Red Dress - Andrew Ridgeley

[technogeek1219]

Wow, its good to see that Andrew Ridgeley Didn't go into forgetfulness, Because when he was with George Michael in Wham, he was just like a passenger in that duo, he had talent, no doubt about it, But George Michael was too much talent. Nevertheless, its good to see Andrew Ridgeley back. Nice song, catchy Tune, now lets try something slow like Careless Whispers.

[vics777]

not bad

[vics777]

Not bad at all.

[Makeupmaniak]

Poor Andrew. He had no chance with the insane level of Talent George has. But I think it's cool that George did backups to support his childhood friend. ;o)

[OingoBoingoMe]

@Makeupmaniak If he could be like this with GM that might be interesting. Symphonica wasn't really spunky. Rather, depressing.

[drunkenstooge]

fag

[kentaappel]

catchy tune, not bad at all in fact it was a pleasant surprise as I had heard nothing but negative reviews for, I guess, this album. Came here out of curiosty about what Ridgely did.

[scotfab]

I like it.

And yup he does sound a bit like the lead singer in Def Leppard.

[curradinu]

Totally underappreciated . He is a whole lot better musician than a ton of other wanna be.

[beet55]

def leppard ????? no,no :-)

[TheAlexMah]

grande andrew!!

[odog65]

good song cool ass video just needs a little bit more energy and agressiveness in the singing if he did that this would be a legendary metal song next to all she wrote girls girls girls and cherry pie

[georgiachelsea]

its really not that bad

[hellohelluvagal]

The first seventeen seconds of this song sound just like the intro to 'Bad Medicine'. Take a listen to the intro to 'Red Dress' and at the 17 sec mark you'll feel like singing "Your love is like Bad Medicine!"

[fuori71]

è la voce del grande george michael!!!!!!!!

[punchcar]

When Rolling Stone magazine reviewed this CD they gave it one star!! They didn't like the 'Faith' cloned image or his reedy sounding voice. In fact the only track they liked was "Shake (hardcore)"- the extra version on the CD album-and it was INSTRUMENTAL!!!! Ouch!! I'm not hating, just didn't work. George had the 'it' factor.

[monicatrese]

Love George's backup!! =)

[nykeenoodles]

i love it xxx and him .....matthew ellis pompey

[stuartk319]

Shame that he couldn't figure out what he wanted from this song - obviously not just any monkey can stay in Wham for as long as he did. Still; great to watch after 10 beers!

[capitalsho]

Awful in every way.

[Sixkiller1669]

Has anybody seen this guy lately...seriously, he looks like he's in his 60's. I'm not being mean...I'm just saying.

[xJennax93x]

Hes aged quite badly.. Not in a mean way.. But surely he would have a bit of dignity.. He was my fave in Wham.. And no doubt, better looking. He dont look too great now :/

[caR0L100]

he's hot

[Aaronator19842009]

Great Rock Music.

[dominoize]

AM needs the WH back !

[matt247ryan]

oi roy? can you nut that brick outa dat wall over there? that bloke said he could!

yeah that bloke with is shirt off! nonce!

[longrodvonhugendon]

he supports qpr and apparently his second team is man united CUNT!

[pocketgoth]

I think if Andrew hadn't been in Wham with GM and he came out with this song first, it would have done a lot better. It fits in with the hard rock sound of the time. I certainly heard worse. I think that people were just disappointed it wasn't more Wham.

I don't like it, but I don't think it's bad for what it is. It just isn't my thing. This is a lot better than that "Shake" song. Now that was terrible.

[godtoldmeto]

the biggest problem is his ill-defined image and sound in this vid. was he going for a rock/country image? i dont think it works in this video (the haircut, no shirt, etc.). i think soft AOR love songs wouldve been far more lucrative for him. song isnt bad at all, though.

[daveandcliff]

andrew by himself, sucks

[MARLONSKiUnusual]

he sounds like Def Leppard

[themysteryrapper]

OK are you people blind or Gay? this man cannot sing at all.. not even pop. he DIDNt sing on ANY wham album and ONCE AGAIN there is a guitar strapped to him and he isnt PLAYING a damn thing!!! WAKE UP..the man was a fake.

[SuzLa1]

Loved Andrew as a kid, but this is a strange song. You can hardly hear the vocals. Maybe if he had found a better song he might have had more of a career after Wham. George should have written him something decent.

