What people never realized that George was a very intelligent man and has ethics. He can hold a terrific conversation; that's why Johnny Carlson really liked him, and liked having George on his show.
Boy George was beautiful looking. He cheered up the down trodden broke and poor 1980s. We had no money and colourful George brightened up our gray days. I really mean that. I was a kid in the 80s and it wasn't easy for most people.
You put that really well. It describes his effect on me. The first time I saw the Karma Chameleon video. His colourful clothes and the song itself were a ray of sunshine. He was shy, unique and very talented. Which is the opposite of bands like Duran Duran and others, who were in your face. Whereas BG almost seemed to turn away from the camera and seemed self conscious. Which is actually more appealing.
Boy George was my idol when I was growing up. I've seen him a couple of times and shook his hand. He always give a good interview, people are surprised by how intelligent he is.
There is so much going on in this interview that I am still trying to digest it all. First of all, thank you again Mr. David for posting another revelatory piece of Boy George’s history. “People that last have more than just their wardrobe…” Well said, George, well said. Who would have thought that a local TV show would be fertile ground for quite possibly the best Boy George interview I have ever seen. Whoever the producer was for this show either had an obvious love for George, his message, and his overwhelming talent, or they just hit the right combination of luck and stardust all at the same time. “Culture Club is done..” “I don’t want to live on my past successes.” The fact that he had it written into his concert contracts that he wouldn’t do any Culture Club songs is remarkable. Still, he had a soft spot in his heart for that time period as he would still do a couple of their songs live in his shows. It’s clear that George was at a crossroads at this point in his career, wanting to move forward and grow as an artist, to be taken as more than just a pretty boy in makeup and flashy wardrobe. Slamming his American record label Virgin perhaps was not the smartest thing to do, but by this point, we really didn’t have an awareness of George in America. “Virgin Records don’t understand me..” Reminds me a lot of the struggles Prince was having with his record label. Certainly, the gigantic success days of Culture Club were behind him. Still, he would pop up over and over, stubbornly refusing to be discarded upon a heaping pile of irrelevant 80s acts. In so many ways, he had more in common with an artist like Prince then he ever did with other MTV acts of the era. “You can’t separate style and content..” and his discussion of Jimi Hendrix, it’s clear that George gets it. George is a musical genius, through and through. I was listening to Bow Down Mister yesterday; that song still moves me all these years later. I still remember waiting patiently at Sam Goody’s for the clerk to open the shipping box containing The Martyr Mantras. Perhaps at the time, I was a bit too young to get that record, but all these years on now, I realize just how deep that record truly was. What a statement it was for a major star to pivot and put his life philosophy out there as part of his art. Mr. David, I feel so greedy. I just want more and more. May your collection of things to digitize and upload never run dry! You are doing more for George’s ongoing legacy than anyone I can think of. What’s your story about how you came to admire George so much? I would love to know. I was fascinated with George discussing signing Eve Gallagher and signing her at the age of 37 to his label. It’s a shame she didn’t hit quite as big over here in America as she should have for the long haul. Her smoky bluesy sound is reminiscent of Lisa Stansfield. I need to find out more about her career progression over the years. She only has a tiny presence on my chosen music streaming platform, Apple Music. I absolutely loved George’s reverence for Princess Diana and the role she was playing in de-stigmatizing AIDS and her tireless work for AIDS-related charities. “She’s pretty down… really good at her job.” Yes, George. All the YES! There is so much good stuff going on in this interview. Isn’t it beautiful that the caller who asked about George duetting with Alison Moyet would result in a discussion of George’s desire to duet with Gladys Knight. How great that TWENTY-EIGHT years later, we would get a beautiful collaboration between the two on the song Runaway Train. The revelation that George was writing a book.. four years later I was devouring that same book, Take It Like a Man, as well as it’s follow-up, Straight. The fact that a local show got such an exclusive clip of Generations of Love, a song that had yet to be released in America, was also quite remarkable. The lyrics to that song.. “There’s too many people fighting, tied to the wheel…no big AIDS sensation, no twenty-eight clause, the end of apartheid, no message of war…” We need George’s message today, in 2022, more than ever. What an enormous musical statement, transcending the intervening decades! I never expected to be writing such a massive treatise on George on a Friday morning, but this interview has stimulated my brain in such amazing ways. Bravo, Mr. David!
