The roots of the collaboration trace back to March 13, 1985, when John presented Michael with the songwriter of the year honor at the Ivor Novello Awards in London. They became fast friends and soon began contributing to each other's albums. In July of that year, they first performed "Sun" together at Live Aid.
Michael was born to a non-musical family in Bushley, Hertfordshire, England on June 25th, 1963. He wisely chose to change his name from Georgios Panayiotou to George Michael after his band Wham! started to gain popularity.
As you've noticed we have taken a personal interest in this particular individual and even bypassing our monthly song of the month...
A 1/3 of the way through the month we thought about putting up a song of the month, but it wouldn't be fair to George...
It wasn't until recently when we heard the song "Careless Whisper" on the radio is when our interest grew about George Michael...
It wasn't even the whole song that got our interest, it's towards the ending of the song where he lifts his voice on these lyrics:
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one's gonna dance with me
Please stay
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one's gonna dance with me
Please stay
WOW, it's been so long since we've heard a voice like that and now it's gone...
It's also been a long time since we've heard lyrics that were this well thought out and written with such substance...
Then we heard "White Light" and realized that we had forgotten about George Michael, and that made us sad...
George Michael said that the only way to get noticed in America was to constantly promote yourself on TV and coincidentally enough was one of the reasons he left America...
Americans had forgotten about him, we had forgotten about him and for some reason feel that what we've done here this month was a way to catch up with the time we lost with him...
It wasn't until we noticed the Venue he filled with his shows in London that this statement resonated with us...he was loved, beloved, honored, respected and definitely remembered...
George Michael loved England and England Loved George Michael...
This also makes us sad, because on December 25th 2016 George Michael died of natural causes alone in his home...
To us this is the most tragic end to someone that was adored by so many to just die alone without any one there to hold his hand, or to know what he might have said before he died, or just knowing that someone out of all the millions was there to comfort him...
Fadi Fawaz you weren't there for him in his time of need and coincidentally enough George is not here for you in your time of need because he didn't leave you anything and what you're doing now is self-loathing in the guilt you have and in the process destroying a Man's legacy while causing further pain to his True Family...
You may feel loss, you may feel pain and the family recognizes this and is why they've agreed to pay you millions of dollars for you to just leave, so take the money and leave...
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou aka George Michael, isn't yours Fadi Fawaz he's all of ours and it's time you allow him, us and his family to rest in peace by freeing him, let him go, but your memories as well as all of our memories of him are ours and that can't be taken from you...and that's a fact!
Elton John / George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live Aid 1985)...PURE...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECN_wgw55lc
YOU'RE FREE...
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