Blondie..1979...swoon

stratman3142

A beautiful woman with sparkly eyes and a perfect voice for the music - mesmerising. And one of the best pop bands with great songs.

JezWynd said:

What a great drummer Clem Burke was... he drove those 45's along, Dreaming, Union City Blue etc.

I love Clem Burke's drumming. Timing wise I hear some parallels with Stuart Copeland (another great), where it feels like he's ahead of the beat, but it works so well in the context of the musical style and creates an energy and drive.

prowla

I quite like some of Blondie's hits.

Contrary to others, though, I never found her particularly swoon-worthy at the time.

scrumhalf

"Hanging on the telephone" is a damn fine track, regardless of the singer looking like Debbie Harry or Anne Widdecombe.

Paul_C

scrumhalf said:

"Hanging on the telephone" is a damn fine track, regardless of the singer looking like Debbie Harry or Anne Widdecombe.

. . . and a cover.

ICBM

Paul_C said:

. . . and a cover.

The Blondie version is so definitive that the different bass note at the end in the original sounds 'wrong' now.

GSPBASSES

NO   Toyah ever time.
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goldtop

GSPBASSES said:

NO   Toyah ever time.
https://toyahwillcox.com/

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Although, in a similar vein, I recall that a few boys at school fancied Penelope Keith over Felicity Kendall. Always wondered what happened to that sort...

AlexC

goldtop said:

GSPBASSES said:

NO   Toyah ever time.
https://toyahwillcox.com/

Notsureifserious.gif

Although, in a similar vein, I recall that a few boys at school fancied Penelope Keith over Felicity Kendall. Always wondered what happened to that sort...

I think they spend several hours a day discussing the properties of paint on guitar tone on forums.

ICBM

goldtop said:

Although, in a similar vein, I recall that a few boys at school fancied Penelope Keith over Felicity Kendall. Always wondered what happened to that sort...

They joined the Tory party and are now running the country. (Or what passes for it...)

Strangely enough when I was a kid I preferred Anni-Frid (The Dark One) to Agnetha (The Blonde One) in ABBA, but now I'm older it's definitely the other way round.

axisus

Ahhhh yes, Debbie Harry was so cool and sultry. Luvverly. 

I was more of a Kate Bush guy overall though

Sassafras

axisus said:

Ahhhh yes, Debbie Harry was so cool and sultry. Luvverly. 

I was more of a Kate Bush guy overall though

Sadly, time hasn't been as kind to Kate.

stonevibe

My younger brother worked with Debbie and Blondie a few years back, he worked doing all their press stuff for the label. He toured with them for a good long while and said, she was one of the loveliest people he worked with.

Down to earth and that Chris Stein was always up for talking about guitars!

John_P

Great band and a contender for the best pop band imo.     Catchy songs, well played - Clem is one of my favourite drummers and the vocals are spot on - I’ve worked with a few singers that struggle with the high and low notes she throws in.    Just need to more solos to be perfect :-) 

usedtobe

ICBM said:

goldtop said:

Although, in a similar vein, I recall that a few boys at school fancied Penelope Keith over Felicity Kendall. Always wondered what happened to that sort...

They joined the Tory party and are now running the country. (Or what passes for it...)

Strangely enough when I was a kid I preferred Anni-Frid (The Dark One) to Agnetha (The Blonde One) in ABBA, but now I'm older it's definitely the other way round.

I did and still do prefer Anni-Frid to Agnetha. As for Penelope Keith/Felicity Kendal, I quite fancied both. PK wasn’t a patch on FK looks wise, but I’ve got a thing for stuck up posh women..

axisus

Sassafras said:

axisus said:

Ahhhh yes, Debbie Harry was so cool and sultry. Luvverly. 

I was more of a Kate Bush guy overall though

Sadly, time hasn't been as kind to Kate.

It hasn't been kind to me either so at least we have something in common