HQ - Wham - Young Guns (Go For It) - TOTP 1982

[bandootaku]

<3 ANDREW RIDGELEY~~!!

[1Mau5Love]

I'm gay for George!! WHAM!

[Larisallegria]

HOW GEORGE MOVES!... WITH ALL HIS INTENSITY..

[rhonabud70]

this song takes me back! :-)

[gmttdan]

Watershed moment in musical history. Things would never be the same again.

[NobodyFucksWithJesus]

@gmttdan; Wikipedia.

[godvergeten]

If I had seen this in 1982, I would've known George was gay immediately, even though I would have had no idea what gay was at the age of 8.

But it is all so wonderfully innocent. :)

I prefer this anytime over the shit that our o-so-highly-praised destruction-minded adults 'bestow' upon this world.

[MyAccount4TrollingU]

FUCK ISLAM

[notmemate]

I used to ignore the crap music and check out the fit girls in the background- still do- I'm a dirty old man I guess.

[melende1963]

@notmemate

LOL

[AlliUrPally]

Just learned his mini dance that he does during the chorus. I feel so accomplished.

[lougrant22]

mint or wot!!!! lmao Thomas!! x

Andrew dosnt say alot does he!!!

[lougrant22]

mint or wot!!!! lmao Thomas!! x

[luvndaoldskool]

I love this George is a good rapper and yeah raychilled its so funny when he came out I was shocked lol I guess people in the 80s were naive about those things.Look at the song Relax dont do it I found out later that it was homoerotic and people were wearing tshirts about it lol

[captaincomputa]

Great stuff,how fit was Shirley in that dress?

[annodomini50]

loved it then, love it now - and the lyrics were clever - "a daddy by the time you're 21 if you're happy with a nappy then you're in for fun...." great !!!

[PleaseGoAway1000]

George Michaels calling someone a sucker? I thought he was the sucker??

[jeancocteau1]

@PleaseGoAway1000 Yeah and he gives as good as he gets I'm told! Dont be jealous!

[PleaseGoAway1000]

@jeancocteau1 hmm, I bet he likes to get more than give 

[kingmole69]

worst dancing ever!

[ccarl4]

They're having fun 80s style

[MrCeej9999]

What I'm saying is, fans hated Wham music until this point. They were bombing.

Right clothes, right look, right image, and they went from flop to stars with teenage girls.

From then on, acts stopped spending as much time on music, and spent much more on image

[MrCeej9999]

Actually a watershed musical moment

Wham! Weren’t even a top 60 act at this moment. Hadn’t had any sort of sales. Nobody knew them. They were drafted in as a last minute replacement for someone else.

This performance, turned them from nobodies to number 1 act. All through the power of image.

Boy bands were born from here

[themachman19691]

classic,nuff said

[bladerunnertte]

perfect

[Simonc1952]

Your full five-a-day fruit

[pastcineo]

deliberated shameless lip-synching!! now THAT was the true spirit of Top Of The Pops!!! :D

[SkorpionOne]

Who gives a s==t if he's gay..to each his or her own, ya know? Plus, he can rock a jam!!!!!!!!!!

[vanitystarr1]

He kinda looks like Robin Thicke.

[j4wn]

Dig that Bass.

[pearljam619]

and people say that kids today wear tight jeans!!!

[pollmeister]

Thats NOT Pepsi - that's DC Lee who married Paul Weller (now divorced) Look at his 2 kids he had with her - they are the SPIT of her!

[InstructaMic]

oh god i feel old i yous to dance to this now i have grand chrildren

[activiste71]

love it. I remember the next day at school and doing the dance routines in the playground.

[NickChaseMe]

Two words: extremely heterosexual.

[keepinitgroomey]

Nothing gay about this, no siree

[raychilled]

and they couldn't tell he was gay for how long????

[frankkleef]

@raychilled it was the fashion back then xd all those stars (look at prince) looked gay..some were..some were not xd i think the same..why where they surprised he was gay o.O

[atrocchia]

@raychilled I know what you mean!

[neil73]

@raychilled Until he came out of the closet, or the toilet, caught with his pants down. Joking aside, appearences are deceptive; you might see a guy mincing down the street and straight away you'll say to yourself "He's gay", but not necessarily so...

