She out performs everyone with just a mic, a pair of gloves, stairs and a spot light... the collaboration between Grace and Jean Paul Goude is still breathtaking.
She's nobody's fool...she's a Demolition Man! There is just something so engaging about her...presence...poise...strength...ferocity...and that unwavering gaze. Ms. Jones, I love you, such an inspiration for this twenty year old female.
Grace Jones is the Definition of a True Artist= Dare to Be Different, Original Sound, Striking Beauty, and Fashion Royalty>> Put Some Grace in Your Face/Bass....
Lady Gaga is ok, i was surprised to hear in an interview the sexual favors/drugs/depression she went through i feel sorry for her...she says it in an interview, dont be mean!
@SubliminalMinded2011 She's the Origional LADY GAGA!!!...aah lady gaga WHO!!!..lol" this woman was so ahead of her time!!! and totally paved the way man!!' for all other artist like ladygaga"
@SubliminalMinded2011 You are so right, with all of gaga's money, she is still tryin to reach the realness in the lyrics and drama that only Grace Jones can give. Long Live Grace Jones!! It is still politically relavent and the beat still carry strong. I'm all for a Big Grace Jones come back.
@SubliminalMinded2011 The big difference in Grace and those other people like gaga or Beyonce is grace is a true artist she isn't meant for public consumption the other are disposable disney stars that will do what ever it takes to be on top grace was and still is a true artist.
I can't say she does anything for me in the appeareance catagory. Features are way too harsh. Her music is surprizingly good and unique. She was horrible in Conan 2.
@naordie ... she is bad-ass in conan 2, r u crazy? This song describes the world pictured in the movie by the same name (Demolition Man, 1993) and the world they want for us: The Nanny-State! Imagine 1984 free adapted as Big Sister. Eat your veggies, or else we'll ban dessert! And we'll tax everything you enjoy doing!
love this song, it puts me in mind of my secret crush. linda at labor ready in illinois I like listening to this drunk. when I think of her I kiss my hand & pretend it's her lips
Saw some guy ran up on stage and cuffed himself to her ankle at a show in NY back in 70's. She beat the shit out of him almost felt sorry for the guy. Shes a little a scary. Adam Ant did a commercial back in the day with her said it was the best day of his life. She really is V good and quite the artist. Wish she'd come back and do some more stuff. Love ya Miss Jones \o/
Lady Gaga ripped off this freak?!? Then I guess Henry Ford ripped off the covered wagon because they both have wheels. I'm 49 and not much of today's music impresses me but Lady Gaga is truly avant garde in look talent and sound.
@tomintroy Lady Gaga has stated publicly Grace Jones is a major inspiration and she would love to work with her. Lady Gaga is extremely watered down compared to Grace Jones. It's why Grace Jones never got truly mainstream success, especially in America where she was completely off the scale. She was pretty successful in the UK and Europe in the early 80s though.
i like how when she gets the trombone and plays it, theres people cheering before, but once that loud explosion thing happens, theres no cheering, thats the moment she killed all her fans :O
oh and i love this song, with her the singer and the Police
Wether it was or not, I feel like Grace Jones, especially this song and performance was made for me.
As a gay 21 year old boy, there something in her songs and in her performances that I can gather strength from. There's not many other artists I can say that for (David Bowie, The Cranberries...)
I wish more people my age could recognize true artists such as this, and stop falling for all the false idols who are shown in our media today.
@curtismcvey In my humble opinion, wishing other people would do this or recognize that is quite usless, as every one lives in their own little universe (including myself).
What is interesting is that you (could be any other person, I'm not trying to being personal) recognize true artist, because this reflects on the way you view things. It's your point of view, your interpretation (for example of art).
If some one else doesn't recognize true artists, it's only a reflection of themselves.
in the 80's grace jones was considered "Avant Garde" along with laurie anderson, klaus nomi.....in my opinion, they were very original and incredible performers...every now and then u get kinda of tired of seeing the same old same old.....kinda like eating hamburgers every day gets old....however a steak every now and then is good very good!
Incredible song, and awesome performance. This woman is one of a kind.
This song makes me think of Alistair Overeem; the Demolition Man. It's funny that he was just a child when this came out, but it fits him perfectly; he's a destroyer.
Beautiful? Hot??? Am I missing something here? She looks like an African tribesman, emphasis on MAN, wearing makeup and lipstick. If you guys think that's hot..... well, whatever floats your boat, I guess.
