Culture Club - Malibu Night Club, Lido Beach, NY. March 21st, 1983 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

01. Boy, Boy, (I'm the Boy)
02. I'll Tumble 4 Ya
03. Mister Man
04. Take Control
05. Black Money
06. Love Twist
07. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
08. You Know I'm Not Crazy
09. I'm Afraid of Me
10. White Boys Can't Control It
11. Church of the Poison Mind
12. It's a Miracle
13. White Boy
14. Time (Clock of the Heart)


 moreThe son of a boxing club manager, Boy George (b. George O'Dowd, June 14,
1961), found himself attracted to the glam rock of T. Rex and David Bowie as a
teenager. During the post-punk era of the late '70s, he became a regular at
London new romantic clubs. Along with his cross-dressing friends Marilyn and
Martin Degville (a future member of Sigue Sigue Sputnik), George became
well-known around the London underground for his extravagant sense of style, and
Malcolm McLaren invited him to join an early version of Bow Wow Wow. George
briefly appeared with the band as Lieutenant Lush before leaving to form In
Praise of Lemmings with bassist Mikey Craig (b. February 15, 1960). Once
guitarist Jon Suede joined the group, they changed their name to Sex Gang
Children. Within a few months, the band met Jon Moss (b. September 11, 1957), a
professional drummer who had previously played with Adam & the Ants and the
Damned.

By 1981, Boy George had renamed the group Culture Club and Suede had been
replaced by Roy Hay (b. August 12, 1961), a former member of Russian Bouquet.
Toward the end of the year, they recorded a set of demos for EMI, but the label
turned them down. Early in 1982, the band landed a contract with Virgin Records,
releasing "White Boy" in the spring. Neither "White Boy" or its follow-up, "I'm
Afraid of Me," made the charts but the British music and fashion press began
running articles about Boy George. In the fall, Culture Club released their
breakthrough single, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," which rocketed to the top
of the charts. Shortly afterward, the band's debut, Kissing to Be Clever,
climbed to number five on the U.K. charts and the non-LP single "Time (Clock of
the Heart)" reached number three. Early in 1983, Kissing to Be Clever and "Do
You Really Want to Hurt Me" began climbing the U.S. charts, with the single
peaking at number two. "Time" reached number two in the U.S. shortly after the
non-LP British single "Church of the Poison Mind," attained the same position in
the U.K. "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" became a Top Ten hit in America that summer.

By the time Culture Club's second album Colour by Numbers was released in the
fall of 1983, the band was the most popular pop/rock group in America and
England. "Karma Chameleon" became a number one hit on both sides of the
Atlantic, while the album reached number one in the U.K. and number two in the
U.S. Throughout 1984, the group racked up hits, with "It's a Miracle" and "Miss
Me Blind" reaching the Top Ten. In the fall, the group returned with its third
album, Waking Up with the House on Fire. While "The War Song" reached number two
in the U.K., the album was a disappointment in America, stalling at platinum;
its predecessor went quadruple platinum.

Following a brief tour in February, Culture Club went on hiatus for 1985, with
Craig, Moss, and Hay pursuing extracurricular musical projects in the interim.
During the year, Boy George -- who had previously denounced drugs in public --
became addicted to heroin. Furthermore, his romance with Moss, which had always
been rocky, began to disintegrate. All of these problems were kept hidden, but
it became evident that something was wrong when Culture Club returned to action
in the spring of 1986. Though their comeback single, "Move Away," became a hit
in April, its accompanying album From Luxury to Heartache stayed on the charts
for only a few months. Rumors of George's heroin addiction began to circulate,
and by the summer, he announced that he was indeed addicted to the drug. In
July, he was arrested by the British police for possession of cannabis. Several
days later, keyboardist Michael Rudetski, who played on From Luxury to
Heartache, was found dead of a heroin overdose in George's home. Rudetski's
parents unsuccessfully tried to press wrongful death charges on Boy George.

While Boy George was battling heroin addiction, and his subsequent dependence on
prescription narcotics, Culture Club broke up. George confirmed the group's
disbandment in the spring of 1987, and he began a solo career later that year.
While his solo career produced several dance hits in Europe, he didn't land an
American hit until 1992, when his cover of Dave Berry's "The Crying Game" was
featured in the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. In 1995, George
published his autobiography, Take It Like a Man. Culture Club reunited in 1998,
issuing the two-disc set VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Hits.

A new album, Don't Mind If I Do, appeared in 1999, reaching 64 on the U.K.
charts; it did not receive an American release. Culture Club next celebrated
their 20th Anniversary with a 2002 concert at Royal Albert Hall, then entered an
unofficial hiatus. Jon Moss and Mikey Cragg attempted to tour with a new singer
called Sam Butcher, but the project was scrapped before its launch.

Culture Club reunited in 2014 for a tour and the band also began work on a new
album with producer Youth. The group scheduled the release of an album called
Tribes in 2015, but the record never materialized. Instead, the recordings
provided the foundation for Life, the 2018 album that marked Culture Club's
first new album in nearly 20 years. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine



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