@@nelsonx5326 that whole movement was named post punk in more recent times - along with groups like ESG and Liquid Liquid etc, but Blondie were quickly pushed more into Pop. Did you ever hear the demo of this? It wasnt them that brought the 'techno' or disco as people said back then. The record companies wanted hits and persuaded them to be more disco!
I remember as a teenage boy, popping with hormones, I went to a Blondie concert. I got totally pissed before going to the concert, and inside it was packed. So packed, I couldn’t breathe, and I passed out. I came too, as I was being carried from person to person over the heads of the crowd to get me out. I first recall in my confusion seeing the ceiling lights, then I heard the music, and I looked over at Blondie on stage. She saw me, and blew me a kiss. That was the most rock and roll thing I have ever done. Great memories.
I’m 76 yrs old and I’m so honored to have lived thru decades of this wonderful music. From the fifties till now. Wow! I’ve seen and heard it all. So wonderful, and I’m love watching your generation enjoying it also. Love you all. ❤️
Me too. I'm 63 and I think every single decade has been fabulous. I think rock, disco, and rap shook the music world's HARD. I've loved it all. Just sorry I missed the 1950s. Peace out my friend. ☮
I am 56 but mum loved her Dylan, Joan Baez Mama Cass and so on plus I lived the 70s music onward's But I'm still Jealous of you Constance Roma However I do feel very sorry for those generations that missed the entire Best years of Rock n Roll. Hippy Love 60s the Disco 70s and Madness of the 80s and even the somewhat lost 90s that only had Grunge so Radio Stations just repeated the 70s and 80s music until something decent was made lol
Blondie was one of those bands in the late 70's that was highly experimental, mixing Punk, Disco, Rock, Reggae, Rap (early Rap), Post-Punk, New Wave and so much more. Call Me, The Tide is High, Rapture, Atomic; all so different, all so good!
@@michelleboyer9506 No it wasn't. I know thats a "fun fact" that people always use but its not true at all. Both Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, and Sugarhill Gang were active before 1980. "Rappers Delight" came out a full year before Rapture did.
Blondie is the band's name. The female lead singer's name is Debbie Harry. The genre started out Punk. Then New Wave. Then changed to Disco. Then she was credited with being the first female to do a Rap break in the middle of a Top 40 pop song. They even had a Caribbean Island groove for a hit. Hard to label them as one genre. They were popular in the 70s and early 80s. No matter which genre they performed, they were hyper-cool fire!
Wrong. Blondie was original NYC punk, before britain and the rest of the world found punk. Eventually, she got relabeled, but Blondie was formed in the mid 70s, along side of Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Dead Boys, Television, and Richard Hell.
Fun Fact.... Blondie has a song called “Rapture” one of their more popular songs. In that song she raps and that was the first time mainstream America heard rap in the radio or MTV. Her rap lyrics were written by Fab Five Freddie from “MTV Raps”
Sooooooo glad u brought up Fab 5 Freddie & the introduction of rap in2 mainstream……which is so odd…..Blondie on mainstream radio bringing us rap…TRULY groundbreaking 🔥👏❤️
Sugar Hill Gang, Rappers Delight, holds that title. Rapture was released on January 2, 1980, while Rappers Delight was released September 16, 1979. Both songs are winners though!
@@philipcarrell3945 I didn't say it was the first. I said the first to be recognized as rap style. Also if you give Lou Reed's Walk on the wild side a listen you will have to agree that he did an early form of rap in the early 70's
It was the first by a white person for a white pop audience that whites recognized on white radio stations. I'm white btw and was in college at the time and was a rap fan. Sugar Hill Gang was recognized by everyone else before that.
@@philipcarrell3945 You were talking about race though you didn't know it. Rap has a very long history in the African American community from which it came. Saying that Blondie, a white group, had the first song officially recognized as rap style is an affront to all of the people who were before her but not remembered because they were a different color. It's typical for 20th c music to ignore the African Americans who created various musical styles, so it needs to be pointed out.
I've always heard it as 4/4 and then a single measure of 3/4. Certainly easier to count that way! Also, I've always thought this is Blondie's way of saying "Yeah, this is a disco song with four-on-the-floor, so we're gonna mess it up for you for a few bars here and there..."
Thank you so much : I always noticed something "bizarre" during the 1st intrumental interlude (compared to the 2nd), but I never could put the right term on it ! Bowie does the same in a song called "Stay" in '76. Mind blowing !
Blondie was a mix of genres, rock, punk, rap, disco, new wave. She's way older than her sound, Harry is 34 here, other similar acts were in their early 20's. She was born in 1945, just two years younger than George Harrison of the Beatles. 7 years older than David Byrne of the Talking Heads.
@@sachalessdarktide9813 Punk erupted in 1974 and was rooted in the 60's, rap was around since 1968, ruclips.net/video/DvMBxlu62c0/видео.html new wave was a term coined in 1973.
Back in the 70's, this young man who was just hitting puberty has a major crush on Debbie Harry, the singer here. She has so many songs to choose from you could do female February just on Blondie songs. Another great female singer is Chrissy Hynde of the Pretenders. You also need to react to the song WARRIOR by Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
This song was the 4th single of their album Parallel Lines. The music company HATED the song, but it went on to be number 1 in almost all countries. Debbie is 77 and they are STILL touring. Absolute legends.
I remember the first time I heard this. We all knew we were listening to something new and that we would be seeing more of Blondie. Still touring and still giving great performances.
Debbie Harry is an icon. Very much in the avant-garde art, culture, party scene going on in NYC back then. She was also a Playboy bunny at one point. She’s still around doing her thing. Also, Amber’s in the intro - yay! #FemaleFriday ❤️
Absolutely an icon! Parallel Lines was once of the first albums I owned at the young age of 7 lol. Loved her later tour with Shirley Manson and Garbage, someone else they should check out for #FemaleFriday. And yes, love Amber in the intro now, too!
This version was censored, guys. The last verse where she says "Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out had a heart of glass" is not the actual lyric. It is actually "Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out to be a pain in the ass". A much more authentic and honest lyric I think!! x
The album version has a different verse: “once I had a love it was a gas. Soon turned out he was a pain in the as*.” Always loved that! They were the best!
