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June 14, 2003
George O'Dowd's birthday Born this day, June 14, 1961, "Boy" George O'Dowd turns 42 today. Happy birthday!
Culture Club has never gotten their proper due. They were marketed and perceived as a cheesy pre-packaged MTV creation. Mr. O'Dowd went right along with it. He leaned WAY too much into the silly androgyny gay gimmick stuff. They were pretty much cast as new Village People. It did work for them commercially, so there's that.
On the other hand, they never got appropriate credit for the quality of their best music. O'Dowd burned out on drugs and whatever personality problems fairly quickly, but for a minute there he was absolutely the shiznit.
Particularly, Colour by Numbers is one of the classic pop albums of all time. Pretty much every track presents pure beauty. "Karma Chameleon" of course was a huge hit, along with a couple of others. Smokey Robinson would have been proud to have written them. Moreover, even Smokey himself could not have sang them better.
Some of the album tracks, however, go off into gospel-type soul that Smokey never got to. There's no gimmicks or anything but beautiful deep soul writing and singing to "That's the Way" or "Black Money". Here's a special shout-out for Helen Terry's perfectly complimentary vocal contributions.
The box set is way too much for a short lived act. The hits album is fine, but you really need the Colour by Numbers album tracks. That's the first place to start. Don't forget to find yourself a copy of "Crying Game", though.
