Grace Jones - Private Life (1980)

This woman is scary but fabulous.

[@audhumbla6927]

If you are scared of Grace Jones you are scared to look directly at yourself. She posseses what society has tried to take away from us for a thousand years. She is the principle of understanding and a symbol of the self respect required to practice magick or do any great thing. Bless.

[@joolspirog]

Over the top but i hear ya

[@Omegaman1969]

@@joolspirog you put it a lot more politely than I was going too lol

[@goodlife6145]

Well observed, and well said.

[@Auntkekebaby]

I've felt this since I was a kid.

[@audhumbla6927]

@@goodlife6145 Thank you and bless you

[@polkad3v]

The older I get, the more I love this song.

[@JesseReza-g4l]

"those are the best of the cream" hihi .. this L.P changed our reality forever..

[@mysticmerman]

This song was written by Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. Grace, of course, delivers a magnificent interpretation of it. Two extremely talented women!

[@bumpy9354]

With the taxi gang from Jamaica 🇯🇲 on the rydim track. Sly Dunbar on drums 🥁 Robbie Shakespeare ( 🙏 ) on 🔊 bass guitar 🎸

[@aleksannuki]

@@bumpy9354👍🏽

[@whittaks215]

Thanx

[@fruitcake4t]

born in jamica, grew up in new york, made in Paris she's an international star

[@albertagibinik3436]

Jayopar nylon is new york -london

[@randallbilly1122]

you probably dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me atm then you can watch all the new movies and series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my brother for the last days :)

[@mekhikenneth7320]

@Randall Billy yup, I have been watching on Instaflixxer for years myself :D

[@pauldesborough6845]

To cool for us mortals. What an outstanding track.

[@pauldesborough6845]

+Chuck Olmstead Why thank you kind Sir!

[@Londoniify]

+Paul Desborough aww Bit of a KZbin flirting has done harm to no one. :)

[@TheIntrovert83]

Indeed! Out of the world!

[@karenplath_]

She's such a trip, just a head shot the whole time and she is utterly fascinating.

[@shellc83]

Karen Plath you got that right.

[@Chezzgirl69]

That Face is Pure PERFECTION! Only Grace could keep u transfixed on just her Face. Her eyes are powerful as is her Bone structure which is why the camera man needs only a headshot.

[@SandraMartinez-ww5ez]

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[@corneisharatcliffe8053]

She said that's enough!

[@fidelmacleary3409]

@@Chezzgirl69 hi there wouldn't she just fill an evening room full of gleamour ,just like cats eyes.

[@chamberlandfill]

This will always be as fresh as the day it was made. Grace is criminally under appreciated

[@christy2146]

She uses her quirks to her own advantage. She’s intelligent. She is no stupid woman. I think that she must inspire so many women out there to stand on heir own to feet and be themselves unapologetically. Chapeau to her

[@NormAppleton]

Grace is a giant warrior for females. Enjoy it.

[@Scotty-P]

@@NormAppleton I'm a male. I've liked her since I was ten years old. I hate that 'empowered female" bullshit.

[@laneyking2044]

@@Scotty-P Your stale opinion sure was needed and asked for!

[@Scotty-P]

@@laneyking2044 My opinion is as fresh as a daisy, sure is needed, and it's totally irrelevant if it were "asked" for or not, owing to it being so valid and needed.

[@laneyking2044]

@@Scotty-P some comment: "I think Grace Jones must inspire so many women" you: "WELL I'M A BOY AND I HATE WOMEN EMPOWERMENT" Are you recognizing how embarrassing and juvenile your comment was now? Now that it's all spelled out for your dumb @ss?

[@jesus9933]

As Andy Warhol said: «Grace is perfect». A true artist; genuine, talented and absolutely coool. Love her.

[@corneliuswashington-gp1we]

....he truly loved her....

[@ronanderson8490]

Iconic is one of the many accurate descriptors of Grace Jones.

[@djb4069]

This was written by Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, as "like all the other London punks, I wanted to do reggae." It was included on The Pretenders 1980 self-titled debut album but when the singer heard Jones' version she conceded, "That's how it's supposed to be done

[@thelasthourgetready]

Wow

[@carloschambers8423]

"You've made a desperate appeal now save your breath" is my favorite of the many quotable lines on this track. Beyond awesome.

