
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Dear Amanda,
I received a note from EQS last week
stating that an 80-page UK
photo book entitled "Without Prejudice" is slated for release on
February 24th. The price
is $19.99 and shipping is $5.00. EQS is
taking advance orders now. You can contact EQS at:
Phone 315-252-1999
fax
315-252-0365
www.eqsmusic.com
eqs1999-at-ix.netcom.com
PO Box 323, Auburn, NY 13021
Any news on how we can get a hold
of the unaired songs from
unplugged? Also was the unplugged warm-up concert (Radio 1?) aired
and are recordings available?
(No
to the first part. There are radio one concerts floating around on
YOGMAEL. AG)
I just received the "Older"
single. As a completely biased listerner, I
think it is wonderful. Of course, $13 was a lot to spend for the
advanced
listening pleasure of Desafinado, since I bought "Red, Hot
and Rio." But we GM faithfuls spare no expense for new
material!
"Older" single noteables: "I can't make you love me" is a studio
version, not the uplugged
version, and "The strangest thing" is live.
Thanks for all the hard work. Your efforts are always appreicated.
Pete
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TO
Wrap it UP:
SUBMIT YOUR CONTEST ANSWERS NOW!
See you on Monday.
"Never state, what you can't imply"