grace jones

I obsess over Grace but unfortunately find her music irrevocably watery. "Pull up to the bumper" is aii, but the rest, particularly the cod-reggae stuff is awful.

I was actually listening to the Compass Point collection just last week -- wonderful, wonderful stuff, it really is. And you do get that "Slave to the Rhythm" mix Tom mentioned as a ringer. That version of the Pretenders' "Private Life" she does is amazing.

Also, she made a great Bond villian -- too bad it was for one of the worst films (and Christopher Walken was in it too! what a missed opportunity!).

Wasn't this the point?

loads of great rekkids too - Apple stretching, pull up to the bumper, Slave to the rhythm, private life etc etc. I think I'll get a coupla CDs tomorrow.

I don't know Sean, I think the Slave to the Rhythm 12 inch is pretty astounding. I may be biased 'coz I love the go-go break in the middle.

The Compass Point comp is great if you don't already have the albums. The only key Grace song that is missing is La Vie en Rose

very dance-able

"Strange.....I've seen this place before....

Grace Jones - Breakdown
Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose
Grace Jones - Love Is The Drug
Grace Jones - Private Life
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Grace Jones - She's Lost Control (Long Version)
Grace Jones - The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (Long Version)

They are very very fine though.

Crumpy, if you've got Soulseek give me a shout at username Ian SPACK and I'll stick all my Grace Jones videos online for you.

My parents bought this single saying:"She's cool! You have to listento this!"

Of course I never did. Until a few years ago. *sigh*

Following the eagerly awaited announcement of TDK Cross Central 2005, we can now officially confirm the rumours that Grace Jones will be joining us to headline Sunday 28th August. The former supermodel, Bond girl and singer will be bringing her own brazen and wholly unique sound to TDK Cross Central, giving our audience a rare chance to witness the legend in action.

What's the festival like? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

TDK Cross Central - Saturday 27 August until Sunday 28 August 2005
Main Stage
Saturday 27 August
Goldfrapp - confirmed
The Bees - confirmed
The Magic Numbers - confirmed
Optimo DJs - confirmed
Sunday 28 August
Grace Jones - confirmed
Soul II Soul Soundsystem - confirmed
Felix Da Housecat - confirmed
Killa Kela (live) - confirmed
Temposhark - confirmed
Canvas Stage 03
Saturday 27 August
The Others - confirmed
The Earlies - confirmed
Tom Vek - confirmed
Lady Sovereign - confirmed
Richard X - confirmed
Stars - confirmed
John Kennedy - confirmed
The Filthy Dukes - confirmed
Sunday 28 August
Mylo - confirmed
Tiefschwarz - confirmed
The Glimmers - confirmed
Vitalic - confirmed
Mocky - confirmed
XLover - confirmed
Gliss - confirmed
James Hyman - confirmed

Can anyone YSI this mix???

great cover, i think.

http://images.juno.co.uk/full/CS176533-01A-BIG.jpg

god i've ben caning the COMPASS POINT SESSIONS just lately,
especially 'living my life' which sounds like it came out yesterday
and 'unlimited capacity for love'. a litle bit of research into
the tracks i like best reveals to my horror that despite years of
thinking that grace was essentially all about the 'nightclubbing'
album and 'slave to the rythm' the best stuf was all on the
'living my life' album. total shocka i can tell you.

fuck the canon kids. just generally i mean.

Worth clicking for the rancid photo they used (Murdochatraz prevents me from direct-linking the pic). You can just taste the glee behind this quote:

A writ also claims several spoons “had been blackened”, as though having been held over a flame.

A little bird dropped this into my RSS reader

And if you don't snag it all, you're no friend of mine.

I have Portfolio, Slave to The Rhythm and Nightclubbing, all great records... what else of hers is worth getting?

compass point sessions, yo

Living My Life is good, as mentioned several times upthread.

Holy christ, I'd never seen this video of "Demolition Man" before. She's got so much balls it's almost scary!

