And yet, before the record company marketers came up with the “New Wave” label, Blondie was part of the NYC punk scene that coalesced around CBGB. Get it? You’re punk until you sign a record deal and voila, you’re New Wave. Funny how that works. Same thing happened to the Go-Gos.
Late 70's jam from NY Bowery and skid row. CBGB's aka Country Bluegrass and Blues entertainment. Talking Heads and several alternative and punk bands used that run-down bar as a jump-off point to superstardom. Deb Harry was a waitress sweeping floors when she was asked to sit in and sing a bit. I think it's Netflix or Prime that has a great docu on CBGB's. A wonderful mythical place that could never be, and yet thank the stars it WAS. Punks loved it. Hippies loved it. Bikers loved the free beer and then they grew to love it. lol. Ideas and art spring up in some of the most utterly confusing places to blossom and share their beauty.
Blondie had FOUR #1 hits, all different styles. This was their DISCO #1 hit. They also hit #1 with REGGAE (The Tide Is High), ROCK (Call Me) and POP/RAP (Rapture). Rapture was the first song with rap to ever hit #1, and this was back in 1981!!!
I love at the end of The Tide is High, when she sings the tide is high, and she does that little going higher part on the 'high' word, and you can just faintly hear her laughing, it's obviously not part of the song as written, maybe a little improv or something where she got a little silly and had to laugh at it. Perhaps she was high at the time??
Personal opinion, but Blondie's "Autoamerican" album (which includes The Tide Is High and Rapture) is almost wilfully eclectic, with the band apparently trying to make every single song a different genre, so you have reggae, rap, neo-classical, funk, disco, jazz, powerpop, even a showtune (Follow Me)! I love it, but I think it confused their audience, their next album flopped, and the band broke up soon afterwards... (until reforming in 1999 of course...)
Between Debbie Harry's voice/presence and Clem Burke's brilliance on the drum kit, Blondie was unique (even among the fringes of the punk, new wave, and club music scenes of the 70s).
@@laurabrevitz3944 Clem Burke (Blondie) and Bruce Gary (the Knack, Ringo's All-Star Band, etc.) are two phenomenal percussionists that most people have never heard of.
Brad & Lex, you'll love their "One Way Or Another", "Call Me", "Rapture" and many more!!! "Rapture" included a rap section, one of the earliest raps. They were some of the best of 'new wave' music!!
"Rapture" was the first song with rap to hit #1. "The Tide Is High" is another great one. They were back-to-back #1 hits for Blondie when I was in the 3rd grade.
70s actually. Yeah, us old heads are VERY spoiled musically. This was the world we lived in. Musicians that actually played instruments. Singers that could...sing. Lyrics that had messages. Genres would be blended together. It was an awesome time to be alive for music lovers. Great reaction!
@@redips123gaming3 I managed Bowie live. Brilliant. Never made Queen though. Watched some of the Live Aid on TV. Would you believe, initially I didn't get Queen at all 😄 Still you are seeing all these performance on on YT. Something to be grateful for.
Blondie is my favorite Band. this was considered their "disco" song but they started off as a punk band. every female artist today was influenced by singer Debbie Harry in some way. she was also the first woman to have a #1 rap song on the charts "rapture" they have a lot of cool songs "Call Me" "One Way Or Another" are a couple. they are still recording and touring. Debbie is 76 years young. Blondie drummer, Clem Burke is incredible. Miley was surely influenced by Debbie (Blondie) Miley also covered this song
OMG, thankyouthankyouthankyou. I’m getting so tired of people calling punk bands “New Wave” because the music doesn’t conform to the record company bogus marketing gimmick of separating New Wave from Punk Rock. They’ve re-written history. The years 1974-1979, Punk Rock and New Wave were interchangeable. X, Blondie, The Ramones, The Go-gos, Elvis Costello, Devo, and many other diverse bands were punk rock bands and part of a new wave of music. The sorting into one category or another had one purpose-to sell more records.
She was unique when she came along because of her classic beauty combined with a punk rock image. She pulled it off though. She has great cheekbones as does Lex by the way and Lex should be a cover girl.
@@BlowinFree I kept going back thinking I had missed pain in the ass.I wanted to see their reaction.Then I saw Debbies mouth & it was edited out! Ridiculous. I also thought how could they have never heard this.It was everywhere.Maybe cuz they're youngsters.
This band came up with the Ramones and The Talking Heads at CBGBs. These 3 were in the dirtiest club in downtown NYC and they were incredible. Glad you finally got to this song. Check out 'Ani DiFranco's' "32 Flavors" as it would be added to the Tori Amos, Alanis list.🔥
I spent the first 30 years of my life in Manhattan (1966-1996) and I used to go to CBGB’s, and it was always a shock that someplace this nasty was so legendary. My parents and people they knew went there in the 70’s and early 80’s when it was really THE place to be in NYC. It was in a REALLY bad neighborhood, and it was basically a biker bar with punks and rock and roll people. The club itself was small, and pretty run down and gross. Everyone would always warn you to NOT use the bathrooms.
Blondie is still touring. They just finished playing in the UK. This is their Disco song. Check out their more punkish songs like Rip Her To Shreds or Hanging on the Telephone. Or pop songs like Union City Blues or Atomic. Great, versatile band. Debbie Harry is still out there with the boys making great music in her 70s.
Brad and Lex, this is a GREAT song. The whole album is great. The skipped beats really make the song. From the same album, I'd recommend "Hanging on the Telephone" and "Sunday Girl".
American music responded to British punk with a new wave sound. Blondie could rock. This was their offer to the disco scene. My husband would always laugh at people who thought Debbie Harry was lead because she was beautiful. Can't they hear??? She can stone cold blast it and look like a model at the same time. Oh! They got the band name because in the early days people would shout out..hey!!! blondie!!! They decided to embrace it. Thank you for sharing! 😽💋🎶
Late '70s disco. Blondie, the band, was in the early NY Punk scene (but punk didn't 'pay' like disco or New Wave) but went New Wave/Disco for commercial reasons, and had one of the earliest top 100 pop songs that was Rap (RAPTURE). You should hear more of Debra Harry and Blondie; SHAYLA, UNION CITY BLUE, KIDNAPPER, BERMUDA TRIANGLE BLUES (FLIGHT 45), MARIA, and a killer rendition of RING OF FIRE in the Meat Loaf movie "Roadie"(United Artists, 1980). Debra Harry was a pop icon seen in all the top night clubs, immortalized by artist Andy Warhol, and was previously a Playboy Bunny.
