George Michael Hangs Up His Microphone
First, here’s George covering one of my favorite songs of all time, Terence Trent d’Arby’s “Sign Your Name” (!):
From that same 1991 show, here’s “I’m Your Man”:
And here’s his combined cover of “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” and Seal’s “Killer,” which actually made me appreciate the original version of the latter in a big way:
Speaking of live covers:
Next, here’s a 1988 performance of “One More Try” (only audio, sorry):
A slightly unsynced version of “Monkey,” because it’s the only one that hasn’t been caught by the Sony BMG “no embedding” police (they have to get that ringtone ad revenue, I guess):
And finally, “Everything She Wants,” because it has live crowd noise (so it counts!) and is also still one of my favorite songs ever, thus making this collection of clips come full circle:
Feel free to post your favorite GM clip in the comments, because I’m sure I missed something.
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