Even this original video had that line too. 'Pain the a$$' was replaced by 'heart of glass' overdubbed on this one. The original can be found somewhere here on YT.
Recent subscriber loving your vids. Years ago I went to the first of Blondie's farewell tour concerts (they had multiple fairwell tours after lol). I got lucky and had 3rd row seats. Debra Harry kept taking 15 min breaks and would come out from backstage after in a much better mood... anyhoo, someone in the audience threw her a gift of a Debbie Harry doll they'd made for her, it was very small. She put it on top of a speaker box and then ducked behind and sang this song pretending to be the doll!!! I laughed a lot at that concert!
“One Way or Another” was a really good one, quite different in style for her. She was one of the earlier ones that started (unintentionally, perhaps) the eventual trend of women singers having to look as good as they sang.
"One Way or Another" is my favorite of all her songs, although almost all her songs were hits. It was one of the songs featured in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly.
78 now and still bopping....She'll live in my heart forever, at the time when Blondie appeared on Top of the pops it was an "Event" no matter what you were doing, she was our Marilyn Monroe..
The group Blondie got their start in NYC at a punk rock venue called CBGB. They had a following of fans from there, many of which, that felt like Blondie had sold out to Disco with the release of this song. But Blondie went on to have much success in the late 70s and 80s transcending the Disco era.
"Dreaming" introduced me to this band. I bought the tape and became a lifelong fan. Debbie is amazing And... they're still producing and performing new music 🎶
Blondie was one of my favourite bands as a child. The were quite a eclectic mix of music styles. The tide is high, call me and rapture are also some of their songs you should listen to.
The singer, Deborah Harry is the quintessential New York broad. Sexy but tough! She was one of the only female singers back in the 70’s punk scene with the Ramones, etc. I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl 3 years ago. EPIC!
Blondie had the first "ska" hit with "The Tide is High" and the first rap his with "Rapture" co-written with Grandmaster Flash. Overall the band Blondie was Punk-Pop.
@@arnoldpaine4973 yes. Ska actually pre-dates Reggae. Ska is more "pop". That's what the term "ska" means in Patwa dialect. Reggae is kind of a combination of rock, soul and island folk. Ska had been around a long time but Blondie had the first hit using that music styling they picked up in the Jamaican neighborhoods of NYC and Bronx.
By your definition which is correct, how many years after Debbie Harry did Sublime & No Doubt along with hundreds of other bands make careers off of ska music. What about the other genres? Shouldn't some one tell Eminem what he has been doing for 30 years is not rap? Or, what about those British boys, UB40 and all the other bands that made careers off of reggae. Should I make my friend aware he can't be in his reggae band because he wasn't born in Jamaica? I thought music was for the enjoyment of everyone, no matter your country of origin, race, color, creed, etc. Personally, I don't give a thought to where someone is from if they are making good music, if they are -more power to them. Music is the universal language. No one has a monopoly on music. If there should be, then it's best not to let other people hear it because it might strike a cord with them & inspire them to make their version of it. However, we all know, that all music is not created equal too. :)
@@emmef7970 About 15 years between the band Blondie channeling ska to it catching on more profoundly with No Doubt and Sublime getting so popular with it but don't forget Eddie Grant brought his brand of ska in the mid-80's.
I was like, 7-8 years old, when this came out. Have always loved Debbie Harry. She's awesome. You two never disappoint. Great reaction. Dive in. "Rapture" with Fab Five Freddie.
I found this a little late. I have so many memories of my mom cleaning house and singing this song. Yes! My mom could those notes! Blondie released a new album about 5 or 6 years ago. Two of the greatest songs I can think of off the top of my head are "Long Time" and her collaborative song with Joan Jett "Doom or Destiny". Blondie and Joan Jett ❤❤
OMG, love you guys. When I saw "Blondie" I was hoping you were going to do "Rapture" I would have loved to see your faces reacting to perhaps the first huge commercially successful rap song being sung in the 70's by a blond white women. That will mess with your heads.
Blondie started out as punk, then transitioned into rock. This particular song was their so called "disco" song (hence the disco ball and disco lights in the video) They are not the only rock band that made 1 disco song. Although this song got them more exposure for them. Just so you know, Blondie is the name of the band, not the singer. They called the band Blondie because Deborah Harry (the singer) would get cat calls from men saying "hey blondie" trying to get her attention. She dated the guitarist Chris for many years. Check out the rock songs of Blondie; Call Me, Atomic, Union City Blues, Accidents Never Happen, Eat to the Beat, Hanging on the Telephone, One Way or Another. Debby's rocker voice is completely different in the rock songs.
I love Blondie. If they have 12 tracks on an album, you’re almost guaranteed to get 12 different styles. That’s why I still love them. They’re still kicking and I heard they’re releasing a retrospective boxset this year.
"Eat To The Beat" is maybe the first record I ever purchased with my own money. So maybe that makes me prejudiced in its favor, but I've always thought that album was underrated! I think every song on that album is great.
The third verse was edited for this video- she actually rhymes "it was a gas" with "pain in the *ss"; but the censors didn't like it, so "Heart of Glass" was edited in its place (you can see her mouth "pain in the *ss", though). Yep, this band had its roots in the late 70s punk/ new wave scene in New York (Deborah Harry, the singer, was a waitress at one of New York's first punk clubs, Max's Kansas City). They were already eclectic, but by the time they got to their third album (where this comes from), their scope really branched out to include more dancy, atmospheric songs like this. This wasn't really that big of a hit until a TV show that was on at the time, "WKRP In Cincinnati" (a sitcom that takes place at a radio station), played it on one episode. People who watched the show called CBS to find out who the artist was (thinking it was a "fake band" made up for the show); next thing you know it was a #1 hit . . on REAL radio stations. :)
@@peterflynn2111 remember when a film on television had an AO ratting ? That’s when they cut a film to shreds. Even for some things that would be G or PG today.
@@peterflynn2111 actually l made a mistake. When it was films it had a AO MOD which meant modified for tv. I remember them cutting a small scene out of Commando where Arnold is teaching his daughter a self defence move during the opening credits.
Song that I would really recommend is from Gordon Lightfoot, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Especially when you read the story about the sinking of the ship and then you listen to the song. It’s incredible how his words describe the story and pay tribute to the souls lost.
