1963年 6月25日,乔治麦可出生于北伦敦近郊。自幼即在老旧灵魂音乐唱片堆中长大的他,也很喜欢一些在俱乐部里播放的舞曲,以及在他幼时于英国相当流行的西印度Ska音乐。他尤其喜欢Motown之声,但同时他也热爱Elton John及Queen的作品。
"You Have Been Loved"(你曾被爱过)和"Fastlove"(闪电之爱)是下面选择的曲目。它们出自 George 的96年专辑《Older》。听上去这象是他为过去恋人谱写的优美的安魂曲。与以往专辑不同的是,《Older》处处透着一股沧桑失落感。其中"You Have Been Loved"是 George 最动听的歌曲之一。在完成《Older》之后,George 彻底摆脱了恋人之死给他带来的阴影。《Older》一直保持着良好的销售情况,知道其推出的两个月后,Spice Girls 激起了汹涌的“辣妹风潮”,对此,George 只能苦笑作罢。
歌词:
She takes the back road and the lane
Past the school that has not changed
In all this time
She thinks of when the boy was young
All the battles she had won
Just to give him life
That man
She loved that man
For all his life
but now we meet to take him flowers
And only God knows why
For what's the use in pressing palms
When children fade in mother's arms
Michael George
It's a cruel world
We've so much to lose
And what we have to learn, we rarely choose
So if it's God who took her son
He cannot be the one
Living in her mind
Take care my love, she said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, she said
You have been loved
If I was weak, forgive me
But I was terrified
You brushed my eyes with angel's wings
Full of love
The kind that makes devils cry
My life has changed
And I'll be fine
But she just sits and counts the hours
Searching for her crime
So what's the use of pressing palms
If you won't keep such love from harm
It's a cruel world
You've so much to prove
And heaven help the ones who wait for you
Well, I've no daughters, I've no sons
Guess I'm the only one
Living in my life
Take care my love, he said
Don't think that God is dead
Take care my love, he said
You have been loved