Virgin Radio Classic Artists - Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry from Blondie talks with Jamie East about her early career, Blondie's formative years, Blondie's 1999 comeback and her new biography 'Face It'.
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[@aisey100]

She has a great attitude to age. Why stop doing something you enjoy just because you're older? She's an inspiration.

[@holarc]

yes, at 74!

[@sweiland75]

She's old, she's not dead.

[@tod1way]

She still looks absolutely stunning! I just can't get over the fact she is in her 70s when she still looks as beautiful as she did in the 1970s. She also still rocks with the best of them! ❤

[@goopah]

She's still got that smile that melts my heart.

[@ManfromuncoolBlogspotstars]

She actually is just so cool: non-judgemental, open, and, insightful. Blows me away every time.

[@Rockymountainhigh.357]

Deborah Harry is so naturally cool. What a legend and trailblazer for women in all music.

[@sobebenj]

I LOVE her and I know her. She is the sweetest, most real, humble person you'll ever meet !

[@romebelmondo9215]

I agree...for all her Fame and Beauty..and all the hardship she been thru..she is the most nice kind person I ever met

[@Marchant2]

That comes through when she speaks.

[@joshlaning9085]

If you really do know her tell her a fellow named Greg in the Deep South loves her she has been the soundtrack to my life her music is awesome

[@DAYGLOUKNOUKNO]

'I did what I could'......there is Debbie.....humble and honest...….this is the correct attitude of a real POP ICON.....the prettiest POP STAR of our generation....SHE MEANS A LOT TO MANY MANY PEOPLE......AND STILL COOLER THAN COOL...….SHE MAKES IT LOOK EFFORTLESS...……...WHICH IT ISN'T.....AND A BACK CATALOGUE WHICH IS THE DOG'S BOLLOCKS......GOD BLESS U AND THE GUYS IN BLONDIE!!!!!

[@kelbell9312]

Gorgeous gal. She puts James East at ease in this interview and acknowledges other artists. I love that about her. It is not just a desperate look at me vibe. You just can't take your eyes off her. Her face is so interesting

[@LokiStrikeArmy]

Deborah Harry... So cool... So collect. One of my favorite singers. And so cool to look at.

[@traceydaizy]

Blondie are so special to me ❤ thank you Debbie, Chris, Jimmy, Clem and the rest of you. You made my teenage years livable x

[@BOLLOCKS1968]

I had a pair of platform shoes with the Pepsi logo on them in the 70s. They were as thick as hers and impossible to run or do anything in them. I miss the the 70s and Blondie! Cheers.

[@cheriebomb158]

those sound dope! wish I had a pair

[@LeonTrotsky6782]

Excellent book, a wonderful writer. She told us what she felt comfortable telling us. Who can complain? Really enjoyed it. ❤️

[@peartfaldo]

Blondie and her solo stuff is STILL awesome. Timeless;-)

[@dannypetrovich9276]

I bought Debbies book! I love it! Honest in your face! It's another wonderful chapter of Blonde!

[@luisramirez512]

What a beautiful woman

[@Nebulous0_o]

Goddamn I love Debbie Harry, she’s an absolute goddess...look at her style! She’s in her 70s for gods sake! ❤️

[@natalier7204]

I read her book and she just has a curiosity about life, culture, art, and experience that she’s maintained from childhood through to old age. She is just interested in everything.

[@joedwards4313]

The coolest woman ever, thank you for introducing the 12 yr old me love music with a passion 🙏❤️

[@catraoinekelly2879]

I do now, and have always found, Debbie Harry endlessly fascinating.... brilliant upload!

[@SNAFU78]

“To not be too precious about your ideas.”, good point.

[@sweetjane5033]

It’s a business with great performance art! Deborah is by far number 1 for me!!!

[@alexysq2660]

Such an absolute icon, so incredibly gorgeous ( ..."still"); such a marvellous artist - and, person: i just love her!! Good interview!

[@catcancrunch7260]

My thoughts exactly 👍

[@TimmyAndTammyScumbag]

Pro interview tip: when you're interviewing a subject and you ask a question, let them answer the damn question... not get two sentences into their answer only to be cut off by you asking a completely different question.there were so many times when I wanted to hear the rest of what she was going to say or hear her finish her thought, but the hyper interviewer would just cut her off and ask a new question. Really annoying.

[@saintejeannedarc9460]

That would likely explain why she seems annoyed and is giving unusually clipped answers. This is probably clipped from a longer interview (or not?), but she is usually more forthcoming and friendly, plus funny. Her trademark sense of humour is absent from this interview. Too bad.

