Artist: Wham! Video: From YouTube.
This is an awesome song and video. Yeah, I’ve been saying that a lot lately. Get used to it.
“Everything She Wants” was the third consecutive #1 single for Wham!, from the "Make It Big" album. It’s about a man who is fed up with his woman, who can’t be satisfied despite spending every penny he earns on lord knows what. There are several factors contributing to the awesomeness here:
1) Extended lyrics in the video, which are not included in the album’s audio track. George Michael kicks his anger and dismay up a notch, ranting about how this gold digger is bleeding him dry.
2) The "work to give you money" background lyric in the chorus. Who says Andrew Ridgeley was the weak sister?
3) The band’s name is chanted in the chorus. Real fans of this song know this. The evidence is at 5:27 in the video clip. "Wham! Wham!" I'd like to see Thompson Twins try getting away with that.
As for the video, it’s a live performance from a concert, apparently the opening song. George & Andrew appear mostly as floating heads, in silhouette in front of the crowd. The money falling from the sky is a nice touch. Overall, the video does an excellent job of expressing a catharsis: the moment of realization that a partner is bad news and it's time to move on.
Yeah, I married that girl. This was a good song when I was 12...but it kinda stings now because I was that guy that George Michael sings about.
ReplyDeleteThat's the power of music...some of it is universal, it's 25+ years later and I'm still realizing that I probably should have paid more attention to the radio.
Love, love, love this video. I feel 10 years old again. In a good way.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the best songs ever, and sooooo underrated
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