I like Andrew but…. there’s no one in this world like George , beautiful man inside and out , especially those gorgeous eyes , and the voice from heaven, just my opinion !
@mrpistonrecaro6483 @carolinegilles9181 If either of you were true WHAM fans, you wouldn't be saying Andrew is talentless, George said himself that there would be no WHAM without Andrew. Think before you start criticising and putting down a member of a legendary duo in pop culture.
That actually was fact. George Michael was never the same in dealing with fame without Andrew and he pretty much says as much in his documentary A Different Story. At least with Andrew, he had someone to deal with the isolation and the pressures of stardom with. Plus Andrew, for as much as people ridicule his level of contribution to Wham!, really brought George, who was never the most confident person, out of his shell. Plus, he brought out the fun in George, which made Wham! so great as a duo.
RocStar913 George came from a very strict family thats why he wasn’t as outgoing as Andrew , but with his incredible voice and talent someone would have discovered him sooner or later , didn’t seem to have a problem without Andrew when he went solo !!!!!
Andrew was always my favourite! Although more quiet and shy than George Michael, he is still very humble and acknowledges GM's talents. He was so fng gorgeous and still is! There was no need to wiggle his backside in the camera, he always had my attention! Go for it Andrew, I wish him the best!
I know ....right...I was dumbfounded from the first time I laid eyes on him.....how do you ever get past the those eyes....oh wait he can talk too? Bonus... wait he's funny...oh Heavens to mercatroid....this man has it all..brilliant, patient, smart focused,dapper Scottish Egyptian Italian...I mean GOOD GOD...I need to take a shower now hello....I am still addicted👀..
That's got to be a pain in the ass to get asked questions about George all the time and you are the guest on the show! LOL That would piss me of, good for him to keep his cool!
I think the band became so famous to the level out of their imagination at first in quickly, and that was George's talent as musician, but as Wham, existence of Andrew was as important as George, and Wham could be popular band because of this two nice guys.
@@burlhorse61It definitely wasn’t on the same level as George’s, but really how many people could be. He definitely gave it good effort by himself. No one can say he didn’t try.
George wrote all the songs, sang all the songs, arranged all the songs, produced all the songs - so how is Andrew as "important" to the group? He even said so himself. He did nothing other than appear on stage in performances - Yes, he pushed for them to form the group but George Michael was going to go where he went, you don't contain that extraordinary talent - Andrew always acknowledged that GM was worlds better a song writer and singer. No need to keep up repeating this whole myth.
+alastair saint ...Andrew is a musician...so why would he not do him.....I mean exactly how poor is he....he look like he is doing fine here....what would be your problem.....
You can see how much the woman loved him there, but I think his biggest problem was he concentrated more on trying to be like George and breaking into the USA market, while ignoring the ones who were his original fans
Andrew was my favorite ... I always thought both GM and AR sang in the wham songs ..... I used to sing with two voice...must have had ear problem when I was in school...no wonder I could not hear my teacher in class
It was obvious that Andrew's career would sink like a stone once Wham! split up. Lead Vocals: George Michael Backing Vocals: George Michael Piano & Keyboards: George Michael Acoustic Guitar: George Michael Music Written by: George Michael Lyrics Written by: George Michael Musical Arranged by: George Michael Produced by: George Michael Studio Engineer: George Michael Turning up on Tour & Dancing: Andrew Ridgeley. Awww bless.
*Roberto Robert:* Exactly! Andrew Ridgeley would be the first (and actually was I think?) to say George was everything in Wham! regarding the talent and music. And at least he's mature enough these days, not to deny laughing all the way to the bank while others mocked him. Fair play to the man.
*Roberto Robert:* Hey don't knock it Roberto! How many of us would give up working tomorrow if we didn't need the money to pay bills and stuff. I work to live, not live to work. To be fair though, the biggest piece of the pie in royalty payments goes to the songwriter not the artist, and George always made sure the writing credits went to 'George Michael', not 'Wham!' or 'George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley'. So with Wham!'s back catalogue, I reckon Andrew's probably only earning about £150,000 a year if that. The big money will continue to get paid into George Michael's Estate until the copyright expires on all his music in the year 2066. The largest benefactor of George's Estate is his God son, Roman Kemp (Martin and Shirlie Kemp's son). He's probably netting in excess of £6-8 million a year. And we thought Andrew Ridgeley did nothing for his money!!! *;-)*
*Roberto Robert:* Joking aside, it sounds like you've had a rough old time of things Bobo. Do you need a bed? I'll buy you a bed if you genuinely need one... seriously.
ha ha ha!!!!oh your comment made laugh so much....tbh?finding his solo crap has got me entertained for all the wrong reasons today!...gee,what a bore he is too even Terry wogan looks bored to tears...
on the final tour george debuted his faith bsa jacket and andrew debuted this fringe jacket. "son of albert" was awesome including "shake" and "red dress"...does wogan mention his album ?