[@rockmanalternativemusic738]

@@saintejeannedarc9460 Yep. Look at the body language. Closed down from this guy because he is jibbering.

[@autumnmatthews3179]

I found this after watching this guy interview Midge Ure and thought the same, but wondered if it was just me as nobody else picked up on it

[@leahflower9924]

She's worn out everyone wants to get on their knees and say same crap wow Harry how did you manage to move to ny even though she lived one bridge away wow how does a bunny become so edgy? Marilyn Monroe cliche type level stuff

[@TimmyAndTammyScumbag]

@@leahflower9924 Well, *you're* sure as fuck "edgy," aren't you? You don't sound at all jealous and everyone should realize how smart you are and take you seriously because you don't even understand how to use punctuation. You know, like most third graders have mastered. 😘

[@sweetjane5033]

You’re so gracefully positive! I sent you a drawing in the 70’s because I loved you!

[@clausstimpfig3803]

still a beautiful woman

[@superdougie10]

This is a very intelligent well spoken women.......so many others can not keep this level of conversation without being self promoting..... Hence stevie nicks......who is always promoting and not necessarily intelectualizzing their career like Debra is capable of. I love both artist and certainly have an individual respect for ms harry.

[@sweetjane5033]

Beautiful bright beguiling !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@erdbeerkuchen7552]

Im so in awe. What a wonderful soul.

[@justaman5418]

73 and still looking amazing

[@thinman8621]

A personable icon. Proud of her work as she should be but not overly taken with herself. Still beautiful.

[@djoleteatar13]

Good interview, because she’s talking to a music nerd and not a normie

[@AmericanIsraeliJew]

She is a foxy lady that is for sure. I'm ready my First Edition of Face It and am enjoying it.

[@learningmore6409]

I like everything about her.

[@sandrinerousseau6579]

elle n'est pas loin des 80 ans et elle s'habille de maniere originale et n'est absolument pas ridicule bien au contraire ! respect a Debbie for ever !

[@marcopompeo3603]

Complimenti per come ti porti gli anni;ma per me Blondie è quella a cavallo tra gli anni 70 80!A prescindere dai buoni lavori che hai fatto dopo ; sarò superficiale ma la bellezza e quei tempi .................... Saluti da un nostalgico!!!

[@voodootrucker1896]

🚛💂 FADE AWAY AND RADIATE.... Oh and love Blondie's cover of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire ...Debbie.... GABBA GABBA HEY !

[@voodootrucker1896]

Used to hang out with Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, met Chris,Debbie and the Boy's a few times backstage and parties 👍

[@robertevans8024]

I'm VERY dissapointed in you Debbie ! I sent you a birthday card to your home in Jersey with a couple photos of me and my little girl, telling you what a big fan I have been since the 70's. I searched all over South Street in Philly to find a Blondie t-shirt for my daughter, bought several of your CD's and albums over the years. Saw your concerts many, many times. I really love Union City Blue. It gives me chills and goose bumps. All I ever wanted was an autographed photo. I never received one. 💔😭 I hope you see this and reply. 🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🙏🙏💖💖💖💯💘😍 You are just as Beautiful now as you were in the 70's ! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝SAVE THE BEES ! 🤩😘

[@user-wh9bh1fd4c]

Вы некрасиво поступаете, не удивительно, что Дебби не отвечает вам. Вы хам!!! Это значит невоспитанный человек. Я вызываю вас на дуэль. Предлагаю биться на кулаках, руки окунуть в битре в крошку стекло. И никаких правил. Бой насмерть. Пишите мне адрес и место встречи, а так же время. Я живу в Сибире. Это Россия. Буду рад сразиться с вами. Привет из Новосибирска!!!! Дебби Харрри ,красотка. Рад ,что живу в одно время с ней.

[@salamanders6969]

She still radiates the beauty and sex appeal from the 70’s.

[@ati573]

She is amazing

[@sandyrickard6612]

She's 74! I think the interviewer did a good job.

[@sweetjane5033]

I ordered the book! Would love to see you in Ft. Lauderdale. I so admire you!!!

[@tasibho]

Debbie really should have had kids. A real travesty her beauty will never be passed on. Stunning!

[@natalier7204]

She says she regrets not having a child but feels like all the young people who still come up to her as new fans are her “children”.

[@oxiigen]

"The devil had nothing to do with it."--Debbie Harry

[@user-xr5gu1rq6f]

Love from Greece :)

[@tootsieshmutsie6428]

Styleee!

