Culture Club Live in Seattle 1983 MTV Concert

Sorry this isn't better quality, age is taking it's toll on my VHS tapes, despite being stored in heavy plastic cases that were supposed to prevent this kind of damage.
This complete concert seems to have never been uploaded to KZbin before, so I felt it was worth it anyway. This is the classic 1982 concert date from Seattle, Washington, which was aired on MTV in this complete version, in late 1982 and an edited version (two songs shorter) on Nickelodeon and VH-1 in 1983-1984. It was also broadcast on radio stations around the USA courtesy a King Biscuit Flower Hour transcription disc that was edited even further. It features the original lyric version of "It's A Miracle", which at this time was still being performed as "It's America", but following a few critical notes sent to publicist Susan Blond's office wondering why Boy George was being negative about his US fame, the lyrics were changed to "It's A Miracle", which several people thought George was singing, ANYWAY.

[@carlsmith7796]

Pure talent, one of the top 5 voices in music history..... none of the singers today can match greatness like this and sing live without auto tune or lip sync

[@southernivy5557]

Who loves Culture Club 2024? Great entertainment 👌

[@juliorodriguez2655]

Over 40 years and counting!

[@ArlinaArt]

Boy George 🥰😍❤

[@mellsterr6192]

Still do!

[@jamesjoseph5707]

Wow the Backup singer Helen Terry could have been a Star all by herself. What a Powerful and Soulful Voice. I cant remember ever a Band with just one Single Backup Singer. I see why Boy George featured her. What a Talent.

[@gailreed4597]

Helen sings like ARETHA! I don't say that lightly, since Aretha Franklin's my favorite female singer.

[@juliorodriguez2655]

I dare say that Helen was the "energy" 🔥

[@jannepori]

And it is the original version.. It´s America

[@gailreed4597]

JANNE, I think I recognize you! You uploaded a great video of HEAVEN'S CHILDREN which I assumed was made by the record company, but YOU made the entire video yourself, EXCELLENT!

[@jannepori]

@@gailreed4597 Thanks, yes I made it !

[@SM-tx1gg]

Amazing Over 40 years ago I miss that fun incredible time period so much of music and clubs and life Note you see no stupid cameras in the concert it was a FAB time !

[@ArlinaArt]

40 years ago I'm not a born😆

[@GARose-kt4jc]

SO glad I was there for the 80's!💙

[@craig0weston20]

The purity of Culture Club was peaking around 83. What a band

[@elenitacarvalho876]

my sweet Boy George .I Love you

[@rosemarymurray8256]

It's been so long since I have seen this , now we are in 2023 ,and last Friday i got to see culture club in Arizona great show ,!❤

[@LOLmusics]

I was at the San Diego show earlier this year ! Soo good!

[@GARose-kt4jc]

Oh, what I would give to have this concert on a remastered HD-DVD of my own!❤❤❤

[@JANXDPDX]

wow...this warrants a remaster and release...full of energy

[@thomasinacollins8003]

CULTURE CLUB WAS RAW AND HELEN IS REALLY JAMMING TO THIS

[@serenityb5816]

My 2 friends and I blew up the balloons for this concert. We were promised free tickets and backstage passes if we could blow them all up. Just us and our teenage hot air. At first, the manager changed his mind until we pitched the biggest bitch. I wanted to stand center stage, but my friends wanted to sit up with the MTV cameras. That’s where we ended up. At least they regretted their decision as soon as it started. I remember how surprised I was at how tall George was. His hand was huge. He was so shy and quiet while talking to me. I asked how he liked Seattle, and he said he didn’t know bc he just got there, lol. Mikey is more adorable in person.

[@debraweaver6308]

Serenity B...... Yes, George would comment in some of his interviews in the 80's that a lot of people... especially fans... we're so surprised at just how big a guy he was! He said in " 60 Minutes... Australia " that in Los Angeles... at the airport... some of the fans said, " OH, MY GOD! YOU'RE SO BIG!!! OH! JESUS!!! I had seen in a tabloid once... not long after Culture Club had made the" scene ".... them saying what a large guy George really was. I know that you cannot believe much of what a tabloid paper says... but, in this case... it was true! I noticed how large his hands were too. Matter of fact... When George was on a talk show ( usually most of the talk show hosts were men ) and he would shake the host's hand... George's hand was ALWAYS larger than the host's hand!!! OH... I envy you and your friends! I sure do wish that I could have met George!!!!