[siliconweb]

Unfortunately this smells like desperation. Sad to see one half of Wham! take his shirt off to sell an awful song.

[afabulouslife]

I think hes wearing far too many clothes - needs to get the whole kit off.

[Foresttaft]

I had this album, and I took it on a lads holiday to Rhodes in 1990, the birds fookin loved us...

thanks Andrew..

Great Album , Shake was my fave.

[LadyMisty]

This song is PROOF that George and Andrew are musical genius when they work together. It is proof that Wham! could have kept making great music.

Andrew is hot in this, too hot LOL and I miss him and GM working together! xxx

[supremeobliterator]

I do as well, Wham was just one of those formula's that worked. Georges creativity with Andrew's confidence combined with Shirlie and Pepsi, vocals and Deon Estuses great bass playing.

I have yet to see a combination like that in modern music !

[spinneroonie]

Black Eyed Peas with Fergie. They were huge. But still, it's apparent was a special thing

[longrodvonhugendon]

i was gonna break down your comment with a witty retort but instead YOUR A COCK!

[ultrafastlove]

andrew must´ve been influenced by those awful american hard rock band.

horrible song, but he´s my idol for ever! WHAM!

[BGJDGirl4eva]

Andrew looks like a person you wouldnt want to meet in a dark ally in this vid lol very masculine

[bwhite53]

You must be joking!

[smarties324]

omg andrew is so fuckin hott!!!!!!! i freakin love him.

[ClaudiaMoedersheim]

George Michael is doing backing vocals on this one (Andrew told me himself...)

[Hashbrown70]

Hilarious!

[clarkbell]

I only hear George

[TaciusForti]

i wanna know what george was thinking the first time he saw that video on tv..

[ClaudiaMoedersheim]

Wow!! Cool video.. When his album Son of Albert came out I met him in The Netherlands at March 21, 1990. Great memories!! I have photos from it in my own created video 'My love for Georgios..'

[clarkbell]

HOLY SH*T

[pywacket7]

When all this was first out I thought he was great, I was a huge Wham Fan. It does not hold up with the test of time. Now I understand why Andrew never made it on his own. He was great with GM but not alone.

[NoCatStrangling]

Well, I like this better than "Shake."  But that's not saying much. Andy just should have enjoyed what he got out of Wham! and been done with it. Andrew's stuff is so, so inferior to George's work. Not just "different" as some are saying, but completely inferior. I know without Andy there wouldn't have been Wham! but there's not doubt George was the true creative genius behind it. Honestly, George must have been cringing when Andy came out with this dreck.

[geprgiegirl]

I'm more a GEORGE GIRL myself but I must admit that Mr RIDGELEY looks hot stuff here!!!

[MuscleJacker]

I saw this video on TV only once, then went out and bought the CD single. I always play it. How I wish this were the first single off the album instead of "Shake".

[supremeobliterator]

How I wish George and Andy would reunite and shake the Music business to it's core again !

[iHeartHeathLedger]

I love this song suprisingly.. YAY ANDY!! haha i just joined am andrew ridgeley appreciation club on facebook!!!! lol

[paralellomniverse]

my god. how horrible. hes stiff as a board. Its not a good looking video.I realize that andrew is the straighty but george is a lot more honking sexy than he is. He cant pull it off like george. Comparisons aside this is very amaturish for someone thats been through WHAM. i've never seen this before im surprised.

[Godgotron]

yikes! as much as Shake was a GM ripoff, it was stll a rocking song even tho we used to laugh about it back in those days.

But this one is just random generic, no energy no wonder i never heard it.

[positivelyyxtina]

this songs actually kinda good. hahaha. YAY ANDREW

[whollyred]

i miss the 90's

[spinneroonie]

Not better, just different. I don't mind Ridgely's work. ONETIMEWANNAHAVESEX, that's simply your opinion

[supremeobliterator]

True, you can never say somewon is wrong in their taste of music, or art, or poetry, or comedy, everyone has their likes and dislikes. I have a couple good freind sinto Anamie stuff. One of them I consider my best freind. I don't get anamie but he says Andrew sounds like "Any other type of music they would play in the strip club"

He honestly doesn't see a big difference betwen Andrew and say, Del Leopard. But then again all anamie looks the same to me.