Its good to have a social life, its good for the brain and its good to pray and communicate with the Most high also. Social anxiety can be addressed by confronting it.
I honest to God can never get enough of Andrew , honestly think that Britain needs to pay attention to him in this crisis he could really guide them and good choices.
This presenter sounds as if he is looking for a bad guy in Wham split. Andrew is a nice guy here, it is such a pity he did not persist in acting or solo career. What a terrible lack of luck.
so annoying that they won`t let you put up the video, i mean, the video, to my knowledge is available for purchase, so surely any showings would only encourage sales of the song on itunes etc...
The crazy thing is, his album was good. The problem was, Wham! fans were kind of shocked by it… Because it was Rock. Not Pop. I still have the CD and there are a few catchy songs on it. I think the biggest issue was that because of Wham’, rock fans didn’t take it seriously. That and I don’t remember any of the songs ever getting any radio play. It was as if the record company did it as a favor. Because they certainly didn’t put any money behind promoting it. My guess is, they listened to it, and didn’t think there were any breakout hits, and simply released it on its own merit. I think two of the songs on the album would’ve been decent and might’ve warranted a second album that could’ve been better… Had the record company again, put any promotion behind it. The good thing is, George gave Andrew writing credits on careless whisper. George had written the lyrics himself, knew how he wanted it to go, but Andrew actually wrote the chords for it on the guitar. So he did have a hand in writing it. I’d imagine that 50% of the writing credits that song were pretty lucrative. I’m pretty sure they wrote wake me up before you go go together also. You have to remember that in their minds, Wham! was a parody, of pop music. Which is why they knew it wouldn’t last. Everything they did in the videos was meant to annoy people. The funny thing is, they ended up having people dance the same way throughout the 80s. It was as if it was the only dance people knew. Regardless, they caught lightning in the bottle and we’re smart enough to realize that they could only last so long before it would fade. Faith was kind of a mix between pop and rock. A little bit edgier, and produced so many hits. Just like make it big did. Andrew, even back in the 80s was panned as part of the act and had nothing to do with the writing or playing of the music. Which was not true. If not for Andrew, George never would have done anything in music. Andrew pushed him into it and thank God he did. Because the world would have been without one of the most prolific, songwriters and singers, producers, and Musicians. People don’t realize that George not only wrote the songs that he sang… He played every instrument and mixed and mastered everything he did. He was essentially a one-man band. It would’ve been very cool to see him produce stuff for other people. I know at one point his cousin opened up a record company and unfortunately, his cousin miss managed the whole thing. As I could’ve seen, George be very successful in helping other artists fully imagine their musical dreams. I always like to remind people that, if not for Andrew, George would have been managing and probably taking over his dad‘s restaurant or done something else away from Music. Andrew saw the talent in him and knew that some of the songs that he had written were hits. Which is why he pushed for George to do the music thing. Had Andrew not raised his hand in class that day, they’re never would have been a Wham. Their story truly makes me believe that life may be fated. These little moments in time that could’ve gone any direction, all come together to make our lives what they become. Had we chose any other direction along the way, things may have not happened the same.
Wogan's acting like some kind of prudish headmaster or old disapproving uncle. "You wanted to sew your wild oats, didn't you!!" Ffs! The guy was 23 a millionaire and world famous... what did he expect.
Rightly Andrew said "George left In his songs for us in the transcendent beauty of his voice and poetic expression of her soul, the best of himself".Andrew, the embrace of George to you at the Wembley stadium is true and touching, really wanted to love you.George, when you lived your music, your voice was afraid to be won, now that you're dead, afraid of being exceeded.
I am not perfectly understanding this conversation, but Wogan seems saying something that fools Andrew, by using words such as "pitfall" or "separate in bad terms" and "how about touring?" knowing that probably that(touring) wouldn't happen for Andrew after releasing this song. I feel that if I am a viewer of this channel, and hear this conversation, I would feel negative about the program. Isn't it common feeling for other countries in the world? I want to know how you feel about it I mean that in my country(Japan), we would never treat a person like this in TV? Or in UK, is this a sort of acceptable level of fooling a person? Or maybe I am not understanding English correctly? In the other video of this Wogan in 1983 or 1984 with Wham, Wogan was also saying to Andrew "you are lucky guy.", probably meaning that Andrew is lucky to work with GM. AR was struggling about opening his new way after Wham, and experienced some trials in other fields of possibilities after leaving Wham, and he just tried to get back to music. This was a nice effort and try even if it wasn't successful. Not all person could go well with music industry, and it's ok.
I am familiar with polite civilised Japanese people .they would never tolerate a banker like wogan.the one country that contributed as much to new wave and the early 80s sound as much as the UK was Japan.so greetings
6:06 Unfortunately, there was no future in music for Andrew 😥 After "Son of Albert" flopped, he stopped playing music gradually. Man, i know George was always the giant superstar, but time was so unfair with poor Ridgeley, good thing the royalties for the Wham! catalogue made his life still wealthy and stable.
