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**Stuart C** · 17-02-2005, 10:06

I think it's quite sad he's leaving. He is talented (although his latter stuff has become quite boring).

There are loads of other people I would personally prefer to leave the music industry (Bryan Adams, Ronan Keating, Westlife, McFly, Athlete etc).

I have to admit, I can see his point about celebrity. I have never really understood it's appeal. As far as I am concerned, with Actors, Musicians etc, we pay them to act, record music, sing or whatever. We don't have the right to see them in their private life (nor should we). Yet, somehow, we (or at least the media) assume we somehow have the right to see what is happening in their private life. This has happened a lot to George Micheal, and I think it's possibly this he is complaining about.

I know that the bulk of forum members are not paid nearly as much as pop stars, but how would we feel if our customers (or those of the company we work for) suddenly started to demand to know what went on in our private lives? As far as I am concerned, with Singers, Actors or other famous people, it's the same thing.

Still, there are some people who want to be famous for the sake of being famous (e.g. Jordan, Peter Andre, any Reality TV contestant). I don't particularly want to know about the lives of these people either.

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Stuart C Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: It's Lahndun, Innit? Age: 37 Services: Virgin for TV, BT for phone and Be* for Broadband. Posts: 17,824	Re: George Michael To Quit Pop Music I think it's quite sad he's leaving. He is talented (although his latter stuff has become quite boring). There are loads of other people I would personally prefer to leave the music industry (Bryan Adams, Ronan Keating, Westlife, McFly, Athlete etc). I have to admit, I can see his point about celebrity. I have never really understood it's appeal. As far as I am concerned, with Actors, Musicians etc, we pay them to act, record music, sing or whatever. We don't have the right to see them in their private life (nor should we). Yet, somehow, we (or at least the media) assume we somehow have the right to see what is happening in their private life. This has happened a lot to George Micheal, and I think it's possibly this he is complaining about. I know that the bulk of forum members are not paid nearly as much as pop stars, but how would we feel if our customers (or those of the company we work for) suddenly started to demand to know what went on in our private lives? As far as I am concerned, with Singers, Actors or other famous people, it's the same thing. Still, there are some people who want to be famous for the sake of being famous (e.g. Jordan, Peter Andre, any Reality TV contestant). I don't particularly want to know about the lives of these people either. __________________ Just to make it clear if a post is bold and is from a team member, it's a moderating decision. If it's not bold or not from a team member, it's not. "This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark.”