So as a 50 yr old white guy who grew up in the 70s and 80s, (way before I knew I was gay) I enjoyed watching your reaction to the song. And that was very similar to my reaction way back then. This group is different. It's diverse. It incorporates lots of different cultural influences. I don't think they ever tried to exploit things, I always got the sense that they were a New York based punk band and they opened the doors that they could open at the time. "Blondie" was a punk band, but because they were fronted by a beautiful woman, Debbie Harry, I think they never got the credit they deserved in that male-dominated music world. But thirty years later, I think their music stands the test of time. They didn't fit into the mould then, but I think what the band was trying to do then actually resonates better now than it did in the 70s and 80s. They have always been my favorite group, and when disco went out of fashion in the 80s, I felt that many people trashed Blondie (despite their punk origin), I still held on loving their sound. And now 30 years later, their look and sound actually feels more relevant than ever.
All time favourite, she is so awesome. Great timeless music, check "One Way or Another", "Rapture" , "Call me", "Atomic", "Rapture". She was also in a lot of movies, check "Videodrome", "Roadie", "Hairspray".
In the TV show "The Boys" I seen Soldier Boy rapping on an 80s TV show thinking it was a song created for the show as the lyrics are utter madness. Then i discover it's Rapture by Blondie. They were one of a kind.
Love this reaction and I love Blondie! Debbie was my first crush, big time! This is her disco vibe! Blondie had many sounds from punk, to raggae, rap to disco, to rock and even a little country. I'm surprised it took you this long to find her. Cheers!
You're listening to New Wave. Blondie started off borderline punk, but found commercial success when they softened their sound - Debbie Harry's charismatic presence helped too, though in many songs, the hidden star of the show was drummer Clem Burke, one of the best drummers of his era. To see him in full flight, try their song "Dreaming". Other great Blondie songs include "Union City Blue", "Atomic", and one the first hits to feature rapping, "Rapture".
The whole New Wave vs Punk thing is a record company marketing gimmick circa 1979-80s. Previous to the “New Wave” label catching on with consumers, New Wave and Punk were interchangeable. So Blondie was originally a punk band in the NYC punk scene. They played punk music, music that doesn’t conform to your ideas of what punk rock sounds like. Same thing happened to the GO-GOs on the West Coast. Calling all these early bands “New Wave” is a music business retcon. Record company marketers thought they could sell more records if they split New Wave and Punk Rock apart, and promoted bands as New Wave.
@@MarcosElMalo2 I don't know....The sex pistols sound a lot different than the new romantics. I mean I get what your saying, but Jodie Foster's Army and the Go Go's are completely different genres
Heart of Glass was originally released as a New Wave song, however, with the popularity of disco, they remixed the song and made this version, the longer disco version.
Blondie was part of the New Wave in the late 70's. The bands contemporaries included a montage of new sounds regaling against the rock establishment including the Ramones, The Talking Heads, Richard Hell and Television along with a host of other exciting bands.
New York City, 1977 at CBGB there were the beginnings of punk, new wave - the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie. Blondie had the most commercial success first and was sort of a blend of rock, pop and disco. She did one of the first mainstream rap songs too, "Rapture", which would be great to check out. I always liked their stuff no matter what style or genre they were doing. Debbie Harry was also in a number of movies as well and began as a Playboy bunny.
I was rollerskating when this hit was out blondie was a new york band that just blew up in the early 80s this song, her style is iconic straightup she's new york music in the 80s its still 🔥 almost all her songs were hits
This was still connected to disco and a big club hit. It's labeled an 80's song but this still screams late '70s disco. Fun song! Loved it then, love it now!
@@maxmikhailov5921 I didn't look it up but I think the song debuted in '79. It was either this song or The Knack's My Sharona that was included on a compilation album called "Rock '80" that wasn't actually a 1980 release. Just trying to pull from memory... which like a well-worn vinyl album, is starting to skip! lol
Actually this was a Hit in 78. It was originally a Reggae Song, called, 'Once I had a Love'. Mark Chapman, who produced the Parallel Lines Album, said "This can be a Great Song" but not like this... So he and Stein, redid it as a Disco Song, and put the Band and Debbie Harry on the World Stage. Debbie was about 35 when she sang this, it was taped in Studio 54. You should also watch: Dreaming, here you will see Burke earn his nickname 'Machine Gun Burke'; Maria; In the Flesh; X Offender To me, The Tide is high, and Rapture, both belong in the Toilet.
Blondie is on another level.... She's the first female rap artist to be awarded, Blondie was originally a punk band.. like I said she's on another level the music was written by the electric guitar player in the band.
Disco was so popular in the late '70s that even non-disco acts felt compelled to put out an obligatory disco song. Blondie was really a punk/new wave band, but put this out as their "disco" contribution, released in 1979. Everyone was doing it. Rolling Stones "Miss You", Rod Stewart "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy", KISS "I Was Made For Lovin' You" , Grateful Dead "Shakedown Street" are other "disco" songs by non-disco acts.
Wow thats crazy how this is unblocked. Brad and lex you will like One way or another, the tide is high, rapture, dreaming, and hanging on the telephone.
I think it's a perfect blend of disco, new wave, punk, rock, and pop. It's like a bridge from the '70s to the '80s, with elements of both decades mixed into one song. From Blondie I also like The Tide is High, Dreaming, and One Way or Another.
It´s about damn time, I´ve been waiting for ages for a Blondie Reaction. Early Blondie are an awesome totally fun group, Please check out Atomic,The Tide is High,Bermuda Triangle Blues and of course Rapture.
I listened to this song as a kid so many times my mother eventually threw the record away. When I was 11/12 years old I was in love with Blondie. If you listen to the song “Rapture” you can hear Blonde rap, she was the first to use original music not sampling in a rap song and Rapture was the first song with rap lyrics to be number one in the US.
I think this song is 78/79. The band music and Fashion style was ahead of it's time. They still look like they could be from this era. Their music is very eclectic so every sing is a different style. this is their "disco song". Debbie here is doing a falsetto voice, which is very airy and sweet for this particular song. Also, there's a robotic sound to it that makes very 80 ish.
Blondie started in the mid 70's as one of the first New Wave Bands. They pulled in from many genres including New Wave, Pop, Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae, Disco, Funk, and even Rap. "Heart of Glass" (1979) had their brand with a strong Disco influence. Their song "Rapture" contains a Rap segment and is officially the first song to bring Rap into the eye of Mainstream Music from the Underground Circuit.
This is one of those songs that gives me different vibes. When I’m sad this song gets me in my feels. When I’m in the gym fighting for my life tryna lift some weights I feel electric. Easily a top 100 song if all time.