@linelazur: Grace says "Feelin like woman, lookin like a man" in Walking in the Rain. Her 'look' is part of her art: questioning 'ideals' of man/woman, black/white, decency/vulgarity. I am a dark-skinned female (not the 'blond hair-blue-eye-ideal') and growing up with her in the media (especially in a James Bond film) helped me (and scores of others) to feel beautiful.
sigh...you just had to be there......and thankfully, I was. The people that you remember the most, are the ones that made you sit up and say: "WTF?" Love, her, or hate her, you will def. remember Grace.
A true performer! Even her climbing up the stairs at the end of the song is a performance. It is measured without appearing so--just notice her steps and her hand placements. What can one say about her that hasn't been said already, other than that she is simply AMAZING!
I have been a Grace jones fan for ever She has class,style and her own way of dressing the woman paved the way for others she was ahead of the times she never was tacky or vulgar. Lady gaga is nothing compared to Grace Jones.
when younger artists want to copy some-one they walk around claiming that they were ''inspired'' by that person...so that when they rip off all their styles people wont say its a copy. some-one can inspire you but that does,nt mean that you must rip not one but most of their styles.
Grace is a hustler.which is fine-but she doesn't play ,compose or arrange.Lady Gaga is also a hustler BUT she ackowledges those upon whose shoulders she stands(unlike some people)& does in fact, play ,compose &arrange.
if one more of you PEASANTS mentions an ICON like Grace Jones in the same SENTENCE with that tired girl who's been around for FIVE MINUTES or 'borrowed' ideas to begin with, Grace and I will... well you'll fucking find out. I mean REALLY. Do all of you really know so little about art and a true artist? Go and pick yourselves up a copy of 'Second Edition' by Public Image Ltd.
@djuri0612 I could not agree more! Excellent comment! I love Grace Jones! She's an amazing performance artist and such a striking presence. I also loved her as Mayday in View To A Kill.
@djuri0612 Right on....I had never heard of that thing until recently. I was like "you people really think this is anything new?" It is garbage; pure garbage.
@djuri0612 I throw up a little in my mouth when I hear its name mentioned. She's a tired, worn out, never had an original thought in her life, sad, poser ripping off every drag queen trick in the book. Everything that sad other girl does is more boring than the next. The more "original" she tries to be the the triter her schtick becomes. Eeeeyach! Grace is eternal.
@hjs521 Let's say they both released it the same year. She came out first then the Police did it for their Ghost in the Machine, but STING WROTE the song.
i dont understand why people keeps givin credits to madonna???, madonna just exposed herself THAT'S ALL !!!, grace is the TRUE artist and she was the innovator and she wa the creator!!!, this is art people THIS is true ART, still amazed how grace was sooo far for that era and also from this one (where all "artist" are long blonded hair bitches) !!!,
@JamesTKirkCobain - yeah? well, you would know eh? Which song of Gaga's do you suggest violates a Jones copyright? To me they are as different as night and day. But I guess Grace DID rip off Max Headroom. You rip off anybody lately? Or are you a walkin, trashtalkin ORIGINAL - 'JamesTKirkCobain' - :))
@sookiestackhouse2u God/Allah/Mother Nature.. whatever your brand, loves all artists who put it out there on the stage for people they don't even know. Love em all for trying to amuse us, entertain and, at times, inspire us. When they set foot on that stage, every one of them is an 'original'.
@sewsoomi like i said earlier, GRACE is an original. anyone can jump on a stage, BUT... not EVERYONE is talented or unique or an ORIGINAL like a GRACE JONES. an artist like her only comes around ONCE in a lifetime.
@JamesTKirkCobain It's not the idea, but the expression of the idea that constitutes a rip-off. That given, do you think that Lady GaGa ripped her off, or was just inspired by Grace?
@Jrsarver Lady Gaga clearly acknowledges the fact that she's heavily inspired by Bowie, Grace Jones, etc., which is fine, my problem is with her douche bag fans who have no idea who those two are and think she's a) the second coming of christ and b) totally unique and original.
@JamesTKirkCobain no offense but she cant actually sing are play instruments if you really watch her video, yes gaga and grace both incoperate fashion but gaga can play instruments,sing and dance shes more like prince then her. And dare i say grace copied a little bite of her shock value shows from prince im just saying
@WoodRatGirl Enough of this Lady Gaga BS!!! Grace Jones is the best. I am sick of people comparing that Gaga BS to Grace. Every comments board of Grace Jones' videos always has some idiot comparing Gaga to Grace. There is no comparison. Grace Jones is a real artist. Gaga is not!!!!
