MUSICVID #12: George Michael - Outside

POSSIBLE POINTS OF INFLUENCE:

• The Cam-Corder recording, theme of surveillance/voyeurism

ACT: George Michael
TRACK: Outside
ALBUM: Ladies and Gentlemen
YEAR: 1998
GENRES: Nu-disco, dance-pop, funk, house
DIRECTOR: Vaughan Arnell
LABEL: Epic Records (owned by SME)
SINGLE?: Yes, lead single.

BACKGROUND/CONTEXT

• George Michael is a solo singer
• This was George Michael's fight back to being arrested by the police in the USA.  From wiki: The song was seen as a fine self-deprecating public relations exercise by Michael, as it was the first single since he was arrested for engaging in a lewd act six months earlier by an undercover police officer in the public lavatory of the Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California – an incident which prompted him to declare his homosexuality, which had been rumoured for some years but never publicly confirmed.^[1]Michael took a swipe at the incident in the lyrics, claiming he wanted an alfresco sex life because he was bored with lovemaking behind closed doors. Reference to the Beverly Hills affair came with the line "I'd service the community, but I already have, you see" (he was sentenced to 80 hours of community service for the offense) and direct samples of radio reports of his arrest.The song was recorded at Sarm West in London with a string section and arrangement by Andrew Skeet.

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PERFORMANCE, NARRATIVE OR CONCEPT?

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SEXUALITY: Mainlz representing Michael's sexuality, added in sexualised women. There is no sex 

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AUDIENCE REPRESENTED/TARGETED:
Lesbians and bisexual women will quite likely feel left out.