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@dpbeason5 ай бұрын
9:51 She'll be 80 next year.
@jss275605 ай бұрын
She’s still beautiful even today.
@user-or1ye3iz6d5 ай бұрын
My heart stopped when he said "what is she, in her 50's?" I'm 50 and he thought was was OLD. 🙃😭😅
@lsmith9925 ай бұрын
@@user-or1ye3iz6d He won't when he gets there
@iluvbacnotan79775 ай бұрын
She’ll be 79 in July.
@ericreese77925 ай бұрын
@@jss27560 And still out there rocking.
@abx1315 ай бұрын
No auto tune or voice modulation in 1978....she is very unique and a one of a kind classic.
@brackguthrie94705 ай бұрын
They did really interesting production on this song. You are hearing 2-3 layers of her voice here. All the voices you hear are Debbie's. The producer, Mike Chapman, was a genius.
@MundoDragon3 ай бұрын
There was voice modulation, just nothing that would be considered for a vocal performance. For reference, listen to Mr. Blue Sky by ELO.
@keithjones888916 күн бұрын
As far as her age goes it's hilarious that the younger generation cannot do simple math❗😆😅😂🤣
@shawn.m.schmidt5 ай бұрын
Acting "weird" is a subtle fuck you to the establishment, you're supposed to go out there and do what is safe and expected. Blondie and other bands from the CBGB scene were like, nah, fuck you, how about this.
@sandradolls56825 ай бұрын
Agree 💯 it was a cool F you mo ❤
@kleeklee45725 ай бұрын
It’s crazy cause up until the 90s, being famous and conforming was uncool. Look at any interview with stars from the 80s or 90s. Everyone is acting nonchalant or like they don’t want to be there. Like pulling teeth to get a straight answer. Everything changed with social media. People from the 90s would be disgusted with us. 😂
@greggiovanni18255 ай бұрын
That all they could do in the suburbs. ;) and thank the Punk Rock Gods!
@jackgilchrist5 ай бұрын
@@kleeklee4572I think you have it backwards. The most popular music in the '70s was disco and arena rock. Punk was pretty niche and not considered cool at all. In the '80s glam rock (hair metal) was all the rage. So was new wave and synth pop, but it was all very commercial and conformist. It wasn't until the '90s with so-called "grunge" and alternative that it became cool to be nonconformist. Stripped down music, non-virtuoso playing, punk, metal and classic rock influences, and a PNW thrift store aesthetic, which was basically a big FU to glam rock and new wave and new romantic stuff which was also pretty glam. But like any movement, once it catches on and becomes cool, it becomes conformist and commercial. Even before it becomes cool it's still conformist within that group. The punks all conformed to the punk culture and aesthetic, the goths to the goth culture and aesthetic, the grunge people to the grunge culture and aesthetic. Same as the metalheads, the disco people, etc. It's human nature, as social animals, to be part of a "tribe" of some kind and conform to the norms of that tribe.
@Tsass05 ай бұрын
@@jackgilchrist Bro, '80s glam rock is oh so very 1970s, it was dead by the time the 80s arrived. Punk took it out.
@jamesmcnally12535 ай бұрын
She was not a cookie cutter type of singer,she was just being her,she's beautiful and has a great voice
@adammckee34965 ай бұрын
She was 33 when she did this and she's 78 now. The song was released in 1978.
@mememefinally5 ай бұрын
yeah it made me laugh when he said "she gotta be in her 50s" :D
@mackdeen70215 ай бұрын
Kids have zero historic reference and to them 50 might as well be 80. A couple years ago when my daughters was about 17 we were watching something about the Korean War and I tried to get her to watch and she said “I don’t have to be interested in things that happened in your time”! wtf?????? I grew up in the 80s. Not the 50s. To her there was no difference! Same thing here with this kid thinking Debby’s 50 and they had no idea this was a 70’s hit!!!! 😮😊 😂
@scipioafricanus58715 ай бұрын
@@mackdeen7021 Everything before the new kids were born is just "old times" and "days of yore"...
@pyrmontbridge473727 күн бұрын
@@mememefinally At one stage he said she might be 45. Makes you worry about maths education.
