Fan video: “Pars” is a French language song originally performed by Jacques Higelin: Its the last song on Warm Leatherette and the final song from Grace Jones that is currently in my library. Its a mellow song that is a … Continue reading
Fan video: Unless you've heard Grace Jones’ cover of “Breakdown,” it might seem odd to imagine her singing a Tom Petty song. As it happens, this is yet another excellent choice by Jones and crew. She sings this one a … Continue reading
Fan Video: Barry Reynolds, Jones’ guitarist, wrote this fun song about being tired of bullshit. As you might guess, it has a considerable guitar solo in it. Its the least ‘Grace Jones’ like song on the album – I can … Continue reading
Fan video: “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game” is a Smokey Robinson song originally performed by Motown’s The Marvelettes: You wouldn’t know this was originally Motown track by listening to Jones’ more aggressive take on the song. One recognizes … Continue reading
3346. “Love Is The Drug” by Grace Jones
Official video (single mix): Album length: Grace Jones’ cover of Roxy Music’s “Love Is The Drug” isn’t necessarily superior to the original, but may be its equal, both musically and in vocal delivery. Roxy Music’s version is, of course, one … Continue reading
Apparently, Jones’ original “A Rolling Stone,” also the first single from Warm Leatherette, isn’t available online in a form that I consider safe for embedding. It is a decent enough song, but is arguably the weak point on the album, … Continue reading
Official (and typically cool) video: Grace Jones’ brilliant take on The Pretender’s “Private Life” is a high point of Warm Leatherette. Just like When Garbage later used parts of “Talk of the Town” in “Special,” Pretenders lyricist and singer Chrissie … Continue reading
Fan video: In 1980, Grace Jones released her first album in what came to be known as her Compass Point Trilogy, named after the studio where she recorded the records in questions. Nightclubbing was the second (and arguably best) of … Continue reading
Official Video: Jones’ 1985 album, Slave To The Rhythm was produced by Trevor Horn (ABC, Belle and Sebastian, Frankie Goes To Hollywood). The album has his quintessential signature sound all over it. That said, the problem with the album version … Continue reading
Fan Video: The final song on Nightclubbing is a slow tempo number that shows off Jones’ singing voice. Easily the warmest song on the album, it was written by Barry Reynolds, her guitarist on the album. … Continue reading