awesome full version of "praying for time"

i might have to pay the $$$$$ and go see old scraggly ass this summer

Already a thread on the AI finale:
http://prince.org/msg/100/271287

daPrettyman said:

why would anybody :cough*you*cough: start an AI thread in GD?
besides, this is about GM no DA or DC..
thanx

Fury said:

Because it is the same topic....the AI finale.

He did kick ass huh?!?!?

dam it I had to walk the dogs and missed who the guest was ....OMG IT WAS MY GEORGE !!


did anyone post the perdformance yet ?

utopia7 said:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xZXE8Fohj8M

he was incredible.

Cataclizm1 said:

THANK YOUUUUU

I didn't watch the whole show, hell, I barely watched any of it. But I did see George Michael. I'm not a big George Michael fan, but from what I saw, the show would have been greatly improved if it was 1 hour and 55 minutes of GM and five minutes of announcing another crappy AI winner.
I still don't see the appeal of this show. Maybe the fact that the creators have convinced millions of people that their votes actually count, there is a certain hilarity in that. Paula's drug abuse is more pathetic than funny and Ryan Seacrest is pure torture.

maybe he had a cold, but...


man he looked like hell. and in the first half of the song, i swore he was drunk.


but he did win my over by the end. that song always "gets" me. yeesh. i love it.


I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HIM IN JULY!!!

Oh My God, He looks ill!!! I hope he is OK. It was a wonderful performance. So full of passion and emotion. Those words kill me. So sad, but true. I bawl like a baby most times I hear it. Thats my George, can't wait to see him in Aug.

I saw gm 6 times on his 25Live european tour last year...he was AMAZING....get tickets if u can, u won't regret it.....ive never seen and audience so wild...even at a Prince concert

I agree. He might be ill, coz usually he sounds much better. But it was still beautiful.

yeah , something wasnt quite right with George last night physically . Still the song and performance was great

probably jet-lagged / nervous....it's about 20 years since america has loved him the way we do in Europe

Odd choice of song for such a fluff, useless show.

newpower99 said:

Actually, he told Ryan Seacrest after he performed that he had a cold. So yeah, he WAS ill last night. Considering that, he sounded freakin' amazing! I could never sing AT ALL when I had a cold!

JediMaster said:

I didnt catch that. Cool. The dude still can sing .

i was moved by his performance ... i have to say ... it was the highlight by far of the whole show ... altho it was more "watchable" than past years (even todays paper seemed to comment on that ... )

ZZ Top with Cook , Gladys Knight with Robert downey jr .. lol ... but i thought G Michael was the highlight ... funny thing tho ... this mornin alot of people seem to NOT have thought the way i did ...

i just heard Howard Stern sayin how he felt terrible bout it .. he fast forwarded it thru G Michael and "nothin worse than a Queen gettin old and losing his looks " ....

I have a couple tickets for GM up for sale at Craigslist and not one response for 2 weeks... Then seconds after his performance I have over 40 responses!... George killed it with "Praying For Time" -- it was like a slap in the face to all that American Idol stands for -- which to me, said alot more than Prince's vague idol worship posts when he was on... Anyway, George sounded great and looks just fine for a middle aged man who enjoys the drink and smoke, so lay the fuck off.

he looked like Yoko Ono,

It was sad to hear those talentless fuckholes slaughter his songs. Every group number on that show is like a Jr. High show choir, only worse.

violetblues said:

Just those ugly-@$$ glasses! Otherwise, he didn't!

I just thank God he didn't SOUND like her!!!!

peppeken said:

I WANNA C him so bad!!!

I liked his acoustic version of Praying FOr Time..but he was trying a little hard on the end. I liked how the "sun went doown on him" in the background.

That was moving.

violetblues said:

I was thinking Vegas-era Elvis

His voice still sounds good, but he got so concerned with being taken seriously that he's determined to be boring, no matter what!
[Edited 5/22/08 12:36pm]

NDRU said:

I don't know, I think he moved the people that were going to "get it." Sure, its a downer song, but MUCH more meaningful than say "Lolita."

Jude418 said:

I was referring less specifically to that song, which is pretty decent, and more to his general over-seriousness.

His older music was kind of fluffy, but really good. I think he's kind of ignored his gift for hooks in favor of trying to move people or be taken as a serious artist. Maybe it's not as self conscious as it seems, though. He has been through some trials, maybe it's true reflection of his feelings, I don't know.

But he's a perfect choice for that show, because he's a great singer. More of a pure singer than Prince, to be sure.

I love George Michael and Praying for Time is one
of my faves by him. Loved the performance too, very
touching

Beautiful. You won´t find nowadays such a powerful song.

NDRU said:

Yeah, but I think he still brings the "hooks and fluff" (Flawless, An Easier Affair) and humor (Shoot The Dog)... just not to the number 1 spot anymore.