Boy George Talks Camping Outside David Bowie's House, Singing with Ariana DeBose and the Grammys

Boy George talks about what lead to a collaboration with Ariana DeBose, remembers winning the Grammy for Best New Artist and discusses joining the Broadway cast of Moulin Rouge.
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[@CultureClubHistory]

George’s Grammy speech is iconic and will go down in music history….. He was just way ahead of his time..

[@teresita.lozada]

Absolutely. ICONIC.

[@RocStarr913]

It totally was the beginning of the end for Culture Club back then. Of course, their third album didn’t help, but it definitely caused Boy George to be played right into the hands of the Religious Right here.

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

I REMEMBER the Grammy speech and thought it was "no big deal", I mean WHEN was George NOT out, anyway? The roaring train of success that was Culture Club came grinding to a halt with the release of the "War Song"! "God, Thank You Woman" didn't help much either. I guess George had decided he "WASN'T going to write songs about Jon anymore". When he wrote about Jon, he wrote with "heart and soul" and had hit after hit!🎶🎶

[@RocStarr913]

@@BillieBailey-th3lc America and Canada didn’t even have “God Thank You Woman” as a single. We were given “Gusto Blusto” by their distributor record label here, Epic, instead. But by that time, Boy George was fully in the throes of heroin addiction and Culture Club became inactive. The “Gusto Blusto” single totally tanked here.

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

@@RocStarr913 I DO have memories of hearing "God Thank You Woman", could have been on TV don't really recall. And the "music listening universe" ISN'T just the US and Canada, there's a whole WORLD out there buying music (ask Taylor Swift). I purchased the Japanese re-issue of FROM LUXURY TO HEARTACHE last year, it includes "Gusto Blusto", I LIKE it! (it's a "peppy" song, don't care what anyone else thinks about it}

[@jondeak]

The song George and The Pet Shop Boys wrote - "The Crying Game" is one the most beautiful songs ever written.

[@RocStarr913]

They did not write it. It was a cover of a 1964 single that was originally sung by an English rock singer named Dave Barry that was a hit in Britain and Ireland.

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

@@RocStarr913 Thank you, didn't know the origin of the song, Boy George did a great version of it.

[@OxfordRoad538]

I love this song, I think it was sung by Brenda Lee in the 60's too.

[@RocStarr913]

@@OxfordRoad538 Yes, she did a cover that was released a single, but it flopped.

[@vayxanh]

Class, elegant, humourous, humble, huge talent, hat & make-up... That's why I love him so much 😁💗. Will fly over to see this legend in Moulin Rouge. Have a great start ❤🍀

[@chijavier1869]

Boy George is one of the lucky ones who was able to recover himself from those dark days of addiction to being an even great singer and performer as he is now.

[@Diana-nt4zg]

Thank you for having our icon artist Boy George Moulin Rouge will be amazing with George 🎩🎭🎩🎭♥️♥️

[@thisisaworkjob]

Boy George talking about fangirling Bowie back in the day - adorable!!

[@Cathouse.1987]

I been waiting for Jimmy Fallon to one day interview Boy George on the show and now it’s the first time seeing this OMG! 😍😱🤩.Boy George is one of my favorites of the 80s.

[@chefavamariehappyhour]

A 80s icon ✨️ indeed ✨️

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Wonderful interview love boy george he so funny ,and wise what a legend ❤🎩🎤.

[@Miketv79]

As a child of the 80s Boy George was one of the best pop icons. In music and on tv shows. I'm so glad he's still entertaining today.

[@kimrisnear3866]

I remember seeing him on mtv back in the 80s always thought he had a beautiful voice and loved his outfits and makeup..his skin was flawless lol

[@MAAmer-dy7pw]

Thank you Jimmy for interviewing the legendary Boy George, great interview. Fun to watch.

[@danadelaplante6797]

Love Boy George. Amazing in so many ways. He has the most beautiful eyes on this planet.

