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.
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!!!! 😮😊 😂
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.
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. 😂
@@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.
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! 🙂
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 ❤
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
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.
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
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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.
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
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 . . . . . . .
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.
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.
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.
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. 😂
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.
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! ❤
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
I think it is good to hear just little bits of music. It is an introduction. A million years ago when I was a kid , we were introduced to classical through the cartoons.
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.
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.
Get into Blondie guys. They have some excellent music. Australian producer, leading edge innovations. Deborah Harry is gorgeous. You won't be disappointed. Punk disco vibe. I'm still in love with this gal!
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
Blondie were very much at the forefront of the punk/new wave movement in the 70's and 80's. Awesome band for sure. Listen to early Blondie for the more punk style.
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.
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.
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 😂
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.
Blondie certainly had a huge influence on 80's New Wave having come up in NYC's downtown rock, glam, synth and punk scene during the 70's, but they're more of a 70's and early 80's band not normally associated with 80's music the way that say the Cure, U2 and REM are even though they too started out in the 70's. But mostly they're timeless and genre-defying, the way that all great bands are. And I still can't believe that Debbie Harry will be 80 next year.
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.
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!
Debbie Harry - Born July, 1, 1945, in Miami, Florida, making her 79 in 2024. This was early 1980's, it was when Disco punk rock was morphing into the "New Wave", style. Electronic keyboards were expanded with many new sounds & capabilities, many that used cards like the later sega game system used. It was a period in which gave us a slew of expressive music, it set off the start of the new British Invasion, from bands like "The Cars", the psychedelic furs, Duran Duran, & solo artists such as Peter Gabriel, Peter Murphy, Brian Ferry, Thomas Dolby. It was a musical transitionary period in which also vamped up the interest of many earlier 1960's artists such as "Yes", David Bowie, "Ashes to Ashes", "Let's Dance", China Girl", & even teamed up with Queens lead singer Freddie Mercury with their successful "Under Pressure". and even Billy Joel, of which did a remarkable job fitting right into the new wave style of music, "We didn't start the fire". Later New Wave made a transition into becoming "Post Modern rock".
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.
the facts most people miss out on is how this band and especially her, impacted entertainment. She would do a show in Harlem in a club where rap is beginning and work with/promote what would become icons of the genre, then before the night was done, she would go across town and hit a club that would be a heavy Punk Rock and Rock scene, partying with some of the legends of the genre, promoting them and elevating the overall industry. The next night she would start out on some late-night TV show promoting music, like the early video and dance shows, mostly doing Disco, but also promoting the band in shows like SNL as well. After the show, she would go hang out with the SNL crew at their private club, making a reputation as being one of the few people, let alone a woman who is tiny in body mass, who could keep up with famous partying personalities like Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and had a standing invitation to join them any night of the week in their legendary after-parties. When she was done there, she would catch a private jet (usually with a group of celebs) and fly to London where she would perform at London clubs promoting New Age, Punk, Rock, and Disco. Pick a genre, list out the top 40 most influential personalities from 1970-2010, and bet that there is a story or photo that has her and that personality partying, playing, working, or some other socializing at more than a meet-and-greet level. You would win that bet more than a majority of the time as few have made it big and have not had at least this interaction. Blondie's HoF induction speech by Shirly Manson couldn't be more accurate.
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.
No auto tune or voice modulation in 1978....she is very unique and a one of a kind classic.
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.
9:51 She'll be 80 next year.
She’s still beautiful even today.
My heart stopped when he said "what is she, in her 50's?" I'm 50 and he thought was was OLD. 🙃😭😅
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He won't when he gets there
She’ll be 79 in July.
@@jss27560 And still out there rocking.
She was not a cookie cutter type of singer,she was just being her,she's beautiful and has a great voice
She was 33 when she did this and she's 78 now. The song was released in 1978.
yeah it made me laugh when he said "she gotta be in her 50s" :D
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!!!! 😮😊 😂
@@mackdeen7021 Everything before the new kids were born is just "old times" and "days of yore"...
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.
Agree 💯 it was a cool F you mo ❤
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. 😂
That all they could do in the suburbs. ;) and thank the Punk Rock Gods!
@@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.
@@jackgilchrist Bro, '80s glam rock is oh so very 1970s, it was dead by the time the 80s arrived. Punk took it out.
She is almost 80 and she's still performing and rocking it!
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! 🙂
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
They were a punk rock band when they started out.
There was some push back from their fans when they released this as being a 'disco sell-out".
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
They also did the first rap video.
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!
