George Michael - The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face ( With Foto's Kenny Goss )

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mariaslide
April 19, 2009

George Michael - The History
As the history of popular music develops, one fact shines through: talent wins. You can't cheat and survive for any length of time. You can't hype and fool people more than once. You can't hide behind image makers, or alluring videos, or the cut of this season's clothes. Or you can - but then you die. To survive you must evolve, improve, have faith, still thrill. Longevity depends on making the best music.

George Michael has never thought of popular music as a career: it's far more personal - more precious - than that. But he has always taken the long-term view, that ultimately an artist's achievement will not be judged in terms of number one singles, or magazine covers, or prestigious awards, but by a large body of work, a collection of albums over time, a lifetime's development in an artform that no longer depends on shock or rebellion or the quick burn-out to make a mark.

In 25 years, and at 42 years of age, George Michael can already look back on more than 80 million record sales worldwide. He's notched up six US No.1 singles from his debut album, eleven British No.1 singles and six No.1 albums to date. He has also played at some of the biggest and most important concerts in history (Live Aid, the Nelson Mandela Freedom Concert, the Freddie Mercury Tribute), all in front of capacity audiences at Wembley Stadium and in front of many millions watching throughout the world. But that was the beginning, an early phase or two.
George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on 25 June 1963 in North London, and went on to meet his future Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley at a nearby comprehensive school. They formed their first band, The Executive, in 1981, but soon realised their chosen path lay as a duo: Wham! was born.
Within a year they had released their classic debut single, 'Wham Rap', but it was their second single, 'Young Guns (Go For It!)' which became the first in a string of Top 10 hits.

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klspratlin (1 week ago) Show Hide

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The pic where he's writing explore on someone's back...is that from a music video?

mariaslide (1 week ago) Show Hide

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Thanks for your reply
And yes it is

laminage (1 week ago) Show Hide

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Yes, it was from I Want Your Sex from his Faith Album.

MsGeorgeMichael (1 week ago) Show Hide

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The pic where Yog is writing EXPLORE on someone's back is the video of "I Want Your Sex". It was his girlfriend Cathy Yeung at that time...

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i love love

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Oh i crye my ass off...

Hottekila (2 months ago) Show Hide

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Thanx 4 sharing, good job i always get tears when i listen this song.. great video...

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ransomovitch1 Get a life, live and let live & mind ur *uckin business!

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such a touching video.........

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