Debbie Harry and Blondie were a great band. This is a great copy of the Johnny Thunders classic, who I'm sure Debbie was friends with. A very nice tribute
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE DEBBIE and JOHNNY ...CLASSY . I ran into her at some weird art thing years ago and still remember how nice she was . Taking photos at a concert one night she was making faces at me and being so cool dancing in front of me ...and some douche bouncer took my film...would have been great pics ...LOVE YA DEBBIE !
LOL.. couple of haters here.... an old female rocker covers a dead rocker and the "cool police" come on in. Give it up mates.. It's Debbie Harry covering Johnny Thunders? Winners all around.
Charles Montgomery There is some haters on here they believe when you get to a certain age that you should quit what you love doing. I have been a Debbie fan all my life, I love her for the courage that she has.
Charles Montgomery I'm not so sure u know what u'r talking about. When Johnny T. first saw Wendy O performing., he was SO smitten, u hv no idea how! About (1978 to 1990) video that had also come WAY to late, for Johnny to Ever truly fall in love with Wendy O, but I guarantee u, had he still (and her too), been alive they would had been married by early 1991, and would had possibly BOTH survived all of that CRAP.
svagrod Just wanted to reassure you! I still like Blondie, but NOT as an "elderly lady" pretending to still be in her 20's!!! And don't think for a second, that Johnny Thunders "looked up" to her!!?!? Johnny always knew that "Blondie" sucked!
I think this is a terrific cover, but it's still one step behind the Ronnie Spector's cover. I mean, that song had Joey Ramone in it, right before he passed away
Debbie is cooler than anyone who slags on Debbie. She sings great and I'm glad to find it. Let her do what she wants, it's her life. If you don't agree you may have fascist tendencies.
She looks awesome.So what she wore shorts.She looked great.And I'm sure she wore them because that's her signature costume style.Haters and jealousy stop it.
i read shes 66,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bloddy hell shes still stunning she looks better than she did on the original comeback of 92,,,,,so plastic surgedy can work,,,,,,,i still luv you debs just like i did in 78
I just wish people would give up trying to cover this song. It says is in the song 'don't try'. If I ever hear a good cover I'll be the first to admit it. x
That's my problem too maybe you feel differently about this but for me it was a great song when johnny was doing it but not when others did it, like when people cover little wing by Jimi Hendrix it's like give up!
So many viewers and song chasers can't believe she chose to cover Johnny Thunders' "Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory"?!?!?! Part of what made both Debbie Harry and Johnny Thunders so charming downtown were their 'family values.' Like me and our Flushing 'hoodies, we all got our 'family values' and formed our horizons of upward mobility and marriage from the same source. Those 39 perpetually rerun episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS! Nine minutes and nine seconds into this medley of HONEYMOONERS lines at Pere Ubu's expense and you'll see where Johnny Thunders copped his line and the context for his ballad on enduring love (and perhaps love handles...): ua-cam.com/video/-C3MwuhK09M/v-deo.html To quote Queens scriptures from our yoot raised on reruns: That's Episode #7 of The Honeymooners eternal 39 filmed TV weeks. Name of the episode, aptly, BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION... And from Jared Kushner's orange paged newspaper this nifty piece of rock joy-nalism that also cites Thunders pulling lines from THE HONEYMOONERS, then Parquet Court quoting the quotes: observer.com/2016/11/parquet-courts-write-melodies-abandoned-in-the-key-of-new-york/ Anyone for a cover of Allen Toussaint's "My Mother In Law"? Mitch Ritter\Paradigm Sifters, Shifters and Song Chasers Lay-Low Studios, Ore-Wa Media Disc-US-sion List
So many haters. People forget about where misic came from & the fact that it has evolved ever since. Bruno Mars,Miley Cyrus, Gaga, etc. are all manufactured, insincere examples of what they call music today. Somewhere around the mid-nineties, Rock & Roll got highjacked by meaningless garbage.
Back in junior high, I had a poster of her. Everyone thought that I lusted over her, but I just loved her music. Now that I'm older and know all about lust to well, I can say that I hung that poster because I loved her music. I thought she was hot, but I never fantasized about her sexually, ever. Until, I saw this video.
