Blondie (Debbie Harry & Chris Stein)- Interview - 1981 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

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  • @nycinstyle
    @nycinstyle 3 місяці тому +12

    Debbie Harry turned age 36 that year in this video, she looks maybe 25, so beautiful. I was a kid in 8th grade when they first made it big. One of the first acts shown on MTV, I was often tuning in to see her and listen to her sing. And I was then and still am a huge Led Zeppelin fan. Wasn't typically into pop music then, liked the rock bands. She just got it going on, really pretty girl, great vocals.

  • @kevgh3869
    @kevgh3869 Рік тому +40

    She's so real and down to earth! Still today with all her success.

  • @carlosayala736
    @carlosayala736 Рік тому +34

    She’s absolutely incredibly stunning!!!!!!

  • @jaystechroom
    @jaystechroom 2 роки тому +38

    I’m 31. Getting into blondie now more than ever and many female fronted bands. Rock n roll man!!

    • @spacejockey4746
      @spacejockey4746 Рік тому +1

      Eleven’s self-titled album (1994) and Garbage’s debut (1995).

    • @paulinportsva4464
      @paulinportsva4464 6 місяців тому

      Not many as cool as Blondie and their music spans over 40 years! I'm really impressed with yeah yeah yeahs latest release "cool it down". She is, like Debbie Harry, a great entertainer.

    • @artlover1477
      @artlover1477 4 місяці тому +1

      Total Blondie fan here too. Your post was from a few years ago, but dont neglect their first two albums, "Blondie" and "Plastic Letters". Great stuff!!!

  • @morghan_with_an_h
    @morghan_with_an_h 2 роки тому +36

    I absolutely love Debbie. Young and old! She is my inspiration and muse!

    • @flickwtchr
      @flickwtchr Рік тому +3

      Hopefully you have checked out video from her latest album release tour at age 78. She looks amazing and fit for her age, and though her voice of course isn't the same as a young woman she still sounds amazing and the band totally rocks.
      Search for her performance at the Isle of Wright Festival if you haven't already. She got a lot of love from that audience, and there were a lot of young women there which must have been very moving for her to appreciate.

  • @mariacontos2715
    @mariacontos2715 Рік тому +10

    Debbie is amazing!! a unique talent!!

  • @bondwin7025
    @bondwin7025 2 роки тому +13

    The late 70s and 80's were the best Era !!!! Music 🎶 ART ,FASHION AND CHIC !!!!!!!!

  • @onlyme219
    @onlyme219 2 роки тому +99

    Debbie was the reason as a young boy I realized I like women, thank you, Debbie.

    • @spacejockey4746
      @spacejockey4746 Рік тому +2

      Mine was Josie from the Pussycats.

    • @onlyme219
      @onlyme219 Рік тому +2

      @@spacejockey4746 Good choice 👍

    • @ShaeferGriffin-it9nx
      @ShaeferGriffin-it9nx 8 місяців тому

      Same, and I hadn't even seen her face yet. I was 4 or 5 the first time I heard Call Me. I fell in love just hearing her voice.

    • @theenglishalpinist5031
      @theenglishalpinist5031 5 днів тому +1

      Same! When I was 11 and told she was 30 something I couldn't process it!

  • @kfing1
    @kfing1 Рік тому +15

    Fricking stunning and intelligent lady

  • @michaelm2998
    @michaelm2998 2 роки тому +17

    AutoAmerican is one of the greatest albums of all time!

    • @nomiddlenamenmn427
      @nomiddlenamenmn427 2 роки тому +3

      I agree. Angels on the Balcony is haunting & exquisite.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      Two really great songs (Suzy and Jeffrey, Angels On The Balcony), but other than that it’s pretty much the point where I kind of started losing interest in their new releases. I mean yes, it’s a very diverse album and that’s definitely worth noting, but for me it just doesn’t have the same level of consistency that the previous albums had. Still, it’s much better than the album that came next.

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Shikta-poobah67 live it up and do the dark r underrated,

  • @scottward6974
    @scottward6974 3 роки тому +42

    Wowee Debbie is a total smoke show! I think my new favorite color is green!

    • @racheltheehermit7314
      @racheltheehermit7314 2 роки тому +6

      Kermit taught her well. I remember seeing them together on The Muppet Show. 😉

  • @diegoshepherd3464
    @diegoshepherd3464 11 місяців тому +2

    Debbie is the best....so real, cool.....

  • @garysarratt1
    @garysarratt1 3 роки тому +57

    Celebrities would dress nice and be respectful and polite; I miss that era.

    • @OwenAllRound
      @OwenAllRound 3 роки тому +20

      Have you ever seen Lou Reed or The Sex Pistols being interviewed in their prime?

