Accidents Never Happen - Blondie | The Midnight Special

[@bobblowhard8823]

Debbie's stage presence, talent, and beauty are other-worldly. Clem Burke is a monster on those drums. Amazing performance!

[@F.A.F.O.818]

Clem Burke is such an underrated drummer, dude had some serious skills, way ahead of his time I think.

[@bikerguy5829]

Keith Moon wanna be

[@StevieMcC]

In what way was he ahead of his time?

[@rickyparrilla2426]

This song came out in 1979, and it still kicks ass in 2023. Blondie is just the coolest fu_king band with the most gorgeous lead singer. It doesn't get any cooler than that!!!😎😎😎😎😎☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@ZowieBBowie]

Am glad you stressed 1979 for some reason many seem to think Blondie are an ‘80s band’ and they weren’t , very much the late 1970s ‘78 in paricular,was their heyday by the 80s their decline had set in.

[@vernturnquist6729]

Counterpoint: the pretenders

[@shimon1166]

Saw her in concert in Florida a few weeks ago. She still rocks!

[@beekay5731]

Badass Debbie!

[@KannibalKrunch]

This is the Blondie I grew up on. So cool seeing it again 😎

[@angelomelville9084]

The Queen of Punk at her Best!

[@planomathandscience]

Queen of Punk? With one album of punk and the rest pop? Queen of New Wave, maybe.

[@alkitzman9179]

All of us from that era had a super crush on Debbie. Of course lead Guitarist Chris Stein was the one sleeping with her. Great days in those times. glad I was young then ,

[@rickyparrilla2426]

Those were magical years. I would sell my soul to relive the 1980s!!!❤

[@bobblowhard8823]

She was my girlfriend back then! Of course, she didn't know that, but that's OK!

[@ZowieBBowie]

Late ‘70s!!!!! more like,think you’ll find the date states broadcast from 1979.

[@F.A.F.O.818]

Gorgeous woman for sure. I think her best look ever was The Hardest Part vid, yummy

[@ManWithNoName2007]

BLONDIE @ their prime!👍👍👍

[@stixnfeet7818]

2023 she’s 77 and still kicking it ! 💪

[@kathyscoppettuolo4203]

She'll be 80 on July 1st!

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

@@kathyscoppettuolo4203 Don't remind me, she and I are the same age. 🥲

[@danielkatzel895]

possibly my favorite Blondie song & love the way Debbie always interacts with the audience. these were my high school days & i have forgotten just how great a band they were...

[@ellisacklin514]

Will never understand how their magic was so short-lived. Peak Blondie was a powerhouse

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

Substance misuse, simple.

[@patricias5122]

Clem Burke is up to his usual routine: Holding the sound together with his astonishing drumming. Debbie Harry, of course, has a fantastic voice, and even commenting on that isuperfluous.

[@ZowieBBowie]

Clem Burke was always my favourite male member of Blondie.

[@twstrchasr]

Damnnnn she looks stunning in that video !! 😊

[@richardlefaive1944]

"precognition", "magi", "Fromaldahyde" .... what other writer gets words like this into a pop song ? Deb's lyrical writing is actually the most underrated aspect of all her great talents. IMHO, when you put the; looks, voice, fashion sense, aura, and then the lyrical writing ability all together ... she is the most gifted female artist package in rock history.

[@j.r.1210]

This song was written by Jimmy Destri. Also, the word "formaldehyde" does not appear in the lyrics here.

[@richardlefaive1944]

@j.r.1210 @j.r.1210 I stand corrected. I thought Deb wrote all of the lyrics for all Blondies tunes. Regards fromaldehyde ... I was pulling a compilation of some of the best lines from various songs ( this tune, heart of glass, etc.). So Jimmy deserves mad props here. This tune has a couple of the most unique and memorable lines in their whole catalog in this one.

[@kevinrudisill6129]

Blonde was and is still a powerhouse

[@major_west]

Great performance by Blondie! Looking forward to more great acts being released from the Midnight Special archives!

[@PatchworkAndNuance]

Stellar performance ✨

[@HectorMiranda24]

Debbie always beautiful! She always wore fashionable clothes!

[@adamw116]

Some women should never age, Debbie Harry is one of them!

[@ZowieBBowie]

Sadly she has aged pretty badly too.

[@massapower]

Some bands played live on The Midnight Special and some had to Lipsyync to their record . But at least the Live performances were amazing 😁

[@joejones9520]

it looked like she was really singing here altho the vocal did sound strangely perfect and seemed to have an effect on it but the end of the song was an instrumental fade out so obviously band wasnt live, maybe she wasnt either?

[@j.r.1210]

This song was lip-synched. Some other Blondie tunes on Midnight Special were live, but not this one.

[@catestout3888]

The Best Live Performance by this band. And I've seen a lot. That and Picture This where she has the camera. But this right here, is her at her peak.