[princessoffire1107]

@raychilled I have never seen this, nor anything they did before they hit it in the US. HAD I seen this I can assure you I'd have known! Wow, this was undoubtedly before someone got a hold of G and macho'd him up!

[TommyTonk00]

@raychilled Not sure how they couldnt either BUT the man was handsome..and still is!

[jameseyboy73]

I love the bit in the video where they all start bitch-slapping each other. Class.

[LeanneCase]

i remember this totp, i was 5, it was the day my little sis was born and i came home from meeting her settled down to watch totp and fell in love, i still love george now.

[JoyGrenade]

How was there ever any doubt about George Michael?

[MonaeJune]

if yall think this is funny you should see them on discoring!!!

[donkamilo56]

gay

[yogpanos]

@donkamilo56 isthat news u r giving us.......please get a life...if u dont like or disagree dont watch george's bloody wham days....why the hell have u commented and more to the point even viewed this,u must of typed wham top of the pops in search engine to of seen it! does it really matter at all what a human beings sexual preferences are!! A gay cant hurt you, you know..its not catchin! get back in your cave sir!!!

[donkamilo56]

@yogpanos gay's

[y2jon2007]

82 and way ahead of its time..

[wcotton42]

it is clear from watching this vidoe george was a tart...

[Brickwall2468]

Reminds me of a very strange exercise class

[WRKasper]

wait a minute was this filmed live?

[ellenwispa]

19 year old George. He had such stage presence, and it really was incredible. So, he was a bit camp. Big deal!

[swootters]

andrew ridgeley, lol

[paoloblanc]

looks well camp looking back on it

[Fontomia]

i want a boyfriend just like him =D

[LadyMacalla]

OMG cant believe me and my m8 copied the Pepsi n Shirley dance.....those were the days.......u cant beat the 80's......the ERA 2 ave lived...........

[safeway56]

What a babe Shirlie is...Martin Kemp..jammy bastard.

[GeorgeMichael4Life]

i remember watching this for the 1st time when i was a teen i loved them then and i still do as a women

[dogsofwar007]

with you on that .. i was 21 and loving it .. it's STILL cool

[gbarba5]

they blew that place up!

[nascot10]

i think this sums the early 80s up in about 4 minutes..

[martintelle]

@nascot10 this and the video for wake me up. fo sho!



[fozzwoody]

Just the best performance ever from an unknown band on TOTP. I guess I was one of many who thought " what the..." when this came on. Just the best dance performance I can remember on that much missed programme

[blochead170000]

I think Dee C Lee should have dated George they looked intimate and cute together. He was really great looking and a great dancer back then in his Fantastic days.

[fartreta]

Uhmm...he's gay, actually...but she might have wanted to date him?

[blochead170000]

I know that. Im just saying my opinion.

[BoooBajecna]

goooooooooooood

[ragamuffinboi]

with his dance moves, george michael would have been the justin timberlake of 80s.lol

[KuriJarri]

ragamuffinboi wrote: "with his dance moves, george michael would have been the justin timberlake of 80s."

Who's Justin Timberlake?

[matthk]

Justin Timberlake would be honoured if someone called him the George Michael of the 2000s! Timberlake is a fine performer, (a bit 'suburban' though) but he's nowhere near the singer that George is, and he'll never be as big as Wham were!

[pjasher]

WHAM! is awesome!! I remember this one back in the 80's... Loved them then and still today...

[btcctouring]

Now I see why I thought Shirley was hot as hell.

[composmentis666]

Funny how people keep mistaking the black woman for Pepsi when it is in fact D C Lee who went on to have a solo career and marry Paul Weller.

[matthk]

Solo career? She went on the become bckup singer for The Style Council, then a (very small) solo career!

[593OLYMPUS]

Good track from George and co. Pepsi and Shirley got my attention 4 sure. I always rather liked the future Mrs Kemp! That dress of her's with the V shaped cut-out at the front which I think should be at the back ( no complaints! ). She's very nice. The joking "push off" she gives to George at 2.20mins is theatrical but all adds to the show.

Thanks 4 the upload musicdude.

[isiang123]

mis niños en el año 82!!!!!! wham forever

[sexteta]

George in all his high quality glory. He'd never wear just a leather waistcoat these days (well not in public)