    • @frankie3041
      @frankie3041 2 роки тому +4

      Watch Iggy Pop’s interview from 1979 on Australia’s ‘Countdown’. It’s on UA-cam.

    • @clintstewart5545
      @clintstewart5545 2 роки тому

      @@frankie3041 i don't wanna watch it what happens give me a summary

    • @clarissamoll666
      @clarissamoll666 2 роки тому +2

      @@clintstewart5545 lazy

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      Oh please. There were plenty of smug, disrespectful assholes to go around back then. Maybe even more actually. I miss that era too, but for more realistic reasons. It’s time to put down the rose-tinted glasses and return to reality.

  • @brunoblalack345
    @brunoblalack345 Рік тому +4

    The Greatest Blonde that ever Rocked

  • @zombywoof864
    @zombywoof864 2 роки тому +8

    Next to my wife debby is one of the most gorgeous women to have ever walked the planet.

  • @Fluke_Starbucker
    @Fluke_Starbucker 2 роки тому +7

    Damn she was sooo gorgeous back then, it's too bad we all have to get old.😔

    • @jojojojo5353
      @jojojojo5353 2 роки тому

      yeah GOD SUX

    • @yoooohooooo
      @yoooohooooo Рік тому +2

      Well good that she isn't old yet

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      @@yoooohoooooShe isn’t exactly in the prime of her youth either. I mean, it is what it is. That’s what happens when you don’t die young and leave a pretty corpse. It doesn’t make her any less beautiful… but 78 is definitely “gettin’ up there”, ya know?

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 8 місяців тому

      If we didn't get old we would be immortal and that would be even worse so

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 4 місяці тому +1

      She’s still beautiful though. :)

  • @undergroundgirl74
    @undergroundgirl74 2 роки тому +10

    she's so hot

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 роки тому

      Wow Christ stein must've not been the jealous hey that's my girl type....Iggy pop was happy to say the least

  • @Scalihoo
    @Scalihoo 3 роки тому +13

    6 # 1's in England ? , hmmm me Scottish mum would correct him , that's the UK :)

    • @michaelrochester48
      @michaelrochester48 3 роки тому +5

      United States we colloquially call great Britain or the UK, England although we kind of know it is wrong

    • @Scalihoo
      @Scalihoo 3 роки тому +1

      @@michaelrochester48 👍

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 2 роки тому

      @@michaelrochester48 Don’t worry about it too much,the Scots and Irish and Welsh are somewhat of an irrelevance and irritant to most of us in England too 😅😀🤣🤩😁😆

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      @@mjh5437At least they’re not a bunch of stuffy colonizing inbreeders with pointed ears who are an irritant to the entire world, the way the English are.

    • @Oh-Monkey
      @Oh-Monkey 13 днів тому

      @@mjh5437 ouch!

  • @christmasmonster723
    @christmasmonster723 3 роки тому +12

    Merv, Merv ... gotta watch that body language ... too thirsty bro!

    • @jamesbronson8713
      @jamesbronson8713 2 роки тому +6

      He was gay...

    • @jackpast
      @jackpast 2 місяці тому

      Standard Merv. Didn’t matter who the guest was.

  • @walcoman
    @walcoman 2 роки тому +6

    Rupture? Guess that bad wig sucked all the intelligence from his brain. 😂 😒

  • @muppetmuffins1295
    @muppetmuffins1295 Рік тому +2

    1:33 - 1:56

  • @sarahjct
    @sarahjct 2 роки тому +4

    Blimey, does he want to sit in that seat with her?

  • @JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf
    @JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf 9 місяців тому

    Who's the dork?

  • @muppetmuffins1295
    @muppetmuffins1295 Рік тому +1

    4:30 - 4:59

  • @alicethegreat7497
    @alicethegreat7497 Рік тому

    STAGE DOOR JOHNNIES😂😂😂
    Oh. Merv.

  • @guyreid8692
    @guyreid8692 Рік тому +3

    Creepy interviewer

  • @Fan_dei_Blondie
    @Fan_dei_Blondie 4 місяці тому

    Debbie Harry mi ricorda Sandro Pertini che racconta quando Ha visto Benito Mussolini 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dosfuegos
    @dosfuegos 2 роки тому +2

    Weinstein’s uncle n older brother?!

  • @danilogiannibirolo1187
    @danilogiannibirolo1187 2 роки тому +2

    Debbie kissed in mouth one of them!

