# Grace Jones..Did people find her sexy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127 "2014-04-27T19:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/61 "2014-04-29T00:26:45Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > What? Nobody remembers the Date With Grace Jones skit from [In Living Color](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQopdEwzRj0)? That was pretty good. I never saw that. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/62 "2014-04-29T01:19:37Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Confidence is always sexy and her characters exuded confidence. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I thought she was hot. > [@scabpicker](#): > > Another vote for: Sure, she could kill me, but I’d take that chance. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > . . . there are many men who’d say: _“Powerful amazon bitch? That’s hot. I’ll take my chance, what a way to go.”_ . . . All of this. Yes, definitely. Does anyone know what her real life personality was like? Was she mean to people, or kind? Few things are quite as sexy, in both men and women, as a “gentle giant.” ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/63 "2014-04-29T01:21:38Z")
I remember the big gossip back in the day when she was filming Conan is that she was batshit crazy. Something about she injured a bunch of people on the set because she got carried away in one of the fight scenes? I don’t know, probably an urban myth. But no, Grace Jones is the stuff nightmares are made of. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/64 "2014-04-29T01:29:46Z")
Bitchy, dominatrix, androgynous broad with a buzz cut and shitty music. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/65 "2014-04-29T01:34:05Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > All of this. Yes, definitely. > > Does anyone know what her real life personality was like? Was she mean to people, or kind? Few things are quite as sexy, in both men and women, as a “gentle giant.” My friend was wearing some jewelry that her mother had given her at a nightclub. Grace Jones asked if she could try them on. My sweet, nice friend obliged. I don’t know why. Grace Jones then left the place without giving them back. If I ever have the opportunity to do something mean to her… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/66 "2014-04-29T02:26:59Z")
I forgot to mention that I tend to find androgyny at least somewhat attractive. But androgyny is not what I get when I see Ms. Jones. It’s that fierceness I mention. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/67 "2014-04-29T03:52:20Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > It would help if they were true, though, so called **MrKnowItAll**. Are you under the impression that Jamaica is in Europe? Anyway, at age 13 she moved to America, so I should imagine she became a US citizen long before her showbiz career took off. Oh. She’s Jamaican. Well, darn. I thought she was French. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/68 "2014-04-29T04:31:07Z")
Waaaaaay to mannish for me. She looks like something chiseled out of stone for a sci-fi movie. And it seems to be done deliberately. I suspect she could dial it back considerably if she chose to. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/69 "2014-04-29T11:33:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Bitchy, dominatrix, androgynous broad with a buzz cut and shitty music. > > I’ll pass. All of that is your call - and there are a lot of folks who apparently agree with you - but damn, a lot of her music is _excellent_. A quick YouTube check didn’t turn up a mobile video I could view then paste here - but check out her version of Use Me. With Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on drums and bass, it is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Marlonius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Marlonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlonius)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/70 "2014-04-29T13:02:45Z")
I think she’s hot and find her very attractive. Lean, high cheekbones, smooth skin. She’s very exotic to me. I’ve never heard her music though. I also recall reading that she was pretty unprofessional on the James Bond film too - Roger Moore had nothing good to say about her. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/71 "2014-04-29T15:38:58Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > All of that is your call - and there are a lot of folks who apparently agree with you - but damn, a lot of her music is _excellent_. A quick YouTube check didn’t turn up a mobile video I could view then paste here - but check out her version of Use Me. With Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on drums and bass, it is wonderful. On a laptop - here is a YouTube link for Use Me: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zroggPZuHxk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zroggPZuHxk) It’s the old Bill Withers song (which I love), with a full makeover. The bass just makes the song - very cool. Her voice is fine, but more importantly, suits this particular arrangement. She’s eccentric and has a totally outlandish look and way she carries herself, but I love this music… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/72 "2014-04-29T15:48:47Z")
Grace Slick, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/73 "2014-04-29T17:22:40Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > It’s the old Bill Withers song (which I love), with a full makeover. The [original](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ROGOHNSEBs) for comparison. Great song. It does say something ( what, I’m not sure 😉 ) that she tends to completely re-invent her covers, rather than just doing straight versions of them. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/74 "2014-04-29T17:48:01Z")
I think she was hot as a crematorium. But then I also carry a torch for [Skin](http://www.itusozluk.com/image/skin_31849.jpg), singer for Skunk Anansie (unrequitted, alas, as the lady swings for the ladies). Even though I’m told people also find her scary and mannish. [Scary](http://static.wixstatic.com/media/be3ceb_84509e9b35b4d061b4fac49fa7c336a0.jpg), you say ? I just don’t see it :). ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/75 "2014-04-29T18:18:56Z")
Scary as hell and striking. I would never call her sexy… but fascinating and attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127/76 "2014-05-04T01:44:53Z")
Hell, yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grace-jones-did-people-find-her-sexy/687127.md?page=3)