Punk in England, disco at same time in NYC...they came about almost at the same time...I know I lived in bothe places...
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.
I'm not at all surprised,she's more beautiful than anyone of this generation.
Blondie ( or Deborah Harry ) was sexy 100%
She’s just so beautiful
@@DennisNelson-ee2il She's one of those few people where they're so beautiful that it hurts
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.
She was my wet dream as well
Deadset gorgeous this lady. she was a Playboy bunny too, for obvious reasons
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.
HEART OF GLASS WAS RELEASED 1978.
THE RAPTURE WAS RELEASED 1980.
Blondie's last hit was MARIA from 1999.
Thought this came out in the 70s. I bought the 45 and i don't remember being in high school yet
Rapture, not THE
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.
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.
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
She's 78. But she was a model, dancer, and playboy bunny. So...yes. Very attractive.
My favorite song of hers was call me. It was in the American gigolo movie with Richard Gere.
Amazing song
We loved to dance when this was released in the late 70s and that disco beat got everyone moving!
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
This was 1978..height of disco era and punk. Brings back great memories.
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.
I believe this was 1978. She had a unique way of blending rock punk and even some disco cool reaction.
Tens of millions of men have succumbed to Debbie's beauty and coolness! Connor is in good company! She's 33 in this video.
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.
Clearly not enough dissing of the industry moguls today with the boring, cookie cutter stuff of those who can't really sing.
Especially her. I loved how she continued with her own thing no matter what.
Blondie "ATOMIC" (original video) is my favorite!! ❤ Debbie is so beautiful and strange in the video. Gotta love her!
Debbie Harry will turn 79 this July. This song came out in 1979.
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 ❤
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
He also toured with the Eurythmics. and played drums on their album.
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.
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
Punk too.😊
You should really listen to 'Dreaming' Clem tears up the drums on that one. I was a fan ever since.
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!
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… ua-cam.com/video/rKBZC0awDNU/v-deo.htmlsi=9Q2pvP08nC2K57gv
But MTV in the States and Much Music in Canada didn't start until 1980 and that's when everyone started watching!
Oh, this young lad understands music very much. I like him
This was the dawning of the video age, she also worked as a Playboy Bunny
She's an American born in Miami , and she used to work as a Playboy Bunny.
She grew up in NJ very close to me. She has an accent
New Jersey kid, and she also worked for the BBC in New York at one point.
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.
@@jacqueline4514 She may have grown up in NJ but she was still born in Miami.
Wow! I didn't know she was from Florida.
When this song hit from the Parallel Lines album in 1978 Debbie Harry was 31 years old.
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
Late 70's, that's how ahead of their time they were, along with The Cars. Debbie is almost 80
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 . . . . . . .
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.
She was stunning woman. Great songs and memories.
You need to do more Blondie !
Their repertoire is varied, tight AF, and very influential
They're still playing and touring
Debbie was one of the most aesthetically gorgeous creatures God ever made (I say this as a straight lady). Complete work of art.
I agree! She’s just a doll
I firmly believe that artists should be awarded credit where credit is due. Four seconds on TikTok does not do that.
"Pretty" - talented, sassy and SEXY! Don't forget, like good music, sexy is ageless. Excellent reaction gentlemen.
and: ♫ ... law, like wine, is ageless... ♫ 😉
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.
Started mid 70s...
Miss those days ❤
The 80's (including the late 70's) birthed Goth and Industrial, as well.
And in 1980s post 2000 life was supposed to be sooo much easier...🤦♂️😂🤪
Born in 73 and my intro to Blondie was The Tide is High and I was hooked from then on.
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.
The thing to me that makes this so perfect is it was coming out of disco and it did it perfectly .
Every guy wanted her and every girl wanted to be her. I saw Blondie many time at CBGB’s.
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.
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. 😂
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.
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! ❤
"Call Me" is a great one too!
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.
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.
Parallel Lines is an iconic Blondie album. I so wanted to be her 😊
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.
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.
This song STILL makes me want to go to the roller rink with my friends 🛼
Debbie Harry was in her mid-thirties
when they released this song.
everyone had a crush on Blondie haha even us woman that were straight lol
True ❤
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!
This song is from 1979. Debrah Harry is 78 now. This is the album version. There is also a disco remix of this
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.
This song absolutely SLAPS.
There's a Disco ball I this video for a reason. Blondie was big in the disco cubs in the late 70's. Debbie was gorgeous.
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.
Blondie is awesome and Debbie Harry was sexy as hell and very wild.
