And I’m gone gone gone…
You may remember our report back in May of last year about the BBC’s excellent Worried About The Boy presentation. (05.19.2010 NEWS: SEE BOWIE IN BBC BOY GEORGE DRAMA…SORT OF) As you might imagine, one of the things that made this journey through Boy George‘s early career all the more interesting was the wonderful soundtrack, which included, among other gems, David Bowie’s “Heroes”, Beauty And The Beast and Always Crashing In The Same Car.
However, I should warn you that the soundtrack on this commercial release bears absolutely no resemblance to the TV version. Gone are the Bowie tracks and the majority of the others too, with only four songs from the original broadcast remaining…two by Culture Club, one Siouxsie & The Banshees and one Bow Wow Wow.
The missing twenty or so classics are replaced by a pretty nondescript original score that attempts to suggest the flavour of the originals.
Oh well, If it’s any consolation, you do get a bonus nineteen-track best of Boy George and Culture Club CD thrown in.