Fimela.com, Jakarta Berita meninggalnya George Michael sontak membawa kesedihan mendalam bagi para penikmat musik era 80 dan 90an. Sang pentolan Wham! dikenal sebagai salah satu legenda yang membawa influence terhadap perkembangan musik.
Tak sedikit pengamat yang menyebutnya sebagai musikus jenius. Baik di Wham! atau solo karier, lagu-lagunya sudah barang tentu dikenal oleh mereka yang berada di lini masa perkembangan musik 3 sampai 4 dekade lalu.
Careless Whisper yang dirilis tahun 1984 merupakan salah satu masterpiece yang diciptakan George Michael. Tembang lain seperti I Want Your Sex dan Jesus To A Child juga tak kalah booming, meski menuai kontroversi besar.
George Michael diketahui memiliki ketertarikan dengan sesama jenis. Ia pernah berurusan dengan pihak berwajib lantaran dilaporkan mencabuli seorang pemuda. Bahkan inspirasi lagu Jesus To A Child datang saat ia ditinggal oleh pacarnya, Anselmo Feleppa yang meninggal pada Maret 1993 silam.
Berikut lirik lagu masterpiece George Michael untuk mengenang kepergian sang legenda.
George Michael - Careless Whisper
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
And lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad goodbyes
[Chorus:]
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find
[Chorus]
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me
Please stay
[Chorus]
Now that you've gone
Now that you've gone
Now that you've gone
Was what I did so wrong
So wrong that you had to leave me alone?