This Martyr Mantras period is the period where he was most peaceful and calm... you can tell by the way he answers the questions and it helps that its also the period when he looks at his most beautiful physically ...
It must have helped that he found a sense of creative belonging again doing house music and doing the whole “Jesus Loves You” pseudonym and having a dance record label. George had said he felt really creatively lost during the “High Hat” sessions in 1988.
Remember seeing this as a teen on local TV (Bay Area) and then seeing him at the Edge in Palo Alto, California! He toured as Boy George since Jesus Loves You was "controversial." Bought an awesome "Absolutely Queer" t-shirt and wore it the next day to be ridiculed in High School by teachers and classmates alike. Still love this era of the Boy.
Not a transvestite! No, of course he's not. In his early adulthood, George has explained that he worked as a milliner. He is very talented with fabrics. Color, shape, elaboration and tailoring. 🙂
BG predicted the future. Lol in a way MTV DID die! But now looking back I'd bet hed say it was better with music videos than how it is today. So maybe now it can just die🤣
George was born in ‘61. I was born ten years later. Point is we remember the 70’s, came up through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s. Again, George was always a modern, forward thinking, bright bulb. Comparing this with the ‘84 Donahue appearance, seven years had passed, but people still seem naive and dense. Polyester/hair helmet conservative style was still the norm for talk show hosts. Newscasters were ALWAYS like polyester clad librarians. It kinda shocks me, because I’ve always sort of ignored/overlooked banal “normalcy”. Times have changed, because even in conservative formats people in general are comparatively “sexy” looking now (and obviously more diverse). Cringe at 14:20: “But the sound was..BLACK!” SMH. God, I lived through crazy eras, pre internet haha, , and watching this (specifically these hosts, good god) reminds me of the types of things I’ve never had patience for. 18:20, oh yeah, the first Fergie, Sarah Ferguson, before Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie. Also loved what George said about Elizabeth Taylor.
I love boy George always have but I think what he said about Madonna was wrong. Every family is different and she may have a reason for feeling about her family the way she does.
@@francinezane4076 I see your point but George was so right about famous ppl not being immune to show respect just like everyone else. Celebrities are not above that requirement. Now don’t get me wrong if I were a celeb I would LOVE to blast my former annoying sibling on TV. I sure hated growing up with a younger entitled sib who got away with everything. But I’d have to do it cleverly as to not make myself look foolish. I never saw that Madonna thing but I’m presuming Madonna executed her feelings in a way George saw as immature. I’ll have to watch that program for myself. P.s. still thumbed up your comment
@@lessismore8533 I appreciate the thumbs up however trust me I don't need a lesson about respect. And yes celebrity's are not immune to the rules that we should all live by. However I was raised to not say anything at all if I had nothing good to say about someone. Regardless of how I may feel personally now if he did see it as immature I believe his comment about Madonna was equally as immature. Aloha from Hawaii
@@francinezane4076umm I wasn’t giving you a lesson about respect. I think you took my comment as an attack at you and it wasn’t. If you were raised on “if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say it at all”, then know you & George agree on the same thing. According to this interview, he’d rather Madonna have left family comments out if it was going to be negative. There was nothing immature about him calling Madonna out on her actions. Besides you can’t fairly judge Madonna (or George) on this situation if you never watched Madonnas documentary yourself and saw the comments she made , and then judge for yourself. Plus your very first comment said “she may have a reason for feeling the way she did.” Just as an FYI, ANYONE can use the same argument you did. So that whole “if you don’t have anything nice to say…” thing, ppl will just combat with “I said it for a reason” thing.
21:57 "when a singer who's obviously gay does videos and is falling about with women..." Just a little bit of shade towards George Michael I imagine🤓 Although personally I don't think George Michael ever really hid hit... He just didn't directly address it, which ironically a moment before, Boy George said that he felt "gay singer" shouldn't be obliged to do... I've always liked them both BG and GM, and I appreciate them even more as I've gotten older...
What people never realized that George was a very intelligent man and has ethics. He can hold a terrific conversation; that's why Johnny Carlson really liked him, and liked having George on his show.
