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George Michael News from October-December 2000

December 18, 2000
Last Christmas

You can vote for "Last Christmas" as your Favorite Holiday Song on America Online.

Also, YOGfriend Gordon tells us:

"Last Christmas" has re-entered the German top 100 single charts at a low position - about #80 - #90. A few years ago it hit the top 20.


December 10, 2000
StarPages Award

Yours Only George has received the following award:

You can vote for the site at:


November 30, 2000
NME TV

YOGfriend Bev says: Please tune into "NME TV" on Bravo, Friday 1st December, World AIDS Day, at 22.30 (repeated Saturday at 00.40, Sunday at 22.30 and Monday at 00.30, all UK times). Unless there's a last-minute change of schedule, you'll see just one person (yes, it's me!) who's "Hopelessly Devoted" to George Michael :o)


November 28, 2000
Double A

YOGfriend Angelo sends us to "Madonna hitches star to Net with London gig" that says George made it on the list of celebrities invited to attend Madonna's concert.


November 25, 2000
Rich

YOGfriend Angelo sends us the following links:

November 22, 2000
People Magazine

Aegean has the interview George gave with People Magazine.

Links Update

I have updated the Articles, Fan-created Websites, Reviews, and Miscellaneous links. I have also update the Awards page.


November 21, 2000
Yours Only George hits the 300,000 Mark

As of today, we've had more than 300,000 visitors land on the main page of Yours Only George!

Rolling Stone

YOGfriend Pat writes:

The following are excepts from Rolling Stone magazine Dec. 7th, 2000 issue on the 100 best pop songs ever.

Faith came in at #53 and they said
"'I Want Your Sex' is about fucking, but 'Faith' doesn't even get to the heavy-petting stage," George Michael has said in the past. "'Faith' was inspired by a couple of relationships that didn't happen." The title song of his 1987 solo debut, "Faith" was an inspired statement of purpose, an old-school rock & roll pledge with state-of-the-art production that helped define the sound of 1987.

Just a year earlier, Michael left Wham!, a British duo specializing in catchy but disposable pop songs. "Faith" - the album and single - found Michael striking the most effective balance between Wham!-era pop tartiness and the overreaching attempts at seriousness of such later albums as Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. The song was driven by a tough-minded, strummy riff - and its sales (the album eventually sold some 14 million copies) were driven even further by a video that nailed Michael's leather-jacket-and-ripped-jeans sex-symbol status.

According to Michael, the song is about "just the idea of seeing someone and knowing that they're going for you, knowing that it's a possibility but, as much as it would be fun, it wouldn't be a very good idea."

Careless Whisper came in at #89 and they said
The song that would help George Michael make the great leap from pop act to major player was written when the teenage Michael - then called Georgios Panayiotou - was working as a restaurant DJ in London. "I can remember very vaguely where I was when I wrote things after Wham! got off the ground - but with 'Careless Whisper' I remember exactly the time and place," Michael has said. "I was handing the money over to the guy on the bus and I got this line, the sax line - der-der-der-der, der-der-der-der . . . I worked on it for about three months in my head." The song, Michael said, was inspired by his being a "two-timing bastard" with a number of young women.

Later, Michael got a little help finishing the song from his Wham! partner, Andrew Ridgeley. It was on the first Wham! demo but wasn't a hit until much later, when another version, recorded with longtime associate Chris Porter, was a smash in most of the world as a George Michael solo single, but in America the label credited the record to Wham! Featuring George Michael.

As YOGfriend Pat says, not bad considering it's the U.S. and unless they have something negative or semi-negative to say about George, nothing is said.


November 18, 2000
Calendars

YOGfriend Bev says there are TWO different unofficial George Michael 2001 calendars! Both are available from Calcom at www.365calendars.com, and orders are accepted from customers all over the world.


November 4, 2000
Charlie's Angels

Don't miss "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" at the beginning of the new movie, Charlie's Angels.


October 31, 2000
George Gets a Parking Ticket

Must be a slow news day, eh? The Aegean site has an article on George's recent parking ticket.


October 29, 2000
Links Update

I have updated the Articles, Fan-created Websites, Mailing Lists, and Miscellaneous links. We now have more than 300 links, and there are still more to come.

The Press on George's Sunday Times Remarks

YOGfriend Pat tells us:

Today's (October 27th,2000) New York Daily News' Rush & Molloy column has the following article:

Imagine no possessions
After George Michael made his whopping $2.1 million investment in musical history by buying John Lennon's "Imagine"-era piano, he announced that he would soon send it back to Liverpool's Beatles Museum for display. However, a statement he made following his purchase was far less charitable. After gushing about "Imagine," calling the song "the symbol by which we remember a zenith in the humanity of popular culture," Michael went on to say that he "wanted to keep (the piano) out of tiny hands in Tokyo," a comment that will surely warm the heart of Yoko Ono.