@lamp81125 ай бұрын
I listened to Blondie in High School. I graduated in 1981 and I am 60 and Debbie Harry is 78 and will turn 79 July 1st. Time just flies by. It's really faster than you can imagine. You think this is so retro but it seems like yesterday to me. The 70's and 80's were an amazing time to grow up and the music was so varied and creative. Enjoyed your video! 🙂
@socialmediadelinquent57815 ай бұрын
You could tell he was definitely crushing big on Debbie because every time they showed a close-up of her with a smile he immediately lit up with a smile himself. Ain’t nothing wrong with that. I’ve watched this video a hundred times and she makes me smile every time she smiles too.
@DennisNelson-ee2il5 ай бұрын
I'm not at all surprised,she's more beautiful than anyone of this generation.
@BoxerRick5 ай бұрын
Blondie ( or Deborah Harry ) was sexy 100%
@callen89085 ай бұрын
She’s just so beautiful
@greatBLT4 ай бұрын
@@DennisNelson-ee2il She's one of those few people where they're so beautiful that it hurts
@bellesque8615 ай бұрын
She is almost 80 and she's still performing and rocking it!
@MrDDiRusso5 ай бұрын
HEART OF GLASS WAS RELEASED 1978. THE RAPTURE WAS RELEASED 1980. Blondie's last hit was MARIA from 1999.
@andreadeamon64195 ай бұрын
Thought this came out in the 70s. I bought the 45 and i don't remember being in high school yet
@yournamehere60025 ай бұрын
Rapture, not THE
@davidjames30805 ай бұрын
In the UK Blondie also had a hit with Good Boys in 2003 (peaked at number 12), don't think it was a hit anywhere else. Famous for having Brian May of Queen added to the lyrics credits since she pinched some lyrics from We Will Rock You and Queen threatened to sue. They've had a few singles since then but no hits.
@bkm27975 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was thinking if it was the 80's it was the very beginning because I remember the apartment I was living in when I first heard it, and I moved away in '81.
@natashab34125 ай бұрын
Shes been involved in other projects as well ( jazz passengers) i saw ger in 81. And 90s and 2 summer ago & once w jazz passengers. Met her that time. Also she was in my older cousins wedding . Dated a second cousin
@impudentdomain5 ай бұрын
Blondie was a very influential band in a time that had a lot of music innovation, They contributed to early punk, new wave and even rap.
@revjohnlee5 ай бұрын
Debbie was a brunette who went blonde with the band. All of the guys of my generation that didn't have a crush on her went on to careers in floral arrangement, hair dressing or Broadway dancers.
@bruceelliott35185 ай бұрын
She was my wet dream as well
@kingcosworth26434 ай бұрын
Deadset gorgeous this lady. she was a Playboy bunny too, for obvious reasons
@denisestahl27965 ай бұрын
They were a punk rock band when they started out.
@doomhunter6975 ай бұрын
There was some push back from their fans when they released this as being a 'disco sell-out".
@SergioArellano-yd7ik5 ай бұрын
They were making fun of Disco, it was known as the Disco song. Radio stations wouldn't play any thing other than Disco so they recorded the song as a joke, and it became a hit. They're later songs confused people that thought they were a Disco band
@Rhubarbandcustard5 ай бұрын
They also did the first rap video.
@Cchan534 ай бұрын
Punk was in its infancy...REAL punk started in England in the 70's ,I was there meanwhile coming home to NY Studio 54 was starting ,disco!
@Cchan534 ай бұрын
Punk in England, disco at same time in NYC...they came about almost at the same time...I know I lived in bothe places...
@jacqueline45145 ай бұрын
I was about 13 and was taking private violin lessons; the instructor, a student of the great Itzak Pearlman, was having me do classical exercises. Being the age I was, I asked if we could do some modern music; he let me pick a song, and I went to the music store and bought the sheet music for “ Heart Of Glass”; we spent a few minutes each lesson on it ❤
@FrankMoscato-gq9jc5 ай бұрын
I believe this was 1978. She had a unique way of blending rock punk and even some disco cool reaction.
@ritapearl-im3wv5 ай бұрын
She's 78. But she was a model, dancer, and playboy bunny. So...yes. Very attractive.