Good point
Beautiful interview of Boy George!Thank you for share!I'm fan of Boy George since'80 with famous Karma Chameleon and forever!🌺👏🎩🎶🌈🕊🌍🤍🍀🌞🇷🇴❤
I was there in the studio that day.
During a commercial break, Boy George winked at me 😘
Omg you're so lucky! His winks are cute. You're lucky you're old enough to experience 1991 that was my birth year 🤣
Boy George was beautiful looking. He cheered up the down trodden broke and poor 1980s. We had no money and colourful George brightened up our gray days. I really mean that. I was a kid in the 80s and it wasn't easy for most people.
You put that really well. It describes his effect on me. The first time I saw the Karma Chameleon video. His colourful clothes and the song itself were a ray of sunshine. He was shy, unique and very talented. Which is the opposite of bands like Duran Duran and others, who were in your face. Whereas BG almost seemed to turn away from the camera and seemed self conscious. Which is actually more appealing.
Boy George was my idol when I was growing up. I've seen him a couple of times and shook his hand. He always give a good interview, people are surprised by how intelligent he is.
Wow lucky you. When did u meet him?
@@lessismore8533 2008,
He is so true to himself and I love how articulate he is and his delivery. And......he has beautiful eyes.
Ikr
I love him! He is so honest and down to earth .. I know this is from 1991 but he has never changed and I respect him so much for that.
Though hes basically the same person, i prefer to have met him in the 80s. Oh well
Change is what I believe in
An amazing person with personality, wit, opinion and lives his life fully and bravely.
Amen!
100%
The Martyr Mantras is a MASTERPIECE
Boy George you look fantastic and l admire your intelligence and the way you speak when people interview you blessings to you my brother
Thank you for your response to my comment greatly appreciated 🙏🥰✌️🌈
I think he is very nice and intelligent. An honest person
There is so much going on in this interview that I am still trying to digest it all. First of all, thank you again Mr. David for posting another revelatory piece of Boy George’s history. “People that last have more than just their wardrobe…” Well said, George, well said. Who would have thought that a local TV show would be fertile ground for quite possibly the best Boy George interview I have ever seen. Whoever the producer was for this show either had an obvious love for George, his message, and his overwhelming talent, or they just hit the right combination of luck and stardust all at the same time. “Culture Club is done..” “I don’t want to live on my past successes.” The fact that he had it written into his concert contracts that he wouldn’t do any Culture Club songs is remarkable. Still, he had a soft spot in his heart for that time period as he would still do a couple of their songs live in his shows. It’s clear that George was at a crossroads at this point in his career, wanting to move forward and grow as an artist, to be taken as more than just a pretty boy in makeup and flashy wardrobe. Slamming his American record label Virgin perhaps was not the smartest thing to do, but by this point, we really didn’t have an awareness of George in America. “Virgin Records don’t understand me..” Reminds me a lot of the struggles Prince was having with his record label. Certainly, the gigantic success days of Culture Club were behind him. Still, he would pop up over and over, stubbornly refusing to be discarded upon a heaping pile of irrelevant 80s acts. In so many ways, he had more in common with an artist like Prince then he ever did with other MTV acts of the era. “You can’t separate style and content..” and his discussion of Jimi Hendrix, it’s clear that George gets it. George is a musical genius, through and through. I was listening to Bow Down Mister yesterday; that song still moves me all these years later. I still remember waiting patiently at Sam Goody’s for the clerk to open the shipping box containing The Martyr Mantras. Perhaps at the time, I was a bit too young to get that record, but all these years on now, I realize just how deep that record truly was. What a statement it was for a major star to pivot and put his life philosophy out there as part of his art. Mr. David, I feel so greedy. I just want more and more. May your collection of things to digitize and upload never run dry! You are doing more for George’s ongoing legacy than anyone I can think of. What’s your story about how you came to admire George so much? I would love to know. I was fascinated with George discussing signing Eve Gallagher and signing her at the age of 37 to his label. It’s a shame she didn’t hit quite as big over here in America as she should have for the long haul. Her smoky bluesy sound is reminiscent of Lisa Stansfield. I need to find out more about her career progression over the years. She only has a tiny presence on my chosen music streaming platform, Apple Music. I absolutely loved George’s reverence for Princess Diana and the role she was playing in de-stigmatizing AIDS and her tireless work for AIDS-related charities. “She’s pretty down… really good at her job.” Yes, George. All the YES! There is so much good stuff going on in this interview. Isn’t it beautiful that the caller who asked about George duetting with Alison Moyet would result in a discussion of George’s desire to duet with Gladys Knight. How great that TWENTY-EIGHT years later, we would get a beautiful collaboration between the two on the song Runaway Train. The revelation that George was writing a book.. four years later I was devouring that same book, Take It Like a Man, as well as it’s follow-up, Straight. The fact that a local show got such an exclusive clip of Generations of Love, a song that had yet to be released in America, was also quite remarkable. The lyrics to that song.. “There’s too many people fighting, tied to the wheel…no big AIDS sensation, no twenty-eight clause, the end of apartheid, no message of war…” We need George’s message today, in 2022, more than ever. What an enormous musical statement, transcending the intervening decades! I never expected to be writing such a massive treatise on George on a Friday morning, but this interview has stimulated my brain in such amazing ways. Bravo, Mr. David!
