It's a pub quiz starter for 10: Explain the connection between Grace Jones and AC/DC. For an extra 5 points, how do we connect David Bowie? Shall we finish early and hit the bar? Then explain the Mad Max connection.The core, the nexus, the hub for the spokes, is an Australian music dynasty called Vanda and Young. In 1968 Harry Vanda and George Young's group The Easybeats had a massive global h...
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The amazing, dynamic and vivacious Grace Jones immediately conquered the pop scene with the same prowress she posessed 2 decades ago. Her most recent album release was 1989's Bulletproof Heart, but this Fall the avant-diva will return to the spotlight like a Hurricane!The buzz kicked into high gear last month when Jones' name appeared on the Massive Attack-curated Meltdown Festival lineup, alo...
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This is inspired by a beautiful spring walk amongst the blooming trees and plants, while listening to Ms. Jones sing / attack the classic "La Vie en Rose" in wonderful, late 70s disco stylee. I confess a great love for this song - the extra long intro, the whispered, breathy French, the sparsity of it that gives way to the volcanic vocals. The entire rhythm and pulse of this song build to soni...
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.Massive Attack have said on a number of occasions that they love Grace Jones; by the sound of this new track, she loves them as well. Last year, Jones made a sizeable impact when she appeared as Jarvis Cocker's guest at the Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall, singing "Trust In Me"; since then, she has completed a new album, Hurricane, recorded with her on/off beau, techno pr...
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I posted this song by the original atrist the other day, Flash and the Pan.Here's one of music's most interesting artists, and perhaps the strangest, in a strange sort of way, doing it as a cover.
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WOW.That was gorgeous. There are few artists in this world who can carry a track built primarily on spoken word lyrics (aside from rappers, obviously)...Grace Jones is the greatest of them all.And how amazing does she look?!
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Grace Jones is ferocious. She is a frightening, feisty glamazon that seems to be ignoring the banality of the process known as aging with her bold, chiseled features and statuesque natural beauty. She is a style icon and a pop culture legend, entirely approachable in person and staggeringly intimidating on stage. Simply speaking, I just can't get enough. Her latest release is the appropriate...
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After much speculation, it is official: Grace Jones is coming to New York.Have you gotten your tickets yet? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Are you honestly being DIFFICULT about this right now with me?!JUST GET THEM NOW.The pre-sale password is CLUB. You're welcome.See you there!!! EEE!!!
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Woke up needing to hear this. Many years ago in a faraway part of south east London, while the girls we lived with were busy getting ready to go out, me and my friend Barry used to dance around the living room, safe in the knowledge that we wouldn't be disturbed. Holiday by Madonna was a big favourite. So was this...Then we were set.
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This would be why Grace Jones is the baddest bitch around. Here she is performing in Australia on the first half of her world tour for Hurricane . Follow the link at ONTD for additional pictures! No offense to our other Disco Divas out there, but seriously...This is the real deal. Her image continues to be an unstoppable force of provocative style and outlandish excess, walking the fine lin...
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Grace Jones kinda scared people back in the 80s. Sure Bowie was androgynous at times, but Grace, what f*cking planet did she drop in from? Her album "Nightclubbing" touched on many styles - reggae, new wave, disco, and she even did the chanteuse thing pretty well too. This is her live cover version of "Demolition Man" by The Police, and the performance is just SPELLBINDING. The music may be a l...
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Ok so Island isn't really the Island Records of old anymore, long since gobbled up by the corporate behemoth Universal, but 50 years is still 50 years. As such Chris Blackwell appointed the legendary rhythm section Sly & Robbie the task of assembling a Compass Point All Stars featuring Aswad, The I-Threes, Kid Creole, VV Brown, and Tichy Stryder.A great lineup but on the night each and everyone...
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Grace Jones . Jean-Paul Goude . 25 years in the making, and it's happening all over again. No. I cannot handle it. Source
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OH MY GOD.She's coming to the East Coast!Check out the newly added tour itinerary for the one and only, Miss Grace Jones:Jul 9 2009 8:00P Somerset House LondonJul 11 2009 8:30P Montreux Jazz Festival MontreuxJul 16 2009 7:30P Jazz Open StuttgardJul 18 2009 8:00P Latitude Festival Southwold, SuffolkJul 26 2009 7:00P Hollywood Bowl HollywoodJul 29 2009 8:00P Hammerstein Ball Room New ...
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