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My dislike of him is nothing to do with him not being rock... I'd be happy with Joanna Newsom, Feist, Reggie Watts, Hidden Orchestra, any number of non rock acts. In fact rock comes fairly low on my listening priorities these days
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I dont have Youtube available as I'm at work but if you search for George at MEN Arena playing FEAR you'll have a good old chuckle. Proper 'Lounge' style.

I don't mind some of his stuff in the way I can manage a few of Elton John's stuff. My Dad used to play Listen Without Prejudice on our first ever CD player. Decent enough album.

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Nor did I accuse anyone of that.

However, the thread of the discourse here has held Wham as being less than authentic for a variety of reasons. You ended up going down some odd tangent of George Michael's worthiness...

The whole thing stinks of a rockist perspective where Joanna Newsom (as per yer example) is deemed "better" than Wham. I challenge that notion.

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For me George Michael's best stuff was from " Listen without prejudice and " Older" . I even bought " Older" and still think it's a great album. I just can't see Wham ( ! ) . They were cheesy pop crap until George became a man and grew some, found his true way ( :) ) so too speak. I saw an unplugged live version of " Older" that was amazing. This is when he still had a voice. Wham ( ! ) could never IMO headline.... ever. George Michael , with his own material from those two albums, as i have said , i could see it. Why not? But please not as WHAM!

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I'd take Wham's hummable pop froth over George's earnest desperate attempts at seriousness every fucking time. 'Listen without prejudice Vol. 1'. fucking hell, if ever a title could tell you what a tool the artist was.

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I'd take Wham's hummable pop froth over George's earnest desperate attempts at seriousness every fucking time. 'Listen without prejudice Vol. 1'. fucking hell, if ever a title could tell you what a tool the artist was.

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Again, their record sales and popularity clearly show that they are not "shit" but just not to your tastes. Horses for courses and all that. I strongly dislike Westlife for the record, but I am just not ignorant enough to label them or any other band I dislike "shit" when their success clearly shows that they are not shit.

but this is an age old arguement on these boards, people not recognising pop as a successful genre of music to the masses.

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Mick Jagger is probably being a self absorbed bell right now, at this very moment. Alex Turner could be enjoying the smell of his own farts on a nightly basis. Kanye just does it in full view of the public eye. doesn't make everybody else any less of a dickhead than him
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