If anyone cares to email the Rush & Molloy column with a comment, their email address is rushmolloy@edit.nydailynews.com


October 27, 2000
FastLove

The FASTLOVE fan-created website is now available in English and Polish.

Aegean

There is a brief note on the Aegean site advising singers not to send demo tapes any more since Aegean is no longer a record label.


October 26, 2000
Equality Rocks

YOGfriend Dave says there is a small picture and article about George in the October 30th, 2000 issue of US Magazine.

On page 3 of the magazine is a small picture of George and Garth Brooks singing "Freedom" together at the Equality Rocks concert. It is followed by this small article:

GARTH AND GEORGE JUST SAY NO

Garth Brooks and George Michael performed at the Washington, D.C. Equality Rocks concert in April, but you won't see them on VH1's October 27 special about the event. The singers refused to give permission to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the national gay-rights group that organized the four-hour concert, to use footage of their performances or even mention their names during the special, hosted by Melissa Etheridge. Michael never gave HRC a reason for his refusal, while Brooks's rep said the country crooner didn't sign off because the show was never intended for future television broadcasts. Michael's rep did not return our call.


October 25, 2000
George Learns the Difference Between Writing for Members Online and The Sunday Times

It seems that George wasn't happy with the way The Sunday Times treated his article on his thoughts on music in England. He was so displeased that his people contacted Music365 and Q and asked that they print the unedited letter. WorldPop also seems to have the entire letter George wrote to the media regarding The Sunday Times' editing... but don't quote me on that. ;-)

Music365 also has a section where fans can agree or disagree with George.

Damon and Bono fuel war against pop

YOGfriend Angelo sends us the link to "Damon and Bono fuel war against pop" in Dotmusic.

Other articles along this line are as follows:

CapitalFM Interview Online

If you missed George's recent interview with CapitalFM, you can read it in "George To Tickle Classic Ivories!"


October 24, 2000
The Press on George's Sunday Times Remarks

YOGfriend Angelo sends us the link to "Listen With Prejudice" from Dotmusic.

There are also articles in:

George and Andrew Back Together (for Dinner)

Aegean has a picture and article on the former Wham! men meeting for dinner.

Name That Tune...

If you think you're hearing a George song on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show", you're probably right. Various songs, ranging from "Cowboys and Angels" to "You Have Been Loved," are being used on the show.

George's "Organ"

Jay Leno joked a few nights ago about George's purchase of John Lennon's piano, saying that he though George would be playing a different organ.


October 23, 2000
Equality Rocks

YOGfriend Dave says that VH-1 will be airing the Equality Rocks concert on October 27th. However, in this press release, there was no mention of George's performance being aired.

George's Piano

More articles are coming in on George's remarks in the Sunday Times and his purchase of the Lennon piano.


October 22, 2000
George in the Sunday Times

YOGfriend Dave tells us about the Reuters article in response to George's remarks in the Sunday Times.

George's New Piano

YOGfriend Angelo points us to the Dotmusic article, "George Michael Will Record on John Lennon's Piano."


October 20, 2000
George to Record on Lennon Piano

According to the Associated Press, George told Capital FM listeners about his recent purchase of John Lennon's piano: "I think I'll hold on to it for a couple of months and see if I can get it on to my new record and then it's going back to the museum in Liverpool where I think it rightly belongs." He also downplayed the idea that his composition would be up to the standards of Lennon's "Imagine."

"It'll probably be 'Chopsticks' in comparison,'' he said.


October 19, 2000
George Buys Lennon Piano

Here are more stories are George's purchase of John Lennon's piano:

Popney Rhyming Slang

You gotta see it to understand it.


October 18, 2000
George Michael Buys Lennon Piano

Angelo, Carin, and I found some interesting articles today:


October 15, 2000
Links Update

I am in the process of removing all dead links from the site and adding new ones. I have only added about five new links but there are more to come.


October 14, 2000
Elton at Wembley

YOGfriend Angelo points us to the last concert at Wembley. Who knows who might show up!


October 7, 2000
New Fan-Created Sites

Two new links have been added to the fan-created links section of Yours Only George.


October 5, 2000
dotmusic Online Music Awards

You can now vote for Yours Only George as your favorite George Michael website. Just click below.

Vote for this site in
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October 1, 2000
Celebrity Meltdown

YOGfriend Slash sends us a link to a This Is London article referring to George.


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