Greatest Hits es un álbum de Culture Club, publicado en 2005 por Virgin. El disco incluye 17 canciones, entre ellas «Do You Really Want To Hurt Me», «Time (Clock Of The Heart)», «I'll Tumble 4 Ya» y «White Boy (Dance Mix)».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Culture Club se resume de manera brillante en esta compilación de 2005, una colección que funciona como la introducción perfecta al universo sonoro de una de las bandas más icónicas y coloridas de la década de los 80. Este 'Greatest Hits' es un viaje a través de los sencillos que los convirtieron en un fenómeno global, un testimonio de su increíble talento para crear pop de una calidad y una sensibilidad extraordinarias.
De hecho, la selección de temas es un desfile de clásicos inmortales. El oyente puede disfrutar en un solo lugar de himnos que definieron una era, como la melancólica y reggae-infused "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?", o la irresistiblemente alegre "Karma Chameleon". Cada canción es una prueba de la maestría de la banda para la melodía.
El álbum captura a la perfección la esencia del sonido de Culture Club: una sofisticada y multicultural mezcla de new wave, soul de ojos azules, reggae y pop. La voz andrógina y llena de alma del líder y vocalista, Boy George, es el hilo conductor que da coherencia y una emoción única a todo el repertorio.
A diferencia de otras bandas de la época, la música de Culture Club estaba impregnada de una calidez y una humanidad que la hacían universal. Este 'Greatest Hits' es un documento esencial, la banda sonora de los 80 y un recordatorio del poder de una gran canción para trascender el tiempo y las modas.
Listado de Canciones
- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me4:23
Letra
Give me time to realize my crime Let me love and steal. I have danced inside your eyes How can I be real. Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Precious kisses words that burn me Lovers never ask you why. In my heart the fire is burning Choose my color find a star Precious people always tell me That's a step a step too far. Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry. Words are few I have spoken I could waste a thousand years Wrapped in sorrow, words are token Come inside and catch my tears You've been talking but believe me If it's true you do not know This boy loves without a reason I'm prepared to let you go If it's love you want from me Then take it away Everything's not what you see it's over again. Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry Do you really want to hurt me Do you really want to make me cry. Give me time to realize my crime Let me love and steal. I have danced inside your eyes How can I be real. If it's love you want from me then take it again. - Time (Clock Of The Heart)3:44
- I'll Tumble 4 Ya2:35
- White Boy (Dance Mix)4:41
- Church Of The Poison Mind3:32
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Desolate loving in your eyes, you used and made my life so sweet. Step out like a God found child, I saw your eyes across the street. Who would be the fool to take you, be more that just kind? Step into a life of maybe; love is hard to find in the church of the poison mind, In the church of the poison mind. In the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. Watch me clinging to the beat. I had to fight to make it mine, That religion you could sink it neat. Just move your feet an' you'll feel fine. Who would be the fool to maybe Trick a kiss in time? Who am I to say that's crazy? Love will make you blind. . . In the church of the poison mind. In the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. Desolate loving in your eyes, you used and made my life so sweet. Step out like a God found child, I saw your eyes across the street. Who would be the fool to take you, be more that just kind? Step into a life of maybe; love is hard to find in the church of the poison mind, In the church of the poison mind. In the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. In the church of the poison mind. In the church of the poison mind. in the church of the poison mind. - Karma Chameleon4:12
Letra
Desert loving in your eyes all the way. If I listen to your lies, Would you say I'm a man without conviction, I'm a man who doesn't know How to sell a contradiction? You come and go, you come and go. Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleon, You come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams: Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green. Didn't you hear your wicked words ever'y day. And you used to be so sweet. I heard you say that my love was an addiction. When we cling, our love is strong. When you go, you're gone forever. You string along, you string along. Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleon, You come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams: Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green. Ev'ry day is like survival. You're my lover, not my rival. Ev'ry day is like survival. You're my lover, not my rival. I'm a man without conviction I'm a man who doesn't know How to sale a contradiction? You come and go, you come and go. Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleon, You come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams: Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green. Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, chameleon, You come and go, you come and go. Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dreams: Red, gold, and green, red, gold, and green. - Miss Me Blind4:30