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

Jimmy, THANKS for having Boy George on, I've ALWAYS loved him, and it seems like a LOT of other people do too! Seeing him live again did my soul GOOD! Can you ALSO have another 80's favorite that I re-discovered a year ago, he's got a great sense of humor and I KNOW the two of you would hit it off! That would be BILLY IDOL! PLEASE, PLEASE!!😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

[@zlamelie]

I'm 42 now but my parents always used to tease me because when I was like 5 Boy George was my crush. Along with Billie Idol :) I still like guys that don't fit any boxes, nothing's changed :)

[@solargarden0919]

George has the best stories! Always on to new and exciting things! Enjoying all the new music he’s been releasing! He’s going to be fabulous in Moulin Rouge!❤️🎩🔥

[@MySUPERkate]

I adore Boy George!! Always wish he was my crazy uncle (and Kathy Burke, my crazy aunt!) just think he’s so cool!!

[@PeterJPickles]

Got to say Kathy would make a top uncle and George a top aunt ;)

[@pah3108]

What a fabulous story teller. I could listen to him tell stories allll night long. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@teresita.lozada]

And having some good laughs as well.

[@lbw9830]

Have loved him since the 80’s.

[@vladamir8982]

We are waiting for a sensational show with the participation of the magnificent Boy George - an Icon of style, music, art! It will be amazing!!!♥️♥️♥️🙌

[@ivyvines6708]

I totally agree vlad. George & Culture Club make music worth listening to. He will make Moulin Rouge worth going to see. 🎩👁👁👏👏

[@austinbandy5818]

Do I sense a Boy George resurgence? I think i do ❤

[@teresita.lozada]

I do

[@RocStarr913]

Yeah, but as far as having a hit single, not so much. Doing musical theater, especially on Broadway, is great for him though.

[@LuizHenrique-tc9jo]

Esse cara fez muito sucesso aqui,no Brasil tbm as músicas,dele até hoje faz,viva anos 80 viva George. 🇧🇷

[@pamelafraizer6252]

His smile lights up a room. I have loved him since the first time I saw him! ❤

[@teresita.lozada]

I'm with you on that.

[@bryanmorgan4929]

Love George! Thanks for having him on. George has been on The Tonight Show several times: once with permanent guest host Joan Rivers in 1983; once with host Johnny Carson in 1984; three times with host Jay Leno in 1993, 1995, & 2003; & now with host Jimmy Fallon in 2024!

[@Confidentk9sCa]

As a teenager in the 80s, I really liked Boy George and his music. Back then, I lived in a small judgmental town that had no clue about the importance of diversity nor the beauty of it so it helped me appreciate him then and now that much more. ❤ Madonna was a great teacher in this regard back then too. ❤❤

[@cultyourclub8357]

Break a leg! Love U Boy George ⚡️

[@fabiolaugalde5361]

divine I love him ❤❤❤❤

[@nativeca7356]

I had THE biggest crush on Boy George in the 80’s! 🤗

[@mikerepairsstuff]

This video is really cool. Shared and love ❤️ Boy George

[@FriendOfJah]

George, I've been a FAN since the beginning!! U r INCREDIBLY & 1 of a kind!! Love u on The Voice, I've been able 2 get 2 know your personality besides just your amazing musical talent & I LOVE U!!

[@emramirez7846]

ICONIC!

[@luciamiller1555]

I love seeing guests from my era❤🎉😊

[@barcelonachair6487]

So do I

[@paulaguevara8912]

You are truly spectacular Boy George!!!❤

[@doreenzwolinski7275]

What a great show it was last night with Boy George , he looked super adorable as always …. Also watched The tonight show a couple of days ago when he and Ariana DeBose performed the new song Electric Energy and they sounded absolutely amazing together !! Just love my Boy George always did and always will !!! ♥️🎩🎤🥰🫠♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@stephaniejaimes339]

Boy George is AMAZING! 💯 I love his music! ❤️

[@LindaVpromo]

Fantastic,love Boy George,i am sure it will be a wonderful tour and even Jimmy he is great!💙

[@19HuskyWolf70]

Boy George 80's Icon

[@nadineamedee9668]

Always love Boy George ❤❤❤

[@eschwarz1003]

glad Boy George is having a re-emergence / reconcilliation

[@RocStarr913]

“Electric Energy” won’t be a hit though. Doing musical theater, especially Broadway, will do very well though.

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

@@RocStarr913 George is VERY good in the theater, I HOPE he sticks with it!

[@josephadiaz8343]

One of my favorites in the eighties 👍♥️🙏✝️✌️😎

[@monicamalady1517]

One of the greats

[@steverdms]

Love the boy!

