Freedom '90

Listen this week as I am joined by Michelle for the whole episode!   Michelle tells stories of working as a PA for George during the Unplugged rehearsal and perfomances and calls her own show with his beautiful cover of the Bonnie Raitt classic "I Can't Make You Love Me".    Hear Michelle talk about the memories of that time and what songs like this can do for you even 30 years later.   **Apologies for Matt's audio and the sound on the song.  I didn't want to scrap the episode so I am putting it out as is.       Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Facebook Instagram TikTok Twitter (X) BlueSky

Listen this week as it has finally happened and we have spun "Freedom '90" from the Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 album!  We tried to wait for Michelle - but the Wheel has a funny sense of humor!   Listen as we are joined by our friend Julie to talk about George's signature song and what it means to us now and when we heard it for the first time!   Plus we hear from an old friend......   ** Apologies for Matt's audio on the Michelle portion   Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter (X) BlueSky

Listen now as I am joined again by Barbara Thompson, host of the Studio Chat podcast and we spin "This is Not Real Love" from the 25 Greatest Hits compilation from 2006!   George teamed up on this amazing track with Mutya Buena and it helped to launch her solo career as well.  Hear us talk about what the song means to us and Matt gets a lesson on the popularity of the Sugarbabes!   Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter (X) BlueSky  

Listen this week as I am joined from across the globe by Peter from Australia and he gets the honor of callin his own shot!   Peter requested "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" and I wanted to honor how much his message meant to me years ago so he got it!   Hear us talk of hearing this song in 1987 and the transition from Wham to the solo years.      Spinning The Wheel Social Channels  Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter (X) BlueSky

Listen this week as i am joined by Erik from the Chicago area and we spin "Praying For Time" from the 1990 album Listen Without Prejudice.   Hear us talk about what this song means to us now and back when it first came into our lives as well as a very personal story from Matt as we also play the 1996 MTV Unplugged version as well.    Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Facebook Instagram TikTok Twitter (X) BlueSky

Listen this week as we are joined again by our friend Leo from the Sound Museum podcast!   We spin George's amazing cover of the Stevie Wonder song  "They Won't Go When I Go", from the Listen Without Prejudice album and we share stories of how we tend to refer to George in the present tense sense even to this day.     Sound Museum Social Channels Instagram TikTok Twitter (X) Facebook BlueSky

Listen this week as Matt is joined by his friend and 1989 Billboard Hot 100 sensation, Kevin Paige!    Hear Kevin talk about his time as a young up and coming pop star in the late 80's and what George's music meant to him and still holds true to this day!   Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Instagram Facebook Twitter (X) TikTok BlueSky

Listen this week as we are joined by friend of the show, Jen and we spin the Wham classic "I'm Your Man" from 1985!   The 40th anniversary of this song is coming up and we talk about the swagger of the original, the updating of the version in the 1990's as well as the Lisa Moorish cover of this song that George guested on!      Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Instagram Facebook Twitter (X) TikTok BlueSky

Listen this week as we are joined by longtime George Michael collaborator, Steve Sidwell!   Hear Steve tell stories of working with George through their youth with Wham as well as the Faith era all the way to Older and Symphonica!   Steve has so many great stories and insights and this was a true honor!   Catch Steve's work on Broadway with the show "Operation Mincemeat" as well as his work on the upcoming shows with Shirley Lewis and The George Michael Singers!   Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Facebook Instagram Twitter (X) TikTok BlueSky

Listen this week as we are joined again by Juliana from the "If You Were There" podcast and also by KateBeWhammin!  These 2 ladies are the future of the fandom of George and his music and legacy and it is an honor to have them on the show.   We spin "John & Elvis Are Dead" from the 2004 Paitence album and hear about what this music means to these ladies and how they take theor love of the music into the future!   If You Were There Podcast  Instagram   Spinning The Wheel Social Channels Facebook Instagram Twitter (X) TikTok BlueSky