Two unforgettable songs for me of George Micheal who passed away on Christmas day, yesterday

Last updated on 27th Dec. 2016

George Michael, pop superstar, dies at 53, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/25/george-michael-pop-superstar-dies-at-53.

That took me down memory lane. In the second half of the 1980s I spent a lot of time in Europe and the USA where I was flooded with Western pop music both on TV (MTV was around even then) and on car radio. Two songs of George Michael that I enjoyed in those days of my youth were Faith and Careless Whisper.

Looked up those songs on youtube (what a great service youtube renders to people like me; I am very, very grateful to youtube for all the great videos I have seen on it).

Faith - George Michael (audio only), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9iDBkJqxNg, 3 min 11 secs.

Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/georgemichael/faith.html

This seems to be the USA music video version. Note that the initial part of the video has part of another very controversial song of George Michael that was banned in some places/channels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3VTngm1F0, 3 min 42 secs

Here's George Michael performing Faith live many years later (2008), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLtz0I_JdiQ, 3 min. 33 secs.

The other George Michael song that was very popular then was Careless Whisper.

George Michael - Careless Whisper (Official Video), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ, 5 min 1 secs.

Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/georgemichael/carelesswhisper.html. Standout lines which I recall so clearly, "I should've known better than to cheat a friend; And waste a chance that I've been given"

George Michael - Careless Whisper (Live at Earl's Court - 2008), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYkE3vpWJjY, 5 min 38 secs.

I did not know that George Michael was English and that his father was a Greek Cypriot restaurateur who had moved to London in the 1950s, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael. I think that seems to fit in with his music and songs. I mean, George Michael was somewhat different from USA singers but I did not catch that well enough then to wonder if he was English/British.

Ravi: I enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Thanks George Michael for all your wonderful music and songs. Rest In Peace bro.
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I guess I have to share this unfortunate aspect of George Michael's life which I did not know about - his addiction to drugs, George Michael died alone, boyfriend reveals, as he battled a secret heroin addiction, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/26/george-michael-died-alone-boyfriend-reveals-battled-secret-heroin/.