0:00:12 > 0:00:14HUM OF TRAFFIC
0:00:36 > 0:00:38My name is George Michael.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I was given the great honour of becoming the first
0:00:41 > 0:00:44contemporary artist to perform a concert
0:00:44 > 0:00:46at the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53This is the story of that night.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02CHEERING
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- OK, where are we going? - This way.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- FRENCH ACCENT: Tonight, je suis play at...- L'opera.- L'opera.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18TUNING OF CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS
0:02:13 > 0:02:14SONG: "Through"
0:02:14 > 0:02:15# Is that enough? #
0:02:15 > 0:02:17CHEERING
0:02:17 > 0:02:19# I think it's over
0:02:21 > 0:02:24# See, everything has changed
0:02:25 > 0:02:29# And all this hatred may just make me strong enough
0:02:29 > 0:02:33# To walk away
0:02:35 > 0:02:39# They may chase me to the ends of the earth
0:02:41 > 0:02:46# But I've got you, babe
0:02:47 > 0:02:52# And they may strip me of the things that I've worked for
0:02:54 > 0:02:57# But I've had my say
0:02:57 > 0:02:59# Babe
0:02:59 > 0:03:02# So hear me now
0:03:04 > 0:03:07# I've enough of these chains
0:03:11 > 0:03:14# I know they're of my making
0:03:15 > 0:03:20# No-one else to blame
0:03:20 > 0:03:26# For where I stand today
0:03:27 > 0:03:31# I've no memory of truth
0:03:34 > 0:03:38# But suddenly the audience is so cruel
0:03:40 > 0:03:43# So, God
0:03:45 > 0:03:48# Hey, God, you know why I'm through
0:03:54 > 0:03:56# Through
0:04:00 > 0:04:02CHEERING
0:04:14 > 0:04:19# I guess it's tough, I guess I'm older
0:04:21 > 0:04:24# And everything must change
0:04:25 > 0:04:29# But all this cruelty and money instead of love
0:04:30 > 0:04:34# People, have we no shame?
0:04:35 > 0:04:39# They may chase me to the ends of the earth
0:04:41 > 0:04:45# But I've got you, babe
0:04:47 > 0:04:52# And they may take away the things that I've worked for
0:04:52 > 0:04:58# But you'll pull me through, babe
0:04:59 > 0:05:02# It's so clear to me now
0:05:04 > 0:05:07# I've enough of these chains
0:05:10 > 0:05:14# Life is there for the taking
0:05:17 > 0:05:22# What kind of fool would remain in this...
0:05:22 > 0:05:25# In this cheap gilded cage?
0:05:27 > 0:05:31# I've no memory of truth
0:05:34 > 0:05:39# Suddenly the audience is so cruel
0:05:42 > 0:05:45# Oh, God, I'm sorry
0:05:47 > 0:05:50# I think I'm through
0:05:52 > 0:05:56# I think I'm through
0:05:58 > 0:06:03# I think I'm
0:06:03 > 0:06:06# I know I'm...
0:06:14 > 0:06:18# I'm through. #
0:06:26 > 0:06:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Bonjour, Paris, ca va?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37See your hands in the air.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39SONG: "My Baby Just Cares For Me"
0:06:42 > 0:06:45# My baby don't care for shows
0:06:46 > 0:06:48# My baby don't care for clothes
0:06:50 > 0:06:54# My baby just cares for me
0:06:55 > 0:07:02# My baby don't care for cars and races
0:07:02 > 0:07:06# My baby don't care for...
0:07:06 > 0:07:09# He don't care for high-tone places
0:07:09 > 0:07:11# Elizabeth Taylor is not his style
0:07:11 > 0:07:16# And even Ricky Martin's smile
0:07:16 > 0:07:19# Is somethin' he can't see
0:07:22 > 0:07:27# My baby don't care who kno-whoa-ows it
0:07:27 > 0:07:32# My baby just cares for me... #
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Come on!
