RARE YOUNG Boy George with New Romantic / Blitz Club Members 70's
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2012
- **READ THIS: Video starts at 0:24!!! A RARE Clip I had on my PC. This shows London, England in the 70's when Punk collided with New Romantic Scenes. This clip shows members of the blitz club that was open in London for people who liked to show their new romantic side. Steve Strange is also present in the video along with a 17 year old Boy George.
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I believe that these kids really got a taste of true happiness...
Yeah I'm 22 and definitely born into the wrong time, I was born into no freedom and covid lockdowns 😓
They had what it takes to become true artists with the costumes & makeup & hair!
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is it too much to wish clubs could be like this again?! sadly yes. style is so homogenised now, everyone looks the same and the music's samey too. everyone's pissing about on their phones all night, it's tragic :(
Sooo true 😿😿😿😿😿
What's worse is that now I'm ready for bed at 2030
It was a glorious time to be young!
yup
0.51 Martin Kemp from Spandau! Great music, great images. What do we have now? Baseball hats? Bring back the Blitz Kids.
Is it bollocks
@@ianmangham4570 It IS, numbnuts. ;-)
@@Chrisamusic1 You should've gone to specsavers 😄
@@ianmangham4570 Seriously pal. It IS Martin Kemp.
@@Chrisamusic1 😄
If I was 18 in London in 1979 and lived the Blitz I wouldn't have cared if I died of Aids by the end of the 80s! Better than living in the NOW which is just DISGUSTING beyond BELIEF!
Yes I agree, I'm 22 and wish I was much older to have experienced a time like this full of people who believed in individualism and had the amount of freedom to do what you want. I can't even go to a store and not get shamed for not wearing a mask now. Would've loved these times 😓
is it.. idk idk you need to see RIDE - Live On Analog Modular Synths - LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
Boy George looking so sweet & cute in the white outfit during the 2:00 mark! At 17, he already had the charm!
He was wonderful when he was younger, twinkly, playful, very bright and humorous...was a friend of mine. He changed drastically...
Zoe Wilding how did he change?
Less Is More probably heroin use
@@zoewilding1845 wait! You KNEW him?
Yes...@@lessismore8533
Boy George is in the long white dress with the tall white headdress. He was Bodecea!!
He used to be very funny quirky and sharp and flirtatious. I'm not commenting about how he became except to say that when Taboo came out, in the venue that was The Blitz Club, now a theatre,. Steve Strange who was in the audience trying to be low key, was made to stand up and have comments made about him and he bitched me up too in front of my young daughter. He came into the audience, we were about 4th row. I was looking at his stage make-up and how he'd done it. He recognised me, said "Have a good look love, you've paid your £40.00. Anyone he knew in the audience got bitched up.. how people can change when they turn from pretty boys in fat spiteful old queens
he was on coke during taboo
Zoe Wilding That's an interesting story. Why don't you make a video about those times?
He wasn't Boudicca as most people think, he's clearly Britannia, the headdress and the shield are a big give away. Just look on English money and you'll see who Britannia is.
What an interesting time in music ...
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This is from 1980. Boy George wore that costume at Steve Stranges 21st birthday(held on the Circle line on the tube) and a few weeks later at his own 19th birthday. He's obviously dressed as Brittania with the helmet and union jack shield, although when asked by someone he mistakenly said he was dressed as Boudicca. It's great to see so many familiar faces.
19y.o
Made my day, seeing this. Now wearing a smile as big as one of George's hats. Really good seeing Steve; there won't be another one like him.
a great or greatest time of fashion and music. i was there as it exploded in 79/80 and as a 15 year old was fascinated by it even though i was into zepplin, rush, yes, rainbow and judas priest.... sorry, but not sorry - this new wave romantic was incredible!!!!
