JonnyOneNote

.... and not enough people who were actually knew personally George Michael -- where is his family, friends? Instead, you get plenty of Academic Talking Heads from some psyche dept. At some college or university or social-psych centre you've never heard of, who never met George, never talked with him, etc., but, oh, they knew exactly why he did, when he did it, etc.

The filmmakers did manage to find one person who personally worked with George in the control room, mixing and recording the songs, etc. Oh, wow, big whoop!

I am so tired of all these documentaries in the last 10 years (mostly end up on Streaming Services anyway) where people who didn't know the Subject personally just go on and on and on about why Artist did this or did that.

Actually, the best of all the recently released documentaries is the only I saw on Netflix, simply titled "Wham!" because it only deals with the Wham! Years - not George's post-Wham! Days.

In the Netflix docu, there are many interviews with people who actually knew and worked (and sang!) with George! Especially nice to see Andrew Ridgeley, showing us all those scrapbooks his mom made (and kept!) all through the "Wham!" years. It would be cool if some savvy publisher -- or even Andrew's family -- published a fascimile-sized book of all these scrapbooks. What a treat that would be!

Anyway, skip this one (please!) and that other British-TV docu that interviews neighbors et al right after George's death. ("So how did you know George?" "How did you react to his death?" and other inane questions. Lots of required camera shots of all the flowers stacked up by the home's front entance. Blah, blah, blah... Seen it all before, folks!

George Michael (and the seemingly left-behind Andrew Ridgeley) deserve better.

Okay, so yes, this is a great adult movie -- oh, my God, a plot! Flashbacks! No tattos (whew!). And actors who actually seem to embody their characters' roles.

Now this is my question: What is the name of the song (and the artist) whose 45 single plays throughout the movie? The lyrics go somewhere along the lines, "The first time I saw you / In my favorite blue jeans / And you new penny-loafers / Just like James Dean // ...Chorus : I close my eyes / and visualize / when we were young and mean / but that was oh so long ago / Where we ever seventeen? (etc.)

The movie credits "Rock Hard" )ha=ha) with the "music," but not this song that is played repeatedly throughout the movie.

Anyone out there know? Or is this just one of those songs written specifically for the movie and then files away in the archives, to be forever lost?