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Miss me I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me blind I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me blind Bet you got a good gun Bet you know how To have some fun and then You turn it around on me Because I'm better than the rest of the men I say you'll miss me And you always do I say you'll miss me Now would I lie to you Now there's no need to demand Grab my golden hand I'll teach you and you'll never be sure If the way that you need Is too much like greed Decide if you are rich or you're poor I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me blind Bet you make the fool run Bet you know how To make it last forever But you know I'm never really sure If you're just kissing to be clever I say you'll miss me And you always do I say you'll miss me Now would I lie to you Now there's no need to demand Grab my golden hand I'll teach you and you'll never be sure If the way that you need Is too much like greed Decide if you are rich or you're poor Because the love That I have to give Must be better than that kind It can make you rich It can make you poor But I know that you'll miss me blind I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me I know you'll miss me blind - It's A Miracle3:26
- Victims4:56
Letra
The victims we know so well They shine in your eyes When they kiss and tell Strange places we never see But you're always there Like a ghost in my dream And I keep on telling you Please don't do the things you do When you do those things Pull my puppet strings I have the strangest void for you We love and we never tell What places our hearts in the wishing well Love leads us into the stream And it's sink or swim Like it's always been And I keep on loving you It's the only thing to do When the angel sings There are greater things Can I give them all to you Pull the strings of emotion Take a ride into unknown pleasure Feel like a child on a dark night Wishing there was some kind of heaven I could be warm with you smiling Hold out your hand for a while The victims we know them so well... The victims we know so well They shine in your eyes when they kiss and tell Strange places we never see But you're always there like a ghost in my dream And I keep on telling you Please don't do the things you do When you do those things, pull my puppet strings I have the strangest void for you Show my heart some devotion Push aside those that whisper never Feel like a child on a dark night Wishing there were some kind of heaven I could be warm with you smiling Hold out your hand for a while The victims we know them so well, so well... - Black Money5:19
Letra
Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Fortunes find you. Cross out every emotion. Standing right behind A shadow of devotion. Somebody else's life Cannot be mine. But when you love someone And they don't love you in return. When you love someone, You've got money to burn. Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? I believe that Nothing could come between us. Magic potions, Won't you save them for dreamers? Somebody else's life cannot be mine. But when you love someone, And they don't love you in return. When you love someone, You've got money to burn. Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Give me some love, But don't waste my time. Black money. I'll love you again, But you must be mine. Black money. Give me some love, But don't waste my time. Black money. Fortunes find you. Cross out every emotion. Standing right behind A shadow of devotion. Somebody else's life Cannot be mine. But when you love someone, And they don't love you in return. When you love someone, You've got money to burn. Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Do you deal in black money? Give me some love, But don't waste my time. Black money. I'll love you again, But you must be mine. Black money. Give me some love, But don't waste my time. Black money. - The War Song4:14
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War war is stupid and people are stupid And love means nothing in some strange quarters War war is stupid and people are stupid And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers War! People fill the world with narrow confidence Like a child at birth, a man with no defence What's mine's my own, I won't give it to you No matter what you say, no matter what you do Now we're fighting in our hearts Fighting in the streets Won't somebody help me? War war is stupid and people are stupid And love means nothing in some strange quarters War war is stupid and people are stupid And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers War! Man is far behind in the search of something new Like a Philistine, we're burning witches too This world of hate must be designed for you It matters what you say, it matters what you do Now we're fighting in our hearts Fighting in the streets Won't somebody help me? War war is stupid and people are stupid And love means nothing in some strange quarters War war is stupid and people are stupid And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers War! War! War! After the bird has flown He walked ten thousand miles back home You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me War! In this heart of mine, I'll find a place for you For black or white, for grown-up children too Now we're fighting in our hearts Fighting in the streets Won't somebody help me? War war is stupid and people are stupid And love means nothing in some strange quarters War war is stupid and people are stupid And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers No more war say no more war say war Senso hant-ai Senso hant-ai Say no more war - Mistake No. 34:36
