classic album from a classic band----end of story-----just miss the scratches etc you get when listening to it on vinyl back in an age when singers could actually sing bands played and the music charts actually mattered
@odiseoo97. Read my post again, where in my statement did I say that Parallel Lines was Blondie's first album? I know Blondie is their first album, read my post again.
@doentim. What is punk about Blondies first album? I liked Blondie, but they were not punk, infuenced by punk yes, but more of a new wavey sound.The Clash were punk for the first 4 albums, wtf r u talking about?
@symphonythree. That's your opinion, but I saw Blondie back in the day, as I also saw the Clash back in the day.Compared to the Clash at least, Blondie was not punk!!
@kbinco Musically Blondie was punk in the beginning. However the Clash wasn't punk for that long either, they turned kind of reggae and their sound softened up really quickly and got more mainstream as well like Blondie.
@ucbf1. I agree, I dropped all the classic rock shit i was listening to, and new wave ands punk it was. Blondie's infleunces were punk, but like Television, Blondie was not a punk band.
An awesome Highway tune to drive with. This combined with some of the tracks from "Eat to the Beat" equate to Rocketing down the road. This type of music torpedoed that Disco crap, and whatever other Marshmallow music was on radio airplay. Blondie, combined with Blue Oyster Cult provided a "Dynamic Duo" of new age rock to rejuvenate underground FM.
there sure as hell wasn't much around in 1978 that can compare to this incredible album. the sound, the lyrics, debra just belting it out. absolutely classic!!
This reminds me of the pre-first boy friend : ) and the time in the secondary school...
But this one also is still so deep inside my music memories. It is an ear worm in good meaning for me.. When I nowadays have to hurry to some place the usual song that comes to my mind is 11:59 from Blondie :D
The best non-single Blondie ever recorded,. I could never understand why Mike Chapman didn't release this as a single rather than the likes of Sunday Girl/Heart of Glass, both of which were mammoth successes - but hey what do I know, I only loved the band!!.
I relate to many of the comments below - I laugh when Levassuer1 and BigBulgeCheeks mention Duran Duran.. I saw Duran Duran open for Blondie - it has to be over 25 years ago... What a phenomenal concert... I was in the front row hanging on the stage and Chris Stein handed me a guitar pic during the "Tide is High"... Awesome memories... I want to thank FallingDown08 for posting these great Blondie videos with perfect sound quality
@davidmadmaxx I saw them & David Johansen open for Blondie, too, back in 1982. It was my first Blondie concert in NJ; they were awesome! What Chris did was incredible! I would've fainted, lol, but I had a crush on Jimmy Destri back then. :-P
Very glad that you enjoyed the Blondie concert. Possibly, we hit her on a bad night. I will always be a big Blondie fan, but on that night, she just did not have it. She would leave halfway through the songs and go behind the stage as the band played. She could not hit the high notes that night for what ever reason. Glad to hear that she still has it!
ucbf1 ......Ya are so right! So many memories when ya were in school and ya wanted just to get out and start your life like a rocket to the ocean! What a song and ya are right again about songs of today. I was hooked on Blondie from the start and saw her in concert in Toronto and New York. Speaking of those songs from then, what did ya think of Hungry like the wolf?
It's been awhile, but those songs from the 80's are can't miss in my opinion! Blondie, Go-Go's, Pat Benatar and Duran Duran will stir so many thoughts from "the day". Ya will LUV them!!!
She was great in Toronto around 2000 when Maria came out. I saw her in Canadagua New York last year I believe and she was just a shadow of her past. Age catches up to everyone though, even stars. Pat Benatar opened for her and she was fabulous!
This brings back so any memories. I was a Senior in High School when this came out and I dropped all crap music from my collection and started on New Wave, then sought out Punk Rock and I haven't looked back since. Today's music doesn't even compare to these great songs.
As a side note, I think that most music is not so good today, cause teens stoped to listen to great music, like Blondie and others. How can musicians (mostly teens) play and made good music, if they dont listen to it ? Is like persons who never listen to classical music, compose classical music . Its impossible
Would've been a better song if they mentioned Durward Kirby.
Bopalena 1 week ago
Nice homage to The Rolling Stones in the second line.
mgmcd1 1 week ago
Flip side of Heart Of Glass .... wore out BOTH sides ....
MadameLil 2 weeks ago
still awesome !!! perfect album!!!
seeemilyplay0909 2 weeks ago
O man...do they still sell this album?I'm a young teen!:0
2Empowered4you 3 weeks ago
I've been in love with this band since I first heard them back in the late 70's! Nothing's changed. I still love this band, more than ever!
