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before predictably being cancelled for it.

I haven't even thought about Boy George for dog's years but he popped into international headlines with this AI assisted (rather catchy I must say) song --

The Tik Tok assisted middle east "scholars" will never forgive him.

18 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I haven't even thought about Boy George for dog's years

At least forty since that name has crossed my mind.

Boy George has always said and done what he wanted to do and unconcerned about others getting upset .

He was LBTG before it was considered to be normal

32 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

before predictably being cancelled for it.

The song was removed from its platform because of the A.I content , rather than because of the song itself

By the time its all said and done OP you will vote republican. Has nothing to do with trump and everything to do with what's right

Edited August 5Aug 5 by harvardgrad

Just now, harvardgrad said:

By the time its all said and done OP you will vote republican. Has nothing to do with trump and everything to do with what's right

This is absolutely nothing to do with Trump or American politics .

A British man singing about Israel

I had a Billy Joel song in my head today. Uptown Girl.

53 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

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before predictably being cancelled for it.

I haven't even thought about Boy George for dog's years but he popped into international headlines with this AI assisted (rather catchy I must say) song --

Catchy jingle, thanks for sharing.

Way up! is that the sound of Chomper' burning his record collection🤔

11 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

I had a Billy Joel song in my head today. Uptown Girl.

Good grief, was that really necessary to put that in my head, hate songs that refuse to leave

12 minutes ago, novacova said:

Good grief, was that really necessary to put that in my head, hate songs that refuse to leave

I did not like his music. Where did it come from? It reappeared after years for no reason.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

before predictably being cancelled for it.

So, in what way was be cancelled for it ?

3 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

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Looks more like "Gorgeous " George Galloway to me !

3 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

I had a Billy Joel song in my head today. Uptown Girl.

The remedy : A downtown girl giving willy head today.

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Way up! is that the sound of Chomper' burning his record collection🤔

hope he didnt lose his treasured recording of the hitlerjugend boys choir singing the horst wessel song

15 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

So, in what way was be cancelled for it ?

Ignorance must be bliss.

I'm no fan of the guy but he's spot on with this one. Israel had every right to defend itself after those inhumane attacks. The only reason people object to it is because they are Jews.

7 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Ignorance must be bliss.

I'm no fan of the guy but he's spot on with this one. Israel had every right to defend itself after those inhumane attacks. The only reason people object to it is because they are Jews.

Boy George sacked his manger , his choice .

Boy George withdrew from the JCS ply, his choice .

Band camp withdrew the song because it was A.I generated , which is the rule for all songs on that platform .

Boy George isn't playing the victim him, there's no need for you to play the victim for him .

Boy George sacked his manager and withdrew from JCS , BG wasn't cancelled

20 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I'm no fan of the guy but he's spot on with this one. Israel had every right to defend itself after those inhumane attacks. The only reason people object to it is because they are Jews.

At the moment we are discussing whether Boy George has been cancelled or not and by whom .

The merits of the song and the message are a different issue

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

At the moment we are discussing whether Boy George has been cancelled or not and by whom .

I'll discuss what I want.

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The merits of the song and the message are a different issue

And the topic of the thread.

17 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Boy George sacked his manger , his choice .

Boy George withdrew from the JCS ply, his choice .

Band camp withdrew the song because it was A.I generated , which is the rule for all songs on that platform .

Boy George isn't playing the victim him, there's no need for you to play the victim for him .

Boy George sacked his manager and withdrew from JCS , BG wasn't cancelled

He was forced to do all those things because of the uproar.

The AI thing was just an excuse to the song off the platform.

17 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Boy George has always said and done what he wanted to do and unconcerned about others getting upset .

He was LBTG before it was considered to be normal

This Boy George - he's always been a POS. Hope he enjoys his retirement in Tel Aviv - I had a rare chance to see Annie Lennox at the Wilderness Festival this weekend she has aged much better as well as being a much greater singer.,

Edited August 6Aug 6 by beautifulthailand99

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

He was forced to do all those things because of the uproar.

The AI thing was just an excuse to the song off the platform.

BG sacked his manager before the song was released .

The manager opposed the song, BG sacked him .

The platform has a long standing policy of songs containing A.I content are not allowed , so, it wasn't just an excuse

5 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Hope he enjoys his retirement in Tel Aviv

Should change his name to 'Goy George'

11 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I'll discuss what I want.

No one is saying that you cannot .

I was just pointing out that Boy George supposedly being cancelled and the merits of the song are two different topics and issues , but yes, you can discuss both if you want

Agreed

The pushback is not about AI.

It's about the message of the song.

Boy George is not whining about the pushback. That's admirable.

Free speech has consequences.

Pro Israel speech has serious consequences in a world where both Israel demonization and racist Jew hatred has become so trendy.

Edited August 6Aug 6 by Jingthing

9 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

- I had a rare chance to see Annie Lennox at the Wilderness Festival this weekend she has aged much better

I don't judge people on their looks , but here s photo of Annie Lennox from a few years ago

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Agreed

The pushback is not about AI.

It's about the message of the song.

These are Bandcamp's policies, policies in place long before BG released his song :

"The post, then, acts as an example of “fortifying our mission by articulating our policy on generative AI, so that musicians can keep making music, and so that fans have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans.”

As such, the platform shared two key rules. First, Bandcamp outlined, “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.”

Secondly, it continued, “Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.”

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bandcamp-bans-ai-music-strictly-prohibited/

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I don't judge people on their looks , but here s photo of Annie Lennox from a few years ago

The pit was closed for her performance - this was her on Sunday. Maybe have a look in the mirror yourself,.

Edited August 6Aug 6 by beautifulthailand99

5 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

The pit was closed for her performance - this was her on Sunday. Maybe have a look in the mirror yourself,.

Youve lost me .

Why are we talking about what Annie Lennox currently looks like ?

5 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Youve lost me .

Why are we talking about what Annie Lennox currently looks like ?

You started it !