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  • @loristone9242
    @loristone9242 Рік тому +246

    His voice is so hauntingly beautiful. It is so clear and the depth is amazing. This song is timeless, and most definitely speaks to the soul. Huge loss when he passed. R.I.P. George Michael.

  • @mjm5081
    @mjm5081 Рік тому +12

    🙏❤🌹George🌹❤🙏

  • @juliewaterfield1804
    @juliewaterfield1804 Рік тому +35

    he wrote this song in his bedroom when he was 17. the man was a genius. RIP George

  • @lowdown1222
    @lowdown1222 Рік тому +16

    Don't know what he looked like in later years but back in the day he was a stud!

    • @Debbie-m7f
      @Debbie-m7f 2 місяці тому +1

      I thought he got better with age.. so handsome ❤️

  • @shorty9617
    @shorty9617 Рік тому +40

    Thanks for being respectful of his talent. He had a hard time coming out. It was a different time.

  • @rosamiller8687
    @rosamiller8687 Рік тому +129

    He was only 17 years old when he wrote this song. He wrote it, sang it, arranged it and produced it, as he did all his other music.This man was a Mega Mega talent

  • @monsurahmed4550
    @monsurahmed4550 Рік тому +15

    R.I.P George Michael

  • @agentsculder2451
    @agentsculder2451 Рік тому +33

    Fun fact, George Michael went through 8 sax players before he found one who gave him the sound he wanted.

  • @sashabertold3731
    @sashabertold3731 Рік тому +27

    17years of age when he wrote this masterpiece and in this video 1984 only 21 years of age....❤

  • @324cmac
    @324cmac Рік тому +19

    I was fortunate to see George Michael sing this song live in a beautiful outdoor venue at night in the 1980s. His voice sounds even better live.

  • @andyyessel544
    @andyyessel544 4 місяці тому +2

    Omg love u guys big fan love your review's ❤

  • @brendanfromireland
    @brendanfromireland Рік тому +98

    17...he was 17 when he wrote this! "guilty feet have got no rhythm"... Sublime!
    You guys should do his song "Praying for Time".

  • @ramonaguilarvargasvo1-22vu6
    @ramonaguilarvargasvo1-22vu6 Рік тому +6

    Beutyfullovit

  • @Ginag9232
    @Ginag9232 Рік тому +10

    George will be inducted in hall of this year in November. George was 17 when he wrote this song

  • @heathcliffhermes
    @heathcliffhermes Рік тому +22

    This is one of the most wonderful ballads I've ever listened to. It marked the 80s. George was beautifully unique. He used to sing in such a way that his singing had you magically to start a timeless journey.

  • @vagnersimoes3694
    @vagnersimoes3694 Рік тому +8

    This song is AMAZING!!!!!

  • @gesundheit602
    @gesundheit602 Рік тому +53

    One of the very best songwriters of his generation. Such a phenomenal talent that we lost way too soon. RIP George, we miss you ❤️

  • @zimmy4868
    @zimmy4868 Рік тому +108

    You gotta do more George Michael! He crafted some of the most perfect pop songs and his voice is silky smooth perfection.

  • @ritchiec6317
    @ritchiec6317 Рік тому +64

    Please more GEORGE MICHAEL!!! 😊😊😊

  • @DrnkTheWildAir
    @DrnkTheWildAir Рік тому +33

    He recorded the best Christmas Song!

    • @Stanbily
      @Stanbily Рік тому +2

      Mariah Carey has entered the chat…

  • @bradenevans514
    @bradenevans514 5 місяців тому +12

    I visited his grave last December. I love him so much. ❤

    • @Debbie-m7f
      @Debbie-m7f 2 місяці тому +1

      Love him too. So sad he has passed❤️🥺

  • @madeleineglo7696
    @madeleineglo7696 Рік тому +15

    George was a brilliant writer, singer and great man, gave so much to charity that was not revealed till after his death, helped many people, such a loss. R.I.P. George Michael.