Разумеется, с 1981 года, в группе Wham, во всех студийных аудиозаписях Wham, в студии звукозаписи весь мужской главный вокал пел один Джордж Майкл (это ясно слышно)). А вот мне интересно, с 1981 года, в группе Wham, в некоторых старых студийных аудиозаписях Wham, в студии звукозаписи Эндрю Риджли подпевал своим настоящим голосом, хоть тихий мужской бэк-вокал? 🧐🤔
thus I have keen perception from the start w/o all the other info you're offering to support my keen perceptions. . Do you look nice in your dommi gear?
Poor Andrew, seemed a bit nervous and inconfident here, don't think he believed in himself and hence why he indeed had a lack of success as a solo artist
He's fictional. Hugh Grant's character was allegedly inspired by the story of Andrew Ridgeley of the 80's British pop group Wham!, where one half of the duo, George Michael, went on to enjoy a successful solo career leaving the other bandmate behind in his solo ventures. The video for Pop! Goes My Heart borrows visual elements from Wham's Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go music video. The song Meaningless Kiss performed by Hugh Grant is similar to Wham's megahit Careless Whisper.
why is. everyone putting George down because of Andrew , he was a true friend and made sure Andrew was taken care of for the rest of his life, never had to work a day in his life , he never seemed interested in music even when he was with wham , all he did was chase girls while George did all the work !!!!! C’mon. George was the one with all the talent , looks writer , producer dancer and kindest person in the world, rest peacefully George , your voice is with me …….. every day 💖💖💖💖
IF IT WASN'T FOR ANDREW.. GEORGE WOULDN'T HAVE BECOME CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO BE WHO HE BECAME. ANDREW WAS THE OUTGOING CONFIDENT ONE..GEORGE WAS SHY INTEVERTED..FAT WITH PIMPLY SKIN..GLASSES. GEORGE EVEN SAID HE WISHED HE HAD THE CONFIDENCE ANDREW EXUDED FROM EVERY PORE IN HIS BODY..YES GEORGE WAS THE TALENT BUT ANDREW DREW IT OUT AND MADE HIM CONFIDENT TO PRESENT IT SO IT MADE HIM MARKETABLE...EVEN LATER IN LIFE GEORGE SAYS EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF BEING POPULAR IN EVERYONES ELSE'S MINDS WITH HIS DYED HAIR...TANNED SKIN..AND WHITENED TEETH HE NEVER TRULY FELT CONFIDENT ALL THE TIME. HE .SAID HE STILL SAW HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR AS THE CHUBBY KID WITH PIMPLES AND GLASSES..AND FELT LIKE A FAKE..HE HAD ALOT OF GUILT ISSUES..
George Michael didn’t need Andrew or anyone else, he came from a very strict family, thats why he wasn’t as outgoing as Andrew , but c’mon with his gorgeous looks and beautiful voice and all the talent he had he would have been discovered sooner or later !!!!!
I think his mistake was his he was trying to break into the USA like George. They liked George because he did a lot of crooning songs but Andrew wasn't into that so he did guitar rock sound which was more popular in the USA than Britain at that time. If you look at reaction from audience he had a lot of support here but he was too busy trying to break into the USA. He should have concentrated where he had the support
Andrew looked great here, he's so thin now and looks kind of frail, I hope he's ok. He's been displaying some rather odd behaviour of late as well (if the papers are to be believed..lol)
И вообще в 1980-е годы, в группе Wham, в разных старых песнях группы Wham, Эндрю Риджли автор музыки и автор текстов, хоть где-то немножко?? 😏☹️ Или во всех песнях Wham 1981-1987 годов, композитор Джордж Майкл, автор текстов Джордж Майкл, скорее всего
He wanted Wham! to be big and recognized George’s talent and had no ego about it. The solo album was well-crafted, but he clearly lacked distinction and clearly wasn’t a strong vocalist like George was.
un pesimo cantante. se nota que George fue el unico cerebro de wham. Andrew solo sirvio para que george pudiera firmar el primer contrato con inervision.
He let George Michael do all the work, and seemed to make no effort to participate, even into interviews : he didn't speak, was looking at the flloor, looked even to feel like being somewhere else. It isn't normal. Writing a book about them now : it is on my opinion for money. Mostly the person is not there anymore. He has always getting me on my nerves. Sorry to say that, but he is so "fake". I wish him to improve himself.
Proof that this guy was a nobody who got extremely lucky riding George Michael's coattails in Wham!. Dressing up in that jacket and those ridiculous hats he wore along with his wimpy singing voice sure didn't help. Has anybody heard the tracks from his album? it's just all wrong.. forgettable songs, terrible lyrics and horrible vocals. Is it any wonder why his career stopped dead in its tracks after just one album? Because nobody cared and rightfully so.