I've always loved Deborah Harry's voice. I could listen to her singing for hours. If you're looking for a really good female artist, I would recommend Bonnie Tyler--specifically, "Faster than the Speed of Night"--if you haven't heard her before; she just has so much power and passion in her voice that it's amazing. Alternatively, I would recommend the Japanese group Oreskaband with the song "Almond;" they are an all girl group that generally play ska music, but "Almond" has a more soft and tender feel to it. Finally, I would recommend "Georgy Girl" by The Seekers; it's a nice, upbeat song with a positive message, and the singer has such a beautiful voice (for oldies, I usually would have recommended Petula Clark's "Downtown" as an amazing female artist song, but it's so common that you've probably heard it before).
Heart of glass was released on the 3rd album by blondie in 1978, and as a single in early '79. You should really check out the song Rapture, it has everything! Singing, rapping, horns, guitars, a great beat. Released in 1980, it just blew people away; you will be shook! It's great to see you hearing so many good songs, but you are literally just scratching the surface of what's out there. So many songs that weren't "hits" are still great music, and I think you would be very pleased to take a deep dive into songs that aren't suggested by groups that have been suggested. Try checking out that little old band from L.A. Tool, they would be right up Jay's alley. Listen to "The Pot" off the 10,000 Days album; great vocals, hectic bass line and drumming, great guitar work, these guys have studio perfection down pat, they're so tight.
and you don’t stop you keep. on. eating cars then, when there’s no more cars you go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet face to face, cheek to cheek
"I think I heard my Mom mention Blondie" *dies of old age* Pop Culture Nugget: Blondie's "Rapture" was the first Rap song (song with rapping) to hit #1 on the Billboard Charts. The next Rap song to hit #1 on the charts wasn't until 1990's Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" - almost 10 years later.
Debbie Harry, the singer, was born in Miami Florida but adopted and raised in New Jersey. She worked various jobs in New York for some time while learning the music business and getting to know other artists, and in 1974 co-founded the group Blondie there. Blondie created a fascinating variety of music, on many subjects - a bacterium that objects to the term "germ," a couple who meet at a resort because they are both out on their balconies for the lightening and thunder in the wee hours, the singer painting the town with a bold and wealthy playboy because the nice guys took No for an answer, a female robbery mastermind who takes a hunky armored car driver hostage and heads to Brazil, a bug that got sprayed (Screaming Skin), and practically everything really worked as a good song, some great. A lot of sexy stuff BTW, just so you know. But very creative people. They have a DEEP catalogue.
First of all, back in those days the record label used to run an ad in the trades saying "Blondie are a band." Yes, there's no doubt who is the blonde one, and who is the lead, but everyone wanted to be sure they were thought of as a band, not a solo act. Second, what category is Blondie? Wow...they went through everything. Some people might suggest this is a weakness, as though the band didn't have a specific point of view of their own. I prefer to say they were open-eared and willing to take inspiration from anything. They tried to be ferocious like punk on some of their songs, and for a while many thought they were a punk band. But New Wave and disco were also just fine for Blondie. They did reggae on one of their biggest hits called "The Tide is High." And while rap had been around for a few years, most of white America first heard rap in Blondie's song "Rapture." (Including me!) But also: Blondie would sometimes sound like an old school '50s band. Blondie took all kinds of musical influences and stirred them up into something fresh and original.
"Dreaming" is her best--watch the official video. Debbie Harry really rocks in this one! You'll feel "pumped" afterwards. A close second is "Atomic" (official video).
Love Debbie Harry and the band "Blondie"!!! Lots of good music from them. "Dreaming" is a rocker from them!! They were a band that you couldn't pigeon-hole, they were punk, disco, new wave, rap, and rock. Great and fun band!!! The drummer, Clem Burke, is incredibly good!!!
For some reason, when the video remaster was done in the past few years, someone used the wrong version. The original has the “pain in the ass” line that you can still see in the video.
Had to laugh. You must be nearly as old as me to feel 1999 was a couple of years ago. They say the years go by quicker as you get older. With me it's the decades.
Deborah Harry, the lead singer of Blondie, is from New York. I never thought of her voice as robotic, but an icy, kind of stiff, maybe robotic/futuristic look and sound was "in" at the time, influenced by trends in the UK and Europe. This 1978 song was Blondie's biggest hit but it was different than most of their music, more disco-ish. Their earliest stuff from the mid-seventies was pop-punk, while most of their releases had an early sixties-revival sound that was trendy in the late seventies, including hits like "Sunday Girl" (1978) and "Dreaming" (1979). They also did some straight rock-ish stuff like "One Way or Another" (1978) and "Accidents Never Happen" (1978) and even a cover of a Jamaican rocksteady song, the Paragons' 1967 "The Tide is HIgh" (1980), plus one of the first raps to hit the airwaves, "Rapture" (1980).
Yeah, they're singing in a club with a lighted floor and disco ball, but that doesn't make this a disco sound any more than Laura Branigan's "Gloria" which also had a music video with a bunch of disco balls in it. If you want to pollute your ears with actual Disco, go with Donna Summer or the Bee-Gees. Me, I'm going to listen to "Dreaming" again.
Here's a 3 in 1 suggestion for female Friday: "The Sweetest Gift " or "After the Gold Rush" by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstat. They are ALL famous in their own right bit together they are epic.
Omg!! I was a kid amd my older brothers and sisters played her all the time. She was a huge Punk star and was the Punk Princess before they hit the mainstream and the catapulted into the charts. I believe they tomed their sound down a little before major fame. She was beautiful and so cool
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"Blondie" is the name of the band. The lead singer is Debbie Harry. She's a punk icon!
This is really that moment when punk + disco (+ cocaine) was sliding into New Wave.
They're post punk
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I never thought of her as punk. Rock with a touch of techno.
@@nelsonx5326 that whole movement was named post punk in more recent times - along with groups like ESG and Liquid Liquid etc, but Blondie were quickly pushed more into Pop.
Did you ever hear the demo of this? It wasnt them that brought the 'techno' or disco as people said back then. The record companies wanted hits and persuaded them to be more disco!