0:07:45 > 0:07:46AUDIENCE CLAP ALONG
0:07:48 > 0:07:53# I wonder what's wrong with baby
0:07:55 > 0:07:58# My baby just cares for
0:07:58 > 0:08:02# He just says his prayers for
0:08:02 > 0:08:06# I said, baby just cares for me
0:08:06 > 0:08:08# Bum-bum-bum-bum, yeah! #
0:08:24 > 0:08:27We're in the opera...Garnier.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- FRENCH ACCENT:- Garnier. It's very romantic.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- We should go in like that. - Yeah, we should.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- ALL: Wahey! Hey! - Doing our warm-up.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44It's a good look, you know.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- We should.- OK.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- ALL:- # This little light of mine
0:08:49 > 0:08:51# I'm gonna let it shine
0:08:52 > 0:08:55# This little light of mine
0:08:55 > 0:08:58# I'm gonna let it shine
0:08:58 > 0:09:00# This little light of mine
0:09:00 > 0:09:03# I'm gonna let it shine
0:09:03 > 0:09:08# Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. #
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Have a good time.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I think you can tell that A Different Corner is genuinely
0:09:13 > 0:09:16the sound of a man who's heart's been broken.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20I was 19, and the best critique I ever heard of that song
0:09:20 > 0:09:22was from a friend of mine, who said,
0:09:22 > 0:09:28"It's beautiful. Pathetic, but beautiful."
0:09:28 > 0:09:33# I'd say love was a magical thing
0:09:33 > 0:09:37# I'd say love would keep us from pain
0:09:37 > 0:09:43# Had I been there, had I been there
0:09:47 > 0:09:51# I would promise you all of my life
0:09:51 > 0:09:56# But to lose you would cut like a knife
0:09:56 > 0:09:59# So I don't dare
0:10:01 > 0:10:05# No, I don't dare
0:10:05 > 0:10:10# Cos I've never come close in all of these years
0:10:10 > 0:10:15# You are the only one to stop my tears
0:10:15 > 0:10:22# And I'm so scared, I'm so scared
0:10:25 > 0:10:27CHEERING
0:10:43 > 0:10:48# Take me back in time, maybe I can forget
0:10:48 > 0:10:54# Turn a different corner and we never would have met
0:10:57 > 0:10:59# Would you care?
0:11:03 > 0:11:08# I don't understand it For you, it's a breeze
0:11:08 > 0:11:14# Little by little, you've brought me to my knees
0:11:19 > 0:11:22# Don't you care?
0:11:22 > 0:11:26# No, I've never come close in all of these years
0:11:26 > 0:11:31# You are the only one to stop my tears
0:11:31 > 0:11:37# I'm so scared of this love
0:11:40 > 0:11:46# And if all that there is is this fear of being used
0:11:46 > 0:11:51# I should go back to being lonely and confused
0:11:55 > 0:12:02# If I could, I would, I swear. #
0:12:09 > 0:12:13I know that Cowboys And Angels is one of people's favourites,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16but I don't think anyone could possibly understand what it's about.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25In reality, it's about a strange love triangle...
0:12:28 > 0:12:31..involving a woman, who is madly in love with me,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35and a man, who I was madly in love with.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37And none of it came to anything.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Well, I got a good song out of it.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01# When your heart's in someone else's hands
0:13:01 > 0:13:03# Monkey see and monkey do
0:13:03 > 0:13:08# Their wish is your command
0:13:08 > 0:13:11# You're not to blame
0:13:11 > 0:13:13# Everyone's the same
0:13:18 > 0:13:23# All you do is love and love is all you do
0:13:23 > 0:13:27# I should know by now The way I fought for you
0:13:29 > 0:13:33# You're not to blame
0:13:33 > 0:13:36# Everyone's the same
0:13:40 > 0:13:45# I know you think that you're safe, Mister
0:13:45 > 0:13:50# Harmless deception That keeps love at bay
0:13:50 > 0:13:55# It's the ones who resist that we most want to kiss
0:13:55 > 0:13:58# Wouldn't you say?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05# Cowboys and angels
0:14:05 > 0:14:08# They all have the time for you
0:14:08 > 0:14:10# Why should I imagine?
