On May 5, Wayne Hussey, frontman of The Mission, will release a 2DVD/1CD set Songs of Candlelight & Razorblades Live that chronicles his tour last year in support of his latest solo effort, and he’s teasing the upcoming project with a live stream of one of its tracks: a live cover of George Michael’s 1984 debut solo single, “Careless Whisper.”
You can stream that below — and no, it does not include the original’s signature cheese-dripping sax riff — and read more about, and pre-order, the live DVD/CD set over here.
Got(h) Wham? More cowbell please and may I suggest “Jitterbug” next time?
You’re thinking of “Wake Me Up Before You Go(th) Go(th).
Ha! Brilliant!
I didn’t think this song could be any worse.
Corrected.
Suggestion, Wayne: The Great American/English songbook does not include Wham. Also, fella, you can’t–not really–sing. No voice, no soul, no range or color. Play with a band. A loud one.
A certain Andrew E. (with whom Wayne played in some band in the mid-eighties…) once said after confessing owning Careless Whispers by George Michael (I’m quoting from an interview I read in the early 90’s, so my apologies if I’m misquoting): “When a song is that good, you have to own the artefact”.
So honestly, who cares what The Great American/English songbook features? ;-)
I wish I could’ve heard Peter Murphy belt out ‘Purple Rain’ at First Avenue back in ’92 or so.
I hope Peter Murphy’s rumored performance was as great as I imagine it to be; unfortunately, I suspect it was more like this.
You’re equating Peter murphy to Wayne Hussey and Prince to…. Wham?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJE8QB1Nng0
Yes.
Like the Waterboys cover, BTW.
He makes it sound like just another Mission song. They kind of all sound the same to me.
1 April 2015 – was this a joke?