October 2020. Loving this interview. Letterman and Boy George having so much fun. Both on the same wavelength. Saw him live in Toronto - fabulous entertainer. I'm an old lady fan - used to be a young lady fan - still love him!
I have the outmost admiration for this amazingly talented artist and yes that man has brass balls!! To be the way he was in that era,having accomplished what he has and to have stayed true to himself up until today qualifies Boy George as a true icon...
The 1970's were far more flamboyant and eccentric than today!! I'm the same age as George and we had Bolan, Bowie, Roxy et al. Great days. The English always used to break the norm...But all credit to him for facing his Dad!!
Boy George has that kind of personality you can’t help but like , smiling, friendly, witty and intelligent, when you see an interview with him it’s like a good book you can’t put it down till it’s finished
I'm only half way through this video and I gotta tell ‘ya... for Letterman to put on that jacket is very magnanimous, gracious, polite, and terribly forward thinking of him to agree to do this... and on camera is absolutely tremendous, it speaks volumes.... I didn’t think he was going to do it, then I thought he was just placating the Boy..... this shows him in a new light. I didn’t think he had it in him....Bravo Dave!! Also I love the Boys’ first line...”....I’m not messing around this time...”... I screamed and almost fell out of my chair....
@@markpalmer8083 ….uh…. Hello…. It’s not ‘Just A Jacket’…. It a Boy George Designed Jacket…. and besides …. You wish you had a jacket like that …. Better yet you wish the Boy made you a jacket….. BEGONE!!!
I can't believe how young he was. Culture Club was really popular, then imploded, and I'm thinking it had alot to do with a backlash and homophobia. I mean, that was the early-mid 80s.
So true. I could never understand how Boy George lost all his popularity. It seems it was all over for Boy George after his 1986 appearance on the 'A-Team'.
I'll never forget the time Boy George asked me if I had any cocaine at the Bowery Bar in Manhattan waiting by the bathroom by himself in the afternoon. It was very sad to say the least. I'm glad he cleaned up his act and I will never hero worship again.
amorfati88 -- Your comment was automatically placed in the spam area where I'm not able to approve it for public viewing. So sorry about that, not my doing. You asked, "Are you sure this was 1984? Seems it was more like 1988." Yes, I'm sure. The November 14, 1984, date is accurate.
+Don Giller yes the date is correct because Culture Club had just played my city Nov.3rd which was 11 days earlier and i remember staying up to watch this. I was 15yo at the time but i remember it vividly.
I'm soo thankful for the Boy George's of the World. I so appreciate his honesty and heartfelt courage to own it. He is authentic, beautiful and a talented entertainer who challenged the status quo just by being himself with intelligence, wit, humor, grace and integrity. Good on you Boy George! Good on you!
"Are you and the band getting along?" "Yeah, we love each other." *cut to George screaming and shouting and throwing a plant pot at Jon's head and bashing him with a full 2 liter bottle, and Jon pulling George's hair, punching him, giving him black eyes and fat lips right before a show and trying to light him on fire*
I think that was from an MTV or VH1 doc. Jon Moss shoved lit rags under Georges dressing room door, and George said, "Hes trying to burn me alive" George and BillyIdol are fantastic Tweeters. Both very polite and kind.
@@lessismore8533 it was on the God thank you woman video shoot, they had a massive blow up, george threw a pot plant out the window and wouldn’t come out of the dressing room so Jon Lit a fire under the door....lol.. I’m sure george writes about in his autobiography,
I personally feel Culture Club ended up being about Boy George. The rest of the guys became a backdrop of sorts. George knew as the media and public knew, it was about him. He was the centrepiece. He is witty here but I often wonder about the rest of the band.
He’s very polite and has a great sense of humor both at the same time. I admire him, his looks and his confidence. I’ve been binge watching his videos now after 38 years. He was a pop phenomenon!
Letterman caught crap for his occasional snarkiness, but he wasn't snarky with George in any of the interviews I've seen. Dave didn't suffer fools gladly... and he realized early on that George was no fool.
Such an "under dog" if you WILL, in that era; and yet he is still relevant TODAY! The fact that he spoke so eloquently at only in his young twenties- wow- watch interviews nowadays off 23 yr old celebs and notice the difference!
Many people blame Waking Up With The House On Fire the album to be the start of Culture Club's decline but the thing is especially in America, they were actually quite frightened by George and wanted him to just be this cuddly soft doll like not real man which is what he really is. I persoanlly LOVE this interview as he is so wicked and camp but the mainstream didn't want that
I love the ballad "Mistake Number 3" from that album...It should have hit top 10 on Billboard...George's voice was really nice and the arrangement was perfect.
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Wow, at 23 he has been interviewed twice by Letterman. Props!