0:14:10 > 0:14:14# That I was designed for you
0:14:14 > 0:14:17# Why should I believe
0:14:17 > 0:14:22# That you would stay?
0:14:28 > 0:14:32# But that scar on your face
0:14:34 > 0:14:37# That beautiful face of yours
0:14:39 > 0:14:42# Don't you think that I know
0:14:42 > 0:14:46# They've hurt you before? #
0:14:50 > 0:14:54APPLAUSE
0:15:21 > 0:15:24SONG: "John & Elvis Are Dead"
0:15:50 > 0:15:55# Close friend of mine as a child
0:15:57 > 0:16:00# Fell into a slumber
0:16:07 > 0:16:12# No sign of life since '75
0:16:14 > 0:16:17# Then one day he just
0:16:17 > 0:16:20# What do you know?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24# I guess God just called his number
0:16:25 > 0:16:28# He called me up, he called me up and said
0:16:28 > 0:16:31# "I've been awake about a week
0:16:33 > 0:16:37# "I'm thinking about asking the doctor
0:16:37 > 0:16:40# "If he could put me back to sleep"
0:16:41 > 0:16:44# Then he laughed and said
0:16:44 > 0:16:47# "Hey, all the girls look the same"
0:16:49 > 0:16:56# "Don't they know just what their mothers
0:16:56 > 0:17:00# "Paid in blood, and tears to change?"
0:17:01 > 0:17:05# But the words that made me cry
0:17:06 > 0:17:09# The thing he softly said
0:17:10 > 0:17:15# It stayed with me, it keeps messing with my head
0:17:16 > 0:17:20# He said, "If Jesus Christ is alive and well
0:17:22 > 0:17:27# "Then how come John and Elvis are dead?
0:17:33 > 0:17:38# "Tell me, if Jesus Christ is alive and well
0:17:40 > 0:17:44# "Then how come Marvin and Elvis are dead?"
0:17:51 > 0:17:57# I said, "If Jesus Christ is gonna save us from ourselves
0:17:57 > 0:18:02# "Then how come peace, love and Elvis are dead?"
0:18:09 > 0:18:10# How come? #
0:18:15 > 0:18:17CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:18:59 > 0:19:01I don't play any jazz any more.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04You never really did, from what I'm told.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- What's the first chord, though? - D-minor.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31OK, so this is first-draft set list for the tour.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35There's a working title of,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37"Symphony, symphony, they've all got it symphony."
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- George.- Oh, I really thought there was an orchestra in today,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- I got myself all excited.- Did you?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Well, there is. It's just you and me.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Do you want to hear the original?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Just play it.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59We're going to a run without him for the moment.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Cos he's waiting for a Fisherman's Friend.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Yeah.- His name is Carlos.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I'm bound to do really well today cos as I came out of the house,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28I fan gave me a little thing that says "protection" on it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30He read me this prayer in Greek.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38It's all, "Jesus Christ, son of God," and...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43And all this great shit started happening.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44You can't take that off.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I've got to take it off eventually, it's cheap as shit.
0:20:49 > 0:20:56I'd like to hear it played...say, two down and a little bit gentler.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58OK.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03We're going to lower the click two steps and play it more gently.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34SONG: "You've Changed"
0:21:37 > 0:21:39# You've changed
0:21:41 > 0:21:47# That sparkle in your eyes is gone
0:21:49 > 0:21:54# Your smile is just a careless yawn
0:21:57 > 0:22:02# You're breaking my heart, you've changed
0:22:08 > 0:22:11# You've changed
0:22:13 > 0:22:19# Your kisses now are so blase
0:22:21 > 0:22:25# You're bored with me in every way
0:22:29 > 0:22:32# I can't understand
0:22:32 > 0:22:35# You've changed
0:22:39 > 0:22:47# You've forgotten the words "I love you"
0:22:49 > 0:22:54# Each memory that we shared
0:22:55 > 0:23:02# You ignore every star above you
0:23:04 > 0:23:11# I can't realise that you ever cared
0:23:13 > 0:23:16# You've changed
0:23:17 > 0:23:23# You're not the angel I once knew
0:23:25 > 0:23:29# No need to tell me that we're through
0:23:33 > 0:23:37# It's all over now
0:23:38 > 0:23:47# You've changed
0:23:49 > 0:23:53# I miss you. #
0:23:53 > 0:23:55CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:24:00 > 0:24:01# They never. #
0:24:02 > 0:24:04One, two. One, two. One, two.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08# I'm going to a town. #
0:24:08 > 0:24:09That's much better.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15So now it's coming.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17One more please, for me.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19If you guys sing...