Andrew Ridgeley is a good singer, a good voice, I listened to all the solo songs of Ridgeley. Good music. Why was there no popularity? This is strange. Ridgeley has cool incendiary solo songs, it's a pity he quit his solo career
Bise Ushery AR’s album peaked at 103 in the charts I believe. And that might be generous recollection here. I love AR, but a solo career in music wasn’t his calling. Great guy though.
@@dawntownsendable Charts and popularity, that's not all. I listened to Andrew Ridgley's solo album, I liked it, it's good Ridgley solo songs. Ridgley's solo musical career could have been successful and well. Damn music critics didn't appreciate
@@dawntownsendable I love listening to Andrew Ridgley's solo songs. I like. This is good music. Fuck the charts and the critics. But I also love listening to George Michael's solo songs
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Andrew was always my favorite from the beginning. Those unique mysterious one of a kind eyes, was his trademark. God bless him. And still handsom.
I like Andrew but…. there’s no one in this world like George , beautiful man inside and out , especially those gorgeous eyes , and the voice from heaven, just my opinion !
@@louisescutti1998 yeah but there would be know what with out wham
@@andrewmorley3497 I don’t understand your comment!
@@louisescutti1998Me neither 😂😂😂
If Andrew was your favorite you're you're absolutely blind and deaf
I loved Both Andrew and George, handsome good looking guys with amazing talents.
Il a toujours été moche, laid et arrogant avec un talent médiocre .
Lol only one had great talent. Andrew was good at playing air guitar. Never seen him singing live
Andrew amazing talent, are u kidding me ? George was a diamond, one among the uniques.... but Andrew Ridgeley 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
name one talent andrew contributed to wham
@mrpistonrecaro6483 @carolinegilles9181 If either of you were true WHAM fans, you wouldn't be saying Andrew is talentless, George said himself that there would be no WHAM without Andrew. Think before you start criticising and putting down a member of a legendary duo in pop culture.
That actually was fact. George Michael was never the same in dealing with fame without Andrew and he pretty much says as much in his documentary A Different Story. At least with Andrew, he had someone to deal with the isolation and the pressures of stardom with. Plus Andrew, for as much as people ridicule his level of contribution to Wham!, really brought George, who was never the most confident person, out of his shell. Plus, he brought out the fun in George, which made Wham! so great as a duo.
What documentary was this?
@@sainttrunks1982 It’s called A Different Story.
RocStar913 George came from a very strict family thats why he wasn’t as outgoing as Andrew , but with his incredible voice and talent someone would have discovered him sooner or later , didn’t seem to have a problem without Andrew when he went solo !!!!!
@@louisescutti1998
Just ate himself to death.
This comment has aged well, following the recent Netflix documentary :)
I'm saddened by the loss of a wonderful singer George was a beautiful person he is missed and loved by his fans we love you George 💔
i dont give a shit what people think about Andrew, all i care about is that both of them are happy and ok
oh Eridan :'(
Andrew was always my favourite! Although more quiet and shy than George Michael, he is still very humble and acknowledges GM's talents. He was so fng gorgeous and still is! There was no need to wiggle his backside in the camera, he always had my attention!
Go for it Andrew, I wish him the best!
Oh well , George could wiggle his backside all he wants , he’s as sexy and gorgeous as they come , he was MY FAVORITE !!!!!!!
He's a beautiful man. His eyes make me melt.
very male.
Oh i don’t know , a little droopy!
@@louisescutti1998 That's what makes them stand out. I like it. It looks good on him
@@ValleyGyrlTV C’mon You have to admit George had it All , and sexy as hell !!!!
Love Andy, he was so cool and good looking during WHAM days. George and Andy were a good team.
Andrew is still gorgeous. ❤️
I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS EYES.... :D
CHARITY HECH Me too. Always had a huge crush on Andrew.
I know ....right...I was dumbfounded from the first time I laid eyes on him.....how do you ever get past the those eyes....oh wait he can talk too? Bonus... wait he's funny...oh Heavens to mercatroid....this man has it all..brilliant, patient, smart focused,dapper Scottish Egyptian Italian...I mean GOOD GOD...I need to take a shower now hello....I am still addicted👀..
That's got to be a pain in the ass to get asked questions about George all the time and you are the guest on the show! LOL That would piss me of, good for him to keep his cool!
What I thought as well
I met them both back in the day!! 🥰💕
I think the band became so famous to the level out of their imagination at first in quickly, and that was George's talent as musician, but as Wham, existence of Andrew was as important as George, and Wham could be popular band because of this two nice guys.
but Andrew Ridgley had no talent as a muscician
@@burlhorse61It definitely wasn’t on the same level as George’s, but really how many people could be. He definitely gave it good effort by himself. No one can say he didn’t try.
