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------ performed by George Michael

The Truth | Reviewer: T | 1/24/2008

This song was done so that George could come "out of the closet". If you watch the video you can see it all so clear. MTV used George Michael as a "sex symbol" in the 80's. A pretty boy to attract the young teen-age girls and keep them watching. But the whole time knowing he was a gay man. When he did this song he was telling the record label and MTV that he was finally going to be the person he knew in his heart he truly was.He is burning the leather coat while it's "in the closet". He is destroying all of the things in his previous videos that MTV used to make him this "sex symbol" for all the girls. He wanted to be free to be an artist, and gay at the same time!! He was a helluva entertainer, and has a great voice, and hell we all would have drooled over him anyway. We just would have added the old, "he is just too hot to be gay" comment!! I'm happy he finally set himself free. We all deserve to be who we are in our hearts.

Freedom '90 | Reviewer: B Doy | 10/10/2007

I'm pretty sure this song is about George being pigeon holed into a pretty boy from WHAM! that was more about looking good than sounding good. He was looking to make a name for himself that didn't involve WHAM! In the video for this song he blew up his guitar, jukebox and burnt his leather jacket that all were symbols of his WHAM! days. WHAM! had a song called FREEDOM and thats why George put "'90" on the end of this song; to show that this was a new year and a new type of freedom. The first stanza is about how he was a teen heart throb and in his youth, that was enough to satisfy him. Now he wants to be seen as a musician and artist. The second stanza is about how WHAM! was at the top of the charts but he realized there was more to life than this. I feel like the two refrains are Geroge speaking to his record label. They want him so be a sex symbol and play what his audience wants to hear. George wants to make his own music and if it is commercially successful then that is just a positive outcome.

He is looking for freedom from the WHAM! sex symbol image the record label developed for him and wants to be his own man and artist.

His Coming Out Song | Reviewer: Sasha | 10/9/2007

In retrospect, it is so clear what he was trying to say about the traps he had fallen into in his successful career, and how he needed to be honest (and happy) about who he is as a gay person. No more facades, no more lies. The beauty of it is that his struggle applies to a lot of traps we get into, and our strugle for FREEDOM from them.

A song of independance | Reviewer: Dan | 7/11/2007

I know the song is about separation, growth, and independance. As a Christian, it sounds to me like a battle between satan (all we have to now is take these lies and make them true somehow). A Christian (all you have to see is that i don't belong to me) and God; a constant source of encoragement (I won't let you down, please don't give me up have some faith in the sound it's the one good thing I've got).

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