How cool did they all look ... RIP Steve x x x x
I have a special place in my heart for Steve Strange, growing up on a farm in the middle of no-where in rural America, when I discovered Steve & his music in the early 80's, I felt like I _'found my tribe'_ . Growing up in a family of 7, he was the brother I always wanted and he influenced me more than my real brothers. I still feel that way today. Love love love him
Great comment buddy !
Steve grew up in the middle of nowhere too
I love that. Great comment. I friggin love him too. I made a memorial for him and brought it to the Temple at Burning Man the year he died
Steve Strange just died. Really sad to know another creator of 1980s new wave music had passed away.
There needs to be a support group new wave music lovers who liked music from the late 70s to late 1980s.
Good.Glad the world is rid of a nonce.
I'd totally join it, I'm 22 haha.
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It's great to see this old footage from over the pond! Older clubs like Xclusive and such. Neat to see that people were doing the same thing we were doing and it was all thanks to the music and the energetic promoters putting the nights on!
Was this going on in NY in 1980? Or were the NY club kids more like mid 80s.? I remember being 16 going to Limelight and the Bank, World, and this club that moved called purgatory but that was mid-later 80s and it became mostly more Goth. I wish I was just 5 yrs older and in the UK. What amazing times!!! Coolest creative people. Blitz looked so cool. But I would’ve rather been at the rum runner to hang with the Duran boys 😉 I wonder if there’s a video of the scene there at that time....
You know you’re an English when you can hold your bottle of liquor and a cigarette with a single hand. 😆😆😆
Song is visage by visage
Just watched some of George's interviews, BBC film 'Worried About the Boy' (UTube) & read his autobiography 'Take it like a Man', George describes how he & others left 'dysfunctional families in the suburbs' to join this 'clubbing family, moving from squat to squat'! What a time to be young! AMAZING FOOTAGE- THANKS for posting!
It’s fun to watch the George who didn’t have any idea of who’d he become.
Can't see me but I was there age 14 and I got in!!!!!!
Did your Parents knew about you going to the New Romantic clubs such as the Blitz and did they ever had a sign saying "You must be Over 18 to enter"
That's awesome Mike that you were able to experience it!
I looked older than my years back in the day. So good to see clips like this. Reminds me of my wild youth.
Yep...nostalgia trip for me too...
God, the mid 70's through the mid 80's were such wild times! Punk/ new wave/ no wave and all the other alternative genres that came about, that consumer video and high quality audio equipment was showing up and allowing people to break the mass media's hold on culture, and so much came out of it! I miss all the craziness and actual freedom of those times, sadly too many aren't so inclined to fun and bravery anymore..
I was a new romantic in the 80s thanks to you Steve so sad you left us so young. love you Steve thanks for the happy years rip.
The businessman at 02:35 is like "why am I here?". Poor guy. :-)
RIP Steve Strange 1959 -2015 - the creator of New Romantics
Won't be the same without the big man
i wish i was born a little bit earlier..
Excellent piece of film and great music to go with it! I love to see those Blitz Kids of the early 80's. I'm so envious, I would have loved to have been a part of it, but I was only 13 at the time! It brought a lump to my throat seeing Steve Strange. Can't believe he's gone. He'll be forever in my heart. R.I.P. Steve, my beautiful angel.xxxx
I had a lot fun then still do
the song is visage by visage, they all look great, what a time.
I remember this so well xx loved it xx and now am nearly 60 the younger lot today will never ever experience this or the old punk era xxx
I loved it there too.
It was the highlight of my week,the outfits,the music.
Take me back there,I'm so sorry I missed the reunion !
Synth pop, 80's new wave
davicharrllss OMD brought me here
Y yo acá tan latinoamericana viviendo en la era del bad bunny. Maldita sea.
PIONEERS
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OH BOY, thank you so much for this, it is so incredible to see these ACTUAL clips from the BLITZ ERA, i love it
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I am truly SO happy for both Boy George and Steve Strange with their recent reinventions, happy new year to you both for 2014 :)
:)
I adore all those old fashioned/historical outfits and the make-up. It was like a retro fancy dress party. Danny La Rue eat your heart out!
