Blondie

[dancingwasteland]

I am adding a discussion thread about Blondie, mostly because I really dig them; from the sultry, yet too-cool-for-school styles of Ms. Debbie Harry to the amazing (and criminally under-rated) talents of drummer Clem Burke - seriously, check out his work on the songs "Dreaming", "Eat to the Beat" and "X Offender" to see what I mean.

Blondie also reminds me of Guns N' Roses in a lot of ways. The exploration of different musical styles (both even had a rap song ) and there's friction present concerning numerous ex members. In the case of Blondie one sued the band and several were replaced when they regrouped in the 1990's (sound familiar?) leading to the on stage spat that took place during their rock n' roll hall of fame induction in 06.

Fuck, Debbie even did the bandana thing:

(Now with more Muppets!):

Edited February 13, 2010 by dancingwasteland

[krissirge]

i havent heard much of them beyond their hits,but what i've heard is good...

[Lithium]

Parallel Lines and Eat to the Beat are both great albums. Haven't heard much else, but what I've heard is really tedious.

[Pico]

debut and plastic letters (my favorite) are also really good lps, albeit cluttered with a couple of fillers.

[inthisriver]

The had some decent tunes, but they don't exactly make me go nuts.