  • @rogermoore8783
    @rogermoore8783 4 місяці тому +7

    the talent of this guy was unmatched

  • @skurkela
    @skurkela Рік тому +8

    Michael ❤

  • @alicecatron9870
    @alicecatron9870 Рік тому +6

    PHENOMENAL VOICE.

  • @Soulseeker-z8x
    @Soulseeker-z8x Рік тому +16

    He has the best voice ever. I was lucky enough to see Wham in concert in Houston. Such an amazing and energetic show. He will be deeply missed, But his voice will live on forever. Not many know this but George was a very generous man. Helping charities and individuals. God bless him. RIP George.

  • @newfiemom8696
    @newfiemom8696 Рік тому +8

    I have this vinyl, love GM and Wham. This song 🎵 played at every single Dance during my middle and High School years

  • @jonperans
    @jonperans Рік тому +16

    George Michael is a special talent. An incredible musician, best singer of his era

  • @taryn-leacarvalho3444
    @taryn-leacarvalho3444 Рік тому +5

    Loved this.. My first slow dance was to this song.

  • @heatherturner6955
    @heatherturner6955 Рік тому +120

    So most girls loved him. He was not out then... His biography is very interesting. My best friend died a couple days after she went to his concert. So this song and others remind me of that time. I was supposed to go and couldn't. But have always loved his voice! Like I have said before his version of Somebody to Love is so great!!!! Queen wanted him to be their lead singer. He decided to continue his solo career.
    My brother in law came in the dinning room that Christmas Day and told us he died. I could not believe it at first. 2016: David Bowie, Glen Frye, Prince, George Michael... 😢 Wham is fun, but his solo career is 🔥!!!!!

    • @heatherturner6955
      @heatherturner6955 Рік тому +7

      🎧

    • @SandsDolphin
      @SandsDolphin Рік тому +1

      My heart died, the day Prince died!

    • @Debbie-m7f
      @Debbie-m7f 2 місяці тому +1

      George’s passing really bothered me… all I did was watch his videos. So gorgeous and talented… 🥹

  • @Laurawhite-x9x
    @Laurawhite-x9x 4 місяці тому +5

    George Michaels “praying for time” and “ freedom 90” are awesome

  • @Andy-Capp
    @Andy-Capp Рік тому +11

    So many great George Michael songs. Jesus to a Child, but my favourite is George but under the Wham label. A Different Corner.

  • @Vee1music-lover
    @Vee1music-lover Місяць тому +3

    Most people don’t know that he was actually a brilliant musician! AND he was absolutely stunning throughout his entire career!

  • @mikedignum1868
    @mikedignum1868 Рік тому +14

    You can date this video by just looking at the Princess Diana's hairstyle on the girlfriend.

  • @TheWilsontm
    @TheWilsontm Рік тому +6

    The ring was a gift from his mom and it fit his right hand better.
    George is amazing and so handsome straight or not.
    He came out later. I didn’t care. Love him. Great reaction!

  • @butterflyjessica1
    @butterflyjessica1 Рік тому +6

    “One more Try” is one of my fave of his.

  • @colt0124
    @colt0124 7 місяців тому +8

    This song is AUDIO GOLD! It'll live on 4EVER!!!

  • @PaintingandExercise
    @PaintingandExercise Рік тому +46

    I always enjoyed George Michael's voice. There are a lot of songs of his that you guys can enjoy.

  • @LynneConnolly
    @LynneConnolly Рік тому +8

    He came out to his friends and family just before WHAM! split up, but his record company wouldn't let him come out in public for years. When he was caught cottaging in a public toilet in the USA, he released the single "Outside," one of the biggest up-yours ever. Worth a watch!

  • @JumentoInteligente
    @JumentoInteligente 3 місяці тому +4

    I miss the 80s so much!