[@alwynnshae6309]

What year is this interview from?

[@madizzle90]

2019

[@peartfaldo]

She should go on the Joe Rogan podcast. Would be AWESOME!!!

[@leedsboy64]

such a shame the interviewer was fucking hopeless Debbie was nice to him but you could tell she was thinking these are a bunch of shit questions 25 minutes this wonderful talented beautiful woman has wasted Long live Debbie Harry legend

[@user-wh9bh1fd4c]

Согласен с вашим мнением. Дебби потерпевшая сторона. У Дебби похитили время, надо наказать. В нашей стране набили морду негодяю, который раздражал женщину, да ещё похитил самое дорогое , что есть у человека , время. За уши его об колено носом, а потом запинывать. А затем вбить в горло микрофон. Когда будет хорошо побит , подвешать вверх ногами и отрабатывать удары по почкам. Потом печень. Потом вертуху в голову. Нет, две аертухи. Потгм дунуть ещё марихуаны и колотить уже куда попало. Потом ... Потом он уже станет мёртвым. Останется, только дело техники, разрезать на мелкие кусочки и накормить моего пса мясом.

[@blahblah1438]

Love Debbie Harry, also great interview

[@ChilliCheezdog]

How can she be so down-to-earth when she's Debbie-fucking-Harry? Her biography is amazing. It is so beautifully written. The most surprising thing about Debbie is just how sociable she is. She went to New York, as a young woman, and spoke to EVERYONE. What a rare and super-sociable human being she truly is.

[@leahflower9924]

She's from Hawthorne NJ it's like 20 minutes away

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@leahflower9924 I'm from Birmingham, England. You got Debbie Harry, we got Ozzy Osbourne 🦇

[@leahflower9924]

@@ChilliCheezdog you got John Bonham too I think 🤔

[@leahflower9924]

@@ChilliCheezdog actually I wanna say Robert plant and John Bonham were from near Birmingham area I was a zeppelin fan

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@leahflower9924 I saw Robert, walking through Birmingham, about eight years ago. He walked right past me. It was him. Of course, I didn't say anything. Leah, you wouldn't have said anything either😂

[@josiedickson6959]

noone can pass Debbie Harry ..no one..

[@BlondieAndBeyond]

❤️

[@speaktoyourpsik]

Its about going out and meeting people.. It's all out there really always👌nailed it

[@clausstimpfig3803]

debbie looks here very exhausted.maybe i am wrong...

[@michaelmckenna7109]

She was doing interview after interview and promoting on the radio.

[@natalier7204]

She did tonnes of print, tv and radio in 2019.

[@Dannywebb1967]

You can tell by the questions that he did not read the book

[@tidalworkshop]

i really wish you brought in someone else to interview her. it's a missed opportunity. it could've been something much more special. it's not without its moments though but some of them spawned from the interviewer's ineptitude or lack of knowledge about debbie and blondie. i'm not saying i would've done a better job since i'd probably end up just passed out or completely nervous but i would've certainly tried. a 10 year old madonna though.............. like seriously.........

[@michelle1885]

This interviewer is awful to me. Yes definitely a missed opportunity.

[@clintstewart5545]

agreed

[@rob-robi]

Debbie the angel

[@umaneo1]

He seems like he is unaware of Debbie and the punk CBGB scene.

[@michaelmckenna7109]

Totally, he never had a clue on certain subjects. Debbie was looking at him like fool stop your embarrassing.

[@dannypetrovich9276]

As l am reading comments about Debbie l don't hear anyone talking about her book! If you love Blonde and Debbie buy the dam book!

[@intelligenceservices]

In earlier interviews they stated that "heart of glass" was in part inspired by Kraftwerk, but I would imagine Moroder had a lot to do with it. Debbie thought he was talking about the Roland drum synth but I think he meant the keyboard arp but he didn't want to belabor the point which was class. I love you Debbie! I hope I get to meet you someday :)

[@richardm239]

people use the term icon way to much ,Debra harry is the real deal ,she was there at the beginning and lived it, and is as valid today as she was then ,apart from her talent she still has one of the most amazing faces in music, my 3 fave iconic faces of music are david bowie grace jones and debra harry

[@nickyes2292]

And Madonna

[@johnnyparisMAKEUP]

Deborah

[@algarvio7910]

Debbie je t'aime

[@erdbeerkuchen7552]

Also the questions were not too bad. But interrupting your guest is never cool.