I managed to find a copy of Inside Story a couple of months ago, it's quite good! The song material is a bit weaker than on Bulletproof Heart (most of the songs on these two albums are co-written by Grace, and many of them are very catchy, so I don't think it's fair to think of her as a mere mannequin without any musical talent of her own), but the production by Nile Rodgers is somewhat more interesting - several cool-sounding, stripped-down electro-funk grooves there. I think both of her last two albums are kinda underrated, anyone who likes Grace or late 80's R&B/dance should enjoy them.

Wow -- I got it at the same time, Tuomas. I got it expecting to love only "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)," but "Hollywood Liar" and the title song have some weird clattering arrangements. And how 'bout the utter weirdness of "Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdT9oURGtTc

Holy crap, I've been wanting to see this one again for YEARS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTQPFDVwfA

Love Larry Levan's "Pull Up to the Bumper" mix. Blogged here.

ysi?

where's the blog, contenderizer? (you put http://www.mywebsite.com/mylink.html in by mistake)

Oh, sorry bout that. Several cool LL remixes in this post. From a year ago, but still active.

For reference: http://beatelectric.blogspot.com/2007/12/larry-levan_21.html

http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M%5ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D02042008

Where's the new album?

Wasn't she supposedly working with Brian Eno?

That's a leg-pull, right?

The Achewood strip or Eno? Pretty sure I first saw the latter on an Eno thread here on ILM, and ctrl-f'ing it looks like it's mentioned up above in this very thread (which admittedly I probably should have done before posting about it)...

The Eno thing. 'Eno's producing the next album' is a recurrent refrain. I would love to hear the result if it were true...

I don't think Eno and Grace Jones would be a good combination. But yeah, it seems the new album didn't come out last year like it was supposed to. I hope it's not gonna be one of those projects that's never gonna actually materialize.

i didn't know that 12" mix of 'pull up to the bumper' was larry levan... it's on one of those 12"/80s compilations and is pretty much the greatest thing ever. i don't even know what genre you'd call it.

I know nothing abt dance genres, so your guess is as good as mine. I first heard it on the Dirty Diamonds comp a couple years ago. And, yeah, it's pretty damn great!

The word is that Eno's producing Mitt Romney's next album.

coincidentally i just saw her last night in gordon's war. small role, mostly shirtless. she got to snarl and scowl though.

http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/autaux?b=M%5ea11f09b8576e606bcb5038dfdb92fb821&u=http%3A%2F%2Fachewood.com%2Fcomic.php%3Fdate%3D02122008

Glad that Strut's next comp is all about Compass Point:
http://www.amazon.com/Funky-Nassau-Compass-Point-Story/dp/B0011WMI06

What a show last night at the RFH. Awesome. Unique.

OMG, what a video, what a track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zjsrg7CBqI

some more great stuff here

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grace+jones+meltdown&search_type=

re: meltdown, i hate myself for not getting in.

Her Island albums need to be reissued with all the juicy bonus tracks that were on the Private Life comp.

Album due in October apparently

Music Box:

Grace Jones is ready to eat you alive

SAVAGE GRACE - Our fav Conan The Destroyer actor Grace Jones has a new album after an almost 20 year hiatus. “Corporate Cannibal” — the lead single for her upcoming album Hurricane to release in October 2008 — features Jones through the distorted lens of director Nick Hooker. “Cannibal” debuted in London to positive reviews in June during Massive Attack’s Meltdown festival. Collaborators include Sly and Robbie, Brian Eno, and Tricky –Wait. Is this 1997? Are we stoned right now? With lyrics like “Nice to have you on my plate,” you can’t tell me that’s not the munchies talking. Video stills after the jump, for the YouTube challenged.

http://www.homo-neurotic.com/2008/07/11/music-box-grace-jones-is-ready-to-eat-you-alive/

Video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMn2OJmx3w

Seems pretty great all in all.

he one with the gold sleeve (Nightclubbing?) is great from start to finish. so, classic

album is simply unbelievably good. like all-time albums list good.