And he held his own with Letterman. That is no easy feat. Dave must have been impressed.
Are you calling it an achievement,fool🏳️🌈💥
He’s 23 wow he’s cute and he give David a jacket and it’s beautiful and blue
It would be great to see David interview him again at the age that he is now. I wonder what he would say 🤔
Boy George is so engaging he makes you feel the audience is completely on his side
Brilliant...
Anyone else here during 2020 quarantine?
Yep!
i am
Yes you are right.
October 2020. Loving this interview. Letterman and Boy George having so much fun. Both on the same wavelength. Saw him live in Toronto - fabulous entertainer. I'm an old lady fan - used to be a young lady fan - still love him!
Yes
"when I want your opinion, I'll give it to you" - Boy George 😂 the man is an absolute legend!
It’s an old insult that he appropriated for the moment.
@@ColmFarrellAuctioneerVal-eq6oz You’ve no idea.
😂😂😂😂😂
George was very wise and completely comfortable for such a young lad. He handles himself very well in interviews.
"When I want your opinion I'll give it to you." YAS QUEEN
I love the way boy george is so honest and to the point. I also love how how he isn't afraid to tell people to shut up lol.
"Actually I have something for you to put on because you look really boring" xD I love him
Julia Allette 😀
“When I want your opinion I’ll give it to you, okay?” - Boy George
when you want my reply, you'll give it to me, yeah?
I have the outmost admiration for this amazingly talented artist and yes that man has brass balls!! To be the way he was in that era,having accomplished what he has and to have stayed true to himself up until today qualifies Boy George as a true icon...
Absolutely❣️❤️💐💐💐
Brass balls? Love that.
The 1970's were far more flamboyant and eccentric than today!! I'm the same age as George and we had Bolan, Bowie, Roxy et al. Great days. The English always used to break the norm...But all credit to him for facing his Dad!!
@marlon1171 This is beautifully said. Thank you.
Liberace came first
Boy George has that kind of personality you can’t help but like , smiling, friendly, witty and intelligent, when you see an interview with him it’s like a good book you can’t put it down till it’s finished
He had a lot of pain inside. He became a junky later on.
God, what a charmer! So relaxed, confident & genuinely funny. Hard to believe he was only 23.
Yeah, but people forget that a 23 year old in the 80s was a lot more mature and world wise than a 23 year old of these days.
Stupid girl 😳
I loved when he cut the look at the audience and said shut up if I want your opinion I’ll give it to you
George at his best here.. He is loving his fame and success.
"Fap?" "No, Fab." lol
Fap didn't mean "fap" in 1984.
it didn't mean anything.
@Andrew Brunnette shit the fuckj up
@@uncletony6210 I didn't even know all of those words for it. xD
@@reeses_unicorn great! hopefully you're inspired now xD
I'm only half way through this video and I gotta tell ‘ya... for Letterman to put on that jacket is very magnanimous, gracious, polite, and terribly forward thinking of him to agree to do this... and on camera is absolutely tremendous, it speaks volumes.... I didn’t think he was going to do it, then I thought he was just placating the Boy..... this shows him in a new light. I didn’t think he had it in him....Bravo Dave!! Also I love the Boys’ first line...”....I’m not messing around this time...”... I screamed and almost fell out of my chair....
Dave has BDE, and doesnt hafta prove his masculinity, and thus hes not threatened by anyone.
What are you talking about. It's just a jacket.
@@markpalmer8083 ….uh…. Hello…. It’s not ‘Just A Jacket’…. It a Boy George Designed Jacket…. and besides …. You wish you had a jacket like that …. Better yet you wish the Boy made you a jacket….. BEGONE!!!
Shot 10 days before "Do they know it's Christmas" was recorded. Geldof got Georges ass back to England in a flash!!!
Boy George here looks like a character out of the 1980 Flash Gordon movie or from the 79-81 Buck Rogers TV series. Flamboyantly fun!
Amazing, he was a trailblazer... we should never forget
Indeed! He was far advance in time.
Boy George is a classy stand-up guy. I just adore the man, he's so funny and witty
He was so young too and yet so advanced!!! What a legend!!! ❤️
So well spoken and witty at 23. An old soul with new ideas. He is still great. 🙏😊🌟
George so naturally different...no labels...way ahead of his time
I think George would make an excellent TV show host. He has that connection with the audience.
I think Dave enjoyed having him on.
He looks like a king in ancient times.
U mean a a queen but what culture?
@@christophertracy383, Egyptian
Also in modern times.
or a queen in any time.
Queen
"If I want your opinion I'll give it to you" - fantastic! Haha.
Boy George is so charming and kind. It comes through!!!!
I've shared a smile with him one time. he's very gentle.
@@patriciagallagher5071 omg!! When and where??
