George Michael

[Chocolategoggler]

Post today from Lauren The Insider (George's goddaughter):

 

[Sammiejayne444]

Tis Rob Lamberti night. We were first in the queue to get in at 7pm. Front row seats for the child and I

 

[LadyMuck]

What was the programme called? Trying to find it on sky to download. Many thanks x

It just said 'George Michael'. Recorded in 2010. I didn't realise it was on and only started watching at 11. It was on from 9.15 to 11.20 on bbc4.

 

[PrincessCharming]

Rotten that Gorgeous Georgeous couldn’t trust his own family.

 

[Ravenstown]

I fucking hate the attention seeking twat.

 

[Grifters of the Caribbean]

Lovelies, Check out George’s Instagram and also The Lovelies Club on insta, The GM Estate has released outtakes from the Careless whisper video from 40 years ago, never seen publicly before
May he Rest In Peace and continue to inspire and enrich our souls and new generations
🪦

The video is also on YouTube:

 

[JulesWake]

There is a guy Fabrizio Levita who has a collection of Yog songs titled Celebrating The Hits of George Michael & Wham.

I typically play GM all day every day, I never tire of his voice.

Yet my household members have other thoughts about my obsession which is when I will play the alternative to GM; but still GM songs with a different voice.

Fabrizio's album of songs is really soothing and definitely worth a listen.

Disclaimer: No-one will ever replace George.

 

[Jenny63]

I think she certainly did get lucky and is clinging onto it for grim life. She always reminds me of a bitchy school gates mum who'd be superficially welcoming but very quick to make it plain that she's Queen Bee!
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Also (on a roll here!) her story of how they all got together us suspect! According to her she was super cool in school and Andrew and George both admired her from afar but she had no time for them. Cut to a couple of years later and they all met on the street, bonded immediately and rushed off to listen to records in George's bedroom. What she now glosses over as she's married to Martin Kemp is she actually met George because she was going out with Andrew. I always think Young Guns was probably written about her!

 

[BabeTakeTwo]

Absolute gold!! George was hilarious

Brilliant - love this sketch. Thank you for posting.

 

[troutpout69]

My girls are 7,9 and 10 and they’ve all grown ip brain washed by Last Christmas and Careless Whispers!

 

[PrincessCharming]

A man who gave many a closeted burly truck driver a good time on Hampstead Heath.

Not to mention bragging rights

 

[Twinkle6]

George Michael T-shirts in Primark. Buzzed 🩷

 

[JulesWake]

Kenny went to court as he believed he was owed for the time they were together and apart as he stated he gave up work to support George and continued his charitable work through the Goss- Michael Foundation
I will keep my opinions to myself but it was a Crass Money grab after George Died, Fadi tried but was shut down, The Family said he wouldn’t get a penny But he did and has gone on to have various facial surgeries ( looks awful) and spend spend spend
I did like Kenny and I do think George would still be here if they were together but those Demons and suppliers/ enablers were around ( Fadi and Paul Stag )

https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...s-breaks-five-year-silence-singers-death.html

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Thanks for the reply.

I did like Kenny and much more so than Fadi (who I never liked).
I remember hearing/reading that Jack was never too fond of Andrew (found him to be quite obnoxious) but that was just what I read. Hard to know if there was any truth to it.

It rubbed me the wrong way how Andrew came out & did so many interviews after George's death. I suppose he can't win either way. Along with the books that he & Shirley/Pepsi wrote & promoted. Seemed a bit much and the wrong time to do so. Maybe I'm totally wrong in my assumptions. My heart hurts for George with all the pain & suffering he endured whilst alive, then losing his life, as well as Melanie's death.

 

[pinksparklebird]

Hello, I lurk on these pages, and don't post often - but the mention of chemsex sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole, as I must admit that as a heterosexual woman, I was a bit ignorant. I thought it was just about having sex under the influence of poppers or GHB, but it sounds like there's a more sinister element to it. Methampthetamine and GHB are often injected simultaneously by people who practice chemsiex, which doesn't sound like it would be too healthy for anyone:

The articles I read say that men who indulge in chemsex often have much rougher sex than they would do otherwise, which can lead to internal/rectal injuries, and the drugs can also cause other health problems, specifically heart issues. If George was regularly being supplied these drugs by Fadi AND regularly participating in very rough sex, I can't imagine either his physical OR mental health were that great. He always seemed to have a very high sex drive (Kenny said as much I think, and the cottaging on Hampstead Heath seemed to be part of that), so potentially his drug use may have been very heavy indeed.

It all seems to contribute to a potentially very sad end for George. Of course, he might have been loving the scene, and feeling that he was living his best life, but I don't think the evidence really supports that.

 

[Carefree]

I know it's not quite about George but Tesco have the white Last Christmas t-shirt in their sale. Got one for £4 today.

 

[Sideboard Bob]

Love finding variations of his songs, remixes, megamix & such. Anyone have other recommendations do tell

I LOVE this, it’s his remix of Freedom 90, mixed in with Soul II Soul’s Back To Life, he sings parts of other songs in there too. It’s so chilled and dreamy.

 

[Chocolategoggler]

I came across this interview from an immigrant's son:

 

[Renegadedancer]

I'm sure almost everyone on here knows anyway but there's a new George Michael documentary on tonight. Channel 4, 9pm. Probably lots of sleb talking heads but extra George is always a pleasure to see.

I didn’t know so thanks for flagging it

 

[VicksterIcon]

He does some amazing Dad dancing in that video

Speaking of dad dancing I love the mistake he made in the Outside video during the toilet turned disco scene!

 

[Prince fan 1999]

"Praying for time" gives me goosebumps every time I love how he said he got the idea of the video from Prince's "Sign O the times"

Just discovered "John and Elvis are dead". How have I not heard this one before???!!!