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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 434461" data-attributes="member: 23">This afternoon whilst I was cooking I put on 2024&#039;s <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00263v9/wham-last-christmas-unwrapped" target="_blank">Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped.</a>The funny thing is, both Do They Know It&#039;s Christmas? and Last Christmas are songs that have long since fallen out of favour with me through over-saturation every December for over four decades now.As mentioned, I didn&#039;t expect too much of The Making Of Do They Know It&#039;s Christmas? (in large part because it was so well-documented even at the time) yet found myself compelled to watch the entire thing because it was so fascinating. The Wham! thing was suggested by iPlayer off the back of the Band Aid feature, which makes sense with them both being 40th Anniversary retrospectives of a hit 1984 Christmas single.Truthfully, I expected even less of the Wham! documentary, because I knew it was a more traditional &quot;talking heads&quot;, with fewer players and one of the key elements no longer around to be part of it. And how can a making of for one four-and-a-half-minute music video be spun out to a full hour&#039;s worth of insight.What we got was actually a documentary that covered the entire Wham! story, from Andrew and George&#039;s schooldays to The Final, with probably less than half of it focussing explicitly on the Christmas single. And it&#039;s done in a way that&#039;s respectful and loving, without the salacious tabloid stuff. I was surprised that I found myself grinning as I watched the friendship group - then and now - enjoying fun and laughter, with the 2024 versions also indulging in walks down memory lane.
[MEDIA=youtube]KLOJSIMyV8g[/MEDIA]&nbsp;&nbsp; [MEDIA=youtube]LI4IDusRNj4[/MEDIA]Most of the contributors are people who knew the band well (Pepsi &amp; Shirley and the like), or who were there at the time (Martin Kemp, Bob Geldof, Neil Tennant), which added some depth. I&#039;m not quite sure why Sam Smith was there, however, and would imagine practically any old bod could have sat there and reeled off the same superlatives&nbsp; (&quot;incredible&quot; &quot;amazing&quot;) while listening to George&#039;s voice.The film may not be entirely necessary, but this certainly hit the spot for my current mood.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 434461, member: 23"] This afternoon whilst I was cooking I put on 2024's [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00263v9/wham-last-christmas-unwrapped'][I]Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped[/I].[/URL] The funny thing is, both [I]Do They Know It's Christmas? [/I]and[I] Last Christmas[/I] are songs that have long since fallen out of favour with me through over-saturation every December for over four decades now. As mentioned, I didn't expect too much of [I]The Making Of Do They Know It's Christmas? [/I](in large part because it was so well-documented even at the time) yet found myself compelled to watch the entire thing because it was so fascinating. The Wham! thing was suggested by iPlayer off the back of the Band Aid feature, which makes sense with them both being 40th Anniversary retrospectives of a hit 1984 Christmas single. Truthfully, I expected even less of the Wham! documentary, because I knew it was a more traditional "talking heads", with fewer players and one of the key elements no longer around to be part of it. And how can a making of for one four-and-a-half-minute music video be spun out to a full hour's worth of insight. What we got was actually a documentary that covered the entire Wham! story, from Andrew and George's schooldays to [I]The Final,[/I] with probably less than half of it focussing explicitly on the Christmas single. And it's done in a way that's respectful and loving, without the salacious tabloid stuff. I was surprised that I found myself grinning as I watched the friendship group - then and now - enjoying fun and laughter, with the 2024 versions also indulging in walks down memory lane. [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]KLOJSIMyV8g[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]LI4IDusRNj4[/MEDIA][/CENTER] Most of the contributors are people who knew the band well (Pepsi & Shirley and the like), or who were there at the time (Martin Kemp, Bob Geldof, Neil Tennant), which added some depth. I'm not quite sure why Sam Smith was there, however, and would imagine practically any old bod could have sat there and reeled off the same superlatives ("incredible" "amazing") while listening to George's voice. The film may not be entirely necessary, but this certainly hit the spot for my current mood. [/QUOTE]

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