[@marcelopose]

A mi me encanta cuando entrecierra los ojos y dice: tu matrimonio es una tragedia pero no me concierne. Sublime

[@kemicon]

The original was written by Chrissy Hind for Pretenders. The original is very different. Grace Jones gave it much more of a reggae vibe.

[@bebopbountyhead]

Grace isn't scary, she's inspirational :)

[@123reletive123]

When the real face is more flawless than THE MASK 😩🙌🏾😍

[@lourdesbaby964]

Long live Grace Jones & Chrissie Hynde👌🏼 Why can’t popular music be still like this???? Cannot believe that 41 years have gone by in the blink of an eye 😳 So glad & proud that I lived through these times of decent and honest to good tunes 💚🇮🇪

[@vanstan7929]

Chrissie Hynde said this version is one of the highlights of her career (she wrote it) and I love that about artists that they acknowledge the brilliance of covers

[@theun-knownmusician5468]

Doing this for my Grade 6 drums! I’m 13 and I love this song!

[@ritmo113]

Is it Rockschool? I teach drums and it would be a good one to teach my students.

[@MalikHassan-yx3ud]

Grace was so far ahead of her time it was ridiculous! Her band (the Taxi Band) is still one of the baddest of all time IMO!! This track will still be hot 100 years from now...

[@rockvilleraven]

+Malik Hassan One of the few artists from the outside and do New Wave. She was so freaky that she fit into the scene. WHFS in the last few years in Bethesda played this as they were emphasizing the genre. There were still free form DJs, and some who played nothing but this music.

[@MalikHassan-yx3ud]

+rockvilleraven Everything she did with Sly and Robbie during that New Wave period was dead on.

[@crasherlasher71]

the band that used to back her up are called sly and Robbie a Jamaican based purcussion duo

[@MalikHassan-yx3ud]

The Taxi Band and Sly and Robbie are the same exact people.

[@crasherlasher71]

ok

[@landofnirvana1184]

Seriously incredible record. Grace Jones is so stylish and real. Love her

[@TheIntrovert83]

One of the most gorgeous woman ever!

[@markottewell8897]

Vince Bevis crass comment

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

easy tiger ;)

[@stephensheridan6332]

And thief of music

[@theun-knownmusician5468]

Jarrel Ely what did she steal?

[@theun-knownmusician5468]

Jarrel Ely Oh!

[@ewetoo]

The brilliant Grace Jones and a brilliant cover of the Pretenders song!

[@hoagy_ytfc]

And the B-side was a pretty interesting take on Joy DIvision's "She's Lost Control".

[@FreyaGem]

Whoa, she is so spellbinding...could just stare at her singing like this for a long time and be totally captivated. What an artist 💋

[@mtoffo2275]

This is the song cats sing when you want to cuddle them

[@StringSun]

Very that

[@bellatrix565]

:)))))))))))))))))))))))) purrrrrrrrfect

[@p-medical3012]

Briliant...40 years later and still outstanding and much better from most of today!

[@kemicon]

One of the greatest cover songs of all time in my honest opinion.

[@margarethleite3916]

she is perfect, pefect face and lips

[@BoeKaldwin]

So iconic and so beautiful💖

[@flavorconnect]

I love her! She helped define music videos of the 80's and inspired many singers to become visual artists. A shame she never won a Grammy for one of her epic music vids, especially One Man Show.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

....she was nominated for a Grammy for One Man Show....in the Best Long Form Music Video category....but...she lost to DURAN DURAN who admitted to her that they stole ideas from HER....she then DEMANDED that they give her....their GRAMMY....everyone steals from her....

[@Bahamaspete]

So beautiful. The best of the best. Bigger than the music and time herself. Her delivery and ability to arrest the stage. So captivating.

[@jbirdperez6003]

unique . 2016 and still you can play it like it new .

[@anneshaw9681]

Better than that

[@yunomindcrystal6041]

even in 2018

[@angieritchie595]

2019, still.

[@1988noga]

2020 01/01/2020

[@MagiikJohnson]

It's Nov. 2020 we still here 👌🏾❤️

[@colleenpugliese6160]

She is so beautiful!

[@MariaVicky-i88]

this woman is great she is a diva good singer and she is good in performances

[@rogerhoward7498]

Grace Jones WHOLE musical mantra is that she is an artist who draws on ALL POSSIBILITIES of the visual asthestic. This is why she is one of the most interesting music artist in the world. The fact that she does not do much blinking of the eyes in this music video,shows that she is in COMPLETE CONTROL of HOW she wants to portray her visual aesthetics for this music video. PURE GENIUS!

