First of all it was written by Gary Valentine as kind of a parting gift for the band before he left. Or so I've always read. I think it's about Gary astral projecting to meet his levitating lover or something. Fecked if I know, but it's a great song! Plus it has cool words in it like REM and "theosophy."
Debbie looks breathtakingly beautiful.....but the band's timing sounds all over the place or is it the dodgy live sound quality. Love this clip though.
They were one of the original CBGB’s bands so practically by definition they are punk. To be played on American radio post the Sex Pistols tour you needed to be classified as New Wave.
What difference does it make what stupid bucket you put them in? Blondie never cared. They just made great music on their own terms and let fools debate silly things like that.
Blondie’s drummer was something else, never got the recognition his talent deserved
Did he get paid ?
Clem Burke was a rhythm monster!
Yes he did and always has
Clem Burke was one of the best drummers of his generation. This is a magical performance by Blondie, one of my favourite performances on the ogwt.
You took the words🥁💥
Transports me back to a magical, punk, post punk era, when Debbie was a goddess !
Always...
One of my favorite Blondie songs actually. Have no idea what the hell it's about but I ♥️
First of all it was written by Gary Valentine as kind of a parting gift for the band before he left. Or so I've always read.
I think it's about Gary astral projecting to meet his levitating lover or something. Fecked if I know, but it's a great song! Plus it
has cool words in it like REM and "theosophy."
How bloody gorgeous is she
Bowie once said to her in New York; "Can I fuck you?"
Debbie Harry replied; "I don't know, can you?" in a bored voice.
Now that's a class act.
Fantastic band, great live bands back then.
Superb takes me back to the mid/late 1970s.
Back when bands could actually play live...
This was their first appearance in the UK - brilliant
A Little bit faster than on LP, more aggressive sound. Top!
I love watching Clem Burke drum.
........and then God created Debbie !!!!!
Haha that's an old one but still soo true
…and glad He did!
She had an awesome voice
Debbie , tellement belle .
clem is in the "secret stratosphere"
Classic. Thanks
I love Blondie!!!
My god, I remember me and my friends thought they were too pop, madness eh? A cracking song 😜
She had it all
Utterly brilliant
Damn! Debbie is freaking hot!!!!
I always though she was singing "Stay awake at night to catch your ambience". Ha!
Beautiful Debbie
was then, am now, in love with Deb.
Wasn't Blondie fantastic x
Awesome!
Greatness ❤
Hot
Debbie looks breathtakingly beautiful.....but the band's timing sounds all over the place or is it the dodgy live sound quality. Love this clip though.
I think Chris Stein's guitar playing is underrated. What do y'all think?
Hell, Franke Infante and Nigel Harrison held this all together,
great
The timing appears to speed up and slow down all throughout the song.
Same as the record
Clem was awesome but the band complained that he couldn’t keep time.
@JohnnyCxviii Im not a Drummer but i do too, he's really theatrical
well, her or Siouxie...or poly styrene if you had a thing for braces ;)
Tutta la sua "strada" parla per lei.
Blondie were New Wave. They weren't considered Punk.
I was a big Debbie Harry fan back in the day. I had a life sized poster of her above my bed.
hs100 your poster was stained.
Whatever
They were one of the original CBGB’s bands so practically by definition they are punk. To be played on American radio post the Sex Pistols tour you needed to be classified as New Wave.
@@btatwo yo pensé lo mismo jajaja that that póster was stained lol
What difference does it make what stupid bucket you put them in? Blondie never cared. They just made great music on their own terms and let fools debate silly things like that.
Great life performance. Most of the times they lip synced
Well now you know they were great. Most groups lip synced back in 1970s on tv shows.
Old Grey Whistle Test was always live.
@@michaelmckenna7109 you really think it's some especial quality of Blondie that they're not miming on a programme that didn't use miming?
AMG disagrees with your opinion.
New York Punk
Punk
Punk/New Wave
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Paul mccourtney ? On Drum ?
Elvis Ramone ;)