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Never really listened to George Michael back in his day. However, I'm 58 now, drive an old pickup with a super loud stereo. Nothing like hitting stop lights absolutely cranking Freedom! 90. The kids like that this old grey hair can still enjoy life. Thanks from Colorado.
@@ianstringer6618 i have a friend who listen to good music but since the first wham LP he is a fan of wham & george michael, i personally might find some three songs in all his career that i don´t listen but i admit that this songs are well done at all levels but i have to say i know most of his work due to this friend of mine being a real fan , he owns all ,even things that are rare he have it all , personally i never liked wham but i had to listen to all, i remenber him going to the beach with me and i was listening to a lp tribute to Black Sabbath and he liked the sepultura version of sympthom of the universe and he replayed that song several times while driving to the beach, at least he is a open minded person ,he likes all types of music if they are good, but personally i just don´t find it atractive to my ears, and i have a lot of music hundreds of cassettes, records, cds, minidiscs, reels. I have also worked as a d.j. ,when younger had a radio show at the weekends ,this for a lot of years, and still today i´m buying new records, cds, and even blank and sealed cassettes and minidiscs that i use mainly to do compilations as in the past they call it mix tapes , i remenber working in a club and putting sex pistols "pretty vacant" and mixed with everything she wants (one of the songs that as a interesting rythm and melody)from wham ,i did this only once, regards
@@MattFoleysGhost Not only arranging and producing, but he played keys, guitars, bass, and drums. Just to name a few, he played bass on Kissing a Fool, drums on Look at Your Hands, keys, synths and drum programming on most of his tunes, and guitars on some.
Agreed, very overlooked. "Everything She Wants" is another example of a song that he wrote and performed entirely on his own (his first foray into that, if I'm not mistaken), and at the ripe age of 20.
@@briancanfield2968 I believe that wasn't the first. He already did a few songs entirely on his own on Wham!'s debut LP. It's listed on the liner notes. He's a very underrated keyboardist and drum programmer (drums was actually his first instrument).
Back in the last century, I watched a TV programme about George Michael and his "pop music" career up until that time. George was in the recording studio discussing a keyboard part in one of his songs with the pianist. I think the pianist was Ann Dudley from The Art Of Noise. Ann rehearsed her piece and George asked her to try it again, asking to change the phrasing. Ann did as George asked and waited for his opinion. Now I don't know if George had any formal music training, but George said to Ann something like "You've changed some of the notes in those chords from the first run through". Ann said that she had! George had caught the changes purely by ear! George Michael certainly went up IMHO from there on. George Michael was truly a great musician and performer. All of his music that he left us is testament to that. RIP George. You may be gone but you are not forgotten.
One of the most underrated artists I've ever seen. Absolutely phenomenal and probably the best vocalist of his era. His voice is just out of this world
Your voice is incredible. Hard to sing like George Michael, and you nailed it. Thanks for bringing his music to the public, great timeless songs ... completely underrated talent
I’m a hard rock/metal/jazz/blues guy I love the album Faith. George Michael was a true unique talent. Think he wrote and performed 95% of the instruments on Faith. Epic album, epic talent
The song Faith and the guitar work had so many influences and sounds all in that one little run. Some rock, country, Elvis, blues all on that. I remember the first time I heard that song like it was today.
He was is one of the most under appreciated GOATs .... I think his artistry often gets forgotten at the expense of his persona. But Man was he a total artist. So thankful for this post.
Fantastic video on a hugely talented artist. I was 15 when Faith was released. Father Figure , Hard Day, Hand to Mouth & One more try, what a phenomenal Album.
I was missing something from the "Older" album. So you finished the video with "Jesus to a Child". Beatiful song. Perfect album. Wonderful singer, hard to beat. Have you heard him singing Long and Winding Road, at Linda's tribute. Flawless! Always drives me to tears. Love your videos. This one, specialy. Keep on, Pilgrim!
Brings back memories of Wham! Their first album had a lot of good tunes and mixing of styles. Funk, r&b, pop and alternative in that album. Good stuff!
AMAZING, AWESOME!!! Sir, I love you!!! You exactly expressed in this video, what my wife and I know for so long... George Michael was/is really a underrated artist...😭 Thank you soooooo much, Sir!
George was a Deity. He had a song for whatever you're going through in life. Star People the lyrics, the instruments, the message. George was very insightful. George was Amazing! see what I did there 😏
I always liked G. Michael's music; but didn't know exactly why until this video. Thank you for sharing your insights. knowledge, talent and especially your great vocals! Happiness is a new video release from GP! 🙂
I too felt the same about Wham. My sister would play their record through out the day. Being a metal head in the 80’s, it wasn’t cool to play or listen to their music. Well as I got older, I began to appreciate Wham, along with guitarists of other styles such as Brad Paisley, Brent Mason, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark and the list goes on and on. This is a great tribute to George Michael. Gotta Have Faith’s guitar solo is one I’ve been wanting to learn on guitar. Thanks for the video.
Many of the guitar parts played on George's recordings were played by Scottish session musician, Hugh Burns. These include both acoustic and solo parts in 'Faith'.
You made an outstanding video with this! Congratulations! You have great musical skills and this video is so full of interesting informations! Love it!
As a fan, not a musician, this is one of my favorite videos explaining George’s genius, hard work, and adding his own touch to others’ classics. I love how you broke down Young Guns and did not exclude his Wham! songwriting. I’d love to know {clinically} how his head injury around age 8 contributed to his musical genius? He mentioned this event as a cornerstone to his obsession with music and songwriting. Thank you so much for this tribute - so grateful I ran across it 3 years later.
This is what makes you great to watch: Your stimulating perspectives and insights have opened my mind and therefore inspired me. Please never forget/change that part of your RU-vid identity, which is why RU-vidrs/musicians follow you.
glad to see the love for GM here. although massively popular, many people see him as that dude from wham! and you hardly even covered his solo work here. I think we need a follow up video 😊
Well, all respect voor George Michael after this video. I didn't realise that he was so gifted, but I have to say Guitar Pilgrim is a hell of a muscian too!
Yes, Yog is a hell of a musician, a genius! 💞 There was never someone like him before and there will never be another like him again. That's a fact. There are some great musicians out there, but all are lacking something. If they compose great music, they can't write lyrics, nor produce their own stuff, or if they write beautiful lyrics, they can't compose music and so on. And none of them has the vocal ability like George Michael who's able to sing in many different genres. All others sing just about one style. Writing sort of the same kind of songs. Sometimes it's as if they write 100 versions of the same song and can't even properly perform it. Thank you so much for this video. 💖
I can’t afford to paetron but I always watch the adverts on GP’s videos - if you want to help support him you should watch the adverts too (don’t skip)
Pilgrim, je bent een echte muzikale duizendpoot met een mooie stem en goeie smaak to boot! Je zou voor fooien de hele dag verzoeknummers kunnen spelen in de lounge van een chique hotel :-) Maar dan zouden we je knappe gitaar video's en analyses moeten missen, dus keep up the good work !!
Why haven't I subscribed to your channel yet? Great videos man. I love your passion for music. Makes me want to rediscover the same passion I used to have.
Your videos making me cry, because you love and understand music in a beautiful way. I never played an instrument. i can only say i like the music or not. Thank you for sharing.
Man you do George Michael really, really well! If this whole youtube thing doesn’t work, you could definitely front a George Michael tribute band! lol. ;)
Hey Thom!! How's 'mini me' Thom doing these days?? Has to be a year old by now I believe.......you appear to be at least getting some more needed sleep these days as this video definitely shows you back into high energy mode once again!! Great work as always!! Jim C.