[@gailreed4597]

A LOT of us envy you! EVERYONE who has met Mikey absolutely adores him!

[@susanthorne8555]

Terrific story!

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

He’s 6’0” not a huge height unless you’re short.

[@johnbrogna]

Serenity, where was this filmed?

[@BlairHouse-sv8rp]

Thank you so So much for posting this , making my night ! Who says you can' t go back ! I swear i'm 12 years old all over again!-)

[@teresinhaamici2943]

It is perfect! I love Boy George! 2021 and istening to songs!

[@carinagomezfernandez7473]

There will never be a band like Culture Club ever again! I miss the 80's music so much, especially from my favorite band Culture Club. I can recognize the voice of Boy George out of a million voices!

[@maryforkin8729]

I love you George, Mikey, Jon and Roy xxxx

[@amina_grata]

Мне очень нравится творчество этого харизматичного человека, оно излучает позитив, и вижу что в обычной жизни он очень скромный. Просто делится своей энергией с людьми ❤

[@gailreed4597]

This is the George I remember and love, with his rabbi's hat and braids! I think his long hair was a good thing, looking back at the band's history makes me think of that biblical story about Samson, things started to go the other way after he cut his hair.

[@amirmardonado7844]

still good....Love tha music.80"s for ever....

[@SOMBREROSUE11562]

OMG I loved you in the 80's and still love you in 2024!!

[@ServingtoLive4Yah]

I could say so much about my history with this band, how they affected my pre-teen, teen years and beyond, and the concert, my love for this band, etc., but 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 ❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Thank you for uploading the entire concert! My father gave me this concert a long time ago and I am so grateful for being able to see it again, with even more songs performed. 😊

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

I watched this when MTV aired it. 😀 Their first album is amazing. The early 80s were incredible! The music scene was vibrant.

[@craig0weston20]

Nothing comes close to the first album imho

[@DJMTRAXXX]

YES ME TOO!!

[@lazybelphegore6748]

Kissing to be Clever was a masterpiece-and there was NOTHING like it out at the time. And now that I know what all the songs are about they are even better. Black Money has to be one of the best “Unrequited Love” songs ever.

[@garysmith8073]

I like this because THE BAND SOUNDS NICE AND RAW. NOT AS POLISHED.

[@kathyh3]

I saw Culture Club on this tour in Philly. Tickets were $10. Excellent show! Thanks for the memories!

[@MRDL236123]

First time I saw them was 1985, the price had raised to an astronomical $29! 😆

[@felicitydeikos5250]

That's was " 1983" now it's 2024, tickets are very, very expensive now. In 2016, I paid $ 350 for an upfront culture club concert. I COULD NOT definitely afford $1,600 for M and G, VIP!!!!!! I thought the prices were a rip-off.

[@edreipool8252]

Songs 1- 0:00 : Boy boy (i'm the boy) 2- 3:39 : i'ii Tumble 4 ya 3- 6:35 : Mister man 4- 10:28 : Take control 5- 13:59 : Black money 6- 18:40 : Love twist 7- 22:59 : Do You relly want to hurt me 8- 27:31 : You now i'm not crazy 9- 31:17 : I'm afraind of me 10- 34:50 : White boys can't control 11- 38:53 : Church of the poison mind 12- 42:40 : It's a miracle 13- 46:52 : White boy 14- 51:47 : Time (Clock of heart)

[@MRDL236123]

Track 12 is not "It's A Miracle", it's the original lyric version when it was still called "It's America".

[@edreipool8252]

@@MRDL236123 I did not know, I did not know it

[@niskamelchionne1942]

Thank you

[@juliorodriguez2655]

Needed Storm keeper

[@Clarence-l3d]

Great VHS video ! Culture Club was and still are England's finest Pop group, a long-time fan from the start @ Helen Terry superior back up singer !

[@lessismore8533]

51:00 When George exposes those beautiful eyes ♥️💋💋

[@gracielavillatoro4914]

🎶❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️🎶🎶🎶Hermoso 😍

[@gjazz22]

I was there!...thanks 4 the post...It was broadcast on TV Live . It was great, I wish they would do that agin...

[@almadeliareyes-yy2yh]

It is surprising to see performers from the past did not need a headphone to remember the words of the song.