@riverlady70235 ай бұрын
I seen her in concert when she was 60 and she still was in a skirt and danced around the stage and it was an amazing concert
@stevedavis57045 ай бұрын
I have a neighbor who was stationed in Europe with the army. There was a Blondie concert by the base and one of the guys claimed he had gone to school with Debbie. They were ragging on him so finally he got up and went to the hallway going back stage and asked one of the people there to tell Debbie that he was there with four friends. When the guy finally did go back they were invited backstage and had a nice time eating and the troops drank some beer. The band was in the area for a week and they got to hang with them two more times. He says that it’s one of the greatest good memories he has of his time in the military.
@Emilie-one5 ай бұрын
My favorite song of hers was call me. It was in the American gigolo movie with Richard Gere.
@kingcosworth26434 ай бұрын
Amazing song
@shanegooding48395 ай бұрын
Bands in this era often adopted weird or awkward movements as a way to diss the industry moguls who wanted to tell them what to do.
@Rkbmomma5 ай бұрын
Clearly not enough dissing of the industry moguls today with the boring, cookie cutter stuff of those who can't really sing.
@denalinde5 ай бұрын
Especially her. I loved how she continued with her own thing no matter what.
@tobeski5 ай бұрын
Clem Burke is one of the truly great rock drummers - exceptional on "Atomic" too. Someone once told him to angle his toms towards him to make them easier to play and he said "Nah, they look cooler this way" and stuck with it
@doommonger77845 ай бұрын
He also toured with the Eurythmics. and played drums on their album.
@philambrez5 ай бұрын
He was and is still phenomenal! He still plays drums for Debbie Harry when she does a tour. BTW back then, he kept time to the drum machine that you hear in the beginning, throughout the song. Not an easy task, any drummer knows this.
@tamtam75465 ай бұрын
This was 1978..height of disco era and punk. Brings back great memories.
@luiscruz96185 ай бұрын
She's an American born in Miami , and she used to work as a Playboy Bunny.
@rlabarbera5 ай бұрын
She grew up in NJ very close to me. She has an accent
@Tsass05 ай бұрын
New Jersey kid, and she also worked for the BBC in New York at one point.
@jacqueline45145 ай бұрын
Nope. She is from NJ and lives in my town, Middletown, actually. The expensive side. As does our awful Governor. As did Bon Jovi, Jon Stewart, Geraldo (had a newspaper in the neighboring town of Red Bank) and Maury Povich.
@michaelgoetze21035 ай бұрын
@@jacqueline4514 She may have grown up in NJ but she was still born in Miami.
@belkyhernandez82815 ай бұрын
Wow! I didn't know she was from Florida.
@ronparsons87865 ай бұрын
Blondie were hugely influential, blending aspects of disco, pop, rock, and even some early rap. And Deborah Harry... Hubba hubba For my money there best song is Dreaming. You should check it out
@frauleinmona5 ай бұрын
Punk too.😊
@JoTracy5 ай бұрын
You gotta do "One Way or Another" "Atomic" "Rapture" "Union City Blues" "The Tide Is High" "Call Me"... So many great Blindie songs! Don't stop here boys
@user-or1ye3iz6d5 ай бұрын
Blondie "ATOMIC" (original video) is my favorite!! ❤ Debbie is so beautiful and strange in the video. Gotta love her!
@Renkk175 ай бұрын
This was the late 70's and we have to remember music videos weren't out then, people were on video for the first time!
@AlBarzUK5 ай бұрын
Music videos started around 1958 with The Big Bopper (J T Richardson). He made three on the same day and called them ‘music videos’. Chantilly Lace was one of the three… kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHyli3Zmltx3hLcsi=9Q2pvP08nC2K57gv
@Renkk175 ай бұрын
But MTV in the States and Much Music in Canada didn't start until 1980 and that's when everyone started watching!
@user-qr8ki8ue4i5 ай бұрын
Debbie was one of the most aesthetically gorgeous creatures God ever made (I say this as a straight lady). Complete work of art.
@callen89085 ай бұрын
I agree! She’s just a doll
@JoTracy5 ай бұрын
You need to do more Blondie ! Their repertoire is varied, tight AF, and very influential They're still playing and touring
@blakephelps76195 ай бұрын
Debbie Harry will turn 79 this July. This song came out in 1979.