To each his own !

[ONETIMEWANNA]

why why why ? he didnt need the £££ - so just an ego trip ? he needs a reality check, his material is garbage, utter dross, that anyone could write and 'sing'.... pure tripe, GM must have laughed his socks off, one note on any of GMs song is far superior to Andrews tripe cd.

[RocStarr1983]

He did it as a contractual obligation with Wham! Both he and George were optioned the opportunity to make solo albums. It's actually pretty good. His singing may not be the greatest, but his singles were pretty good.

[ONETIMEWANNA]

utter tripe, from a talentless man that shouldve quit while he was ahead.

[bioniccop35]

I still have the CD of the Son Of Albert.

[spinneroonie]

Where I live, I would have to pay more in shipping than I would for the cd. sucks. Can't even find a torrent of the Album, which is my only option where I live, really. Downloading

[spinneroonie]

This song really seems ahead of it's time. This is more around A 1993 ERA SONG. Too bad he made this in the 80's. Dude's got talent.

[supremeobliterator]

Actually it was right at 1990, just before his bud George released "Listen Without Prejuduce"

Thanks for agreeing Andrew has talent though. His real talent would shine through again if him and George re unified Wham !!!

[spinneroonie]

No, I don't think there's gonna be a reunion. I'd like to think George and Andrew have more self-respect than the rolling stones

[supremeobliterator]

I don't know about that, I recently heard that the Commadores are trying to have a reunion, I read Loinel Richie's interview on it.

It seems like people interest in stuff re ignites after 20 years or so. Look at all the 80s stuff out. Transformers, Miami Vice, Talk of an A Team movie, other 80s bands are reuniting, why not Wham ?

[spinneroonie]

I'm not saying No, I'm just saying I don't think George and Andrew will do it. Have you seen George Michaels A Different Story, I believe it's called. George and Andrew said there would be no reunion

[sana1999]

motorcity, I have to totally agree with you on how hot he is.

[motorcitymiguel]

He Is Beautiful.. The Wham Boy is Hot.

[melindah58]

You can definately not mistake george in backup, love this song.

[whollyred]

Andrew's got body!!!!!!

[SuzLa1]

Andrew was the only reason I liked Wham. I had a crush on him.

[PAYBACKiszaB2]

the man was very talented, and he even played guitar and I am sure he co sang on many of the Wham! tracks, he is getting a negative rap just like Tito and I know for a fact that Tito is very talented. if you are the stand out in the band you get all the attention while all the other hard workers get Zilch...

[Kohntarkosz]

I remember whent his album came out, Rolling Stone totally panned it. I don't think they even gave it a full star. They gave it a half star!

[supremeobliterator]

I don't think they even listened to it. Andrew had a bad rap of the press pre judging him. I think a lot of his critics didn't even listen to his ablum, or made up their minds about it before they did.

In Georges words "He was sick and tired of being taged as that lucky guy who was Georges best freind" Remember, this is the same press that today is obsessed with Britney and other talentless rejects !

[Kohntarkosz]

I honestly have never heard Andrew's album, so I can't comment on it. But I do think a lot of people made up their minds somewhere along the way that George was the brains behind Wham, and that Andrew was, at best, a "back up musician".

I haven't read Rolling Stone much lately, but I don't think they're "obsessed with Britney". Moot point, because I stopped subscribing to it a number of years ago because even for me it had become a crummy publication.

[supremeobliterator]

Maybe not Rolling Stone but I can't go to the store, turn on the news, get online, or anything else without hearing about her in some way.

In fact one stupid Tv show said she may be the most important cultural icon in America. That made me sick !

She realy has no musical talent at all and the mainstream press follows her every move. They act like her life is more important then the losses in Iraq, the rising oil and food prices, possible recession everything !

[mykalroze]

A lot of artists are either judged in comparison to their past and/or by people's expectations of who they are. As you said, Ridgeley was often looked at as being less than a caddy or chauffeur. They guy in Wham who did nothing. An analogy, Prince put out a seemingly crude album to finish his Warner Bros. contract, Chaos and Disorder, but because his past works were so good and highly praised, C&D was panned. But if, say, a newcomer made it, it'd probably be praised as a great rock album.