@@annother3350 New Wave
I remember as a teenage boy, popping with hormones, I went to a Blondie concert. I got totally pissed before going to the concert, and inside it was packed. So packed, I couldn’t breathe, and I passed out. I came too, as I was being carried from person to person over the heads of the crowd to get me out. I first recall in my confusion seeing the ceiling lights, then I heard the music, and I looked over at Blondie on stage. She saw me, and blew me a kiss. That was the most rock and roll thing I have ever done. Great memories.
😂 At least you woke for the crowd surfing and her 💋…. 🤣
You must be from the UK, as I’m guessing by “pissed” you mean nasty drunk, whereas here in the States it reads as being angry. 😂😂🤪
There's nowhere to go from there!
the little boy in me got excited at this comment. brilliant, Debbie Harry is stunning.
That's epic DrCarp! :)
Don’t let the disco fool you! She’s the queen of punk…also, the first woman to rap! Amazing artist! Enjoy! ✌🏻🇨🇦
Yep check out “Rapture”
Oh you beat me to it I was just about to give that fact to myself LOL
Donita Sparks is the queen of punk.Get it right!
first woman to rap? what? lol
It’s true! Go research it! Cheers! ✌🏻🇨🇦
Heart of Glass is so timeless. It was Blondie’s first huge hit in the USA. Thanks for playing!
I’m 76 yrs old and I’m so honored to have lived thru decades of this wonderful music. From the fifties till now. Wow! I’ve seen and heard it all. So wonderful, and I’m love watching your generation enjoying it also. Love you all. ❤️
Me too. I'm 63 and I think every single decade has been fabulous. I think rock, disco, and rap shook the music world's HARD. I've loved it all. Just sorry I missed the 1950s. Peace out my friend. ☮
Well Constance I'm 79 and I can soooo! relate. Aren't we the luckiest!
I am 56 but mum loved her Dylan, Joan Baez Mama Cass and so on plus I lived the 70s music onward's But I'm still Jealous of you Constance Roma However I do feel very sorry for those generations that missed the entire Best years of Rock n Roll. Hippy Love 60s the Disco 70s and Madness of the 80s and even the somewhat lost 90s that only had Grunge so Radio Stations just repeated the 70s and 80s music until something decent was made lol
Blondie is so diverse. From Rock to Rap! Try The Tide is High.
Punk roots
The Tide is High...wow, a blast from the past! I like that one!
Rapture
@@Scout-bt3mo A remake 1967 song written by John Holt
Guys, keep up the diversity talk! See if we can send @Lady Liberty into a seizure.
Other really good songs from Blondie you should check out are: "Rapture', 'Call Me' and "One Way or Another'
Between 'Heart of Glass' these three (and The Tide is High) you'll get all the flavors of Blondie - Disco, Rap, Pop, Rock, and Ska/Reggae.
She was rapping before rapping was a thing!
First Rap song on MTV as a matter of fact..
All these, plus "Hangin' on the Telephone" 🔥
YAAAAASSSS 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Oh “One way or Another”’is her anthem! One of the greats from that period!
It's about stalking
Another 1 of there 1970s songs , Like Heart of Glass
Call.Me. Atomic.
FROM 1978 ,, LOVE THEM 70s
One way or another is her worst and one of the worst songs ever.
This is by far the best thing she ever did.
Blondie was one of those bands in the late 70's that was highly experimental, mixing Punk, Disco, Rock, Reggae, Rap (early Rap), Post-Punk, New Wave and so much more. Call Me, The Tide is High, Rapture, Atomic; all so different, all so good!
Jay this song came out in 1978 ,, The same time the Bee Gees recorded TO MUCH HEAVEN
Cannot forget Dreaming
Rapture is technically the first rap song
Call it what you want blondie was blondie indefinable
@@michelleboyer9506 No it wasn't. I know thats a "fun fact" that people always use but its not true at all. Both Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, and Sugarhill Gang were active before 1980. "Rappers Delight" came out a full year before Rapture did.
Blondie is the band's name. The female lead singer's name is Debbie Harry. The genre started out Punk. Then New Wave. Then changed to Disco. Then she was credited with being the first female to do a Rap break in the middle of a Top 40 pop song. They even had a Caribbean Island groove for a hit. Hard to label them as one genre. They were popular in the 70s and early 80s. No matter which genre they performed, they were hyper-cool fire!
Nailed it.
" Atomic", "Call Me", "One Way or Another", and the "Tide is High" are my suggestions for Blondie follow ups. Glad you guys enjoyed their work.
Especially Call Me
11:59......dont forget that one.
what about rapture!
I also suggest Union City Blue
Atomic 🙌
Blondie was generally New Wave/post punk, but her music spans lots of genres.
Wrong. Blondie was original NYC punk, before britain and the rest of the world found punk. Eventually, she got relabeled, but Blondie was formed in the mid 70s, along side of Talking Heads, The Ramones, The Dead Boys, Television, and Richard Hell.
@@ta2dman okay, tiger.
@@elysehfm8797 I saw them at CBGBs in 1976. That makes them punk. Post-punk came out of Britain in 78/79, so that doesn't fit.
@@ta2dman alrightie.
Er, they started in Punk, but moved into other genres. That makes them punk and post-punk.
Fun Fact.... Blondie has a song called “Rapture” one of their more popular songs. In that song she raps and that was the first time mainstream America heard rap in the radio or MTV. Her rap lyrics were written by Fab Five Freddie from “MTV Raps”
Sooooooo glad u brought up Fab 5 Freddie & the introduction of rap in2 mainstream……which is so odd…..Blondie on mainstream radio bringing us rap…TRULY groundbreaking 🔥👏❤️
Yo ! MTV Raps
you forgot to mention it was the first rap song to get to number one
Disappointed to find out she didn't write a single rhyme herself...
“Dreaming” is my favorite Blondie song. It’s just a perfect pop rock song.
It really absolutely totally is. It's their best imho.
Blonde was the “It” girl in rock for a while. She was outstanding!!
Yeah, Blondie was *THE SH!T* back in the day. A voice and vibe so distinct that few could mimic it.
Blondie is a mix of music genres, this song is disco,one way or another is rock, the tide is high is reggae, The Rapture is rap.
Oh yeah! Rapture is probably THE FIRST rap song.