Blondie's style is eclectic. Check out One Way or Another (New Wave), Rapture (Disco+Rap) and Call Me (Hard Disco?), you can see their diversity. Also The Tide is High, if you want tropical.
Music with sense. Nice to see your reactions. Subscribed. I had bought my first stereo system for my car back then and heard this song as first every Friday when I drove to the disco.
Atomic is a great song too,that was my first single I ever bought with some of my pocket money 50p or 65cents but that was in 1980 when it was released,I was 13 years old 😬🤘love your shows,You two work so well together 🙏 Brad works the lyrics out and lex gets the music vibe 🤘 🙏
Hi Brad, Hi Lex 😊! Blondie is basically punk. CBGB, from NY. 1973 is when it started with Hilly Krystal, Godfather of Punk. Beautiful story. It's NY punk rock which defined the 80's. Hi Brad & Lex. It's from Blondie, no doubt. Love Blondie, yeah!
It's really interesting watching younger folks experience music that I've listened to for most of my life. This was classed as new wave at the time but It was the pop of it's time and great pop at that from 1978. Heart of Glass is from a great album Parallel Lines (it has an iconic album cover too). Debbie Harry was my, and many others, first pin up. She is iconic. Blondie had a number of big hits in the UK and Heart of Glass was the biggest. Nothing else sounded like this at the time. Try Denis, Picture This, Hanging On The Telephone, Sunday Girl, Atomic, Call Me etc etc .
Listen closely to Clem Burke, BLONDIES drummer. He was a top drummer and their management knew it abut was always trying to settle him down. Clem's drumming was loose and crazy and all over the place but still tight and in the pocket. I love his "outtro" drum rolls...never the same twice. It's always a delight to listen this guy drive it home. I'm glad he never "settled down".
1. This was the late 70's. & 2. I remember I was in 1st grade when this came out & my music teacher would play this for "rhythm sticks" (banging these wooden sticks to the beat) so this song is special to me. I always knew I loved this song but her voice was just another new voice I'm hearing at a young age so, it was what it was. Hearing you 2 not being able to characterize her voice is amazing to me. Hearing Lex say "high peached whispering" is quote of the day! W/ me knowing the song when it came out but not being old enough to do the night club disco scene & enjoy it is 1 way this song was experienced. Then, 2 ppl 40+ years later, hear it for the 1st time & hear it w/ probably the same "newness" speaks to their creative genius. Don't mind me, I'm a little high. 🤣
This was actually called "the disco song" when written back in 74. They did a couple of demo's before recording it as a bit more pop on their 1978 parallel lines album. This was a very different sound compared to anything else they had done up to that time. Previous albums were more hard edged
this was one of the first "new wave" songs. the new wave genre was an offshoot of punk, but it used more synthesizers, and the songs had more popular appeal than punk. it sounded futuristic because it represented what people thought the "music of the future" would sound like. from the perspective of the 1970's, 1980 seemed like a quantum leap into the world of the jetsons. (but we still don't live in cloud-towers with a flying car in every garage)
Oh man! New Wave punk royalty here and Debbie is beautiful.. I think everyone already explained Blondie. Tons of comments other people here lol. I'll just keep it short here. Check out more Blondie! Huge in the '70s and '80s. Influenced others as well. Tons of other great songs/videos from them. Too many for me to list, but others have told yall already. Very versatile (new wave punk, rap, funk, disco, reggae, fusions, etc). Lot of had to do with many underground genres bands at the time (reggae/ska, punk/new wave, rap, etc) hung out with each other back then and did gigs at same small type clubs. Blondie (like Talking Heads, Ramones, etc) were part of the NYC, CBGB club scene.
This is late 70s and played in every disco club everywhere. Blondie was all about pushing the envelope and venturing into several different styles of music. But honestly, many bands in the 70s did this - experimented with different styles and sounds. The Stones did a disco song - Miss You. So did Rod Stewart - If You Think I'm Sexy. Shrug.
When they hear music from a couple (or more) of decades back, they react like humans trying to reverse engineer (or make sense of) a highly advanced/different alien technology. They always have perplexed expressions on their faces, and they often miss the meaning entirely. That's, in part, what makes their reaction videos so entertaining. Keep up the "good" work, guys!
Blondie was amazing! My Mom cleaning house while dancing and singing this song. This song is part of my early childhood memories. Blondie put out a new album in 2017 called Pollinator. Keep in mind Debbie Harry was 71 at the time. She still has it! You should check out more of their old music, but also check out the newer songs like Doom Or Destiny and Long Time.
I'd like to add, yall really need to check out Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Karen O) ! And Metric (Emily Haines)! I know yall will like them. They are a 2000s - Current band. Inspired by Blondie, Siousxee and Banshees, and The Pretenders. Same kind of genge. Alternative, post-punk/new wave, dance-rock. Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Metric are modern day versions of those groups. 🎸 Very good.
This song reminds me of the 3rd grade, sitting in my friend's room, playing her mini arcade version of Frogger. The had this cassette and MTV had just been created. This is a song anyone can dance too, and there was a whole category of dance music in the 70s and 80s.
Massive Blondie fan from back in the day. She's gorgeous, she sassy, loads of attitude and she can sing. Love this song, love the drums on this song at the end.
Bravo, Lex! You noticed the subtle Latin flavor mixed into the techno-disco groove. The members of Blondie didn't just go to CBGB and Max's Kansas City for musical inspiration -- they picked up on every separate music scene brewing in the NYC area.
I started listened to Blondie via former bassist, Gary Lachman. I was listening to his interviews on the New Thinking Allowed show, talking about the occult, dreaming and mysticism way before I knew he was in Blondie.
Just saw her in San Diego Last month! She's 78 and I expected it to be...well not good. HOLY CRAP! Blondie still has it, she hit every note, was charming, and her band was amazing. If she comes to your ville, see her. She's legit
I had a life size poster of Debbie Harry in a Beret and white dress in my bedroom my mom hated lmao!!! Hadn't thought about that in prolly 35 years or more.....Thank you lol
Debbie Harry and Blondie are practically one of a kind. They were a cross over from the Punk Movement, Disco and early Rap. Add to that Debie's kinky unique voice & looks.
I was at the club the day they shot this video. It was not at Studio 54 like everyone thinks. It was a block away at a no-name club that Studio 54 put out of business. But the place had a dance floor, electricity and some disco balls and that's all that was needed. It was pretty wild. Harry looked and sounded like such an angel but when the cameras were off, the FREAK came out to play. There will never be another woman like her...ever.
