Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Music Video Reaction | Culture Club | The Adventures of Ry and Ry

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Official Music Video:
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From Wikipedia:
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" is a song written and performed by English new wave band Culture Club. Released as a single in September 1982 from the group's platinum-selling debut album, Kissing to Be Clever (1982), it was the band's first UK No. 1 hit. In the United States, the single was released in November 1982 and also became a hit, reaching No. 2 for three weeks.
The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Julien Temple, featured lead singer Boy George on trial in a courtroom (filmed in Islington Town Hall Council Chamber), with flashbacks to the Gargoyle Club, Soho in 1936 and the Dolphin Square Health Club, Pimlico in 1957 (actually filmed at the now disused Hornsey Road swimming baths in Islington). The jury was in blackface making jazz hands gestures. One band member, Mikey Craig, was not in the video, and was replaced by his brother Greg.
Boy George wears a shirt with the Hebrew writing "Tarbut Agudda" (תַּרְבּוּת אֲגֻדָּה), a literal translation of the individual words "culture" and "association" (which is probably a mistranslation of "club") in a grammatically incorrect order."
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me lyrics:
Give me time to realize my crime
Let me love and steal
I have danced inside your eyes
How can I be real?
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Precious kisses, words that burn me
Lovers never ask you why
In my heart the fire is burning
Choose my color, find a star
Precious people always tell me
That's a step, a step too far
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Words are few I have spoken
I could waste a thousand years
Wrapped in sorrow, words are token
Come inside and catch my tears
You've been talking but believe me
If it's true you do not know
This boy loves without a reason
I'm prepared to let you go
If it's love you want from me
Then take it away
Everything's not what you see
It's over again
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Do you really want to hurt me?
Do you really want to make me cry?
Source: LyricFind

[@MarkSatchwillArt]

Director of the video Julien Temple has said: "'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?" was about being gay and being victimized for your sexuality, which George was kind of emblematic of. It seemed appropriate to me that in the video he would be judged by jurors in blackface, to send up bigotry and point out the hypocrisy of the many gay judges and politicians in the UK who'd enacted anti-gay legislation."

[@CousinRyan]

Interesting! That's some great knowledge right there. I'm gonna pin this comment, thank you!

[@leah1633]

No Boy George wrote this song about his relationship with Jon .(drummer of the band ) ..Boy George was in love with him and they had a secret relationship but Jon refused to make it public . Which broke Boy George's heart

[@MarkSatchwillArt]

@@leah1633 we were talking about the idea behind the video treatment, and the use of blackface, not the song itself.

[@leah1633]

@@MarkSatchwillArt ok fair enough ...this song wasn't written specifically about that though...Boy George was actually in love !

[@TracyNeeCee]

@@leah1633 He also says he hates this song. lol.. but all of his fans love it!!!

[@sanfranciscowasalmostdestr3519]

This is a masterpiece, timeless ! The voice of Boy George is unique

[@leah1633]

Boy George wrote this song about his relationship with Jon (drummer of the band ) . They were having a relationship but Jon refused to go public about it . Only the other band members knew about it at the time . This song is one of my favourites !

[@ManuelAlejandroCopaira]

It wasn't because of Jon Moss... It was about a previous love another singer.

[@Jaytorres82729]

Beautiful song. My mom showed this song to me.

[@AidanCasserlyHome]

P.S. ... you can spot his Mum in the video? Answers on postcard ;)

[@TracyNeeCee]

I've seen this video and heard this song thousands of times. Every time I watch the video, I think to myself that if he released this today, he would be cancelled simply for the people in black face.

[@markashkenazi8583]

wow song

[@bobbyb2725]

The people in blackface were a jury of his peers (masquerading as something else and offensive to others)

[@rockwhk]

It's funny, everyone loved culture club but at the same time it was a little shocking to see boy George on videos because he looked like a travesti and sometimes it wasnt nice to see him. Anyway. I love his music 🎉

[@Truthteller58-z3c]

Dont here music like this anymore

[@CousinRyan]

For real!