Grace Jones-Warm Leatherette(1980)

[MennoMmM]

I don't see her as a Queen of Pop. I see her more as a Panther of Pop...

[Pierrestoy]

Just Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HighRiseChateau]

Kind of interesting how this cover did so well in America while the original version wasn't popular at all in America. American ears must not have been ready for the synth wave yet in '80 and thus the only way to make Daniel Miller's music accessible for Americans was to disco it all up.

[andreaprodan]

"The Normal" s (original) version is superior... but HEY! Grace always delivers a punch!

[micropickletwo]

They used to play this over the speakers at the tubs in Minneapolis back in the early 80's. Great times for those of us who practiced "safe" sex. Not so good for those who didn't.......

[kwisn45]

"HOT" stuff

[chocletboi]

so wait...can someone destroy the 14 people that dislike this song...I dislike all 14 of you...lol,just joking...

[umimo]

The only version of this song I actually like :)

[MrxChow]

Meh. I prefer the original better.

[skiamakhos]

I guess this is what happens if you don't brake in time when you pull up to the bumper, baby.

[MrMrBilko]

Amazing! Timeless!

[Datan0de]

I never thought that terminators were real until I discovered Grace Jones. It's obvious that she's a killer cyborg from the future, and anyone who denies it is probably ALSO a terminator! :-)

She's also awesome.

[joeyrider]

yeah she was brave at the time in reiventing hersel with a side of Brit Avant garde... remember the rumours about a joint venture with A Certain Ratio taht would have been awesome to witness

[TRAVISBR7]

@joeyrider grace jones was NYC to the core

[proscriptus]

There is an actual Grace Jones video of this somewhere. I saw it several times in the Eighties. Anyone?

[TheKelvynator]

I was a kid when I saw her in concert in NYC at Bond's Club. She was amazing. Those were the days of the elite night life on NY city.

[xSaViOrSeLpHx]

i cant think of grace jones whithout thinking of conan

[MissAtlantique]

0h this is n0t as p0werful as the 0riginal... :( Funk d0es n0t match the lyrics even...

[MagnitudePerson]

Industrial art+This=More Win.

[S4BIO]

The version by Trent Reznor and Peter Murphy makes this one sound like absolute shit. The difference that real musical talent (Reznor) makes is amazing.

[twiggytwink]

@S4BIO

you sound mad, bro

[derfel1973]

@S4BIO actually i have to admit Grace Jones had some courage to make a different version of this song...i don't go crazy for this version but she had the courage to make a different version. Even if i love Reznor and of course you are right he's absolutely talented, the version he made of this song is pretty much the same of the original made by the nromal with mostly the same arrengements and of course an udated technology, so i can't completely agree with you..

[bunnyhead71]

@S4BIO - Dude are you completely high??? Without people like Grace Jones, Trent would still be doing soundtracks and appearing on Ministry albums...Reznor had stated this exact sentiment in several interviews...He was also a HUGE fan of early 1970's progressive rock such as Genesis, Yes and the like...get your history straight.

[theoneworldman]

I LIKE

[waheex]

i like thissss

[Marigoldshadow]

Can't stop listening to this song

[Castile100]

GAWD, she was amazing!

[letrasuneb]

The most beautifuly brutal Funk Soul Goddess!

[Willwrestleu]

Thank's for sahring!

GRACE ROCKS!!!

[MrChrisHermes]

perfection-perversion-petrol!

[FuckinShovel]

haha she porked dolph lundgren.

[PippiClaremont]

WHERE THE FUCK IS THE VIDEO TO THIS? FROM HER COLLECTION CALLED "ONE MAN SHOW" Many of her videos on these playlists are from that collection BUT NOT W.L.!!! would someone PLEASE REPOST THIS?!! At the end she beats the shit out of all these cymbals til they all fall over. SO BAD ASS you won't believe it!

[barriobajaj]

@PippiClaremont Back when this lp came out she appeared on a spanish speaking show here in the Los Angeles area which turn out to be her performing warm leatherette. It was the same act with the cymbals except she was lip syncing in some studio. I believe it was a promo vid and not something produced in the studio showing the clip.

[PippiClaremont]

@barriobajaj well, I've downloaded it from youtube before and imbedded it into my myspace. it was there forever! I have the "one man show" on vhs. I bought it somewhere years ago! Thanks for getting back with me though!! I really appreciate it!

[natiplum]

wtf?

[zaodizao]

I totally agree with Bosley 0815 !!!

[frets27]

All other versions of this song pale in comparison. Thanks for posting :)

[amk546]

The Queen!

[happyhead64]

Great song! Thanks for the upload.

[JapStrangler]

Not a patch on Daniel Miller's. Think she missed the point meself.

[leecoleman]

ABSTRACT .

[AlmaLindsay]

love it

[ayititifi10]

absolutely bosely!

[zaodizao]

A master piece album and unforgettable one man show

[bosley0815]

pardon me? this is probably the hottest kind of dance music ever made and definitely Grace's best cover version of them all. it blasts me away every time i hear it. prizeless. timeless. beautifully brutal. a stroke of musicial genious.

[zaodizao]

I agree with you Bosley

[blackriverapples]

god the instrumental part this song is awful, they totally missed the point of the original.

[smartalek1]

Ms Jones did a fine job acting, too -- best thing (some might say only good thing) in the 2nd "Conan the Barbarian" movie w/the future Governor of California.

A triple-threat, at least.

[swans1997]

@smartalek1 She was the best thing in A View To A Kill, I remember the shock of Grace's character getting in bed with 007! Everybody was WHA???

[liquidgee13]

This tune, a cover of The Normal song, is in reference to the novel "Crash" which David Cronenberg used as the basis of a movie of the same name, is about people sexually aroused by car crashes.

[Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

The normal!!!!!!!!!!

oh and grace ;)

[Kaminsky15]

Was this the woman who did the cool Scooter commercials after she starred in the James Bond movie? lol I was just a kid then, but I remember this tall leggy black woman!

[GStrongRAW]

Yes she was da 1.

[70finster]

@Kaminsky15 : The scooter commercial was for the Honda Elite 150 deluxe with the pop-up headlight. DEVO also did commercials for those. I own one and can't help but to think of those commercials when I'm riding around town... of course, I repainted it in Hunter Green.

[WoodRatGirl]

Excellent album and song, if I do say so. ;)

[DerVampyrEngel]

yessssssssssss

[Lawdogg1978]

I LOVE GRACE JONES!!!

[nienienien]

Graaaace :D