Rapture was the first time a female rapped on a album
Guys Blondie has a song called Rapture.
It was the first song officially recognized as being done in RAP style
Sugar Hill Gang, Rappers Delight, holds that title. Rapture was released on January 2, 1980, while Rappers Delight was released September 16, 1979. Both songs are winners though!
@@philipcarrell3945 I didn't say it was the first. I said the first to be recognized as rap style. Also if you give Lou Reed's Walk on the wild side a listen you will have to agree that he did an early form of rap in the early 70's
It was the first by a white person for a white pop audience that whites recognized on white radio stations. I'm white btw and was in college at the time and was a rap fan. Sugar Hill Gang was recognized by everyone else before that.
@@Verlopil , nobody was talking about race. There was no need to bring that up. Just enjoy the music.
@@philipcarrell3945 You were talking about race though you didn't know it. Rap has a very long history in the African American community from which it came. Saying that Blondie, a white group, had the first song officially recognized as rap style is an affront to all of the people who were before her but not remembered because they were a different color. It's typical for 20th c music to ignore the African Americans who created various musical styles, so it needs to be pointed out.
Blondie's song "Call Me" is amazing. It was number one for six consecutive weeks.
Not easy to slip a 7/4 time signature into the middle of a pop tune. Many don't even notice it. It's genius.
Peter Gabriel also does that with Solsbury Hill!
I've always heard it as 4/4 and then a single measure of 3/4. Certainly easier to count that way! Also, I've always thought this is Blondie's way of saying "Yeah, this is a disco song with four-on-the-floor, so we're gonna mess it up for you for a few bars here and there..."
Just the instrumental interludes.
Thank you so much : I always noticed something "bizarre" during the 1st intrumental interlude (compared to the 2nd), but I never could put the right term on it ! Bowie does the same in a song called "Stay" in '76. Mind blowing !
Blondie was a mix of genres, rock, punk, rap, disco, new wave.
She's way older than her sound, Harry is 34 here, other similar acts were in their early 20's. She was born in 1945, just two years younger than George Harrison of the Beatles. 7 years older than David Byrne of the Talking Heads.
The Talking Heads concert Stop Making Sense is an absolute classic and a crash course on 80s progressive rock for lack of a better term.
She's older than Cher, Dolly Parton, Stevie Nick, Bet Midler, Chrissie Hynde, Pat Benatar. Debbie was 76 yrs old on July 1st 2021.
@@michaelmckenna7109 but still looking better then those.
This was 1978. it's disco. there was no rap, punk or new wave yet. lol. Disco and rock emerged into those.
@@sachalessdarktide9813 Punk erupted in 1974 and was rooted in the 60's, rap was around since 1968,
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new wave was a term coined in 1973.
Hard to believe Debbie Harry was in her mid 30's when she released this song. Though she's now 76, she can still belt this song out like it's 1979.
Back in the 70's, this young man who was just hitting puberty has a major crush on Debbie Harry, the singer here. She has so many songs to choose from you could do female February just on Blondie songs.
Another great female singer is Chrissy Hynde of the Pretenders. You also need to react to the song WARRIOR by Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
I second Vincents' suggestions.
And then searched for the playboy she was in once someone told you
Wow! Ted Bundy, I had no clue.. Thanks for the read..
Yes! "Warrior" by Scandal is awesome! Always loved that song!
Oh and too. She’s so hot
This song was the 4th single of their album Parallel Lines. The music company HATED the song, but it went on to be number 1 in almost all countries. Debbie is 77 and they are STILL touring. Absolute legends.
LOVE Blondie, recently was at a concert 20 ft from Debbie, they sounded fantastic. Debbie is still a knockout
I remember the first time I heard this. We all knew we were listening to something new and that we would be seeing more of Blondie. Still touring and still giving great performances.
Debbie Harry is an icon. Very much in the avant-garde art, culture, party scene going on in NYC back then. She was also a Playboy bunny at one point. She’s still around doing her thing. Also, Amber’s in the intro - yay! #FemaleFriday ❤️
Absolutely an icon! Parallel Lines was once of the first albums I owned at the young age of 7 lol. Loved her later tour with Shirley Manson and Garbage, someone else they should check out for #FemaleFriday. And yes, love Amber in the intro now, too!
...and her REAL name was Debbie Trimble
Debbie Harry is the lead singer in the band, "Blondie". She is still performing and, even in her 70's, she can still put on a great show!☮☮☮
Thank you for clarifying that. For years and years when people make a reference to Blondie it's always "her" and "she"...... it's a BAND, people!
I saw Blondie a couple of years ago. She was 72 years and still was rocking the stage.
@@markstoudenmire4935 you can see how they'd be confused, given the color of her hair
What are the odds? You adopt a kid and it turns out to be Debbie Harry. Number 76 birthday coming up 7/1.
This version was censored, guys. The last verse where she says "Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out had a heart of glass" is not the actual lyric. It is actually "Once I had a love and it was a gas, soon turned out to be a pain in the ass".
A much more authentic and honest lyric I think!! x
Never cared for disco but this girl was the exception..........Love her !!!!
Ha! Literally just came here to say this. Fancy censoring out the word _ass._ 🙄
The whole song is about anal sex - mistrust love from behind
@@Soupie62 Did not know that....................that would explain the " pain in the a** lyric"
@@Soupie62 look up the meaning of the song, From what Debbie herself said you are wrong. They changed the word because some would not play it.
Atomic by Blondie is a must listen, brings me a euphoric rush whenever I hear it. It's an audio and video treat. Pop/Disco perfection.
My fav Blondie song of all time
Heart of Glass came out in 1978 Love me some 70s
I can still smell the single I bought
The album version has a different verse: “once I had a love it was a gas. Soon turned out he was a pain in the as*.” Always loved that! They were the best!
Even this original video had that line too. 'Pain the a$$' was replaced by 'heart of glass' overdubbed on this one. The original can be found somewhere here on YT.
This song was right at the end of the Disco era it was in the transitional stage from disco to '80s pop
“One Way Or Another” slaps. “The Tide Is High” is the first song I remember being my favorite as a little kid 😂
LOVE!
Maria, good Blondie song as well
Pop, disco, rock, punk! WTF?!