JORGEPSOUSA911 1 month ago
@JORGEPSOUSA911 Its the best inevery way inevery song they all pulled it together!!!!!
cdcharlesdominguez52 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
i luv BLONDIE!
izoe99 1 month ago
classic album from a classic band----end of story-----just miss the scratches etc you get when listening to it on vinyl back in an age when singers could actually sing bands played and the music charts actually mattered
Grendelw65 1 month ago
Blondie was punk for sure, rock, pop, and all kinds of things.
Just look in Autoamerican, its new age, country, blues.
As for your punk discussion in attitude, no doubt about it.
justcallmejoe 2 months ago
great
2008Sameoldfitup 3 months ago
Ice cream urgency at its finest! Lap it up, y;all. That voice..ahhhhhh..........
crapple009 3 months ago 2
This would have been a good song for Y2K.
davidls11 3 months ago
Class song from a class singer the flip side to Heart of Glass bot sure if it was a double a side this one
deltic1964 4 months ago
All times hottest blonde !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Union City Blue is my absolute favorite
Snuttify 4 months ago
This song is badass.
Ramonajunie3 4 months ago
@odiseoo97. Read my post again, where in my statement did I say that Parallel Lines was Blondie's first album? I know Blondie is their first album, read my post again.
kbinco 4 months ago
Blondie played CBGB more than anyone this side of The Ramones.
They were the house band of "High Times" magazine.
That led to the "Underground Rep" - I believe!
npspec34 4 months ago
@doentim. What is punk about Blondies first album? I liked Blondie, but they were not punk, infuenced by punk yes, but more of a new wavey sound.The Clash were punk for the first 4 albums, wtf r u talking about?
kbinco 4 months ago
@kbinco Parallel lines is their Third album :P
odiseoo97 4 months ago
Remember seeing them at odeon bham, One of the best gigs ever, Debbie harry ruled the roost , forget maddonna, etc she set the standard......
royseahawks 5 months ago
im only 19 but I have pilfered my dads record collection over the years and this stuff is pure greatness.
caseygrrl92 5 months ago 2
@symphonythree. That's your opinion, but I saw Blondie back in the day, as I also saw the Clash back in the day.Compared to the Clash at least, Blondie was not punk!!
kbinco 5 months ago
@kbinco Musically Blondie was punk in the beginning. However the Clash wasn't punk for that long either, they turned kind of reggae and their sound softened up really quickly and got more mainstream as well like Blondie.
doetim 4 months ago
@doetim yes they were. they started out as punk when they were playing at CBGB'S with the likes of NewYork Dolls and stuff :)
MrDANCANTDANCE 4 months ago
Classic.
magpie1892 6 months ago
CLASSIC! One of the best US of A bands ever.
turbo1964 6 months ago
@ucbf1. I agree, I dropped all the classic rock shit i was listening to, and new wave ands punk it was. Blondie's infleunces were punk, but like Television, Blondie was not a punk band.
kbinco 7 months ago
@kbinco blondie was punk, punk is always about attitude, not so much the music..they had attitude
symphonythree 5 months ago
This makes me feel old, I got this malbum when it first came out. My fave Blondie song.
kbinco 7 months ago
Love the band, song, & album!
JOSECHETATRIBUTE 7 months ago
First album I ever bought, I was aged 15, the inner sleeve had the lyrics. I don't need lyrics now they are imprinted in my memory!
gartennelke 7 months ago
Ah, memories... Glad I own this on vinyl...
odilonvert 7 months ago
They can do no wrong in my eyes.
Frostie197 7 months ago
This really rocks.
kidkosh 7 months ago
just realised my life went from Blondie through Rush through Pat Benatar through to (real) Trance how'd that happen ?
threeptt 8 months ago
She has to be one of the most under-rated female vocalists ever in pop/rock music.
LTF6161 8 months ago 2
Sidewalk social scientists don't get no satisfaction from their cigarettes: alliterative genius.
21shergar 8 months ago
mighty fine that blondie... and this is one of their best songs imho :)
MrBuckwilliam 8 months ago
An awesome Highway tune to drive with. This combined with some of the tracks from "Eat to the Beat" equate to Rocketing down the road. This type of music torpedoed that Disco crap, and whatever other Marshmallow music was on radio airplay. Blondie, combined with Blue Oyster Cult provided a "Dynamic Duo" of new age rock to rejuvenate underground FM.
GreenDawn8993 9 months ago 2
A lot of their songs have Grease, Beach Boys vibe to them.
Blondie was extremely ahead of their time. When this album dropped, people
complained that the current music (Disco) lack creativity…………Sucked
sekhmetbastet 10 months ago
I love these lyrics! i have no idea what ther about but they are great!
Blondiefan15 11 months ago
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Blondiefan15 11 months ago
Never has alliteration been better employed in popular music.
21shergar 11 months ago
I graduated hs in 79 this music brings back so many memories. After32 years it still moves me
vrujovrujo 11 months ago 2
Lost youth syndrome, vrujovrujo? I'm familiar with it. Blondie directs me straight back to my formative years in County Durham.