  • @caricatures9155
    @caricatures9155 Рік тому +11

    George Michael genius who wrote,sung,arranged,produced ,played most of the instruments and even part engineered some of his songs try spinning the wheel or cowboys and angels next

  • @SamAverback-yy5kv
    @SamAverback-yy5kv Рік тому +8

    George wrote and produced this. Also played most of the instruments on the song. Originally, his record label wanted Jerry Wexler to produce this. Wexler was the legendary producer of numerous songs sung by people like Ray Charles & Aretha Franklin. Jerry's version was so bad that his label asked George to produce it himself. He auditioned 10 different sax players and played all the other instruments on the song. He was a genius writer, producer and singer and this is considered on the best pop songs of the past 50 years

  • @heydiamondslol7
    @heydiamondslol7 Рік тому +2

    You guys are a trip!!

  • @andrethompson1732
    @andrethompson1732 Рік тому +6

    One of my favs from the 80s!

  • @MikeStarr1000
    @MikeStarr1000 Рік тому +46

    He blew up the RB charts back then. This song fit yacht rock vibe too. Good choice!

    • @Debbie-m7f
      @Debbie-m7f 2 місяці тому

      Gladys Knight was pissed that George won a R&B award. Talk about racist she thought it should only be for a black performer.

  • @Jontor11
    @Jontor11 Рік тому +6

    One of the TRUE classics of the 80s. George Michael was a musical genius. And he wrote this when he was seventeen!!!

  • @spacefanatic
    @spacefanatic 11 місяців тому +4

    You should listen to George sing 'Somebody to Love' at the tribute to Freddie Mercury from Queen.

  • @traceejohnson290
    @traceejohnson290 Рік тому +7

    R.I.P. George❤

  • @Ginag9232
    @Ginag9232 Рік тому +4

    Can't make you love me from MTV uncut really shows what a beautiful voice he had.

  • @rouguy1972
    @rouguy1972 Рік тому +3

  • @nicholascannon5001
    @nicholascannon5001 Рік тому +4

    These three make a fine pair😢

  • @mikenastasi8927
    @mikenastasi8927 Рік тому +11

    Check out George Michael at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert singing Somebody To Love with Queen.

  • @santacruz7455
    @santacruz7455 Рік тому +8

    Fun fact: did you know that George Michael ( with his friend Andy as Wham) started his career in 1981 with a Rap song? Its called Wham Rap and it celebrates the fun of being a unemployed young man in Margaret Thatchers Britain beginning of the 80ties when economy was down...its just great!

  • @EriElle0625
    @EriElle0625 Рік тому +31

    0:41 One More Try. Listen to One More Try. Please. George Michael has hits. He was impressive at every turn. His songwriting was top tier mastery. His voice was velvet. Such a huge loss. ❤️🙏🏾❤️🔥

  • @dmnddog7417
    @dmnddog7417 Рік тому +4

    George got better and better after this.

  • @ashmidnightbeats2621
    @ashmidnightbeats2621 Рік тому +4

    Loved the reaction and the discussion 👌🏼

  • @michlkwitz
    @michlkwitz Рік тому +12

    This was THE slow dance song at all of my high school dances.

  • @anapaulasouza3804
    @anapaulasouza3804 2 місяці тому +2

    A voz do século!!!

  • @jennifermeyer704
    @jennifermeyer704 Рік тому +13

    This is such a great song. His voice and soul, the sax, and the lyrics absolutely make it. "Guilty feet have got no rhythm." RIP George Michael

  • @ian8241
    @ian8241 Рік тому +4

    The banter between you guys 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @terrilgeorge7255
    @terrilgeorge7255 Рік тому +12

    This and Father Figure are just great songs that stand out to me among so many.

  • @TripletDad3
    @TripletDad3 Рік тому +20

    The best vocal performance I've ever heard from him was his duet with Elton John on "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me".

  • @melaniebrown4660
    @melaniebrown4660 Рік тому +32

    And yes, George was in the closet for awhile. Most people were back then. Then, he released a song called Freedom and it was finally obvious and he was finally free. It’s a fantastic song with a great video. Iconic, really.