[@WilliamBerumen]

Still love george❤❤❤

[@valeriaanahi]

2021. Excellent concert. I would have loved to have been there. Greetings from Argentina. I love Boy George.

[@VisionMusicWorks]

Wow!! ❤️ I remember this concert!!! I was 13! On a VHS tape in a box somewhere in my house. ☺️

[@lessismore8533]

Wow I would’ve loved to have been an 80s teen to see younger George and the gang. Did you ever see them live?

[@フクロウ使いふーちゃん]

You're lucky girl ❗

[@GARose-kt4jc]

Vision Music Works You're lucky you have that at least! I remember I SO wanted to go.

[@iainholmes2735]

Great stuff. I was 12 years old when this was aired. I remember at the time they were a really headline-attracting band with the UK tabloids. It's only in the last few years I have come to appreciate how good they were (and delighted they still are).

[@chrisd.2943]

Amazing!!! Old Memories comming up😪

[@youllis]

You can hear that VHS tape drag but you can still hear so much of the music and spirit, so Pure 80s+ Forever

[@fernandom.6534]

Their first album is amazing

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

Their first album is EVERYTHING! Total perfection +

[@lessismore8533]

@@glamnesianouveaux2039 yah but color by numbers has “Victims” lol

[@yatgrave1120]

@@lessismore8533 And "Black Money" hahs Nah, I like all their albums.

[@lessismore8533]

@@yatgrave1120 me too

[@shanitrahan9904]

Culture Club playlist: 1. I'm the Boy 2. I'll tumble for ya 3. Mister Man 4. Take control 5. Black Money

[@LOLmusics]

damn give me a delorean and let me go back to this concert!!! I wish i could be there!!!

[@GARose-kt4jc]

Me too!!! I just keep COMING BACK to hear this (probably because I SHOULD have been there).

[@LOLmusics]

@@GARose-kt4jcperfect comment!

[@minimalistgangster1267]

Thank u!!!! Boy George is my first true love.

[@lessismore8533]

You lucky your old enough to have experienced BG in the 80s! During his youth

[@minimalistgangster1267]

Less Is More beyond lucky and grateful. I wish I had seen him in concert in the 80s tho. Couldn’t afford it. I did see him and CC 5 x over the last few years AND MET HIM IN 2016!!! A day I will never ever forget!!! 😍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lessismore8533]

Wow. How'd you meet him?

[@Diana-nt4zg]

I remember watching this concert on MTV my sweet George great concert 🤩🤩💫♥️♥️

[@moviereviews4747]

Never saw this performance before Absolutely incredible mindblowing concert, tanx so much for uploading 😀👍

[@starletjoachim4580]

No problem about the quality. Thank you for uploading. :-)

[@retroamerica]

Theirs a soundboard version of this performance. I actually have it and I’ll remaster some songs.

[@GARose-kt4jc]

PLEASE UPLOAD!!

[@duane_313]

Thank you for uploading this! And thank you for the history in the description

[@momomi521]

この鼻にかかった高いハスキーな声がたまらない❤️

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

I have this show as well on VHS. Why hasn't it been released on DVD!!!!! I am always so jealous I couldn't have seen Culture Club during the Kissing To Be Clever period, a completely PERFECT and FLAWLESS album +

[@australorp6367]

I love they are singing " It's America" instead of "It's a Miracle". Wonder if the record label made them change it?

[@stevesavage3289]

No John told George to change it

[@australorp6367]

@@stevesavage3289 Isn't Jon now suing Culture Club for some reason?

[@gailreed4597]

@@australorp6367 The case is being heard next month (March) in London. Jon was pushed OUT of the band (by George) in the middle of their 2018 tour and is suing for missed payments (and I believe loss of future income also).

[@markdumoulin6817]

I was there. I rambler George being barefoot and closing with Time and I was LIVING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING! MTV needs to rerelease this ASAP

[@GARose-kt4jc]

I ENVY you!! I SO wanted to go, but I could BARELY make my rent at the time.

[@dammfit4080]

Fantástico ver este concierto de culture club.... Sólo se pueden ver aquí 👍👍

[@ClassicGrunge]

I like how George said, "Good Night!" But they came back. Fooling the crowd lol

[@SeanPerez]

it's an "Encore" lol.

[@laurena5070]

Love your posts! Stay well.

[@dennisbailey7160]

That version is still it’s America he didn’t change it until he was here from a show I have from New Jersey in 83

[@lessismore8533]

Oh cool you have the NJ one?? Is it on KZbin?