Agree 🖤✨✨
Parallel Lines was released in 1978. Blondie were a Punk band on the underground NYC music scene. PL put them very much in the mainstream.
I think it is good to hear just little bits of music. It is an introduction. A million years ago when I was a kid , we were introduced to classical through the cartoons.
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.
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.
I was absolutely in love with her back then as a young coming of age boy turning into a man, lol
Get into Blondie guys. They have some excellent music. Australian producer, leading edge innovations. Deborah Harry is gorgeous. You won't be disappointed. Punk disco vibe. I'm still in love with this gal!
These young kids have no idea what they missed out on,, some many good groups from the 70's up threw, hell even many from the 60's, awsome music
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
Blondie were very much at the forefront of the punk/new wave movement in the 70's and 80's. Awesome band for sure. Listen to early Blondie for the more punk style.
Debby was a Playboy bunny as well, more than qualified for that gig as well a as a genius song writer and performer.
"New Age low-fi" smart!
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.
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.
Debbie Harry will be 79 on July first of this year.
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 😂
Parallel Lines is a great album, I was 14 (now 59) when this came out, crushed hard on her for years. Great band
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.
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.
These dudes don’t know what a 33 or 45 is. Well, the 40 year old might. But the kid don’t.
Listening to 40 year old music in the 2020s, is like me listening to 1920s music back in the 1960s.
Blondie certainly had a huge influence on 80's New Wave having come up in NYC's downtown rock, glam, synth and punk scene during the 70's, but they're more of a 70's and early 80's band not normally associated with 80's music the way that say the Cure, U2 and REM are even though they too started out in the 70's. But mostly they're timeless and genre-defying, the way that all great bands are. And I still can't believe that Debbie Harry will be 80 next year.
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.
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!
♥ this song!
The album “Parallel Lines” by Blondie (Hart of Glass was part of) was inducted to the National Recording Registry 2024 !!
Debbie Harry - Born July, 1, 1945, in Miami, Florida, making her 79 in 2024.
This was early 1980's, it was when Disco punk rock was morphing into the "New Wave", style.
Electronic keyboards were expanded with many new sounds & capabilities, many that used cards
like the later sega game system used.
It was a period in which gave us a slew of expressive music, it set off the start of the new British Invasion,
from bands like "The Cars", the psychedelic furs, Duran Duran, & solo artists such as Peter Gabriel, Peter Murphy, Brian Ferry, Thomas Dolby.
It was a musical transitionary period in which also vamped up the interest of many earlier 1960's artists such as "Yes", David Bowie,
"Ashes to Ashes", "Let's Dance", China Girl", & even teamed up with Queens lead singer Freddie Mercury with their successful
"Under Pressure".
and even Billy Joel, of which did a remarkable job fitting right into the new wave style of music, "We didn't start the fire".
Later New Wave made a transition into becoming "Post Modern rock".
Studio 54 so it must be the 80's???? Lol smdh aww bless y'all's heart.
Blondie's music can best be described as "dream-like".
And in the late 70's music videos were in their very infancy. This vid is pre- MTV
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.
She took time off, to nurse her very ill husband. Great Lady.
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.
Loved Blondie in the 70's!!
the facts most people miss out on is how this band and especially her, impacted entertainment. She would do a show in Harlem in a club where rap is beginning and work with/promote what would become icons of the genre, then before the night was done, she would go across town and hit a club that would be a heavy Punk Rock and Rock scene, partying with some of the legends of the genre, promoting them and elevating the overall industry. The next night she would start out on some late-night TV show promoting music, like the early video and dance shows, mostly doing Disco, but also promoting the band in shows like SNL as well. After the show, she would go hang out with the SNL crew at their private club, making a reputation as being one of the few people, let alone a woman who is tiny in body mass, who could keep up with famous partying personalities like Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and had a standing invitation to join them any night of the week in their legendary after-parties. When she was done there, she would catch a private jet (usually with a group of celebs) and fly to London where she would perform at London clubs promoting New Age, Punk, Rock, and Disco. Pick a genre, list out the top 40 most influential personalities from 1970-2010, and bet that there is a story or photo that has her and that personality partying, playing, working, or some other socializing at more than a meet-and-greet level. You would win that bet more than a majority of the time as few have made it big and have not had at least this interaction. Blondie's HoF induction speech by Shirly Manson couldn't be more accurate.
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.
Napoleon Dynamite 😂
I can see it especially the guy peeking out from behind the disco ball.
This is what you get when a punk rock band does disco. They also do a great rap song.
Love Blondie ♥ Good music is just good music :) Good reaction!