CHIC0 said:

George is so baby daddy-licious lol...

ABeautifulOne said:

i am sooo glad he got the goateee back.

George Michael is positively one of the best voices in the industry. I picked up his "Live In London" Blu-Ray today. It was filmed for his 25Live tour, on the last two nights in London. I'll try to keep each song's high points to a minimum.

The 45 minute documentary on the DVD is worth the effort alone. Called "I'd Know Him A Mile Off!" is a great look behind the scenes of the tour, the interviews, the rehearsals, the sound checks, and him constantly hopping into the back of a car to get to, or leave the venue, sitting on planes w/ his partner Kenny Goss, and even a funny moment at one of their homes, where Kenny (who I always forget is SO southern, as he is from Texas) is explaining that George likes a more minimal and modern look to the furniture in the house, whereas Kenny wants a big couch to curl up on. Looks as though GM got his way. Also in the docum, at one check point, the security guards, who have blocked off an avenue, says they won't let his car through. The driver, and a manager, tell the security police that GM is in the backseat. With a glance, GM is dismissed as "a look-alike". He walks off. Finally the manager gets out of the car and insists they get through. The security guard walks up to the car and demands I.D. The manager pushes him back. Security looks in the car and says, "I'd know him a mile off. That is not George Michael." GM is hysterical, calling the whole incident "brilliant" (and it really is!) GM wanted to stay to show them I.D., just for the sheer sake of filming it and capturing a great moment on film. They drive through the check point, and the camera catches the security guy flipping off the car, with GM in it. haha

As far as the concert, every song is spot fucking on. He starts with "Fastlove", using the extended mix in a slightly shorter form. The extended mix uses a different chorus later on, singing "Everybody needs a little fast love, baby....", and then has a chant of "who da man, who da man, who da man, goddamn!", and then goes into a funk ridden version of "I'm Your Man". As the song ends, GM says "I wouldn't do that to you. You didn't think it was over did you?" and goes into the regular version of "I'm Your Man". The energy stays high during "Flawless", and even he jokes that "this is probably the gayest cover I've done". (I guess he called it that because it's heavily based on The Ones song "Flawless"). He slows it down for a bit, and during "Father Figure" and "You Have Been Loved", his voice is so pure and spot on!!! He's right in the middle of his 40's, and he's still one of the best voices in the industry.

He pumps it back up with "An Easier Affair", name checking Rupert Murdock at the beginning of it, and quickly mentions it's about living your life, and not giving a fuck (his favorite word apparently) about what anyone says. The lyrics say that too of course. I love that song, and have since it came out on the TwentyFive CD/DVD set. He gets into "Everything She Wants" and the audience goes wild for it! Slow down again with "One More Try", which is just him and the six backup singers standing in a squared U shape, singing the song in a near gospel style, and knocking it out of the arena. He sits, and people go nuts when they hear the first notes of "A Different Corner". Voice again, spot on. He gets political with "Shoot The Dog", and plenty of anti-George Bush/Tony Blair animation (from the video), as well as a huge inflatable of GW. GM runs up to it and pulls open the front of his pants. Out pops a huge English bulldog, locked snout to crotch on GW's front side. (Tony Blair sucking GW's dick, in case you didn't get that.) He also gives a huge shout out to Barack Obama.

There is a 20 minute intermission, but we only see 5 minutes of it. He plays the video of "John and Elvis Are Dead", then immediately the stage lights up and "Faith" starts to ring out. Next is rather interesting. He sings "Spinning The Wheel", which is a song I missed early on, but caught it a few years after. Once the song is over, he goes into a deep club mix of the song, and resings the whole song as a remix. The light show is fucking amazing during this song alone.

He sits down to sing again. He talks about the footage the audience is about to see, and how they filmed it for this song in the show. He said the women in it are not models, but real people, and were gracious enough to let a crew invade a few moments of their lives. They are prostitutes in a brothel (much like the actual video to the song). He sits and sings "Roxanne", explaining that he did a cover album when he was having a hard time writing music. It's his favorite song on the album. He dedicates "My Mother Had A Brother" to his late mother, and his uncle (her brother). He then dedicates "Amazing" to his partner Kenny Goss (who it's written about), and to their friends Gary and Gary's partner, who are both in the audience somewhere.