Except when he tied that guy to the radiator and relentlessly bummed/raped him. Then went to prison for it.
@@MichaelCook84 Wrong! The guy was trying to steal from him. BG called the police tied him to the heater so he would not leave!! Take care.
@@debi909 Did he bum him then whilst waiting for the police?
I see how he influenced Lady Gaga.
Dale bozzio influenced gags
He's influenced by being gay,fool🏳️🌈🎶💥
@@thedarthflagger Exactly, and more like Ga Ga stole Dale Bozzio's everything!
Shut up! When I want your opinion I'll give it to you! Lol
Dave: Is this an expensive piece we have here?
Boy: to you it is
😂👌
I was one month shy of 18 when this aired. I was a total Madonna, Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, and Boy George fan. The 80s were epic!
Ha Ha. Me too. 😁👍
@@jamesjoseph5707 🙌🙌🙌😁
12:26 this is the cutest "shut up" ive ever heard like i didnt know i'm gonna say that
I kept watching that over again. Very cute.
I can't believe how young he was.
Culture Club was really popular, then imploded, and I'm thinking it had alot to do with a backlash and homophobia. I mean, that was the early-mid 80s.
So true. I could never understand how Boy George lost all his popularity. It seems it was all over for Boy George after his 1986 appearance on the 'A-Team'.
Nah. If it was going to be homophobia their music would have stopped charting after their first hit. It was because they stopped making hits.
He was 20 when he started in culture club & it was early 80s
Boy George and the drummer for Culture Club broke up. After that their was no more Culture Club.
fad driven - typical pop cycle. even abba died in the 80s.
What a creative individual...thanks Boy for keeping us entertained...miss the 80s...
I love Boy George......he loves to laugh, and I like that about him.
I'll never forget the time Boy George asked me if I had any cocaine at the Bowery Bar in Manhattan waiting by the bathroom by himself in the afternoon. It was very sad to say the least. I'm glad he cleaned up his act and I will never hero worship again.
Elizaveta Z Bowery Bar & Grill in NYC
What year did this happen??
george is so funny and witty and entertaining
Second appearance and the gloves come off. love it!!
Man i remember being 12 or 13 years old staying up watching this. School would be in the morning. And i never wanted to go.
He's brillant! And speaks his mind and the truth!
Boy George is a Time Lord!
amorfati88 -- Your comment was automatically placed in the spam area where I'm not able to approve it for public viewing. So sorry about that, not my doing. You asked, "Are you sure this was 1984? Seems it was more like 1988."
Yes, I'm sure. The November 14, 1984, date is accurate.
Don Giller Original Chairs.
+Don Giller yes the date is correct because Culture Club had just played my city Nov.3rd which was 11 days earlier and i remember staying up to watch this. I was 15yo at the time but i remember it vividly.
No way this was 1988
George brings high camp to Letterman. Love it!
I believe he brings yrue art❤️💐🥳 Nothing cheap about him, high art❤️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Boy George is hilarious!
Boy George has the coolest laugh & the best personality & the most beautiful 👀 & of course a great voice. 😍👀
I'm soo thankful for the Boy George's of the World. I so appreciate his honesty and heartfelt courage to own it. He is authentic, beautiful and a talented entertainer who challenged the status quo just by being himself with intelligence, wit, humor, grace and integrity. Good on you Boy George! Good on you!
An outfit Only Boy George can wear !!!
Seriously. He looks good in every outfit he wears. ✨💗✨❤️✨💗✨❤️✨💗✨
this interview gives me LIFE. love him! ♥
Such great sense of humor
George I just adore your killer red hair and this outfit was also killer.
"to you it would be" I JUST LOVE YOU GEORGE
One of the most courageous and entertaining artists in popular music. A good songwriter and singer, too.
Boy George held his own with the hosts on shows. ....
Indian comment was epic... Now would be 23 Chinese over 40 Indians...
@@imagydmusic1129 Didn't that feel offensive? I'm just curious. lol Love George
I have 40 Indians in the back sewing. 😂😂 I'm dead😂😂
Imagine if he said that these days? The internet would go into overdrive.
That was on the cringey side even then. The crowd reacted awkwardly.
@@tefllife2024 Even back then, that was cringey; the crowd was like "ew"
Good interview! George is unabashed and his sarcasm is acceptable because he’s honest!
"Are you and the band getting along?"
"Yeah, we love each other."
*cut to George screaming and shouting and throwing a plant pot at Jon's head and bashing him with a full 2 liter bottle, and Jon pulling George's hair, punching him, giving him black eyes and fat lips right before a show and trying to light him on fire*
You have a clip of this?
I think that was from an MTV or VH1 doc. Jon Moss shoved lit rags under Georges dressing room door, and George said, "Hes trying to burn me alive" George and BillyIdol are fantastic Tweeters. Both very polite and kind.