Lots of new wave and punk groups back then were actually pretty talented, creative. experimental, and all over the place with their music. Like Blondie, Talking Heads, B-52s, The Clash, Sioxsee and the Banshees, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, The Pretenders, and others I think because the way they were around many other kinds of music going to play at smaller concerts and clubs. Being around other groups from different genres like rappers, reggae, ska, and others, things that used to be very underground music.. They all influenced each other's music. You see and hear it in their music. Also Blondie like to mix disco in some of their songs, disco was popular from the '70s to the early and middle part of the '80s.
I love the way you both listen. Brad always looks like he's concentrating and listening with his head and Lex is bopping away and listening with her heart.
I loved her in Rock & Rule! Not only did she voice the lead woman but she (mostly) wrote and performed all of her music. If you get a chance, watch the Canadian cut that movie. It's on YT.
This is my grandads favourite song, he had a huge crush on debby harry lol, first time i heard blondie in his shitty yellow fiat on a sunny british day going down a beautiful country road. Some songs bring specific memories i guess
A lot of punk, new wave bands and reggae, ska bands used to play in same clubs a lot during the past is how they borrowed each others music and ska punk formed later.
Almost, this came out just before the 80s. New Wave started in 77-78 from the dying punk scene, and crushed disco. Blondie, The Pretenders, The Cars, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and the Clash all came out in this era.
I'm 64 & was LUCKY enough to see them 1st at CBGBs1978-79 ??....2nd time I heard them 1981? Lost 50% of the hearing in my right ear & almost got beat up....this song was climbing charts Some Fool Promoter had them Open for RUSH at the Philly Spectrum......I Loved both bands...BUT Rush Fans HATED them...Booed Threw things...I told one guy " Shut Up I came for both bands" he grabbed me...My Date grabbed him & took him down....1/2 way throurgh the Rush set some asshole threw m-80 firework....blew my eardrum out...LOL.....BUT Will say Debbie & Band AWESOME by the time the sang " One Way or Another" they were throwing things back.
Blondie was so cool, different. Definitely alternative, new wave/ punk. My mom and aunt loved them when I was a kid growing up ('80s). They were very edgy at the time. Classical music voice, punk/new wave style music, a little disco at times (such as this song and others). They also did a little reggae, ska little and early rap fusion with new wave. Very creative at the time. The singer has a great voice and pretty lady. They were very popular during the late '70s -mid '80s. They grew out of the east coast NYC punk/new wave scene. 🎸 Disco was big in the '70s, dwindled away during the early-mid '80s. You should check out videos from "Rapture", "One Way or Another", "Atomic", "Call Me". May be familiar with those, lot of Blondie songs have been sampled and on movies. Dance clubs and roller skating rinks, too.
Yesss!!! Finally! Been waiting for some Blondie for a while! Lots of suggestions here but didn't see anyone recommend "Dreaming" or "Rip Her To Shreds", both great. Many mentioned "Rapture" as being one of the first rap songs, but if I remember correctly it was THE first to use the term "hip hop". Not positive about that though.
Deborah Harry and Blondie were a very influential punk band, and went mainstream with this, and Rapture. First female rapper! Check out "Atomic" and "Dreaming". She's the OG. Everyone after was a re-make of her.
Watching you two I'm reminded of coming home and finding my two sons exploring and discovering my music with the windows open and the volume up when they were like 12 and 14. It's been fun watching you two, who is pointing out these tunes for you guys?
Late 70's semi-Disco/New Wave, with an edge, and thoughtful lyrics. And Debra Harry sounds as good as she looks.
She used to be one of Hefner's Bunnies.
I think Blondie was the first band to 'rap' on record. Check out 'Rapture'. Pretty funny looking back at it.
@@acfiv1421 was at least my first experience
And yet, before the record company marketers came up with the “New Wave” label, Blondie was part of the NYC punk scene that coalesced around CBGB. Get it? You’re punk until you sign a record deal and voila, you’re New Wave. Funny how that works. Same thing happened to the Go-Gos.
Agreed. 0:26. Lex frequently guesses 1980’s for New Wave but, like you posted, New Wave actually broke out a bit earlier.
Late 70's jam from NY Bowery and skid row. CBGB's aka Country Bluegrass and Blues entertainment. Talking Heads and several alternative and punk bands used that run-down bar as a jump-off point to superstardom. Deb Harry was a waitress sweeping floors when she was asked to sit in and sing a bit. I think it's Netflix or Prime that has a great docu on CBGB's. A wonderful mythical place that could never be, and yet thank the stars it WAS. Punks loved it. Hippies loved it. Bikers loved the free beer and then they grew to love it. lol. Ideas and art spring up in some of the most utterly confusing places to blossom and share their beauty.
Blondie had FOUR #1 hits, all different styles. This was their DISCO #1 hit. They also hit #1 with REGGAE (The Tide Is High), ROCK (Call Me) and POP/RAP (Rapture). Rapture was the first song with rap to ever hit #1, and this was back in 1981!!!
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The man from Mars. Love it.
I love at the end of The Tide is High, when she sings the tide is high, and she does that little going higher part on the 'high' word, and you can just faintly hear her laughing, it's obviously not part of the song as written, maybe a little improv or something where she got a little silly and had to laugh at it. Perhaps she was high at the time??
Don’t call Rapture rap. I mean, c’mon.
Personal opinion, but Blondie's "Autoamerican" album (which includes The Tide Is High and Rapture) is almost wilfully eclectic, with the band apparently trying to make every single song a different genre, so you have reggae, rap, neo-classical, funk, disco, jazz, powerpop, even a showtune (Follow Me)! I love it, but I think it confused their audience, their next album flopped, and the band broke up soon afterwards... (until reforming in 1999 of course...)
Blondie is an Icon and I'm a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Fan!
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Between Debbie Harry's voice/presence and Clem Burke's brilliance on the drum kit, Blondie was unique (even among the fringes of the punk, new wave, and club music scenes of the 70s).
Clem is also an honorary Ramone..... Elvis Ramone.
Burke's fills on the fade out are still some off the sweetest bits of rhythm caught on vinyl. Probably my fave part of the song.
Hi Hat Beast!
Thanks for the Clem Burke shoutout. He doesn't get enough recognition.
@@laurabrevitz3944 Clem Burke (Blondie) and Bruce Gary (the Knack, Ringo's All-Star Band, etc.) are two phenomenal percussionists that most people have never heard of.
Disco but not just disco, funk, and new wave as well. 💜💜💜💜💜
Basically she was the beginning of the punk rock phenomenon
One of the greatest sucess of Disco era. Very cool.