[@debraking2987]

I love Boy George

[@adrianprosen]

What a great interview! :)

[@patrickstevenson9775]

This guy is just amazing, a legend!

[@nena273]

So original, so nice...so funny❤

[@Reastein2024]

Karma Chameleon my fav song of his ❤ can't believe that song came out more than 40 years ago feels like yesterday..

[@dee398]

I love him ❤

[@judymowatt3904]

3 GREAT artists to have a tattoo of! Bowie, Marc Bolan, and Siouxie!

[@lashendawest7509]

We love boy George

[@sabrinatejeda3967]

¡El chico más increíble de todos! 😍✨

[@oslemtristao2151]

The Best moment......💯👍✌️

[@louisecuccurullo5281]

C'est toujours mon idole depuis les années 80vingt

[@rhombusted2798]

Yuno Miles says thank you!

[@alexhaynes7220]

When is the album out

[@user-ss5db1bt9o]

A real talented singer Boy George

[@semipenguin]

I love Boy George. I’ve always been mesmerized by him. As a kid who has always loved people who break gender norms, he made me feel like it was ok to be different. Back in 2010, he did a Mark Ronson song. It’s one of my favorite songs from the past twenty years kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3K9p2qMacyefdUsi=VB8aE7hnmim3Uiha

[@dawnc.8501]

Love this man

[@PSUNATION]

Hey girl hey!!

[@omegajrz1269]

He's like Paul Reubens mixed with Matthew Lillard while also being Diane Kruger's brother and Sophie Turner's dad.

[@captainkirk5622]

The fact he still alive is a miracle.

[@tamehamehaprints3604]

1GOAT! .....way before his time.... my favs that show off that iconic voice are 'Victims' and later on 'Crying Game'

[@margaretmccarthy2547]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Cellgevity]

Hello. God Bless you. I really like his music.

[@or2ak]

LOL

[@onikaconstantine8861]

2024

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

❤❤❤❤😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Digitokethreepointoh]

Do you really want to mhake mhe cryyy!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[@karmaoutlaw]

He has Tan France energy - or the other way around!

[@Caringsoul245]

Tan France has the energy of Boy George****

[@MJo-ng4lj]

❤🎉

[@fabianpadilla7143]

Sam Smith in 25 years

[@nena273]

What???

[@000_x9]

Possible

[@barcelonachair6487]

Boy George Carved the way; personality, looks, sound etc. You would have to been there when he dropped into the scene to know what it meant. We only have renderings now.

[@fabianpadilla7143]

@@barcelonachair6487 correct. Boy George always have class. Sam Smith is nasty now

[@RocStarr913]

Boy George did way more fun music.

[@ovh992]

Boy George is the ORIGINAL Lady Gaga!

[@drumgold23]

Hatty McFatty

[@14LP2]

U.S. seems to always be 20-30 years behind

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

Nah, YOU just DON'T know what's up!

[@dawnbowdich8992]

its really bad that you are no longer to say anything anymore even as a joke. nothing or nobody will ever stop me from speaking my mind. and it is going to repress kids when they get older to not be to speak their minds. what a sad world we now are living in and i am so glad that i am an adult now.

[@1RJW381]

😂🎭

[@lilkeefmusic]

BRICK WALL

[@SunAndMirror]

A lot of rappers are copying his young style nowadays

[@TheFreakboy48]

On 5 December 2008, Boy George was convicted in Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, of the April 2007 assault and false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen, a Norwegian model and male escort, who initially stood for a photography session with Boy George. Carlsen claimed that he had been handcuffed to a wall fixture and beaten with a metal chain during their next meeting, although Boy George has always maintained that only the handcuffing was true and that he never beat Carlsen. Defence counsel presented the effects of his long-term drug use as a mitigating factor. On 16 January 2009, Boy George was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for these offences. He was initially incarcerated at HM Prison Pentonville in London, but was then transferred to HM Prison Highpoint North in Suffolk. He was given early release after four months on 11 May 2009. He was required to wear an ankle monitor and submit to a curfew for the remainder of his sentence

[@MAAmer-dy7pw]

Shut up and mind your business, I’m sure you made a lot of mistakes in your life, you are no angel, leave the man alone, at least he has a talent and entertains people with his music. And you are nothing just repeating the same stories everywhere blah blah blah

[@CultureClubHistory]

George served his time and paid his debt to society and should be allowed to work just like anyone else. He should also be allowed to move on without some idiot throwing his past in his face… George is an inspiration, and shows that no matter how bad you can get with addiction and how low your life can get you can always turn it around… he proves there’s hope for everyone who’s struggling with addiction……. Over 10yrs clean now.. Also the court case is public record, anyone can read it, there was no handcuffs, no chaining someone to a radiator, makes for good headlines though..!