One Way was literally about a stalker.
Oh man, my parents used to play that on the hi-fi back then....... that was one big ass piece of furniture back then
Yes she was one of the first to bring a rap style to music in the song Rapture
She was inspired by Rappers Delight, Considered the first commercial rap,
Recent subscriber loving your vids.
Years ago I went to the first of Blondie's farewell tour concerts (they had multiple fairwell tours after lol). I got lucky and had 3rd row seats.
Debra Harry kept taking 15 min breaks and would come out from backstage after in a much better mood... anyhoo, someone in the audience threw her a gift of a Debbie Harry doll they'd made for her, it was very small. She put it on top of a speaker box and then ducked behind and sang this song pretending to be the doll!!! I laughed a lot at that concert!
This band was massive... both sides of the pond. Couldn't count the number of teenage guys that had a massive crush on Debbie Harry
“One Way or Another” was a really good one, quite different in style for her. She was one of the earlier ones that started (unintentionally, perhaps) the eventual trend of women singers having to look as good as they sang.
"One Way or Another" is my favorite of all her songs, although almost all her songs were hits. It was one of the songs featured in the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly.
“Dreamin” and “Call Me” are great Blondie hits too.
Both of those besides Heart of Glass are my favorite of Blondie ❤️❤️❤️😎
Dreamin is my favorite Blondie song. Clem Burke on the drums is fantastic.
The whole album "Parallel Lines" by Blondie is a masterpiece!
The album to date has sold 25 million copies it was release in 1978.
It's one the greatest albums of all time
I'd just started work and this was the first album I ever bought ..Debbie was HAWT
Yes, this!
@@jamesmaclennan4525 same here though I bought it in 8-track lol
78 now and still bopping....She'll live in my heart forever, at the time when Blondie appeared on Top of the pops it was an "Event" no matter what you were doing, she was our Marilyn Monroe..
78 and she can still rock
She was on so many teenage boys walls in the 70's & 80's. An absolute ICON.
This was the late70s though
@@theodoreritola7641 Ah so the late 70's wasn't part of the 70's and 80's ?
I'm saying 70s music went into the 80s
Blondie... since Rob is a rap fan, you should definitely try "Rapture". She was one of the initial rappers!
The group Blondie got their start in NYC at a punk rock venue called CBGB. They had a following of fans from there, many of which, that felt like Blondie had sold out to Disco with the release of this song. But Blondie went on to have much success in the late 70s and 80s transcending the Disco era.
Well it became that, but the owner originally had not thought of such modern stuff, the name stood for Country, Blue Grass, Blues.
@@treetopjones737 thanks, I didn't know that.
As a New Yorker. I've been to cbgb many times. Saw the Ramones there in 83
The band is called Blondie...Debbie Harry is the singer....They are all from New York City
She is from Miami.
“Union City Blues” and “Dreamin’” are really good ones by them. They really highlight how dreamy Debbie Harry’s voice can be.
Union City Blue, Dreaming
@@alrivers2297 my bad 😊
Yes and that one 25 tons of hardened steel those ain't no ordinary wheels
"Dreaming" introduced me to this band. I bought the tape and became a lifelong fan. Debbie is amazing
And... they're still producing and performing new music 🎶
A great pop song.
Blondie experimented with so many genres of music. Disco, reggae, rap, and even mariachi! But they are for sure one of the Punk rock legends.
This is one of my favorite Blondie songs. Everyone has suggested the same songs I would. Definitely an excellent rabbit trail to go down!
"atomic" is blondies finest moment.
I always loved "Union City Blues"
@@Chuckwade41 its great, and definitely in the argument mate
Love that one but "Dreaming" is my favorite
@@dustywaynemusic6297 strong choice mate, im playing it as i type, great track
Blondie was one of my favourite bands as a child. The were quite a
eclectic mix of music styles. The tide is high, call me and rapture are also some of their songs you should listen to.
Dreaming and Sunday Girl are my favorite Bondie songs and yes, Deborah Harry is beautiful!
The singer, Deborah Harry is the quintessential New York broad. Sexy but tough! She was one of the only female singers back in the 70’s punk scene with the Ramones, etc. I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl 3 years ago. EPIC!
Debra Harry is a beautiful woman. Best cheek bones in New Wave.
Blondie had the first "ska" hit with "The Tide is High" and the first rap his with "Rapture" co-written with Grandmaster Flash. Overall the band Blondie was Punk-Pop.
Depends on how one defines "ska". If one follows the general definition "ska" started in Jamaca in the 60s which would be like 15 years before Blonde.
@@arnoldpaine4973 yes. Ska actually pre-dates Reggae. Ska is more "pop". That's what the term "ska" means in Patwa dialect. Reggae is kind of a combination of rock, soul and island folk. Ska had been around a long time but Blondie had the first hit using that music styling they picked up in the Jamaican neighborhoods of NYC and Bronx.
By your definition which is correct, how many years after Debbie Harry did Sublime & No Doubt along with hundreds of other bands make careers off of ska music. What about the other genres? Shouldn't some one tell Eminem what he has been doing for 30 years is not rap? Or, what about those British boys, UB40 and all the other bands that made careers off of reggae. Should I make my friend aware he can't be in his reggae band because he wasn't born in Jamaica? I thought music was for the enjoyment of everyone, no matter your country of origin, race, color, creed, etc. Personally, I don't give a thought to where someone is from if they are making good music, if they are -more power to them. Music is the universal language. No one has a monopoly on music. If there should be, then it's best not to let other people hear it because it might strike a cord with them & inspire them to make their version of it. However, we all know, that all music is not created equal too. :)
@@emmef7970 About 15 years between the band Blondie channeling ska to it catching on more profoundly with No Doubt and Sublime getting so popular with it but don't forget Eddie Grant brought his brand of ska in the mid-80's.
I was like, 7-8 years old, when this came out. Have always loved Debbie Harry. She's awesome. You two never disappoint. Great reaction. Dive in. "Rapture" with Fab Five Freddie.
I found this a little late. I have so many memories of my mom cleaning house and singing this song. Yes! My mom could those notes!
Blondie released a new album about 5 or 6 years ago. Two of the greatest songs I can think of off the top of my head are "Long Time" and her collaborative song with Joan Jett "Doom or Destiny". Blondie and Joan Jett ❤❤
Debbie & Joan are friends from the old days.
