grace jones

I wish they still made ads like the one she did with Adam Ant

"IT'S EASY. IT'S FAST.IT'S SEXY."

Hahahhahaha
Come on, please come to my blog. I went through hell to upload this damn thing. Seriously.
http://windyweather-bimble.blogspot.com/2008/12/grace-jones-thats-trouble-7-1984.html

Give Bimble one break.

sankyu

also anyone who wants to listen to Big Black's Atomizer can be my friend forever.I'm taking applications.

Thanks for that upload, Bimble, it's much appreciated!

PRIVATE LIFE DRAMA BABY LEAVE ME OUT

Nightclubbing

(and three $135 indoors shows)

OOOOOMMMMMGGGGGG SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT

eh, the last time i paid to see grace jones it was atrocious. free show sounds good tho :)

jabba if yr up reading this at 1am it is DEFINITELY worth getting to the cheapo ticket booth at 7.30 for $25 tix. I think I'm going again tomorrow.

awww man $25?! if i'd known about that before...

i did see the free show on sat night and grace was amazing, but the crowd was so lame.

ps still tryin to decide whether to go to ATP or not. this is an expensive month in syd!

I did go again and it was awesome again!
Will try for the cheap tickets for ATP too - Saturday might not work, but Sunday's so undersold already they should have plenty to shift.

So what are her live shows like these days? I guess she plays songs from the new album and from the early 80s new wave records, but what about her late 80s R&B stuff? Or the 70s disco tunes? I'm going to see her live in July and I'm super excited, as this is most likely the first (and possibly the last) time she has a gig in Finland.

pretty mindblowing - all her hits and 3 or 4 off the new album, which are fantastic. i'd definitely file it under 'best shows ever'.

where did you see her? in NYC, she played all of Hurricane, and only a smattering of her hits. no "warm leatherette" no "use me" no "private life." but still, easily the best show of the year.

one time i tried to see her - we were on the list but the line for the list was longer than the regular line - we gave up

i saw her in LA a few weeks ago. iirc:

this is/william's blood/my jamaican guy/la vie en rose/love is the drug/corporate cannibal/devil in my life/i've seen that face before/hurricane/pull up to the bumper. i know she did 'demolition man' in there somewhere but i can't remember where. i would have liked 'well well well' as it's my favorite new one...but what can ya do!

the Australian (Sydney only, actually) shows in Jan were pretty much one Hurricane track, one hit, one Hurricane track, one hit... she didn't do Corporate Cannibal at any of them, though

http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr2evlT3ap1qzw3gpo1_400.jpg

Starting my week off right with a couple Nightclubbing spins in the office...!

is her music supposed to be good or something? i'm just listening to ' slave to the rhythm ' in the office and it's kind of hilariously good

lol the synths!

is her music supposed to be good or something?

Are you kidding? In case you're not: yes, it is. Her 80s records are fantastic, and her comeback album from two years ago is quite good too. "Williams' Blood" is one of the singles of the 00s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMecIPsy5oM

Ya dude she's way good. Surm you will probably love "Pull Up To The Bumper"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtnFg0KOQcA

Never stop the action

http://24.media.tumblr.com/TkJ2lzbSLfzmrh7x4QGrwJoAo1_400.jpg

My. Jamaican. Guy. uh!?

surm are *you* of all people serious or not serious here? Go get.

ie what tuomas said.

i'm so serious, i didn't realize, i'm sorry

i just heard this song, at work, and i was like waht. it was like each speaker was about to blow up in my ears at different times and then this lady started singing

xpost

If there was ever a picture I wanted to live in.

^^^
I'm gathering my things to move into that picture as well!

I always wondered who chose those genius songs to cover on the first two Compass Point albums. Was it Jones? Blackwell? I mean, "Demolition Man," "She's Lost Control," "Breakdown," "Nightclubbing," "Warm Leatherette," "Private Life," "Love is the Drug," "Hunter Gets Captured by the Game," and "Use Me" are some super-strange bedfellows, but all benefit massively from the Grace Jones/Sly&Robbie treatment.

i had that picture as my facebook photo for the longest time. jesus, what a night that would be in my head.

xpost to myself - i think of all of those songs as grace songs even though i know they are covers, which is kind of amazing.

Yeah, sometimes I kinda forget other people have sung them before, and it feels weird thinking, for example, Bill Withers singing "Use Me". And Grace is much more believable than Sting as the "Demolition Man", even though she doesn't even bother to change the gender in the song.

I think pretty much the only cover song that isn't improved by Grace is "Warm Leatherette" - the minimal sound of the original feels better than the more traditional rock arrangement of the Grace version.

http://i44.tinypic.com/5d6iq.jpg

no

surm you will LOVE grace jones, she's, like, made for you - go listen to "i've seen that face before" and "nightclubbing" immediately!

La Vie en Rose is the shit. Don't care when, how, where she sung it. Yeah, it opens a bit cheesy but as soon as she gets going, almost makes Edith (Piaf for you low brows) look bad. Elle est marveilleuse.

i love it when she whispers in there too.

Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
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assumed he was referring to Edith Bowman...

yeah was either gonna do that one or Edith Cavell

need a "randomers dropping knowledge" thread really

Edith Wharton ftw

Don't know who any of these Eejits you're all talking about are.

Thanks for the idea.

Edit Piaf

http://www.briefmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/3750402202_d45ca3f00f_o.jpg

Wish I hadn't clicked on this thread.