@lovestreet26755 ай бұрын
Heart of glass is 70s! 1978 HUGE hit along with Rapture in 1980. ❤ That's her boyfriend on the guitar. Yep, they were so punk rock, always different! Love your reactions! ❤
@murraybozinsky70675 ай бұрын
The 80's was the most innovative era for music, post punk, new wave, new romantics, perfect pop, 2 tone, the birth of house, electronic and everything else. Being a teen in the 80's... nothing beats it.
@VegasheatX-tra5 ай бұрын
Started mid 70s...
@sandradolls56825 ай бұрын
Miss those days ❤
@dbrev105 ай бұрын
The 80's (including the late 70's) birthed Goth and Industrial, as well.
@thrusta1005 ай бұрын
And in 1980s post 2000 life was supposed to be sooo much easier...🤦♂️😂🤪
@martinhenry73625 ай бұрын
There's a cracking documentary out there about the creation of this album, the sound they made had never been done before and that's because it wasn't technically possible, they found some genius who invented the electronic gizmos to make it possible
@debsuk82495 ай бұрын
We loved to dance when this was released in the late 70s and that disco beat got everyone moving!
@ellygirl8421 күн бұрын
Debbie Harry is an ICON!! The fact she was already in her early / mid thirties during Blondie's most successful era is insane! Talk about a late bloomer. She have both a softness and a grit in her voice and tone... plus, she was a stunner looking MUCH younger than she really was. She still sings live on stage to this day, at 79! INSANE performer!
@Mo-Angry-Cat5 ай бұрын
I firmly believe that artists should be awarded credit where credit is due. Four seconds on TikTok does not do that.
@rj-zz8im5 ай бұрын
My sister and I had 3 records we would play over and over; Blondie, Heart and Pat Benetar. Great memories. I still listen to them all today. This wasn't the 80's, it was the 70's.
@willblood70824 ай бұрын
I was 17 when this song came out in 1979 and I had a MAD crush on Debbie as every guy did! They were an American band that came out of the New York City underground punk scene. They were able to perfectly blend punk, rock and disco to create “their” sound.
@marcsailers5345 ай бұрын
You should really listen to 'Dreaming' Clem tears up the drums on that one. I was a fan ever since.
@stoneoutdooradventures22865 ай бұрын
Blondie is awesome and Debbie Harry was sexy as hell and very wild.
@sandradolls56825 ай бұрын
Agree 🖤✨✨
@pennytipp5 ай бұрын
Born in 73 and my intro to Blondie was The Tide is High and I was hooked from then on.
@Spugedelia775 ай бұрын
Oh, this young lad understands music very much. I like him
@catschorus46845 ай бұрын
Debbie was in her 30's when this was released in 79. The awkwarkness in the video is kind of theme in many of Blondie's videos, they appear to be trying to move, don't care/are too cool and it always appears slightly weird. You should react to Atomic, The Hardest Part, Denis, X-Offender, Picture This - there is so much Blondie to discover.
@catserver85775 ай бұрын
Their "awkwardness" was a response to the music industry's fickleness. In one magazine article, they might criticize her for being "too sexy" and "moving around too much", and then if she held still and didn't move around or act at all sensual, the next article would criticize them for being "boring" and "just standing there". In the long run, they did what was smart and just did it whatever way they wanted including quirky performances like this. It's sheer determination on their part not to get sidetracked by corporate BS.
@rsxfan5 ай бұрын
I was absolutely in love with her back then as a young coming of age boy turning into a man, lol
@kevinjewell2335 ай бұрын
Blondie was the first Punk band to chart in the US with Heart of Glass on their 3rd album 'Parallel Lines', and lead singer Debbie harry was the first Rock Star Pin-Up with posters sold worldwide as their hits went number 1 worldwide.
@pyrmontbridge473727 күн бұрын
They were never that popular in the US compared to in Australian or the UK.
@toodlescae5 ай бұрын
At this point at the end of the 70's she was considered more alternative rock/punk with a bit of disco thrown in. When MTV started in '81 these musicians all of a sudden had the studios telling them to make videos to songs they'd already released as well as new songs. For the most part they had no idea what they were doing at first so a lot of the videos look kind of stiff or weird. 😂
@pyrmontbridge473727 күн бұрын
The "kind of stiff" of course is done on purpose. Blondie was actually only popular in Australia first, from 1976, when they released "In the Flesh". That was because Australia had a music video show from 1974, and Blondie were making music videos.