@@preesi1403 dang I cant believe Jon would do something that crazy
@@lessismore8533 it was on the God thank you woman video shoot, they had a massive blow up, george threw a pot plant out the window and wouldn’t come out of the dressing room so Jon Lit a fire under the door....lol.. I’m sure george writes about in his autobiography,
omg the original lady gaga :-)
Yup!!
Gaga is a bad copy made in China!
I personally feel Culture Club ended up being about Boy George. The rest of the guys became a backdrop of sorts. George knew as the media and public knew, it was about him. He was the centrepiece. He is witty here but I often wonder about the rest of the band.
lady gaga copie boy George yes she did
a pesar de tiempo es marabilloso
lalita govinda Yes!😀
+lalita govinda actually she copied and still does Leigh Bowery
Yep, she totally did. Boy did it first, sorry Lady Gaga ;)
Yep, she totally did. Boy did it first, sorry Lady Gaga ;)
He’s very polite and has a great sense of humor both at the same time. I admire him, his looks and his confidence. I’ve been binge watching his videos now after 38 years. He was a pop phenomenon!
Watching all the 80s icons, they were all so cheeky. Age certainly mellows a person!! ;D
True. B3it as 90s baby i wouldve loved to have experienced George in his youth. But i can see if 80s kids feel different
Still have the album and still miss those days ..miss prince ..miss mj .. time machine anyone ...
He looks like an Egyptian King.
A disgrace to Egypt,fool🇪🇬
Incredibly beautiful ❤,his eyes ,his smile..i love his attitude, hes brilliant & special in every way❤💜XOXO
I agree, not many talk show host are as special as Letterman
12:26 “Shut up”
Ilove you boy George leonie body like 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love you boy George body sexy body babies my leonie xxxx❤❤❤❤
😀
Letterman caught crap for his occasional snarkiness, but he wasn't snarky with George in any of the interviews I've seen. Dave didn't suffer fools gladly... and he realized early on that George was no fool.
Love his truthful attitude, tell it like it is 👍
Don’t care what anyone says. Dude is a fucking rockstar.
love him, witty kind and full of fun. From Hong Kong
I love his laugh!
He has a great sense of humor. One of a kind.
I love his eyes!!!
Mmmmmm Culture Club and the early 80s.......we were lucky. A true icon.
B.G. is one of a kind ...nice cat
Ten years before the club kids...
You know what, the jacket worked on Letterman! It actually did.
...why am I the ONLY one who noticed the Band is playing "Georgy Girl", when Boy..ummm.... 'comes out'!? ..ha-HAAA!!
Boy George is always entertaining, whether it's concerts, performances or interviews like here. X-factor is what this is.
‘When I want your opinion I’ll give it to you!’ 🤣🤣👌👌 I’m stealing that!! 🙏❤️
I love watching his interviews he's a comedian too. Stuff he comes up with cracks me up.
He looks like a statue, with a bit of cultural royalty. In the fem.
George was fabulous.
Beautiful Boy George !..
I LOVE the way George didn't take shyt from the big-time interviewers!🥰🥰🥰
George had no problem with Carson or Letterman. So confident.
I love boy George and culture club, this was such a great interview , Dave is so awesome and you can tell they are truly great guys
RED hair! RED hair! There i was thinking Rihanna was edgy ;-)
Harry A no one is edgy anymore.. it's basically all been done before LOL
The eighties is callin you back. We loved you!!!!!
"Fap?" Well sure haha. Fab too. George always gave off such a fun down to earth vibe.
Boy George is so awesome.
dave was great with boy george in the early years, was very apologetic towards him after his first appearance when the audience were laughing at him
LOVE HIM💙✨
"They should be grateful, I bring more money into the country than she does". A great dig at Princess Margaret.
I went to one of the shows of that convert series -it was great.
As funny as it sounds - seeing him changed my life fir the positive. ☮️💟
his royal highness Boy George is in da house
Love Boys George
What GREAT fun!!!!!!
Such an "under dog" if you WILL, in that era; and yet he is still relevant TODAY! The fact that he spoke so eloquently at only in his young twenties- wow- watch interviews nowadays off 23 yr old celebs and notice the difference!
Many people blame Waking Up With The House On Fire the album to be the start of Culture Club's decline but the thing is especially in America, they were actually quite frightened by George and wanted him to just be this cuddly soft doll like not real man which is what he really is. I persoanlly LOVE this interview as he is so wicked and camp but the mainstream didn't want that
I love the ballad "Mistake Number 3" from that album...It should have hit top 10 on Billboard...George's voice was really nice and the arrangement was perfect.
I've always loved Boy George
I’ve always loved Boy George❤️
A young Boy George getting tongue tied while speaking with David Letterman
Hardly....