Hey I played that record just hours ago! Then stumbled onto the thread. I like walking in the rain too.

She was always one of the alltime great guests everytime she appeared on the old Letterman show, back when I used to watch it (mid '80s).

I was watching youtube clips of her all day yesterday just before this thread got restarted.

DJed "Use Me" and "Nightclubbing" and "Pull Up to the Bumper" on Friday night. what's great about those tracks is that they can really spring you into just about anywhere (weird rock, funk, dub, disco) afterwards.

I listened to Inside Story a few days ago.

Grace Jones is probably my favourite female singer of the 80s. All of her albums from that decade are worth a listen, even the less known Inside Story and Bulletproof Heart, which both have several great tunes on them. (I think they've both been reissued lately, so they should be easier to find these days.) Bulletproof Heart especially is a real underrated gem, the production is more mainstream R&B, but it still sounds very cool and motoric and Grace-like, and the selection of original songs (most of them co-written by Grace) is quite strong. That said, the best song on the album is probably her cover "Amado Mio", which is totally overblown and hysterical and great!

The new single sounds quite interesting, I'm definitely gonna check out the new album, if it's finally coming out. It's nice to see that with the "consumer/consumed" theme of the new song she's continuing to explore the ambivalent subject/object dynamic that's always been part of her image and style. If you take those eighties albums, on one hand the sleeve art and her general image makes her almost like an inanimate object, a piece of art molded by outside forces (photographers, artists, producers, other musicians), but then again the sheer force of her personality and her undoubtable narcissicism makes it always feel like she's ultimately the one in control, she just gets her kicks from being made into an object. I think she deals with these inherent contradictions and ambiguities in the subject/object divide in a way that's quite unique and interesting. If I wanted, I could easily write my women's studies thesis on the image of Grace Jones.

Nice!

Also, all of her albums covers are pretty awesome as such, but Bulletproof Heart is probably my favourite:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2274/2490074379_ca2866b8f4.jpg?v=0

DJed "Use Me" and "Nightclubbing" and "Pull Up to the Bumper" on Friday night. what's great about those tracks is that they can really spring you into just about anywhere (weird rock, funk, dub, disco) afterwards

Such an interesting point. Whereas some music leads you very firmly in one direction, Grace Jones' music is supple and genre-shifting enough for that simply not to be an issue.

betablog, just out of interest, do you remember what you played before and after those tracks?

New single "Corporate Cannibal" is pretty damn sweet, or "fierce," as they say. I hear some Laurie Anderson, Massive Attack, and Sussan Deyhim. "Pleased to meet you. Pleased to have you on my plate..." Nice.

betablog, just out of interest, do you remember what you played before and after those tracks?

― Daniel Giraffe, Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:02 AM

uhhh, it's been awhile. I think I played stuff like Pere Ubu's Dub Housing, Prince Far I, and the Pilooski edit of "Stranger in the City" around them.

"Slave To The Rhythm" I feel works better as a single than as an album. It wears a bit thin to have one entire album of the same song in different versions and arrangements.

But then, she also made "Black Leatherette", which is a marvellous album from beginning until end.

Warm

Corporate Cannibal is reassuringly fierce.

"Warm Leatherette" of course, yes. Although "Black Leatherette" would have fitted with her image.

was concerned that Wall of Sound would be a bit too small scale for a star of Grace's stature, but damn, they've pulled out all the stops, this new album is one big production mutha, even out doing Trevor Horns excess for Slave...
little of the album is as fierce as Cannibal (despite the feeling that with lines re 'i'm a man eater' she's just playing up to her media image in a pantomine role), and there are times it a little too MOR, but when it is good, its really good.

Haha this is pretty awesome:

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=CrvZTxoStbM

thats the opening track. one of the good'uns.

how the hell do you embed videos?

does anyone know how to contact her label or her pr people? very important...

xpost: I don't think it understands fr.youtube.com , let's see if changing that fr into www works:

aha!

