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Jody Watley A Monumental Look Back To Still A Thrill
The gears below the Paris Opera House (Le Palais Garnier)
Being the first artist or entity at all to be allowed to film a video in the then called Opera de Paris (Palais Garnier) in Paris, France for my video “Still A Thrill” in 1989 is something that was quietly monumental at the time – and probably beyond my devoted fans few know this. When most “urban” artists were primarily relegated to basic in studio videos. I thought about the significance as Beyonce made headlines with her video filmed at the prestigious Louvre museum another landmark in Paris. As one of my fans noted..”if you released this today, you would have broken the internet..it was ahead of the times.” I agree.
Directed by Brian Grant, the 2nd of 3 videos we filmed together – I sashayed all over the streets of Paris (thank you to my former label for supporting my vision) – I worked the historic setting with no choreography or rehearsals. There’s also a scene in one of the night shots on the streets of Paris where graffiti notes “Gay Color, Say Cool Say What?” that makes it’s own statement and my support of the LGBTQ community without batting a cat-eyed eyelash that I’ve never been asked about.
This included the basement so to speak working the gears with Tyrone “The Bone” Procter, former ST alum like me – freestyle, waacking, just making it up as we went along. I styled myself (a bit of Jean Paul Gaultier mixed in) as well as Tyrone (in a Jean Paul Gaultier T-shirt). It was about the edgy style against the opulent setting and getting in the music. Creating art outside the box especially for a black girl at the time dealing with industry politics among other things – quietly opening doors and raising the bar for myself and others to follow has always been important to me – before social media.
You don’t have to do what everyone else is doing-that’s usually how artists make a mark.
Classic.
Paris By Night was the theme and concept of the video – totally enjoyed collaborating and working with Brian Grant.
Classic Jody Watley Photo of The Day. Interview Magazine 1987
Jody Watley, Interview Magazine, 1987
Photography: Karen Filter
Makeup: Wendy Osmunson
Jody Watley. Another Milestone With Waiting In Vain.
The venerable Grammy winning artist Jody Watley achieves another milestone as “Waiting In Vain” eases into the Top 10 after 11 weeks on the Smooth Jazz Network Charts with nearly 600 spins this week. Peaking at 25 on Billboard, Watley says “I do music for the love, and not charts especially at this point in my career..that said it’s nice to still be able to have new benchmarks of achievement and not simply rest on my past accomplishments.”
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Billboard Airplay
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^ 36 48 JODY WATLEY-Waiting In Vain (’18) (Avitone) 30 25 +5
^ 37 42 MICHAEL FIELDS JR-Lovette Road (Water From The Rock) 30 27 +3
^ 38 36 TAKE 6-Change The World (SoNo Recording Group) 30 30 0
^ 39 61 GROOVE FREQUENCIES-Imagine This (B2J) 29 19 +10
40 19 SADE-Flower Of The Universe (Epic) 29 41 -12
^ 41 30 MICHAEL J. THOMAS-My Love (Harbor Breeze) 28 8 +20
^ 42 58 D’LAURENT SMITH-Hand In Hand f/Boney James (—) 28 21 +7
^ 43 54 GREG ADAMS/EAST BAY SOUL-Look Book (Ripa) 28 22 +6
^ 44 43 MADOCA-Surrender (City Sketches Inc) 27 26 +1
^ 45 41 DONALD HAYES-What Dreams May Come (Grindhouse Music) 27 27 0
^ 46 40 NAJEE-Song For The Ladies (—) 27 27 0
47 39 BLAIR BRYANT-Sun Chaser f/Darren Rahn (Innervision) 27 28 -1
48 38 ROBERTO VALLY-Birdland (Woodward Avenue ) 27 29 -2
^ 49 86 NICK COLIONNE-Be Urself (—) 26 14 +12
^ 50 50 JERMAINE MONDAINE-Going Higher (Water From The Rock) 26 23 +3
Jody Watley. A Sly and Sensuous New Groove.
Jody Watley’s sly, sensual new track “Waiting In Vain” is a fresh, contemporary urban jazz/Bossa Nova re-imagining of the Bob Marley classic. Get the Top 15 Smooth Jazz and Billboard Top 25 Single at Amazon, iTunes and in the SmoothJazz.com Listening Loft! Jody Watley : Listening Loft
TURN UP THE WATTS WITH THE SHORT FILM DIRECTED BY DAMIEN SANDOVAL !
Jody Watley. Waiting In Vain Smooth Jazz Global Spotlight.
New Music. Jody Watley On Smooth Jazz Global Listening Loft
See the Feature and Listen Now: Smooth Jazz Global
Catch the full Jody Watley Concert Experience in these Special Limited Exclusive Dates:
May 3 Bethesda Jazz & Blues : Tickets
June 20 – Chene Park Detroit: Tickets
July 21 – Sycuan Casino and Resort : Tickets
More Dates TBA
Jody Watley Exudes Elegant Cool In ‘Waiting In Vain’
The SoulBounce Review: Here
Albumism Jody Watley Waiting In Vain Video Spotlight
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Thought of The Day. Because She Could.
