Living my life grace jones

Living my life 1982 opens with the six minute delight my jamaican guy written solely by grace jones and based on a member of bob marleys group the wailers whom she had fallen in love with, a sparse but sprightly arranged reggaefunknew wavesoul midtempo ballad. The rare, unreleased long version of living my life by grace jones. The music video for the song was directed by jeanpaul goude and famously includes the suicide scene, with grace blowing her brains out. Grace jones the apple stretching lyrics genius lyrics. Grace jones living my life lyrics and tracklist genius. In contrast with the previous albums recorded at compass point, living my life contains mostly original material, with only one cover version the apple stretching, written by melvin van peebles for the broadway show waltz of the stork. Raised in syracuse, new york, she found success in the 70s as a model, working in new york and paris where she shared an apartment with jerry hall and jessica lange, before rising to public prominence as a singer and personality. But she often sounded distant and detached, and not even the great support could totally overcome jones less than enthusiastic. Excerpts from the living my life video were used in the slave to the rhythm clip. Song information for living my life grace jones on allmusic. My jamaican guy echoes the languorous groove and puton patois of feel up. It was also her last album to be recorded using those genres. Background nipple to the bottle was the lead single from jones sixth studio album, living my life. Jones had already recorded two reggaeoriented albums with the compass point all stars at the read more.

The sun comes swaggering across the harbour and kisses the lady waiting in the narrows she already plenty shaky stands there blushing, clutching the torch of. Robert and marjorie moved to the east coast of the united states, where robert worked as. Grace jones performing living my life on her live concert a one man show, as seen in the official vhs release from 1982. The album followed her definitive nightclubbing and was a commercial disappointment, although it had some nice material and excellent production and arrangements. Grace jones lyrics 96 song lyrics sorted by album, including ive seen. The album was released on 7 november 1982 by island records background. Like marianne faithfull on dangerous acquaintances, jones has found a comfortable niche for an. Grace jones at wilderness festival 2017 was literally amazing, she now owns my soul. Grace jones lanserat i november 1982 pa island records. Grace jonesliving my life, live on switch, 1983 youtube. By signing up you agree to receive news and offers from grace jones. Living my life is a grace jones song released as a single in 1983. Living my life 1982 by grace jones for sale online ebay.

The song was released in some territories as a double aside single with the apple stretching. Jones, who was a local politician and apostolic clergyman. In some countries, the single bside featured cry now, laugh later or a dub version of my jamaican guy. Living my life is the autobiography of lithuanianborn anarchist emma goldman, who became internationally renowned as an activist based in the united states. This was only released on a rare 12 single which was handed out in limited quantities. Find similar albums to living my life grace jones on allmusic allmusic. Grace jones living my life official music video youtube. Under inspelningarna spelades aven en lat med titeln living my.

Cuss me cuss me cuss me for living cuss me for living my life leave me leave me leave me for living. Grace jones essentially retired from music after this album and became a film actress for three years. Its her prerogative, its the way that she wants to live. Feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up you count on try to run feel up dont give up, dont give up feel up you hide your dreams youre dreams arent real feel up dont give up, dont give up feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up feel up. Listen free to grace jones living my life my jamaican guy, nipple to the bottle and more.

Grace jones living my life full album free music streaming. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Living my life, at its most successful, simply reprises nightclubbings best moments. The albums title is living my life, and that life seems to be in new york city. The music video for living my life was also included in jones concert film, a one man show. And just listen to that glorious opening on the track way ahead of its. In contrast with the previous albums recorded at compass point, living my life contains mostly original material, with only one cover version the apple stretching, written by melvin van peebles for the broadway show waltz of the. Living my life is the sixth studio album by grace jones, released in 1982.

Take my life for a drivenever need to change his toolshim drive like a stubborn muledat way him now go plop plop. Grace jones living my life vinyl records and cds for sale. Nipple to the bottle recalls the percolating rhythms and double entendres of pull up to the bumper. A shame island doesnt seem too interested in releasing a nice deluxe package of this amazing album, making it neccessary to wade through record stores or the internet to get a copy which, luckily, isnt difficult at all. Check out living my life by grace jones on amazon music. It was the last of three albums she recorded at the compass point studios in the. Living my life, an album by grace jones on spotify. Living my life is the sixth studio album by jamaican recording artist grace jones. The boyfriend of the singer, my jamaican guy, takes her out. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Cuss me cuss me cuss me for living cuss me for living my life. Goldman wrote it while living in sainttropez, france, following her disillusionment with the bolshevik role in the russian revolution.

Grace jones born beverly grace jones on may 19, 1948, in spanish town, jamaica is a model, singer and actress. It was originally recorded for the album of the same name, but for unknown reasons it did not make the final cut. It was the last of three albums she recorded at the compass point studios in the bahamas. Cuss me cuss me cuss me for living cuss me for living my life leave me leave me leave me for living leave me for living my life chok. Grace jones living my life vinyl lp picture disc ebay. The couple already had two children, and would go on to have four more. Finally, it seemed, the world was ready to embrace another hard.