stopit! you're killing me

This has got to be one of the funniest threads I've seen on this website.



With that said, Wham was a very cool POP group with some nice-catchy tunes. But the focus was mainly on George Micheal, not the band.

GottaLetitgo said:


I feel I must retort your retorts, even though I said I would summarily dismiss all arguments to the contrary that Wham! was the best band of the last 25 years, neigh, perhaps ever.


1.

Who would you suggest in their place? New Kids on the Block? Hanson? Frankie Goes to Hollywood? I can think of no band that provided more "chock full of sunshine" hits then Wham! The fact that they retired at their prime just left us all wanting more, the sign of a classic band.

First off, I think it's damned shameful to even remotely suggest New Kids on the Block for anything other that "world's shittiest band". Second, Hanson? Seriously?


2.

Mr. Ridgeley was the glue, the soul. the cog, the core, the essence of Wham! All George did was write all the lyrics and sing all the songs. But George could not ape guitar playing like Andrew if his life depended on it.

And have you TRULY ever listened to "Son of Albert"? Blared it on your car stereo at 3:00 AM? Listened to it on your headphones while somewhat high on cold medicine? If you have and you were not steamrolled by the virtual magic that comes off of those beautiful tracks you are a hard-hearted cynic who needs to do some serious soul-searching.

Yes, I have listened to SOA, oddly enough under all of the conditions you listed. I'm hardly a cold-hearted cynic. In fact, I love life, and am incredibly optimistic (hey, I'd have to be to even give Andrew's solo stuff a chance). All I have to say is, as a musician, Andrew makes one helluva race car driver.


3.

Mr. Michael eloquently symbolized, in the truly hardcore Wham! Rap, the pressure and sadness of being expected to be employed, i.e. just another number in the system, when his true desire was to have fun and wear triliby hats and whatnot. Maybe I don't know what gangsta rap is but if that is not gangsta rap then I don't know what gangsta rap is.

First off, triliby hats have no place in gangsta rap. Second, I don't hear George call out to his bitches or hos even ONCE in that song!!! Oh, and I don't hear even one small mention of gats, drive-bys or the chronic!!!

4.

But Deon, while a talented musician (and I loved that song he did with George, "Heaven Help Me"---that song alone perhaps qualifying Deon as one of the top pop solo males of the last 25 years) was not as vital as Pepsi and Shirley in making the machine that was Wham! run. Could Deon even dance? Was he named after a soda pop? I rest my well-proven case.

"Heaven Help Me" is, indeed, a fine song. Deon was a fantastic musician, which is my point. Sure, he didn't dance much, but then again, neither did George Harrison! For that matter, Mr. Harrison wasn't named after a terrible soda either. Deon stands as the under-rated secret weapon of Wham (much like George Harrison)!

I have refuted all of your charges and the fact remains that Wham! IS the best band of the last 25 years.

I've refuted your refutations of my charges, and Wham! stands as an entertaining, if quite silly, pop band.




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JediMaster said:

He is joking. Stating about pepsi and whoever beign named after soda pops being a good thing is just taking the piss. Is this the deacon (or deacon?). He use to do this

I was pondering on the greatness that is Wham! this morning and I came across a fact that I had previously forgotten. Both Mr. Michael and Mr. Ridgeley, esq. were born in Bushey, England. Bushey has a population of about 24,000. That's pretty much all I know about it...except that there is SOMETHING IN THE WATER THERE THAT CREATES ULTRA-TALENTED POP STARS!

Just thought I would share...

Son of Albert...available in all self-respecting record shoppes.

GottaLetitgo said:

...in the discount bin!

JediMaster said:

Ain't that the truth.

Why does George have a cameltoe in this pic?

GottaLetitgo said:

...in the discount bin!

Grooowwlll...I'm straight and this picture makes me drool like a geriatric.

GottaLetitgo said:

That looks like the chest of a geriatric.

GottaLetitgo said:

That looks like the chest of a geriatric.

VoicesCarry said:

You mock what you don't understand!

The pectorals and perfectly shaped abs call to me. They say, "Gotta, leave your wife, move to England, declare your love for Andrew ."

Oh, stop the voices in my head...

VoicesCarry said:

You mock what you don't understand!

The pectorals and perfectly shaped abs call to me. They say, "Gotta, leave your wife, move to England, declare your love for Andrew ."

Oh, stop the voices in my head...