Brad & Lex, you'll love their "One Way Or Another", "Call Me", "Rapture" and many more!!! "Rapture" included a rap section, one of the earliest raps. They were some of the best of 'new wave' music!!
"Rapture" was the first song with rap to hit #1. "The Tide Is High" is another great one. They were back-to-back #1 hits for Blondie when I was in the 3rd grade.
The first nationally recognized female rap!
Atomic ❤❤❤❤
I'm definitely the minority here but I LOVED "French kissin in the USA" nostalgia overload for me 😍
@@BillGraper omg the tide is high, I had just joined the army when that track came out, forgot about that
70s actually. Yeah, us old heads are VERY spoiled musically. This was the world we lived in. Musicians that actually played instruments. Singers that could...sing. Lyrics that had messages. Genres would be blended together. It was an awesome time to be alive for music lovers. Great reaction!
Wish I was born then maybe I could gone to a live performance of David Bowie or Queen
@@redips123gaming3 Yep. I remember them performing and touring. Now Bowie and Freddy are gone.
@@warrenbfeagins I know sad times😭
@@redips123gaming3 I managed Bowie live. Brilliant. Never made Queen though. Watched some of the Live Aid on TV. Would you believe, initially I didn't get Queen at all 😄
Still you are seeing all these performance on on YT. Something to be grateful for.
Blondie is my favorite Band. this was considered their "disco" song but they started off as a punk band. every female artist today was influenced by singer Debbie Harry in some way. she was also the first woman to have a #1 rap song on the charts "rapture" they have a lot of cool songs "Call Me" "One Way Or Another" are a couple. they are still recording and touring. Debbie is 76 years young. Blondie drummer, Clem Burke is incredible. Miley was surely influenced by Debbie (Blondie) Miley also covered this song
OMG, thankyouthankyouthankyou. I’m getting so tired of people calling punk bands “New Wave” because the music doesn’t conform to the record company bogus marketing gimmick of separating New Wave from Punk Rock. They’ve re-written history. The years 1974-1979, Punk Rock and New Wave were interchangeable. X, Blondie, The Ramones, The Go-gos, Elvis Costello, Devo, and many other diverse bands were punk rock bands and part of a new wave of music. The sorting into one category or another had one purpose-to sell more records.
Do not forget "Union City Blues", very under appreciated, NOT underrated...
She was unique when she came along because of her classic beauty combined with a punk rock image. She pulled it off though. She has great cheekbones as does Lex by the way and Lex should be a cover girl.
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"Islands Of Lost Souls" a Caribbean vibe
I don't think I have seen this girl frown yet. She loves everything.
It's incredible how neither of you have heard this iconic song before now.
Also they have sanitised this version and deleted the live ‘pain in the ass’ it’s like these millennials cannot handle the slightest bit of reality!!
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I believe this reaction was recorded months ago. It took this long to get it posted.
@@BlowinFree or was this the radio version? I didn’t buy the vinyl and I didn’t notice the big pain in the ass until I heard it on Spotify.
@@BlowinFree I kept going back thinking I had missed pain in the ass.I wanted to see their reaction.Then I saw Debbies mouth & it was edited out! Ridiculous.
I also thought how could they have never heard this.It was everywhere.Maybe cuz they're youngsters.
Blondie was part all of the sub genre of rock
called New wave
This is just Debby Harry’s voice. Blondie had a lot of hits.
Blondie is OG PUNK
20years later she had a hit again. Maria, you got the see her. This lady can sing for sure.
Damn I miss the 70’s
We had it all hard rock , pop., disco , funk and plenty of blow for everyone
As a teenager in Blondie's heyday, she was the coolest the female vocalist. The coolest everything. Love her.
This band came up with the Ramones and The Talking Heads at CBGBs. These 3 were in the dirtiest club in downtown NYC and they were incredible. Glad you finally got to this song. Check out 'Ani DiFranco's' "32 Flavors" as it would be added to the Tori Amos, Alanis list.🔥
I love Ani DiFranco. "Little Plastic Castles" and "Fuel" are good examples of her range both sonically and thematically.
32 Flavors is AMAZING
_"Glad you finally got to this song."_ It wasn't "finally", read the description.
where is this list, I love Ani DiFranco
I spent the first 30 years of my life in Manhattan (1966-1996) and I used to go to CBGB’s, and it was always a shock that someplace this nasty was so legendary. My parents and people they knew went there in the 70’s and early 80’s when it was really THE place to be in NYC. It was in a REALLY bad neighborhood, and it was basically a biker bar with punks and rock and roll people. The club itself was small, and pretty run down and gross. Everyone would always warn you to NOT use the bathrooms.
They had the 1st rap song ever played on MTV Jan 31/81 "Rapture".
Blondie was basically punk rock back in the day.
Blondie is still touring. They just finished playing in the UK. This is their Disco song. Check out their more punkish songs like Rip Her To Shreds or Hanging on the Telephone. Or pop songs like Union City Blues or Atomic. Great, versatile band. Debbie Harry is still out there with the boys making great music in her 70s.
Brad and Lex, this is a GREAT song. The whole album is great. The skipped beats really make the song.
From the same album, I'd recommend "Hanging on the Telephone" and "Sunday Girl".
I love Sunday Girl
Brad is a genius.
I would have told Lex I liked this song.
Dreaming , Atomic and Union city blues 👍 I remember when they burst onto the scene in Uk with Denis 😊
American music responded to British punk with a new wave sound. Blondie could rock. This was their offer to the disco scene. My husband would always laugh at people who thought Debbie Harry was lead because she was beautiful. Can't they hear??? She can stone cold blast it and look like a model at the same time. Oh! They got the band name because in the early days people would shout out..hey!!! blondie!!! They decided to embrace it. Thank you for sharing! 😽💋🎶
Late '70s disco. Blondie, the band, was in the early NY Punk scene (but punk didn't 'pay' like disco or New Wave) but went New Wave/Disco for commercial reasons, and had one of the earliest top 100 pop songs that was Rap (RAPTURE). You should hear more of Debra Harry and Blondie; SHAYLA, UNION CITY BLUE, KIDNAPPER, BERMUDA TRIANGLE BLUES (FLIGHT 45), MARIA, and a killer rendition of RING OF FIRE in the Meat Loaf movie "Roadie"(United Artists, 1980). Debra Harry was a pop icon seen in all the top night clubs, immortalized by artist Andy Warhol, and was previously a Playboy Bunny.
