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Blondie’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
guardian ^
Posted on 10/14/2021 10:02:25 AM PDT by mylife
As they reissue their 1981 festive EP Yuletide Throwdown, we rate the best of the New York band who strutted through punk, disco and pop with absolute cool
5. Hanging on the Telephone (1978) Sometimes, a song takes a while to find its ideal singer. The original of Hanging on the Telephone, a 1976 single by LA powerpop band the Nerves, is pretty good, but Harry’s commanding performance owns the song, while Blondie’s arrangement is louder, brasher, tighter and tougher: the stuff of which classics are made.
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To: Political Junkie Too
I bought her book in the spring.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:30:24 AM PDT
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MarMema
To: Political Junkie Too
I bought her book in the spring.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:30:28 AM PDT
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MarMema
To: Leaning Right
She has aged well. Saw her perform on TV a few years ago.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:31:26 AM PDT
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kabar
To: mylife
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:33:32 AM PDT
by
HypatiaTaught
(Sounds like a conspiracy theory? Wait 6 months and it will be truth.)
To: real saxophonist
"...the movie Videodrome."
Always the first thing I think of when I hear Blondie. Sad.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:33:53 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: mylife
Fantastic post. Fantastic music. Thanks for posting.
Some people here are posting very strong negative comments, yet they think that Blondie was a person. “she”
SMH...
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:33:57 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
To: o-n-money
Where is X-Offender? I thought it would be #1. Definitely better than Heart of Glass, IMO.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:35:53 AM PDT
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Allegra
To: Lee'sGhost
I’m always amazed what riles folks up LOL
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:38:21 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: kabar
She has aged well. Saw her perform on TV a few years ago.I’ve seen them twice. Once in their earlier days (early 80s) and again in 2009 with Devo opening.
Both times, they were clean, tight and high energy. Great shows.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:38:22 AM PDT
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Allegra
To: mylife
Saw her at the Starwood in the late 70’s, she was warmup for the Soft White Underbellies.
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:39:54 AM PDT
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eyeamok
(founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
To: Allegra
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:42:45 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: MarMema
Deborah Harry was also very good in the 1989 season 2 arc of the TV show
Wise Guy. Episodes 13 - 15 featured Harry, along with Glenn Frey.
This was 10 years after the release of Parallel Lines.
-PJ
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:47:22 AM PDT
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Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: eyeamok
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:48:03 AM PDT
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mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: HypatiaTaught
Blondie was all over the radio in the early 80’s.
Hard to miss.
To: Texas resident
So Cal was a trip in the 80’sbands like X ruled
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:53:26 AM PDT
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mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: mylife
I did a driving trip to Redlands from Texas in ‘79.
Cool stuff on the radio there.
To: Texas resident
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posted on
10/14/2021 10:57:59 AM PDT
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mylife
(Would you rather have Questions without answers? or Answers without questions?)
To: albie
i liked the song part
the “rap” part is ridiculous
To: mylife
my favorite songs form them
Atomic
Hanging on the Telephone
To: Secret Agent Man
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