Glindathegood said:

Dewrede said:

haha, I read that phrase in a Adolf hitler biography.

It's a matter of taste after all, but if your nose is ointed and in connection with the eyes he easily looks like a mean person.
After all, I think that's what he is. He always told bad thing about George Michael and others, chained a lad...

I agree he doesn't have a great range, but he has soul. Who are his influences?

scriptgirl said:

Xtina, Justin and lady GaGa have always been his biggest influences.

scriptgirl said:

I would guess mj, aretha, marvin, stevie. He would be too arrogant to admit it today though.

scriptgirl said:

I think his greatest influence is Bowie.

scriptgirl said:

He has said that Stevie Wonder and the other Motown artists were some of his biggest influences.

Umm.. not really.

His voice is way too thin and generic to convince me.

Give me a Ray LaMontagne, Amos Lee or Van Morrison anytime.

No, not a great singer at all. But still...

look at his nose, it's so mean/sordid.

scriptgirl said:

I don't think he has blue eyes.

thetimefan said:

Let's not and say we did.
Seal's 'Soul' album was an embarrassment. Easily the worst thing he's released. If he wants to sing those songs at home, fine. But releasing them . . . not the best move.

SUPRMAN said:

Totally agree. Seal's soul album was completely soulless and unnecessary.

the boy is a very underrated singer and songwriter. cheapness and beauty is one of my favorite albums from the 90s that few have even heard of.

from the cheapness and beauty album:


and his cover of starman is probably the best cover of bowie ever:

graecophilos said:

so i reckon 'pointy' is mean ?

Anyone watched the Culture Club reunion concert DVD?? From 2004

Dewrede said:

This is one of my favorites! He's always done wonderful ballads.

Cinnie said:

Yes, I have it! I love his campiness on it! He seems to have been in a good mood that night. Very playful!

benjaminira said:

I am thinking of copping this.

Cinnie said:

If U are a fan. it's a must! Plus it has their videos as a bonus!

benjaminira said:

what!! I'd buy a DVD just for that!

Cinnie said:

I'm a fan of Culture Cub but I hate that DVD. George's voice was terrible on it. Some people say he was playful, but he was so rude, cussing out the audience. He clearly was seriously high during the whole performance. Not to mention the horrible outfit he was wearing.
One day, I hope he does reunite with Culture Club to atone for that performance. I hear he is off the drugs now, so now maybe he can give give a better performance.
That DVD doesn't have their videos. There's another Greatest Hits DVD with all the videos plus a concert from 1983 back when George could actually still sing that all CC fans should buy instead.

Glindathegood said:[quote]

Cinnie said:

I'm a fan of Culture Cub but I hate that DVD. George's voice was terrible on it. Some people say he was playful, but he was so rude, cussing out the audience. He clearly was seriously high during the whole performance. Not to mention the horrible outfit he was wearing.
One day, I hope he does reunite with Culture Club to atone for that performance. I hear he is off the drugs now, so now maybe he can give give a better performance.
That DVD doesn't have their videos. There's another Greatest Hits DVD with all the videos plus a concert from 1983 back when George could actually still sing that all CC fans should buy instead.[/q
Screw the outfit, who cares? He's always been outrageous in dressing up. This wasn't my favorite look either, but at least he wasn't wearing a t-shirt and Levi's! I could be mistaken about the bonus videos, because a friend burned it for me and put it in the original packaging. Regardless, it was the 20th anniversary and for that alone, it's worth seeing. If U are a fan, that is.

cborgman said:

I've heard it and it took me a while to adjust to the change in style of his music on this album. After awhile, I grew to love it and it opened me up to his more rock-n-roll taste. Because of that, I grew to like his protoge Amanda Ghost and some of his more underground productions from More Protein and The Twin, which is basically an alias he records under.

scriptgirl said:

Singing is not all about range.
We're so concerned with range range range.
Celine for example, has great range and can kill a song by overworking that range.

There is a lot to be said for being a Vocalist (different from a singer). I'll take sincerity, nuance and style over range any day.

Long Live Boy.

His voice might not be what it once was live, but I've seen him live and he's not all studio tricks.
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I have always enjoyed his styles and music.

benjaminira said:

Maybe if you're a casual fan, it's worth seeing. But for me as someone who used to be a hardcore fan, it made me almost cry. I saw Culture Club live when they were successful and they were so good. The video to me ruined their legacy. I'd rather then just let me remember when CC and George were good, and not bother doing a new concert if it was going to be like that and ruin my good memories. George was very disrespectful and rude to the other members of the band. He barely allowed them to be shown. I'm not saying he should wear a t shirt and jeans. I like outrageous looks if they are attractive. But what he had on in that video was just ridiculous and ugly. There's outrageous cool and outrageous ridiculous. Not to mention the ugly black makeup he had on his neck. Just his whole persona on that DVD showed me he was out of his mind on drugs. I can't watch it and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who actually loves George or CC.