[@lesliemccoy6715]

Grace will be 90 years old and still awesome

[@loriromano6399]

Grace Jones, the camera can just stay on her face and you can't look away. What an ARTIST. Heard she wrote all her own songs. Too much talent for one person to have: Sings, writes, looks spectacular, stage presence galore, had lots to say about how her videos would be done. Did I mention I love her attitude? She had something to say.

[@shellc83]

Lori Romano I was glued to her face the whole video, you are so right! She is mesmerizing

[@RobertScythe]

She may have done some or a lot of her own songwriting but this is a Pretenders song written by Chrissie Hynde, though this version is arguably better. Demolition Man was written by Sting for her even though The Police recorded a version soon after.

[@loriromano6399]

Thanks for the information. I need to check to see if I can find the Pretender's version. Love the Pretenders.

[@rogerhoward7498]

And what's really important to realise here, is that having the single camera shot in this video...you can actually SEE Grace Jones ACTING here, the visual expression is in her face and how she can change the features of her face for LONG moments of visual facial expressions. This type of visual work reminds me of the way Andy Wahol would work, when he had long visual expressions in his films, but being a music video here...The visual is not done TOO MUCH to the extreme in the way Andy worked.

[@rufdymond]

A mention has to go to Sly and Robbie for building a brilliant backing track - perfection.

[@andyspet]

she's beautiful.

[@janeparfitt65]

Genius Lady...Miss Grace Jones.still hot at the age of 67..Still Hot & legs that go on forever...x

[@juneking4793]

Wow!!!! She was really something else , unbelievable woman 💕

[@Luna-tu8pi]

she looks like a mask, shes perfect OMG

[@TheSoulUK]

42 years old baby...still sounds fresh.The reggae beats do it for me.

[@knotskop]

holy shit, this is so good, such roots reggae

[@torstenericsson2310]

One of my favorite songs from then. Grace was a pioneer. Helped by Sly n Robbie, of course.

[@robertbruce7686]

Grace Jones. Quite a woman. Quite a singer. Strong. Live with it.

[@pa.laubel3696]

Grace the Godess! Only the likes of sly and robbie can convey those Jamaican roots! Shes gorgeous...

[@saikouceesay1684]

Wonderful song she is really a super star make me to remember the 80’s back in the days in Gambia west Africa!!!!!

[@frankgoodall6885]

Night Clubbing is one of the most innovative albums of its genre. X :)

[@angieritchie595]

I still love it today, one of the most dog eared vinyls I own!

[@McDoinky]

This is from Warm Leatherette though

[@lonergan2468]

I first hear her in 1979, the WARM LEATHERETTE album. A few of us would gather together in a small room in our hostel, and this was the fav album. There was also a little something we shared to enhance the musical experience. I still admire Grace to this very day. The vid of "living my life" from her one woman show is also fantastic.

[@rogerhoward7498]

I love her Do or Die Single, one of her earlier songs. This song is a Great Disco Anthem Song and the longest 12" version of this song, is ( in my opinion) one of the best 12 inch versions of a single song, EVER recorded.

[@fandisco80s]

Fantastic work !!!! Master piece . Artwork

[@reiftediavlo9337]

"SINER❤BLISS"...Luv that track still grab's my soul.....2023...Respect Grace Jones... 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🐕

[@Raddland]

Wow. This is the first time I've ever heard one of her songs on my own (was too young when this stuff was actually being made). Gotta say, I am super impressed. Time to look up some more! :)

[@darnellmajor9016]

This was originally performed and written by the Pretenders but I get what you mean.

[@patrickbyrne3534]

Sly and Robbie. If you get them in on a track you know its going to end up with a killer groove

[@MalikHassan-yx3ud]

+patrick byrne No doubt!

[@Boogiemanndj]

The Pretenders never got the credit they deserve for writing this!!

[@anneshaw9681]

Totally agree

[@angelwild9145]

And…let’s not forget the fabulous, inimitable, stunningly beautiful, multi-talented, inspirational, brave, unique, fashion Queen….Grace Jones!!😍🥰👑♥️🌎🥂🐉✌️💪🏻🏙🤩

[@BoltFlashdrive]

I somehow missed this song in the 80s. Heard it for the first time on Sirius XM First Wave a few weeks ago and have been hooked ever since.