Even 30 yrs later she still had it when we got to see her live! Atomic is a great song of hers
LOL This was 1978 ,,, THEM 70s Baby
@@theodoreritola7641 yes, and we saw her in 2008, so as I said 'even 30yrs later she still had it'
I love Female Fridays!!
Try "Call Me" by them. It's the theme from "American Gigolo".
The movie The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It features Call Me in a creepy scene.
OMG, love you guys. When I saw "Blondie" I was hoping you were going to do "Rapture" I would have loved to see your faces reacting to perhaps the first huge commercially successful rap song being sung in the 70's by a blond white women. That will mess with your heads.
Really enjoying watching you guys!! Brilliant! 🙏❤️
Heart Of Glass was such a huge hit!!! The way she sings is stunning 😊 enchanting like a mermaid ❤
*SUGGESTION* Check out the queen of goth, Siouxsie Sioux! Her band is Siouxsie and the Banshees. (siouxsie is pronounced like susie)
Hi I just downloaded 11 of Siouxsie and the Banshees songs. Very early 80s and mostly dance stuff good ima dj by tradeeee whoopie dooo
Jay/Amber, you'll love their "One Way Or Another", "Rapture" and many more!
Blondie started out as punk, then transitioned into rock. This particular song was their so called "disco" song (hence the disco ball and disco lights in the video) They are not the only rock band that made 1 disco song. Although this song got them more exposure for them.
Just so you know, Blondie is the name of the band, not the singer. They called the band Blondie because Deborah Harry (the singer) would get cat calls from men saying "hey blondie" trying to get her attention. She dated the guitarist Chris for many years.
Check out the rock songs of Blondie; Call Me, Atomic, Union City Blues, Accidents Never Happen, Eat to the Beat, Hanging on the Telephone, One Way or Another. Debby's rocker voice is completely different in the rock songs.
Even the Grateful Dead did a disco song!
Huh?
thanks Rob Squad for this video FOOOF !!!! Debbie Harry always gets me blood pressure go yaba daba doo !!!
I love Blondie. If they have 12 tracks on an album, you’re almost guaranteed to get 12 different styles. That’s why I still love them. They’re still kicking and I heard they’re releasing a retrospective boxset this year.
"Dreaming" "Shayla" "Hangin' on the Telephone" -- the entire "Eat to the Beat" and "Plastic Letters" albums are classic,
you look good in blue..... she's so dull -rip her to shreds.... yeah that's the shit !!!
"Eat To The Beat" is maybe the first record I ever purchased with my own money. So maybe that makes me prejudiced in its favor, but I've always thought that album was underrated! I think every song on that album is great.
“Shayla” is one of my all time favorites!
So cool to see others mention it, as it’s a masterpiece of a ballad.
The third verse was edited for this video- she actually rhymes "it was a gas" with "pain in the *ss"; but the censors didn't like it, so "Heart of Glass" was edited in its place (you can see her mouth "pain in the *ss", though).
Yep, this band had its roots in the late 70s punk/ new wave scene in New York (Deborah Harry, the singer, was a waitress at one of New York's first punk clubs, Max's Kansas City). They were already eclectic, but by the time they got to their third album (where this comes from), their scope really branched out to include more dancy, atmospheric songs like this.
This wasn't really that big of a hit until a TV show that was on at the time, "WKRP In Cincinnati" (a sitcom that takes place at a radio station), played it on one episode. People who watched the show called CBS to find out who the artist was (thinking it was a "fake band" made up for the show); next thing you know it was a #1 hit . . on REAL radio stations. :)
HERE IN AUSTRALIA THAT WAS LET THROUGH ;the US was always a bit soft when it came to music though
@@peterflynn2111 remember when a film on television had an AO ratting ? That’s when they cut a film to shreds. Even for some things that would be G or PG today.
@@Paul77ozee Adults Only yeah remember like number 96 etc
@@peterflynn2111 actually l made a mistake. When it was films it had a AO MOD which meant modified for tv. I remember them cutting a small scene out of Commando where Arnold is teaching his daughter a self defence move during the opening credits.
@@Paul77ozee remember the rating but did not get into movies much .But remember when they bleeped out Bloody in the Snoopy Vs Red Baron song
Parallel Lines is one of those albums that will live on forever. I suggest reviewing the entire album.
Song that I would really recommend is from Gordon Lightfoot, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Especially when you read the story about the sinking of the ship and then you listen to the song. It’s incredible how his words describe the story and pay tribute to the souls lost.
yup
70's and 80's were fun. Anything went.
No, no.... EVERYTHING went....with cocaine.
Debbie can sing everything she has range that is off the charts. Maria is another good one.
I've always loved Deborah Harry's voice. I could listen to her singing for hours. If you're looking for a really good female artist, I would recommend Bonnie Tyler--specifically, "Faster than the Speed of Night"--if you haven't heard her before; she just has so much power and passion in her voice that it's amazing. Alternatively, I would recommend the Japanese group Oreskaband with the song "Almond;" they are an all girl group that generally play ska music, but "Almond" has a more soft and tender feel to it. Finally, I would recommend "Georgy Girl" by The Seekers; it's a nice, upbeat song with a positive message, and the singer has such a beautiful voice (for oldies, I usually would have recommended Petula Clark's "Downtown" as an amazing female artist song, but it's so common that you've probably heard it before).
Bonnie Tyler for sure !!!!!!!!!!
hush please.
Heart of glass was released on the 3rd album by blondie in 1978, and as a single in early '79. You should really check out the song Rapture, it has everything! Singing, rapping, horns, guitars, a great beat. Released in 1980, it just blew people away; you will be shook! It's great to see you hearing so many good songs, but you are literally just scratching the surface of what's out there. So many songs that weren't "hits" are still great music, and I think you would be very pleased to take a deep dive into songs that aren't suggested by groups that have been suggested. Try checking out that little old band from L.A. Tool, they would be right up Jay's alley. Listen to "The Pot" off the 10,000 Days album; great vocals, hectic bass line and drumming, great guitar work, these guys have studio perfection down pat, they're so tight.
