My choice: "Time (Clock Of The Heart)"  :)

Miss Me Blind  8)

'Time...' for me...

(I'm just waiting for the first person to pick the song with possibly the most banal lyric ever written...'The War Song'...there's gotta be one...!!)

Much of their stuff sounded good in the '80s, but doesn't today.

Except for...

Time (Clock of the Heart) (1984 or 1982 ?)

It's my favorite of theirs.

;)

"The War Song"

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
I loved that song even before I knew there was a guy named Boy George who dressed like a woman.
It's got a great reggae rhythm, and best showcases the Boy's creamy vocals.

Miss Me Blind, followed by Time.

"The War Song"


There y'go...!!

They are ALL amazing! My top choices are:

Miss me Blind
Time
Tumble for ya
Do you really want to hurt me
Karma Chameleon

I voted do you really want to hurt me, just to place a vote.

SmithsGirl

There y'go...!!



I just had to pick it. Clichéd? Perhaps. Catchy? Absolutely. ;)

P.S. I like the one with the Spanish chorus best. :)

"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"

I liked 'I'll tumble for ya'. I like most of Culture Club's stuff though.

'The War Song', admitted Boy George, was probably the worst thing he ever did. However, I like this song because of it's 'crapness'. I can't describe it - it's like watching Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.

I just had to pick it. Clichéd? Perhaps. Catchy? Absolutely. ;)

P.S. I like the one with the Spanish chorus best. :)


The 'Spanish' version was stuck on the 12" issue here (I think...) - I do remember it being played quite a bit...(probably because then no-one had to stomach the words in English...!!)

Rather strange that they chose to release the song right on the heels of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 'Two Tribes' (also an anti-war song and one of our biggest sellers of 1984)...the critics couldn't swallow it and neither could the public...CC's fortunes went rapidly downhill thereafter...

CC's fortunes went rapidly downhill thereafter...


Nah, they were already downhill; which kind of explains it - Don't you think? Boy George’s relationship with his drummer was effectively ending.

Info courtesy of VH1's Behind The Music. ;D

Karma Kameleon.

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO HURT ME
I loved that song even before I knew there was a guy named Boy George who dressed like a woman.
It's got a great reggae rhythm, and best showcases the Boy's creamy vocals.
Creamy ???

I went with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"....I liked the video where he pranced into that country club and shocked everyone :D

Creamy ???

Yes, and it was said by MaxwellSmart ?? :o ::)

(Where have you been R&RFan? It's been kinda slow around here without any of your '70s music polls  :D )

I went with "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"....I liked the video where he pranced into that country club and shocked everyone :D


So did I.  And I like your description of the video....it's perfect!  ;D

Time (Clock of the Heart)

"Time (Clock Of The Heart)"

Yes, and it was said by MaxwellSmart ?? :o ::)

(Where have you been R&RFan? It's been kinda slow around here without any of your '70s music polls  :D )

Hey, zcrito!  Thanks for noticing my absence....I have been relegated to the library lately ::)

Creamy vocals, Maxwell Smart? Interesting choice of words there.  :)

Creamy vocals, Maxwell Smart? Interesting choice of words there.  :)

Yes "creamy," as in smooth, cool, fluid, soothing...what do you associate with "cream"?  Or were youse guys thinking something else?
??? ???

Yes "creamy," as in smooth, cool, fluid, soothing...what do you associate with "cream"?  Or were youse guys thinking something else?
??? ???


I get what you mean, I'm just teasing.  ;)

Yes "creamy," as in smooth, cool, fluid, soothing...what do you associate with "cream"?  Or were youse guys thinking something else?
??? ???


I've never heard any anyone refer to a singer's voice as "creamy".
Wait, let me be more specific: I've never heard of another male refer to another man's voice as being "creamy".

It just sounded odd, dude (coming from you).
::)

;D

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Karma Kameleon

Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

Tanya

"Move Away" followed by "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"

Time and Karma Chameleon

One of their best was "White Boys Can't Control It."  A fusion of funk and mariachi with crypitic homo-erotic lyrics.  Hmmm....

"Black Money" was an awesome song, too.

Other:

Victims

Other:

Victims

I like that one too, though I probably wouldn't like it if it wasn't by Culture Club!

I'd say my favourite is "The War Song"


Here's their charting singles for the UK and North America ...

1982 - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
1982 - Time (Clock of the Heart)
1983 - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
1983 - Church of the Poison Mind
1983 - Karma Chameleon
1983 - Victims
1984 - Miss Me Blind
1984 - It's A Miracle
1984 - The War Song
1984 - The Medal Song
1985 - Mistake No. 3
1986 - Move Away
1986 - God Thank You Woman
1986 - Gusto Blusto
1998 - I Just Wanna Be Loved
1999 - Your Kisses Are Charity
1999 - Cold Shoulder / Starman