How many of you like Grace Jones?

In my opnion she is one of the most under rated black female artists everI unfortunately, I think people were put off by her strong, "weird" image but she rocks!

My favorite tracks by her are....

1) Nipple to the bottle
2) Pull up to my bumper
3) Night clubbing

I could never get into Grace Jones. Although it was funny watching her beat up Wilt in that Conan movie.

I'm not perfect (but I'm perfect for You)

WHen in the heck will a greatest hits come out???

I recall she has a gay twin brother. And at one point asked what he looks like ans she pulled off her wig and was bald and said..."Like this". Can't remember if I saw this or was told this.

she rocks...though I don't know much of her stuff.

are you kiddding me, she rocks! her best cd is night clubbing!

Slave to the Rhythm and La Vie En Rose are my favorites.

Saw her many years ago and she was over about 90 minutes late getting to the stage and still had the audience in her palm.

there is a greatest hits double cd. it has everything on it! i wish she would put somehting new out though. she recently did a gig in NY but since i don't live there any more, i couldn't go.

dancerella said:

Yeah, I dig her. She was very cool and o.g. as hell! "Pull Up To My Bumber" is still the shit!

SIT DOWN, NO NO!!!

i love that fact that i have a friend who did crystal with her after one of her shows.....she asked, he had, she did...

pull up to my bumper is a lost classic in my opinion. they never play it at clubs. why??

Her "Slave to the Rhythm" album is cool. Every song is a different version of the title cut. I really like "Fashion Show". I saw the video the other day. Back then it seemed weird/artsy. I now think it's probably one of my all time favorite videos.

(Remember the video with a bunch of Grace clones? Can't remember the song.)

Oh, and I'll NEVER forget her Soul Train performance. She sang "Do or Die". She was wearing some kind of cloak...she took it off and underneath she was wearing a catsuit with a horse's tail.

You go Grace!

UptownDeb said:

ooh, i remember seeing her on soul train and she had a fur stole made entirely of tails, and she of course had a bullwhip and was whipping some naked guy she had on a leash. i totally wish i could remember what song she was performing...

Anxiety said:

Soul Train on the Playboy channel?





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UptownDeb said:

I beleive you're talking about the video for "Demolition Man". It had an army of marching Grace's.

I've always loved Grace for hermusic and originality.

dancerella said:

I actually played this cut a lot when DJ'ing & people went nuts on the dancefloor.
My favourite of hers tho' is the sexy I've seen that face before(Libertango).
The original beeing a tangoclassic by the master Astor Piazzolla.
/peace Manki

found1 said:

There you go!

Oh, and I'll NEVER forget her Soul Train performance. She sang "Do or Die". She was wearing some kind of cloak...she took it off and underneath she was wearing a catsuit with a horse's tail.


see that's what i'm talking about. there aren't any newer artists doing cool risk taking stuff like that any more. grace is an original!

I remember her on once again either Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert or the Midnight Special in like 1979 with I think a gold body suit with a hood. That same episode the Jacksons sang Destiny and Shake Your Body Down. It was a hell of a show.
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I should start buying some of her work, cause I agree with you, she is shamelessy underrated. Smoe of my faves from her are Slave to the rhythm, Demolition man, My jamacian guy, Pull up to the Bumper and I'm not perfect ( but I'm perfect for you ). She may have an outrageous persona, but its well suited for her, why else would we still talk about her, she's someone to remember.



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she was on the fashion rocks show last year and she looked fantastic! she doesn't seem to have a website or anything, so i have no idea what she's been up to but it seem like she does one off shows from time to time.

do u guys know that she use to date dolph lundgren a.k.a. Ivan Drago from Rocky IV?

i do remember that. they kind of look like male/female, black/white versions of each other. don'tcha think?

dancerella said:

yeah i know
they look opposite like brigette nielsen and flava flav

Oh, how could we forget her in "Boomerang"? She played Strangé. (pron. Strawn-jay)

UncleGrandpa said:

I couldn't agree with you more. I used to love all of her video. I really admired the fact that she could go from a successful modeling career to music. My favorite cuts by her were My Jamacian Guy, Love Is A Drug, Demolition Man, Slave To The Rhythm, Pull Up To The Bumper, and Nipple To The Bottle.

"Pull up to the bumper baby with your long black limosine."
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yes, she's fine and my favorit has to be


it was EU (Experience Unlimited) backing her up on this, that's the most commercial as Go-Go ever got

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Dancelot said:

You are right this was one of the most commercialized Go-Go jams around.

grace jones is like the original marilyn manson in terms of being outrageous and having stage shows. the woman rocks! i want to see someone from today try and do what she did. they would be way to concerned with records sales. artists today just don't have what the artists of yesterday had, Balls!

dancerella said:

Grace has been working on her new album since this past August I believe:

http://easyweb.easynet.co.../grace.htm

So we should be hearing from Grace soon it seems! Great news!