The Blitz Kids - Whatever happened to the Gender Bender’s 2005 (Edited For YouTube)
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2020
- The Blitz Kids / Whatever Happened To The Genderbender’s
2005
Edited for UA-cam and was still blocked in some countries
Interviews with Boy George, Steve Strange, Marilyn & many more
Edited for UA-cam.... unfortunately it kept getting blocked, so I just kept all the interviews..
All the best bits are here..!
I'm glad this is available for viewing again, I really wanted to watch it! I honestly wouldn't know what was missing at this point as it's been too long . Why on earth would YT keep blocking it, copyright claim?
@@PrecociousFriand Pettiness it's people who have nothing better to do with their time than try to spoil other peoples enjoyment to counteract how drab and boring life is these days as the schools churn out nothing but clones and drones.
@@PrecociousFriand 1
This was so much fun! Thank you!
Thanks for doing that. Was a fan of the music back then, of the folk in this video.
I loved Steve, I still miss him. George I've loved from day one, that'll never change, beautiful voice, beautiful man.
Was great to see Marilyn again.. Love him.
I loved seeing Boy George perform at the end of this video and actually performing, not lip syncing the hits.
Love these documentaries...💖
I'm so glad Marilyn is at the top of his game once again and looking and sounding better than ever! Sad that we lost Steve. George continues to do well and is releasing great new music!
Check out Steven Jones & Logan Sky and their collaboration with Steve Strange, his last recordings
Steve raised the flag with pride before he left. The two Visage albums from 2013 and 2015 are an amazing feat for him personally and a golden tribute to a glittering era.
It's ironic now that George's initial TOTP appearance was the outrageous, ambiguous height of femininity and now 40 years later people wouldn't really look twice if you walked down the street like this.
17:26 "little girls and old ladies"😂
in america it was a very special and unique time in history .a time when straight gay or what ever could really appreciate the differences and except people for who they are.before that time period that just wouldnt have happened.i am so happy as a straight guy i got to live back then and be at the right age when all that started.
Loved ashes to ashes video and the song, I hid behind the sofa of fade to grey it seemed at the time, bizarre but now looking back in retrospect it was a ok video and song, my mum bless who loved music was looking at is if to say what is this, mind of a toy as well seemed a bit scary at the age of 7 but still again not a bad song, I'm a big vinyl collector and love sex pistols adamant the ants both with a decent size collection seen them both 6 times, like many other eras, ashes to ashes was the second single I bought 1981, but was only 7 and again at the time thought all videos were weird and wonderful, it was a great era clothes, and music respect to them all.
Thanks for this YT keep blocking I get it, fun to watch and have make up envy
Loved watching this , can't get enough of boy George ,back in the 80's and now he's just an amazing , talented and funny guy , and he's laugh is infectious 💖🌈🎶💋
Only one Blitz Kid had the actual talent to not only survive through today but also remain on top. Still as engaging as always, sharp busines savvy, infectious laugh, sharp wit and still selling out arenas around the world.
Love you George. ♥️🏳️🌈♥️🏳️🌈♥️🏳️🌈
Truth well said! Honestly can't find words that could explain the "Boy George phenomenon"! Artistically, I consider him as the same level as David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson...Legend!!!
Poor Marilyn. I know this was filmed 20 yr ago but she is in her demons. Glad she back to looking ,feeling lovely lately.
He put on a lot of weight during this time. Probably due to depression but he back with a healthy figure now. He make vlogs on youtube now.
Honestly weight is such a non issue when life or death recovery is involved. 💓
👌😊
🌟✨👌🏻you became these Heroes !
The problem is that the all turned into caricatures of themselves.
Once you take yourself (and your drag) too seriously, your appeal dries out.
Old men sitting there with tons of hairspray/faded beauty/camp clothes and bad teeth.
Boy can at least laugh at himself.
He is brilliant and has a beautiful emotional voice and real talent.
What those kids did not know was that for a short moment in history, they took David Bowies crown and ran away with it
Is it ever arguable that they perhaps became the characters they initially sought to create initially 🤔
Did you type that with one finger whilst gazing in a hand mirror dear
This broke my heart I didn't know all of this but I'm very thankful he made it out he said no one liked them because how they looked well he's wrong I loved him just the way he was and love him more now George he made it he got cleaned my brother was gay too but didn't make it drug's and drinking killed him😭😭😭😭😭 I lost my brother this year in February 2020 gay or not I loved him .George I loved you then and I'm in love with you since God bless you and keep you safe 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
WOO eres admirable valiente guerrero muy fuerte
Sex pistols are amazing seen them 6 times on reunion tours, many of the guys were part of the punk scene prior to new romantics.pity when hard drugs came into it, but they sorted themselves out, sadly some didn't.
Good on Steve, refusing Mick!
BUENAS! EXCELENTE DOCUMENTAL! GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR! EXITOS DESDE BUENOS AIRES!
Thanks for all the BG uploads! Its like heaven. You and Mr David are the best BG posters right now. You have the full culture club Vh1 special?
Yeah David’s Ch is great, I’m friends with David on a Culture Club Collectors FB group.. He knows everything there is to know about CC...😀
I do have all the VH1 Specials but UA-cam keeps blocking them.. I might try and edit the vh1 specials and see if that works..
@@CultureClubHistory so cool you're friends with him what a small world!
Steven looks so smart, phil salon is so funny.
They are legends, glad they are happy safe and well.
I mean now in 2024.