George wrote all the songs, sang all the songs, arranged all the songs, produced all the songs - so how is Andrew as "important" to the group? He even said so himself. He did nothing other than appear on stage in performances - Yes, he pushed for them to form the group but George Michael was going to go where he went, you don't contain that extraordinary talent - Andrew always acknowledged that GM was worlds better a song writer and singer. No need to keep up repeating this whole myth.
@@LMwhispersplease watch the wham! Docu and know the full story.
@@LMwhispers Wham wouldn’t be here, OR GEORGE, Without this fella.❤
I love Andrew Ridgeley. He is so beautiful!
So fucking unfair that this guy couldn't carve out a solo career for himself without everyone comparing him to George.
It didn’t help that Ridgeley’s album, as much as I personally loved it, lacked distinction.
There was nothing to compare , he just didn’t have talent !!!!!
Well him being a shit singer might have something to do with it 😁
exactly, andrew just rode george's coattails, then after tried all these gimmicks but had no talent or focus
Had talent not dedication
Poor Andy he loves George so much and George loves him
Poor old Andrew just wanted to come on and promote his single and all Wogan wants to do is talk about George!
+alastair saint ...Andrew is a musician...so why would he not do him.....I mean exactly how poor is he....he look like he is doing fine here....what would be your problem.....
You can see how much the woman loved him there, but I think his biggest problem was he concentrated more on trying to be like George and breaking into the USA market, while ignoring the ones who were his original fans
Why poor ...what you say !!! he is a great different talent. And George is die
you can tell how anxious Andrew was with Wogans line of questioning (far from an interview ffs)
andrew is sooooo handsome wow
Andrew was my favorite ... I always thought both GM and AR sang in the wham songs ..... I used to sing with two voice...must have had ear problem when I was in school...no wonder I could not hear my teacher in class
Andrew's look and demeanour is pure sexual hotness. He's so confident wearing that hat and lifted leather collar.
he was covering up his baldness with the hat ,but yes it was a cool look
@@kurtusje1
The less he wears the better.
love you Andrew , Huggs nd Kisses
The same old tired questions still get asked to this day.
I listened to all the solo songs Andrew Ridgeley. I liked the talented singer and musician
Wham wouldn’t be here, OR GEORGE, Without this fella.❤
It was obvious that Andrew's career would sink like a stone once Wham! split up.
Lead Vocals: George Michael
Backing Vocals: George Michael
Piano & Keyboards: George Michael
Acoustic Guitar: George Michael
Music Written by: George Michael
Lyrics Written by: George Michael
Musical Arranged by: George Michael
Produced by: George Michael
Studio Engineer: George Michael
Turning up on Tour & Dancing: Andrew Ridgeley.
Awww bless.
*Foreigner Fan:* What a bizarre comment? LOL
*Roberto Robert:* Exactly! Andrew Ridgeley would be the first (and actually was I think?) to say George was everything in Wham! regarding the talent and music. And at least he's mature enough these days, not to deny laughing all the way to the bank while others mocked him. Fair play to the man.
*Roberto Robert:* Hey don't knock it Roberto! How many of us would give up working tomorrow if we didn't need the money to pay bills and stuff. I work to live, not live to work. To be fair though, the biggest piece of the pie in royalty payments goes to the songwriter not the artist, and George always made sure the writing credits went to 'George Michael', not 'Wham!' or 'George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley'. So with Wham!'s back catalogue, I reckon Andrew's probably only earning about £150,000 a year if that. The big money will continue to get paid into George Michael's Estate until the copyright expires on all his music in the year 2066. The largest benefactor of George's Estate is his God son, Roman Kemp (Martin and Shirlie Kemp's son). He's probably netting in excess of £6-8 million a year. And we thought Andrew Ridgeley did nothing for his money!!! *;-)*
*Roberto Robert:* Joking aside, it sounds like you've had a rough old time of things Bobo. Do you need a bed? I'll buy you a bed if you genuinely need one... seriously.
ha ha ha!!!!oh your comment made laugh so much....tbh?finding his solo crap has got me entertained for all the wrong reasons today!...gee,what a bore he is too even Terry wogan looks bored to tears...
Love you Andrew...I have raced to you since a long time..2019..just bought extended version!!!!! Shake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on the final tour george debuted his faith bsa jacket and andrew debuted this fringe jacket. "son of albert" was awesome including "shake" and "red dress"...does wogan mention his album ?
Great memories of being in that video “wake me up before you go go!” 🤩😍
he should release a new cd
I think he grew disillusioned with music after doing the album and it flopping.
We love you Andrew.. ☮️💜
Its good to have a social life, its good for the brain and its good to pray and communicate with the Most high also. Social anxiety can be addressed by confronting it.
Has he got a clip on ponytail at the back ? This was ridgleys rock phase
Andrew rocks👍
I honest to God can never get enough of Andrew , honestly think that Britain needs to pay attention to him in this crisis he could really guide them and good choices.
