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80年代超模、影歌傳奇天后葛麗絲．瓊斯（Grace Jones），以雌雄同體的前衛魅力風靡音樂與時尚界，經典007電影《雷霆殺機》（A View to Kill）裡中性剽悍的龐德女郎形象寫下影史異數，至今仍是設計師的永恆繆斯。

在這本她曾揚言絕對不寫的回憶錄《I’ll Never Write My Memoirs》中，瓊斯侃侃而談，回顧了自己輝煌的事業、狂暴的個人生活、獨走演藝圈的形象轉變，亦是認識80年代文化，包括迪斯可熱潮的興衰，必不可錯過的精彩回憶錄。

瓊斯自1970年代開始在時尚圈嶄露頭角，不但演、歌、模特三棲且在每個領域都是走在最極端、最挑戰主流、殺傷力強悍的代表人物。大膽天賦與前衛風格使她成為傳奇紐約俱樂部Studio 54最令人難忘、最自由不羈的歌手之一，錄製的迪斯可經典名曲包括〈I Need a Man〉、〈La vie en rose 〉等等，她在紐約地下舞廳充滿挑釁的震撼演出，為她樹立迪斯可女王封號，既成為同志代表人物，也是挑戰一概性別的偶像破除者。

80年代初，瓊斯離開擁擠的迪斯可現場，追求更實驗性的路線，她以高兩度半的嗓音，自由揉混浩室、雷鬼、電子音樂，創造出〈Pull Up to the Bumper 〉〈Slave to the Rhythm〉 等不朽單曲，也是在這個時期確立了獨行演藝圈的雌雄莫辨風格。

瓊斯在回憶錄中娓娓道來她如何抵抗在牙買加嚴格的宗教教育，征服紐約、巴黎，與80年代狂潮，一路到現在的倫敦，首度提供貼近的觀點描述引領時代的風格演進、她的個人哲學，與變化多端的的嘗試——與安迪沃荷的藝術跨界，與阿諾史瓦辛格共演科幻電影《野蠻人柯南》，到007經典《雷霆殺機》——揭露Lady Gaga等後繼者如爭相模仿的形象底下不為人知的故事，毫無保留地陳述不對任何人負責、持續戰鬥的生存方式。書中收錄16頁全彩色攝影照片。

 

葛麗絲．瓊斯（Grace Jones）
Performer, actress, and musician Grace Jones has been making a name for herself since she left Jamaica as a twelve-year-old in the 1960s. First finding fame as a fashion model in the early 1970s, then as a sensational disco queen during the Studio 54 years, she is as much surrealist as showgirl, as much performance artist as party animal. She has been Bond villain and Warhol confidante, post-modern icon and avant-garde pop star. I’ll Never Write My Memoirs is her first book.

Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic Paul Morley has written about music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. A founding member of the electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Music, he is the author of Ask: Chatter of Pop, Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City, Joy Division: Piece By Piece: Writing About Joy Division 1977-2007, Earthbound and Nothing, and he collaborated with music icon Grace Jones on her memoir, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs.

 

"[Grace] Jones reflects on a high flying life of celebrity exuberance...In her candid reflections, Jones writes about her lovers...her constant quest for new experiences and willingness to try new things, and the free-flowing social circles of fashionistas, artists, and musicians... [Her] recollections are a passionate reminder of the fabulous, decadent, and manic coupling of life and art."——科克斯評論