So as a 50 yr old white guy who grew up in the 70s and 80s, (way before I knew I was gay) I enjoyed watching your reaction to the song. And that was very similar to my reaction way back then. This group is different. It's diverse. It incorporates lots of different cultural influences. I don't think they ever tried to exploit things, I always got the sense that they were a New York based punk band and they opened the doors that they could open at the time. "Blondie" was a punk band, but because they were fronted by a beautiful woman, Debbie Harry, I think they never got the credit they deserved in that male-dominated music world. But thirty years later, I think their music stands the test of time. They didn't fit into the mould then, but I think what the band was trying to do then actually resonates better now than it did in the 70s and 80s.
They have always been my favorite group, and when disco went out of fashion in the 80s, I felt that many people trashed Blondie (despite their punk origin), I still held on loving their sound. And now 30 years later, their look and sound actually feels more relevant than ever.
All time favourite, she is so awesome. Great timeless music, check "One Way or Another", "Rapture" , "Call me", "Atomic", "Rapture". She was also in a lot of movies, check "Videodrome", "Roadie", "Hairspray".
Dreaming is a great song as well.
A Debbie Harry cardboard standee also made an appearance in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. 😁
In the TV show "The Boys" I seen Soldier Boy rapping on an 80s TV show thinking it was a song created for the show as the lyrics are utter madness. Then i discover it's Rapture by Blondie. They were one of a kind.
Love this reaction and I love Blondie! Debbie was my first crush, big time! This is her disco vibe! Blondie had many sounds from punk, to raggae, rap to disco, to rock and even a little country. I'm surprised it took you this long to find her.
Cheers!
You're listening to New Wave. Blondie started off borderline punk, but found commercial success when they softened their sound - Debbie Harry's charismatic presence helped too, though in many songs, the hidden star of the show was drummer Clem Burke, one of the best drummers of his era. To see him in full flight, try their song "Dreaming". Other great Blondie songs include "Union City Blue", "Atomic", and one the first hits to feature rapping, "Rapture".
The whole story of how Blondie came to make Parallel Lines is worth a deep dive. They were New Wave but Heart of Glass is deliberately Disco.
Exactly right.
The whole New Wave vs Punk thing is a record company marketing gimmick circa 1979-80s. Previous to the “New Wave” label catching on with consumers, New Wave and Punk were interchangeable. So Blondie was originally a punk band in the NYC punk scene. They played punk music, music that doesn’t conform to your ideas of what punk rock sounds like. Same thing happened to the GO-GOs on the West Coast. Calling all these early bands “New Wave” is a music business retcon. Record company marketers thought they could sell more records if they split New Wave and Punk Rock apart, and promoted bands as New Wave.
@@MarcosElMalo2 The Police are another classic example to prove your point. Pity the lowest common denominator is oblivious!
@@MarcosElMalo2 I don't know....The sex pistols sound a lot different than the new romantics.
I mean I get what your saying, but Jodie Foster's Army and the Go Go's are completely different genres
They had that post-punk vibe at their debut.
Heart of Glass was originally released as a New Wave song, however, with the popularity of disco, they remixed the song and made this version, the longer disco version.
this is like the birth of new wave music, a little of funk, a litle bit of disco, a litle bit of pop, abit of rock. Came out in '78
Blondie was part of the New Wave in the late 70's. The bands contemporaries included a montage of new sounds regaling against the rock establishment including the Ramones, The Talking Heads, Richard Hell and Television along with a host of other exciting bands.
New York City, 1977 at CBGB there were the beginnings of punk, new wave - the Ramones, Talking Heads and Blondie. Blondie had the most commercial success first and was sort of a blend of rock, pop and disco. She did one of the first mainstream rap songs too, "Rapture", which would be great to check out.
I always liked their stuff no matter what style or genre they were doing.
Debbie Harry was also in a number of movies as well and began as a Playboy bunny.
I was rollerskating when this hit was out blondie was a new york band that just blew up in the early 80s this song, her style is iconic straightup she's new york music in the 80s its still 🔥 almost all her songs were hits
This was still connected to disco and a big club hit. It's labeled an 80's song but this still screams late '70s disco. Fun song! Loved it then, love it now!
Well, technically it **is** the 70's song (recorded in 1978) not 80s, so... :)
@@maxmikhailov5921 I didn't look it up but I think the song debuted in '79. It was either this song or The Knack's My Sharona that was included on a compilation album called "Rock '80" that wasn't actually a 1980 release. Just trying to pull from memory... which like a well-worn vinyl album, is starting to skip! lol
Actually this was a Hit in 78. It was originally a Reggae Song, called, 'Once I had a Love'. Mark Chapman, who produced the Parallel Lines Album, said "This can be a Great Song" but not like this... So he and Stein, redid it as a Disco Song, and put the Band and Debbie Harry on the World Stage. Debbie was about 35 when she sang this, it was taped in Studio 54.
You should also watch:
Dreaming, here you will see Burke earn his nickname 'Machine Gun Burke';
Maria;
In the Flesh;
X Offender
To me, The Tide is high, and Rapture, both belong in the Toilet.
Blondie is on another level.... She's the first female rap artist to be awarded, Blondie was originally a punk band.. like I said she's on another level the music was written by the electric guitar player in the band.
Disco was so popular in the late '70s that even non-disco acts felt compelled to put out an obligatory disco song. Blondie was really a punk/new wave band, but put this out as their "disco" contribution, released in 1979. Everyone was doing it. Rolling Stones "Miss You", Rod Stewart "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy", KISS "I Was Made For Lovin' You" , Grateful Dead "Shakedown Street" are other "disco" songs by non-disco acts.
Wow thats crazy how this is unblocked. Brad and lex you will like One way or another, the tide is high, rapture, dreaming, and hanging on the telephone.
Yes finally! 😭😭
I think it's a perfect blend of disco, new wave, punk, rock, and pop. It's like a bridge from the '70s to the '80s, with elements of both decades mixed into one song. From Blondie I also like The Tide is High, Dreaming, and One Way or Another.
It´s about damn time, I´ve been waiting for ages for a Blondie Reaction. Early Blondie are an awesome totally fun group, Please check out Atomic,The Tide is High,Bermuda Triangle Blues and of course Rapture.
It’s been blocked for months! We also did call me!
@@BradAndLex I was gonna say, I could have sworn I saw you guys react to this a while ago.
Atomic is my fave Blondie song
@@paxkassandra842 mine too
"One Way Or Another" is the one I thought they did, but idk I watch all kinds of reactors.
Oh my gah the lady is so right, adorable as all get out, I love her!
I listened to this song as a kid so many times my mother eventually threw the record away. When I was 11/12 years old I was in love with Blondie. If you listen to the song “Rapture” you can hear Blonde rap, she was the first to use original music not sampling in a rap song and Rapture was the first song with rap lyrics to be number one in the US.
