George Michael

Most of you who know me...know that George is an OBSESSION that stems from 1983-1984 when I was in the 8th grade and WHAM! was hot on the scene. I was in love with him then and I'm still loving him to this day. I went to see him in concert on September 10, 1987. I was a senior in high school and willing to drive through a snowstorm and against my parent's wishes for those tickets. Turns out, after the fit that I threw for my dad, he brought me up to the record store on Lake Street in Minneapolis to get my tickets. Two of them.

Mom said I couldn't drive my happy self up there by myself...so she "hired" Stephanie O' Dell to go with me. Steph drove my mom's car and we had a blast. I realized then that dreams do come true as I never thought in a million years that I'd be seeing my main man in concert ever in my lifetime.

It was and still is to this day...one of THE best shows I have seen in my lifetime. And I've seen alot of concerts. The energy and charisma that George had was amazing. I was inspired....truly.

Those of you who have me on Yahoo IM know that I have been on a George kick this weekend...hence the inspiration for this post. His words inspire me to be...better and stronger and more loving. His voice soothes my soul...even in the worst of my days it still consoles.

So with that...I will leave you with the lyrics to Freedom '90...the current video to your left.


I won't let you down
I will not give you up
Gotta have some faith in the sound
It's the one good thing that I've got
I won't let you down
So please don't give me up
cause I would really, really love to stick around,
oh yeah
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
Didn't know what I wanted to be
I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy
And I guess it was enough for me
To win the race?
A prettier face!
Brand new clothes and a big fat place
On your rock and roll TV
But today the way I play the game is not the same
No way
Think I'm gonna get myself happy
I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I told you so
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone else I've got to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Take back your singing in the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me
yea yea
Freedom,Freedom,Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Freedom,Freedom,Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
What a kick just a buddy and me
We had every big shot good-time band on the run boy
We were living in a fantasy
We won the race
Got out of the place
I went back home got a brand new face
For the boys on MTV
But today the way I play the game has got to change
Oh yeah
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
I think there's something you should know
I think it's time I stopped the show
There's something deep inside of me
There's someone I forgot to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Don't think that I'll be back again
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
All we have to do now
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
All we have to see
Is that I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me,
yea yeaFreedom,
Freedom,Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Freedom,Freedom,Freedom
You've gotta give for what you take
Well it looks like the road to heaven
But it feels like the road to hell
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
I took the knife as well
Posing for another picture
Everybody's got to sell
But when you shake your ass
They notice fast
And some mistakes were built to last
That's what you get,That's what you get,
That's what you get,
I say that's what you get
That's what you get for changing your mind
That's what you get for changing your mind
That's what you get,
That's what you get,
And after all this time
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes
Do not make the man
All we have to do now is take these lies
And make them true somehow
All we have to see is that i don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me
yea yea
Freedom,Freedom,Freedom
You've got to give for what you take
Freedom,Freedom,Freedom
You've got to give for what you take
Yea you've got to give for what you, give for what you give
May not be what you want from me
Just the way it's got to be
Lose the face now I've got to live I've got to live

Happy Monday!
Love,
TT