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 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 […]
Having Faith Once Again: George Michael’s Pop Masterpiece, Revisited
“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”‘s not the type of song any great songwriter would like to leave as a musical legacy, and George Michael knew that when he decided to split Wham! up in 1986. After four successful years of making easily digestible pop/dance anthems with (questionably talented) partner Andrew Ridgeley, George retreated into the studio with his sights on making an adult pop album that would resonate with fans in the same manner as the then demigods of […]