@willynilly25452 ай бұрын
I saw Blondie in 2019 at the Hollywood Bowl with Garbage opening up for them, it was so great
@paintedbird5 ай бұрын
This song is from 1978, released as a single in 1979 and became a massive hit. Debbie was actually in her early 30's, 33 to be precise. Today she is 78. Blondie is an incredible band, and they have a very impressive list of hits and a big back catalogue. They are still making music today.
@maricepelletier21075 ай бұрын
"Pretty" - talented, sassy and SEXY! Don't forget, like good music, sexy is ageless. Excellent reaction gentlemen.
@wolfgoddes5 ай бұрын
and: ♫ ... law, like wine, is ageless... ♫ 😉
@christopherstone26913 ай бұрын
Smiles say it all. Homing in on 80, still looking & sounding fine.
@julia4life9405 ай бұрын
everyone had a crush on Blondie haha even us woman that were straight lol
@sandradolls56825 ай бұрын
True ❤
@lindascott69025 ай бұрын
Yes! And I think people forget how few women there were in the industry in the late 70s. An edgy sexy woman like this (as opposed to the pop princesses of the time) was inspirational to me at 13 or 14!
@Marchant2Ай бұрын
She was 34 when this song came out, and she's close to 80 years old now. And she's STILL making music. This song reached #1 in 1978. It's cool you guys have a crush on her because many, many men back then were crushing on her en masse.
@mrdiscophil5 ай бұрын
Studio 54 peaked in the late 70's and Blondie were the shit mixing Punk, New wave and disco into magic. Those plodding disco beats interlaced with the post punk guitar riffs and Debbie's amazing vocals, what a time.
@flamingpieherman98225 ай бұрын
I absolutely love Blondie! I remember hearing her in 1978 when I was school... And I thought wow what a cool song... I love all her songs Back in the late '70s and '80s. That was the style of music when you would basically stand and belt out this beautiful music but barely move your head or body... It was just a thing people did....it was like a "European" style and edgy...best way to describe it. I was considered her somewhere between pop, punk and disco
@rebeccalinger35315 ай бұрын
I’ve seen her 3 times in concert. Her last one I saw was in Cincinnati with Joan Jett and Stevie Nicks….. and it was a 🔥 concert!!
@MtnBadgerАй бұрын
*Seventy-eight* years old and still rockin'!! 😊
@geraldinemallon10435 ай бұрын
Love Blondie. I’m going to see them in June and I cannot wait!! You should check out their song Atomic. It’s my favourite.
@gavinwilson20715 ай бұрын
Gotta love a bit of Blondie, Atomic is my fave, check it out. Even as a teenager in the 90s I had the Wedding Dress poster of Debbie on my bedroom wall.
@christophermckinney39245 ай бұрын
This song dropped in early 1979. Deborah Harry (Blondie) was born Angela Trimble in 1945 and was 34 when this song dropped. She is now 78 years old as of 2024. And still looks great.
@miaschu81755 ай бұрын
I'm in my late 50s now, and Debbie Harry is older than my mum. She's one of my music heroes. Watching the lead actress dance in the Netflix series, Wednesday, reminded me of Debbie Harry - something about the deliberate awkward movements being both elegant and unsettling at the same time.
@kenneth28755 ай бұрын
This song is from 1979. Debrah Harry is 78 now. This is the album version. There is also a disco remix of this
@johncrwarner5 ай бұрын
Debbie Harry was in her mid-thirties when they released this song.
@flyingardilla1435 ай бұрын
My sisters had this 45. It is firmly engrained in my memory including when played at 33 and 78 rpm. It is extra bizarre at 33 rpm.
@Hayseo5 ай бұрын
These dudes don’t know what a 33 or 45 is. Well, the 40 year old might. But the kid don’t.
@SteveSmith-os5bs5 ай бұрын
I remember when this song came out, Blondie had their own sound and they stood out and didn’t get lost in the crowd of other bands.
@johnpressey59005 ай бұрын
"Heart of Glass" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie, written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. It was featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), and was released as the album's third single in January 1979 and reached number one on the charts in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
@johnpressey59005 ай бұрын
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached No. 1 on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. She’s 78
@noother9645 ай бұрын
Tens of millions of men have succumbed to Debbie's beauty and coolness! Connor is in good company! She's 33 in this video.
