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The George Michael News
from January-March 2000
March 24, 2000
Yours Only George Honor
Yours Only George is listed in a Brazilian magazine, Revista Da Web!
It's under "g-h" in "OS GOSTOSÕES"
March 14, 2000
Officer Rodriguez To Tell His Side of the Story?
Officer Marcelo Rodriguez may be interviewed by Q magazine to
tell his side of the story.
March 13, 2000
George Sued Again
YOGfriend Angelo points us to the DotMusic article, "LA Cop Sues George Michael
Again" for more details on the lawsuit.
March 11, 2000
George Sued Again
A second slander suit has been filed against George. For more
information, check these links:
March 1, 2000
Equality Rocks
Here are a few articles on Equality Rocks:
February 29, 2000
George and Whitney
YOGfriend Bev tells us about an article from the UK magazine
"heat":
GEORGE TEAMS UP WITH WHITNEY
Michael Jackson's loss is George Michael's gain
George Michael and Whitney Houston are to duet on a song rejected by Michael Jackson.
The song, If I Told You That, was originally earmarked by Jacko's producer Rodney
Jerkins for Jackson to record with Houston on his next album. Jerkins told heat, "We
couldn't make that happen. And the next person in line was George Michael."
The pair are to record the song in LA next month. Michael has recorded a
number of duets throughout his career, most recently with Mary J Blige on As. He's also
recorded with Elton John and Aretha Franklin.
The Hirsute Greek Speaks Again
All I can say is to read your Members Online mail today. There's a
lot of news but I'm not going to snitch.
Yogmael Honors Announced
The awards dedicated to George, the Yogmael Honors, have been announced.
February 28, 2000
E-Cyas
He's
a cross between Keanu Reeves, Ricky Martin, and George Michael -- and he's heading to the
UK charts in April.
Bearded Drinkers Lose Out
My Love, here's a good reason to keep those whiskers trimmed! When
you're out drinking your ale, you're losing a great deal of the beer in your beard!
The BBC
reports that "with a goatee like pop singer George Michael (you) are £9 out of
pocket."
February 27, 2000
Top Tens
YOGfriend Bev writes in to say:
Did anyone else watch "Top Tens" on UK Channel 4 on Saturday
evening? This music show, which chooses Top Tens in various genres each week, featured
"boy bands". Coming in at Number 3 was - Wham! The programme showed some great
old footage, and had some recent comments from Shirlie and Pepsi, although sadly neither
George nor Andrew were interviewed. A great piece of pop nostalgia! :o)
February 26, 2000
George To Duet with Whitney Houston
Vincent writes to us to tell that George and Whitney Houston will be doing
a duet. I found a link for a Variety article through
the great fan site Whitney Houston Online.
February 24, 2000
Equality Rocks
The PRNewswire
reports that George Michael will join a multitude of other stars on April 29th in
Washington, DC at RFK Stadium for a major concert event: Equality Rocks.
February 23, 2000
Court Case Thrown Out
Okay, here are two more links:
February 20, 2000
George on 1515
YOGfriend Dave says that George was mentioned on this week's edition of
MTV 1515. It airs again Sunday night at 7:30 P.M. EST and Monday morning at 7:00
A.M. EST.
They mentioned him during the report about Santana's song "Smooth"... it was at
the beginning of the show.
Will & Grace & George?
YOGfriend Pat says that the producers of the show "Will &
Grace" are looking for a British actor to play Will's lover. As Pat says,
"I know George's job isn't acting, but am I the only person who thinks it could be a
big plus to raising awareness of him in the States. I'm sure he'd be excellent,
people would probably see him in a different light, and it would show his
versatility." You can send an e-mail to willandgrace@nbc.com.
Conan O'Brien
YOGfriend Pat also tells us that George's lawsuit was mentioned on a
recent Conan O'Brien program. "George Michael was so happy about it he asked
the judge for a 10-minute recess."
February 19, 2000
Court Case Thrown Out
Here are a few more links:
February 18, 2000
Court Case Thrown Out
Here are some more links:
February 17, 2000
Court Case Thrown Out
After YOGfriend Bev told us that the court case against George had been
dropped, it took an extra day for the news stories to pop up, but here there are:
February 16, 2000
Buffy and George
Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has an
interesting aside in next week's TVGUIDE:
"Did you know we shot my Maybelline commercial at the park in Beverly
Hills with the George Michael bathroom? Here's a picture of me taken by the famed
photographer Herb Ritts [who directed the commercial] in the very stall George
was arrested in."
February 15, 2000
Court Case Thrown Out
YOGfriend Bev writes: I've just heard (15 February) on the 1 p.m.
news on Capital Radio, that Marcello Rodriguez's case against George has been thrown out
of court! I don't know any details, but this is definitely a victory for common-sense.
