Late 70's semi-Disco/New Wave, with an edge, and thoughtful lyrics. And Debra Harry sounds as good as she looks.

@glassontherocks

2 жыл бұрын

She used to be one of Hefner's Bunnies.

@acfiv1421

2 жыл бұрын

I think Blondie was the first band to 'rap' on record. Check out 'Rapture'. Pretty funny looking back at it.

@DiZastur

2 жыл бұрын

@@acfiv1421 was at least my first experience

@MarcosElMalo2

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@straycatttt2766

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. 0:26. Lex frequently guesses 1980’s for New Wave but, like you posted, New Wave actually broke out a bit earlier.

She was such mesmerizing creature.

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

4 ай бұрын

Wish I was born then maybe I could gone to a live performance of David Bowie or Queen

@warrenbfeagins

4 ай бұрын

@@redips123gaming3 Yep. I remember them performing and touring. Now Bowie and Freddy are gone.

@redips123gaming3

4 ай бұрын

@@warrenbfeagins I know sad times😭

@myla6135

Ай бұрын

@@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 an Icon and I'm a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Fan!

@redips123gaming3

4 ай бұрын

Cool

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).

@paulboudreau3754

2 жыл бұрын

Clem is also an honorary Ramone..... Elvis Ramone.

@Aggiebrettman

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@aronp7097

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Hat Beast!

@laurabrevitz3944

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Clem Burke shoutout. He doesn't get enough recognition.

@wadsworthaaron

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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!!!

@matthewclark1785

2 жыл бұрын

Best comment

@essentialjudge2279

2 жыл бұрын

The man from Mars. Love it.

@donnydomingo9962

2 жыл бұрын

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??

@kencliff9914

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t call Rapture rap. I mean, c’mon.

@tonybarruk2

2 жыл бұрын

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...)

20years later she had a hit again. Maria, you got the see her. This lady can sing for sure.

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! 😽💋🎶

This is just Debby Harry’s voice. Blondie had a lot of hits.

@neil9815

2 жыл бұрын

Blondie is OG PUNK

It's incredible how neither of you have heard this iconic song before now.

@BlowinFree

2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@BlowinFree

2 жыл бұрын

Line^^

@BrettLesPaul

2 жыл бұрын

I believe this reaction was recorded months ago. It took this long to get it posted.

@BrettLesPaul

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@davidvasquez8658

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 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.

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.

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.

@gregfagan199

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly right.

@MarcosElMalo2

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@dancarter482

2 жыл бұрын

@@MarcosElMalo2 The Police are another classic example to prove your point. Pity the lowest common denominator is oblivious!

@josephhertzberg2734

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@Alix777.

2 жыл бұрын

They had that post-punk vibe at their debut.

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!!

@BillGraper

2 жыл бұрын

"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.

@kdm71291

2 жыл бұрын

The first nationally recognized female rap!

@b.a.j5168

2 жыл бұрын

Atomic ❤❤❤❤

@saltydeadpool4183

2 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely the minority here but I LOVED "French kissin in the USA" nostalgia overload for me 😍

@DiZastur

2 жыл бұрын

@@BillGraper omg the tide is high, I had just joined the army when that track came out, forgot about that

This version has the modified chorus at the end changing “pain in the ass” to “heart of glass.”

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.

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

@MarcosElMalo2

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Wolverines77

2 жыл бұрын

Do not forget "Union City Blues", very under appreciated, NOT underrated...

@andymullarx6365

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Alix777.

2 жыл бұрын

Detroit 442

@curtisthomas2670

2 жыл бұрын

"Islands Of Lost Souls" a Caribbean vibe

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

2 жыл бұрын

Well, technically it **is** the 70's song (recorded in 1978) not 80s, so... :)

@kennethgoin628

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

Damn I miss the 70’s We had it all hard rock , pop., disco , funk and plenty of blow for everyone

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

@aaronvanzile3824

2 жыл бұрын

Yep was literally made to be almost like a send-up of disco

@nicolaiboensch6643

2 жыл бұрын

I heard that it started out as a reggae song.

@craigplatel813

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolaiboensch6643 they did 2 demo's one was a bit reggae after the first demo which was more disco

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.🔥

@chuckhunter77

2 жыл бұрын

I love Ani DiFranco. "Little Plastic Castles" and "Fuel" are good examples of her range both sonically and thematically.

