Confessions of a Wham! fan
I recently watched Netflix's excellent documentary about Wham! (entitled simple Wham! ) and it had me reminiscing about my own relationship with George Michael and Wham! This is the part of the blog post where, as if I am at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, I bravely stand up and say, "My name is Mark, and I am a Wham! fan." This is also the part of the blog post where you might say, "Any hipster credibility this guy had is completely shot to hell. I'm done." If that is how you feel, I completely understand. But I must speak my truth, as the saying goes. My name is Mark, and I am a Wham! fan. It was probably the summer or early fall of 1984 that I first became aware of Wham! The song was "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," and, at first, I didn't like it at all. (I still wouldn't rank it near the top of my favorite Wham! songs, but it is an undeniable earworm). My mother, however, really liked the song. I suppose it reminded her of the 1960s Mot...