lol long comment. But interesting
George has an awesome personality as well as a great entertainer , very intellectual and intelligent and he is like a John Lennon of culture club
Very good
Love your personality Boy George ❤️💙💜
Ikr
Great interview. Thanks for posting.
29:26 "hes the greatest thing ever" ♥️♥️🔥🔥And love the look on George's face. Hes so flattered it's adorable ☺
This Martyr Mantras period is the period where he was most peaceful and calm... you can tell by the way he answers the questions and it helps that its also the period when he looks at his most beautiful physically ...
He was definitely looking at that age
It must have helped that he found a sense of creative belonging again doing house music and doing the whole “Jesus Loves You” pseudonym and having a dance record label. George had said he felt really creatively lost during the “High Hat” sessions in 1988.
Unique and always advanced to his time. Absolutely Gorgeus and Genius. Xoxo
Remember seeing this as a teen on local TV (Bay Area) and then seeing him at the Edge in Palo Alto, California!
He toured as Boy George since Jesus Loves You was "controversial."
Bought an awesome "Absolutely Queer" t-shirt and wore it the next day to be ridiculed in High School by teachers and classmates alike.
Still love this era of the Boy.
You are good at being you. Don't change. 😘😊💝
I love you boy George!
Very goood
Love this very beautiful George’s Hara Krishna theme goin on here very spiritual ♥️
Keep up the good work
Very nice e
Good interview! Boy George talks about God, that he is vegan, & so much more!
We are haveing fun
hermoso boy!!!
Looks good
5:39 so true George! Famous ppl arent immune from being expected to show respect.
Bakmayı gülmeyi bu kadar güzel gözlerle iyi biliyor ❤❤❤❤
Supper supper
Keep up the work
i was like this before i was like this. and thats why i am like this.
😂
Wow
RUclips Video up thank you👍✨I Love Love Love you George❤️🧡💛💙💚💜😍💖💝💗💓💞💕💘❣️✨30歳になっても美して魅力的な George‼️中性的な魅力がまだあります‼️美し過ぎて見ていると引き込まれて触れてみたくなります😭
We think very good
Massallhh maviş gözlerine insan bakmaktan kendini alamıyor ❤
19:35.. LOL what a long wait. BG never worked with Gladis until his 50s in "Runaway Train" song.
A "Runaway Train" song? Oh god
@@shanitrahan9904 look it up:)
George is wonderful ! !
I do find his latest 2020 posts unwatchable though
Agree i like his 80s/90s stuff most
I was born Summer 1991. Not that it matters lol
Wow!I didn't know he wanted to sing with Gladys Knight way back then!It took a while but I love 'Runaway Train' 🕺🕺🕺🎧🎤🎙🎶🎵🎼
Me too!
~ HUGS ~🍥🤺
Not a transvestite! No, of course he's not. In his early adulthood, George has explained that he worked as a milliner. He is very talented with fabrics. Color, shape, elaboration and tailoring. 🙂
UGH! They're looking at Boy George like he's an alien! So rude!