[@petew8238]

Yep I remember that now but what matters is he moved on in a positive way. If it was a negative way then yeah people would keep bringing it up. He is likeable and did his time like many stars out there and normal people.

[@MAAmer-dy7pw]

Shut up and mind your business, you are no angel, I’m sure you made a lot of mistakes in your life, who are you to judge him, you keep bringing back his past trying to ruin his reputation and career, leave the man alone, at least he has talent and keeps entraining people with his music.

[@romulogarcia1323]

Guss What Joe Biden Shot Dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasongarcia8539]

The player haters ball

[@derrygowley]

Sorry but Sam Smit has no class

[@ekowapprey5357]

First comment

[@or2ak]

So

[@ekowapprey5357]

@@or2ak you're welcome

[@Caringsoul245]

Nice.❤

[@puppiesrlife]

Here you go 🍪 lol

[@narabdela]

...and what was your comment? I seem to have missed it.

[@visariosorino8034]

🙏 To the person reading this, even though I don't know you. I wish you the best of what life has to offer 🙏 😊❤

[@bryannguyen8440]

Do you mind? Be more creative

[@wildbutterfly7]

​@@bryannguyen8440rude 😮

[@narabdela]

Go away!

[@scottjenkins3095]

P I S S O F F ! ! !

[@SooHaaacked]

What a 🤡🤡🤡

[@TheColeTruth]

stopped being cool in the 90s

[@RocStarr913]

Once he tried to do glam rock and folk rock with the Cheapness & Beauty album in 1995, that was it for me as far as his solo music went. But the studio albums of the Culture Club reunions were very good.

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

CULTURE CLUB had a noticeable REVIVAL in the 2020's. Last year I ordered ALL of Culture Club's music on the new Japanese import re-issues, the sound quality on these is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!🥰

[@saraeastman40]

Jimmy was only 10 when Culture Club altered the music scene. He can’t even know, sit down

[@puppiesrlife]

He was 10 when they first came out so he couldn't know them nor can he interview him on his show now? That doesn't make sense. Take your own advice and "sit down" 😂

[@barcelonachair6487]

He knows, he was raised and shaped on this music too. You don't have to be 25 at the time when Boy George arrived on the scene for him to have shaped you. Opposite in fact. The music and culture of our formative and teenage years shape our lives.

[@RocStarr913]

A lot of Culture Club fans were young

[@Eineziger]

Thanks for 0 likes😢

[@bryannguyen8440]

lol.

[@Caringsoul245]

Alright I'll give you a like, hun. But please smile now 😊❤

[@Eineziger]

@@Caringsoul245 😊 thanks bro

[@whatsup6969]

Why is he talking funny?

[@javlonalibekov2215]

🤮

[@aaronauger7602]

TIRED QWEEN...GET A NEW HAT...

[@sherryhill3464]

Your a very judgemental person. If you can't say anything nice then shut it 4:21

[@JohnJohn-ts6ux]

Boy George such a pansy lucky he's not in the 60s or 50s always they were lock him up in the funny farm😅

[@sunny5ma]

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱 what is actually going on this year? Most of the guests this year are SO lame? Did yalls budget get reduced or something? You just can't afford actually fun and entertaining guests anymore?? I'm so confused. This is so sad and boring af 🤔😕😫

[@puppiesrlife]

Did you not know who this was? Maybe the problem is you not knowing people...

[@sunny5ma]

@@puppiesrlife couldn't create less mate 👋

[@nena273]

OMG REALLY???

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

@sunny5ma....DAMN!!! YOU have been listening to CRAP SHIT hip hop too long!! YOU forgot (or maybe you NEVER knew) what actual singing sounds like! George had the most AMAZING voice on the entire planet (and that includes "to this day")!.....So WHO do YOU want on??????? Someone tacky & trashy who can't even SING???? (Ice Spice) 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

[@BillieBailey-th3lc]

@@sunny5ma Are you TRYING to say "couldn't care less, mate"?😬