I wanna know what steve strange put on his hair that raised it up, seriously!
Wow! You could smoke on the subway then! Good times!
67johnnyjoe Yeah it was fantastic, there were smoking carriages and no smoking carriages. You used to stub them out on the wooden floor of the train. Great great times
pigknickers Until the Kings Cross fire......
***** ....started by a cigarette, if I remember rightly
***** well yes, but that was started on those old wooden escalators that had too much rubbish under it.
Why they are in the train boy george and stef strange
It would've been fantastic to be among that crowd back then.
George O'Dowd aka Boy George is the thin young man with makeup and dressed in white with the hat with ostrich feathers 1:57 😉
O'Doud
Rob's Randomness ... O’Dowd 😜
Just saw myself hahahahaha...I wasn't really a New Romantic, much more punk sensibility... 1.43/1.44.The blonde running between carriages, without a costume. Think I crop up further on too, in a black velvet cloak but not 100% sure. This is multi-spliced isn't it, not all one evening ?
that is amazing!!!!!!i would have loved being there!!
The American counterpart were the Club Kids in the late 80s with James st James and the Limelight in NY
2:50 - "there is nothing like this in Cleveland, Ohio"....having visited Cleveland, Ohio on several occasions, I can definitely agree with that young lady!
wish I was a blitz kid
Susie Autar so do I
There's still time.
Janet Snakehole The early 80s I wish I was there,I remember the Mary Rose being raised in Oct `82.
75% of them got AIDS
The Blitz was no big deal Susie, it was a place for people to posture and be seen. I'd never have gone there as a venue of choice, but was wearing Vivienne Westwood's clothes as a job and had to be seen in the right places. Full of morons addicted to the mirror. Used to put in an appearance and then go to another club, like The Marquee, The 100 Club, The Funny Farm in Camden. Actually The Blitz was inhabited by desperately insecure people in the main. It wasn't underground, it was all shop window
I do not own the footage. Apparently, it is the property of Mike Leigh.
Always amuses me when the spokespeople of various yoof cultures always go on about expressing individuality. It's anything but. They all think in exactly the same way and revel in excluding others from their narcissistic clique. Not really a criticism, just the way the young are and always will be.
So true, and probably there's no way to escape these mechanisms. But it was fun anyway.
There has not been a "yoof culture" since the 90s , guess any youth since then lack any creativity.
¡¡¡ de grande quiero ser como boy George !!!
Paul Disney @2:58
Que bonita esa epoca solo se trataba de divertirse y yo recien nacida me perdi lo mejor de la vida
God bless this man and for everything he did
what's da name of da song?
Visage by Visage you can see their frontman Steve Strange @ 1:49 he was instrumental in finding the New Romantic Movement. Check out their more well know song " Fade to Grey " he was also in David Bowie's video " Ashes to Ashes.
TNX dude!!
nefaustoavedra I'm a Female but that's okay I get that a lot due to my username.
perpetual61 Ok, sorry mademoiselle, TNX again :)
***** No it's definitely Visage by Visage you can clearly hear Steve Strange sing " Oh My Visage, Oh My Visage" at 1:38. Go check out the video if you don't believe me now this is the last time I'll comment on this enough bye...Carolita
Thank you so much for sharing this. George's appearance on this clip was also shown on Biography which I have kept. Thank you again for sharing - we sure love our Boy George don't we!
Amazing footage! Thank you for uploading this.
You made my day! Wonderful video!
The girls hair is 80’s before the 80’s
SOME BAR STAFF CHOSE NOT TO WORK ON A TUESDAY NIGHT AT BLITZ
Wish Steve was still with us x
The american in wonder woman costume hahahahhaha
what is name of the track ?? it seems to be Ultravox
Oh look, it's a horde of future Tory MPs.