February 13, 2000
Yours Only George Update
During this update, I've added 20 new George links to the following
categories. Happy surfing!
February 12, 2000
Mezzmusic
Andreas Georgiou, former leader of AEGEAN Records, has a new company and a
new website. Make sure to check out www.mezzmusic.com.
Ladies and Gentlemen DVD
 Ladies and Gentlemen - The Best of George Michael is now available in
DVD in the U.S.
February 10, 2000
MuchMusic Featured Artist
According to a reader of Yogmael,
George is a featured artist at the MuchMusic
site.
Yogmael Honors - Final Chance
And speaking of Yogmael, this
year's awards ballots are due by Saturday, 8am Eastern Standard Time.
February 7, 2000
Latin Promo
Ivan tells us that EMI Latin America is promoting "Miss
Sarajevo." The edited track is only 3.57 minutes. It is included on a CD
that has songs by the Backstreet Boys ("Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"),
Britney Spears ("From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"), and the Pet Shop Boys
("You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk").
George Wins
YOGfriend Pat says there is a very long revue in the Sunday News divided
between George's Songs From the Last Century and Joni Mitchell's Both Sided
Now. I'm not going to copy the whole thing here. Suffice it to say George wins.
Two paragraph's worth are:
"The crystalline quality in his singing matches the harps heavenly sound. He's even
better on Ewan MacColl's classic 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' where he holds the
notes with enough care and beauty to make Roverta Flack's version seem downright homely.
Michael assumed a broad definition of standards for this project,
expanding well beyond the '30's and '40's. In between songs like 1932's 'Brother Can You
Spare A Dine' and '37's 'Where Or When,' Michael folds in 'Rozanne,' The Police's 1979 ode
to a prostitute, and U2's 1995 piece 'Miss Sarajevo.' Countering Sting's reggae-pop
arrangement, Michael turns 'Rozanne' into a swinging lounge ballad, while he finds more
melody in the U2 tune than Bono had managed.'"
February 5, 2000
Q
YOGfriend Bev sends us the following:
There are a couple of George-tastic items in the new (March) issue of
"Q" magazine. Here they are, for your reading pleasure...
Top 40 Albums
At No 14 is "Songs From The Last Century" (double platinum) "George
Michael's record label deny tabloid reports that they spent £4 million promoting this
album, which has already sold 600,000 copies. According to Michael's spokesperson at
Virgin Records, the company 'spent nowhere near that amount'. However he confirms that
Virgin concentrated on TV advertising, 'because George Michael wasn't available for radio,
press and didn't have any live concerts planned'. He also claims, 'TV advertising rates
are actually lower in December, because most peole start their campaigns earlier than
that. We only found out at the last minute that an album was going to happen, so all our
promotion was booked late'. Michael is currently working on an album of original
material which is allegedly 'lighter in tone'."
And: "Older" features as one of "The Best Relationship Albums Of All
Time". Here is what the compiler has to say...
"George Michael
Older
Virgin 1996
It was the Sony court case that kept Michael off the release schedules for six years, but
during that time he also lost his partner, Brazillian designer Anselmo Feleppa (he died of
an AIDS-related brain haemorrhage in 1993). Co-dedicated to Feleppa ('who changed the way
I look at my life'), Older is both requiem and testimonial, touching rather than gloomy
(Jesus To A Child's 'Heaven sent and heaven stole' line, and the life-goes-on title
track). Pity he felt the need to have a pop at the record biz (Star People) in the middle
of all this important stuff. Best Tracks. Spinning The Wheel, The Strangest Thing, Jesus
To A Child. Most Personal Moment. Older: 'Well you're out of time/ I'm letting
go/You'll be fine/ Well that much I know'."
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
YOGfriend Pat wants us to know that www.myjungle.com/charities might be a good
place for all of us to visit to help out others.
January 31, 2000
Yours Only George Update
While the George news is slow, I thought you'd like some new links, 27 in
total:
I have also updated our awards section.
January 17, 2000
Solo tuo George
You'll find a nice review of Yours Only George in Max Magazine.
(Thanks to Chase for the translation!)
January 16, 2000
Ouch!
AsiaE!Online
has a rather unkind review of Songs From The Last Century.
January 14, 2000
No Michael and Martin
It seems that George will not be dyeing his hair to look like Ricky Martin
and vice versa for a future video.
January 13, 2000
Top Ten Earners
George ranks #5 (oh, how sad ;-) among the Top
Ten Earners in UK pop and rock according to Heat magazine.
AEGEAN Update
AEGEAN is promising a chance to win
some new George Michael merchandise.
