Actually this commercial came out in 1985. I remember seeing it during a broadcast of Friday Night Videos. Plus, 1985 was the height of Grace Jones' popularity with movies like Conan the Destroyer, View to a Kill and the Honda Scooters commercials..
Yep, I remember that, 1985 was when I graduated from High School. Lived out on the outskirts of a city and Didn't have cable so NO MTV. Only thing available was Friday Night Video's. All the ads during that show where so geared to 15 to 23 year olds... Never got a scooter but I did get a Pioneer stereo system.
Oh no…. This is the first time that I have seen this ad….. I recently bought my fifth Citroen since I have been old enough to drive and I have been loyal to Citroen because of the Grace Jones ad….. now I fear that I will be buying my first Honda scooter…. 😱
The surreal part here is the approach of a popup headlight on a bike... All that was needed here is Grace's "A view to a kill" co-star Christopher Walken dancing...