This song is the jam. For a white British dude, he can really pull off making good r&b songs. I think this song shows just how much he's underrated in the states. Musically, it's luscious and funky, and his voice is at it's best. Call me insane, but I would honestly put him along the lines of Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney as far as great pop music.

I was hoping with the release of Patience there would be similar songs in the vein of Fastlove, but with the exception of the criminally ignored "Amazing" and maybe the club staple "Flawless", I was disappointed.

Any thoughts on this song?

yeah...Patience was missing that one "hit" to make it a great classic album..

Fastlove, Freedom (both of them), I Want Your Sex....

George is great at writing dance/pop tracks...he shouldnt take himself so serious though because his acoustic numbers arent as memorable....but i do love his slow/torch love songs.

when that song comes on expect me 2 say..

"DAS MA SAWNG!!"
in the background...'sendin u 4get me nots..' sample

paisleypark4 said:

Yea that sample's hot. I like how it's kinda discreet and not overtly obvious

newskin69 said:

which is what a good sample should always be..

Possibly my favorite George Michael tune! That song is so good, and it never gets old! Frakin' great dance track, through and through. I seriously wish George would do an entire album in this vein. When I first heard "Amazing", I thought that was what we were getting, but alas no luck.

sosgemini said:

OH HELL YEAH!!!!

JediMaster said:

didn't he also rerecord it with a different singer so it wasn't excatly like the orginal?

George is probably the only artist who can get away with saying shit and fuck in his songs and not having the song edited on the radio or video, even at breakfast time.

Ellie said:

it doesn't stand out when he does it.

FASTLOVE just happens to be the inspiration for a song i wrote {as yet unreleased} called "sleeping with you".perhaps someday i just might find the nerve to unleash it.

Ellie said:

sosgemini said:

i used to mix patrice's original, george's fastlove and will smith's men in black...the crowd would love it

sosgemini said:

Well it's true. It might not be completely clear (although "bullshit" easily is in Fastlove), but I also got the "one fuck fantasy" line the very first time I saw the Freeek! video on TV.

This song was hot and had a hot video to go with it.

Isn't George Greek?

JediMaster said:

"amazing" has a catchy chorus, but its a bore.

"fast love" is cool. Though the video

Cool song, I prefer his a bit similar sounding 'Too Funky' though.
He really should do a more up-tempo album with songs like this, and that was the plan for 'Listen Without Prejudice Vol II', but we're still waiting.

missmad said:

yes and George Michael is not his real name

ehuffnsd said:

His birth name is
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Source = Imdb)

He is in my top five recording artists list for sure..behind Michael Jackson and tied or above Prince.

"Patince" was a disapointment compared to "Older" and to "Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1."

Now maybe it was a disapointment however...
It is awesome that in the future he plans to release his music for free with the option to donate to charities that he supports!

Now that is awesome...

ehuffnsd said:

yes i know. love him he is reallllly great.

so why dont we make a little room,in my BMW

DiamondGirl said:

I do believe that we are praticing the same religion!

I totally dig his music.

Jesus To A Child is one of the most important songs for me.

just something inside me becomes warm hearing it.