  • @Ginag9232
    @Ginag9232 Рік тому +5

    Father figure from the concert of hope is so freaking amazing I could watch it daily please dive into George Michael catalog thanks Gina

  • @hashimmoore9374
    @hashimmoore9374 Рік тому +2

    WHAM! had three albums Fantastic, Make It Big, Music from the edge of heaven.

  • @cindyspears5369
    @cindyspears5369 Рік тому +25

    Loving how Ryan's upper body instantaneously went into turbo groove-move with that very first sax note😂😍💖

  • @susanmurray7654
    @susanmurray7654 Рік тому +5

    Loved loved loved his voice and thought he looked like a werewolf.

  • @444dkm
    @444dkm Рік тому +13

    One thing I didn’t see mentioned is that his partner in Wham! was given writing credits on this track in an act of generosity by Michael. He knew it was going to be a hit and set his friend up for financial security. Very few artists who were gay in that era were out. For good reason. I loved his voice then and still do. Never really changed my mind about his music or Queen’s music upon learning Freddie Mercury’s orientation. Iconic, pure passionate voices. And they will be missed.

  • @gabrielmcdonnell8699
    @gabrielmcdonnell8699 Рік тому +47

    Besides this song, others that come to mind when I think of GM are “Faith”, “Father Figure” and “Freedom ‘90”. Nick should know at least one of ‘em. ✌🏽

    • @mongooz24
      @mongooz24 Рік тому +6

      Feel like Freedom 90 is a good next song - his transition out of Wham and into the real George Michael - iconic in and of itself.

  • @karenj3611
    @karenj3611 Рік тому +4

    Such a beautiful man, love George

  • @anapaulasouza3804
    @anapaulasouza3804 2 місяці тому +1

    Um dos maiores artistas que o mundo já teve Sinceramente, acho que será difícil aparecer um artista tão completo como ele.

  • @gloriagaddy
    @gloriagaddy Рік тому +23

    "The Edge of Heaven" by Wham! is full of energy and well worth a listen.

  • @Jules-um4yy
    @Jules-um4yy Рік тому +20

    Oh gosh this takes me back! George has such a smooth voice in every song he sings. His tunes were always on the radio. Thanks guys for reacting to this one!

  • @mandyhargraves8589
    @mandyhargraves8589 Рік тому +7

    It was about 2 girls he was seeing cos there were girlfriends he said he wasn't sure he was gay he thought he was bisexual most of his songs were about some one or about him he was a genius and gorgeous

  • @ace_7120
    @ace_7120 Рік тому +2

    13:24 this part simply amazing

  • @Niecy70
    @Niecy70 Рік тому +9

    George Michael has an amazing voice. His solo album older is completely amazing. You would not even believe how good he sounds and the song are Beyond this world.

  • @ryanvelez6762
    @ryanvelez6762 8 місяців тому +2

    ❤❤❤❤❤ AWESOME reactionnnn!

  • @johnpidge9600
    @johnpidge9600 Рік тому +3

    I went to high school in the early 80s, and Wham debuted when I was in high school or just after. I would have to say that the ring was for the video. He never married and might not have ever come out except that he was caught having sex with another man in a public bathroom. He was charged with lewdness. It was a huge issue back then. This was well into his solo career.
    I just discovered your channel when I stumbled across your reaction to Baker Street. I was a kid in the 70s and went to high school in the early 80s, and I love that you're doing so many songs from that era. You all seem too young to have these eras in your playlists naturally. I love that you are into the music of my youth and childhood. Thank you!

  • @NoCanDu
    @NoCanDu Рік тому +11

    I read an interview with him where he said this was literally written about a school dance where he promised his friend he’d go with her and took someone else (or something similarly simple) and he felt bad and wrote this on the bus at 17. ❤

  • @savage_skirt5386
    @savage_skirt5386 Рік тому +2

    have always loved this song.
    steve gregory on the sax

  • @thunderbolts2438
    @thunderbolts2438 Рік тому +7

    Great reaction.

