Hollywood Bowl: Grace Jones • of Montreal • Dengue Fever

Grace Jones • of Montreal • Dengue Fever
Sunday, July 26, 2009, 7:00 PM
Grace Jones costume designer Eiko Ishioka

This is one of the best shows I have seen at the Bowl. Grace Jones just rocked the bowl on so many levels. She did 7 costume changes and bantered with the audience while she changed into the next costume.  I saw her during the disco area in NYC at the Saint at the height of her career. At 61-year-old she showed us that she has not lost any of her edginess or performance art approach to her style of performance. During her La Vie En Rose number she was in this stunning red dress. During the song she turned around for us to see that her back was totally bare. When she sang Hurricane and stood into a large fan the back of the dress floated in the air displaying the awesome power of wind like a hurricane my jaws dropped. What a performance artist who can sing and take us on a wild journey like no other performer.

The only disappointment was she ran out of time and did not get to sing my favorite "Slave to the Rhythm".

Below are some of the songs and costumes she wore during her performance.

Grace Jones' Set List with Costume
1. This Is Life

2. Williams Blood

3. My Jamaican Guy

4. La Vie En Rose

5. Love is the Drug

6. Corporate Cannibal

7. Devil in My Life
8. Demolition Man
9. Libertango

10. Hurricane

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11. Pull Up to the Bumper