[@lekkki1]

Brilliant cover of a brilliant original. Long live Chrissy and Grace.

[@cr4301]

lekkki1 this is an original no?

[@rainrebel4346]

You can't get bored of Grace she has a very unpredictable and unqie style the lady is a legend

[@clareshaughnessy2745]

OMG. She is so beautiful she takes my breath away. No wonder she was a bit nuts, being so utterly physically perfect has got to make people react to you in strange ways

[@divergence_tiffanyramos4337]

I absolutely adore Grace Jones. To this day she's still stunningly beautiful and intriguing.

[@fandisco80s]

Everything is perfect in this video. The music, the lyrics, the rhythm, his voice, the image, the little choreography, his gestures, his pauses, his look. All

[@blkcoverboy1049]

HIS? Grace is a female

[@fandisco80s]

@@blkcoverboy1049 excuse my bad translation. Of course Grace is a female

[@lks6248]

Loved this first time out. I cannot believe that this was nearly 40 years ago. Timelessly brilliant! What a one off she is.

[@richardpfeil1939]

Stunning video, beauty at its best, let alone the singing. Hugely underrated.

[@rjjcms1]

When reviewing her next single,one of the critics in the music papers described her as being a Dalek on this one because of her cold,deadpan delivery of most of it. Made me chuckle anyway,and good record all the same.

[@naturallyaplatinumblonde2772]

She is a True Living ICON!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@androskrupp2568]

THE GODDESS GRACE JONES IS my GODDESS❤ LOVE HER SHE IS THE BIG ARTIST❤2024❤

[@oolongoolong789]

That old Sly and Robbie magic still sounds fresh, as does Grace's distinctive vocal. Imaginative video too. Love it!

[@pacotoyful]

Gawd she’s just so damn stunning, along with her creativity she just so damn good! I was born in the early 80’s and got to grow up with her image all around! She’s one of my role models!

[@mrsose1872]

One of the most beautiful women of all time

[@GenreChowderStudios]

Not only is the song great, but the video! It's just a single unbroken shot of Grace and her variety of expressions. Personally, I think it's still pretty interesting to watch, despite how bare-bones the imagery is. Nowadays, it'd be overly complicated with shots of a city or crowds or everything she's describing laid out in full detail or something. The way it is here, it's intimate, like a "this is the last straw, here's the deal, man" type of thing.

[@eggory]

You're right but most people in music don't have this kind of electrifying persona that allows one to keep an audience's interest with nothing but one, long close-up. They work with what they've got.

[@shellc83]

eggory absolutely.. She can hold my attention so well , just her eyes are so mesmerizing. I can't even get over it

[@ninjascroll1017]

The lights in the background, what she was wearing and grace herself really make it look cool. There's alot of other things going on too like the camera gradually zooming in at times, the way her eyes were looking, the way she was moving her head, the part when she put the mask on, the poses, etc

[@joaopeste4595]

A fascinating performance with the mask in the beginning of the video... she was really fantastic

[@TheGACKTfan]

This song is my song because I keep being dragged into others drama and I had enough of it the look on Grace Jones face is the look I want to give to those ppl who kept dragging me to solve their dramas

[@mouthofthesouth80]

I agree with you. Many people would put me in their drama too as if I'm suppose to be their mediator. It took a toll on me mentally because I'm an empathetic and sympathetic person. When some of interventions didn't work, I gave up and told my family and friends to save their drama for a therapist.

[@calebjornsen61]

A true artist as well as a true warrior! Never gonna forget you babe! 😋

[@ashlynmurray2539]

2:20 - 3:05. This woman is the appropriate adjective beyond time unamed and unknown. Timeless. So ahead.

[@josephharden5592]

Such an amazing performer! Beautiful !!!! Island Bad Girl Savage before Rih Rih ! And the drums are everything!!!

[@philster611-ih8te]

This has so much atmosphere....

[@WilliamBurton-1980]

Always my favorite Grace Jones song

[@patsyporter1266]

so FABULOUS thank you Grace

[@shellc83]

Why do I love Grace Jones so much..

[@jchopra]

A pioneering artist - unique is every way; 'Inimitable'

[@elizabethcummins8988]

One of the best videos i have ever seen and shes just standing there singing. She just draws you in. Im heterosexual but if she were right in my face, i wouldn't be able to do anything but stare and blush.

