Happy Birthday Paul Young who turns 68 today. Paul on singing with George at the Prince’s Trust. “They were trying to get George there, but George had something else on, and no one was sure that he would turn up. So somewhere during the evening – I don’t know if it was before I went on, or directly afterwards. I think it was before I went on..." "I was going on to do my show, and they said, 'George is going to come, but he says the only song… We’ve sent him the setlist, and the only one he knows the words to out of all the words is ‘Every Time You Go Away’'. "So I’d got it in my set, and I was just about to do it. I said, 'I can’t really drop it. "I’d done my version once, and then I got off stage. George was already there. And then we went straight into it, and we did a quick run-through in the dressing room. It’s like: 'Which verses are you the most confident with? So I kind of gave him all the words he was most confident with. And really, we just spoke the arrangement through. And that was it. And then we went on stage and we did it. : "But that was how professional he was. He could put his mind to it. He just had that application. "Looking back, You think, 'Wow, it seems like we almost rehearsed the whole thing', but it was really off the cuff
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Happy Birthday Paul Young who turns 68 today. Paul on singing with George at the Prince’s Trust. “They were trying to get George there, but George had something else on, and no one was sure that he would turn up. So somewhere during the evening – I don’t know if it was before I went on, or directly afterwards. I think it was before I went on..." "I was going on to do my show, and they said, 'George is going to come, but he says the only song… We’ve sent him the setlist, and the only one he knows the words to out of all the words is ‘Every Time You Go Away’'. "So I’d got it in my set, and I was just about to do it. I said, 'I can’t really drop it. "I’d done my version once, and then I got off stage. George was already there. And then we went straight into it, and we did a quick run-through in the dressing room. It’s like: 'Which verses are you the most confident with? So I kind of gave him all the words he was most confident with. And really, we just spoke the arrangement through. And that was it. And then we went on stage and we did it. : "But that was how professional he was. He could put his mind to it. He just had that application. "Looking back, You think, 'Wow, it seems like we almost rehearsed the whole thing', but it was really off the cuff
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