[Kohntarkosz]

Huh, I thought Chaos And Disorder was one of his better records. He gets off some good guitar solos on that one. I think the reason it got panned was because everyone knew it was just a "contractual obligation", and probably didn't even bother listening to it.

[mykalroze]

I do as well. There's something loose about it, it's not self-conscious for the most part and for a set of songs with some tracks that had been sitting around, it's great stuff. It's a fun, concise and listenable album. Some people have criticized its "crude-looking" cover, saying that reflects that this album was just as crude, hastily thrown together. These critics are holding this album up against what are long reported to be his best. People need to just loosen up and press play. :)

[mykalroze]

I think it may have gotten a 1 and a 1/2 star, but, they really did criticize it. I still remember how they basically said that Ridgeley was a fake rocker, that he had all the moves, the sneer, the look down, but it was rather hollow. They said that only on Shake did he get things at least half right.

[56Nikos]

yeah that's pretty good....

[wonderwoman27229]

When did the video originally air ? I kept up with George but lost track of Andrew when they split. I didn't even know Andrew did any songs after the split...

[supremeobliterator]

This came out in 1990 shortly before Listen without Prejiduce was out. I found an interview of Andrew at the release of this album. He is asked about George and makes a reference to him "Being in the recording studio"

I can send you the interview and the other solo Shake if you wish !

[wonderwoman27229]

Oh, yeah. I would love to see those ! Thanks.

[PAYBACKiszaB2]

supermeobliterator you say that this album came out in 1990. I think the hype and anticipation of a George Michael new album just put the lights out on anything Andrew could have attempted. everyone knew how Powerful George was from FAITH and you know they anticipated his follow up more than anything Andrew could have Dreamed up. but I still like Andrew though.

[supremeobliterator]

Thanks for agreeing with me PAYBACK. Glad to hear from fellow Wham fans who appreciate Andrew dispite what the press said about him.

As I have said Wham was greater then the sum of their parts, even if one of those parts is George Michael.

Andrew and George definatly left a legacy behind. Respect to them both ! Wham forever !!!

[PAYBACKiszaB2]

I want to start an 80s BAND!!!!!

[WWEECWCHICK200708]

I Loved Andrew as solo singer he's great

[hjq0023]

Ridgely as a solo artist wasnt bad...his 2 singles "red dress" and "shake" sounded like a typical 80s/glam rock/metal song (that was the "In" music to listen to during that time. i dunno why his solo album didnt go successful.

[hueylouieanddewey]

Did George also produce this album?

[supremeobliterator]

No he did not. He had a very small part in it, only on backup for this song.

I don't have it with me cause I just moved, but I can read off the credits when I get the album into where I am now.

[sybiesyb]

Dang, it took 18 years, but I FINALLY got to see the video. It's probably a good thing I waited b/c I would have exploded back then. Uh-Huh, I liked me some Andrew back in the day:-)

[cekstedt]

This isn't bad at all.... just found it...like it! Really wish he'd found a way to do more.

[tulipwindmill]

Dunno about the restuarant,but he does have something to do with keeping the sea pullution free,lives in Cornwall with Keren banana,boy s hers and is about 21,methinks,names Tom,possibly

[SteveMarkMorgan]

i didn't know andy recorded this track i thought it was really good, anyone know what he's up to these days?

[supremeobliterator]

I looked it up, he owns a restaurant in Londeon and sells surfing equipment. He is married to a Bannanarama chick "I don't know which one" he has one kid. He is still good freind swith George.

[SteveMarkMorgan]

thank you

[jcdnsd]

When was this video made?!? It looks like something from the 90's...

[supremeobliterator]

It was made in 1990. The same year George released Listen Without Prejiduce.

[spicycinnamone]

eh, I love the CD and the song, but the video is strange...

[hamstergeisha76]

Andrew is a rather decent singer though George took the spotlight.

[supremeobliterator]

george is actualy on backup vocals for this song. Strange to have their roles reversed.

[hamstergeisha76]

That's very interesting as I didn't notice George's voice in this song. Still it's got a good beat though.

[supremeobliterator]

Yeah I have the album at home. G Michael it says is on backup. Andrew also gives credit to George at the end of the album for "

Never doubting him"

I remember when I first heard this song on "Rock over London" they said George was on backup.

I think he's the voice thatc says "She exites me, she invites me" it sounds like him to me in that part.