0:24:19 > 0:24:22# I really need to know. #
0:24:22 > 0:24:24And do that.. Up, like that.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26# I really need to know
0:24:26 > 0:24:31# I may just never see you again, or I might as well
0:24:31 > 0:24:33# Might as well. #
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Do ahead of the beat.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37# So I might as well
0:24:37 > 0:24:39# Might as well
0:24:39 > 0:24:44# You took advantage of a world that loved you well
0:24:47 > 0:24:52# I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
0:24:52 > 0:24:56# I'm so tired of you, America. #
0:24:59 > 0:25:04I went into the other booth to hear...what the band sounds like.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06I mean, it's so good.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10So, I'm not afraid of what you ask for on the stage.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13I'm still waiting for my pictures.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14Because they check,
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Some of them have got to be hot, and apparently none of them are over 40.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Yeah, that's what they told me.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22So there's got to be a good bits of eye candy I can look at
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- while I'm singing.- Absolutely.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Oh, we like that.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- What was dinner tonight?- Thai curry.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The room will smell bad by the end of tonight.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10- Air it out.- Oh, my God, you just made me think.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I've never thunk before.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Here we go.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34SONG: "Going To A Town"
0:26:37 > 0:26:42# I'm going to a town that has already been burned down
0:26:45 > 0:26:50# I'm going to a place that has already been disgraced
0:26:54 > 0:26:59# I'm gonna see some folks who have already been let down
0:26:59 > 0:27:03# I'm so tired of America
0:27:10 > 0:27:15# I'm gonna make it up for all of the Sunday Times
0:27:17 > 0:27:23# I'm gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes
0:27:26 > 0:27:32# They never really seem to want to tell the truth
0:27:32 > 0:27:36# I'm so tired of you, America
0:27:37 > 0:27:42# Making my own way home
0:27:42 > 0:27:46# Ain't gonna be alone
0:27:46 > 0:27:50# I've got a life to lead
0:27:52 > 0:27:54# America
0:27:56 > 0:28:02# I've got a life to lead
0:28:05 > 0:28:11# Tell me do you really think you go to hell for having loved?
0:28:13 > 0:28:20# Tell me you're not for thinking every thing that you've done is good
0:28:20 > 0:28:23# I really need to know
0:28:23 > 0:28:28# After soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood
0:28:28 > 0:28:32# I'm so tired of you, America
0:28:36 > 0:28:39# I really need to know
0:28:39 > 0:28:44# I may just never see you again, or I might as well
0:28:47 > 0:28:52# You took advantage of a world that loved you well
0:28:55 > 0:29:01# I'm going to a town that has already been burned down
0:29:01 > 0:29:07# I'm so tired of you, America
0:29:07 > 0:29:11# Making my own way home
0:29:11 > 0:29:13# But I won't be alone
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- # Be alone - No
0:29:15 > 0:29:19# I've got a life to lead
0:29:22 > 0:29:24# America
0:29:25 > 0:29:33# I've got a life to lead
0:29:34 > 0:29:42# I've got a soul to feed
0:29:42 > 0:29:48# I got a dream to heed
0:29:50 > 0:29:56# And that's all I need
0:29:56 > 0:30:04# Making my own way home
0:30:04 > 0:30:11# Ain't gonna be alone
0:30:12 > 0:30:19# I'm going to a town
0:30:21 > 0:30:32# That, a town that has already
0:30:32 > 0:30:39# Been burned down. #
0:30:42 > 0:30:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23'I remember the first time I ever saw Paris properly.
