After the death of the singer, we review some of the controversies that he faced the
In the life of George Michael’s fraught with success and applause, but also the scandals. His physical attractiveness and his excellent vocal quality made him one of the favorites on the stage while he matured from teen-age idol in the duo Wham! to superstar as a solo artist. But there were moments in which his battle with drugs and his encounters unfortunate with the police occupied the headlines and threatened to overshadow his musical career.
The british artist, author of hits like “Faith” and “Freedom”, died “peacefully at home” yesterday, at age 53, confirmed his publicist. With the fame also came the depression, with which the artist struggled for years. In an interview with the BBC, he said he is grateful for “being part of the life of the people as an artist”, but also admitted to not having the ability to cope with the fame. “My God, I wish I could deal with it. I would like to have been born with that armor, but it was not so”, he said.
We take a look at some of the times most controversial of his life and artistic career.
1. Legal dispute with Sony
While Michael broke sales records with his solo album Faith, undertook a legal battle with the record label Sony that finally lost. The artist claimed that the contract it signed in 1988, was unfair under the uk laws and the European Union because it forced him to be tied to the company for 15 years. That clause would cause you to lose control of the promotion of his music, said in a court in london.
also Testified that the executives from Sony had not been in accordance with his intention not to be projected as the symbol of sexy teen of his days in the duo Wham!, reported the newspaper the New York Times in 1994. Despite losing the lawsuit, the singer managed to get a divorce from Sony after Virgin bought his contract. However, in 2003, the artist returned to Sony.
2. The controversial “I Want Your Sex”
The first single from the album Faith (1987) was called “I Want Your Sex” (“I Want your sex”). The title of the song – which talks about a man trying to convince a woman to have sex – caused controversy particularly in the radio american. Many stations refused to play the song while others changed the word “sex” for “love” and they released a new version. In any case, the subject arrived at the number one of popularity both in England and in the united States.
3. The incident in the public toilet
In April 1998, the singer was arrested in a public bathroom in Beverly Hills (California) by an undercover police officer and was accused of participating in an act lewd. News about the incident appeared in the headlines of many tabloids around the world. The singer received a fine and was sentenced to 80 hours of community service. Despite having spoken openly about being bisexual, Michael finally said to the magazine the Advocate that he maintained a relationship with a man, the businessman Kenny Goss. In addition he wrote the song “Outside”, whose video clip showed the scene from a public bath with models dressed police.
4. Possession of drugs
In October 2006, Michael pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and two years after he was accused of drug possession class A, including crack. In an interview of 2009, the british newspaper the Guardian, the singer admitted to having consumed crack cocaine on that occasion, but denied doing so with frequency. Yes he admitted, however, that it came to smoking up to 25 cigarettes of marijuana daily and had reduced the consumption to “seven or eight a day, probably”.
In September 2010, he spent four weeks in jail after he crashed his truck against a trade in the north of London under the influence of drugs. After his stay in prison, admitted to have been ashamed of breaking the law and added that he was in therapy to address their addiction problems.
5. The political song against Blair and Bush
Michael wrote “Shoot the Dog” (“shoot him to the dog”), a song that criticised the relationship between the then british prime minister Tony Blair and the president of the united States George W. Bush.
The video clip, a satire made with cartoons published in 2002, showed a Bush of caricature in response to a commander in the american Army that did not understand anything about international conflicts. Blair then appears as the mascot of Bush in the courtyard of the White House. The material offended the few, who described George as “anti-american”. Michael said in an interview that “he feared to travel to the united States,” to root of the bad comments that I had received and refused to be against that country.
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