What was the deal with Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael?

What's to figure out? Were Bananarama lovers? I've never thought about it until now...

Of course not!

There's a pattern of straight men pairing with gay men to form highly successful musical duos:

Wham!

Air Supply

Savage Garden

Erasure

Surely there are others?

Hall and Oates

Jan and Dean

Flatt and Scruggs

Morrissey/Marr

Patience and Prudence.

Bowie & Jagger

Rodgers and Hart. (For the elders.)

Captain and Tennille

Lovers? They were bad boys.. woo hoo

George pined away for callous, Thatcher-supporting pussyhound Andrew for years! "Careless Whisper" was written about his unrequited crush.

Rainbeaux and Roses

Brooks and Dunn

Rich and Famous

Merle and Haggard

Two bisexuals @ R7, no?

Waylon Flowers and Madam

Boyce & Hart

Zager and Evans

Milli Vanilli

Simon and Garfunkle DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince Thompson Twins Captain and Tennille Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

For real R11? Careless Whisper was actually about Andrew Ridgeley?

Which Air Supply member is gay?

"Careless Whisper" was the gayest song title of all time.

This is quite sweet.

"It's Raining Men" has it beat.

Sandler and Young

[quote] Erasure

Vince Clarke came out a few years ago, and Miss Bell has always been gayer than a Richard Simmons fart.

Never mind. Wikipedia says Vince is married and straight.

I could have sworn I'd read that Vince came out a few years back.

I think I read somewhere that it was indeed unrequited love on George's part. BTW, does anyone know what is going on with his health these days?

Ren and Stimpy

Tom and Jerry

Three (menage a trois) Stooges

Rocky and Bullwinkle (ouch!)

Andy Bell always used to tease Vince Clarke about his straight crushes. He thought it was so quaint of him to be hetero. Andy would tell a journalist about Vince's crush on Wendy James from the band Transvision Vamp, and Vince would turn bright red. Andy was always "outing" him as straight.

Re: R27. There was a story in a UK tabloid last Sunday about 'fears' that George 'is becoming a recluse.' Evidently he only sees one old friend, who also has a managerial payroll job, these days.

George has not been seen around the nearby North London village he formerly frequented. Readers were informed that George was 'disappointed' with sales from his recent album.

The old friend was snapped visiting. The article was also illustrated with pix showing George looking notably mid-life chunky.

No mention at all of George's porn star BF. Can't decide if the tabloid is flying a kite - suspecting more - or if the piece was some PR plant with an angle - if so, what? Still, I cared enough to skim it.

There are rumours that George was put into psychiatric care and is in rehab after his breakdown a few months back. I hope he's doing OK wherever he is.

And Ridgeley is completely straight. He and George were friends, that is all.

I heard on the radio that George wanted to reunite Wham!

[quote]Careless Whisper was actually about Andrew Ridgeley?

If so, it would be a rather odd choice. Keep in mind that the song is about a guy who cheated on his GF/BF. Not much about unrequited love in the lyrics.

Ridgeley, going by his appearances in the UK rave/clubbing scene in the 90s, is very, very straight. And obnoxiously sexist to boot. Modeliser, while the fame lasted.

[quote]George has not been seen around the nearby North London village he formerly frequented.

Has anyone checked the local toilets?

George Michael was a HUGE star in the late 80s--in 1987 or so when "Faith" came out he might have been the biggest male pop star in the world.

He could have had a career as big as Madonna--he had the talent and the looks. But after "Faith" came out promoting him as a huge sex symbol (remember the tight close-ups of his gyrating ass?) he didn't want to be a sex symbol anymore and wanted to be taken seriously as a songwriter--so in some of the videos for "Listen without Prejudice" (such as "Freedom '90") he doesn't even himself appear in the entire video.

He did get excellent reviews for "Listen without Prejudice," but he lost his momentum as a sexy superstar. After that, he really had trouble regaining his footing. His romantic partner Anselmo Faleppa died in 1993, and he understandably had huge difficulty bbouncing back after that.

I'm not surprised he wanted to improve his reputation as a songwriter, though, given what crap he sang when he was part of Wham!--"Club Tropicana," for example, is completely indefensible in terms of both its lyrics and its music.

George continued very successfully in Europe throughout the 90s. It was only with his covers album and his "important"/politically charged singles that the tide turned.

I think Vince Clarke has admitted to experimenting with guys even if he's straight. I remember some interview they did several albums back where they kind of intimated they'd had sex with each other.

I would have though Dave Gahan would have been the "experimental" one. Vince is like Chris Lowe - doesn't radiate any sexuality.

I remember when George was in Wham! In a interview he declared Andrew 'picked his nose!'

Why doesn't he call ME?

I don't get it,either. George did everything in Wham - wrote, sang and arranged all the songs. Andrew made his fame and fortune from, more or less, being George's friend. He is one very lucky man.

Andrew Ridgeley, in a 1983 interview: "I contribute everything to Wham! that George doesn't."

Back then I thought Andrew Ridgeley was the cute one. Now....no. But I guess he looks good for his age.

Wikipedia says he's partnered with one of the girls from Bananarama. (Married/dating?)

I saw Wham! in 1985.

is someone implying that Art Garfunkel is gay? Where is the proof?

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George has stated that he was never attracted to Andrew because he was too pretty and feminine, but they're still friends.

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Wham Beefcake in Speedos

Boy George and someone?

[quote] someone?

Excuse you!

Jon Moss was so fucking hot.

I had a shirtless photo of him in a calendar, and I must have blown a few hundred loads to that photo that year!

Orzabal is a pretty hysterical last name. I still, to this day, chuckle when I see it in print or hear it uttered aloud.

Isn't it Spanish?

His speedo looks kinda funny. George just never did anything for me.

r40 Dave Gahan and Martin Gore both look like they have been experimental. Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant were lovers right?

No, r1, but one of Wham! and one of Bananarama were, and still are, lovers.

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So which one's the gay one in Hall & Oates?

The only time George Michael looked hot to me was during the release of "Faith." he worked out then, I think.

Oooh Good call with Sandler and Young. How about Monteith and Rand?

One of the guys in Air Supply is gay?

Any scoop on Gahan or Gore?

Andrew's silence all these years = paid off to never say anything about what their relationship may have ever been.

Who are the gays in classic rock? We all know about Halford and Mercury, but what about Boston, Chicago, Toto, Styx, Journey and all those other AOR giants of the 80s? I can't believe none of those guys ever dabbled in the man love.

I've never heard anything to suggest they were anything more than friends. Ridgeley really did hit the jackpot by befriending George, though. George gave him a writing credit on "Careless Whisper", which basically set him up for life in terms of royalties.

Chuck Panozzo, the bassist of Styx is gay.

Had no idea about Chuck Panozzo, and he's out about being gay and being HIV+. Good on him.