I went when I was 41 14 y
BG predicted the future. Lol in a way MTV DID die! But now looking back I'd bet hed say it was better with music videos than how it is today. So maybe now it can just die🤣
I agree.I miss the days of videos because it gave us a chance to see the artists vision of songs.
@@TheErokk725 amen
It was called *MUSIC* Television for a reason
@@sexobscura exactly
@@tt-du6vc but “MTV” represents music television. If you feel it’s “fine” now , then the name should be changed. Peace
Rock and rool
George was born in ‘61. I was born ten years later. Point is we remember the 70’s, came up through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s. Again, George was always a modern, forward thinking, bright bulb. Comparing this with the ‘84 Donahue appearance, seven years had passed, but people still seem naive and dense. Polyester/hair helmet conservative style was still the norm for talk show hosts. Newscasters were ALWAYS like polyester clad librarians. It kinda shocks me, because I’ve always sort of ignored/overlooked banal “normalcy”. Times have changed, because even in conservative formats people in general are comparatively “sexy” looking now (and obviously more diverse). Cringe at 14:20: “But the sound was..BLACK!” SMH. God, I lived through crazy eras, pre internet haha, , and watching this (specifically these hosts, good god) reminds me of the types of things I’ve never had patience for. 18:20, oh yeah, the first Fergie, Sarah Ferguson, before Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie. Also loved what George said about Elizabeth Taylor.
I know! The moment I heard the name Fergie I freaked out! I was like what? Black eyed peas didnt exist yet.
😍😍😍esa carita hermosa es la que me enamoro hermoso muñequito
God
We think it it good
LOVE the Madonna shade
I love boy George always have but I think what he said about Madonna was wrong. Every family is different and she may have a reason for feeling about her family the way she does.
@@francinezane4076 I see your point but George was so right about famous ppl not being immune to show respect just like everyone else. Celebrities are not above that requirement. Now don’t get me wrong if I were a celeb I would LOVE to blast my former annoying sibling on TV. I sure hated growing up with a younger entitled sib who got away with everything. But I’d have to do it cleverly as to not make myself look foolish. I never saw that Madonna thing but I’m presuming Madonna executed her feelings in a way George saw as immature. I’ll have to watch that program for myself. P.s. still thumbed up your comment
@@lessismore8533 I appreciate the thumbs up however trust me I don't need a lesson about respect. And yes celebrity's are not immune to the rules that we should all live by. However I was raised to not say anything at all if I had nothing good to say about someone. Regardless of how I may feel personally now if he did see it as immature I believe his comment about Madonna was equally as immature. Aloha from Hawaii
@@francinezane4076umm I wasn’t giving you a lesson about respect. I think you took my comment as an attack at you and it wasn’t. If you were raised on “if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say it at all”, then know you & George agree on the same thing. According to this interview, he’d rather Madonna have left family comments out if it was going to be negative. There was nothing immature about him calling Madonna out on her actions. Besides you can’t fairly judge Madonna (or George) on this situation if you never watched Madonnas documentary yourself and saw the comments she made , and then judge for yourself. Plus your very first comment said “she may have a reason for feeling the way she did.” Just as an FYI, ANYONE can use the same argument you did. So that whole “if you don’t have anything nice to say…” thing, ppl will just combat with “I said it for a reason” thing.
It was ultimately valid considering Madonna lifted quite a few of her sounds and melodies from the Erotica album from The Martyr Mantras.
We the mucsck
21:57 "when a singer who's obviously gay does videos and is falling about with women..." Just a little bit of shade towards George Michael I imagine🤓 Although personally I don't think George Michael ever really hid hit... He just didn't directly address it, which ironically a moment before, Boy George said that he felt "gay singer" shouldn't be obliged to do...
I've always liked them both BG and GM, and I appreciate them even more as I've gotten older...
Sadece ünlü bir şarkıcı değil model de olabilirdi
Derek MCluckie - The Culture Club Bit. - RUclips
"open about your gayness" 😂
😂😂😂
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Vanessa
There is something wrong w me 2
Kaarmer
24:35⚘♥️💋
Lo
Why do people from London always think Birmingham is in the North 😂
Midlands!
It is geT
Long hair, and thats all
Lon
Very good