^^^ produced by tricky, no less.

This is some badass shit. Is the album coming out soon?

Observer Music Monthly: this Sunday

http://f.chtah.com/i/43/393014865/omm_oct08_header.jpg

http://obviousdiversion.com/images/medulla.jpg ?

...okay, that's not as close as it seemed a minute ago. BUT WHAT'S DONE IS DONE

The new album should be out the 31st of this month. I can't remember when I was last so excited about a forthcoming album!

!!! ??? !!! ??? :( :( :(

http://wemakeitgood.com/article/live/chris-cunningham-photographs-grace-jones

i still love you, boo

I know! I'm too excited about it, damnit. New Grace Jones plus new Cure album at same time = Bimble orgasm?

Hilarious -- I probably wouldn't pay more than five seconds' attention if this were Tricky singing. As it is, I think it's pretty fucking great.

So wait, GEIR likes Grace Jones? Did I miss her cover of "Big Barn Bed" or something?

The word is that Eno's producing Mitt Romney's next album.

This made me laugh out loud.

So wait, GEIR likes Grace Jones?

At least I really like the stuff she did with Alex Sadkin.

Does anyone know the exact date Hurricane will come out? I put it on pre-order, and the webstore I ordered it through said it'll come out the 31st of this month, but Allmusic claims it would have already come out this week.

Oh my god this fucking record. Oh man, I've tried to keep quiet. I'm trying. Oh my god. Track 6 out of 9 now and I'm still spellbound. How could anything be this good in 2008?

LOVE YOU TO LIFE OH MY GOD PEOPLE THIS IS THE DOPE GET ON BOARD NOW

I'm not feeling this as fervently as Bimble cuz I think this is true: "there are times it('s) a little too MOR." But "Williams' Blood," a pretentious, nutty, protean, thoroughly moving hymn to her non-conformity, may just be her best track ever. Amazing, Grace, amazing!

Bimble is still more goth than you.

Lol. Phyllis Diller is probably more goth than me.

you are more steely dan than bimble though

I reviewed this, think it's fantastic, but I have to be honest, I think a part of why I love it may be because the club vibe I get from it closely resembles the vibe in dance clubs when last I frequented them, i.e., twenty years ago, which is troubling to me, because nostalgia remains the basest most odious instinct of them all - but at the same time, cf. Yeats in "Beautiful Lofty Things" on the value of a clear-eyed look at important times or figures in one's own tiny personal cosmologies - when the bullseye gets hit as squarely as it does here, it's hard not to succumb

I was a big fan of Grace Jones in the 1980s but, based on the youtube examples embedded in this thread, her latest material, while lyrically and visually striking, seems cursed with musical dreariness. I really don't like those plodding, anonymous basslines and rock session drummer type funky beats (as on 'Corporate Cannibal').

Okay we all know "Hurricane" rules, right? We've established this. Right? Set in stone. As of today. Look John D.! No nostalgia! (i.e. 'Look ma, no hands!')

Okay, I'm posting these because not everyone in the world can even SEE Jools Holland, you lucky goddamn UK/Europeans! :) For the uninitiated, these are tracks from the new album. She is absolutely unfuckwithable. But also amazingly fuckable, too, and remember she's 60 years old. Sigh...

Williams Blood:

Love You To Life:

There isn't a single bad track on this album. I'm serious. I'm absolutely flabbergasted. In fact, I'm crying over all this. Sigh...and I'm not even drunk. You can also find her performance of "Pull Up To The Bumper" from Jools on You Tube in which she has yet *another* cool hat, but I'll leave it up to you if you wanna find that.

Now what is this about a Williams Blood remix? I'll have to 5l5k.

rather impressed by this new LP

She's playing a free show in the park behind the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney on Jan 10!

(and three $135 indoors shows)

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

Seemed to me earlier tonight that there was something rather John Cale-ish about the last half of "Corporate Cannibal".