0:31:23 > 0:31:28'And I remember driving up to this fantastic building and thinking,
0:31:28 > 0:31:32' "This is the most glorious piece of architecture I've ever seen."
0:31:32 > 0:31:36'And then noticed the word "opera" above the building.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41'And I remember thinking, "How amazing must that venue be inside?"
0:31:41 > 0:31:44'And I never dreamed that I would get to sing on that stage.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47'I must have been 21.
0:31:47 > 0:31:52'It took me 38 years to get there, but my God, was it worth the wait.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54SONG: "Brother Can You Spare A Dime?"
0:31:54 > 0:31:57# Once I built a railroad
0:31:57 > 0:31:59# Made it run
0:32:01 > 0:32:07# Made it race against time
0:32:08 > 0:32:14# Once I built a railroad, now it's done
0:32:15 > 0:32:21# Brother, can you spare a dime? #
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Ladies and gentlemen, the Symphonica Orchestra.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00# Once in khaki suits
0:33:02 > 0:33:06# Gee, we looked swell
0:33:06 > 0:33:13# Full of that Yankee doodle de dum
0:33:13 > 0:33:19# Half a million boots went slogging through hell
0:33:20 > 0:33:27# I was the kid with the drum
0:33:28 > 0:33:35# Say don't you remember, they called me Al
0:33:36 > 0:33:42# It was Al all the time
0:33:43 > 0:33:49# Say, don't you remember? I'm your pal!
0:33:51 > 0:33:58# Brother, can you spare a dime?
0:33:58 > 0:34:08# Buddy, can you spare
0:34:10 > 0:34:16# A dime? #
0:34:17 > 0:34:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:34:38 > 0:34:40SONG: "Let Her Down Easy"
0:34:40 > 0:34:43# You're top man on the scene
0:34:43 > 0:34:46# You don't think life comes in between
0:34:48 > 0:34:53# But, hey, she's just 17
0:34:55 > 0:34:58# She feels like she's a worldly girl
0:34:59 > 0:35:03# But, man, you've been around the world
0:35:03 > 0:35:08# She is just some worried daddy's girl
0:35:13 > 0:35:17# Even though there's nothing I can say
0:35:17 > 0:35:20# To cheat you and nature any way
0:35:20 > 0:35:23# Let her down easy
0:35:23 > 0:35:26# Her heart is on a dime
0:35:29 > 0:35:32# Let her down easy
0:35:32 > 0:35:35# And she'll grow old in time
0:35:37 > 0:35:40# In her strawberry eyes
0:35:40 > 0:35:44# The way she sees you signifies
0:35:44 > 0:35:49# That she's susceptible to your velvet lies
0:35:52 > 0:35:56# But if you must lay her down
0:35:56 > 0:36:00# May a butterscotch glow be her dressing gown
0:36:00 > 0:36:08# And please do not lead her on when, on when you leave town
0:36:10 > 0:36:14# Even though there's nothing I can say
0:36:14 > 0:36:17# To cheat you and nature any way
0:36:17 > 0:36:20# Let her down easy
0:36:20 > 0:36:23# Her heart is on the line
0:36:25 > 0:36:28# Let her down easy
0:36:28 > 0:36:32# And you'll grow up in time
0:36:34 > 0:36:36# She's a woman now
0:36:37 > 0:36:41# With a daughter to make her proud
0:36:41 > 0:36:46# In her crayon world of paper clouds
0:36:49 > 0:36:52# She still remembers you
0:36:53 > 0:36:57# The first boy that she gave it to
0:36:57 > 0:37:03# And she laughs at how little then she knew
0:37:07 > 0:37:10# Even though there's nothing I can say
0:37:10 > 0:37:14# To cheat you and nature any way
0:37:14 > 0:37:17# Let her down easy
0:37:17 > 0:37:20# Her heart is on a dime
0:37:22 > 0:37:25# Let her down easy
0:37:25 > 0:37:33# And she'll grow up in time
0:37:39 > 0:37:42# Whoa, in time. #
0:37:54 > 0:37:57CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02'The audience at the opera house that night was different.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06'The majority were here to support one of the largest AIDS organisations in France,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08'and after the show,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11'we held an auction dinner to raise more money for the cause.'