Yours Only George in Top 20
Our webhost provider, First Star, lists Yours Only George as one of their
Top 20 Clients. The sites are ranked according to the amount of Web traffic
received. Yours Only George came in #11.
One More Charity
YOGfriend Pat tells us about another charity that earns money by our
clicks. This one is www.saverainforest.net.
A click a day contributes money to help save 12.5 feet of rain forest.
January 12, 2000
Yours Only George Reaches 200,000 Visitors Mark
Well, it's been two and a half years, and Yours Only George has had more
than 200,000 visits to our home page (and many more to the site in general, considering
that people frequently bypass the home page because of our various page listings in search
engines.) Here's hoping that many more George Michael fans find their way to Yours
Only George -- Your Link to the George Michael World. :)
Martin & Michael Make Music?
YOGfriend Shannon tells us there is a recent article in the Star about
Ricky Martin and George doing a duet.
January 11, 2000
New (Old) Book
YOGfriend Bev tells us that there's a new edition of the book George
Michael In His Own Words. It's complied by Nigel Goodall, and is published by Omnibus
Press at 7.99 sterling (ISBN 0711978913).
It is somewhat different from the original edition: it has a different pic
of George on the cover, and some new chapters added to the text. The new subjects on which
George is quoted are: "Indiscretion", "Coming Out", "More
Music" and "Addictions".
January 10, 2000
George Comparisons
A few weeks ago, I read a review in Billboard magazine referring to
singer-songwriter Glenn Medeiros as a
"young George Michael." Now, Latin singing sensation Chayanne is being referred to as the "new George
Michael." It's funny because all three are my favorite singers.
January 8, 2000
In The Stars
YOGfriend Bev says:
Tonight's (7 January) ES magazine, accompanying the London Evening
Standard, gives horoscopes for the year 2000, and singles out certain people in the public
eye for "in depth" predictions. Guess which famous Cancerian gets the special
treatment?
"George Michael.
Even greater recognition is on the cards as his work takes him in one direction and then
another. The only setbacks revolve around one or two
altercations where George shows once again that he's not someone to be pushed around. But
he'll happily share the credit with someone who has advised him well."
No Howard Stern
AEGEAN reports that George will not be doing the Howard Stern show.
January 7, 2000
Good Causes
YOGfriend Pat wants us to know about the following sites. Your click
can help out others.
Links Update
The Fan-created Links have been updated.
January 6, 2000
Songs From The Last Century... a flop???
YOGfriend Bev tells us:
This is from "UK Confidential" in The Sun (6 Jan); I have no way
of knowing if the figures quoted are correct, and I am not responsible for the tone of the
article. I am assuming it refers to the UK only. Read Without Prejudice and please don't
shoot the Messenger. Any complaints to: alistair.ross@the-sun.co.uk.
"Much head scratching at Virgin Records where George Michael's latest album has
stiffed like something he'd come across in an LA public toilet. Weeks after release, Songs
From The Last Century has sold fewer than 600,000 copies. Sounds reasonable, but Virgin
spent £4million promoting the damn thing and it has done next to nothing in the charts.
Which leaves me to conclude George's career could bottom out and go down the pan if
someone doesn't give him and urgent hand, etc. But never mind, he's always got Kenny Goss
and close friend Geri Halliwell to comfort him."
London Loves?
YOGfriend Angelo tells us to look at Dotmusic's article on
"Careless Whisper" as favorite song of the millenium.
George More Popular Than Elvis?
In a recent Rock Circus poll,
George was more popular than Elvis!
A Year Out Of Tune
A BBC article, "A
Year Out Of Tune," refers to Songs From the Last Century as
"awful."
Yours Only George Note
A note to webmasters:
The title of this site is Yours Only George -- not YOGworld. The YOG
in YOGworld refers to the title Yours Only George. The title of this site is a play
on words because George's nickname is Yog.
January 5, 2000
Capital Radio Millennium Hall Of Fame!
YOGfriend Bev starts out the year right with this news:
I'm delighted to announce that CARELESS WHISPER is NUMBER 1 on Capital
Radio's Millennium Hall Of Fame Top 1000! "Imagine" by John Lennon was number 3,
"Angels" by Robbie Williams was number 2, and George held on to London's
affections yet again! :o)
It might also interest you to know that George had the third highest
number of songs (16) in the Top 1000; Madonna was second, with 18 songs featured, but the
Beatles had the most songs (21).
The full list of 1000 songs will apparently be on the Capital FM website
(www.capitalfm.com).
CONGRATULATIONS GEORGE: what a way to start 2000!
George Partied Like It Was 1999
YOGfriend Bev says The Sun reports that "Geri Halliwell and George
Michael dirty danced into the early hours at her New Year's Eve bash in Berkshire."
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