But seriously, how could anyone not know George was a flamer after the first time they saw that Wham! "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" video?
Indeed. Have made the same comment several times in conversations about music of the era. I remember girls at my school vehemently denied George m was gay. “look, look! He puts supermodels in his videos!”
That’s why he brought in Brooke Shields for damage control.
It didn’t work.
Thanks for mentioning “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.” Another great upbeat song. Might as well add in Katrina and the Waves, “Walking on Sunshine” and the B-52s’ “ROAM” for songs that get you up and on the dance floor, or just singing along at the top of your lungs.
Then we throw in “Love Shack” and the whole joint will be rocking (Chuck Berry’s “Rockin’and Reelin’”), as well as shaking (Jerry Lee Lewis’ contribution to making R&R danceable - “Whole Lotta Shaking Going On.”
Put all these songs together and you have what Little Richard sang in “All Around the World” , “rock and roll is here to stay” (seconded by Danny and the Juniors in “Rock and Roll is Here to Stay” - it will never die.”
Excuse my poor attempt to do a 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon re good rock music, but it is easy to do it. We used to have such good music/songs to work with. Today I couldn’t name a single pop song that is out there.
Now, country, that’s something different. Give me Shania Twain, Reba McIntyre, Martina McBridge, Lady Antebellum, Adele, Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and Toby Keith, plus the little blondes of Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift and Kelly Pickler. And if you want a firecracker or two, I’ll throw in Deanne Carter and Gretchen Wilson.
Welcome to my world, the Wonderful World of Music, good music.