0:38:24 > 0:38:26SONG: "You Have Been Loved"
0:38:26 > 0:38:31# She takes the back road and the lane
0:38:31 > 0:38:35# Past the school that has not changed
0:38:35 > 0:38:37# In all this time
0:38:41 > 0:38:44# She thinks of when the boy was young
0:38:45 > 0:38:48# All the battles she had won
0:38:51 > 0:38:54# Just to give him life
0:38:55 > 0:38:57# That man
0:38:57 > 0:39:00# She loved that man
0:39:03 > 0:39:05# For all his life
0:39:09 > 0:39:13# But now we meet to take him flowers
0:39:13 > 0:39:17# And only God knows why
0:39:23 > 0:39:27# For what's the use in pressing palms
0:39:27 > 0:39:29# When children fade in mother's arms
0:39:30 > 0:39:32# It's a cruel world
0:39:34 > 0:39:35# We've so much to lose
0:39:38 > 0:39:41# And what we have to learn
0:39:45 > 0:39:47# We rarely choose
0:39:51 > 0:39:54# So if it's God who took her son
0:39:56 > 0:40:02# He cannot be the one living in her mind
0:40:05 > 0:40:09# Take care my love, she said
0:40:12 > 0:40:16# Don't think that God is dead
0:40:19 > 0:40:24# Take care my love, she said
0:40:26 > 0:40:32# You have been loved. #
0:40:32 > 0:40:34APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:40:43 > 0:40:44CHATTER
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Pavarotti has played here, all the great opera stars.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Gene Kelly danced here in An American In Paris.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Cyd Charisse danced here.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Fred Astaire has danced here.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12How fabulous for a pop artist like George Michael to be given
0:41:12 > 0:41:14the opportunity to play here.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17It's incredibly rare - it's the first time in history.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24I think the first track I sang for Phil Ramone was Roxanne.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26And I remember thinking,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29"My God, here I am singing to a man who's worked with
0:41:29 > 0:41:34"Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Elton -
0:41:34 > 0:41:37"just about every one of my favourite vocalists.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40"Christ, this had better be good."
0:41:40 > 0:41:43And then I finished and he came out to the booth and he gave me
0:41:43 > 0:41:45possibly the greatest compliment I'd ever heard.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50I nearly fell over and I thought, "How lucky am I?"
0:41:50 > 0:41:53It was one of the greatest, happiest moments of my life.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56# Roxanne
0:41:59 > 0:42:03# You don't have to put on the red light
0:42:07 > 0:42:10# Those days are over
0:42:10 > 0:42:16# You don't have to sell your body to the night
0:42:17 > 0:42:20# Roxanne
0:42:22 > 0:42:27# You don't have to wear that dress tonight
0:42:31 > 0:42:34# Walk the streets for money
0:42:34 > 0:42:39# You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right
0:42:40 > 0:42:43# Roxanne
0:42:45 > 0:42:51# You don't have to put on the red light
0:42:53 > 0:42:54# Roxanne
0:42:57 > 0:43:00# Oh, you don't have to
0:43:07 > 0:43:10# Oh-oh-oh-oh
0:43:10 > 0:43:12# Whoa-oh
0:43:14 > 0:43:16# Oh-oh-oh-oh
0:43:16 > 0:43:19# I loved you since I knew you
0:43:22 > 0:43:26# I wouldn't talk down to you
0:43:28 > 0:43:30# I have to tell you
0:43:30 > 0:43:33# Just how I feel
0:43:33 > 0:43:38# I won't share you with another boy
0:43:40 > 0:43:43# I know my mind is made up
0:43:45 > 0:43:48# So put away your make-up
0:43:51 > 0:43:53# I told you once
0:43:53 > 0:43:56# I won't tell you again
0:43:56 > 0:44:01# It's a bad way
0:44:02 > 0:44:04# Roxanne
0:44:06 > 0:44:11# You don't have to put it on
0:44:11 > 0:44:14# The red light
0:44:14 > 0:44:16# Roxanne
