Forget Me Not

As we approach the end of this year, another great 20th Century singer/performer/writer has left us.  George Michael made the 1980s more memorable for me with some of the best songs of that strangest of decades.

Wham! made some of the best singles of the mid 80s and supplied a funky antidote to the stilted seriousness of Spandau Ballet and other "New Romantics".  Here is their best single:

George, of course, became a somewhat more serious solo artist and continued his career with hits like Careless Whisper and Faith.  His masterpiece, however, was Fast Love, a song that continues his recurring themes of not wanting responsibility and instead attempting to forever continue the thrill of finding new excitement:

The 21st Century saw a decline of his songwriting powers as apparently too many drugs stifled his talent.  We should not though forget what a talent he had, and his heart was always in the right place as his benefits for NHS Nurses and striking miners showed.

Farewell George and thank you.