After completing a series dedicated to the music of George Michael, the next thing to do is obviously to compile a list of his most compelling work, right? Of course. George is one of those artists who was able to master the art of the hit single, but his genius was not limited to mastery of the 4-minute pop radio ditty. There’s plenty of gold to be found among his album tracks, and he’s one of the few recent artists […]
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Blerd’s Notes: A Guide to the Music of George Michael (Part Three)
In Part One , we reviewed three Wham! albums, released between the years 1982 and 1986. Part Two looked at the beginning of George Michael’s solo career, three albums (and an EP) released between the years 1987-1996. Since then (15 years ago, for those keeping score), George has released two studio albums (one of which is a covers album) and two double-disc hits packages. What the hell, man? This is a Dr. Dre-esque release schedule, which makes you consider if you should ever expect […]
Blerd’s Notes: A Guide to the Music of George Michael (Part One)
It was a Saturday night (actually a Sunday morning) in the summer of 1983, and I was watching “New York Hot Tracks”, one of several local shows that devoted itself to the then novel concept of playing music videos. Being a music geek at even this tender age (and being allowed to stay up WAY past my bedtime), things like this brought me way more pleasure than you’d expect from a 7 year old. One night, they played a video […]