He sings "Fantasy", which I only know from Ladies and Gentlemen, The Best Of, which might be its only album. He continues with one of three encores, the first being "Outside", which includes a cop's sunglasses, and uniform top. The next encore is "Careless Whisper", which the audience damn near provides vocals to make it a duet. The last song is "Freedom '90" which the audience loves as well. The three bonus tracks, listed below, are just as incredible.

GM mentions at one point that this is the longest show of the tour, but the audience has made it worth it. The show itself seems to be about 2:10, plus the three bonus tracks, which levels out closer to 2:25-2:30.

The DVD is a MUST for any GM fan. GM stated this would be the only show he would release in its entirety (which SUCKS), but even though it's the only one, it's SO worth the effort to find it. There are no other features on the DVD, other than what I've already listed. There are 3 audio tracks, one being DTS. The Pop-Up Menu feature is available on the Blu-Ray, which is the "Performances" menu, over the concert, opposed to the Main Menu wallpaper.

Also, there are several shots of GM changing clothes in the quick change room between songs. That man is still hot, shirtless, and otherwise. He obviously dropped a bit of weight for the concert tour, but his freakin' hot chest hair is all still freakin' hot on him. Also, apparently GM likes a diet/caffeine free coke and Tanq right after the show (it's in the car waiting on him to pour it).

Track list (copied from Wikipedia):
1. "Waiting (Reprise)" (Michael)
2. "Fastlove" (Michael/Rushen/McFadden/Washington)
3. "I'm Your Man" (Mihcael)
4. "Flawless (Go To The City)" (Michael/Alexander/Wooden/Turnier/Matthew/Stumm)
5. "Father Figure" (Michael)
6. "You Have Been Loved" (Michael/Austin)
7. "An Easier Affair" (Michael/Cushnan/Ambrose/Flynn)
8. "Everything She Wants" (Michael)
9. "One More Try" (Michael)
10. "A Different Corner" (Michael)
11. "Too Funky" (Michael)
12. "Shoot The Dog" (Michael/Flynn/Jackman/Oakey/Burton)
13. "John and Elvis Are Dead" (Michael/Austin)
14. "Faith" (Michael)
15. "Spinning the Wheel" (Michael/Douglas)
16. "Feeling Good" (Bricusse/Newley)
17. "Roxanne" (Sting)
18. "My Mother Had a Brother" (Michael)
19. "Amazing" (Michael/Douglas)
20. "Fantasy" (Michael)
21. "Outside" (Michael)
22. "Careless Whisper" (Michael/Ridgeley)
23. "Freedom 90" (Michael)

There are three bonus tracks on the regular DVD set (2nd disk), and on the BluRay:
* "Precious Box" (Michael)
* "Jesus To A Child" (Michael)
* "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (McCall)

The only low point to the DVD is knowing its the only concert he'll ever release. But I'm happy w/ this one.

Keep an eye on the graphics on the huge ass LED screen he's on. There are often times red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and orange lines/shapes on the screens. Each one is a direct feed from different audio feeds, and each one reacts to that feed. GM's is red, the drums are blue, the background vocals are green, etc. So with each song, not only does the actual pattern they've programmed change, but the reaction of each one is different. "Outside" is really good with this. The graphics are 2D flyovers of LA, and the skyscrapers have the colors in them. There was a huge write up on GM's site about the technology used in the concert that had never been used before. That alone is amazing too.

Vendetta1 said:

I am still debating over whether or not to get it.

OfftheWall said:

His voice stays amazing, can't think of anyone else which such a beautiful voice....this gets me in the christmas spirit

CHIC0 said:

George Michael appearing is the coolest thing that's ever happened to X Factor....

EmeraldSkies said:

:::hypnotizes::::: YOU WILL BUY THE DVD.

ernestsewell said:

Between you liking Milli Vanilli, and posting on a thread in depth about a DVD I was contemplating buying, you are on the fast track to being one of my favorite orgers ernestsewell!

ernestsewell said:

I still don't know why 'praying for time' wasnt included on the dvd....

Watching the DVD right now.

It arrived just in the nick of time for the holidays!

What a fantastic Christmas present to myself.

Loving every minute of this! It's like almost being there...