If you go the beach you see woman older in less what is the prob. She looks amazing for her age here. She's on a stage, it's summer and it's hot she wants to show off and be effortlessly cool in more ways than one. Some "strange" have a problem with that and can't handle or get their little's head around it. the fact is they can do what the fuck they want any time they want. Live live live till your very last breath.
+bingbong U r absolutely right +bingbong about "till the last breath". Except, some of them "punk rockers" didn't live up to their potential. Like (especially) Debbie Harry, or Courtney ("Cobain") Love!
Debbie Harry is the prototype of every woman in popular music from 1976 till now, She is more respected than any other woman in popular music on the scene to this day. She is 70 yrs old and still packing the crowds in around the world. Blondie was the biggest group in the world from 1978/1982 name another female fronted band that has been the biggest in the world. Now how did she never lived up to their potential being on top of the world. We are surrounded by over sexual sluts now. I think we can call them porn stars with a computer for a voice. To of the biggest stars at the moment Gaga and Madonna you can see where there influence come from it goes way back to 1976 both have said Debbie was a influence. Mind you Gaga looks like she is on her way out shelf life and all. Courtney Love and the rest are all wannabes of what came before. Debbie did it all before them and she did it in style beauty talent and could sing any form of music and was respected. No one can take that way from her to this day. She was never computerized like everyone in this music business today. Oh and she is in the rock n roll hall of fame. She also wrote the first Rap song to hit number one in the USA in 1980. Go look on UA-cam at The One Show with Debbie Harry. A interview she did recently, you will see how people respect her around the world and in the music business.
I TRULY respect your opinion. BUT, when Debbie Harry was at her best, she faced a stiff competition from girls like Patty Smith, and Wendy O. Williams. I STILL don't feel like any one of us should lay down on her laurels, cause the OTHER ladies were so much better, and closer to the truth!!! And then came many more, much better than Debbie, or Courtney "Love" Cobain.
When Debbie Harry was at her height she ruled the world. The females of her generation you mentioned though very good paled by her comparison they never come close to the height she reached. Wendy O Williams was really only famous in the USA. that is the truth. These two females where one trick ponies they could only sing with one voice to promote their music and still do to this day except for Wendy who passed away. As I stated Debbie could and still does sing any type genre of music and that is what people over look she sings pop, rock, disco, rap, jazz, ballads, country, new wave, power pop Latino and folk you name it she has done it. Tell me another female who has that much talent? Those who came after her at least 95% where influenced by her and at least 95% are computer enhanced that's fact.
Johnny Thunders, not bad for a rocker with a heroin addiction who didn't sell out and play disco just so his band can be on a major label. Many years after his death and bands like Guns N Roses, Blondie, that Ronnie chick...with Joey Ramone doing back up vocals and whoever I didn't mention cause maybe they're not worth mentioning, cover his song. Personally, I hate covers, perfer a band that'll write something so good, other bands wish they had thought of it. And if you thought "hanging on the telephone" is a Blondie original, you're a oogle. Original artist, the Nerves.
What do you mean he was a heroin addict who didn't try and sell out and be on a major label. No major label wanted him when the Heartbreakers were in their prime and peak best in 1977 because they were rampant heroin addicts. Why do you think they got dumped with Track Records who were in fact on the verge of Bankruptcy. They thought they were signed to Track but they were signed to the Chris Stamp record label. Thunders wanted fame and a lot of money and a private island but when being a junkie is your first priority it sort of gets in the way of your real job of being in a band.
Ms. Harry was 65 when this was made, she is 70 today. Sadly she's seen here still selling an imitation of youth that in the end comes off with a faint whiff of desperation. Why not embrace the grace and wisdom that comes with age? Wouldn't a long black gown have been more soulful and real here than an image of a costumed grandma in a mini-skirt? The lower East Side is now a wasteland of trust fund kids and uptown types paying $3 grand a month rents, about as dangerous as instant coffee. CBGB is long gone. The Ramones tragically dead along with Johnny Anthony (Genzale) Thunders, whose anthem of loss rings true- you can't put your arms around a memory.
Franz Kafka imitation of youth? how old r u? u sound young...and so full of judgement...display so little wisdom... Deborah Harry is testimony that rock 'n roll is ageless, timeless.
Franz Kafka Put your fucking name and your fucking picture up, be a real person and people might listen. They'd still conclude that you're a nob, but at least you'd know they listened.