I think this song is 78/79. The band music and Fashion style was ahead of it's time. They still look like they could be from this era. Their music is very eclectic so every sing is a different style. this is their "disco song". Debbie here is doing a falsetto voice, which is very airy and sweet for this particular song. Also, there's a robotic sound to it that makes very 80 ish.
Blondie started in the mid 70's as one of the first New Wave Bands. They pulled in from many genres including New Wave, Pop, Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae, Disco, Funk, and even Rap.
"Heart of Glass" (1979) had their brand with a strong Disco influence. Their song "Rapture" contains a Rap segment and is officially the first song to bring Rap into the eye of Mainstream Music from the Underground Circuit.
This is one of those songs that gives me different vibes. When I’m sad this song gets me in my feels. When I’m in the gym fighting for my life tryna lift some weights I feel electric. Easily a top 100 song if all time.
Blondie's style is eclectic. Check out One Way or Another (New Wave), Rapture (Disco+Rap) and Call Me (Hard Disco?), you can see their diversity. Also The Tide is High, if you want tropical.
Call me (rock/pop?)
Great list!
Music with sense. Nice to see your reactions. Subscribed. I had bought my first stereo system for my car back then and heard this song as first every Friday when I drove to the disco.
Atomic is a great song too,that was my first single I ever bought with some of my pocket money 50p or 65cents but that was in 1980 when it was released,I was 13 years old 😬🤘love your shows,You two work so well together 🙏 Brad works the lyrics out and lex gets the music vibe 🤘 🙏
Hi Brad, Hi Lex 😊!
Blondie is basically punk.
CBGB, from NY. 1973 is when it started with Hilly Krystal, Godfather of Punk.
Beautiful story.
It's NY punk rock which defined the 80's.
Hi Brad & Lex.
It's from Blondie, no doubt. Love Blondie, yeah!
It's really interesting watching younger folks experience music that I've listened to for most of my life. This was classed as new wave at the time but It was the pop of it's time and great pop at that from 1978. Heart of Glass is from a great album Parallel Lines (it has an iconic album cover too). Debbie Harry was my, and many others, first pin up. She is iconic. Blondie had a number of big hits in the UK and Heart of Glass was the biggest. Nothing else sounded like this at the time. Try Denis, Picture This, Hanging On The Telephone, Sunday Girl, Atomic, Call Me etc etc .
She was such mesmerizing creature.
I used to put on "Blondie" concerts for my family when I was 10-11. This was my favorite. Good times. She's so awesome. Still!!
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Listen closely to Clem Burke, BLONDIES drummer. He was a top drummer and their management knew it abut was always trying to settle him down. Clem's drumming was loose and crazy and all over the place but still tight and in the pocket. I love his "outtro" drum rolls...never the same twice. It's always a delight to listen this guy drive it home. I'm glad he never "settled down".
1. This was the late 70's. & 2. I remember I was in 1st grade when this came out & my music teacher would play this for "rhythm sticks" (banging these wooden sticks to the beat) so this song is special to me. I always knew I loved this song but her voice was just another new voice I'm hearing at a young age so, it was what it was. Hearing you 2 not being able to characterize her voice is amazing to me. Hearing Lex say "high peached whispering" is quote of the day! W/ me knowing the song when it came out but not being old enough to do the night club disco scene & enjoy it is 1 way this song was experienced. Then, 2 ppl 40+ years later, hear it for the 1st time & hear it w/ probably the same "newness" speaks to their creative genius.
Don't mind me, I'm a little high. 🤣
.....and a liar
This was actually called "the disco song" when written back in 74. They did a couple of demo's before recording it as a bit more pop on their 1978 parallel lines album. This was a very different sound compared to anything else they had done up to that time. Previous albums were more hard edged
Yep was literally made to be almost like a send-up of disco
I heard that it started out as a reggae song.
@@nicolaiboensch6643 they did 2 demo's one was a bit reggae after the first demo which was more disco
this was one of the first "new wave" songs.
the new wave genre was an offshoot of punk, but it used more synthesizers, and the songs had more popular appeal than punk.
it sounded futuristic because it represented what people thought the "music of the future" would sound like.
from the perspective of the 1970's, 1980 seemed like a quantum leap into the world of the jetsons.
(but we still don't live in cloud-towers with a flying car in every garage)
Ah! You have discovered my favourite new wave/disco/reggae/rock band, who were also the first band to have a top 40 rap hit.
Oh man! New Wave punk royalty here and Debbie is beautiful.. I think everyone already explained Blondie. Tons of comments other people here lol. I'll just keep it short here. Check out more Blondie! Huge in the '70s and '80s. Influenced others as well. Tons of other great songs/videos from them. Too many for me to list, but others have told yall already. Very versatile (new wave punk, rap, funk, disco, reggae, fusions, etc). Lot of had to do with many underground genres bands at the time (reggae/ska, punk/new wave, rap, etc) hung out with each other back then and did gigs at same small type clubs.
Blondie (like Talking Heads, Ramones, etc) were part of the NYC, CBGB club scene.
This is late 70s and played in every disco club everywhere. Blondie was all about pushing the envelope and venturing into several different styles of music. But honestly, many bands in the 70s did this - experimented with different styles and sounds. The Stones did a disco song - Miss You. So did Rod Stewart - If You Think I'm Sexy. Shrug.
When they hear music from a couple (or more) of decades back, they react like humans trying to reverse engineer (or make sense of) a highly advanced/different alien technology. They always have perplexed expressions on their faces, and they often miss the meaning entirely. That's, in part, what makes their reaction videos so entertaining. Keep up the "good" work, guys!
Blondie was amazing! My Mom cleaning house while dancing and singing this song. This song is part of my early childhood memories.
Blondie put out a new album in 2017 called Pollinator. Keep in mind Debbie Harry was 71 at the time. She still has it! You should check out more of their old music, but also check out the newer songs like Doom Or Destiny and Long Time.
I'd like to add, yall really need to check out Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Karen O) ! And Metric (Emily Haines)! I know yall will like them. They are a 2000s - Current band. Inspired by Blondie, Siousxee and Banshees, and The Pretenders. Same kind of genge. Alternative, post-punk/new wave, dance-rock. Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Metric are modern day versions of those groups. 🎸 Very good.
I was about seven years old when I developed huge crushes on both Blondie and Wonder Woman (Linda Carter). Good memories 😊
This song reminds me of the 3rd grade, sitting in my friend's room, playing her mini arcade version of Frogger. The had this cassette and MTV had just been created. This is a song anyone can dance too, and there was a whole category of dance music in the 70s and 80s.