0:44:16 > 0:44:19# Don't you know
0:44:19 > 0:44:21# You don't have to
0:44:31 > 0:44:33# Baby, don't put it on
0:44:34 > 0:44:38# No, no, no, no No, no, no
0:44:43 > 0:44:45# Baby, don't put it on
0:44:54 > 0:44:56# Baby, don't put it on
0:44:56 > 0:45:00# No, no, no, no, no, no
0:45:06 > 0:45:08# Baby, don't
0:45:09 > 0:45:13# Put it
0:45:13 > 0:45:17# On
0:45:17 > 0:45:19# No, no, no, no, no, no. #
0:45:19 > 0:45:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:46:38 > 0:46:41# Love me, love me, love me
0:46:41 > 0:46:45# Say you do
0:46:47 > 0:46:52# Let me fly away with you
0:46:55 > 0:47:00# For my love is like the wind
0:47:02 > 0:47:04# And wild
0:47:05 > 0:47:08# Is the wind
0:47:11 > 0:47:17# Give me more than one caress
0:47:19 > 0:47:23# Satisfy this hungriness
0:47:27 > 0:47:31# Let the wind blow through your heart
0:47:33 > 0:47:42# For wild is the wind
0:47:43 > 0:47:48# You touch me
0:47:49 > 0:47:52# I hear the sound
0:47:52 > 0:47:55# Of mandolins
0:47:57 > 0:48:04# You kiss me
0:48:07 > 0:48:12# With your kiss my life begins
0:48:13 > 0:48:17# You're spring to me
0:48:18 > 0:48:22# All things to me
0:48:24 > 0:48:29# You're life itself
0:48:34 > 0:48:36# Like a leaf
0:48:37 > 0:48:41# Clings to the tree
0:48:43 > 0:48:45# Oh, my darling
0:48:45 > 0:48:48# Cling to me
0:48:51 > 0:48:56# For we're like creatures of the wind
0:48:58 > 0:49:00# And wild
0:49:00 > 0:49:06# Is the wind. #
0:49:08 > 0:49:12APPLAUSE
0:49:24 > 0:49:27I knew I could never make Symphonica without Phil Ramone.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33It had been 12 years since we'd made Songs From The Last Century together.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35So I already knew he was a genius.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37And I just had such fun with him.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40He was one of those rare people you get to meet in life,
0:49:40 > 0:49:43someone that you fall in love with instantly.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Apart from which, he understood more about music
0:49:46 > 0:49:48than anyone I had ever met.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51So I knew I could trust him completely
0:49:51 > 0:49:53with a tour as ambitious as this.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55He wasn't just a wonderful man,
0:49:55 > 0:49:59he was the most accomplished producer of the 20th century.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02And that's not a matter of opinion, really.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04You just take a look at his history,
0:50:04 > 0:50:08at the number of amazing artists he's worked with since the 1950s,
0:50:08 > 0:50:11and you realise it's a plain fact.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14And it breaks my heart that he's not around to see this album released
0:50:14 > 0:50:17or to watch this documentary.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31# I remember you
0:50:33 > 0:50:40# You're the one who made my dreams come true
0:50:43 > 0:50:47# A few kisses ago
0:50:56 > 0:50:59# I remember you
0:51:01 > 0:51:07# You're the one who said I love you too
0:51:13 > 0:51:16# Didn't you know
0:51:21 > 0:51:25# I remember too
0:51:25 > 0:51:28# A distant bell
0:51:30 > 0:51:34# And stars that fell
0:51:34 > 0:51:40# Like a rain out of the blue. #
0:51:45 > 0:51:49What a great honour to be the last artist to have a piece of music
0:51:49 > 0:51:52released that was produced by Phil Ramone.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56He treated me with such respect.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59We should never forget him,
0:51:59 > 0:52:02he brought the world so much great music and so much joy.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07And I for one will always be so grateful.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20APPLAUSE