[@dennisbailey7160]

Less Is More I have nj it is not on KZbin and it doesn’t exist to my knowledge in video form

[@thewaverleyboys]

I didn't know It's America was the original title of its a miracle

[@merci7775]

I'm shook. It makes the song make so much more sense.

[@andyhanrahan2781]

I remember hearing at the time this was the original title but didn't know they ever performed it like that. I wonder why they changed it

[@owlfeatherliving]

Me ither. I am so glad it changed to Miracle.

[@arielspini1435]

@@merci7775 Why? What is it about? I know the song and I love it, but not being an English native I never understood the "topic"

[@merci7775]

@@arielspini1435 “It’s A Miracle” is about Hollywood and having your dreams come true. “It’s America” would have made a great title since it’s talking about the American dream essentially.

[@luisafresnedasanchez5146]

Absolutely Amazing and wonderful concert of my favorite group CULTURE CLUB!!! ❤

[@louisecuccurullo5281]

Magnifique concert ❤

[@shanitrahan9904]

Incredible performance!

[@roro515_video]

I’ve been looking for this forever! I wish they would release this officially.

[@gailreed4597]

Sign me up NOW for a copy!

[@najattehawkins21]

❤❤❤

[@oscary1]

Thank you very much! You really have treasures!

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

It would be nice if MTV would put these concerts on DVD.

[@lorenharris2965]

MTV would have to get clearance from the publishing companies; they can’t just mass distribute it because they aired it.

[@Pedroism]

There is no more mtv

[@momomi521]

I'm sorry I do not understand English、、、😭 but I Love George💞❤️✨

[@simey1]

It's America instead of Miracle!! Brilliant, thanks

[@Artielectric]

Wow, I never heard Culture Club sing the original lyrics to this song.... very cool.

[@andS7]

@@Artielectric makes way more sense to me now. Love the concept way more

[@andreak8384]

Thanks God there was tv 😍

[@lessismore8533]

30:50 ahhh some person shook his hand! And George was great at engaging with the audience! "Give me a C...give me a U"

[@andreak8384]

2020 wow cute Boy George

[@michaelnelson8510]

I just wish more of the rest of the group was featured more.

[@lessismore8533]

How? There’s only 1 vocal and the rest are musicians. At least Roy had his own solo in “Miss me Blind”

[@GARose-kt4jc]

Michael Nelson8510.... I do too! The guys in his band were good musicians, something that is often overlooked. I liked George a LOT more as part of Culture Club than as a solo artist, or that other group.

[@ivyvines6708]

Lovin that "Mister Man". Jammin song. :-) :-) :-)

[@lessismore8533]

Agree. It should’ve been a single

[@lessismore8533]

Yes!!! More new culture club videos

[@flavioevangelista491]

Wow ! Once again you giving me a huge gift, the things you have been posting I never imagined I could see ... Unfortunately here in Brazil the Culture Club suffered a lot of prejudice and few things came from them. I could only have national things, since at that time it was forbidden to have imported things. Thank you one more time !

[@Karolina-ww7dc]

FANTASTIC

[@MrBrunoarmani]

Thanks so much for share it!!! 😊🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@kellybley2589]

I never get tired of this cincert. I have it on Beta but obviously can't watch it so I'm glad it's here.

[@richardguarascia5920]

Great video at this time in the morning

[@shakerocknrub]

Thanks so much for sharing this! I saw them on this tour in Philly at the Ripley Music Hall. Following year saw them at the Tower Theatre. They were great live! Great vocals and stamina, killer band. They were much more than their costumes.

[@lessismore8533]

Wow wish I was old enough to hve been an 80s kid. I missed CCs peak

[@dennisbailey5559]

I have the tower 1983 and 84 shows on boots

[@dennisbailey5559]

I really love the 83 tour show so much energy in Philadelphia

[@dennisbailey5559]

@@lessismore8533 culture club is still at a peak george is still great

[@reprintranch]

I'm mostly a metal fan and I'm really impressed at how sharp and cohesive the band sounds here. They'd obviously played together quite a bit, everybody seems comfortable and having a good time. Extra points for Boy George sharing the spotlight with back-up singer Helen Terry.

[@gabrielh815]

Thanks!!

[@simonsimon5617]

Them boys playing the hell outta them instruments... yall some bad boys and George you were just awesome!

[@gailreed4597]

The band ROCKED! It seems like they're a little forgotten sometimes under George's limelight. I'm SAD that Jon, the drummer was pushed out of the band!