@steviekc9057

2 жыл бұрын

32 Flavors is AMAZING

@module79l28

2 жыл бұрын

_"Glad you finally got to this song."_ It wasn't "finally", read the description.

@DiZastur

2 жыл бұрын

where is this list, I love Ani DiFranco

@Mike-rk8px

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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.

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".

@Lige

2 жыл бұрын

Dreaming is a great song as well.

@dr.burtgummerfan439

2 жыл бұрын

A Debbie Harry cardboard standee also made an appearance in Fast Times At Ridgemont High. 😁

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.

Disco but not just disco, funk, and new wave as well. 💜💜💜💜💜

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

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.

@BradAndLex

2 жыл бұрын

Yes finally! 😭😭

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!

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. 🤣

@mikehollingworth2262

Жыл бұрын

.....and a liar

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!

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.

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.

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.

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'.

Blondie owned the UK in late 70s early 80s parallel lines is a moment in time

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.

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.

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!!

@finnmarr-heenan2397

Жыл бұрын

Based

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".

@beverlymcgrath8441

2 жыл бұрын

I love Sunday Girl

@drakeswarchannel2530

2 жыл бұрын

Brad is a genius. I would have told Lex I liked this song.

@yorkiegeoff1825

2 жыл бұрын

Dreaming , Atomic and Union city blues 👍 I remember when they burst onto the scene in Uk with Denis 😊

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)

Blondie was basically "New Wave" but also crossed over to pop and even Disco in this song.

the ultimate Roller disco song. Roller rinks played this several times nightly back in the Day and everybody flocked to rink to skate to it.

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.

@BradAndLex

2 жыл бұрын

It’s been blocked for months! We also did call me!

@moonlitegram

2 жыл бұрын

@@BradAndLex I was gonna say, I could have sworn I saw you guys react to this a while ago.

@paxkassandra842

2 жыл бұрын

Atomic is my fave Blondie song

@allicatmcd

2 жыл бұрын

@@paxkassandra842 mine too

@wbishop1330

2 жыл бұрын

"One Way Or Another" is the one I thought they did, but idk I watch all kinds of reactors.

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.

Blondie is iconic! Debbie Harry is iconic! Skating that knife-edge between Punk & Rock. As famous for the music was Debbie's Fashion& personality.

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".

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.

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 🤘 🙏

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.

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 .

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

Debra Harry was my first famous person crush! I still absolutely love how her voice sounded.

At the dawn of punk,, disco and rap,, Blondie was there. Always at the cutting edge.

Blondie we’re a breath of fresh air in the UK late seventies. This was one of their first big commercial hits. And I remember having a full sized Debbie Harry poster in my bedroom.

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.

Basically she was the beginning of the punk rock phenomenon

As a teenager in Blondie's heyday, she was the coolest the female vocalist. The coolest everything. Love her.

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.

@kyleanspach3457

2 жыл бұрын

Call me (rock/pop?)

@jbask3218

2 жыл бұрын

Great list!

Ah, Blondie. Everyone loves Blondie. They had a wonderful ability to move between musical genres. In fact, their first four UK no.1s are all in different styles. You never get bored with that. Also, they were unusual for their time in having a female lead who was also the main lyricist.

Blondie slaps, check out "Atomic" and "Call Me"

The 70's were unique. Love Blondie. You should listen to their early stuff. So good.

I love lead singer, Debbie Harry's voice and style and she's not a bad actress either. This song is about a love that has gone bad. It was once great, but something happened to cause trust to be lost and now the love is going too! 💖💖

This drummer, Clem Burke, is actually really amazing.

@Lige

2 жыл бұрын

He rocks it on "Dreaming"

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.

Blondie was a bridge between Nu Wave, Disco, Pop, Reggae and introduced Rap to the mainstream! Such a versatile band..

I lived in England during the late 70's when Blondie was at their peak...I used to watch "Top of the Pops" and had such a crush on Debbie Harry as a 13 year old.

Blondie was part all of the sub genre of rock called New wave

This woman came out of the 70's looking like this .. She got an entire generation of young men through puberty 'single handed' so to speak :P

@thomasperkins7318

2 жыл бұрын

😂

This came out in '78 and was one of the songs that laid the groundwork for the 80's

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.