Kevin Edwards Maybe Debbie, even in a "granny dress", and w/a shawl might not "look too good". But, she could possibly remind us all of Billy Crystal pretending to be Lorenzo Llamas on SNL, saying: "It's ALWAYS better to look good, than to feel good"!
Tundigirl and +Franz Kafka. Had u know ANYTHING about the REAL Franz Kafka, you'd had realized how bizzare he would have had considered someone like Debbie Harry. UNLIKE a LADY like Wendy O.
She was 61 here and GORGEOUS!!!!!
65! born in '45. great legs! great performance here.
I definitely would
@@neillp3827 Haha, Same.
i just cried,,,
Johnny was my teenage hero.
Debbie Harry and Blondie were a great band. This is a great copy of the Johnny Thunders classic, who I'm sure Debbie was friends with. A very nice tribute
of course, they were close - very, very close
@@vitalskislangenmens1285 they shared the same spoon back in the day
She was friends with every punk guy
One of the few bands I'd pay to watch them sing their ABC's and be interested.
Sings better than ever. Great tribute, best version so far.
the best version cannot be anything other than ronnie spector's (obviously) but blondie did a great job
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE DEBBIE and JOHNNY ...CLASSY . I ran into her at some weird art thing years ago and still remember how nice she was . Taking photos at a concert one night she was making faces at me and being so cool dancing in front of me ...and some douche bouncer took my film...would have been great pics ...LOVE YA DEBBIE !
what?! took your film?!
LOL.. couple of haters here.... an old female rocker covers a dead rocker and the "cool police" come on in.
Give it up mates.. It's Debbie Harry covering Johnny Thunders? Winners all around.
Charles Montgomery There is some haters on here they believe when you get to a certain age that you should quit what you love doing. I have been a Debbie fan all my life, I love her for the courage that she has.
Charles Montgomery I'm not so sure u know what u'r talking about. When Johnny T. first saw Wendy O performing., he was SO smitten, u hv no idea how! About (1978 to 1990) video that had also come WAY to late, for Johnny to Ever truly fall in love with Wendy O, but I guarantee u, had he still (and her too), been alive they would had been married by early 1991, and would had possibly BOTH survived all of that CRAP.
I know right. Show the man some respect, he passed away.
+Charles Montgomery ...This is great/Blondie sang with Johnny back in the 70's...........R.I.P. To Johnny and so much more...........
svagrod Just wanted to reassure you! I still like Blondie, but NOT as an "elderly lady" pretending to still be in her 20's!!!
And don't think for a second, that Johnny Thunders "looked up" to her!!?!? Johnny always knew that "Blondie" sucked!
A wonderful reflective and perfect version of Johnny's song....from someone who had to have known him well. Maybe, just maybe my fave cover!
I think this is a terrific cover, but it's still one step behind the Ronnie Spector's cover. I mean, that song had Joey Ramone in it, right before he passed away
Beautiful....all the way.
Only Debbie has the class the clout and the heritage to pull this off.
And Ronnie….🙂
I love this version!
They're still a GREAT BAND❤️❤️❤️👁️👁️💥💥
Excellent cover of a wonderful song. Thanks Jonnhy and Debbie 👏👏
Debbie is cooler than anyone who slags on Debbie. She sings great and I'm glad to find it. Let her do what she wants, it's her life. If you don't agree you may have fascist tendencies.
Great gig, song, RIP Johnny Thunders, Blonde you still rule!
RIP Johnny Thunders
Everytime I hear a Thunders song it makes me melancholic. All those halcyon Wardour Street nights...
I was there for most of them too.
I was a friend of Lee Childers back in those days and Thunders knew him well, he told me not to do drugs.....
You go girl!! I love Debbie Harry.
Loved this deep powerful voice...!
i think she sounds and looks great still
Not a big an of Blondie but Paying tribute to Johnny Thunder awesome thanks for doing it!
Good shit, and she looks great.....Johnny digs it!
she is legend!
Awesome, 70's Punkers wooow
She looks awesome.So what she wore shorts.She looked great.And I'm sure she wore them because that's her signature costume style.Haters and jealousy stop it.
Decent rendition of one of the best tunes ever written
Great version. I just wish it was a duet
The upcoming tour with THE DAMNED should be interesting !!!
2022 .
Sounds great!
