my foolish notion
-- George Michael

I ran across George Michael's "Behind the Music" on VH1 yesterday. My, I used to love him when I was a kid. It all started with WHAM! and the whole "Wake me up before you go-go" phenomenon, then my adoration blossomed when he went solo with Faith and by the time “Freedom 90” came out I was all about George. Faith came out when I was 9. That video put George on the path to becoming one of my very first celebrity crushes. I was all about that video with that jacket, those jeans, that jukebox, mirrored shades, 5 o’clock shadow and guitar. Good memories. He said in the interview that he was very insecure during the “Faith” run. He said he would have felt better if someone had of told him that he was a good looking guy. Hello? I’m pretty sure those sold out arenas full of women screaming for you should have told you that you looked pretty good. Every time they showed the “Faith” era clips part of me screamed in my head, “Are you sure you’re gay? Really, really sure? Come on, George!” But then, it just took a camera pan to good ole George today for me to say, “Yeah, he’s gay.” And a revisit to the WHAM days videos… Hey, I was a kid, I didn’t know. I can love the memories, can’t I?