Think you can identify this former teen idol?

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited February 2011 in Music & Movies
Do you know this man?

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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited September 2009
    Paul Anka?
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited September 2009
    Gary Colman???
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited September 2009
    I have no idea.
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited September 2009
    Looks like my next door neighbor! :D I'll go and ask him the name.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited September 2009
    The Fonz?
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2009
    I'll give this thread an hour before I reveal....assuming no one can guess his identity.

    Come on....you know....from the 80s....

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited September 2009
    WHAM! Andrew Ridgeley!

    I think I speeled his name right?

    Saw him flicking through channels on an E! celebrity gossip show. I missed the gossip but caught the picture and the announcer said it was him. I was quite surprised. He doesn't look bad but looks completely different bald.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited September 2009
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    Damn, ya' beat me to it. Andrew R-I-D-G-E-L-Y . . . I think.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    WHAM! Andrew Ridgeley!

    Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!

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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited September 2009
    I wish I could have grown up in a time when hair like that was cool. You geezers had all the fun.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2009
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    I wish I could have grown up in a time when hair like that was cool. You geezers had all the fun.

    Come on, you can do it too. Personally, I'm going to put in my last ditch effort at growing a mullet before I turn into Andrew Ridgeley....hair-wise :D
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited September 2009
    Ok! He was a teen idol in the 80s. Now, he becomes a geezer idol in today's standard. Still Pretty Cool!
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited September 2009
    megasat16 wrote: »
    Ok! He was a teen idol in the 80s. Now, he becomes a geezer idol in today's standard. Still Pretty Cool!

    His significant other is a member of the 80s female vocal group, Bananarama ("I Heard A Rumor", "Venus", etc.)
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited September 2009
    Knowing what we know now about George Michael and seeing that Wham! Album cover, I find new humor behind the meaning "MAKE IT BIG"

    :)
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2009
    where did his hair go? south like his career. LOL
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited September 2009
    I don't think his career went south because he sucks. I think he just bailed on the whole thing. I know he still composes music for theater shows and has some writing credits for other bands. He's not an untalented guy, just not a fan of the spotlight. He owns a restaurant somewhere. I think it was called Bar29 or Bar 92 or something? He's also in to motorsports and races regularly enough that I've seen him mentioned in standings for various races in European amateur and semi-pro categories.

    Then again, WHAM! was so big and George Michael had such star power that neither of them ever needs to work again. Several songs from WHAM! get played on "Easy Listening" and "Adult Contemporary" stations around the world regularly and they constantly have songs featured in movies and TV shows. They can live off of residuals fairly comfortably. That and people likely still buy WHAM! albums. Not to mention, "Last Christmas" is on a bunch of compilation Christmas albums and was on "Now That's What I Call Christmas" which went multi-platinum and "Last Christmas" was featured on that album. On top of that, Weird Al still sells copies from every album he has ever made and he has several WHAM! song parodies and Ridgeley is listed as an original and/or contributing artist on Weird Al's albums.

    Yeah, dude ain't hurtin' in any respect, disappeared from the spot light and lives a life most people would envy. Best part is, I think it was entirely intentional.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2011
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited February 2011
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2011
    Jstas wrote: »
    I don't think his career went south because he sucks. I think he just bailed on the whole thing.

    Sometimes what we wish for in our dreams (i.e. becoming a popular pop/rock star) ain't what it turned out to be in reality. The touring and promotion of albums can be quite a turn-off if one doesn't like that sort of thing (as opposed to just making music), especially at the intensity at which Wham! was doing for a few years.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited February 2011
    I would still hit that!!!
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  • virtualdean
    virtualdean Posts: 286
    edited February 2011
    danger boy wrote: »
    where did his hair go? south like his career. LOL
    His high intelligience burnt out his hair follicles as happens with most bald people.
    Oh, your full head of hair looks good though. :)

    :biggrin:
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,781
    edited February 2011
    Sure didn't age well. Looks llike he's in his late 60's.
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