Cpt Scarlet[Moderator - Cartier - WristScan]
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Father Figure …
Jun 26, 2023,08:05 AM
Taken from the Faith album which is a great album in its entirety.
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By: Cpt Scarlet : June 25th, 2023-22:04
George would have been 60 today but unfortunately he died, aged 53, on Christmas Day 2016 at his riverside home in Goring. The world lost a talented artist but the the music lives on. Did you see him perform live or have a favourite song ? ...
No, never saw him perform, Cap . . .
By: Dr No : June 25th, 2023-23:20
. . . but when I checked for other musicians whose birthday would've been today, Radka Toneff came up. A favorite of mine . . . what a set of pipes she had. She would've been 71 had she not taken her own life forty-one years ago. 😌
Never saw a performance....
By: InHavenPro : June 25th, 2023-23:30
but always loved a couple of his all-time hits. Perhaps 'Father Figure' tops my memory........
Father Figure …
By: Cpt Scarlet : June 26th, 2023-08:05
Taken from the Faith album which is a great album in its entirety.
Yes…
By: Cpt Scarlet : June 26th, 2023-08:08
Elton played it last night at Glastonbury in tribute to George. Very moving.
I thought that was a horrible mistake…
By: NickO : June 27th, 2023-18:34
There are some singers who are just on another level - Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Freddie Mercury to name but three and, in my opinion, it’s a horrible mistake to cover one of their songs so close to the original. You just get nailed. The only way ...
One of my favorite songwriters and singers
By: schen : June 26th, 2023-19:19
I wish I had been to any of his live performances... but back in his high time I was a poor student and simply could not afford a ticket. A week ago I was on an airplane flying back home, I found and watched this documentary made in 2017 soon after his de...
By: TylerDurden : June 29th, 2023-22:53
there are so many, he's a fabulous artist.. "Jesus to a child" just to name one. Oh and also he cover the song "going to a town" by Rufus Wainwright, the original is such a great great song, glad George noticed it.