Isn't this around the time that Andrew released his solo album?
Why isn't it being discussed?
They discussed it near the end
Ahh Andrew is like a deer caught in the head lights in this interview, he looks very anxious and uncomfortable bless him xx
This presenter sounds as if he is looking for a bad guy in Wham split. Andrew is a nice guy here, it is such a pity he did not persist in acting or solo career. What a terrible lack of luck.
It didn’t help that his album lacked distinction. He did give it good effort though.
How cute ❤ Andrew was always my favorite ❤
so annoying that they won`t let you put up the video, i mean, the video, to my knowledge is available for purchase, so surely any showings would only encourage sales of the song on itunes etc...
Rebellious hard living Ridgley. Total transformation here!
🤣🤣🤣
@@cheyennelynam3834 He did look different aye, the full rock image!
@@justmadeit2 lol yes he did & beyond 🤣
Andrew Ridgley's solo album - Son of Albert, good album but underestimated
The crazy thing is, his album was good. The problem was, Wham! fans were kind of shocked by it… Because it was Rock. Not Pop. I still have the CD and there are a few catchy songs on it. I think the biggest issue was that because of Wham’, rock fans didn’t take it seriously. That and I don’t remember any of the songs ever getting any radio play. It was as if the record company did it as a favor. Because they certainly didn’t put any money behind promoting it. My guess is, they listened to it, and didn’t think there were any breakout hits, and simply released it on its own merit. I think two of the songs on the album would’ve been decent and might’ve warranted a second album that could’ve been better… Had the record company again, put any promotion behind it.
The good thing is, George gave Andrew writing credits on careless whisper. George had written the lyrics himself, knew how he wanted it to go, but Andrew actually wrote the chords for it on the guitar. So he did have a hand in writing it. I’d imagine that 50% of the writing credits that song were pretty lucrative. I’m pretty sure they wrote wake me up before you go go together also. You have to remember that in their minds, Wham! was a parody, of pop music. Which is why they knew it wouldn’t last. Everything they did in the videos was meant to annoy people. The funny thing is, they ended up having people dance the same way throughout the 80s. It was as if it was the only dance people knew.
Regardless, they caught lightning in the bottle and we’re smart enough to realize that they could only last so long before it would fade. Faith was kind of a mix between pop and rock. A little bit edgier, and produced so many hits. Just like make it big did. Andrew, even back in the 80s was panned as part of the act and had nothing to do with the writing or playing of the music. Which was not true. If not for Andrew, George never would have done anything in music. Andrew pushed him into it and thank God he did. Because the world would have been without one of the most prolific, songwriters and singers, producers, and Musicians.
People don’t realize that George not only wrote the songs that he sang… He played every instrument and mixed and mastered everything he did. He was essentially a one-man band. It would’ve been very cool to see him produce stuff for other people. I know at one point his cousin opened up a record company and unfortunately, his cousin miss managed the whole thing. As I could’ve seen, George be very successful in helping other artists fully imagine their musical dreams.
I always like to remind people that, if not for Andrew, George would have been managing and probably taking over his dad‘s restaurant or done something else away from Music. Andrew saw the talent in him and knew that some of the songs that he had written were hits. Which is why he pushed for George to do the music thing. Had Andrew not raised his hand in class that day, they’re never would have been a Wham. Their story truly makes me believe that life may be fated. These little moments in time that could’ve gone any direction, all come together to make our lives what they become. Had we chose any other direction along the way, things may have not happened the same.
You have written a masterpiece ❤
the album was terrible..horribly cliche, sophomoric lines, bad clones of bubblegum rock, and dumb and unmemorable lyrics..it was doomed
Son of Albert his solo album is up there with Sgt Pepper and Dark side of the moon, some say it even surpasses those albums and some may be correct!
Wogan's acting like some kind of prudish headmaster or old disapproving uncle. "You wanted to sew your wild oats, didn't you!!" Ffs! The guy was 23 a millionaire and world famous... what did he expect.
He seems like such a nice guy. Now there's got to be fates worse than being married for 30 years to a Bananarama singer - lol!
tacomadc lol
They were never married.
Simpático. .
I don't mean no harm but George is the voice n sexiness of the whole deal.
I agree 100% no one could ever compare to George , beautiful, sexy , smart and kind he he is the whole deal !!!!!
Rightly Andrew said "George left In his songs for us in the transcendent beauty of his voice and poetic expression of her soul, the best of himself".Andrew, the embrace of George to you at the Wembley stadium is true and touching, really wanted to love you.George, when you lived your music, your voice was afraid to be won, now that you're dead, afraid of being exceeded.
I am not perfectly understanding this conversation, but Wogan seems saying something that fools Andrew, by using words such as "pitfall" or "separate in bad terms" and "how about touring?" knowing that probably that(touring) wouldn't happen for Andrew after releasing this song.
