Author: Boy George

Format: Import

Release Date: 08-08-2002

Details: Product Description A Musical Change of the Direction for the Combative DJ. Gone is the Fluff Pop of Culture Club and the Hard Dance Grooves He Has Previously Released. In It's Place Are Simple, Evocative Arrangements of Songs that Are Archetypical Singer/Songwriter Material. Five Tunes Here Are Minimanlist Versions of Songs from 1995's "Cheapness and Beauty" Album, a Salvage from "The Devil in Sister George EP" and a Song from the Play "Taboo" which He Co-wrote. Amazon.ca At first glance, Culture Club’s DJ-ing Don of Drag Queen Pop seems an unlikely candidate for the "unplugged" treatment of U Can Never Be 2 Straight. But no-one ever suggested that Boy George couldn’t carry a tune and--despite the dance beats and glossy synth textures getting replaced here by acoustic and steel guitars, fiddles and gentle horns--the music is essentially no different to the MOR pop that he and Culture Club are famous for. And that, in the end, is the problem. Opening track "Ich Bin Kunst" ("I Am Art") initially leads us down a different path, being a ludicrously camp romp through Brel/Brecht alt-cabaret territory, complete with George self-dramatising his sexuality and shock value to the point of parody. But it’s a red herring: the rest of the set is dominated by love confessionals (much of it aimed, by suggestion at least, at straight men who don’t know what they want) over innocuous new tunes and reworkings of past solo, Culture Club and Jesus Loves You nuggets. If "Fat Cat"’s bitchy metaphors at least ripple the bland surface, then the rest is predictable and samey--apart from a rehash of old Hare Krishna tribute "Bow Down Mister", which many would suggest should’ve been left where it was. --Garry Mulholland

UPC: 766489183923

EAN: 0724381275726

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: Used