[@Greenstone35]

Culture Club maybe playing all of these songs in the UK tour, Dec 2024 concerts. Imagine!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@deborahw8345]

I love the Boy George from the very beginning and I still love him just as strong to me for I am ill

[@minoiij3115]

Amazing! I love Boy! 45:45

[@fernandom.6534]

Omg thank you, that is an amazing show!!

[@garysmith8073]

Also whats SPECIAL ABOUT THIS SHOW. they sing ITS AMERICA AND LATER RENAME IT ITS A MIRACLE .

[@goldenlass9488]

Talent plus charisma! 👏🏻

[@石田斉彦]

カルチャークラブは昔から大好きです。特にカマーは気まぐれの曲が心にしみます。これからも心に残る曲を聞かせて下さい。ボーイジョージ大好きです。体に気をつけて頑張って下さい。

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

AWESOME !!!!!! THANK YOU !!!

[@eclecticfangrrl]

Thank you for uploading this! I have a cassette tape (not video) that I recorded from the tv when this concert was on Nick Rocks (Nickelodeon) but never knew the exact date. This sounds pretty much like I remember my tape sounding--I wish I still had that, too. I've looked for this several times, so thank you thank you thank you!

[@caroleblair1438]

Boy George is great+ Culture ❤❤❤❤

[@GARose-kt4jc]

THANK YOU!! Mr. David! You're bringing me the concert I MISSED (I live in Seattle) back in the day! I was very poor as I was putting myself through college, and I was "swamped" with my classes (I was in Pharmacy School at the Univ. of Wash.). I love your "side info" too, it seems a lot of up-loaders don't bother!🥰

[@MRDL236123]

You're welcome! Glad you like my intros- sometimes I post a video just to spread some trivia! :)

[@GARose-kt4jc]

@@MRDL236123 Keep up the good work! You still reign supreme as the BEST uploader on KZbin.

[@superdougie10]

George is on his game here, big time. This is a very powerful show.

[@craig0weston20]

A gem

[@farmyardflavours]

thank you so much 💋

[@deanrobinson711]

I was obsessed with George in the 80s, I've been to a couple of concerts, and shook his hand. I can't wait for the new Boy George movie, I hope they get someone that actually looks like him. The guy in the movie, " worried about the boy" wasn't convincing enough to play George, he didn't even look like him.

[@lessismore8533]

Oooh you’re an 80s teen?? Lucky. If you shook his hand you must’ve been in the front row then! What years did you see CC live? And yah “worried about the boy” I found ok but the Boy George actor in Taboo 2002 I think was his best to date

[@deanrobinson711]

@@lessismore8533 He wasn't in cc when I saw him, first time was in 95 at Shepherds Bush, the second time was in my home town of Preston 2008. In Shepherds Bush I sang out "sing everything I own" he wasn't happy with me and said " if you want to be famous bring your own record out". That made my night, hahaha. And your right the guy in taboo would of been an excellent choice in that movie.

[@yatgrave1120]

@@deanrobinson711 George was just being George when he told you that, lol

[@debraweaver6308]

@@deanrobinson711 Yeah... Douglas Booth is the actor's name, I believe in " Worried About the Boy ". He is a really good actor... but, yes....he did not look a bit like George.... at all!!!

[@GARose-kt4jc]

@@deanrobinson711 I'm guessing you lived in Britain, the ONLY thing I remember from George after Culture Club was "The Crying Game". I've noticed artists like to play their new stuff at concerts so they can get it in front of people, I think a LOT of people were with you in wanting to hear "Everything I Own". The only surprising thing is you lived in England and you didn't see Culture Club in the 80's?

[@lorenasoria6165]

Hermoso

[@Greenstone35]

I really hope they play “Stormkeeper” this time at their UK concerts in Dec 2024 celebrating both albums ❤🎤

[@RainbowBrite80]

OMG!!! they actually did Miracle in its original form!format!! This footage is awesome! I've been telling ppl for years that it was originally called " it's America"

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

The reason I wanted to see this is because it was from Seattle.

[@declanmcdermott]

Sound is pretty good though, Thanks for sharing

[@jamesbarker8647]

This is amazing and Boy George looks amazing here

[@veritohernandez43]

Excelente.. impresionante.. simplemente hermoso. Te amo Boy George. 💋💋

[@ихтиандр-ц6и]

Отличный певец и композитор ,отличная группа ,отличное видео.Спасибо Mr. David!!!

[@clarakop]

👍❤️💋❤️🤗🤩👏👏 merci pour le partage