  • @peterwalsh2470
    @peterwalsh2470 Рік тому +4

    god damn I've seen this video umpteen times and I've never noticed the girl taking the ring off at the end until you mentioned it. It was also the first time I noticed near the beginning, when they are talking, she mouths the word "yes" twice.

  • @abc-mm1ks
    @abc-mm1ks Рік тому +3

    Cantava demais!!! Muito talentoso 👏👏👏entre tantas músicas dele ,gosto muito tbm de cowboys and angels.

  • @dewdew34
    @dewdew34 Рік тому +6

    Last Christmas might be one of the best crafted pop songs ever, thus all the covers. Damn i wish i wrote it, it rings up the cash every year... He did some well written pop.

  • @j.jennings1722
    @j.jennings1722 Рік тому +10

    Great song from a great artist.
    Most people suspected George was gay, when Wham! first hit the scene, but we weren't sure. After all, it was the '80s and a bunch of male singers were wearing makeup and sporting wild hair; George Michael was not that unusual. Him having a girlfriend was even in the entertainment news, with her appearing in one of his videos. She was very hot, and he grew a short scruff on his face, making him look more masculine. Therefore, many people were surprised to learn about him being gay, especially in such a public way. But, his fans still loved him, and they always will. His se× life should have been no one's business but his own. But hey, we've still got his music!

  • @tradeladder146
    @tradeladder146 Рік тому +4

    This was Shot in Miami , it was a two day Shoot. 👍

  • @raycewilliams3300
    @raycewilliams3300 Рік тому +24

    This track was released in 1984. It's my understanding that he "came out" in 1998. Back in the 1980s record producers and film makers preferred the artists to not come out. Most probably having to do with sales. We are obviously in a much different era today. I do not believe that he ever got married. The ring on his finger was most likely a prop.

  • @Hillybean30
    @Hillybean30 Рік тому +3

    Besides Gerry Rafferty Baker Street, this sax is known off the bat! In an early interview he spoke about this being about this was about his high school sweetheart and she knew about him before he was coming to terms with himself and his preference. This song had a special meaning to him because she was so important throughout his entire life and always maintained contact. That’s awesome. As far as the song it’s fantastic and the video was great as well. I agree on the studio version being too long and this is really never been known as a WHAM song. Even though it’s on their album. It’s great! So great and Everything She Wants is absolutely perfect from WHAM! So awesome and then his solo album Faith was absolutely incredible! Do more George Michael for sure!!
    On the gay note…he told Oprah after the huge arrest scandal that everyone thought Andrew was gay and he wasn’t. He married one of the Bananarama girls. He said specifically..”Andrew didn’t care what people said, but I was so confused because I’m in dayglow outfits. I guess no one wanted to accept I was gay at the time..including me”.
    An Edit here…Everything She Wants is about Brooke Shields. I don’t think they were married but I may be wrong.

  • @legman1476
    @legman1476 Рік тому +8

    I turned thirteen in 1980 so I am an 80's kid. In response to questions Nick posed; George wasn't "out" at this point partly because he wasn't sure of his preference himself. He briefly dated Brooke Sheilds and reportedly his song "A Different Corner" was about her. DJ Kathy Jeung, who starred as George Michael's love interest in his 1987 video for 'I Want Your Sex', dated the singer in the late '80s for three years, when George was 24-years-old. The 80's was an incredible decade but the Aids epidemic brought uncertainty, bigotry and massive death tolls to the gay community. This alone kept many people "in the closet."
    Great video guys! Keep up the great song selections.

  • @bobschick9740
    @bobschick9740 Рік тому +5

    George lived in the same building in West LA as a good friend of mine in the late 80s and EVERY time I saw him (albeit briefly) he had multiple incredibly good looking women with him and he was the nicest guy you could imagine....huge loss

  • @brandothecatmeow
    @brandothecatmeow Рік тому +12

    My first concert ever was Wham! Became a lifelong George Michael fan from that. One of the few true voices in pop. Incredible singer and songwriter. He is dearly missed.

