02. Last Christmas - A Live Performance By Andreas
Channel: Andreas Miliotis
Date: 08/12/2020

Hello again! This is the second episode of my 🎄 Christmas Special, Christmas: Baby Please Stay Home. This time, I'm going with a classic. 

I wasn't even born when it was released, back in 1984, by Wham! Yet it still is a quintessential Christmas song. It has such a classic 80s vibe, with melancholic lyrics, and an upbeat music accompaniment that does not spoil the Christmas cheer, everyone is in need of. It gives out the impression that all is merry, all is bright, yet, when you listen to it closely, paying attention to the lyrics, you can distinguish the despair in finding a lover, that's going to be there throughout the year... 

A lot has been done to the song ever since its release, but I feel that you are not supposed to touch on classics if you don't know what you are doing... And sometimes I don't. The audience is also expecting to hear the same melody with as many similar references to the original as possible. Yet, as a performer, I also wanted to put my distinctive touch to it, because I'm the one performing it. And because I am not George Michael. I will never be. So I decided to strip it down to just a piano accompaniment, and my voice, singing it as close as possible to my style, as well as the original. 

I hope I did it justice and I hope George Michael is somewhat proud of another fellow Cypriot trying to sing his song. 

Correction: his iconic song. By such an iconic artist. George Michael. 

A legendary performer, an extravagant persona, a multi-talented musician, an icon - really - who ironically, but ever-so iconically passed away on Christmas Day, 2016. Maybe he was born during the wrong era, maybe not. Maybe he, alongside so many others, has paved the way for inclusion, acceptance, and extravagance so that others would find it easier to follow. 

CHRISTMAS WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT THIS SONG. 
WE THANK YOU GEORGE MICHAEL, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU! ❤️ 

Thank you Piano Karaoke Channel for the backing track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ads2PJ2MbtI 

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