LSD: The Careless Whisperer in France

So I’ve been talking to my friends in the village to try to find another George Michael fan to come with me to see him in concert. Each day when we take the kids to school, I tell the other mamas I’m going to go online to look for tickets but I never seem to find the time. Finally while the kids are napping I get online and search around on both French and British sites to find the best seats. I try to read the map of the arena to figure out which seats are close to his face so I can see his expressions as he croons…. I go for some seats up in  the balcony but in the front row, hoping they’re good. I buy 2 tickets hoping one of the gals really is interested in going. I am so excited. I can’t wait to find out so I go to her house and call her name outside her door because I don’t have her phone number. She comes down and says she’s in!!! I'm so stoked! I spend the next 2 days searching the internet for songs and interviews. I check the songs he’ll be playing it's George Michael all day all night in the house. Even Sebastien and Anais are rocking out.

In my research I learned that he wanted to cover some of his favorite songwriters, he wanted to use the tour to exercise his vocals and after the 3 months see how good they could be 'at his age' (his words-he's only 47!). He said he thought people would be surprised by his choices. He covered Roxanne, a Stevie Wonder song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtIy3pcwNA8&feature=related (apparently he credits Stevie Wonder as a great influence). He covered a Terrence D'Arby song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae3NcTBmU5I&feature=related and an interesting song by a guy called Rufus Wainwright   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuSNgI9RBgQ&feature=related It's been 3 weeks since the concert and I still have the song "Amazing" in my head. The show was great. I bought a t-shirt. :)

But last, I was impressed by this interview at about minute 10:17.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guuJ98XWvV0&feature=related  where h
e's talking about his next 'up tempo' album he's working on (and seems to be energized by-so great that he's not bored in his career like I was in mine!) He's been asked a sort of dumb question if he feels he'll be excluded in this genre due to his age and he has a great answer for what is motivating him write lyrics on this album--to help young gay kids! I was impressed and happy to call him my teenage idol! Let me know if you're also a fan and any thoughts!!!