Trailer of Wham documentary on Netflix
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00:00 ♪ Well, bam, I am a man ♪
00:04 Let's introduce the band.
00:05 George, I'm Andrew.
00:06 ♪ To you ♪
00:08 We had a number-one album.
00:10 We had a string of hit singles.
00:12 And we were selling out arenas.
00:15 How can the country be in love with these two idiots?
00:18 ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
00:21 We met when I was 11 and Andrew was 12.
00:24 And there was only ever one thing that I wanted to do.
00:27 You got to sing it.
00:28 Be in a band with George.
00:30 Andrew changed my life in exactly the way
00:32 someone needed to change my life
00:34 if I was going to be a pop star.
00:36 And that was it.
00:38 Wham!
00:39 ♪ Well, bam, I am a man ♪
00:42 I mean, your record's been slagged in the press.
00:45 Slagged, yeah.
00:46 It knocked George.
00:47 People weren't taking him seriously as a songwriter.
00:50 Pop became a very dirty word.
00:52 Whilst I was happy being in a band,
00:55 George needed more.
00:57 ♪
01:01 I never felt that our music defined me
01:03 in the same way that it did for George.
01:06 As a young gay man, I was just uncomfortable
01:08 'cause I was closeted.
01:10 For George, chart position was the ultimate validation.
01:13 I was forging an identity through my success.
01:16 And by necessity, I went with full gusto
01:19 into the progression of Wham!
01:23 ♪
01:24 ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
01:25 It's so gorgeous.
01:27 I know.
01:28 ♪
01:29 Next thing you know...
01:30 With "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"...
01:33 Wham! mania had arrived.
01:35 It's Wham!
01:36 ♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:38 ♪ Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo ♪
01:41 ♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:44 ♪ I don't wanna miss it when you hit that high ♪
01:47 ♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:49 When I was with Andrew, we were absolutely determined
01:52 to have a fantastic time.
01:53 ♪ Wake me up before you go-go ♪
01:55 We were living in the moment.
01:56 ♪
01:57 ♪ Take me there ♪
01:58 The success was so much more than I had ever dreamed of.
02:01 And with your best mate...
02:03 [ Cheers and applause ]
02:05 It was just absolutely magical.
02:07 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
02:09 ♪ Baby ♪
02:10 ♪