The remix of this song with the scene in Handmaid's Tail was amazing.
Blondie was I believe the first singer to rap on MTV. Lol. To me she sounds like Abba
And up jumped the man from Mars......😀
tried to run
but he’s got a gun
shoots you dead, then eats your head!
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And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subaru
and you don’t stop
you keep. on. eating cars
then, when there’s no more cars
you go out at night and eat up bars
where the people meet
face to face, cheek to cheek
Yes, RAPTURE is (arguably) the first rap video
"I think I heard my Mom mention Blondie" *dies of old age*
Pop Culture Nugget: Blondie's "Rapture" was the first Rap song (song with rapping) to hit #1 on the Billboard Charts. The next Rap song to hit #1 on the charts wasn't until 1990's Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" - almost 10 years later.
The song that she rapped on was Rapure
Debbie Harry, the singer, was born in Miami Florida but adopted and raised in New Jersey. She worked various jobs in New York for some time while learning the music business and getting to know other artists, and in 1974 co-founded the group Blondie there.
Blondie created a fascinating variety of music, on many subjects - a bacterium that objects to the term "germ," a couple who meet at a resort because they are both out on their balconies for the lightening and thunder in the wee hours, the singer painting the town with a bold and wealthy playboy because the nice guys took No for an answer, a female robbery mastermind who takes a hunky armored car driver hostage and heads to Brazil, a bug that got sprayed (Screaming Skin), and practically everything really worked as a good song, some great. A lot of sexy stuff BTW, just so you know. But very creative people. They have a DEEP catalogue.
One of her various jobs was working in the Playboy Club as a server in the iconic bunny outfit and was a brunette.
That intro is unmistakenly recognizable. Love it.
It's funny that you say futuristic because Blondie released the 1st rap song
League of their own voice: Joan Armatrading "Love and Affection". You're gonna love it.
One of my all time favourites!
Excellent choice. Pioneer of female rockers
First of all, back in those days the record label used to run an ad in the trades saying "Blondie are a band." Yes, there's no doubt who is the blonde one, and who is the lead, but everyone wanted to be sure they were thought of as a band, not a solo act.
Second, what category is Blondie? Wow...they went through everything. Some people might suggest this is a weakness, as though the band didn't have a specific point of view of their own. I prefer to say they were open-eared and willing to take inspiration from anything. They tried to be ferocious like punk on some of their songs, and for a while many thought they were a punk band. But New Wave and disco were also just fine for Blondie. They did reggae on one of their biggest hits called "The Tide is High." And while rap had been around for a few years, most of white America first heard rap in Blondie's song "Rapture." (Including me!) But also: Blondie would sometimes sound like an old school '50s band. Blondie took all kinds of musical influences and stirred them up into something fresh and original.
Love the format with you two in front of full screen of artist. Don't know how old this is,haven't seen you use it on other videos.
"Dreaming" is her best--watch the official video. Debbie Harry really rocks in this one! You'll feel "pumped" afterwards. A close second is "Atomic" (official video).
Their best. Blondie is a group.
"Pain in the ass" was censored out lol
yes.....lol
Lol
I noticed that too! Lol!
I noticed that, too!!
Love Debbie Harry and the band "Blondie"!!! Lots of good music from them. "Dreaming" is a rocker from them!! They were a band that you couldn't pigeon-hole, they were punk, disco, new wave, rap, and rock. Great and fun band!!! The drummer, Clem Burke, is incredibly good!!!
I'm loving it 😍 ❤️ from the time it stormed the charts to this day.
She looked even better wearing a black bin bag. Stunning.
Made way back when "turned out to be a pain in the ass" was too risque for videos.
I was wondering what happened to that line here!
was wondering why it sounded off :/
That was really the key line to the whole song too.
@@sg-yq8pm In Australia it was the exact opposite. Radio only played the clean version :(
For some reason, when the video remaster was done in the past few years, someone used the wrong version. The original has the “pain in the ass” line that you can still see in the video.
Debbie is in her seventies and Blondie still had a hit a couple of years ago, "Maria".
Had to laugh. You must be nearly as old as me to feel 1999 was a couple of years ago. They say the years go by quicker as you get older. With me it's the decades.
I’d love for you to react to Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” for Female Friday. Thanks
This was 1970s DISCO ,, Best dance music ever
One of my favorite Blondie tunes is Rip Her to Shreds. Always makes me laugh.
Dreaming one of Blondes most beautiful songs
Deborah Harry, the lead singer of Blondie, is from New York. I never thought of her voice as robotic, but an icy, kind of stiff, maybe robotic/futuristic look and sound was "in" at the time, influenced by trends in the UK and Europe. This 1978 song was Blondie's biggest hit but it was different than most of their music, more disco-ish. Their earliest stuff from the mid-seventies was pop-punk, while most of their releases had an early sixties-revival sound that was trendy in the late seventies, including hits like "Sunday Girl" (1978) and "Dreaming" (1979). They also did some straight rock-ish stuff like "One Way or Another" (1978) and "Accidents Never Happen" (1978) and even a cover of a Jamaican rocksteady song, the Paragons' 1967 "The Tide is HIgh" (1980), plus one of the first raps to hit the airwaves, "Rapture" (1980).
She actually grew up in New Jersey.
Yeah, they're singing in a club with a lighted floor and disco ball, but that doesn't make this a disco sound any more than Laura Branigan's "Gloria" which also had a music video with a bunch of disco balls in it. If you want to pollute your ears with actual Disco, go with Donna Summer or the Bee-Gees. Me, I'm going to listen to "Dreaming" again.
Here's a 3 in 1 suggestion for female Friday: "The Sweetest Gift " or "After the Gold Rush" by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstat. They are ALL famous in their own right bit together they are epic.
I always liked their first album with "X-Offender" and "In the flesh" most.
yes
I’m always obsessed with the drums at the close of the song.
Omg!! I was a kid amd my older brothers and sisters played her all the time. She was a huge Punk star and was the Punk Princess before they hit the mainstream and the catapulted into the charts. I believe they tomed their sound down a little before major fame. She was beautiful and so cool
“Rap. Ture” is a must listen. Such a beautiful voice... such a beautiful woman! Deborah Harry is the singer... Blondie is the band
I still know all that rap. Lol