George Michael- Freedom ‘90- Reaction Video!

[@abdouomar29]

Yes its Naomi Campbell And all of them were the top 5 supermodels of the 90's Naomi Campbell, the 1st blond linda evangelista, christie, cindy crawford... George michael was a huge songwriter and producer he was responsible for all his own work, albums and songs from a to z His infuences were stevie wonder, queen and elton john You have to check him live live mtv unplugged Princess trust concert Freedie mercury tribute... He got pissed of the image he had from the preceeding album called faith Leather jacket, jukebox that exploded in this video The massive image he had then So he did an album called listen without prejudice 1990 Including this song freedom 90 And there's 90 Because he had another song called freedom when he was in a group called wham In this album he decided to not appear in any videos There's another song from this album called praying for time And the video was just lyrics of the song passing He was a great artist lyrically, musically and as live performance he is amazing that he sounded better than the album versions

[@ValenciaGamble]

Very informative thank you! I’ll def be checking out more

[@donkeygospel6]

GREAT song and love your reaction as always! ❤️ I'm SO glad you're diving into more from George Michael. You should do "Faith" from him next. It was the #1 song on the Billboard chart for ALL of 1988, it's super fun and catchy, and he looks really good in the video. 😉

[@waltzawaydreaming1801]

The cool thing about this video is that he was essentially saying “don’t let the image that has been created tell you who I am,- everything you need to know is in my music”. He was communicating his message by using iconic supermodels, whose entire existence is based on an image that has been created by someoneelse (there is more to the messages, but that’s it in a nutshell).. A good song to try next is Fastlove, from the Older album, which has heavy R&B influences.

[@MRoyClark]

Yup. Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christie Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, and a few hot dudes. And the lyrics are about the industry and his days in Wham! and earlier in his solo career when he was sold as a pinup instead of a songwriter. The song is addressed to Andrew Ridgely, his partner in Wham! and childhood best friend. George was the musical part oif that equation and going solo was always bound to happen, but at least with Andrew around, he hadn't been a team of one. After being in (the equivalent of) a Boy Band and launching right into sex symbol status as a solo star, he felt dirty and used, a bit nostalgic for the past, but prepared to burn whatever bridges he needed to burn. He was also pretty deeply in the closet and this was the peak of the AIDS epidemic. Even if he'd wanted to come out, his record company would never have let him. So, this song (those lyrics get real specific) and video (notice his sexy ass isn't even in it) was him telling his label to go suck a fuck. The explosions/fires in the video were directly related to his HUGELY POPULAR video for "Faith" (1987/US#1, UK#1) the megahit title track from his gazillion-selling debut solo LP. It was his way of declaring that he was the one in control of his career, moving forward. Sadly, the label won the long battle, crushing and underpromoting future works. His greatest commercial successes after this were often duets (Elton John, Queen, Mary J. Blige) or charity singles (the 1992 video for "Too Funky" from the AIDS charity Red Hot + Dance CD was the spiritual successor to "Freedom 90" with Linda Evangelista returning, along with 60s Catwoman Julie Newmar, a fresh face named Tyra Banks, and several other supermodels of the era, working a runway). You should also check out the following videos by Wham!, his Pop/R&B duo from 1982-86... "Club Tropicana" (a major uK hit. It didn't do great in the states, but the video is a classic) "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (a catchy bit of Motown-flavored fun) "Freedom" (a whole different song from Freedom '90, and also very Motown) "Everything She Wants" (Electro Boogie 80s breakup jam) "Last Christmas" (You've probably heard covers of this, if not the original. A true classic) "I'm Your Man" (A big hit and return to the Motown-influence, but largely forgotten over the years) And more of his solo hits... "A Different Corner" (like "Careless Whisper", this was a George Michael solo single released on a Wham! album) "I Knew You Were Waiting" (in duet with the legendary Aretha Franklin, a huge worldwide hit) "I Want Your Sex" (despite the racy title and lyrics, this song was giant) "Faith" (Quite possibly his most iconic solo moment, with a rare stab at Rockabilly, musically) "Father Figure" (A beautiful, mysterious ballad that topped the charts all over the place) "One More Try" (A bluesy ballad where he shows off his vocal range and emotive powers) "Kissing a Fool" (This dude straight up wrote a classic Jazz song and made it a huge-ass hit) "Monkey" (A return to his funky, ass-shaking music. The single was remixed by Janet Jackson's team, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) "Praying for Time" (An understated and heart-wrenching ballad.) "Cowboys and Angels" (Not a hit, but perhaps his finest hour as a singer/songwriter) "Too Funky" (One of his best dance hits, out of several) "Somebody to Love" (A cover of the Queen classic with Queen themselves as the backing band) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (a cover of the Elton John classic, in duet with Elton John himself) "Jesus to a Child" (after a lengthy absence, he returned with this understated ballad) "Fastlove" (a steamy little bedroom number about hooking up) "Outside" (a steamy little bathroom number about hooking up) "As" (a cover of the Stevie Wonder song in duet with Mary J. Blige) "I Can't Make You Love Me" (a cover of the Bonnie Raitt classic that even she admits brings her to tears) I skipped a lot of his lesser hits on this list, but the truth is, the dude was a hit machine. And his career and sound and image changed a lot over the years. And I'm sure he was influenced by Michael Jackson. But since they were the same age and working within a similar idiom (teenage R&B pinup trying to be taken seriously as a solo artist and not just a brand) I would say it's most likely they simply grew up with the same influences. In fact, you can hear the overt influence of 60s Motown in a ton of George's work with Wham! But I also feel like a lot of those 80s giants were just huge influences on each other, including George Michael, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, and even Boy George, Cyndi Lauper, and Whitney Houston.

