The Best of Culture Club es un álbum de Culture Club, publicado en 1989 por Virgin VIP. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Karma Chameleon», «Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?», «I'll Tumble 4 Ya» y «Move Away».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum The Best of Culture Club, de 1989, es una de las primeras y más importantes compilaciones de la banda, lanzada tras su primera disolución. Este disco funciona como un balance de su espectacular pero breve carrera durante los años 80. Su objetivo principal es reunir en un solo lugar todos los sencillos que los convirtieron en un fenómeno global y en un ícono de la década.
La selección de temas es impecable, un recorrido cronológico por los himnos que definieron el sonido de la "Segunda Invasión Británica". Desde su primer gran éxito, la melancólica "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?", hasta la alegría contagiosa de "Karma Chameleon", pasando por clásicos como "Time (Clock of the Heart)" o "Church of the Poison Mind".
La compilación es un testimonio de la increíble habilidad de Culture Club para crear canciones pop perfectas. Cada tema es un ejemplo de su maestría para la melodía, su sofisticación en los arreglos y la increíble calidez de la voz de Boy George. Este tipo de antologías sirven para apreciar la coherencia y la evolución de su sonido.
'The Best of Culture Club' es también un documento de una época, la banda sonora de un momento de gran creatividad y optimismo en la música pop. Es una colección esencial para cualquier amante de la música de los 80 y la mejor puerta de entrada al universo de una banda irrepetible.
Listado de Canciones
- Karma Chameleon
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. - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
- I'll Tumble 4 Ya
- Move Away
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 - The War Song
Letra
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 - Miss Me Blind
Letra
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 - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
- Church Of The Poison Mind
Letra
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. - It's A Miracle
- Victims
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...