Jesus To A Child
Just days before George Michael died, pop threw up one of its strange coincidences. Michael and Andrew Ridgeley — in tandem with Dee C Lee and Shirlie Holliman — burst on to and almost through the screen, suggesting that here was a form of suburban expression that was neither angst-ridden nor angry, but joyous and self-confident.
George Michael - Jesus to a child
Michael was the cocky lad about town, living for dancing, contemptuous of those already shackling themselves. He was a fresh-faced boy, bursting with life, and eager to live it: It formed a pair with the equally ebullient Wham!
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His voice is by turns tender, hurt, defiant, soaring. Songs of heartbreak are nothing new, but Michael managed to make this one feel as if he was the first person to feel the terror of the loss of love. And, like Careless Whisper, it demonstrated his gift for a couplet that captures the mood of the song: It opens with a brilliant joke — Chris Cameron on organ, playing a churchified version of Wham!
Jesus To a Child
Michael wrote, arranged and produced everything on the Faith album, and the title track was a triumph of arrangement and production, not just in the sleekness of the verses and chorus, but the perfect faux James Burton twangy guitar solo. Once we learned that Michael was gay, the lyric — he is turning away from a woman who wants him — took on a different cast.
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General Comment My guess is this is about Anselmo. No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. General Comment I hear this song every now and then. George Michael is an enigma. His voice seeks the depth of one's soul and is a total revelation. This song is meant for winters and nights.
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It's been five years since I first heard it and it used to make me cry. Sometimes it still does.
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Maybe his best song. The song was a melancholy tribute to his lover Anselmo Feleppa, a Brazilian dress designer who had died in March of a brain haemorrhage.
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The exact identity of the song's subject — and the nature of George's relationship with Anselmo — was shrouded in innuendo at the time, however, as Michael had not confirmed he was gay, and did not do so until The video for "Jesus to a Child" was a beautiful picture of images recalling loss, pain, and suffering. Nowadays, Michael consistently dedicates the song to Feleppa before performing it live.
George dedicated the album Older to the memory of Anselmo, who had been known publicly as a "close pal" of the singer, was in fact George's partner of two years, a gay relationship kept hidden from his fans.
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I was trying to retain my privacy and dignity without lying. He confirmed this on a recent documentary made after his death. It hit him very very hard this. Flag Aarondriz on September 07, General Comment For me, the lyrics: Tom Jones introduce the song as "brilliant" by George Michael. That night George looked so sexy and mature. I he begin to sing the song, You can here the passion in his voice and sensuality in his delivery of song.
I cried and fell in love with him.