- Love Is Love3:51
Letra
You don't have to touch it to know Love is everywhere you go You don't have to touch it to feel Love is every second we steal Love is love is nothing without you Love is love is everything you do Open up your eyes And you will see Love is love is everything to me You don't have to touch it to be Wrapped up in emotion like me Everyone must feel how I do, yeah Love is just to be close to you Love is love is nothing without you Love is love is everything you do Open up your eyes And you will see Love is love is everything to me And you know that love is love It's written in black and blue And everything you say Must bring her closer, closer to you Ba-ba, ba-ba, ba-ba You don't have to touch it to know Love is everywhere you go You don't have to touch it to feel Love is every second we steal Love is love is nothing without you Love is love is everything you do Open up your eyes And you will see Love is love is everything to me Love is love is nothing without you Love is love is everything you do - Move Away4:09
Letra
Moving moving Move away , move away Spirit changed the conversation Stepping stones across the land I never wanted to be a hero I never wanted to be a man I hurt you darling I made you cry I hurt you darling Don't ask me why Move move move away from me darling I never said I'd hold your hand Move move move away from me darling I never said I'd understand If I could say this was judgment day You know I'd be a millionaire Justice is fine I need you so I can't let go I hurt you darling I made you cry I hurt you darling Don't ask me why Move move move away from me darling I never said I'd hold your hand Move move move away from me darling I never said I'd understand If I could say this was judgment day You know I'd be a millionaire Move move move away from me darling I never said I'd hold your hand Move move move away from me darling I never said I'd understand Move move move move away Move move move move away Why don't you move away - I Just Wanna Be Loved4:34
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Take a picture of tonight and Keep it by your heart Love has left us memories There's no better way to part I will find another love Someone who won't me down How you tried to level me But you never stood your ground Fortunately I got wise this time Fortunately I had me on my mind Oh I just want to be loved Don't want to fight you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud I just want to be loved Don't want to beg you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud Take a piece of dignity and Use it in your life Even though you hurt me I still want you to survive Love was never special We were never down You will always have someone To bring you on the ground Fortunately I got wise this time Fortunately I had me on my mind Oh I just want to be loved Don't want to fight you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud I just want to be loved Don't want to beg you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud When you love someone Don't you know, love is blind When you love someone It'll be for all time, yeah that's right Fortunately I got wise this time Fortunately I had me on my mind Oh I just want to be loved Don't want to fight you baby But I'm much too proud to say it loud I just want to be loved Don't want to beg you baby Love me, love me, love me, love me yeah - Cold Shoulder4:35
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Watching the stars on Primrose Hill The moon is high and the city is still I came here to escape the chill Of your cold shoulder Evil sometimes the things you say If you really wish I would just go away Then why do you cry Like a little child All your world that's what you say I am I'm working so hard to be a better man You know I'll never ever lie, never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold, so cold inside Remember that fight in Amsterdam When I made you cry 'cause I know I can? You could not escape the chill Of my cold, cold shoulder All your world that's what you say I am I'm working so hard to be a better man You know I'll never ever lie, never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold I know you're hurting inside Want someone to pay for the tears you cry Ain't gonna be me, not this time Never lie, never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold, so cold inside Never play those games with my mind You'll be the loser, you might find Questions lead to answers in time While you're so cold, so cold inside I know you're hurting I'm hurting too But I don't want to hurt you 'Cause I love you But my head says 'not this time' - Your Kisses Are Charity (Blouse And Skirt Mix)4:19