Enough of you fucking PMSing, just because your Aunt Flo is spending the week at your place! Btw, I am allowed my opinion and if you don't like it, well you can just go and suck shit through a straw!
At the end of this video, you will see where the movie A Nightmare at Christmas got its stairwalk, no lie, it was modeled after this performance from Grace. Brilliant and historical.
I was at her "One Man Show" in San Francisco. It was fantastic....I saw her again at Trocadero in SF and she was insane..she was spitting wine all over the audience when she sang "Bullshit", dry humped a leather queen doggie style, knocked over all the symbols she was using for "Warm Leatherette, and when they would try to put them back she would scream "Leave the fuckers on the floor" She was fabulous and then she threw her shoes into the audience and left.. Now we have Miley Cyrus and her ilk.
I'm not sure how androgynous Grace Jones was trying to be. Concurrently there was Annie Lennox in the Eurhythmics doing much the same thing.
But in Grace's case she seemed to be doing something of Kraftwerks' robotics and machine beats as well.
Case in point, she seems to cast an extraordinary angular shadow behind hereself right before the song starts, reminiscent of German Expressionistic film-making.
Therealog328--First of all Grace is female--how can you be a disgrace to something that you aren't???? Second she's not pretending to be man--this is an androgynous persona she donned in the 80's. She's moved on from this look completely--not that the look was so bad back then. I think Grace is amazing and talented--you can't say that about a lot of artists nowadays! Each to her or his own taste I suppose.
i can remember when this one of the few black videos they wud air on MTV in the early 80s!! awesome video and song by MS JONES!
SuperTdawg66 12 hours ago
I remember see this video when I was a kid...timeless!
letshell 1 week ago
Just seen this at the V&A. FANTASTIC exhibition on Postmodernism.
Beth1618 1 month ago 3
unica e bellissima
geppy 1 month ago
Thumbs up if Beavis & Butthead brought yu here!!!!!
RossJr8604 1 month ago 3
i wass so hot for you when seen you lick that votroclyce
paulkjames 2 months ago
postmodernism exhibition, anyone? :L
ellienadmags 2 months ago 2
She's ....Just Damn!
CamilleBrean 3 months ago
She out performs everyone with just a mic, a pair of gloves, stairs and a spot light... the collaboration between Grace and Jean Paul Goude is still breathtaking.
kimfan118 3 months ago
Superb
WrestleTheDecibel 3 months ago
GENIUS !
DavidHill333 4 months ago
She's nobody's fool...she's a Demolition Man! There is just something so engaging about her...presence...poise...strength...ferocity...and that unwavering gaze. Ms. Jones, I love you, such an inspiration for this twenty year old female.
1stbrasscaptain 4 months ago
HAHAH LOL I tHOUGHt THAT WAS IN REAL TIME FOR A MINUTE!
VEGNANT 4 months ago
i fucking LOVE THIS. Grace you are so fierce.
economistman 4 months ago
She blows them all away---
bluesman341 5 months ago
This is the lady that started it all for Madonna, Lady GaGa, Cyndy Lauper to do their "own" thing... yeah... this lady did it first.
313pookie313 5 months ago
Grace Jones is more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever have.
davettalashley 6 months ago
@davettalashley dang, well said! this woman is a saint!
lovinliverpool 6 months ago
AWESOME TALENT-FACE-VOICE-BODY-ATTITUDE -GRACE JONES IS ART PERSONIFIED ! ! ! HER EYES ARE BEAUTIFUL-PROPS TO ALL HER STYLIST & MUSICIANS
devotion1100 6 months ago
AWESOME TALENT-FACE-VOICE-BODY-ATTITUDE -GRACE JONES IS ART PERSONIFIED ! ! !
devotion1100 6 months ago
wow wtf, that must be sped up or something
dedpxl 7 months ago
crazy cool
DarkImage11 7 months ago
This must be where both Annie Lennox and Robert Palmer got their styles from
mattsthepainter 8 months ago
Grace Jones is the Definition of a True Artist= Dare to Be Different, Original Sound, Striking Beauty, and Fashion Royalty>> Put Some Grace in Your Face/Bass....
