Orginal Video: I did not realize until this week that Sting of The Police wrote “Demolition Man” specifically for Jones. That changes my whole perception of the song. For the longest time, I viewed this as an inferior cover of … Continue reading
Live: The title track from the album Nightclubbing is was written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop for Pop’s album The Idiot: Pop’s version is a slinky glam rock number that suggests a swinging time (that degenerates into a drunken/drugged … Continue reading
Fan video: “Use Me” was a huge hit for Bill Withers in 1972: This is another great example of how Jones transforms songs. Withers piece is a masterpiece of R&B about a man whose lady is using him, but he’s … Continue reading
Official video: Grace Jones released two seminal albums back to back in the 1980′;s – Warm Leatherette and 1981′s Nightclubbing. The latter album is widely considered to be her finest work. As I mentioned before, it was learning that she … Continue reading
The Full Tilt Boogie Band was comprised of a group of Musicians that Janis Joplin handpicked to form her first true personal band. Her previous band that she had following her departure from Big Brother and the Holding Company, the … Continue reading
My next offering from Janis Joplin is another song from Big Brother and the Holding Company’s 1968 double platinum sophomore release Cheap Thrills. It is also the next installment of my Summertime series featuring covers and related songs of that … Continue reading
Ah, the sweet, sweet voice of an angelic genius and poet embodied in flesh is how I view my next artist. To say that I worship her would be completely off the mark, I enjoy her great contribution to music … Continue reading
Cover of this Johnny Thunders song: “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory” was former New York Dolls member Johnny Thunders’ greatest song. That is, of course, debatable, but its surely his most covered song. Game Theory’s version (live … Continue reading
A cover of this awesome Modern Lovers track: “Roadrunner” is one of the great songs of the 70′s and surely among the all-time great garage rock songs. Its been covered hundreds of times by as many artists. Game Theory’s version … Continue reading
Shockingly, this live cover version of a Beatles track is available online: Indeed, this is the same version I have. You can tell this is the 1990 version of Game Theory by the absence of female band members. “Rain” was … Continue reading