[@iheardmyhappinessgotyoumad3571]

You should watch him perform live. You won’t be disappointed. I highly recommend you watch him perform “Somebody To Love” live

[@rickymarden8342]

George was influenced by Stevie Wonder. You should try George’s mid 90’s music from his older album.

[@MRoyClark]

He was a fiend for Motown, in general, wasn't he? Yeah, you can tell that Smokie Robinson was a huge influence on the style of Wham! "Freedom", too.

[@rickymarden8342]

@@MRoyClark wham was really influenced by Motown. His singing style was influenced by the Isley brothers I believe. I’ve heard him talk about Steve, Aretha, Elton and Freddie as his influences.

[@jrr1814]

George Michael stopped appearing in his videos during this phase. And FYI, the women in this video were the SUPER MODELS of the day. All gorgeous obviously. I guess he didn't want his image/looks to be the center of the story. He wore the jacket that burns in the video throughout his Faith album. Same with the exploding juke box. Doing away with the past. You want to get another look at him in that phase, take a look at Faith or Father Figure (both awesome songs). And yeah, I'm a straight guy but he was my man crush back in the day. I even thought I looked like him =P.

[@goldboy150]

The girls in order are: Linda evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz.

[@bk4062]

Keep It going girl, you only have 30+ years to go. ENJOY!

[@boyboy-nr5sc]

The song idea was in George's head since 1985 but he waited until 1990 to make the video, George went to a night club in England Naomi Campbell was there and George told her “I heard you’re the leader and I want you to do this video. I want all of you from the cover (Vogue January 1990) in the video and I heard I have to ask you first, Campbell insists she wasn’t the leader, but she did get all the girls into action. and this is what we got a masterpiece

[@normie2716]

Naomi Campbell was the leader of a bunch of independent supermodels?

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

@@normie2716 ....she was...and still is the leader of the supermodels...many huge celebrities have noticed that she is the most influential one...George was not stupid..he knew Naomi is their leader...he even asked her how much money did they all want to do the video...and she said to just fly them in...it was a great move on all their parts because people who did not give a damn about fashion..or models...suddenly saw those ladies several times a day in their living rooms instead of a fashion magazine...and the exposure was a very serious moment in pop culture...if you really take a good look at the video...the STAR...is NAOMI...

[@rolybling]

I don't think Michael Jackson was ever an influence on George Michael, they were completely different artists but they were around and BIG at the same time. George was the more complete artist imo.

[@daleervin816]

The Super Models of the 90's - Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and Tatjana Patitz all Lip Sinke'd the song at different times.. none of them were doing this together.. and George Michael never was in the video but directed every second of it

[@chrislc35]

yea they were all THE supermodels at the time. imagine the pull of George Michael, to ask, and get them all in this video. and no, not influenced by MJ, he was on a par with him in the 80s. but i think he was influenced by the whole motown sound.

[@NABIL7]

Please, react to George Michael - Jesus to a child (album version).

[@Frankie_yeah]

Cindy Crawford was pissed she got the bathtub scene. I think she still is… RIP to the iconic Tanjana Patitz🌷💐🪻🌺

[@Svavarsk]

This song is an anthem about your licence to reinvent your self, about how your past doesn't define you. Both the lyrics and the music video make it extremely clear that he is breaking out from his start in Wham and as a pin up for teenage girls, sort of a break up letter to any of his fans or critics who want to tie him to where he started in music. Some times the clothes do not make a man, while exploding the leather jacket from the faith video is so far past subtext that it would be embarrassing if it wasn't so perfectly pointed and effective in making that statement clearly and loudly

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

Youre so cute and gorgeous. God bless.

[@neetrab]

8:45 - He was talking about having freedom from his record label, from what i heard. I dont think the models symbolized anything lol! I'm pretty sure. Everybody else told you the other stuff from the vid, i see.

[@1Molehill]

The term supermodel is overused today. It is widely known that these 5 women were the last true supermodels. So powerful that between them they could control the modelling world

[@melissawilliams7880]

Those are models from the early 90s