RunwayBrandon 8 months ago
Even doing a cover she is still an original and compelling. Lady who?
tman12563 8 months ago
Fuck George Washington. Put Grace Jones on the $1.
factsequalfuel 9 months ago 36
@factsequalfuel OH HELL YEAH BABY!
rose4490 6 months ago
@factsequalfuel Are you kidding me? Grace Jones is worth more than $1.
warriorsfan19 5 months ago
This video freaked me out when I was a kid lol
nothingdefaced 9 months ago
GRACE JONES IS SCARY!!!
meyerj75 9 months ago
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Lady Gaga is ok, i was surprised to hear in an interview the sexual favors/drugs/depression she went through i feel sorry for her...she says it in an interview, dont be mean!
watch?v=MuXDgHy2yn0
AeonFlexMusic 9 months ago
is this video not better than all the Minaj, Rihanna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga bullshit thats out today?
GRACE fucking JONES.
the world watched and took, but never gave full respect to the true source.
SubliminalMinded2011 10 months ago 56
@SubliminalMinded2011 She's the Origional LADY GAGA!!!...aah lady gaga WHO!!!..lol" this woman was so ahead of her time!!! and totally paved the way man!!' for all other artist like ladygaga"
kohimoana 9 months ago
@SubliminalMinded2011 You are so right, with all of gaga's money, she is still tryin to reach the realness in the lyrics and drama that only Grace Jones can give. Long Live Grace Jones!! It is still politically relavent and the beat still carry strong. I'm all for a Big Grace Jones come back.
amandaskye 8 months ago
@SubliminalMinded2011 Yeah, Grace was Bad Ass !
petaunot 4 months ago
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cujothedogofwar 3 months ago
Respond to this video... The best version ever made of the song-the marching Graces are classic!
cujothedogofwar 3 months ago
@SubliminalMinded2011 The big difference in Grace and those other people like gaga or Beyonce is grace is a true artist she isn't meant for public consumption the other are disposable disney stars that will do what ever it takes to be on top grace was and still is a true artist.
Wscate 1 month ago
I can't say she does anything for me in the appeareance catagory. Features are way too harsh. Her music is surprizingly good and unique. She was horrible in Conan 2.
naordie 10 months ago
@naordie ... she is bad-ass in conan 2, r u crazy? This song describes the world pictured in the movie by the same name (Demolition Man, 1993) and the world they want for us: The Nanny-State! Imagine 1984 free adapted as Big Sister. Eat your veggies, or else we'll ban dessert! And we'll tax everything you enjoy doing!
peakoilprepare 9 months ago
Truly a classic. that scene with the trombone used to run at the beginning of a popular 80s MTV show, I think.
numb3r5ev3n 10 months ago
love this song, it puts me in mind of my secret crush. linda at labor ready in illinois I like listening to this drunk. when I think of her I kiss my hand & pretend it's her lips
HiphopDesigns010 10 months ago
Was she in Conan the Barbarian 2
bssmallville1 10 months ago
in my 80s i think se´s quite an artist
pablofranco1937 10 months ago
She had such a freakin awesome voice.
Scike 11 months ago
And That is Grace!
lilmike55912 11 months ago
22 People messed around with the demolition man!
Guridoo 11 months ago
Saw some guy ran up on stage and cuffed himself to her ankle at a show in NY back in 70's. She beat the shit out of him almost felt sorry for the guy. Shes a little a scary. Adam Ant did a commercial back in the day with her said it was the best day of his life. She really is V good and quite the artist. Wish she'd come back and do some more stuff. Love ya Miss Jones \o/
wsilver58 11 months ago
To all the ignorants: GET A LIFE !... This is just not music, It is art as well, and when you put the 2 together, You get more than just a song.!
Deeonlyone319 11 months ago 2
Ching someone Gaga? Is it? Who was the son of a bitch, tramp? I hope I have done this nimguem look for a comment there.
Isah10Brasil 11 months ago
@1:08
Butt-Head: Uhhhhh Is this Manute Bol?
Beavis: That dude can slam dunk without even jumping
Butt-Head: Yeah, uh huh huh huh, Too bad he can't sing
magnificator 11 months ago
Lady Gaga ripped off this freak?!? Then I guess Henry Ford ripped off the covered wagon because they both have wheels. I'm 49 and not much of today's music impresses me but Lady Gaga is truly avant garde in look talent and sound.
tomintroy 11 months ago
@tomintroy You must never have heard of marilyn manson or madonna. the two people Gaga ripped off most.
