Interview of George Michael (1988)
On 60 Minutes Australia in 1988, George Michael sits after Faith has made him a global solo name and the leather jacket the image of the whole campaign. He talks fame, privacy, and leaving Wham!.
Faith – Leather jacket, four US No. 1s, Album of the Year
In October 1987, George Michael released Faith on Epic and Columbia, his first full solo album after Wham!, cut between Puk Studios in Denmark and Sarm West in London.
George Michael – I Want Your Sex
In summer 1987 George Michael put I Want Your Sex out before Faith had a full street date. The track first came with the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack, then moved onto the album he wrote and produced.
George Michael – Praying for Time
In August 1990 George Michael led Listen Without Prejudice with Praying for Time. The single hit US No. 1. The video showed only scrolling lyrics.
George Michael – Freedom! ’90
In 1990 Freedom! '90 broke George Michael from his Faith image. Fincher's supermodel video smashed the props. The chorus stayed easy to sing back.
George Michael – Waiting
On Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, Waiting is a 2:27 reprise: soft keys, a thin vocal, and no big Faith-style ending.
George Michael – A pop voice with a private weather
By Faith in October 1987, George Michael kept the melody and dropped the easy Wham! brightness.
Yamaha DX7 – FM digital synthesizer, 1983
Yamaha launched the DX7 in 1983 as an affordable digital synthesizer based on frequency-modulation (FM) synthesis researched at Stanford University (John Chowning) and engineered for mass production in Japan. It offered 16-voice polyphony, a five-octave keyboard and MIDI, which helped it sit in expanding digital
Afterlife Interview with George Michael
On a London rooftop, Riffs and Beats finds George Michael in a leather jacket, Walkman still warm.