Glasgow Summer Sessions 2015

[kingcrawler]

Grace Jones is supporting Paolo Nutini.

[Stuart1000]

What a booking. She will be brilliant. Although I fear she won't go down well with Paolo's fan base.

[devilman]

What a booking. She will be brilliant. Although I fear she won't go down well with Paolo's fan base.

Agreed. They won't have a clue who she is. She will not get the respect she deserves.

[Stuart1000]

Agreed. They won't have a clue who she is. She will not get the respect she deserves.

Nowhere near it. Great booking but for the wrong crowd.

I wonder if maybe there was another headliner booked for this day who dropped out? But they were stuck with Grace Jones supporting. It's not even one of those out there support announcements that might just work. It seems a mismatch of artists.

I just hope the neds don't treat her too harshly. She's on my bucket list of people to see so they better not put her off Glasgow for good!

[devilman]

I fear the worst. If you were at T for Skunk Anansie playing before The View you'll know what I mean. A real class act heckled by ignorant idiots.

[Stuart1000]

I had a quick search on Twitter and the first tweet I read said "Don't know who Grace Jones is, just googled her and she's older than my nan. Go home!"

Horrible ageist attitude to have. She's had more success than Paolo ever will.

[JCGreen]

I'm 55, going to see Paolo, am fully aware who Grace Jones is, don't like her or her music. Agree she is wrong for this audience but that doesn't mean that she won't be treated with respect or badly treated. Personally I will not be watching her. Calvin gets Ellie Goulding and John Newman... we get Grace Jones Age has got nothing to do with it, either hers or the audience's.

Stuart 1000 - I think it is you who needs to show respect. Neds???

Edited April 2, 2015 by JCGreen

[DomDom1984]

She'll get the respect she deserves... none. I'll be avoiding her like the plague at Festival No. 6. She's absolutely mince.

[eFestivals]

She'll get the respect she deserves... none. I'll be avoiding her like the plague at Festival No. 6. She's absolutely mince.

whoa!!!

Her first few albums are proper late 70s/early 80s classics.

She got proper shit later on.

[DomDom1984]

Gave her stuff a proper listen when she got announced for No. 6. Just shockingly bad. Always willing to give a chance to folk who get announced for places I'm going to.

She doesn't do it for me. Then again, I was saying the same things about London Grammar last year, and stuck around to watch them and got totally blown away. So who knows? If nobody is clashing with her, I'll likely stick about.

[seumasbeathan]

Do not understand this Grace Jones booking at all.

I kinda like Paolo so was thinking of going if there was good people subbing, but Grace Jones? F**k that.

Her music is garbage and it's the completely wrong crowd for her, practically anyone would have been a better booking.

[eFestivals]

Gave her stuff a proper listen when she got announced for No. 6. Just shockingly bad.

seriously, if it was 'bad' (as opposed to not your tastes) then you listened to the wrong albums.

'Warm Leatherette', particularly, is superb (tho perhaps sounds a bit aged now).

I'm far from sure I'd go and see her tho. She looked gawd awful in the snippet I saw from that Jubillee concert a few years ago.

[DomDom1984]

Obviously I meant it wasn't to my tastes. It's me posting my opinion. Hence it's about my tastes.

Did this really need pointing out?!

[eFestivals]

Obviously I meant it wasn't to my tastes. It's me posting my opinion. Hence it's about my tastes.

Did this really need pointing out?!

In the case of Grace Jones, yes it did. Some of her stuff is actually bad.

But as I say, some of it is proper classic stuff, and is what gives the reason why she's still kicking around today .... to pop up where you're going and annoy you.

[Paul ™]

Saw her at Bestival a good few years back, she was awful

[devilman]

I'm 55, going to see Paolo, am fully aware who Grace Jones is, don't like her or her music. Agree she is wrong for this audience but that doesn't mean that she won't be treated with respect or badly treated. Personally I will not be watching her. Calvin gets Ellie Goulding and John Newman... we get Grace Jones Age has got nothing to do with it, either hers or the audience's.

Stuart 1000 - I think it is you who needs to show respect. Neds???

You are in for a shock. I suspect this may be your first and last GSS.

[Stuart1000]

The View, Soak and Tuff Love announced as the other supports for the Paolo Nutini gig. My worry of Grace Jones not being well received appears to have been confirmed.

I fear the worst. If you were at T for Skunk Anansie playing before The View you'll know what I mean. A real class act heckled by ignorant idiots.

You think DF read this and thought "Let's book The View to go on before her!"

In other news, there were posters for this all over the place at T. I don't think it's selling too well...

Edited July 15, 2015 by Stuart1000