George Michael died today at 53. Never was a big fan of most of his solo career, but his work with Wham! generated pop classics in "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," "Freedom" and "Last Christmas." I noted in my book Cannibals and Vixens that I consider the duo's second album, Make It Big, to be a lost classic of the 1980s. Wham!'s "Freedom" is my favorite Michael composition with its Motown beat, that "doot-doot-doot-doot-doot-n-doo" backing vocal arrangement and the lyrical put-down "You can drag me to Hell and back/ Just as long as we're together/ And you do." And here's his solo version of Wham!'s chart-topper "Everything She Wants."
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