Culture Club Reaction Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (THIS VIDEO WILD AF!?!) | Empress Reacts
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Now that was freaking funny: 'His black home girls are gonna bust him out!" Love you, Empress!
another one of my favorite groups from the uk
And they did edit the ppl in black face out for the video in America, but this is the original uncut version
Timeless Culture Club classic! According to the Songfacts website, "The concept of the video was Boy George as an outsider, getting kicked out of different places in various historical settings. It was directed by Julien Temple, who came up with the idea of jurors dressed in blackface. This was a shocking image for American audiences, who long associated blackface with racism, but in England it was far more accepted as part of their music hall tradition. Temple explained in the book I Want My MTV: 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" was about being gay and being victimized for your sexuality, which George was kind of emblematic of. It seemed appropriate to me that in the video he would be judged by jurors in blackface, to send up bigotry and point out the hypocrisy of the many gay judges and politicians in the UK who'd enacted anti-gay legislation.'"
This song was the third single of the debut Culture Club album and was the breakthrough of the group worldwide, before the biggest hit to date ''Karma Karmeleon''. This song was n.1 in many countrys, and in US, the song stayed at n.2 for few weeks, Michael Jackson was too popular with his massive hit ''Billie Jean'' and blocked this song to reaching n.1. I always love this song, so catchy and the song was excellent
I haven't seen this video in a very long time but never noticed they were had black face. This is one of my favorite culture club songs.
Empress, I’d love to see you react to some of Boy George’s interviews from tv chat shows back in the 80’s. He always came back with intelligent answers and often had some of the stuffy old hosts in knots. Even Joan Rivers!! Love our George. 💙
He was one of the great interviewees and had a great rapport with Joan.
I love Boy George / Culture Club. Many great hits! ❤️🔥
I love Boy George and Culture Club. If you’re interested in more about him, Boy George actually composed his own stage musical that debuted in the West End and lasted a hot minute on Broadway, though it was nominated for a few Tony Awards. The Broadway version was wildly different from the original West End production but I think they now synthesized both versions into the ideal version. Anyway it’s full of original bops and it’s autobiographical. “Karma Chameleon”, “Church of the Poisoned Mind”, and this song made cameos in the musical. I’d give the Broadway version a listen for the production quality.
All the comments may be right interpretations. A lot of songs might have more than one layer of meaning (think about 'Like a Virgin' as a song by a nun about her relationship with God, and the lyrics still make sense! It was actually done by an italian nun called suor Cristina a few years ago!). This song though was also a cryptic reference to the realationship the Boy was havin with drummer John Moss.
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I remember the minstrels being shocking even back then, but Culture Club's whole purpose back then was to provoke discussion.
Even so, I think it's a shame that the video detracts from one of the greatest songs of the 1980s. This is one of those songs that sounds timeless to me, yet also reminds me of a very specific time & place in my life.
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its the vocals for me he can really blow
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This band was really big in the early 80's-lot of drama within the band.
Great reaction Empress,a classic.....I remember watching this video on Friday Night Videos on NBC,the show always had a celebrity guest host.😎😎😎😎
He’s going through time seeing discrimination asking what his crime is…
It’s a jury of his peers: people made to pantomime who they really are (black people wearing black face)
nice boy George impression : )
😂thanks
I always loved this song but when it came out I had no idea what the band looked like. I remember the moment the couple I was babysitting for showed me the album cover and I froze! I was confused, enamored, impressed, and inspired all at once. My young mind was saying the album says “boy” but the face is a pretty girl? This was of course before Rupaul, Sylvester, or any other crossdressing music star.
I had seen men in drag before but whether gay or straight it was always for laughs. Boy George was dead serious and incredibly talented. So talented that even the rampant homophobia of the time couldn’t hold him down.
Great story!
Love this song homie! But with the video, yeah I'm with you on that one about the black face in court. (As a black person myself, that's offense to me too). That's why MTV cut that part off and start with Boy George wearing his shades or they would show the other version from Top Of The Pops. Besides that, this is one of the great Early MTV/New Wave songs of all time
BIG CLASSIC / LEGENDARY / OLD SCHOOL REPRESENT / BIG RESPECT / F*CK NEW SKOOL
CLASSIC CULTURE CLUB ‼️🔥🔥 but this video.....
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Boy George can sing💯
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Reggae vibes
A big influence on the band. Mikey Craig was Jamaican. There was a lot of Raggae influences on English music at the time. Madness, The Specials, the Beat, the Selecter.
Boy George talked about this video in his book. As you guessed, this was supposed to be some artistic commentary on prejudice with all hearts in the right place, but the minstrel symbolism just doesn’t come off the way they intended. It was cringeworthy back then and there was a censored version that ran more often. It’s a shame because otherwise it’s a classic video. Someone should’ve sat George and director Julian Temple down and said “Umm, this is not really working like you thought it would”.
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There was a minstrel show on British television called "The Black and White Minstrel Show" that aired up until 1980. It had black face and everything. Even when it was off the air, they were still performing stage shows in the UK at the time, all the way up to 1988. That was the context at the time the video was made in regards to the UK and minstrel shows. There are reruns of "The Black and White Minstrel Show" on RUclips. It still blows my mind that this was considered acceptable in the UK for so long.
