Posted on 08/19/2009 4:11:36 PM PDT by pissant
In the early 1990s, drummer Clem Burke, his band Blondie broken up in bitterness, was walking by the future site of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. They were just pouring the concrete slab.
“I was doing a gig in Cleveland — I was playing in a band called the Romantics at the time. I remember I was drinking a beer and walking by the construction site. I tossed the bottle into the foundation. I thought that's as close to the Hall of Fame as I'll ever get,” Burke said.
But in 2006, Blondie, one of the great innovative bands in American rock, was back together, finally nominated and inducted on their first ballot into the Hall of Fame.
It might have been one of the most stressful and uncomfortable inductions ever. Singer Deborah Harry, Burke and the rest of Blondie, plus two former band members, were invited on stage. When it was time for Blondie to perform its greatest hits, the two former members asked Harry if they could play, too.
Harry refused. No way. And shooed them away. The two ex-mates made a stink on national television. It was a wonderfully creepy rock ' n' roll moment.
The dispatched members learned that when you leave a band and file a lawsuit, maybe the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony isn't the time to make nice.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Songs like “Pretty Baby” and “Dreaming” are perfect sugarcoated pop tunes.
If I remember my rock history correctly the group disbanded because Harry’s husband Chris came down with a rare blood disorder that kept him bedridden for a long period of time. She actually took care of him for a number of years before they finally divorced.
It was then that she got back into music.
She was white hot in her prime. Not only was Rapture the first music with rap in it to make the Top Ten, but the video for that song also introduced Rap to MTV audiences. It was a terrific video.
Sorry Debbie...
Most.
Beautiful.
Eyes.
EVER...
The Tide Is High....But I’m Movin’ On..... ;)
Not only a terrific video, but a great song!!
“and now he only eats guitars, get up!!”
Blondie Bumstead is still looking good for a former flapper turned mom of two teens.
Deborah Harry kinda looks “rode hard and put away wet...”
A friend of mine was a roadie for them for a short time back in the CBGB days.
Gawd we’re getting old L0L
What is wrong with you people? Did FR outlaw “I’d hit it?”
I’d hit it, every one of them and all at the same time, if required or desired.
Not guilty... and still not guilty.
I saw Debbie perform solo at (now demolished) Tower Records about 12 years ago. Great performance of "The Tide is High," which I would sing constantly as a five year old.
Deborah Harry is 15 years older than Susanna. Not really a fair comparison.
If you put a 1995 photo of Deborah, we would be comparing apples to apples.
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