I read that as John-Cleese ish. I kinda saw that too though!

LOL!

i'm not sure about this album yet but OMG 'WILLIAMS BLOOD'

Now what is this about a Williams Blood remix?

it's talked about a bit on the balearic thread .... but yeah it's by Aeroplane and is srsly good

more revved-up and squelchy than other stuff I've heard by them

looking fwd to checking out Hurricane

ooh yeah this Aeroplane remix of William's Blood. Sorta New Ordery um yeah...holy shit, I dig. Synthesizers rule the whole goddamn disco universe, now don't they? Ask Giorgio Moroder.

I went through my new friend's entire vinyl collection tonight, LP's and 45's (well, okay I did skip a good portion of his classical/country section) and he had ONE Grace Jones record - only one - a 7" single. That was it. I'd never heard it before. It was called "That's The Trouble". It said it was from 1984 but when I played it, it sounded REALLY disco. Another cool thing about it was it came out on the Carrere label, same label as a couple of records by The Church, namely "Seance".

But anyway so yeah, my friend was like "yeah, have it, take it home, this Grace Jones single" and I was like um...wow. I was really touched by that. I'm kindof overjoyed about this right now.

I just can't imagine a Grace Jones vs. Donna Summer thread. I mean, really. Let's not go there. My head would explode.

I really like this... it's like Mezzanine, isn't it? Clearly sounding a bit like Massive Attack is the in thing for yr legendary female singers who have been away for aeons.

She's so awesome in Conan 2.

http://www.celebrityzu.com/images/grace-jones.jpg

Lately, I've been searching the net for Grace Jones remixes, and I was wondering what do others think are the finest of those? Here's my list of favourite Grace remixes I've come across so far:

Walking in the Rain (Remix) - Don't know who this is by.

Pull Up to the Bumper (Larry Levan Garage Remix) - This one's basically just an extended edit, but great anyway.

I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You) (Latin Rascals Ultra-Perfect Dub)

Love on Top of Love (Funky Dred Mix) - This one has some extra rapping, samples from "Jones the Rhythm", and as far as I can hear, nothing from the original tune. Nice hip-house type of tune anyway.

Love on Top of Love (Funky Dred Club Mix) - This is a more conventional hip-house remix of "Love on Top of Love", I think it also has some extra vocals by Grace.

Amado Mio (The Brazilian Mix) - Nice house remix of this tune, lacks some of the dynamics of the original, but makes it easier to dance to.

Amado Mio (The 28th St. Crew Dub)

Love on Top of Love (Garage House Mix) - Very smooth house remix by Clivilles & Cole. The vocals by Grace are almost entirely different from the original, they sound kinda improvised.

Jones the Rhythm (Razormaid - Prehistoric) - Can't find any info on this, but it has more kicking drums than the original.

Slave to the Rhythm (Blooded)/(Hot-Blooded Version) - These two are pretty much the same mix.

7 Day Weekend (Club Remix)

Sex Drive (Final Master Race Mix) - This one sounds almost like it could've been on Hurricane.

Love Bites (12" Dark Night Mix)

I've Seen That Face Before (DJ Hell Vienna Mix) - DJ Hell is pretty much the perfect remixer for Grace, I like his "Vienna" mix more than the "Berlin" mix, mainly because of the awesome electro bass.

Hurricane (Danny Tenaglia Mix)

What else should I be looking for? Oh, and if any of you happens to have the extended/12" version of "Living My Life", I'd be very grateful if you'd want to share it.

Okay, after having listened to it, I'm definitely gonna add Danny Tenaglia's mix of "Feel Up" to the list.

Whhoa, Bimble - :0 - jealous!!

Bimble, I think "That's the Trouble" is originally from 1976, but your version might be this new mix from 1984. Do you by any chance have the chance to rip from vinyl to mp3? It looks like a rare release, it would be cool to hear it.