I think the whole song is a very gentle nudge to society about discrimination. I remember at the time there were still very backwards thinking people regarding homosexuality and colour. Of course the lyrics are achingly romantic and George delivers them so SMOOTH. Regarding the "black face" elements... they are all actually black people. Again, another message about discrimination. I will always have a lot of love for the Boy. Have you reacted to "Victims" yet ? I can't remember. But that is another SMOOTH gem.
You're absolutely correct. Don't think anything has changed in 2022. The majority of the supreme court judges might just eliminate same sex weddings. As they've already done with a woman's right to choose.
@@martyemmons1859 no they haven't and want eliminate same sex marriage. You a 36% Biden supporter???
@@michaelasay8587, I'm just not the kind of guy that enjoys inflicting misery and death on pregnant women.
I mean, seriously!?!
The new law allows law enforcement to investigate all miscarriages by women as potential homicides?
"Have you no sense of decency?" - Joseph Welch atty at law, June 9, 1954.
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Shoutout to the two step. Lol yah that was pretty much his only dance move tbh. 🤣🤣 the blackface is definitely even more shocking seeing this now vs when it came out. I think I get the message they were trying to convey, but I dunno… some things can stay in the past without bringing it up in popular culture.
FYI - George and the drummer Jon Moss had a secret affair as Moss was never comfortable being seen in a ‘gay’ relationship (he’s since admitted they were a couple, but that he has only ever been attracted to women and George was his one deviation from that), and George frequently said in interviews that he was nonsexual or fluid. Definitely different times in terms of acceptance. It was Madonna who really blew the door off of the closet for a lot of artists to come out as queer fully in media later.
He did it pretty well. It was that plus the skipping. It added to his quality of innocence.
Interesting ‼️ I would not have guessed about them
Empress, the entire video was a statement against discrimination. The people in black face were actually black people. The idea was to point out the absurdity of discrimination.
The song itself was about Georges relationship with the drummer, Jon Moss.
I was just about the say this song is about Boy George and Jon Moss being in a relationship. How Jon kept denying they were lovers.
@@lordmaul3George was asked all the time back then if he was gay and I never understood why he wouldn't just say yes.
I always thought, we all know and that he and Jon were in a relationship. I think Jon couldn't deal with the fact that he started the relationship as a means of keeping George under control and fell in love.
I think that was a blow to his ego.
Back when VH1 was doing bands reunited, they pressed Jon on the relationship and whether he loved George and he admitted it.
I almost felt sorry for him because they pushed him pretty hard.
And Empress....you sounded beautiful when u sang those línes like you always do with everything son! I really hope you become a sinceramente. Im not trying to tell you what to do but I think it should be a priority! Hehe......
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You know this Empress....
First tim3 hearing it
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" was the breakthrough song for Culture Club in the U.S. back in 1982, rising to the top ten in the charts. I heard the song on the radio long before I ever saw the video, and the music spoke for itself quite well back then also. Boy George was somewhat controversial figure because of his high pitched voice, his look, and his effeminate mannerisms. I don't know all the historical details, but it wasn't all that long ago that a person could go to prison in the UK for being gay. So the story in the video isn't about him directly so much as it is about homophobia in the UK during the fifty years prior. I suspect the minstrels are there as witnesses to that as much as they are there to visually embody racism. Whether the video artistry holds up well forty years later is another matter. I think not. It interferes with the music.
Even though they were coming from a good place I think the blackface symbolism hit different for them since this is a British band and a British director. Although England obviously had slavery the American south took slavery and racism to a whole other level .
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This is the first time I realized the blackface over 30yrs🙃
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The ppl in black face were supposed to represent prejudice. Just as black ppl were treated discriminated against, they were trying to compare to how gays are as well. Very naive, but it was the 80s
This song is sooo good. He’s a true talent.
Agree about the video though. Black face is not cool.
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OMG could you imagine. Love you girl ❤
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Your voice is sexi&unique. As it should fits your whole musical vibe,!!!. Can you please do a reaction on the freestyle banger "Dreaming" by will to power!!!... Do you really want to hurt me do you really want to make me cry reminds me of seeing your lovely crush turning your world upside down making you blush🥰
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@@EmpressReacts You welcome Empress Queen!!!...
The black face jury is jarring. This song is sweet candy to the ear
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LOVE this song but I always cringe when people react to the vid because of the minstrel thing. I think it’s trying to make a statement and no harm was meant but still not a great thing to have in the video.
Great reaction Empress and so glad you could separate the cringy video from the song. As a young kid in the 80s seeing this video on MTV, I don’t remember even noticing or having any reaction to the black face minstrel characters but of course I was too young to even know the history. I still cringe now when I see the video but love the song. I see some other Empressionists have noted in their comments that the video is supposed to portray an anti-racism sentiment but of course most people watching have no context to any of that. I do know that I always appreciated the diversity of Culture Club and the representation in their videos. I also believe this may have been Culture Clubs first single. It was definitely the first song of theirs that I ever heard.
I never really noticed the Black Faces in the video but then again maybe this is the first time I've seen it since the 80s that's weird even then that was out of line huh that kind of gives me a new opinion of the guy but you never know maybe he changed his ways
If the people in black face are actually black people I don't think it should be regarded as offensive because they obviously decided it was okay to do it.
I agree, to an extent. Financial imperatives corrupt personal prerogatives