RyleeStrange 11 months ago 2
@tomintroy Lady Gaga has stated publicly Grace Jones is a major inspiration and she would love to work with her. Lady Gaga is extremely watered down compared to Grace Jones. It's why Grace Jones never got truly mainstream success, especially in America where she was completely off the scale. She was pretty successful in the UK and Europe in the early 80s though.
keith904A 9 months ago
grace is very strange, but very talented
marquezmargaret0 1 year ago
Man listen to that sound incredible, guitar,bass,drums!!!!! In the "old" times there was real, good music !!!
JawaRider1 1 year ago
GRACE JONES !!!
MsLANINS 1 year ago
I never liked her. she's too strange. eat some food, grow some hair wtf????
starbuck680 1 year ago
@starbuck680 Models don't eat. They smoke and starve themselves. However, I love her.
lunargoddess2002 11 months ago
i like how when she gets the trombone and plays it, theres people cheering before, but once that loud explosion thing happens, theres no cheering, thats the moment she killed all her fans :O
oh and i love this song, with her the singer and the Police
aukuse 1 year ago 2
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factsequalfuel 1 year ago
Grace Jones is the Demolition Man! ;-)
KrisseSydan 1 year ago
She held the trombone wrong lol.
PaijePeace 1 year ago
@PaijePeace Here's my trom-bone why don't you show me how to hold it .
thincow12 1 year ago
@thincow12 Trombone*
PaijePeace 1 year ago
@PaijePeace Okay, here's my throbbing bone, why don'g you hold it for me.
thincow12 1 year ago
Always suspected there was something "robotic" about Grace, but with all those look alike copies I'm sure she must be an automotron.
trespire 1 year ago
Listen to this fantastic song and then go and listen to Dead Or Alive's 'I'd Do Anything'.....Pete Burns blatantly ripped it off.
TheBoyCub 1 year ago
Wether it was or not, I feel like Grace Jones, especially this song and performance was made for me.
As a gay 21 year old boy, there something in her songs and in her performances that I can gather strength from. There's not many other artists I can say that for (David Bowie, The Cranberries...)
I wish more people my age could recognize true artists such as this, and stop falling for all the false idols who are shown in our media today.
curtismcvey 1 year ago
@curtismcvey In my humble opinion, wishing other people would do this or recognize that is quite usless, as every one lives in their own little universe (including myself).
What is interesting is that you (could be any other person, I'm not trying to being personal) recognize true artist, because this reflects on the way you view things. It's your point of view, your interpretation (for example of art).
If some one else doesn't recognize true artists, it's only a reflection of themselves.
trespire 1 year ago
@curtismcvey Amen!!!
BrennanThale 8 months ago
Nothin' but the truth
WearTheDog 1 year ago
that speedy tiptap movement at the start is awesome and kinda funny
DarkImage11 1 year ago
in the 80's grace jones was considered "Avant Garde" along with laurie anderson, klaus nomi.....in my opinion, they were very original and incredible performers...every now and then u get kinda of tired of seeing the same old same old.....kinda like eating hamburgers every day gets old....however a steak every now and then is good very good!
jaygo33 1 year ago
Incredible song, and awesome performance. This woman is one of a kind.
This song makes me think of Alistair Overeem; the Demolition Man. It's funny that he was just a child when this came out, but it fits him perfectly; he's a destroyer.
undisputedgreatest 1 year ago
Beautiful? Hot??? Am I missing something here? She looks like an African tribesman, emphasis on MAN, wearing makeup and lipstick. If you guys think that's hot..... well, whatever floats your boat, I guess.
linelazur 1 year ago
@linelazur: Grace says "Feelin like woman, lookin like a man" in Walking in the Rain. Her 'look' is part of her art: questioning 'ideals' of man/woman, black/white, decency/vulgarity. I am a dark-skinned female (not the 'blond hair-blue-eye-ideal') and growing up with her in the media (especially in a James Bond film) helped me (and scores of others) to feel beautiful.
ayititifi10 1 year ago
@linelazur;
yer such a white boy
kisses
MrNicespaces 1 year ago
Grace, you're ahead of your time.
charleshdowns 1 year ago
Is this an actual live performance?
Elizar777 1 year ago
This ain't the Police ;)
rekkof 1 year ago
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nipple @ 3:04-3:06
bruno2260 1 year ago
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bruno2260 1 year ago
so hot..remarkable beauty...incredible talent...love you Grace..you rock.
CDdaddy 1 year ago 7
I think this is my favourite music video.
