Uncool Music Appreciation ~ Episode 5 Part I ~ WHAM! Appreciation Thread

[Zoots]

Welcome to the UMAs where we celebrate artists and bands that are generally completely hated and reviled by the cool kids of this forum. Here you will find all those artists that you have been advised over and over not to like by the ones with impeccable taste in music. So don't look for B&C favorites like Radiohead, Arcade Fire or Sigur Ros in here. In fact, indie music is banned in this thread. The more mainstream an artist is, more is the chance you will find them featured in this series. Now let's go ahead and celebrate extremely popular mainstream music with the UMAs!

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You put the boom boom into my heart, Interference.

YouTube - Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

This next video makes me wanna go on holiday... without the naked men in tighty whities of course.

YouTube - Wham! - Club Tropicana

Sax! which would later change to Sex Sex and more Sex!

YouTube - Careless Whisper

Uh huh huh... Oh...oh...Ahaa ahaaa doo doo doo la la la la la........ © Andrew Ridgeley 1984

YouTube - Everything She Wants - Wham - 1984

Last but not least, something for the season...

YouTube - Last Christmas - Wham! (HQ Audio)

Next up:

appreciation thread!

just kidding.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

and people were shocked when George Michael came out!

It's all there people, clear as day if you ask me...

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

 

[No spoken words]

If you're gonna do it right, do it with me.

Yup, I said/quoted it.

 

[Dalton]

I will be your father figure
Put your tiny hand in mine
I will be your preacher teacher
till the end of time

The Vatican 2005

 

[Zoots]

I will be your father figure
Put your tiny hand in mine
I will be your preacher teacher
till the end of time

The Vatican 2005

You should have saved it for Episode 5 Part II, btw.

 

[lazarus]

My second concert. The Make It Big tour.

I bought a blue, white, and red wristband that said "Whamamerica!"

 

[LemonMelon]

This thread is going places.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

This thread is going places.

Care to join me in a belt of scotch?

 

[LemonMelon]

Care to join me in a belt of scotch?

It's nine in the morning, but I haven't slept in days.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

It's nine in the morning, but I haven't slept in days.

replace the word "dog" with "son" and "accidentally" with "repeatedly"

 

[lazarus]

Care to join me in a belt of scotch?

Where's GAF when you need him?

Probably drinking alone.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Where's GAF when you need him?

Probably drinking alone.

does the lord count as a person?

 

[LemonMelon]

does the lord count as a person?

Did you say "beer" or "deer"?

 

[GibsonGirl]

I can't think about Wham! without thinking about petrol stations and male models.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Did you say "beer" or "deer"?

Is there a chance the track could bend?

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

I can't think about Wham! without thinking about petrol stations and male models.

did you think i was too stupid to know what a eugoogly was?

i love wham

 

[gvox]

I only like one Wham song: Careless Whisper

that is all

 

[one4u2]

Wham Last Christmas

 

[GibsonGirl]

did you think i was too stupid to know what a eugoogly was?

Well, yeah. That's one of the consequences of being really, really, ridiculously good-looking.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Well, yeah. That's one of the consequences of being really, really, ridiculously good-looking.

what is this? a center for ants?! how are we expected to teach kids to read good...if they can't fit inside the building?

 

[The Sad Punk]

Wham Last Christmas

I thought this said 'Wham Christmas!". Anyone know if they do or not?

 

[Sicy]

lol @ Wham!


I used to like them

 

[Pop Artist]

I loved Careless Whisper back in the day...OK, actually I still do. Actually I have Make It Big on my iPod. But I only listen to a few songs off it, and Freedom is great for walking in the city (not to be confused with George Michael's Freedom '90 which is also great for walking in the city), I skip the rest as it's very dated.

 

[Zoots]

I like both Freedoms for different reasons.

I skip the rest as it's very dated.

How about this?...

Some people work for a living
Some people work for fun
Girl, I just work for you
They told me marriage was a give and take
You've shown me you can take you've got some giving to do
And now you tell me that you're having my baby
I'll tell you that I'm happy if you want me to
But one step further and my back will break
If my best isn't good enough
Than how can it be good enough for two?
(Uh huh huh... Oh...oh...Ahaa ahaaa doo doo doo la la la la la)
I can't work any harder than I do!

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i don't want your freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom
girl all i want right now is you
do do do
whoa whoa whoa

 

[corianderstem]

Ha! I love that song - they need to play that one more. Instead, we get endless repetition of Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and the gag-worthy Careless Whisper. I hate that song.

Everything She Wants was a good one, too.

When Wham! first came out (har har), and George Michael got all the attention, I thought Andrew Ridgely was the cuter of the two. Poor Andrew Ridgely.

 

[MrPryck2U]

and people were shocked when George Michael came out!

It's all there people, clear as day if you ask me...

I was 12 when I first saw that Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go video and George practically held up a sign.

I liked Freedom and Everything She Wants.

 

[FitzChivalry]

I love Wham!

Ahhh, my childhood; growing up totally 80s!

Club Tropicana drinks are freeeeeee
Fun and Sunshine
There's enough for everyone
All that's missing is the sea
But don't worry
You can suntaaaaaaaaaaan!

 

[one4u2]

I thought this said 'Wham Christmas!". Anyone know if they do or not?

It's highly possible...and may I add I saw George Michael in concert over the summer and he truly has one of the greatest live voices ever