Blondie Susie And Jeffrey

[@markbosley26]

Back in the day I always thought this song was so much better than the A side. I rarely played The Tide is High which I didn't think that much of but bought because you used to buy everything from your favourite band in the days of real pop music. But I loved this and played it s lot. Just heard it for the first time in decades..it's a great song.

[@jasonlyonsjl72]

Mark Bosley sunday girl 7" its the b side of , my mam played it to death

[@markbosley26]

Cool. In the U.K it was on the back of The Tide is High. I Know but I Don't Know was on the back of Sunday Girl.

[@jasonlyonsjl72]

Mark Bosley I'm in the uk too , god knows what version my mam had then 😂😂

[@TheTubularman]

Same here. One of my favorite!

[@TimBurVlogs]

Is this where Neil Girard and Pat Benatar got Invincible from?

[@Shikta-poobah67]

I was never much into Autoamerican, but there were 2 really great songs on that album - Angels On The Balcony, and this one right here. Personally I always thought this would have made a great A-side, but in 1980 radio programmers were really uptight about lyrics like “I’ll scratch your eyes out”. A lot of really great would-be hits slipped through the cracks back then.

[@markbosley26]

This wasn’t on Autoamerican. But I absolutely agree about there being some debatable choices of Blondie singles. Even at the time some of the releases felt a little odd. To my ears. Pretty Baby was better than Hanging on the Telephone, Slow Motion was the best song on Eat to the Beat, and, as you say, Angels on the Balcony, the best on Autoamerican. At the time I wondered if politics within the band influenced the choices of release - did Chris Stein’s opinions carry more sway than some of the other band members? Or did they deliberately just want to leave some of their better songs on the albums to add to the LP’s sales? Also, one great ‘album track’, Union City Blue, was released as a single, and underperformed badly in the U.K. charts. Finally, would Blondie’s reputation have been any higher anyway during those few years if they’d have chosen different single releases - probably not!

[@LastDreamer7]

My top 10 Blondie songs : 1. Sunday Girl 2. Suzy and Jeffrey 3. (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear 4. In The Flesh 5. Danceway 6. Dreaming 7. 11.59 8. Call Me 9. Platinum Blonde 10. Angels On The Balcony

[@JBinOtown]

No Pretty Baby or Detroit 442? Come ON

[@Shikta-poobah67]

1. 11:59 2. Rip Her To Shreds 3. X Offender 4. Just Go Away 5. Suzy and Jeffrey 6. Dreaming 7. Underground Girl 8. Slow Motion 9. Angels On The Balcony 10. A Shark in Jets Clothing

[@brando7266]

​@@Shikta-poobah67atomic is top 5 for blondie,

[@JBinOtown]

"We could have fun at the Spahn Ranch..."

[@andyrichards9169]

Love this song. Haven’t heard it for years. Still sounds terrific.

[@davidforsyth5157]

From "Making Tracks: The Rise of Blondie "One day Orson Welles was in another room recording his voice for something (wine, wildlife), and Perry Como was recording his "Christmas in Israel" special with what sounded like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, when some kid backed up 200 feet into the parking lot across the way from the building and then floored it, driving smack into the wall of the studio making a big hole, a mess, and pretty much totaling his girlfriend's Audi. The kid's name was Jeffrey, his girlfriend's name was Suzy." continued...

[@davidforsyth5157]

"They had a big fight on the way to get blood tests for their marriage license, so Jeffrey got pissed, and the rest is history on the B side of the "Tide Is High" single. That was the official excuse anyway-- we wondered because Suzy and Jeffrey were in a black leather rock band called Deprogrammer and Jeff happened to have copies of his new single "Slammed In The Door" in the back seat of the former Audi. Luckily no one was hurt at all and the police were merciful and didn't drag Jeffrey off to the slammer." I think Sue was in the passenger seat and used her left foot to hit the brake. That part of the song used to confuse me.

[@robertprevost]

Hi David. You are correct that Sue was the passenger. Jeff was threatening to drive into the wall of the recording studio. She reached over to hit the brake but hit the gas. Also, how did you know it was an Audi, not a Chevy, correct again. (But only Jeff was in Deprogrammer, not Susan.)

[@davidforsyth5157]

@@robertprevost Hi, I just saw your comment. The quotes above are from the book by Victor Bockris that came out in the early '80s. Debbie & Chris worked with him on the book. I'm curious about how you know this without the book. It got reprinted in 1998 and might still be available. There's a lot of info about the early days in it.