Spidapalooza 1 year ago
sigh...you just had to be there......and thankfully, I was. The people that you remember the most, are the ones that made you sit up and say: "WTF?" Love, her, or hate her, you will def. remember Grace.
ssp1663 1 year ago
All you ASSHOLES DOWN THERE WISH YOU WERE HER, SHE DID WHAT SHE WANTED BECAUSE SHE HAD THE TALENT TO FORTIFY IT. GET A LIFE LOSERS!!!
lycanthrope1962 1 year ago
Grace didn't take any shit.......from anyone!
19NORGE78 1 year ago
Uh, why is that man wearing lipstick?
ronin6401 1 year ago
@ronin6401 thats a woman
adkomondor 1 year ago
@adkomondor Yes I know, I was being sarcastic since Grace Jones looks like Wesley Snipes.
ronin6401 1 year ago
@ronin6401 uh, why is an idiot asking a stupid question?
giveit2mehardmad 1 year ago
@ronin6401 common have u ever seen a man with such great cheekbones
lyletteg 1 year ago
@lyletteg i see men with magnificent cheekbones all of the time -- much better, in fact, than any mere woman i have EVER seen.
mikegraddy 1 year ago
okay enough with the lady gaga..shut the fuck up already..whether you support or oppose her..it's getting stupid.
NevanImranTheCambion 1 year ago
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A damn freak if ever there was one!
wwizman 1 year ago
YES! SHE IS the demolition MAN!!!
What entertaining performance. She's the original, others the copy...
dreamerberlin 1 year ago
Who are the 19 fools.????
turelnosgoth 1 year ago 5
Love this song loved Grace Jones from when i was about 7
But when is Grace gunna put on a nice dress and smile.....
thanks crazedvole for the post!
Bless!
(",)
cemtex1 1 year ago
I can picture Tina Turner singing this song
kpowers 1 year ago
awsome only a supa cool artist comes up with that performance. legend
starflash08 1 year ago
omfg that bit with the trombone!
playgirlc 1 year ago
A truly remarkable piece of performance art!
TheLewisExperience 1 year ago
A true performer! Even her climbing up the stairs at the end of the song is a performance. It is measured without appearing so--just notice her steps and her hand placements. What can one say about her that hasn't been said already, other than that she is simply AMAZING!
kookiefookie60 1 year ago
MTV made a booboo! I think. This song is on the fantastic Nightclubbing album, not Warm Leatherette. (Unless there's another version I'm unaware of?)
windtornwings 1 year ago
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@windtornwings
Nope, you are right.
RealVerdad 1 year ago
Didn't Wesley Snipes have the same hair cut in the movie with the same name?
ccduncan 1 year ago
grace is a real artist!!!!....i loved and still love her style.
annboo86 1 year ago 3
was the begining played in FF or something.What a strange woman O_o
She sure does know how to perform!But i don't like her music thought.
sailornaruto39 1 year ago
perfection!
bleaufire 1 year ago
I haven't seen this since.... The 80s... I remember those marching clones very well. Grace Jones is one weird, eccentric broad.
AnalgesicBalm 1 year ago
I have been a Grace jones fan for ever She has class,style and her own way of dressing the woman paved the way for others she was ahead of the times she never was tacky or vulgar. Lady gaga is nothing compared to Grace Jones.
alchemy1300 1 year ago
I was very young when she was popular but Wow she was amazing, artistic, and cool.
SwitchBladesgirls 1 year ago
Fuck yes I love the way she uses her body and face.and eyes. Awesome.
ScarletWoman666666 1 year ago
My goodness, this is amazing.
viehunter 1 year ago
I remember this video from way back when, but I just realized, she had a high-top fade LONG before it became popular.
SiriusMined 1 year ago
Lady GaGa can bite me - Grace did it first and did it best.
Xenapage 1 year ago 2
Grace Jones is without equal - before or since this video. You young kids do your homework. She's genius.
HowDoesItFeelNow 1 year ago
Demolition Man is actually from the Nightclubbing album, so the idiots are stupid to say it is from her Warm Leatherette album.
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
Amazing Grace Jones!
He is fantastic!
SlimbearNL 1 year ago
when younger artists want to copy some-one they walk around claiming that they were ''inspired'' by that person...so that when they rip off all their styles people wont say its a copy. some-one can inspire you but that does,nt mean that you must rip not one but most of their styles.
2300lisa 1 year ago
Grace is a hustler.which is fine-but she doesn't play ,compose or arrange.Lady Gaga is also a hustler BUT she ackowledges those upon whose shoulders she stands(unlike some people)& does in fact, play ,compose &arrange.