Massive Blondie fan from back in the day. She's gorgeous, she sassy, loads of attitude and she can sing. Love this song, love the drums on this song at the end.
Bravo, Lex! You noticed the subtle Latin flavor mixed into the techno-disco groove.
The members of Blondie didn't just go to CBGB and Max's Kansas City for musical inspiration -- they picked up on every separate music scene brewing in the NYC area.
I started listened to Blondie via former bassist, Gary Lachman. I was listening to his interviews on the New Thinking Allowed show, talking about the occult, dreaming and mysticism way before I knew he was in Blondie.
Just saw her in San Diego Last month! She's 78 and I expected it to be...well not good. HOLY CRAP! Blondie still has it, she hit every note, was charming, and her band was amazing. If she comes to your ville, see her. She's legit
I had a life size poster of Debbie Harry in a Beret and white dress in my bedroom my mom hated lmao!!! Hadn't thought about that in prolly 35 years or more.....Thank you lol
Debbie Harry and Blondie are practically one of a kind. They were a cross over from the Punk Movement, Disco and early Rap. Add to that Debie's kinky unique voice & looks.
At the dawn of punk,, disco and rap,, Blondie was there. Always at the cutting edge.
These guys were pioneers of their time - them, Talking Heads, Devo, B-52's, Police, The Cars were all laying the groundwork for the 'New Wave'.
I was at the club the day they shot this video. It was not at Studio 54 like everyone thinks. It was a block away at a no-name club that Studio 54 put out of business. But the place had a dance floor, electricity and some disco balls and that's all that was needed. It was pretty wild. Harry looked and sounded like such an angel but when the cameras were off, the FREAK came out to play. There will never be another woman like her...ever.
Lots of new wave and punk groups back then were actually pretty talented, creative. experimental, and all over the place with their music. Like Blondie, Talking Heads, B-52s, The Clash, Sioxsee and the Banshees, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, The Pretenders, and others I think because the way they were around many other kinds of music going to play at smaller concerts and clubs. Being around other groups from different genres like rappers, reggae, ska, and others, things that used to be very underground music.. They all influenced each other's music. You see and hear it in their music. Also Blondie like to mix disco in some of their songs, disco was popular from the '70s to the early and middle part of the '80s.
1978, this was 80's sound before the 80's. The 70's is the peak, the 60's they lit the rocket, 80's it's coasting, and the rest is your imagination.
Late 70's Disco/New Wave at it's best. Blondie was a great group for its time and had 4 or 5 hits songs in that era.
I watched their show 3 years ago and it was amazing. A dream come true.
Blondie is iconic! Debbie Harry is iconic! Skating that knife-edge between Punk & Rock. As famous for the music was Debbie's Fashion& personality.
I love the way you both listen. Brad always looks like he's concentrating and listening with his head and Lex is bopping away and listening with her heart.
This version has the modified chorus at the end changing “pain in the ass” to “heart of glass.”
I loved her in Rock & Rule!
Not only did she voice the lead woman but she (mostly) wrote and performed all of her music.
If you get a chance, watch the Canadian cut that movie.
It's on YT.
Blondie were massive here in the UK. Started of as a New Wave band.
This is my grandads favourite song, he had a huge crush on debby harry lol, first time i heard blondie in his shitty yellow fiat on a sunny british day going down a beautiful country road. Some songs bring specific memories i guess
Brad & Lex, great reaction to Blondie!! I have listened to them since '79! Try "Sunday Girl" next!! It's fantastic!!
I saw her open for Bob Marley & The Wailers, in the ampitheater at San Diego State U., in late 70s. Unusual match but two great bands.
A lot of punk, new wave bands and reggae, ska bands used to play in same clubs a lot during the past is how they borrowed each others music and ska punk formed later.
Almost, this came out just before the 80s. New Wave started in 77-78 from the dying punk scene, and crushed disco. Blondie, The Pretenders, The Cars, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and the Clash all came out in this era.
She is (at the end going into falsetto and then dropping back into throat voice. ( A Beatle trick)
I'm 64 & was LUCKY enough to see them 1st at CBGBs1978-79 ??....2nd time I heard them 1981? Lost 50% of the hearing in my right ear & almost got beat up....this song was climbing charts Some Fool Promoter had them Open for RUSH at the Philly Spectrum......I Loved both bands...BUT Rush Fans HATED them...Booed Threw things...I told one guy " Shut Up I came for both bands" he grabbed me...My Date grabbed him & took him down....1/2 way throurgh the Rush set some asshole threw m-80 firework....blew my eardrum out...LOL.....BUT Will say Debbie & Band AWESOME by the time the sang " One Way or Another" they were throwing things back.
Blondie was so cool, different. Definitely alternative, new wave/ punk. My mom and aunt loved them when I was a kid growing up ('80s). They were very edgy at the time. Classical music voice, punk/new wave style music, a little disco at times (such as this song and others). They also did a little reggae, ska little and early rap fusion with new wave. Very creative at the time. The singer has a great voice and pretty lady. They were very popular during the late '70s -mid '80s. They grew out of the east coast NYC punk/new wave scene. 🎸 Disco was big in the '70s, dwindled away during the early-mid '80s. You should check out videos from "Rapture", "One Way or Another", "Atomic", "Call Me". May be familiar with those, lot of Blondie songs have been sampled and on movies. Dance clubs and roller skating rinks, too.
Yesss!!! Finally! Been waiting for some Blondie for a while! Lots of suggestions here but didn't see anyone recommend "Dreaming" or "Rip Her To Shreds", both great. Many mentioned "Rapture" as being one of the first rap songs, but if I remember correctly it was THE first to use the term "hip hop". Not positive about that though.
Debra Harry was my first famous person crush! I still absolutely love how her voice sounded.
Not quite the 80s yet (January 1979), but Blondie was one of the early New Wave groups that took over the music scene.
Blondie owned the UK in late 70s early 80s parallel lines is a moment in time
This came out in '78 and was one of the songs that laid the groundwork for the 80's
Blondie was basically "New Wave" but also crossed over to pop and even Disco in this song.
Blondie was a bridge between Nu Wave, Disco, Pop, Reggae and introduced Rap to the mainstream! Such a versatile band..
Deborah Harry and Blondie were a very influential punk band, and went mainstream with this, and Rapture. First female rapper!
Check out "Atomic" and "Dreaming". She's the OG.
Everyone after was a re-make
of her.
Watching you two I'm reminded of coming home and finding my two sons exploring and discovering my music with the windows open and the volume up when they were like 12 and 14. It's been fun watching you two, who is pointing out these tunes for you guys?