Boy George

[pepper67]

Poor George. I hope he gets off the drugs again and stays clean. He's got a lovely voice and a lot of talent.

Years ago, I read this story in a gossip column in the Daily Express. George, Elton John and his partner, David Furness, were at a party and George had spent a lot of the night slagging Elton off. Finally, David lost his temper and chased George all over the club until he hid in a stall in the ladies toilets. David kicked the door in and basically told George to not say another word about Elton, then left.

I still prefer George.

[eldemarge]

Has anyone checked out his fashion line? Here it is. I like it.

[fiona3]

I guess I am the only "non-fan" of Boy George here. Oh well. I've always hated his voice and "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" makes me want to rip my ears out. And I think he is a bitter, washed-up has-been.

Boy George vs. Madonna/Elton John/George Michael

On Madonna:

Which brings us to Madonna. 'A living, breathing cash register' is what George calls her. While in the Nineties she was content to outrage, titillate and blur the edges of her own sexuality by kissing women for her book, Sex, she has now espoused a religion - Kabbalah - that denounces the 'sin' of homosexuality.

'I detect a slight edge of hypocrisy here,' says George, luxuriating in the irony of understatement. 'She has now joined a spiritual movement that believes homosexuality is a curable disease. How can that be all-embracing?'

So I guess Madonna being a Catholic was okay? The Pope sure loves the gays.

And on George Michael:

Boy George has hit out at George Michael in his biography for taking too long to come out to the world. The Culture Club singer slammed George for keeping his sexuality a secret until 1998 - when he was caught performing a sexual act in an LA public toilet. He calls him a 'hypocrite' in the book and also criticises the toilet incident, saying that it stereotyped gay men as rampant.

So he faults George Michael for not being openly gay, but when Boy George first became famous with Culture Club, he claimed he had sex with women and men and was “bisexual." And he said the following in this Guardian interview:

Gay culture is much too shiny for me. Today I want to return to shame, to the days of surreptitious gay action in dark alleys.
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It was total debauchery. I was always having sex in the toilets - maybe I thought my surname was Michael.

Hmm ... interesting.

And not to forget: Hugh Jackmann is a pathetic closet case!111!!!

Please lay off the drugs, George.

[lefty]

I agree with everything he said about Madonna. There is a lot of hypocrisy there. But I don't agree with the jab at George Michael. Leave GM alone. It isn't his responsibility to live his (gay life) the way Boy George wants him to. Elton John should back off on GM, too.

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I agree with everything he said about Madonna. There is a lot of hypocrisy there.

It isn't his responsibility to live his (gay life) the way Boy George wants him to. Elton John should back off on GM, too.

Right on.

Here he looks like Uncle Fester AND Roger Clemens. Not a good look for him.

Today at Heathrow, the shaven-headed star was barely recognisable as the famously flamboyant pop icon. He appeared pale after the flight, and was dressed in a lightweight blue anorak, patterned trousers and clutched a brown holdall.

[lefty]

Holy shit! I would have never recognized him. And the "he appeared pale" is the funniest thing I've heard today. Pale as compared to what? Nobody has ever seen his natural skin before.

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From here:

Singer Boy George faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on charges of drug possession, while his lawyer said on Tuesday the flamboyant entertainer had no idea how 13 plastic bags of cocaine got in his apartment.

13 bags!?! 15 years?!?

Anyway, I don't disagree that George is a little bitter. But unless you came of age in the early 80's (I did), you can't have any idea what his real impact was, and how important he was to people like me. People were so much less accepting back then. And he really did open their eyes. I remember guys being attracted to him not knowing he wasn't a girl, and then having to question some things about themselves. I'm not saying he made them gay, just more open and accepting. You saw straights mixing with gays at the clubs, and that was very new at the time.

Damn Rosie!:

George's musical "Taboo" closed in New York last year after losing money. The musical was an autobiographical look at a time when flamboyant cross-dressers reigned in London clubs and Culture Club topped pop charts around the world.

[goggle]

pachouli said:

Damn Rosie!:

George's musical "Taboo" closed in New York last year after losing money. The musical was an autobiographical look at a time when flamboyant cross-dressers reigned in London clubs and Culture Club topped pop charts around the world.

Did anyone else here actually see Taboo? I did! I was so upset when it closed because I really loved the music and thought the cast did a great job. And this is from someone with absolutely no nostalgia for the Culture Club days (I was born after they broke up).

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The story is getting a bit more interesting.Boy had hired a man-ho and his friend told the cops where the blow was.

BOY George hired a male hustler who tried to rob him the morning the cross-dressing Culture Club singer was busted for cocaine possession, PAGE SIX has learned.

George called 911 last Friday morning to report that his Centre Street apartment had been burglarized — but he was arrested when cops found a mound of what appeared to be Bolivian marching powder piled near his computer.

A source said that George called 911 after the hustler he'd ordered up demanded that he hand over all of the money in the house.

"George said no and that he was going to call the police," says our source. "The prostitute said, 'Go ahead and you'll go to jail.' So George freaked out because he was high, called the police, the prostitute left, and George got arrested."
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The only person in the apartment besides George when officers arrived was his friend Kyoko Nagami, a Japanese model and drag queen groupie. According to police sources, Nagami flipped on her friend, telling cops there was "a lot more" coke in the bedroom.

[dnt]

I saw Taboo and I thought it was really good. I even bought the soundtrack.

Wow, this story gets sadder and sadder. He has a second autobiography scheduled for release for next spring about his career as a DJ; I wonder if it'll be cancelled or, at the very least, include a hastily written afterword?