[@guittarjedi]

Please post Olivia Newton John performing "Magic" wearing the WHITE outfit in 1980. 😄

[@tastemaker_87]

That's a cool song

[@wilfriedherrmann6782]

Thank You The Midnight Special for BLONDIE !!!

[@lupodelupis3672]

She was so cool with the shades on😎

[@mrseaweed5587]

Witness to perfection. Incredible.

[@hdtonectv1270]

Shwing! 🔥

[@brendamelvoin2043]

Thanks 4 posting! Please keep going....Prince (1/8/1980)...

[@spiderflight107]

Love this !!!

[@flashingarrows]

Clem!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Marchant2]

My favorite song from Eat To The Beat.

[@fernandonandohp]

please post the video of abba on the The Midnight Special 1976 🥺😍

[@gonzaloalmeida7848]

Great!

[@美文宮脇]

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[@327JohnnySS]

Debra is probably the best front lady of a band. Clem Burke plays the drums like Angus Young plays his guitar.💜🤘

[@BarryMiller2956]

More precisely, he plays a lot like a young Keith Moon, whom he idolized.

[@williamchapin1483]

I love a rock song with the word 'divinate' in it..

[@PauloBorges9]

Debbie foi uma DEUSA com sua Beleza

[@RodrigoArteagaArtista]

Te amo, Debbie Harry ❤

[@jacobfonseca1537]

Hermosa ❤preciosa 😍

[@conradk]

Obviously lip-sync but man those lips... I was hooked as soon as I saw Blondie play this show.

[@mperson1890]

There’s not a bad song on that album. Slow Motion should have been a top 40 hit.

[@TomásCaldera-o3x]

Debbie Harris era encantadora

[@allanharris4281]

I thought The Midnight Special performances were live. Not here that is for sure!

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

Woah! Rock N Rolls Marilyn Monroe’s LIONESS has been let out of her cage back again….the 1970s were a trip! Blondie Debbie …I kinda crushed on ya….

[@thinman8621]

Audience was just this side of numb. Debbie and Clem carry it as always.

[@djmattn]

What do you expect from a La La Land audience?

[@marygriffiths2950]

👏👏👏👏

[@Jim_L]

The one part I don't understand when it comes to lip-syncing is the drummer. Everyone is just pretending to sing and play their guitars and keyboards, but Clem there is really hammering away on those drums. How is that done?! Wouldn't the audience be hearing the soundtrack and the drummer playing live over his drums?! I don't get it. (By the way, this is such a great song, in my humble opinion.)

[@Fvejo]

Good question

[@TK-D-t5e]

Not lip-syncing.

[@Jim_L]

@@TK-D-t5e Yes, lip-syncing. TOTALLY lip-syncing. 😃

[@johnmapesmusic]

I'm curious about their decision to lip-sync. They did other songs live on here. Just wondering.

[@johnhammond9962]

Debbie totally helped me figure out my "Special Purpose." Totally

[@ruddle17]

why they had to switch from live performances to playback is beyond me - less of this lip sync stuff and more of the live music please

[@harveycan5820]

That face, that hair, that skin, that jiggle - - that's as live as it gets!

[@RamónAlegría-s7k]

Te ves muy linda blanquita y rubia

[@MickyO567]

Legs 💥💣

[@johnrackiewicz286]

huge fan, wish I can find an actual live performance, not a lip synch version.

[@Bananadiva1]

Never saw a clip from The Midnight Special where someone didn't sing live. Great performance but Deborah clearly miming.

[@cristopher.punk_magic_films]

PuNkS NoT DeAD

[@halloweenjack8683]

What a chick x

[@SWRural-fk2ub]

Sync'd -I wonder why, it would have been so much better live. Al the instruments were connected up.

[@herchelleonwood7463]

Debbie & Chris wrote some great songs.

[@cronejawford978]

Is she lip-syncing?

[@parasite674]

Could be. She lip-synced Heart of Glass on this show.

[@k_DAN]

@@parasite674 She did do a live version of Heart of Glass too on TMS.

[@evb62]

This one is lipsynched, but I just saw another Blondie performance on this channel which was live

[@pbcoop62]

@@k_DAN Was that when Debbie did a rant about the nuclear arms race?

[@k_DAN]

@@pbcoop62 I'm mot sure if it's that one but I did hear the rant one and I didn't really know what she was saying lol

[@robertgillen979]

I know this show didn't do this but is she lip synching? It just sounds just like the studio version

[@frankb1686]

Yes it's a lip sync, they all did it in this era,the cars also Just so the audio was good and no screw ups.

[@evangelus3289]

man this is so not a 70's song. Blondie were really on to something

[@catestout3888]

W T F are we over dubbing a record on a live performance......seriously.......WHY?????????

[@makokanno5075]

口パク？

[@secpac58chichi]

Lipped sync

[@thiscorrosion900]

Lipsynched. Not really live. But OK.

[@glennday7802]

Tragically terrible performance.

[@greatgooglymoogly]

Stopped watching MS around this time. Too many bands posing playing their records in the background.