@jaysmith81995 ай бұрын
Parallel Lines is an iconic Blondie album. I so wanted to be her 😊
@cccs8004 ай бұрын
There's a Disco ball in this video for a reason. Blondie was big in the disco cubs in the late 70's. Debbie was gorgeous.,
@doomhunter6975 ай бұрын
This song was made in 1978, before MTV and other venues for videos to be seen by the general public. (Studio 54 was BIG in the 70s. Despite the sign at the start, it was not filmed there.) The song was trimmed, censored (for the word ass) and rereleased in '79 to get more air play. This video was a promo video were they are lip syncing over the recording as was often done at that time. The band acts 'bored' because they hated doing that. The video was 'resurrected' when MTV started. When MTV took off in 1981, a lot of bands/promoters dug up promo videos for songs released before then.
@tinkertailor73855 ай бұрын
She was stunning woman. Great songs and memories.
@JontyBlue675 ай бұрын
Late 70's, that's how ahead of their time they were, along with The Cars. Debbie is almost 80
@GeminiPurPower5 ай бұрын
It’s the 80’s man! Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears, The Vapors, Kajagoogoo,Spandau Ballet..it goes on and on..New Wave..I love it when my son plays The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banchees, Yazz..Bauhaus..in the goth moment..lol..the best time, the best music.
@jgg595 ай бұрын
When this song hit from the Parallel Lines album in 1978 Debbie Harry was 31 years old.
@Cchan535 ай бұрын
She was a waitress at the famous Maxx's Kansas City ..in NYC .Back in the early 70's my hangout. Everyone was there, artists of all kind coming after concerts! Check out documentaries on the place!
@tod1way23 күн бұрын
I always like to hear from people who weren't fans give their take, because a fan has a built-in bias. So, thank you guys so much for taking the time to listen. One of the members in this line-up of Blondie is British, the bass player with the curly hair, Nigel. The opening sound before the rest of the music kicks in is made by a drum machine and what they did was make the machine play two of its drum sounds at the same time, creating a unique sound (Missy Elliott used slowed version on "Work It"). I like that Andiroo points out how timeless it sounds. Even when it was getting airplay in '78/'79, it sounded futuristic. And her voice was layered. Essentially, she's singing along to herself. Blondie started out as Punk band and so they weren't into making flashy videos. This one was 3 years before Mtv. Thanks again! I truly appreciate your take.
@mjeffn25 ай бұрын
Every guy wanted her and every girl wanted to be her. I saw Blondie many time at CBGB’s.
@TheEricthefruitbat5 ай бұрын
The members of Blondie were punks who wrote and performed better than the other punks.
@russellhobbs72455 ай бұрын
I'm just about turning 40 and I remember on my 21st going to see blonde. I got to meet Debbie and I was made up when she gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek while wishing me happy birthday. I had a huge crush on her. She made my day. Also Miley did a great cover of this song as well. I think I have a crush on her now as well after seeing her perform this 😂
@thekookooman19915 ай бұрын
I love that you can't hear someone sing falsetto without giggling. Have you really never heard falsetto before? I guess it is sort of rare in rock/pop music, more commonly heard in chorale music, but still......it's not THAT weird! LOL As far as their awkwardness, that was part of their charm. Debbie has said she wanted her movement to be out of synch with the music, she wanted to move how she felt instead of a choreographed (what she called "cheerleader") style of moving in sync with the music. She's a bit eccentric, as befits her ex-beatnik beginnings. She may look like the prom queen, but she acts more like the outsiders who skipped school! LOL Thanks for covering this. Do more Blondie! Do some edgy ones like Rip Her To Shreds, X Offender, One Way Or Another, etc. You won't regret!
@franko66775 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. It’s fascinating that this sounds weird to a young person today. It goes to show how much popular music has changed from then to now.
@SherryMartin-l6u5 ай бұрын
Blondie was the name of the group. Her name is Deborah Harry and she's American. My ex-husband was totally in love with her back in the day . . . . . . .
@jamesmccullough13955 ай бұрын
I am 58 and I have always loved her music. She seemed to sing like she did not need your votes on her songs if you know what I mean. Yeah, she was 34 in 1978. A punk, disco goddess of her time.