I feel that if I am a viewer of this channel, and hear this conversation, I would feel negative about the program. Isn't it common feeling for other countries in the world? I want to know how you feel about it I mean that in my country(Japan), we would never treat a person like this in TV? Or in UK, is this a sort of acceptable level of fooling a person? Or maybe I am not understanding English correctly? In the other video of this Wogan in 1983 or 1984 with Wham, Wogan was also saying to Andrew "you are lucky guy.", probably meaning that Andrew is lucky to work with GM.
AR was struggling about opening his new way after Wham, and experienced some trials in other fields of possibilities after leaving Wham, and he just tried to get back to music. This was a nice effort and try even if it wasn't successful. Not all person could go well with music industry, and it's ok.
I am familiar with polite civilised Japanese people .they would never tolerate a banker like wogan.the one country that contributed as much to new wave and the early 80s sound as much as the UK was Japan.so greetings
Wogan was Irish, not British
6:06 Unfortunately, there was no future in music for Andrew 😥 After "Son of Albert" flopped, he stopped playing music gradually. Man, i know George was always the giant superstar, but time was so unfair with poor Ridgeley, good thing the royalties for the Wham! catalogue made his life still wealthy and stable.
I decided not to post the track this time. The last time I did, I got the standard "warning" from Sony BMG.
Addirittura???.
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Разумеется, с 1981 года, в группе Wham, во всех студийных аудиозаписях Wham, в студии звукозаписи весь мужской главный вокал пел один Джордж Майкл (это ясно слышно)). А вот мне интересно, с 1981 года, в группе Wham, в некоторых старых студийных аудиозаписях Wham, в студии звукозаписи Эндрю Риджли подпевал своим настоящим голосом, хоть тихий мужской бэк-вокал? 🧐🤔
At least he tried 🎉😂❤😂🎉
thus I have keen perception from the start w/o all the other info you're offering to support my keen perceptions. . Do you look nice in your dommi gear?
Poor Andrew, seemed a bit nervous and inconfident here, don't think he believed in himself and hence why he indeed had a lack of success as a solo artist
I didnt see that at all.
Andrew is a man who is no way lacking in confidence.
He's fictional. Hugh Grant's character was allegedly inspired by the story of Andrew Ridgeley of the 80's British pop group Wham!, where one half of the duo, George Michael, went on to enjoy a successful solo career leaving the other bandmate behind in his solo ventures. The video for Pop! Goes My Heart borrows visual elements from Wham's Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go music video. The song Meaningless Kiss performed by Hugh Grant is similar to Wham's megahit Careless Whisper.
Careless Whisper was George solo not WHAM!
April Gosa it was WHAM! Featuring George Michael
why is. everyone putting George down because of Andrew , he was a true friend and made sure Andrew was taken care of for the rest of his life, never had to work a day in his life , he never seemed interested in music even when he was with wham , all he did was chase girls while George did all the work !!!!! C’mon. George was the one with all the talent , looks writer , producer dancer and kindest person in the world, rest peacefully George , your voice is with me …….. every day 💖💖💖💖
Love Andy❤
IF IT WASN'T FOR ANDREW.. GEORGE WOULDN'T HAVE BECOME CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO BE WHO HE BECAME. ANDREW WAS THE OUTGOING CONFIDENT ONE..GEORGE WAS SHY INTEVERTED..FAT WITH PIMPLY SKIN..GLASSES. GEORGE EVEN SAID HE WISHED HE HAD THE CONFIDENCE ANDREW EXUDED FROM EVERY PORE IN HIS BODY..YES GEORGE WAS THE TALENT BUT ANDREW DREW IT OUT AND MADE HIM CONFIDENT TO PRESENT IT SO IT MADE HIM MARKETABLE...EVEN LATER IN LIFE GEORGE SAYS EVEN AT THE HEIGHT OF BEING POPULAR IN EVERYONES ELSE'S MINDS WITH HIS DYED HAIR...TANNED SKIN..AND WHITENED TEETH HE NEVER TRULY FELT CONFIDENT ALL THE TIME. HE .SAID HE STILL SAW HIMSELF IN THE MIRROR AS THE CHUBBY KID WITH PIMPLES AND GLASSES..AND FELT LIKE A FAKE..HE HAD ALOT OF GUILT ISSUES..
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Wow what a huge story you got there...but ok
George Michael didn’t need Andrew or anyone else, he came from a very strict family, thats why he wasn’t as outgoing as Andrew , but c’mon with his gorgeous looks and beautiful voice and all the talent he had he would have been discovered sooner or later !!!!!
I still wish I was on his public relations team..this little teenage girl would have demanded he get his due respect.
I think he was deliberately aiming for American success with the look, just like George did with the Faith album.
After Wham he faded without trace! Sad really!
He lived in the USA near MJ's home in California
He was trying to get into film I think
Going on the talk show with that stupid hat certainly didn't help things!
