George Michael RIP
Discussion
Wacky Racer said:
It must have been hard for him blessed with staggering good looks, a fantastic voice, money beyond most people's wildest dreams.........to turn to drugs/drink instead of getting high on life.
Each to their own.
Good looks and money don't make you immune to your own personal demons. If anything i suspect it makes you more prone to it. I don't have the time or spare cash to have a serious drink/drug problem. If I was rich it might be a different story.Each to their own.
98elise said:
Wacky Racer said:
It must have been hard for him blessed with staggering good looks, a fantastic voice, money beyond most people's wildest dreams.........to turn to drugs/drink instead of getting high on life.
Each to their own.
Good looks and money don't make you immune to your own personal demons. If anything i suspect it makes you more prone to it. I don't have the time or spare cash to have a serious drink/drug problem. If I was rich it might be a different story.Each to their own.
Freds said:
funkyrobot said:
Here we go. Outpouring of grief from people who didn't even know him. Old stars appearing on the news saying how sad it is etc.
I'm sorry, but what makes me sad is kids being bombed and killed in places like Aleppo. Kids getting cancer and the like and dying before they even reach their teenage years.
People like GM have had years of life. Made decisions that have probably f
ked their health up in their later years.
Why is there an outpouring of grief? Because these people sang a few songs.
Things like this don't make me sad in the slightest. The collective grieving is even worse.
Oh well. He'll sell more records now.
Fair comment........ I know very little about George, only that he had something in common with my wellies........ they've both been sucked off in bogsI'm sorry, but what makes me sad is kids being bombed and killed in places like Aleppo. Kids getting cancer and the like and dying before they even reach their teenage years.
People like GM have had years of life. Made decisions that have probably f
ked their health up in their later years.Why is there an outpouring of grief? Because these people sang a few songs.
Things like this don't make me sad in the slightest. The collective grieving is even worse.
Oh well. He'll sell more records now.
I think he was the sucker though, not the suckee?
Finlandia said:
Sad news, again 
He made some really amazing songs, and that voice. I have always thought of him as kind of a Freddie Mercury Jr.
He did a pretty good job at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert.He made some really amazing songs, and that voice. I have always thought of him as kind of a Freddie Mercury Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvM2Cmi-YRU
Finlandia said:
Sad news, again
He made some really amazing songs, and that voice. I have always thought of him as kind of a Freddie Mercury Jr.
This, I saw him perform at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley. When he was singing Somebody to Love I remember thinking he would make a great replacement for Freddie.He made some really amazing songs, and that voice. I have always thought of him as kind of a Freddie Mercury Jr.
Wacky Racer said:
It must have been hard for him blessed with staggering good looks, a fantastic voice, money beyond most people's wildest dreams.........to turn to drugs/drink instead of getting high on life.
Each to their own.
This kind of post makes me so mad. It is typical of a lot of PH posts - do people not live in the real world?Each to their own.
To judge him based on his "looks" and "money" and equate that to "happiness" is quite frankly ridiculous.
Life is never black and white.
EagleMoto4-2 said:
This, I saw him perform at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley. When he was singing Somebody to Love I remember thinking he would make a great replacement for Freddie.
Ha ha that's such a good reminder of just how good he was who else could have gone on stage and sing that and make it his own.To put things in perspective they are dropping like flies out there but being born even quicker, leading to an overrun on the planet one day every one of us will just be another flicker on the counter -no biggie. http://www.worldometers.info/
Saying that he was a very talented musician who entertained many.
Saying that he was a very talented musician who entertained many.
GloverMart said:
Quite, their posts puzzle me.
"Recreational grieving", it was called. Er, no, it's a thread about someone famous that died yesterday and many people that grew up with his music want to post about him. No one is crying, this isn't Lady Diana all over again, it's just that maybe a lot of people would like to share what GM meant to them via his music.
The most "impressive" post was the one where somebody claimed their superiority by saying they grieved about kids dying of cancer & the atrocities in Aleppo as well as the Russian plane crashing rather than a celebrity nobody really knew. "Ooh, look at me. The stuff I get sad about is far better than what YOU get sad about!". Bloody hell, I hadn't realised it was a competition!
Of course I'm sad about all of that but I have no connection to Aleppo / Russia as most of us haven't....
So seeing as this is a GM tribute thread (or was until the infantile jokes and troubled posters started posting), my thoughts. Brilliant songwriter, an unbelievable voice and a back catalogue that anyone would be proud of. Five years older than me so clearly my generation.....remember sneaking into nightclubs at age 16 or 17 and dancing to the Wham stuff, trying to emulate them. Then, his rebirth into a solo career that saw him write and perform some absolute humdingers. Not sure what my favourite would be, maybe his solo version of "Freedom", which is impossible to listen to without your feet moving.
RIP George.
Absolutely spot on, thank you. "Recreational grieving", it was called. Er, no, it's a thread about someone famous that died yesterday and many people that grew up with his music want to post about him. No one is crying, this isn't Lady Diana all over again, it's just that maybe a lot of people would like to share what GM meant to them via his music.
The most "impressive" post was the one where somebody claimed their superiority by saying they grieved about kids dying of cancer & the atrocities in Aleppo as well as the Russian plane crashing rather than a celebrity nobody really knew. "Ooh, look at me. The stuff I get sad about is far better than what YOU get sad about!". Bloody hell, I hadn't realised it was a competition!
Of course I'm sad about all of that but I have no connection to Aleppo / Russia as most of us haven't....So seeing as this is a GM tribute thread (or was until the infantile jokes and troubled posters started posting), my thoughts. Brilliant songwriter, an unbelievable voice and a back catalogue that anyone would be proud of. Five years older than me so clearly my generation.....remember sneaking into nightclubs at age 16 or 17 and dancing to the Wham stuff, trying to emulate them. Then, his rebirth into a solo career that saw him write and perform some absolute humdingers. Not sure what my favourite would be, maybe his solo version of "Freedom", which is impossible to listen to without your feet moving.
RIP George.
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