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Boy George..nasty piece of work & a control freak?
There was a documentary about Culture Club reforming and although George presented himself as 'friendly' he was extremely nasty suggesting one the band had a knee operation to get out of an appearance.
When they were in Spain recording it was George who'd terminate conversations and walk of in a huff, it was all about him and his needs, stuff anyone else.
Having set up a UK tour George decided to change management meaning they had three managers who could not agree what to do, apparently it was George who decided they weren't going to do Live Aid in the 80's.
After their disasterous appearance on Strictly George cancelled the planned tour with just days before it was due to start saying he'd been told to rest his throat, I don't recall any of the others claiming he'd pulled a sicky but they refused take any further part in the documentary.
So we were left with George being filmed meeting 8-10 fans who'd flown to London from around the world to find out the shows had been cancelled, thus George was made to look good. One of the last shots was him looking at a photo taken of the group to promote the tour and him saying it was a good photo......of him!
And his often repeated phrase was, 'let's move on' which allowed him to walk away from problems he created.
When they were in Spain recording it was George who'd terminate conversations and walk of in a huff, it was all about him and his needs, stuff anyone else.
Having set up a UK tour George decided to change management meaning they had three managers who could not agree what to do, apparently it was George who decided they weren't going to do Live Aid in the 80's.
After their disasterous appearance on Strictly George cancelled the planned tour with just days before it was due to start saying he'd been told to rest his throat, I don't recall any of the others claiming he'd pulled a sicky but they refused take any further part in the documentary.
So we were left with George being filmed meeting 8-10 fans who'd flown to London from around the world to find out the shows had been cancelled, thus George was made to look good. One of the last shots was him looking at a photo taken of the group to promote the tour and him saying it was a good photo......of him!
And his often repeated phrase was, 'let's move on' which allowed him to walk away from problems he created.
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The other band members intimated that he has always been the same, I thought they were very patient with him.
Given he's there only shot of ever making any money again I'm not surprised that they are.
Yes, he was (and remains) bigger than the band.
The main problem with him now is that his voice is destroyed so he doesn't sound great live. If you're going to be a diva like that, people will forgive you if you deliver the goods musically. Most of the time he doesn't. It's fine to hold people you work with to high standards of performance and behaviour, but you have to demand as much from yourself as do from others and he doesn't.
Madonna can be a diva sometimes (even though I love her) though she' s not as bad as George but she delivers it when the cards are down in her live shows for the fans. George most of the time doesn't. She is just as hard on herself if she makes a mistake as she is on the people around her. George it seems to me lashes out at other people but can't see his own shortcomings and mistakes.
I feel so sorry for the other guys. They want to be like Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet still touring, releasing new music and basically enjoying time in the spotlight so they put up with him. I wish George could be more like Simon or Tony Hadley who are decent people who although the star obviously can be more generous to their fellow bandmates.
Suppose years of drug abuse is now taking its toll.
He had an exquisite talent.
He was horrendous on SCD and it was quite sad seeing him being just a shadow of his former self.:(
I'm tickled when I find out a celebrity gave a different impression in interviews to the dirty of what they're like in real life. I mean who would of thought it of people like Cilla, Titmarsh, etc?
Another thing I noticed was when the line "you come and gooooooo-oh!" came around, George missed the note and looked as though he given up the will to live.
I also wonder what the Strictly contestants thought of the performance if they got the chance to see it though
I still find him quite an interesting and colourful character and enjoy seeing him interviewed. Mind you - I wouldn't want him in my life in any capacity as he'd be draining.
Will try and watch it on catch up too as love him or hate him - he's never dull.
I would of liked to hear the band discuss the tour cancellation.
Isn't it just that his voice has matured? I heard a new record by him a few times on the radio recently and his voice has become more gravelly, but he sounded good.
Didn't see them on Strictly, so can't comment on that performance.
People always say Culture Club was all about him, but it really wasn't. He was the voice and wrote the lyrics, but the other guys wrote the music. George doesn't play an instrument. He hasn't had the same success as a solo artist so he needs good musicians to write the actual music. Yes, without him, there's no Culture Club. But without the other guys, he hasn't had chart success either. I actually do find him dull. It's always the same tired bitching and having a go at other people and throwing tantrums. Very predictable.
And it seemed to be George needing/wanting Culture Club to reform as witnessed by the last scene of him phoning the other members to arrange a meeting over coffee.
I forgot to mention the scene where he said they used to divide the song credits 4 ways but he said that wasn't going to happen this time, I wondered if the others were aware that. Why would the other three bond together if only 1 or 2 of them would financially do better under any new song writing deal?
Was it all about control and revenge by George?
..........or perhaps money.;-)
Its Karma to Calamity, you'll catch it on Bbc iPlayer. Worth a watch.
What were the fans thinking at that Glasgow show? he sounded dreadful
Can't see the reformation happening at any time as he's a complete prick
They've just announced dates in America.
Well lets see what happens next....