In 1978, a band named Blondie shook the world when they released the album Parallel Lines. It was their third release, and while the first two found success in the UK, it was this one that rocketed to success in the US, making the name for the band. While it was the third single, Heart of Glass, that topped the charts, the first two singles were getting noticed by college radio on the strength of the Punk pedigree of the band. The second single was one of my favorites from the album, Hanging On The Telephone.
The first single was the lovely Picture This. Well, it was as lovely and sweet as Debbie Harry was going to get. I later believed it was the inspiration for the writers of the Golden Girls when they wrote about Sophia telling stories...
Shane and Matt and I got to see Blondie not too long ago...was it last year? I think so. Anyway, Debbie still looks and sounds great. A little older, a little heavier...but aren't we all? One of my all-time favorite bands.
ReplyDeleteHanging on the Telephone is one of my very favorite Blondie songs!
ReplyDeleteBeth, I have never seen Blondie live, but have always wished I had. You are my hero!
ReplyDeleteBig Mark, Mine too!
Now this is a classic album. Many bands at that time (early new wave) was embraced in the UK before hitting big/mainstream in the US - might have been from the post-punk scene which was emerging at that time!
ReplyDeleteThis album is a classic in its own right - I love it!
SteveA, it is a classic. I also feel as though college radio has basically disappeared from music today. I don't get it...
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