Oh my god flattery. Yes I can rip vinyl, I love to rip vinyl for my blog, but I would never have thought to rip that one. I shall get right on it, I promise, after I have finished uploading this amazing Donna Summer album "Four Seasons of Love" from 1976. Thanks!

http://topidol.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/grace_jones_99.jpg

this album cover damn so amzing

Tuomas

Love On Top Of Love [Killer Kiss] (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) ['89]

Feel Up (Larry Levan Mix)

&

Ive Seen That Face Before (Vienna Mix) (Hell & patrick pulsinger, i think)

as well as all the extended and dub version of the compass point 2CD

The DJ Hell Vienna Mix and Clivilles & Cole Garage House Mix are on my list too, they're both indeed great. Is the Larry Levan mix of "Feel Up" the same as the extended version that appears on the Feel Up promo single? I've been trying to find that one...

And the Compass Point Sessions compilation is fab, though I don't understand why they've included 12" mixes of almost all the the other singles, except for "Living My Life", which only has a 7" mix included. It's pretty hard to find the 12" mix for that one.

upload all the remixes please :D

i just played Nipple to the Bottle (Club Cut) out last week. not sure the differences right now, might just be extended

Bimble loves you

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)
Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
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Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
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Edith (Piaf for you low brows)
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

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Wish I hadn't clicked on this thread.

just picked up nightclubbing today

its rad :)

Edith (Piaf for you low brows)

just picked up nightclubbing today

Tuomas to thread in 5, 4, ...

If you enjoyed the album (it is rad indeed, one of the best of all time!), you should check out these two remixes off of it, they're both awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nSvLj9YrZ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q8Gq8oxLTU

its a hard life in waziristan.

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Had a very distressing moment at the weekend when a close friend said she'd never heard of Grace Jones and I had to instantly go out and buy her a copy of Island Life.

Jeez I wish I had you as a friend

well played your friend tbh

jeezuz nightclubbing. ever hear an album at EXACTLY the right time in your year/life/whatever? well, that. what an album...

yes. Slave to the Rhythm is sorta doing that for me right now.

Everytime I see this on the homepage I'm hoping someone said the two unreleased albums were leaked.

I really like the song "Typical Male" during that lost era.

it's a Consolidated cover, in case you don't know and want to know

what are the lost albums you're talking about?

there's a 1997-ish one produced by Tricky that never came out - the song Hurricane and one or two others are left over from then

are tracks out there or just words?

the OG Hurricane came out on a white label, I think one other track written around the Typical Male time got leaked a few years ago

"Typical Male" was released as a B-side to "Sex Drive"... I'd recommend anyone who likes Grace to get that single, besides "Typical Male" (which is indeed great) it also has an awesome house remix of title track by Maurice Joshua.

But yeah, it'd be nice to hear some more tunes from that era, apparently they were supposed to appear on album called Black Marilyn, which would've been awesome.

In some recent interviews Grace wanted to release the album. I'm crossing my fingers because if Q-Tip can finally release Kamal/The Abstract and David Bowie's Toy album leaked, then Grace's album has to leak right?

***Crosses Fingers***

But then again I'm also a Cassie fan, so I'm use to disappointment and frustration.

There was also suppose to be a documentary about her life as well. Now that would be interesting considering she wrote more songs about her life on Hurricane.

http://www.factmag.com/2011/07/13/grace-jones-presents-hurricane-dub/

There's a new dub version of the whole Hurricane coming out, but you can only buy it has a double album with the original... :( I'd still love to have it, but I'm not sure if I want to pay more just to get the dub album with an album I already own.

Also, I'd love to know what the extra tenth track ("Hell Dub") is, as it apparently isn't a dub version of anything on the album.

lets see if this works

"An icon of our time, for the artwork of Hurricane Dub, Grace has once again teamed up with her once creative partner, Jean-Paul Goude, to deliver a striking cover image, wearing a trade mark Philip Treacy hat."

http://c2181912.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/17186--da30cdfe8005360e51dab949b278f2e4.jpg

the dub album was produced by ivor guest.

not a name i know much about - is it a pseudo ?