@amandajane57435 ай бұрын
Call Me is my favourite Blondie song. It's still my favourite song for a speed skate at the rink. But weirdly, I used to use the intro to Dreaming as my ringtone in the 90s. It has epic, mad drumming for a pop song.
@jeremiahrose46815 ай бұрын
Interesting band for sure, catchy music. Heard them all over the place when I was a teen in the 80's
@FollowingGhost5 ай бұрын
In the 90s a company made a 1/6th scale model of her as Judge Anderson from the Judge Dredd comics and first movie. It was pulled from shelves because her headlights showed through the costume.
@welovecheshirecats45575 ай бұрын
New wave/punk band when they started. Pretty much credited with introducing rap to mainstream music audiences with Rapture.
@brandolph835 ай бұрын
Blondie was part of the New York City punk rock scene in the early to mid 70s. Every member was New York to the core, except their bassist at the time, Nigel Harrison, who is English. They were really huge in the UK though, more so than the US for a long time.
@bobbyevans16685 ай бұрын
This was the dawning of the video age, she also worked as a Playboy Bunny
@MommaOsoIrish675 ай бұрын
"Call Me" is a great one too!
@splitimage137.5 ай бұрын
So, back in the day (late 70s-early 80s) I had a Blondie-head friend, who purported to know everything about this band, who assured me that Blondie themselves said this song was SIMPLY a disco-parody. I never believed him. It's just too good for that.
@Tony1771-yj8mcАй бұрын
This was when having a serious look on your face was really getting cool. Sunglasses, being tough, not really collar turned up, but that kind of vibe. I can see it so clearly in this video.
@maureenwagg53055 ай бұрын
The band is excellent. Chris Stein is the guy holding the mirror ball and is Debbie's hubby on guitar, Jimmy Destri on keyboards, Clem Burke on drums, Nigel Harrison on bass and Frank Infante on guitar. Dreaming is a great track and showcases their drummer's skill. Clem is amazing.
@AdaKitten5 ай бұрын
Love Blondie ♥ Good music is just good music :) Good reaction!
@Oxygene18415 ай бұрын
Based around the Roland CR78 drum machine on Rock 1 preset,this song came out in 78 but flopped but was re released the following year and got to number 1 over here in the UK
@joeevett90075 ай бұрын
This came out in 78 MTV and music videos as we know them were not a thing yet. Maria is my favorite song from Blondie.
@aleon135 ай бұрын
In 1978 I was eight years old and my cousin had this record and I listen to it. I have been a fan ever since. She’s gotta be in her late 70’s.
@elarsh245 ай бұрын
Disco was the bane of Rock listeners that resulted in, "Disco Demolition Night." In 1979, thousands of disco albums were blown up in the outfield of Comiskey Park in between a twilight doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. Some bands like Blondie infused disco sound into their music but would rarely be played by rock stations. Top 40 stations would play it for the niche audience of disco listeners and soft rock fans. Rock Stations and listeners did accept Blondie for songs such as, "One Way Or Another" and "Call Me" which didn't contain disco. BTW, the center field was destroyed and the White Sox had to forfeit the second game.
@Eldormain95 ай бұрын
Deborah Harry was one of my first crushes. I enjoy their music quite a bit. "Dreaming" is one of my favorite songs of theirs. Great lyrics. They put out an album relatively recently, as well, 2017.
@carlaglewen53485 ай бұрын
'78. And we didn't have videos. This was radio play. Blondie got a boost from the soundtrack of American Gigolo. Wish you guys made an attempt to learn some history. MUSIC VIDEO DID NOT YET EXIST.
@visaman5 ай бұрын
There was a TV show in Canada called The New Music, and they played videos like this in 1978.
@michaelburggraf28225 ай бұрын
I think Blondie had their break through in Europe with that song. That pushing almost rocking rythm and her airy singing are a perfect mixture for dancing, almost hypnotizing.
@jeraldjosey5 ай бұрын
Man in the late 70's and 80s when this song and rapture all came out, she was like my heart throb. Dude I was in love with her as a teen.
@ravenrosewood82075 ай бұрын
Debbie, Harry is currently 79 years old and she still looks fabulous! Blondie started out as a punk band, often seen performing at CBGBs in New York City before they hit the "big time"