[@erdbeerkuchen7552]

thanks so much for sharing! i always wondered what part was real and what was Blondie.

[@nickpenny5497]

@@davidforsyth5157 Somewhat late, I have the book.

[@paulbarrett7928]

Debbie Harry was BEAUTIFUL SEXY and a great voice with a great band behind her.

[@Hopavi1]

recordando mi infancia... en los 80s... mi hermano mayor la tocaba hasta el cansancio en un disco vinil de 45 rpm... side A Heart of glass... side B Susie and Jefrey... bella epoca de mi vida....

[@nickmorrell3559]

I too prefer this great song to the tide is high ..Blondie shoulv released it after ..they could do no wrong that year

[@dominicaaaaa5547]

i love this song it's got a creepy feel to it though :0 i wonder what it's about..

[@tinastanbaugh]

It was about an article Debbie Harry saw in a newspaper.

[@johnbrinkman2172]

oh my Gosh.....thank you for posting.... didn't know that.....such a beautiful song.....not many songs AT ALL that dealt with unwanted pregnancy and suicide.....

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

@@johnbrinkman2172 I don't think it was those.

[@美文宮脇]

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[@christianefuchs6492]

J aime ce groupe et les clips. Fabrice fuchs de holving

[@queenhasehexeyoung4106]

04-11-20sat🐰🇺🇸🎸🎤💄♥️🥃💍💉💊🐰. *NYC 1977 BLONDIE AMID THE PUNK THE FACADE. IM STILL A FAN. JOEY RAMONES REAL NAME IS JEFFREY*

[@amandaprill1508]

Love this song alot

[@SigourneyRulesKinema]

Sua Santità Deborah Harry è a dir poco Fantastica!!!!!!! Ne devono passare di Madonna sotto i ponti..............

[@paolotaormina4966]

It's sad this song

[@johnbrinkman2172]

I'm sure everyone knows that ths was supposed to be on Auroamerican....but i can't remember why they decided not to.....

[@sandrinerousseau6579]

La fin est triste............

[@julianaguero4199]

This song is hauntingly beautiful, I'm confused though do you have to get a blood test to get married?

[@BOYFAN84]

I think In the old days you did, if you had intentions of having children. Because certain blood types couldn’t mix.

[@herculesrockerfeller4136]

@@BOYFAN84 damn right,no more Spock's

[@steveprice2718]

Oh hell yeah!!! Back in the day! No inbreeding!!

[@Shikta-poobah67]

@@steveprice2718 Well that explains a few things about today’s shit state of affairs. 🤣

[@steveprice2718]

@@Shikta-poobah67 well, it ALMOST does! Lol😋

[@chriswherry65]

Interesting, only 4 of the 7 minutes here actually have audio!

[@hasehershfeldhershfeld9004]

That MOON ELAINE called

[@GemmaKingsley]

They were real people and they apparently ran into them again at one point.

[@hasehershfeldhershfeld9004]

🐰🇺🇸🎤🎸🐰12-29-19SUN.

[@piperhillfan5485]

Fin à 4:05

[@wendycunliffe8225]

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[@dominicaaaaa5547]

if anyone knows tell me plz

[@deepdivegaming6127]

love it too

[@michaelmckenna7109]

It's about a couple crashing into a recording studio, who were going to get married Susie and Jeffery they needed to get a blood test certificate first back then? Inside the studio Blondie was recording a album and also the great actor Orson Welles was recording in another room his album. both Blondie and Orson heard the crash and ran outside to help but the couple who crashed were ok. They told their how it happen and then said they were fans and asked for autographs from both artists.

[@ComradeGabroo]

I couldnt,on my own know what this song is about

[@defenderoFreedom]

Sad story. These 2 were arguing in the car. 😢

[@angelicaporter7436]

this song is about my dad

[@prillan3162]

That is total bullshit.

[@robertprevost]

Well, I believe you Angelica Porter (because I happen to know Jeff's last name)... PS, my daughter is Susan's daughter (get it?)

[@TimBurVlogs]

@@prillan3162 well don't you feel like shit now?

[@davidforsyth5157]

@@robertprevost Neat, so this is how you know the story. It's written about on page 163 of the book Making Tracks, in case you're interested.

[@joshuabenjosephtheartofson974]

Women drivers!