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Wham! The British duo featuring George Michael and Andrew Ridgley, which was formed in 1981, made history when they became the first-ever Western pop act to have an album released in China.
In 1964 they toured China to promote their second studio, ‘Make It Big’, which featured some of their biggest hits including ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’, ‘Everything She Wants’ and the epic ballad, ‘Careless Whisper’.
The tour garnered massive media attention in China and denied rock stars Queen the chance of being the first band to play in the country.
Indian-born British director Lindsay Anderson accompanied Wham! On the tour to film a documentary about the visit, which was originally titled ‘If You Were Here’ and later released as ‘Wham! In China: Foreign Skies’.
Nickelback? Alien Ant Farm? Creed?? The Aussie 2001 charts have a lot to answer for.
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Twenty years is a long time. It seems recent, sure, but it’s far enough back that we can look at life objectively. The passage of time offers the opportunity to take a long lens and peer into the past, allowing an anthropological study of the human race as it was back then.
After parsing the musical landscape of 2001, I have come to the conclusion that the Australian citizens of 2001 had the worst musical taste in the history of our country.