So good.
i read shes 66,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,bloddy hell shes still stunning she looks better than she did on the original comeback of 92,,,,,so plastic surgedy can work,,,,,,,i still luv you debs just like i did in 78
Saw Debbie 2 nights at The Rat in Boston in "76",4 great sets.
I like this.
Woooo!!!
dang she's still in great shape here
Lifetime fan of Blondie and Ms. Harry but never heard of Johnny Thunders?
John Suda Johnny was a great Guitarist/songwriter he was in a band called the New York Dolls in 1971 which influenced a lot of 70s bands
Johnny Still Alive And Well ....... In Universe !
Great version. I thought she had lost her voice, but apparently not.
When?
I just wish people would give up trying to cover this song. It says is in the song 'don't try'. If I ever hear a good cover I'll be the first to admit it. x
That's my problem too maybe you feel differently about this but for me it was a great song when johnny was doing it but not when others did it, like when people cover little wing by Jimi Hendrix it's like give up!
So many viewers and song chasers can't believe she chose to cover Johnny Thunders' "Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory"?!?!?! Part of what made both Debbie Harry and Johnny Thunders so charming downtown were their 'family values.' Like me and our Flushing 'hoodies, we all got our 'family values' and formed our horizons of upward mobility and marriage from the same source. Those 39 perpetually rerun episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS!
Nine minutes and nine seconds into this medley of HONEYMOONERS lines at Pere Ubu's expense and you'll see where Johnny Thunders copped his line and the context for his ballad on enduring love (and perhaps love handles...):
ua-cam.com/video/-C3MwuhK09M/v-deo.html
To quote Queens scriptures from our yoot raised on reruns: That's Episode #7 of The Honeymooners eternal 39 filmed TV weeks. Name of the episode, aptly, BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION...
And from Jared Kushner's orange paged newspaper this nifty piece of rock joy-nalism that also cites Thunders pulling lines from THE HONEYMOONERS, then Parquet Court quoting the quotes:
observer.com/2016/11/parquet-courts-write-melodies-abandoned-in-the-key-of-new-york/
Anyone for a cover of Allen Toussaint's "My Mother In Law"?
Mitch Ritter\Paradigm Sifters, Shifters and Song Chasers
Lay-Low Studios, Ore-Wa
Media Disc-US-sion List
She's from jersey like me and a suburb...but when she met Chris stein she was Debbie from NY
Wow!
One of the greatest heroin song's ever
So many haters. People forget about where misic came from & the fact that it has evolved ever since. Bruno Mars,Miley Cyrus, Gaga, etc. are all manufactured, insincere examples of what they call music today. Somewhere around the mid-nineties, Rock & Roll got highjacked by meaningless garbage.
Something called emocore
She was a Stiletto girl for god sakes
Back in junior high, I had a poster of her. Everyone thought that I lusted over her, but I just loved her music. Now that I'm older and know all about lust to well, I can say that I hung that poster because I loved her music. I thought she was hot, but I never fantasized about her sexually, ever. Until, I saw this video.
If you go the beach you see woman older in less what is the prob. She looks amazing for her age here. She's on a stage, it's summer and it's hot she wants to show off and be effortlessly cool in more ways than one. Some "strange" have a problem with that and can't handle or get their little's head around it. the fact is they can do what the fuck they want any time they want. Live live live till your very last breath.
+bingbong U r absolutely right +bingbong about "till the last breath". Except, some of them "punk rockers" didn't live up to their potential.
Like (especially) Debbie Harry, or Courtney ("Cobain") Love!
Debbie Harry is the prototype of every woman in popular music from 1976 till now, She is more respected than any other woman in popular music on the scene to this day. She is 70 yrs old and still packing the crowds in around the world. Blondie was the biggest group in the world from 1978/1982 name another female fronted band that has been the biggest in the world. Now how did she never lived up to their potential being on top of the world. We are surrounded by over sexual sluts now. I think we can call them porn stars with a computer for a voice. To of the biggest stars at the moment Gaga and Madonna you can see where there influence come from it goes way back to 1976 both have said Debbie was a influence. Mind you Gaga looks like she is on her way out shelf life and all. Courtney Love and the rest are all wannabes of what came before. Debbie did it all before them and she did it in style beauty talent and could sing any form of music and was respected. No one can take that way from her to this day. She was never computerized like everyone in this music business today. Oh and she is in the rock n roll hall of fame. She also wrote the first Rap song to hit number one in the USA in 1980. Go look on UA-cam at The One Show with Debbie Harry. A interview she did recently, you will see how people respect her around the world and in the music business.
