It’s an indulgent time machine, rifling through the old features and interviews of the Rock Back
Pages website, of articles from days gone by. As there in today’s press, there was then – a plethora of Boy George clippings. Barely a quip has ever gone by without it being stretched into column
inches. In the long-standing case of George O’Dowd vs. Fleet Street, who is winning? A snippet from George’s 1987 interview in Q Magazine has him quoted as saying, “People say, ‘Oh, they
crucified you but so what? Tey're going to do it again." It’s that resilience, that British hard shell that has pulled George through his ecstatic, appalling and indifferent years and sees him here now: clean, in full, rich, soulful-voice, looking arguably better than ever, and with a genuinely accomplished new album under his arm. Right now, I’d say he’s winning.
George, we’re so excited to have you coming to Norwich this month, it’s phenomenal. Good, well hopefully we’ll put on a good show. You know, it’s not like we choose where to go, I mean, we’ll go anywhere –
[Laughs] Even Norwich! Yeah, even Norwich if they want us to. It’s all about who comes in first and who wants you there, so yeah, we’re really excited about coming to Norwich.
We’re not at all like you might think we are. Well neither are we, so there you go! I haven’t really got any pre-ordained view of Norwich though, I mean, I’m sure I’ve DJed there. Look – I’m not your typical Londoner; my grandmother came from the Midlands, so I spent all my childhood in the Midlands and when I started DJing, I was basically a northern DJ. I only ever played outside of London for years, so I still have a really good relationship with the rest of the country, d’you know what I mean? I don’t think of myself being a typical southerner, in that respect.
In a strange twist of fate, we’re actually interviewing a young band called Blitz Kids this month. Tere’s two though – are they the rock one?
Tey are, yeah. It seems like quite a neat little circle we’re making in this issue. It is, but I don’t know why they call themselves Blitz Kids because they don’t sound it at all. I don’t know if they’ve taken the name because of the war, or… you’ll have to ask them! “Boy George wants to know why you’re called the Blitz Kids? What makes you want to do drag?!”
12 / April 2014/
outlineonline.co.uk
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