One of my favorite bands, union city blues is always on my playlist.

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.

@mikefetterman6782

2 жыл бұрын

She is (at the end going into falsetto and then dropping back into throat voice. ( A Beatle trick)

Blondie were massive here in the UK. Started of as a New Wave band.

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.

Debbie Harry was paying homage to Marilyn Monroe with this hairdo, just like Madonna did in her "Material Girl" phase. And all the women who came after, some of whom probably didn't know who Marilyn Monroe was, have taken inspiration from these '80s singers.

Not quite the 80s yet (January 1979), but Blondie was one of the early New Wave groups that took over the music scene.

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.

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.

Blondie is fantastic! Their music is always such a fun vibe. My favourite Blondie song is Maria. Super underrated compared to their hits. Debbie Harry rocks.

@roballen5718

2 жыл бұрын

my favourite, too

@billyoliver4000

2 жыл бұрын

Maria is great. I find I enjoy Blondies non radio stuff far better than their radio hits. 👍

@jimmyboy131

2 жыл бұрын

That's a very catchy tune. I think it was part of a comeback album in the late 90s, wasn't it?

@TattooedTownie

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyboy131 Yes, it was released in 99. It was massive in Europe, but didn't chart well in North America. I can't understand why. Debbie's vocals are so smooth on Maria.

@gal2659

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyboy131 Yeah, not a lot of bands can deliver such an immense and iconic comeback, but that's Blondie for you. What a hit..

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.

I got to see them in NYC at Belmont Park back in 1979. I was 20 feet away from the stage, show was awesome!! Started as a punk band but this song made it big in all the dace clubs.

"It's very different" - No, it's original and authentic.

This is one of the first crossovers from New Wave to Disco. Ever keeping their ears open to fresh sounds, the also had the first New Wave/Rap crossover with "Rapture." One of my favorites is "Union City Blue" also "Atomic."

BLONDIE....... AWESOME !!

I don't think I have seen this girl frown yet. She loves everything.

This song is New Wave/Disco and was a huge hit! More to hit from Blondie: "One Way Or Another", "Call Me", "Dreaming" and "Rapture" (featuring Debbie Harry rapping!).

I don’t think Blondie ever released a bad song. One of the best bands ever and always willing to go the extra mile with different styles of music. You could fill a whole week just reacting to their biggest hits. You definitely need to do Sunday Girl, Denis, The tide is high, Rapture, Maria, One way or another, Union city blues, Call me, Hanging on the telephone, Picture this,.

One of the greatest sucess of Disco era. Very cool.

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.

Blondie is so cool for girls growing up in that Era. Love "The tide is high". She's punk but so freaking Cool 😎.

Originally Heart of Glass started out as a reggae song called Once I gad a Love and went through several changes.

This was Blondie's intro to mainstream in a way - they were punk, disco, and new wave all mixed together (they fused it in a very subversive way since disco was dying and Debbie Harry and crew were punkers in the 70s in NYC).

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.

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 forget how high this song made it up the charts but in my circle of friends it was huge. The band was a bit punk, disco, reggae, hip hop, and new wave, I may have left out a few genre's they are capable of doing. Did you notice the World Trade Centre buildings in the video at the beginning and they are clearer at the end of video. Its a bit eerie to me. The video previewed at the end, "Dreaming" is well worth a watch just to see the drummer Clem Burke's enthusiasm in attacking his drums. Also the club styles of hair, clothes and dancing is interesting. Debbie Harry is still touring in 2022. She is an icon who influenced many female singers/performers.

Some folks give Blondie crap for 'selling out' and leaving their punk roots.. but this song is awesome as is.. A great pop reggae tune.

Oh my gah the lady is so right, adorable as all get out, I love her!

she does rap in Rapture. She also had some punk songs. Her name is Debbie btw. A lot of people mistakenly refer to her as Blondie which is the bands name. Another unique vocalist from this new wave punk era is X Ray Spex.

@EddieFlixton

2 жыл бұрын

At little ironic to pull someone up for referring to Debbie as Blondie and then suggest they listen to the singer X-ray spex..... Surely you mean Poly Styrene from X-ray Spex? 🤔