I TRULY respect your opinion. BUT, when Debbie Harry was at her best, she faced a stiff competition from girls like Patty Smith, and Wendy O. Williams.
I STILL don't feel like any one of us should lay down on her laurels, cause the OTHER ladies were so much better, and closer to the truth!!! And then came many more, much better than Debbie, or Courtney "Love" Cobain.
When Debbie Harry was at her height she ruled the world. The females of her generation you mentioned though very good paled by her comparison they never come close to the height she reached. Wendy O Williams was really only famous in the USA. that is the truth. These two females where one trick ponies they could only sing with one voice to promote their music and still do to this day except for Wendy who passed away. As I stated Debbie could and still does sing any type genre of music and that is what people over look she sings pop, rock, disco, rap, jazz, ballads, country, new wave, power pop Latino and folk you name it she has done it. Tell me another female who has that much talent? Those who came after her at least 95% where influenced by her and at least 95% are computer enhanced that's fact.
bingbong True! Speaking of non-computer enhanced contemporary female singers, here is one: /watch?v=RFum5vGnIMA
probably remembering her Stiletto days.
at 3am or any time for that matter this singer
Wow
El único cover que me gusta de este temazo de Johnny Thinders
Debbie still has a nice set of...lungs.
Sounding and looking great; wish she ditched her wig though.
Nvr knew they covered this song😮what year is this?
Sounds a bit like Ronnie Spectors version on the verse
@johndid The video 16:9 stretched upward into 4:3 she is not that slim ! Uploaded wrong
Johnny Thunders, not bad for a rocker with a heroin addiction who didn't sell out and play disco just so his band can be on a major label. Many years after his death and bands like Guns N Roses, Blondie, that Ronnie chick...with Joey Ramone doing back up vocals and whoever I didn't mention cause maybe they're not worth mentioning, cover his song. Personally, I hate covers, perfer a band that'll write something so good, other bands wish they had thought of it. And if you thought "hanging on the telephone" is a Blondie original, you're a oogle. Original artist, the Nerves.
Peter Case
Peter Case
Peter Case IS in the band the Nerves
What do you mean he was a heroin addict who didn't try and sell out and be on a major label.
No major label wanted him when the Heartbreakers were in their prime and peak best in 1977 because they were rampant heroin addicts.
Why do you think they got dumped with Track Records who were in fact on the verge of Bankruptcy.
They thought they were signed to Track but they were signed to the Chris Stamp record label.
Thunders wanted fame and a lot of money and a private island but when being a junkie is your first priority it sort of gets in the way of your real job of being in a band.
Didn't really like it
Ms. Harry was 65 when this was made, she is 70 today. Sadly she's seen here still selling an imitation of youth that in the end comes off with a faint whiff of desperation. Why not embrace the grace and wisdom that comes with age? Wouldn't a long black gown have been more soulful and real here than an image of a costumed grandma in a mini-skirt? The lower East Side is now a wasteland of trust fund kids and uptown types paying $3 grand a month rents, about as dangerous as instant coffee. CBGB is long gone. The Ramones tragically dead along with Johnny Anthony (Genzale) Thunders, whose anthem of loss rings true- you can't put your arms around a memory.
Franz Kafka I'll send her a message and tell her to put on a granny dress with a shaw, maybe that would look good.
Franz Kafka imitation of youth? how old r u? u sound young...and so full of judgement...display so little wisdom... Deborah Harry is testimony that rock 'n roll is ageless, timeless.
Franz Kafka Put your fucking name and your fucking picture up, be a real person and people might listen. They'd still conclude that you're a nob, but at least you'd know they listened.
Kevin Edwards Maybe Debbie, even in a "granny dress", and w/a shawl might not "look too good". But, she could possibly remind us all of Billy Crystal pretending to be Lorenzo Llamas on SNL, saying: "It's ALWAYS better to look good, than to feel good"!
Tundigirl and +Franz Kafka. Had u know ANYTHING about the REAL Franz Kafka, you'd had realized how bizzare he would have had considered someone like Debbie Harry. UNLIKE a LADY like Wendy O.
Debby is one of the most overrated singer in the story . Just a few hits , somehow sexy , the voice, nothing special .
I totally agree