    • @picnic75
      @picnic75 Рік тому +4

      My first concert ever was George Michael - the Faith Tour. Love him, he was so talented, gone too soon.

  • @Cheryl_Haydon
    @Cheryl_Haydon Рік тому +12

    GREAT reaction guys! I always refer to this song as being the sexiest song of the 80's. I can never hear this song too much. RIP George Michael. He is sorely missed...he had the voice of an angel.
    2016 was a horrible year because we lost George Michael, David Bowie and Prince. 💔 I imagine they are all up there having a huge jam session.

  • @teensymom1420
    @teensymom1420 Рік тому +5

    George will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Fall. This video has reached the 1 Billion views club. George's complete video is below. I would highly suggest you watch his live performance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. It is unbelievable. For my money he is one of the best vocalist of all time. George can sing anybody's song and make it sound incredible but I have never heard anyone be able to due justice to one of his songs. His live performances are absolute perfection.

  • @sharonwelsh8102
    @sharonwelsh8102 Рік тому +11

    Beautiful soul with a beautiful voice you should hear him sing The Long and Winding Road. Anything he sings live is definitely worth listening to.

  • @QBAN2010
    @QBAN2010 Рік тому +2

    Great song, Ty!!!!!

  • @Massachusetts1963
    @Massachusetts1963 Рік тому +18

    This is proof that the 502 are equal opportunity reactors... lol

    • @gabrielmcdonnell8699
      @gabrielmcdonnell8699 Рік тому +10

      As someone who enjoys all genres of music, that’s what I appreciate about these guys. There’s some level of balance here that you don’t always see on other reaction channels.

    • @oceanlover3530
      @oceanlover3530 Рік тому +3

      @@gabrielmcdonnell8699 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @Ginag9232
    @Ginag9232 Рік тому +16

    Another must see is him singing with Queen at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert he nailed somebody to love 75k was at Wembly stadium

    • @pippilangkous3308
      @pippilangkous3308 9 місяців тому +2

      Agreed! And ' Killer/Papa Was A Rolling Stone ' was also a magnificent performance!

  • @TerminalFailSafe
    @TerminalFailSafe 9 місяців тому +3

    He was publicly pretty open and could be seen in gay clubs when not on tour or releasing albums after he achieved success and was firmly locked into musical fame. He was never married to a woman but as with many performers before it was more acceptable to be “out”, it was common for his public relations team to release ‘rumors’ about various relationships with celebrities.
    He had a fairly open relationship with a prominent, wealthy young man from Dallas, Texas and of course many secret random sexual encounters- one of which led to an arrest.
    The allegations made were that he proposed a sexual act to an undercover police officer in a public restroom. He and his attorneys were always insistent that he was entrapped by the police in a rather commonly used ‘sexual roundup’ of gay men in areas where men and members of the LGBTQ+ community were known to congregate.
    All of this occurred when antigay and anti LGBTQ+ laws were on the books and enforced in many states and in countries around the world. These ‘gay sweeps’ were not uncommon and usually made it a point to print the names and sometimes even the home address and occupation of the individuals caught up in these ‘sweeps’ or “round ups” of course resulting in loss of jobs and public humiliation.
    Same sex marriage of course was not even a viable possibility during these years especially in the United States.
    (Please research the “Stonewall Riots” that is often credited with the movement for LGBTQ+ equality and fundamental human rights to learn more about this period and in particular, in the United States of America.).

  • @oceanlover3530
    @oceanlover3530 Рік тому +15

    Please do Kissing a Fool! Jazzy soulful tune by the amazing George Michael! Thanks for the reaction guys!
    ✌🏻😉✌🏻

  • @GoldenLady1007
    @GoldenLady1007 Рік тому +8

    My favorite song by George Michael. Just beautiful like him. 💛