By Loretta Manago
Poet Staff Writer
To say that Culture Club
has taken the w$rld by
storm is a gross under
statement. Within days of
announcing that tbiBritish
a city the concortfilsout.
The group, but the p partis
cularly Boy Geo ie has
affected some p jple so
much so that th y have
chosen outlaipish at
tire similar to the group’s
lead singer to th tr once
traditional garb.
Culture Club is laving a
phenomenal ef: set on
music listerier§pevery
where * • %
Since the reieaaf
debut album, “
Be Clever,” Cul
explosive success)
slowed down. “
Be Clever” was
debut album in i
years to place thri
in the top ten. Thec
al bum, “Colour
bers,” has
platinum sta
evidence of the
they made on the
public, Culture1*
the 1983 Gr
for “Best New
What has matfrf
Club one of the r iost suer
cessful groups in t le music
industry today? Boy
George attribu es the
group’s success t< the fact
that they havei ’t com
promised- and “fi at they”
don^t.fiit^mmd patting,
each other on the: lack and
-saying-how wonderful they
"sre; -■ *■— —
Another practical rule
that the group has enforced
will undoubtedlyi assure
them that theyjvwl stay on
top. “We limil iur indnl
gences - no parties, no had
vices," comrteqted Boy
George. Although Culture '
Club is composed of some ’
very talented musicians, it
is indeed Boy George Who |
stealstheshow. He dresses;
in a full feminine ^costume!
and he completes his act
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By Joe Black
Not long ago, pe >ple, both black and
white, bled and ev n died so that Black
people could exerc se the right to vote.
Were those saerifk es4n vain? By not vot
ing, we have no eff :ct on the power
structure, and are virtually making our
selves an Invisible entity. Tbo often we are
looked upon as a n ulsance. One that does
not understand th; power of the vote.
Does a batter hit a home run by “choking
up“ and punching at the ball? No. He
takes a full swing, with power.
And the power o Black America is i»
the quantity of reg stered voters. And
that power is most effective when it is
distributed proper y. On too many occa
sions. our voting p Dwer Is "weighted" to
one side. The Deiti >cratlc party takes our
vote for granted, hj our political strategy
for the 80s. our vej e should gain respect
from both the Derii acratic and
kRepublican parties ?
We cannot achiHp this goal through
protest voting. A v<|e for a "lost cause" Is
a vote for our opponents. If more Black
voters would reglst :r as Republicans,
both parties woulc include Black people
in their political st ategles. Thus,
improving our voti ig power..
Remember, Just ec^use you voted in
the Democratic pr'i nafy. doesn’t mean
you cannot vote for the other party In
November.
.._
u9e'E>fack
V** President
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BRITISH GROUP CULTURE CLUB
—Headed by “outrageous” Boy George
- a*^f-argraa ^trjiifobg -’^fKg* mm-mrirw wholepomi Isio efete
people into being more
toleran* of~things that
aren’t harmful.”
— U has been said that- not
since the Beatles crossed
the Atlantic some two
decades ago has the world
been so swept by such a
rock 'a fell frensy. And]
while mop-top Beatle hair
cuts were all the rage of a
generation gone by, this
newest mania takes the
form of Boy George “gen
der bendering” as legions
of fans adopt the andro
gynous look of Culture
Gub’s outrageously attired
and made-up lead singer.
Culture Club consists of j
Jon Moss, Boy George, j
Mikey Craig and Roy Hay.
Helen Terry has been
added to the foursome. Her
incredible vocals as a back
up artist are only added
incentives that has made
Culture Gub second only to
.Michael Jackson.
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