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Putting this in here rather than the telly forum, heard a bit of chatter around the Wham documentary in Netflix, so gave it a go last night. At the time, I thought Wham were lightweight nonsense & was far too busy with Afrika Bambaataa & The Smiths to entertain it. Looking back with the luxury of perspective, they wrote pretty much perfect pop songs & deserved their success I think.
Both came across as good guys, especially Andrew RIdgely who bore the perception of being the spare part with grace, despite it being untrue & moreover, knew his best friend since chidhood would move on to solo stardom & never tried to stand in his way, if you love someone, set them free & all that. As an aside, on a snowboarding trip, I once shared a dinner table with Andrew Ridgely's brother & I can say it runs in the family.
Both came across as good guys, especially Andrew RIdgely who bore the perception of being the spare part with grace, despite it being untrue & moreover, knew his best friend since chidhood would move on to solo stardom & never tried to stand in his way, if you love someone, set them free & all that. As an aside, on a snowboarding trip, I once shared a dinner table with Andrew Ridgely's brother & I can say it runs in the family.
Might give that a go.
I remember hearing Wham Rap on its first release and thinking it was a great pop song. Capital played it a bit, but it bombed. Then when the two of them (plus, I think, Pepsi & Shirley) appeared on TOTP with a really polished routine performing Young Guns, which was another great pop song, I had a feeling that they might just take off.
I remember hearing Wham Rap on its first release and thinking it was a great pop song. Capital played it a bit, but it bombed. Then when the two of them (plus, I think, Pepsi & Shirley) appeared on TOTP with a really polished routine performing Young Guns, which was another great pop song, I had a feeling that they might just take off.
Post his Wham days, Andrew used to race in The Renault 5 Championship... along with a certain Rowan Atkinson.
Both had an attraction to the ‘kitty litter’ or being upside down.
Saw Andew Pepsi & Shirley on the one show,
( Andrew Called George ‘Gog’).
NB: We had a guy at work who was a big fan of George & went to many of his concerts...he even attended the Sony court case hearings.
Both had an attraction to the ‘kitty litter’ or being upside down.
Saw Andew Pepsi & Shirley on the one show,
( Andrew Called George ‘Gog’).
NB: We had a guy at work who was a big fan of George & went to many of his concerts...he even attended the Sony court case hearings.
Edited by Milkyway on Friday 14th July 09:24
Milkyway said:
Post his Wham days, Andrew used to race in The Renault 5 Championship... along with a certain Rowan Atkinson.
Both had an attraction to the ‘kitty litter’ or being upside down.
Saw Andew Pepsi & Shirley on the one show,
( Andrew Called George ‘Gog’).
NB: We had a guy at work who was a big fan of George & went to many of his concerts...he even attended the Sony court case hearings.
Yog, not Gog. Greek G for George is y.Both had an attraction to the ‘kitty litter’ or being upside down.
Saw Andew Pepsi & Shirley on the one show,
( Andrew Called George ‘Gog’).
NB: We had a guy at work who was a big fan of George & went to many of his concerts...he even attended the Sony court case hearings.
Edited by Milkyway on Friday 14th July 09:24
I actually ran into Andrew Ridgley in a hotel in Mallorca about 10 years ago, seemed nice and had time to chat for a few minutes, he was on a golfing weekend.
BlackWidow13 said:
Might give that a go.
I remember hearing Wham Rap on its first release and thinking it was a great pop song. Capital played it a bit, but it bombed. Then when the two of them (plus, I think, Pepsi & Shirley) appeared on TOTP with a really polished routine performing Young Guns, which was another great pop song, I had a feeling that they might just take off.
Pepsi wasn't one of the dancers originally,they'd had a couple of hits before she replaced Dee C LeeI remember hearing Wham Rap on its first release and thinking it was a great pop song. Capital played it a bit, but it bombed. Then when the two of them (plus, I think, Pepsi & Shirley) appeared on TOTP with a really polished routine performing Young Guns, which was another great pop song, I had a feeling that they might just take off.
We watched it last night, as a kid of the 80s I remember a lot of it but there is some brilliant archive footage in it.
Andrew Ridgeley comes across as a thoroughly nice bloke. It's rather sad on reflection that George had his demons and didn't get to grow into a deserved status as National Treasure.
Andrew Ridgeley comes across as a thoroughly nice bloke. It's rather sad on reflection that George had his demons and didn't get to grow into a deserved status as National Treasure.
V8covin said:
Pepsi wasn't one of the dancers originally,they'd had a couple of hits before she replaced Dee C Lee
That’s what she said on the one show... “ D C Lee had done all the hard work”Shirley said that their moves were based on a couples dance from the ‘New Romantics’ era.
Edited by Milkyway on Friday 14th July 12:37
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