  • @gh0st_0f_b0b_chandler
    @gh0st_0f_b0b_chandler Рік тому

    lime isn't my color but got daing if isn't Debbys

  • @chelseapoet3664
    @chelseapoet3664 7 місяців тому

    FFS the second guy gave her a great big kiss on the mouth. What a chancer

  • @clownworldinc.4801
    @clownworldinc.4801 3 роки тому +10

    He’s fooled the world for decades. They all have . Good job “ Harry”. They did a great job on this one..🤫

  • @mrjohncharlesbrown
    @mrjohncharlesbrown 2 роки тому

    I would

  • @KasManianDevil2012
    @KasManianDevil2012 3 роки тому +4

    Debbie Harry or Harry Debbie? Good job fooling the masses young man🤫🤫🤫

    • @Lori66angel
      @Lori66angel 2 роки тому +1

      There's pics of her as a little girl.in Jersey and her yearbook. People in Jersey knew her from highschool

    • @joelane7146
      @joelane7146 2 роки тому

      I heard she was a dude?

    • @johndean4765
      @johndean4765 Рік тому

      KasManianDevil if your inferring Debbie is not female some people will believe anything and you are one of them.Debbie Harry is female for 100%certain.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      The collective IQ here doesn’t even quite qualify for a single digit.

  • @Thrym
    @Thrym 2 роки тому +18

    Them legs. Omg. She was so gorgious.

  • @blakemcnamara9105
    @blakemcnamara9105 2 роки тому +10

    Chris Stein looks like a senator or something here.

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому

      This was right around the time he started becoming ill. He almost looked older during that period (early 80’s) than he does today. That was a rough patch for him.

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 10 місяців тому

      @@Shikta-poobah67 I heard he's sick, can't perform in concert anymore, he's 72

    • @EphemeralProductions
      @EphemeralProductions 4 місяці тому

      Yep that was his appearance and style back then. I like it. :).

  • @leahflower9924
    @leahflower9924 2 роки тому +6

    Give credit to Frank infante he was the real punk in the group 😎

  • @thinman8621
    @thinman8621 11 місяців тому +5

    And she can sing. Wow!

  • @riobabic8960
    @riobabic8960 2 місяці тому +1

    The greatest thing about Blondie is they don’t just stick to the same formula !

  • @axehound3718
    @axehound3718 3 роки тому +18

    Awesome that the band has never changed a member (except the passing of the other guitarist RIP)!

    • @morghan_with_an_h
      @morghan_with_an_h 2 роки тому

      Jimmy Destri is the only long time member no longer in the band

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +3

      They’ve changed members a few times. Gary Valentine, who played guitar on the first album left in 1977. Nigel Harrison and Frank Infante made their first appearance on Parallel Lines, and did not return when Blondie reunited in the 90’s. As someone else mentioned, Jimmy Destri, their keyboard player since 1975 left in 2004, and several other members have come and gone over the years, including Fred Smith (their original bassist), Ivan Kral, Billy O’Connor, Paul Carbonara, Kevin Patrick, Jimi Bones, and Leigh Foxx.

  • @diggersouth
    @diggersouth 3 роки тому +4

    Bad interview by the host.

  • @satansearwax5374
    @satansearwax5374 3 роки тому +6

    Simpler times I say .....

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому

      Compared to today, maybe… but that definitely wasn’t the feeling at the time. In the 80’s everyone was longing for the 60’s, which themselves were a pretty explosive, complicated era… and I’d be willing to bet any amount of money that if you were to time travel 20-25 years into the future, people would be longing for *THIS* timeframe, as crazy as that sounds. That’s just how it goes.

  • @RandomEarthCinema
    @RandomEarthCinema 3 роки тому +6

    Cohost planting a really lingered embrace with Deb! Eek!

    • @JohnSmith-gq9gn
      @JohnSmith-gq9gn 3 роки тому +6

      He did the exact same thing that Mike did except he was further away from Debbie than Mike. Therefore it took an extra second than Mike to make the quick kiss. You're making something out of nothing cuz you're one of those "offended by everything" snowflakes.

    • @marianat1393
      @marianat1393 7 місяців тому

      @@leighbennett1961 well that's called sexual assault so I guess we can blame him!

  • @EF-fc4du
    @EF-fc4du Рік тому +6

    I just don't get how this guy landed Debbie Harry.

    • @Savagemode09
      @Savagemode09 Рік тому

      Just because she's hot she's not into intelligent and great of people right? Maybe she was really into him and he saw potential in her s*** happens and they're so best friends maybe stop hating and actually do something meaningful in your linstead of spewing dumb a** hate

    • @EF-fc4du
      @EF-fc4du Рік тому

      @@Savagemode09 She's not going to fuck you bro.

    • @thinkingallowed7042
      @thinkingallowed7042 Рік тому +3

      I agree but incredible talent goes a long way. He never married her anyway and they broke up. What a waste.