There is nothing like this in cleveland , ohio
Loved the blitz kids
yeh you could actually get on a bus without getting randomly attacked by thugs
Steve Strange so young! ❤️
We had parties on the Circle line in the early 60's ! Nothing new here.
Wow I can’t believe you found this
Loved this video... Long live Blitz!
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Was hoping a werewolf would be stalking the Underground
Enjoyed this, thank you!
not sure, but would guess Elnett, which has elevated many fine hairdos over the course of its history.
Blitz or a club kid?....Blitz all day long.....
What's the name of the song in this?
Visage - Visage
Thanks!
Not "Visa-age" which is also on the album. Its the first song their album! ;-)
j adore
people help me out.. i'm i really that blind ? where is boy george ? =O
Smoking and drinking in subway what a great time miss it
The title of this video describes this as “70’s.” Would you consider this wave of style and music to be 1970’s or 1980’s? I’ve always considered this scene to be early 80’s imho.
steve strange's bbirthday party
I think this was early 80s. There was no Blitz or New Romantic scene in the 70s.
By the time punk got recognised it was already over, 1975/76...nobody had Mohican hair cuts. It was much too flashy and contrived. When mainstream cottoned on to it, it had finished.. it was more about attitude than anything else. Everyone was in a band..
Very evocative, and some brave people there, walking around London dressed like that would most probably of got you a real kicking from the then narrow minded troglodytes, hence travelling in a group would of protected you to some extent. There's a definite need for a credible feature film centred around this period in club culture. Hmm?
If Boy George was indeed 17 yrs old at the time this footage was shot, it then dates this film from 1978? 79?
'Hell' was 'Mandy's' on Henrietta Street just down from Covent Garden............its now the Bella Italia................
Cinzano, colt 45 and smoking on the tube.
I stumbled on this accidentaly I was hoping there would be video on Blitz/Romantic movement. Kind of like being a fly on the wall.
0:24 0:39 what track?
Visage - Visage
So great to be part of this. Too far away for me tho
to 1:30 at 1:36 song ( telex Moscow disco)
Where are they now?
what's the music please?
Visage - Visage
does anybody know the name of the song that plays at 1:03 pls help
After what I read it's hard to keep a straight face when seeing Strangey boy, knowing JJ Burnell did the nasty to him.
great times...
Who knows the disco track in the background at 2:10??? 💖💖💖
I'm looking for it too :(, anyone knows?
That's interesting how the one at the end said he didn't work but still went out often. We couldn't afford that now, and people are made to feel as if they have to do some mind numbing low paid job to help a few tax dodging corporate political donors get rich and whole TV shows are made to put them down.
So it's fair that tax payers should fund people who are out of work to go out? Fuck off.
J Jones Interesting isn't it how its all turned round and they've got the poor bowing and scraping again. The one at the end either lived at home and got sup ben (enough to pay for a few nights out) or maybe squatted in a place that would now rent for thousands a week. It's one of the reasons it was such an interesting era - money didn't matter too much.
NEW FREAK ROMANTICS !!!
Years later this poster has no rights to post these videos at TH-cam and, as she admits, it has in the past been taken down by TH-cam for copyright infringement
is the guy at 2.40 Barry from Eastenders?
Que tiempos
An amazing man and an amazing time that will never return. Love Boy George bless him. 😍
Wow thanks for sharing, the movie "Worried about the boy" didn't capture the details.
Could anyone please tell me the title of the song in the background?
Visage - Visage
No boy george in this video unless he did a plastic surgery in the 70s.
Steve Strange was brilliant.
Wow-he must have been very young here .I'm not gay but he has always been a very beautiful man.Steve strange here too - before he went over the cliff:-(.
0:49 that is spandau ballets very own :) martin kemp
Boy George is seen in it several times, please open your eyes! Or were you expecting him to look like he did in Culture Club?? Haha.