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
if one more of you PEASANTS mentions an ICON like Grace Jones in the same SENTENCE with that tired girl who's been around for FIVE MINUTES or 'borrowed' ideas to begin with, Grace and I will... well you'll fucking find out. I mean REALLY. Do all of you really know so little about art and a true artist? Go and pick yourselves up a copy of 'Second Edition' by Public Image Ltd.
djuri0612 1 year ago 38
@djuri0612 i agree so,soooo much! nicely said!
ishka021 1 year ago
@djuri0612 I could not agree more! Excellent comment! I love Grace Jones! She's an amazing performance artist and such a striking presence. I also loved her as Mayday in View To A Kill.
Diane12163 1 year ago
@djuri0612 Right on....I had never heard of that thing until recently. I was like "you people really think this is anything new?" It is garbage; pure garbage.
I also like Public Image Ltd.
undisputedgreatest 1 year ago
@djuri0612 - Oh dear
ronnykmarshall 1 year ago
@djuri0612 I throw up a little in my mouth when I hear its name mentioned. She's a tired, worn out, never had an original thought in her life, sad, poser ripping off every drag queen trick in the book. Everything that sad other girl does is more boring than the next. The more "original" she tries to be the the triter her schtick becomes. Eeeeyach! Grace is eternal.
zeze40video 1 year ago
Peruvian marching powder strikes again
TumbrelJockey 1 year ago
She's awesome!
simplylovelyful 1 year ago
I saw this when it came out on MTV, and I like even better now.
27 years later.
poopahead 1 year ago
If David Bowie is "Aladdin Sane" then that would make Grace Jones "Alassin Sane"... thats part of what makes those 2 so Brilliant!
Yaminoken 1 year ago 6
This is the original. Police version is the cover.
hjs521 1 year ago
@hjs521 Let's say they both released it the same year. She came out first then the Police did it for their Ghost in the Machine, but STING WROTE the song.
Warzau1 1 year ago
@hjs521 umm Sting wrote this song for Jones, then The Police covered a song that Sting wrote later
magnificator 11 months ago
this version is, in my opinion, far superior to the police original. especialy thislive version. awesome.
spooksixsix 1 year ago
lol weird beginning
rayaustinD 1 year ago
I love when the army of her "clones" come marching out.. thats my favorite part of the video!
etancross 1 year ago 7
Damn, I LOVE Grace!!!
zappa4u2 1 year ago 2
i dont understand why people keeps givin credits to madonna???, madonna just exposed herself THAT'S ALL !!!, grace is the TRUE artist and she was the innovator and she wa the creator!!!, this is art people THIS is true ART, still amazed how grace was sooo far for that era and also from this one (where all "artist" are long blonded hair bitches) !!!,
pauleuro16 1 year ago 7
Grace is the bomb
soxfan801 1 year ago 5
fuckin goddess
400026 1 year ago 4
jaja esto parece de terror ke mujer mas rara¡¡¡
patriciarojas100 1 year ago
Whats this crap?
InvisibleCloudKing 1 year ago
It`s the stuff Lady Ga Ga ripped off.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago 50
@JamesTKirkCobain - yeah? well, you would know eh? Which song of Gaga's do you suggest violates a Jones copyright? To me they are as different as night and day. But I guess Grace DID rip off Max Headroom. You rip off anybody lately? Or are you a walkin, trashtalkin ORIGINAL - 'JamesTKirkCobain' - :))
sewsoomi 1 year ago
@sewsoomi the makers of Max Headroom admitted way back then they borrowed one of Grace' look for *their* look . grace is an original.
sookiestackhouse2u 1 year ago
@sookiestackhouse2u God/Allah/Mother Nature.. whatever your brand, loves all artists who put it out there on the stage for people they don't even know. Love em all for trying to amuse us, entertain and, at times, inspire us. When they set foot on that stage, every one of them is an 'original'.
sewsoomi 1 year ago
@sewsoomi like i said earlier, GRACE is an original. anyone can jump on a stage, BUT... not EVERYONE is talented or unique or an ORIGINAL like a GRACE JONES. an artist like her only comes around ONCE in a lifetime.
sookiestackhouse2u 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain It's not the idea, but the expression of the idea that constitutes a rip-off. That given, do you think that Lady GaGa ripped her off, or was just inspired by Grace?