Ivor Guest produced the "real" Hurricane album too. I've no idea who he is, though.

That is one helluva of a cover...brilliant...Ivor Guest is some member of the aristocracy...a lord I think...think he was connected with Tim Simenon some years back...

yeah, landed gentry iirc, and a boyfriend of Jones' - also did programming on Barry Adamson's The Negro Inside Me

guessing that Hell Dub is a dub of the DJ Hell version of I've Seen That Face Before?

She wears that hat on stage during a song while lazers are shot into it so it refracts all over the venue. She did this at the Royal Albert Hall last year.

Costume change between every song. Amazing.

Yeah, she did the hat/laser thing at her Helsinki gig a couple of years ago too.

Also she can hula-hoop for the duration of an entire song, while singing, without appearing to move her hips. I've no idea how she managed it.

There was a gig she did I think from France/Switzerland on Sky Arts earlier in the year...absolutely stunning in every way...the band were on fire...Don-e was on keys was like a young Bernie Worrell...wanted to go to the Albert Hsll concert but prices were astranomical...regretted it very quickly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkVtz6ozJE

I blogged about Nightclubbing here:

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/grace-jones-nightclubbing-round-49-toms-selection/

It's pretty awesome I reckon.

^ Thanks for posting that!

I think the way a lot of people feel about the Daft Punk record is how I feel about Nightclubbing. The production is impeccable, the grooves irresistible, it was made by a cyborg, and my favorite song on it changes from month to month. Right now it's "Feel Up" - my god!!!!!

Cheers for the feedback TracerHand. Funnily enough one of the guys at Record Club also compared the new Daft Punk album to Nightclubbing, adding that RAM was like a not as good version!

If you like this era (the early 80s) of Grace Jone's career, I'd recommend acquiring The Compass Point Sessions compilation. It has 12 inch and dub mixes of the singles recorded in the Compass Point studio, as well as the best album tracks, and it sounds better than those 80s CDs.

Also she can hula-hoop for the duration of an entire song, while singing, without appearing to move her hips. I've no idea how she managed it.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 16:03 (1 year ago) Bookmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwEgzDNb2w

goddess doesnt even cover it

THat Private Life 2cd was a great find. Had been hoping for a recentish remaster of the main lps up til I found it and it seems to have the best stuff on it. Or at least has enough of the good stuff on to edit to another media or skip tracks with.

http://www.factmag.com/2014/02/24/grace-jones-iconic-nightclubbing-gets-deluxe-reissue-including-12-mixes-and-unreleased-tracks/

The bonus tracks:
01 Demolition Man (12” Version) 4.58 // Issued as A-side of 12” single 12 // WIP 6673, Feb 1981.
02 Pull Up To The Bumper (Long Version) 5.45 // Issued as A-side of 12” single // 12 WIP 6696, June 1981
03 Feel Up (Long Version) 6.14 // Issued as B-side of 12” single // 12 WIP 6696, June 1981
04 I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) (12” Version) 5.32 // Issued as A-side of Dutch 12” // single 600.366, July 1981
05 Walking In The Rain (12” Version) 7.25 // Issued as A-side of 12” single // 12 WIP 6739, Oct 1981
06 Pull Up To The Bumper (Remixed Version) 7.15 // Issued as B-side of 12” single // 12 WIP 6739, Oct 1981
07 Use Me (Long Version) 6.10 // First issued on Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions
08 Pull Up To The Bumper (US Party Version) 5.00 // Issued as A-side of US promotional 12” single // PRO-A-936
09 Feel Up (Extended Version) 6.15 // Issued as A-side of US promotional 12” single // PRO-A-985
10 Pull Up To The Bumper (1985 Remix) 6.24 // Issued as A-side of cassette single // CIS 240
11 Peanut Butter (Pull Up To The Bumper Instrumental) 5.10 // Issued as B-side of cassette single // CIS 240
12 If You Wanna Be My Lover (previously unreleased) 8.00 approx
13 Me! I Disconnect From You (previously unreleased) 5.30 approx
14 Esta Cara Me Es Conocida (I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango) 4.32 // Issued as A-side of Spanish 7” single B-102.587

GARY NUMAN COVER YES

and it sounds like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0AeX8K_nlJw

jeezuz nightclubbing. ever hear an album at EXACTLY the right time in your year/life/whatever? well, that. what an album...