Maybe...but he certainly didn't achieve anything like the greatness and fame of GM!
I think his mistake was his he was trying to break into the USA like George. They liked George because he did a lot of crooning songs but Andrew wasn't into that so he did guitar rock sound which was more popular in the USA than Britain at that time. If you look at reaction from audience he had a lot of support here but he was too busy trying to break into the USA. He should have concentrated where he had the support
Noooo freaking wayyyy! YOu met everyone...... I am soooo....
:p
I enjoyed our beer together in 1993 summer
George would still be alive if Wham were still together he should have kept doing solo stuff and kept Wham togeather.
He looks kinda nervous
Andrew looked great here, he's so thin now and looks kind of frail, I hope he's ok. He's been displaying some rather odd behaviour of late as well (if the papers are to be believed..lol)
How can one look great & thin & frail at the same time?.
WHAM! had a limited sale by date.
Сколько я сам внимательно переслушал все старые студийные аудиозаписи Wham 1980-х годов, я не слышу голос Эндрю Риджли (даже мужской бэк-вокал))
What is it with the stupid giggles when Wake Me Up is played?
OMG look at him now he looks like a grandad ! look his pic up.
Yes he does but still handsome
So will you some day. Idiot.
I’d forgotten what a dreadful interviewer Terry Wogan was & the charisma just drips out of Andrew Ridgeley here. What a dull interview.
I find it in poor taste and very toxic. It shoulve been all about Andrew on this interview.
This idiot also asked him " if it's not successful"...
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И вообще в 1980-е годы, в группе Wham, в разных старых песнях группы Wham, Эндрю Риджли автор музыки и автор текстов, хоть где-то немножко?? 😏☹️ Или во всех песнях Wham 1981-1987 годов, композитор Джордж Майкл, автор текстов Джордж Майкл, скорее всего
Yes he's so daddy
I can never remember andrew from that era and I was well into music. Compare him to George now... where is andrew.
Living a healthy, contented life in the countryside. Where's George? In a box six feet under.
he's high as a kite, watch how he cant settle.......deeeeppp sniff
he is nervous maybe duh
Poor guy got totally shit on by wogan
Wogan is a fucking Bully ... I can only image what an complete arse his is away from the spotlight
Terry wasn’t the world’s best interviewer. He’s still Tel though.
Calvície
hahahah... I would have done the same thing...
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Hey lekker ding.
Will you marry me?
you madam have no shame
Old wogen he's gone GM gone to I meet wogen he.was horrible
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cowboy :)
Q malo es el pobrecito.
This is just cringe
He wasn't talented enough and wasn't willing to work hard enough!
He wanted Wham! to be big and recognized George’s talent and had no ego about it. The solo album was well-crafted, but he clearly lacked distinction and clearly wasn’t a strong vocalist like George was.
@@RocStarr913 Absolutely true , George did it all !!!!!
un pesimo cantante. se nota que George fue el unico cerebro de wham. Andrew solo sirvio para que george pudiera firmar el primer contrato con inervision.
He let George Michael do all the work, and seemed to make no effort to participate, even into interviews : he didn't speak, was looking at the flloor, looked even to feel like being somewhere else. It isn't normal. Writing a book about them now : it is on my opinion for money. Mostly the person is not there anymore. He has always getting me on my nerves. Sorry to say that, but he is so "fake". I wish him to improve himself.
WinkOfAnEye , Your comment is so true, I am so glad that i’m not the only one who feels that way !!!!!
😂 You can't even put two words together to structure a proper sentence. You know absolutely nothing about Andrew other than your petty opinions.
Proof that this guy was a nobody who got extremely lucky riding George Michael's coattails in Wham!. Dressing up in that jacket and those ridiculous hats he wore along with his wimpy singing voice sure didn't help. Has anybody heard the tracks from his album? it's just all wrong.. forgettable songs, terrible lyrics and horrible vocals. Is it any wonder why his career stopped dead in its tracks after just one album? Because nobody cared and rightfully so.
Andrew Ridgeley is a good singer, a good voice, I listened to all the solo songs of Ridgeley. Good music. Why was there no popularity? This is strange. Ridgeley has cool incendiary solo songs, it's a pity he quit his solo career
Bise Ushery AR’s album peaked at 103 in the charts I believe. And that might be generous recollection here. I love AR, but a solo career in music wasn’t his calling. Great guy though.
@@dawntownsendable Charts and popularity, that's not all. I listened to Andrew Ridgley's solo album, I liked it, it's good Ridgley solo songs. Ridgley's solo musical career could have been successful and well. Damn music critics didn't appreciate
@@dawntownsendable I love listening to Andrew Ridgley's solo songs. I like. This is good music. Fuck the charts and the critics. But I also love listening to George Michael's solo songs
@@dawntownsendable Сольные песни Эндрю Риджли, это хороший поп-рок. Жаль быдло тогда не оценило
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