Great era, i love ashes to ashes bowie song and video,simply amazing however i was scared of fade to grey,and mind of a toy, now i think both tracks were good and videos were less scary😅
Don't worry we still go to the gigs,going can do you good after having panic attacks,I got over it 95% but still have a few days, but it can happen to party animal going the other way and becoming insular.
In this episode! I see: FAT George, Steve Drugs and Unhealthy Marilyn
Either Marilyn's demeanor is from year's past drug abuse or he's doing it when this program was made, he's really fidgety and his speech is slightly slurred and his eyes look quite sunken.
Marilyn in this video looks like the Gioconda' s face. With respect I say that .
They can now drink in pubs!
Was marilyn that fat? I can't believe, that's a big change.
Marilyn is disgusting, an absolute one!!! Steve Strange?😄 Nahhhh....Rusty Egan? The man who THOUGHT he was the center of the world...😄 And here comes Boy George, the super talented, a genius, an amazing artist, a fabulous personality, the one from the Blitz Kids who destined to become one of the biggest true music stars...An absolute legend!💯
Beautiful comment about George!
@@lessismore8533 The truth, and he deserves even more!!!🙌
George sure has the wit, he's a pop star extraordinaire, a cultural icon being among the most advocate in bringing the entire drag/gay enterprise to a wider mainstream audience. I respect him as an artist yes, BUT George as a personality I wouldn't be so sure he's as fabulous. Especially when hearing some of other people's personal recollections that show a different side to George; Man Parrish's video story here on UA-cam is as every bit as juicy in revealing his personal encounter with the star - at the same time entertaining as it casts a pretty grim shadow on George as dubious, arrogant and cruel. Which may not be entirely untrue.
As for others - well, as artists, each brought something on the table; Steve Strange and Marilyn probably became the biggest victims in terms of their arrogance towards others during their youth. Or so it seems. I still admire how daring these people were at such young age, creating their own entertainment which went global. And for that, regardless of their true personalities, they all deserve respect, their contribution to pop culture was immense and is now part of history books.
Music/style wise, I still prefer the first two Visage albums at any time over those by Culture Club (as much as I love "Colour By Numbers", too)... Marilyn's songs from that time are enjoyable but something about them sadly makes it more of a wasted opportunity - radio-friendly and catchy but just as instant if not entirely calculated, Marilyn's own great potential as a pop star was diminished too soon, leaving him in Boy George's shadow...
Of the lot, Rusty I find the most irritating - at least judging from a spokesperson angle; he may be a nice person (I don't know him personally) but from the sound of his voice, it's hard to shake off the impression the guy's a downright egoist, he never shuts up - even from a video distance, he depletes all the air out of a room...
@@antunivanovic yah even though I like BG I heard that man Parrish story here too onUA-cam. (Can’t find it anymore). Now I can always use that “no ones perfect” excuse but I think a better response is a remark George made in few early 90s interviews. He was discussing writing his autobiography and said it was hard admitting how he was during his peak of fame but said it was healthy for him. Already by the early 90s George was maturing fast.
I agree! Marilyn was DISGUSTING....he was also was TALENTLESS! He really couldn't sing!
Bienvenue dans d’autres mondes parallèles, dans d’autres dimensions, où les plaisirs extrêmes se paient cash, très cher, par des souffrances extrêmes aussi !
Un monde fascinant, attirant et inquiétant à la fois....que seuls des êtres exceptionnels peuvent explorer avec profit, sans s’y perdre ....
21:10 hmm clips keep cutting off. Is it for copy right reasons?
Yeah I had to edit it for UA-cam as it kept getting blocked.. kept all the interviews and good parts in...
Met rusty egan nice man.
After listening to FADE TO GREY (1980) for the millionth time, I am starting to believe that Midge Ure was the actually singer and not Steve Strange [RIP x]
What's the Song around 22:00?
I’m not sure the title, but it’s definitely a song by VISAGE
@@CultureClubHistory I found out, it's from Human League, being boiled!
@@niniaufdembach5746 really.... wow I’m shocked, I would of sworn that was Steve strange singing... thanks for letting me know....😀
@@CultureClubHistory me too! Learned something and found a song I was looking for for a long time! Btw thanks for the upload, love it
Robert Elms is so annoying. I love these Blitz Kids documentaries. Boy George is charming, as usual. So funny, but insightful too, followed by Philip Shallon, who is also very funny and bitchy, but from what I've seen from him, lacks Boy George's empathy. Steve Strange I never liked, even if he was the perfect frontman for that short lived fashion. Marilyn is at his lowest here, which is sad to see, but apart from his looks and being at the right time at the right place, and beside the right person, I never found much substance in him.
What song is playing at 7:41......If anyone knows
Did Marlyin's and Boy George date the same Jon????
No…
@@CultureClubHistory Ah! My ears perked up when the narrator said "Jon"!
@@claytonbouldin9381 yeah different John, I’m pretty sure Maz when to American with his John, then came back when George hit it big
Culture Club on T.O.T.P in MARCH 1982??? I don't think so.
dunno about March but definitely 1982 with Do you really want to hurt me?
I thought it was September / October…🤔
@@CultureClubHistory Yes. You're right.
Attention seekers with no musical talent whatsoever is how I remember it.
Maybe it was a dream of yours? Lol
@@lessismore8533 More like a complete nightmare.
@@bingsinatra5283 my bad. Nightmare is what I meant. Because nightmares are fictional as dreams and you can wake up from them. Hope you wake up soon.