I know that it's going to shock people out there that until a few months ago I hadn't actually heard a full song by icon Grace Jones. But when I did hear it, I fell in love with "Slave To The Rhythm".
I don't know what happened, it just seemed to be one of those songs that really hit me and I thought "wow, that's amazing" - I can't find any other way to describe it! So this is a video I found of Grace performing it on TV over here in 1985; apparently the audience of this TV programme ("Wogan", starring Terry Wogan which might explain a lot) didn't really get it but hey, who was in that audience? What were they thinking!?
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I fell in love with Grace Jones when I first saw Conan the Destroyer. At the time, I thought she was just this exotic, eccentric woman with a crazy style. In time I'd find out that she was an exotic, eccentric woman with a crazy style and a talent for music. My favorite song of hers is, "I'm not Perfect(but I'm perfect for you" She sings it in a way that makes you believe it and makes you feel like she has just owned you.
ReplyDeleteI was always amazed at how tall and slim she was. I'll have a listen later on today as the laptop is playing up a bit and videos are crashing it.
ReplyDeleteHer and Jerry Hall used to model together. It used to be on You Tube but there was a clip of her belting
ReplyDeletean old TV chat show host Russell Harty for ignoring him. Scary Lady!
You'd enjoy it, might be on the BBC clips somewhere.
She just scared me.
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