    • @Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry
      @Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Рік тому +2

      One of the great mysteries of the universe...perhaps he was Milton Berle's nephew?

    • @QuicksilverSG
      @QuicksilverSG Рік тому +5

      Chris Stein was the brains behind Blondie's musical success. Women like Debbie Harry quickly get used to being the center of attention, and look for a partner who can take them places they can't safely negotiate on their own. Stein helped tailor Harry's ultracool stage presence and cynically romantic vocals to appeal to the kind of male fans who obsess over intimately unobtainable dream girls. At the same time, Stein was careful to remain in the background, insuring Harry appeared seductively available to her fans.

  • @nomiddlenamenmn427
    @nomiddlenamenmn427 2 роки тому +11

    Debbie was not a girl. She was/is a mega-watt woman. She & Chris were an adorable, gifted couple.

  • @Happyboymargarine
    @Happyboymargarine 4 місяці тому

    There isn’t a bad angle to her face. She couldn’t take a bad picture if she tried

  • @76kamikazi
    @76kamikazi 9 місяців тому +1

    Mike wasn’t interested in Debbie,he was checking Mike out.

  • @jeffreyedwards767
    @jeffreyedwards767 4 місяці тому +1

    ♡ I love her forever & ever

  • @JoopZweetsok
    @JoopZweetsok Місяць тому

    Debbie was my youth crush 😜😜😜😜😜😜

  • @KevinRyan-MouthAlmighty
    @KevinRyan-MouthAlmighty 2 місяці тому

    Just curious, you guys have the rights to Merv Griffin ?

  • @mjp96
    @mjp96 Рік тому +1

    what a great interviewee!

  • @henry-bo3np
    @henry-bo3np 2 роки тому +6

    1981. The tide was high 🙂

  • @supermarkmusic
    @supermarkmusic Рік тому +1

    Peak America ❤

  • @crapple009
    @crapple009 Рік тому +1

    @2:48 Back off, Merv, back off..

    • @Shikta-poobah67
      @Shikta-poobah67 Рік тому +1

      Perv Griffin. Must’ve had the hots for Chris.

  • @paulhart3812
    @paulhart3812 6 місяців тому

    Great Blondie interview. Never saw this.
    Please release the interview with another Chrysalis artist, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull from 1974.

  • @DOUGDONUT
    @DOUGDONUT 5 місяців тому

    All fucking leaning in warriors

  • @secpac58chichi
    @secpac58chichi 8 місяців тому

    Frankie Crocker - WBLS - did you take a bath with him ?

  • @nadeydaquiroz4051
    @nadeydaquiroz4051 3 місяці тому

    La más bella cantante de todos los tiempos

  • @santiagosantiago687
    @santiagosantiago687 2 роки тому

    It's like past interviewing the future 😁

  • @leobewley375
    @leobewley375 2 роки тому +5

    Did that second dude in the cheap hairpiece kiss her on the lips? The f*ck?!

    • @danilogiannibirolo1187
      @danilogiannibirolo1187 2 роки тому +1

      yeah!!! kissed on the lips!!! so cool with this look Debbie!!

    • @danilogiannibirolo1187
      @danilogiannibirolo1187 2 роки тому

      but who is the cheap hairf...k she kissed on lips?

    • @Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry
      @Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Рік тому

      She should have mussed his hair, turned the piece backwards, and left it that way. Merv's response would have been a joy to behold.

  • @louiesmom007
    @louiesmom007 Рік тому

    Lol they were so high

    • @louiesmom007
      @louiesmom007 Рік тому

      Uhhhh.. her biography.
      Good try at a "gotcha", though.🙄

  • @harryknackers7892
    @harryknackers7892 2 роки тому

    I still love you, Debbie! I know, I know, we've been through a lot - but I forgive you!

  • @jamesfree3185
    @jamesfree3185 3 роки тому +1

    She is a he!!!

    • @debbiechambers6424
      @debbiechambers6424 3 роки тому +10

      You are a she!

    • @aldenunion
      @aldenunion 3 роки тому +8

      Not a chance in hell,100% fine NJ female right there and an entire era of boy's aged to men will vouch for that..

    • @user-wk2qp8cp8x
      @user-wk2qp8cp8x 3 роки тому +9

      You are drunk🥴

    • @nigel65deck
      @nigel65deck 3 роки тому +1

      only in the you tube comments....in spite of your protected anonymous cowardice

    • @leahflower9924
      @leahflower9924 2 роки тому +2

      @@aldenunion I'm a Jersey girl Debbie wanted to be associated with NY...clem burke and frank infante were the most punk and proud to be from jersey

  • @Spencerlayne
    @Spencerlayne Рік тому

    I thought she was English