[@elizabethcummins8988]

Great song,great visual. STUNNING! !!!

[@Outspoken.Humanist]

She wasn't a just a singer, she was a performance artist. She sometimes took it too far but she was a unique talent and that is rare indeed.

[@alinabaykalova]

Grace's unique and individual ! Gorgeous Grace -- was and is and 60 years... long live the Queen grace Jones!

[@tamjansan1154]

The Queen of the Performance Art!

[@msdemeanour]

Loved her then, love her now 🥰

[@jakel6473]

Grace is a visitor from outer space

[@TheIntrovert83]

Yes indeed still as beautiful as can be! I cant wait until she performs in L.A!!

[@blaztradiouz666]

Wait a minute.This is really good.

[@gaylemarie9211]

I'm very superficial. I hate everything official. #FuckingEpic

[@mogshade66]

Oh hell yes 😈

[@stevem-h3562]

I could just sit and listen to this for hours. I've always loved it.

[@lm5920]

Ohhhh, Flower_Gemini I soooo agree with you! LOL! I used to be so frightened of this lady when I was young, but at the same time so intrigued by her uncanny presence, behavior, demeanor and attitude. It's just so fascinating how her refusal to conform to the industries standards that so many women (especially Black women) fall victim to actually catapulted her career back in her hay days. 30+ years later as a grown woman seeking to live my life beyond the cookie cutter automatons called human beings, I now have the greatest appreciation for Grace Jones as a woman who decided to personally define and trademark her own unique individuality. To top it off, my adult eyes now see how drop dead gorgeous she was and still is at the age of 60 something... Hail to Queen Grace Jones!

[@MusicalEutopia]

Amen!

[@staceyrata6624]

Well played sir , n aw fukn day cunts

[@staceyrata564]

To LM , well said sir , here here , and so say all of us !

[@rogerhoward7498]

For me...Grace Jones as a Black Women in Popular Music is an integral part of Black-American Civil Rights ( even though she was Jamican and has European Connections); in that here is a Black Female Artist with her own UNIQUE indiviuality, that does NOT CONFIRM to world-wide wide social representations of the Black Female Music Artists. She paved her own individuality that gives voice to Black Women ALL OVER THE WORLD, in living and creating in your world, BY YOUR OWN MEANS OF EXPRESSION...AND NOT WHAT WORLD- WORLD SOCIETY EXPECTS YOU TO BE. This represents Black Female Power to the Max.

[@TotalDesignZ]

I love her music but I don't remember having ever heard her speak. I just watched a few interviews with her and she has a sexy ass voice. You go Grace! :)

[@johnhodgetts6617]

Her Russell Harty interview didn't go so well - for Russell! 😂

[@jontalbot1]

One of my favourite songs of the 80s and l have say about a million miles better than the original

[@proclivities460]

Yeah I'm not scared, I'm in awe always of her beauty, her talent and how wonderfully unique she is. Maybe that scares people sometimes, haha 💗💗💗

[@natalieritchie691]

Wow!!! I Grace You Grace, Forever!!! I would LOVE TO SEE YOU IN CONCERT!!

[@pauloliver619]

One of the most beautiful woman in the world.

[@fantnio]

Grace Jones is not scary. She is one of the most beautiful women in the world ever

[@anthonydavid5121]

I loved you then, Grace Jones as I do today! WHAT A VIDEO .... that face, those eyes ..... this, and every song .... THE BEST! When I listen to you, I am 22 again - - - it's the 80s and I'm dancing in NYC at the Roxy, Limelight, or the Paladium.

[@andyj639]

Couldn't believe this in 1980 when it came out. Complimented what was a brilliant year for music. This still sound so original, she's it just brilliant and she still is producing brilliance especially with her last album.

[@chelseaacidcasual2825]

This just so perfect on all levels.

[@whiteduke75]

''...J ' Anaimare with your theatrics, your acting a drag. It's o.k. on tv, but you can turn it off..." Just Brilliant!!!!

[@cindyharper1500]

Grace for quarantine! 🙌👄

[@turnedaround4954]

The last of the true performance artists ❤❤

[@flomo7649]

NO-ONE comes close to Queen Grace...So many pretenders/contenders, ... NOPE...Not even touching the sides...She's in a class of her own...!