― scott seward, Monday, April 4, 2011 3:56 PM (3 years ago)

^^^ yeah, summer of '81, when this record was brand new, I was at a party thrown by a bunch of very arty modern dance types where this was playing. Blew my mind.

ok, just heard the numan cover.
bloody hell it's good.
has made me dig out the compass point sessions 2 cd set which has some amazing versions ..
warm leatherette (long version) : damnnnnn .. how good.
as someone has said above, she was best at the covers ..
however there were a few tracks on 'hurricane' that totally hit the spot.

This article talks about the cover of Island Life. Pretty interesting.

Have been reading her new memoirs, I'll Never Write My Memoirs. "As told to Paul Morley," so it's chatty and often repetitive, but still incredibly absorbing and detailed.

I hadn't known she comes from a strict religious (Jamaican Pentecostal) background. She ties her upbringing very clearly to the later-developed Grace Jones persona. It makes a lot of sense, without diminishing her uniqueness at all.

It's excellent for 1970s fashion industry gossip.

Her concert at The Hollywood Bowl the other night was one of the most magical concert going experiences of my life... (it was under the blood moon btw)

whoa

I hadn't known she comes from a strict religious (Jamaican Pentecostal) background.

pretty sure one of the tracks on 'hurricane' deals with this aspect of her upbringing.

and yes, seeing her under the blood moon sky must have been a borderline religious experience in itself.

Yeah, "Williams' Blood" from Hurricane is specifically about Jones' reaction against her conservative/religious upbringing. The title of the track refers to her mother's father, who was a touring musician, she suggests she inherited her rebellious nature through that bloodline, which goes against the "Jones" bloodline of her father and brother, both Christian ministers.

Right, but the mother's side was the more severe, Pentecostal side of the family. Grace's mom's uncle was a prominent bishop with an intimidating personality. Grace's father's family practiced a less severe, more traditional Anglicanism, and when her father later converted to Pentecostalism to get better access to Grace's mom when he was trying to court her, his father disapproved and wouldn't speak to his son for some time (in fact didn't want his son in religion at all).

As you say, there was the grandfather on the mother's side who seemed to be the one member of the family with a rebellious nature. The father's side was strict, but more military-strict, or strict about education than religiously strict.

her brother noah happened to be in the crowd the other night and she pulled him up during that song and sang it at him

"I told you I was gonna be naked"

lol

memoir is so much fun

“I am not well. I have been infected by bird shit!”

It’s sucks that her shitty experience making (presumably) Black Marilyn turned her off making music for so long. She doesn’t name Consolidated, but I’m guessing that who she refers to...

piscesboy wrote this on thread grace jones on board I Love Music on Aug 15, 2005

is that new that dj hell thing? it's got a fancy cover!
god i've ben caning the COMPASS POINT SESSIONS just lately,
especially 'living my life' which sounds like it came out yesterday
and 'unlimited capacity for love'. a litle bit of research into
the tracks i like best reveals to my horror that despite years of
thinking that grace was essentially all about the 'nightclubbing'
album and 'slave to the rythm' the best stuf was all on the
'living my life' album. total shocka i can tell you.

fuck the canon kids. just generally i mean.

Unlimited Capacity For Love fucking stomps. I had never really listened to Grace Jones, but I picked this up at the thrift store a while back and just kinda shelved it after a listen or two. Listening to it today, the whole thing is pretty great, but it does feel like one of those albums that pick up on Side B.