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I grew up in a family where music always played in everyone’s homes. By the day I was three-years-old, I could chant every lyric to the Beach Boys’ song “Barbara Ann” at the ask for of any person who asked me to. Between my parents’ separate homes, my maternal grandparents’ house, and my paternal grandma’s residence, I was inundated by the sounds my guardians preferred. My grandparents, of course, tended to play a lot of old college R&B, soul, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley. My dad was a enormous “guido” growing up in the 1970s, so his tastes were mostly confined to disco, later R&B and heart, funk, some blues-rock, and Billy Joel. My mom, on the other hand, was all over the place in terms of her musical tastes. She liked some of the same genres my dad did — especially disco and soul —- but she was also obsessed with the pop-rock of her youth, 1980s new wave, newer pop acts, some electronic Eurobass song that became trendy in the 1990s, and, especially, David Bowie, Elton John, and George Michael.
Before I hit double digits in age, George Michael’s voice significantly populated many a long automobile drive, a Saturday morning at residence, and an evening of watching my mom get ready to g
Andrew Ridgeley Says George Michael’s Delayed Coming Out Came At a ‘Personal Cost’ to Wham! Bandmate
While George Michael may be remembered today as a queer star in his own right, the “Freedom ’90” singer’s former bandmate recently revealed that his delayed coming out cost the superstar dearly.
According to Michael’s longtime Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley, the “Faith” singer’s decision to keep his sexuality secret before eventually announcing it on reside TV in 1998 ultimately pain him more than it helped. “I think it is fairly unarguable,” Ridgeley told Peoplein an interview published Wednesday (July 5). “He made the point that it had a personal require, which I don’t think he ever quite reconciled.”
“George was thinking, ‘Yeah, I’ll just come out and say it,’ and I thought, ‘Well, how’s this gonna change anything for us?'” Ridgeley also told the publication. “The music’s still wonderful and once the initial sort of hullabaloo is over, then it’ll probably be just that. But that was not the case, and George says t
When George Michael came out as lgbtq+ on live TV and inspired a generation
11 October 2021, 16:00 | Updated: 26 October 2021, 10:16
George Michael appeared on television in 1998 revealing he was gay for the first hour and inspiring the world with the words: "I don’t feel any shame whatsoever."
George Michael had recently been arrested for propositioning an undercover policeman in a Beverley Hills park and, according to the news writer who interviewed him, wanted to bravely reveal the facts "in his hold words and in his own way."
Before taking the courageous decision to discuss his sexuality on TV, George said he calmed down by reassuring himself: "You’re a human being. Just go on TV and get it sorted."
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The landmark interview with CNN starts with Jim Moret stating to George: "Your sexuality has been a focus of tremendous attention."
George responds: "Yeah, to some degree, with pop stars or clip stars, we grow the object of people’s self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition."
"I think people
George Michael said he was 'persuaded' to stay closeted in Wham! even though he 'really wanted to come out'
George Michael is now known as a LGBTQ+ icon, but the British crooner spent much of his career closeted after seeking advice from "the wrong people."
The fresh Netflix documentary "Wham!" uses archival footage to travel the "pivotal moment" that Michael came out to his bandmate, Andrew Ridgeley, when the two friends were 19.
Back in 1983, the pop duo traveled to Ibiza, Spain, to film the music video for "Club Tropicana." In the documentary, Ridgeley recalled how Michael phoned him one morning to "come over and have a chat."
Ridgeley found Michael in bed in his hotel room. Shirlie Holliman, their backup singer and seal friend, was also there.
"He gave Shirlie a sort of quick glance. He said to me, 'Didn't know how to narrate you this, but I'm gay. If not same-sex attracted, you know, bisexual,'" Ridgeley said. "For me, his sexuality had absolutely no bearing on us. I wanted him to be happy."
Despite his best friend's acceptance, Michael wouldn't arrive out publicly for another 15 years.
"I said I was gonna talk to my mom and dad, and was persuaded in no uncertai