Flashback : George Michael fanboying over Madonna in Smash Hits, august 1984

[Roland Barthes 5,850]

Smash Hits 2 15 august 1984

[Mden 2,252]

It should have happened .

[Ian 2,262]

didn't he say once that M was the most perfect pop star ever or something?

[MartinX 124]

I remember reading at the time he was going to duet on Express Yourself at the 1989 MTV awards..that never happened. Instead M presented an award to him…

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14 minutes ago, MartinX said:

I remember reading at the time he was going to duet on Express Yourself at the 1989 MTV awards..that never happened. Instead M presented an award to him…

Thank god. No more feats 

[cake 320]

i googled Alannah Currie

[Tony Fortin 1,788]

1 minute ago, cake said:

i googled Alannah Currie

and?

[Donna 16,448]

1 hour ago, MartinX said:

I remember reading at the time he was going to duet on Express Yourself at the 1989 MTV awards..that never happened. Instead M presented an award to him…

I'm pretty sure him dueting on Express Yourself is made up.  I don't recall him ever making such a claim. But feel free to dig up a legit source to prove otherwise, because that would have made for an interesting pairing. I would have loved to see that.

2 hours ago, Roland Barthes said:

Smash Hits 2 15 august 1984

I'm a little shock this was said by him at the time, being Madonna hadn't yet become that huge in American yet, but then again Borderline and her debut album was really gaining a lot of attention by this point.   

[A. A. Aardvark 4,842]

is this where the Where Did You Heart Go cover version dream came from ?

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24 minutes ago, tscott said:

I'm pretty sure him dueting on Express Yourself is made up.  I don't recall him ever making such a claim. But feel free to dig up a legit source to prove otherwise, because that would have made for an interesting pairing. I would have loved to see that.

I'm a little shock this was said by him at the time, being Madonna hadn't yet become that huge in American yet, but then again Borderline and her debut album was really gaining a lot of attention by this point.   

i can tell you the name of the first DJ to play her music in Glasgow

[Donna 16,448]

10 minutes ago, A. A. Aardvark said:

i can tell you the name of the first DJ to play her music in Glasgow

Ok?  But what does that have to so with anything I posted? 

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3 minutes ago, tscott said:

Ok?  But what does that have to so with anything I posted? 

she had a lot of club play even up here

[Donna 16,448]

23 minutes ago, A. A. Aardvark said:

she had a lot of club play even up here

That's nice!  Thanks for sharing!  Still has nothing to do with what I posted! 

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9 minutes ago, A. A. Aardvark said:

she had a lot of club play even up here

Thank you for sharing your M memories 

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1 hour ago, Tony Fortin said:

and?

She never felt a thing

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30 minutes ago, BuggedOut said:

Thank you for sharing your M memories 

Madonna

Madonna 'who' ?

 

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4 hours ago, Roland Barthes said:

Smash Hits 2 15 august 1984

Thank you for sharing.

Such a shame it never happened. Their voices would have been amazing together in the mid to late 90’s.

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George Michael has always been my fav male singer. Madonna & George Michael. That's my tastes. 

[MartinX 124]

10 hours ago, tscott said:

I'm pretty sure him dueting on Express Yourself is made up.  I don't recall him ever making such a claim. But feel free to dig up a legit source to prove otherwise, because that would have made for an interesting pairing. I would have loved to see that.

I'm a little shock this was said by him at the time, being Madonna hadn't yet become that huge in American yet, but then again Borderline and her debut album was really gaining a lot of attention by this point.   

I didn’t say he made the claim. I said I read it.. She presented him an award. Maybe that’s was the confusion in the press at the time. Made up

or not by the press I remember reading it. So I’m the source….

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16 hours ago, tscott said:

I'm a little shock this was said by him at the time, being Madonna hadn't yet become that huge in American yet, but then again Borderline and her debut album was really gaining a lot of attention by this point.   

George Michael was British. She’d already had several hits in the charts there by that time including a top 10 with Holiday.

Aside from that Wham hung out at Danceteria. Michael Rosenblatt has also stated many times Wham were with him the same night Mark Kamins introduced him to Madonna. So it’s possible and probably likely George Michael knew who Madonna was from the very beginning of her career.

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there are some Interviews where George shares his admiration towards the Queen.

"I believe in Madonna, i believe im MJ and Prince" he says in an Interview, making of Faith album i remember vaguely.
Yes a duet between the two would have been massive, especially in the 80ies. Could b as cool as the duet with Jody Watley.

 

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10 hours ago, MartinX said:

I didn’t say he made the claim. I said I read it.. She presented him an award. Maybe that’s was the confusion in the press at the time. Made up

or not by the press I remember reading it. So I’m the source….

I suspect it was worded at the time, that the two may appear together on stage, so people/press ran with it and assumed the two would sing together on stage.