21shergar 11 months ago
I remember this being the "b" side of the 45rpm "Heart of Glass" single.
SDChargersForever 1 year ago
there sure as hell wasn't much around in 1978 that can compare to this incredible album. the sound, the lyrics, debra just belting it out. absolutely classic!!
itinerant64 1 year ago
wow...I've missed this. Great lyrics.
roguearoo 1 year ago 2
Cocaine is a helluva drug!
saze9y14 1 year ago
This has kind of a do whop-y 60's vibe, huh?
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
great song, great album, great group nothing else to say really!! apart from i had a MAJOR crush on Debbie, still do i think!! LOL
jasper12366 1 year ago 2
11:59 wow one of the greatest!!!!!!
DENNIS1234575 1 year ago 2
This reminds me of the pre-first boy friend : ) and the time in the secondary school...
But this one also is still so deep inside my music memories. It is an ear worm in good meaning for me.. When I nowadays have to hurry to some place the usual song that comes to my mind is 11:59 from Blondie :D
minnikissa 1 year ago
I have this on record. i fucking love it. <3
TheWhiteBandana 1 year ago
The best non-single Blondie ever recorded,. I could never understand why Mike Chapman didn't release this as a single rather than the likes of Sunday Girl/Heart of Glass, both of which were mammoth successes - but hey what do I know, I only loved the band!!.
markd3107 1 year ago
absolutely amazing song one of the first blondie albums i bought on vinyl
MegaOccasions 1 year ago
I relate to many of the comments below - I laugh when Levassuer1 and BigBulgeCheeks mention Duran Duran.. I saw Duran Duran open for Blondie - it has to be over 25 years ago... What a phenomenal concert... I was in the front row hanging on the stage and Chris Stein handed me a guitar pic during the "Tide is High"... Awesome memories... I want to thank FallingDown08 for posting these great Blondie videos with perfect sound quality
davidmadmaxx 1 year ago
@davidmadmaxx I saw them & David Johansen open for Blondie, too, back in 1982. It was my first Blondie concert in NJ; they were awesome! What Chris did was incredible! I would've fainted, lol, but I had a crush on Jimmy Destri back then. :-P
CrimsonNightSky 1 year ago
A great song!!!!!
A great album!!!!!!
A great band!!!!!!!!!:)
Love 'em & their music....not comparable with todays trash....
Epic
Arkadasch123 1 year ago
Ladygrinningsouldiva,
Very glad that you enjoyed the Blondie concert. Possibly, we hit her on a bad night. I will always be a big Blondie fan, but on that night, she just did not have it. She would leave halfway through the songs and go behind the stage as the band played. She could not hit the high notes that night for what ever reason. Glad to hear that she still has it!
levassuer1 1 year ago
ucbf1 ......Ya are so right! So many memories when ya were in school and ya wanted just to get out and start your life like a rocket to the ocean! What a song and ya are right again about songs of today. I was hooked on Blondie from the start and saw her in concert in Toronto and New York. Speaking of those songs from then, what did ya think of Hungry like the wolf?
levassuer1 1 year ago
@levassuer1 what are they like live? I'm going to see them in Manchester or Nottingham so I was wondering what to expect
BigBulgeCheeks 1 year ago
@BigBulgeCheeks
It's been awhile, but those songs from the 80's are can't miss in my opinion! Blondie, Go-Go's, Pat Benatar and Duran Duran will stir so many thoughts from "the day". Ya will LUV them!!!
levassuer1 1 year ago
@levassuer1 Cool, I love Duran Duran. I was wondering what Blonde were like live
BigBulgeCheeks 1 year ago
@BigBulgeCheeks
She was great in Toronto around 2000 when Maria came out. I saw her in Canadagua New York last year I believe and she was just a shadow of her past. Age catches up to everyone though, even stars. Pat Benatar opened for her and she was fabulous!
levassuer1 1 year ago
One of the greatest off of Parallel lines :D
alk3tom 1 year ago 29
best version ,brill band,brings back mem ories ,debbie harry every boys fantasy back then
tervorj 2 years ago
And now
BigBulgeCheeks 1 year ago
Muy buena canción!
chemicman 2 years ago
This brings back so any memories. I was a Senior in High School when this came out and I dropped all crap music from my collection and started on New Wave, then sought out Punk Rock and I haven't looked back since. Today's music doesn't even compare to these great songs.
ucbf1 2 years ago 59
@ucbf1 Ahah, Thumbs up for you.
As a side note, I think that most music is not so good today, cause teens stoped to listen to great music, like Blondie and others. How can musicians (mostly teens) play and made good music, if they dont listen to it ? Is like persons who never listen to classical music, compose classical music . Its impossible
SuperPais 3 months ago