0:52:25 > 0:52:28# Doo-do-doo-oh
0:52:36 > 0:52:40# These are the days of the open hand
0:52:40 > 0:52:43# They will not be the last
0:52:43 > 0:52:46# Look around now
0:52:46 > 0:52:51# These are the days of the beggars and the choosers
0:52:51 > 0:52:54# This is the year of the hungry man
0:52:54 > 0:52:58# Whose face is in the past
0:52:58 > 0:53:02# Hand in hand with ignorance
0:53:02 > 0:53:05# And legitimate excuses
0:53:05 > 0:53:09# The rich declare themselves poor
0:53:09 > 0:53:14# And most of us are not sure
0:53:14 > 0:53:16# If we have too much
0:53:16 > 0:53:19# But we're taking our chances
0:53:20 > 0:53:25# I sang 20 years and a day
0:53:25 > 0:53:27# But nothing changed
0:53:27 > 0:53:31# The human race found some other guy
0:53:31 > 0:53:34# And walked him to the flames
0:53:34 > 0:53:37# It's hard to love
0:53:37 > 0:53:40# Jesus, there's so much to hate
0:53:41 > 0:53:45# Hanging onto hope
0:53:45 > 0:53:49# There is no hope to speak of
0:53:49 > 0:53:55# And the wounded skies above say it's much too late
0:53:58 > 0:54:03# Then maybe we should all be praying for time
0:54:07 > 0:54:11# Doo-doo-doo
0:54:15 > 0:54:20# Do you think we have time?
0:54:20 > 0:54:22# Do you?
0:54:22 > 0:54:28# Do you think we have time?
0:54:28 > 0:54:35# Lord, give us time. #
0:54:35 > 0:54:40APPLAUSE
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Thank you. Good night, Paris.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54That was unbelievable!
0:55:11 > 0:55:17My name is Jean Paul Gaultier, I am a fashion designer.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I love George Michael since the beginning when he was at Wham!
0:55:20 > 0:55:22I saw the show tonight, it was fabulous.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26I must say, it was in Paris, I never saw an audience like that,
0:55:26 > 0:55:30you know, because normally in the operas, people are very snobbish,
0:55:30 > 0:55:34very Parisian, very like such, you know?
0:55:34 > 0:55:37And they were, I don't know, the hysteria.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39It was like everybody, when he started to sing,
0:55:39 > 0:55:41they were like singing at the same time,
0:55:41 > 0:55:45they were clapping in the middle of the song, it was incredible,
0:55:45 > 0:55:47I never saw that in Paris.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50It was truly unique, his energy was unique,
0:55:50 > 0:55:53his voice is always marvellous.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57It was a wonderful show, so it was fantastic.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00Thank you, George, thank you, we love you.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13# Fish in the sea You know how I feel
0:56:15 > 0:56:19# River running free You know how I feel
0:56:21 > 0:56:26# Blossom in the tree You know how I feel
0:56:26 > 0:56:31# It's a new day, it's a new dawn it's a new life
0:56:31 > 0:56:37# For me and I'm feeling good
0:56:41 > 0:56:47# Dragonfly out in the sun You know what I mean
0:56:47 > 0:56:53# Butterflies all having fun You know what I mean
0:56:53 > 0:56:57# Parisian peace when the day is done
0:56:57 > 0:56:58# That's what I mean
0:56:58 > 0:57:04# And this old world is a new world and a bold world
0:57:04 > 0:57:07# For me
0:57:07 > 0:57:11# Oh, you know just how I feel
0:57:22 > 0:57:25# It's a new day, it's a new dawn
0:57:25 > 0:57:28# It's a new life and I'm and I'm
0:57:28 > 0:57:31# It's a new low
0:57:31 > 0:57:36# You know, it's too much to expect a man, a white man
0:57:36 > 0:57:41# To do it like Nina
0:57:48 > 0:57:53# Say You know how I feel
0:57:53 > 0:57:55# Say, say
0:57:55 > 0:57:58# You know how I feel
0:57:58 > 0:58:04# Freedom is mine And you know how that feels
0:58:04 > 0:58:07# It's new dawn, it's a new day
0:58:07 > 0:58:14# It's a new life and I'm feeling good. #
0:58:14 > 0:58:18APPLAUSE