[@aaroncrawley5546]

She still beautiful. Sexy eyes and smile. Little older but still got it

[@berniewilcox9021]

I got fed up with the interviewer saying "kinda"

[@nyhammer1]

12:00 The interviewer just discovered he had not done his homework ...

[@kylestrain3231]

That smile and those eyes. Those trainers 😍 still making fashion statements. Why growing older, should you feel older and need to start dressing at M&S, Debbie says no!

[@tonyrobles2696]

❤️💥💋💋💋💋

[@TheGoldigoldi]

One of the most boring interviews ever. How this guy has missed an in depth chat with this real original and fascinating major star - he see, to be too full of himself and when not he gravels - the lady deserves more - she seems to almost falling asleep but she must do this book tour I guess - I for one stopped in the middle, in fact it sent me to sleep .

[@markwatkins8309]

I agree David & have commented elsewhere too. A missed opportunity!

[@michaelmckenna7109]

He's always been so irritating even way back when he was presenting Big Brother on UK TV.

[@nicodiore]

Name of the interviewer?

[@smartiepancake]

The interviewer starts on the covers. He needed a slap for that.

[@startervisions]

*on a Ken Doll*

[@Brian-vz7xe]

Doesn't Debbie Harry frequent those Spirit Cooking parties? I think so

[@michaelmckenna7109]

Yeah and...

[@Brian-vz7xe]

@@michaelmckenna7109 I think in the interview should atleast asked her. "Are you a child killing Luciferian?" Because that is what they are being accused of in case you don't know. What is your next comment MM? Yeah and...

[@TheRenaissancePen]

Deborah a secret but visible tragic generation in music. 1978- present.

[@markwatkins8309]

He means well and has a pleasant , conversational manner but he may have been better to ask (shorter) questions (and a little less obvious ones) and leave his understandable adulation out of it. Debbie Harry does look fairly bored ("it was cold") and I can only watch 5 mins of it before being bored myself! Suggest, Debbie (likely) would have enjoyed a sharper approach / attack. The interviewee / interview lacks energy so she hasn't much to be engaged about.

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

I dont know Jurgen klopp is a DJ.

[@universalsoulhealing]

Know your subject if you’re going to interview someone! Debbie Harry is already pretty blasé, but leaping around timelines is just off-putting. From French Kissing to Maria? Blondie and Talking Heads? Annie Lennox? A ten year-old Madonna?! Uggg.

[@nickyes2292]

Why blase?

[@universalsoulhealing]

Nick Yes That’s just always been the vibe she gives off to me. Like she’s distant or uninterested.

[@puszilak]

I love Debbie and Blondie and the fact that she is still so relevant today, but she has clearly had so much done to her face that I prefer to listen rather than watch.

[@nickyes2292]

@@universalsoulhealing oh I c what u mean

[@natalier7204]

This guy should’ve got the years right.

[@flies9244]

I wish she was my nan

[@fitzgeraldjamesjjr]

This interviewer needs to let people finish a thought. There were times it seemed Debbie was about to tell a good tale and he interrupts and redirects to a lame question.

[@almamattersr3735]

This presenter is a joke. She is kind to him but you can tell she is bored to tears by his questions.

[@blahblah1438]

What a handsome man

[@paulcomerford1]

Thank you blondie for the musical link great song but not as good as yours.

[@skywardpictures]

It was all about the money. David Bowie had to cast off Mick Ronson and his spiders 🕷 the same way Blondie had to move forward. Session guys who have am image and become part of the overall success but aren't really songwriters....get testy when they can't participate in the money.....

[@VictorHLopez33]

Ten year old Madonna? NO, more like eighteen year old.

[@smartiepancake]

The interviewer has perched himself above his guest, clueless, awkward

[@califri1995]

Not a woman 😜!

[@colinrgage]

Terrible interview

[@jfowlds]

I never did like Blondie. I sensed something strange about Blondie.

[@lindabesher3910]

I sensed something unique and unusual about Blondie, and I LOVED her (I mean the band🙃 I still love her!) Strange is a subjective adjective and can mean a lot of things. Blondie may have been "strange", but the very best kind!

[@rockmanalternativemusic738]

Some awkward long-winded questions man. Relate the short questions more back to Debbie's experiences. You seem to be feeding her your responses and sound a bit like a fanboy with all due respect. I read the book and I would ask her about lyric writing, the impact of the environment in NYC in the '70s. It was quite a rough place. How did get by living, trying to find work, and playing in a band in the mid-70s in a place that was considered violent. What is her secret to staying fit enough to perform rock music? etc..