Blondie turned to British pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to /p>
ew wave legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the /p>
ew wave) and emerged as a pure pop band. But it wasn't just Chapman that made Parallel Lines Blondie's best album; it was the band's own songwriting, including Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and James Destri's "Picture This," and Harry and Stein's "Heart of Glass," and Harry and new bass player Nigel Harrison's "One Way or Another," plus two contributions from nonbandmember Jack Lee, "Will Anything Happen?" and "Hanging on the Telephone." That was enough to give Blondie a number one on both sides of the Atlantic with "Heart of Glass" and three more U.K. hits, but what impresses is the album's depth and consistency -- album tracks like "Fade Away and Radiate" and "Just Go Away" are as impressive as the songs pulled for singles. The result is state-of-the-art pop/rock circa 1978, with Harry's tough-girl glamour setting the pattern that would be exploited over the next decade by a host of successors led by Madonna.
I still have a hard time believing it has been 30 years since Blondie's breakthrough album, Parallel Lines was released. Back in 1978, I'd already been seeing Blondie play live for a little over a year. None of us who hung out together with the Blondies - including the band themselves - could have believed the extent to which they hit it big with that silly, throw-away "disco song," Heart of ...
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if so... you're all invited to a free shindig next saturday, october 11.On October 11, Punk Turns 30 will be part of the big art party at Creative Space Nashville. Please visit Creative Space's profile for more info on the event.i will be showing the greatest hits of my Punk Turns 30 archive...and they're all available for purchase and priced to move! Like this:everyone's fave Blondie shot!
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The "Though Process" is a blog about my finds while blogging through music. Read, and follow as my mind takes me from one thing to the next. You can also find more at SFCriticThis weekend I watched Kicking and Screaming" (1995), a film about post undergraduates, and well--I'm not entirely sure because I stopped it 30mins in. Clearly, I'm not here to recommend the movie, but I did find a forgot...
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Speaking of my daughter, she's 5-years-old and loves music. I noticed that when she was a baby that when I'd play some of my compilation CDs that I made in the car, she'd cry when some songs came up, but she'd be silent when another song would come up. I started to figure out which songs she liked and then I'd make some compilation CDs to listen to whenever we'd take a trip or had to run some e...
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Well, well, well it looks like one of my favorite bands of all time are hitting the road again, Yay! Blondie have a few dates up for sale on Ticketmaster. The band are also writing songs for a new album that Debbie Harry says may be out as soon at Spring 09! Much excite over here! Tour Dates so far... 2/20 Richmond, BC 2/24 Primm, NY 2/25 San Fransico , CA 2/27 Oroville, CA Pretty Bab...
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--- - |- Blondie's third and best full-length-- a whipsmart album from the days when there was chart pop made by and for adults-- is an oddly undiscovered gem with charms that extend far beyond its iconic, oft-compiled singles. read more ~~- Blondie
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Cheesecloth. Penguins. Darius. Cyrus II.Blondie. Yucatec Maya.Today.
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