Jrsarver 1 year ago
@Jrsarver Lady Gaga clearly acknowledges the fact that she's heavily inspired by Bowie, Grace Jones, etc., which is fine, my problem is with her douche bag fans who have no idea who those two are and think she's a) the second coming of christ and b) totally unique and original.
viehunter 1 year ago 3
@viehunter Co-signing it. And if you tell them her name comes from "Radio Gaga", you'll get a similar blank stare.
DoubleTalkingJive 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain no offense but she cant actually sing are play instruments if you really watch her video, yes gaga and grace both incoperate fashion but gaga can play instruments,sing and dance shes more like prince then her. And dare i say grace copied a little bite of her shock value shows from prince im just saying
ashleyslaundry 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain
Lady Gaga never really ripped off of Grace. She is inspired by Grace though.
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
@WoodRatGirl Enough of this Lady Gaga BS!!! Grace Jones is the best. I am sick of people comparing that Gaga BS to Grace. Every comments board of Grace Jones' videos always has some idiot comparing Gaga to Grace. There is no comparison. Grace Jones is a real artist. Gaga is not!!!!
Luvie1980 1 year ago
@Luvie1980
Enough of you fucking PMSing, just because your Aunt Flo is spending the week at your place! Btw, I am allowed my opinion and if you don't like it, well you can just go and suck shit through a straw!
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
@Luvie1980 Where as I am not a fan of Lady Gaga, this is a dumb thing to say. Gaga may not be art you like but she is an artist.
Coldmystery 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain how so? gaga has never done anything like this
sailornaruto39 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain wonder where gaga got that crazy do lol
killerkryst 1 year ago
are you inbred?
arytonjames 1 year ago
@arytonjames
InvisibleCloudKing 1 year ago
I use to want to do her soooo bad.Loved her in james bond with christopher walken.....
YeaWhiplash 1 year ago
the best of the best
lovebites73 1 year ago
this took the song to a whole new level....
chaoss667 1 year ago
My Friend Charles did this in Drag in the 80's at a bar called DOK West..She Blew it outta the water!!! I miss her!!!
StangDude05 2 years ago
Ah, the glory days of the DOK West. OZ came close but it just wasn't the same.
barriobajaj 1 year ago
@barriobajaj Dok West has a facebook page, check it out, I've found soo many old friends on it...
freedomjames 1 year ago
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this version SUCKS.SHE CAN`T EVEN SING!HECK,SHE DOES`NT EVEN PLAY GUITAR,LIKE STING DOES!HIS VERSION`S SUPERIOR
waynec38 2 years ago
no one can even come close!
melonrat69 2 years ago 3
great performer
lykopis 2 years ago 4
At the end of this video, you will see where the movie A Nightmare at Christmas got its stairwalk, no lie, it was modeled after this performance from Grace. Brilliant and historical.
MichaelinNewEngand 2 years ago 4
watf the first part!!! wow that's cool...but thats the video or that's her live?
andfel151007 2 years ago
IT'S THE VIDEO
Lymdarosela 2 years ago
thanks it was dump to ask that...but in one way i was thinking that that was a big screen putting that and later she peforming
andfel151007 2 years ago
I was at her "One Man Show" in San Francisco. It was fantastic....I saw her again at Trocadero in SF and she was insane..she was spitting wine all over the audience when she sang "Bullshit", dry humped a leather queen doggie style, knocked over all the symbols she was using for "Warm Leatherette, and when they would try to put them back she would scream "Leave the fuckers on the floor" She was fabulous and then she threw her shoes into the audience and left.. Now we have Miley Cyrus and her ilk.
boycentric 2 years ago 6
die posaune von YerichO goes bomb (b(u)y) the base
remindbender 2 years ago
I'm not sure how androgynous Grace Jones was trying to be. Concurrently there was Annie Lennox in the Eurhythmics doing much the same thing.
But in Grace's case she seemed to be doing something of Kraftwerks' robotics and machine beats as well.
Case in point, she seems to cast an extraordinary angular shadow behind hereself right before the song starts, reminiscent of German Expressionistic film-making.
ysbaddaden2003 2 years ago 2
Therealog328--First of all Grace is female--how can you be a disgrace to something that you aren't???? Second she's not pretending to be man--this is an androgynous persona she donned in the 80's. She's moved on from this look completely--not that the look was so bad back then. I think Grace is amazing and talented--you can't say that about a lot of artists nowadays! Each to her or his own taste I suppose.
Lymdarosela 2 years ago 34
i couldn't agree with you more
LadyGagasCherrytree2 2 years ago