This is a great song, it's got a real modern quality to it. I think that might be because some modern artists have this influence. Every Long Blondes song sounds like this one.
@DontTaseMeBro77 Yeah man! Is that a Gibson Les Paul Infante is playing here? Just curious anyway this was the cut that completes the Musikladen set for this one
@Sabatinitennis-They had a few good writers. The most important writer was Debbie Harry, who co-wrote virtually every hit they had in their heyday and also had to sell them. (Not sure anyone else could have made Presence Dear into a hit). Stein and Destri's contributions were pretty even. Always thought this and Fade Away and Radiate were neck and neck.
@toiroforcado I love the low key performance as far as the awkward audience as the group was on the way to super stardom. This vid and all the performances from this show are very interesting because they exist just before the fame. Debbie was under performing I think because the critics in Europe were saying she was jumping around too much (see CBGB and other pre 1978 vids) This is a LIVE performance which was rare to US TV at the time. It sounds BEAUTIFUL!
This is a live performance from their second show on Musikladen in 1978. This song immediately precedes Pretty Baby on the set list. Never seen this before, Thanks a lot.
I'm searching this full concerts all my life. I just have it on the 'is a name of a band' video cd but the quality is crap. can you say me how can I get it !
@oxigenblond I've never heard of the DVD you mention but I got this show from 2 different sources around 1989 or 1990. I have seen most of the videos from this show on Youtube but a few songs seem to be missing all the time. My guess is that the original was cut when rebroadcast in the past decade of the following songs from the original broadcast:
"11:59" "Pretty Baby" "Sunday Girl" "Always Touched By Your Presence"
@oxigenblond Furthermore, even though I have the original complete, the original broadcast may have removed the song "Hanging on the Telephone" which I swear may be there somewhere on the studio tapes, but was written by Jake Lee not originally a Blondie song and thus dropped for copyright reasons for this German TV production.
This is a great song, it's got a real modern quality to it. I think that might be because some modern artists have this influence. Every Long Blondes song sounds like this one.
capablemachine 1 week ago
Terrific!
ZLUGGO 3 weeks ago
Debbie always moved inconspicuously to the background during band solos, very cool.
DontTaseMeBro77 2 months ago
@DontTaseMeBro77 Yeah man! Is that a Gibson Les Paul Infante is playing here? Just curious anyway this was the cut that completes the Musikladen set for this one
toiroforcado 1 month ago
Deborah Harry will forever smack of coolness.
manzilmusic 2 months ago
Good find Emilio, Debbie looks fabulous.
TheRiceowlex 6 months ago
I luv her hair!!
soadfan33 7 months ago
Lost control-dont leave me hear!
oshamo69 10 months ago
One of their best ever songs - sadly not a single, but penned yet again by mega-writer jimmy Destri.
Sabatinitennis 11 months ago 6
@Sabatinitennis-They had a few good writers. The most important writer was Debbie Harry, who co-wrote virtually every hit they had in their heyday and also had to sell them. (Not sure anyone else could have made Presence Dear into a hit). Stein and Destri's contributions were pretty even. Always thought this and Fade Away and Radiate were neck and neck.
ihasch 11 months ago
@ihasch Presence Dear was written by Gary Valentine.
WAWELDRAGON 1 month ago
@WAWELDRAGON-Yes.
ihasch 1 month ago
"B" side of the single, Heart of Glass. Should have been the "A" side.
puseye 1 year ago 4
German music tv ! you just cant " beat " it .
MJL3764 1 year ago
@MJL3764 One must really acknowledge German television's contribution in terms of providing pop music's video memory.
msalimon 7 months ago
I loved Blondie's cool observances on Rock history as exemplified by "sidewalk social scientist don't get no Satisfaction from your cigarette"
A reference to Rolling Stones Dylanesque "Satisfaction" line about mass marketing commerce and cigarettes
toiroforcado 1 year ago 3
@toiroforcado I love the low key performance as far as the awkward audience as the group was on the way to super stardom. This vid and all the performances from this show are very interesting because they exist just before the fame. Debbie was under performing I think because the critics in Europe were saying she was jumping around too much (see CBGB and other pre 1978 vids) This is a LIVE performance which was rare to US TV at the time. It sounds BEAUTIFUL!
toiroforcado 1 month ago
I love this song.
ngoronga 1 year ago
Burning like a fi-yah!!
crapple009 1 year ago
WOW! I'M FLABBERGASTED
imnotabotrlyimnot 1 year ago
that was absolutely "BRILLIANTTTTTTTTTTT" rICK!!!! BRAVO......X
elspithreid 1 year ago
@elspithreid who is rick? is that you? Yeah I love the last "I'm Still Alive"s she sings at the end -- quite a fire!
toiroforcado 1 year ago
thankyou would love to see the whole show please keep downloading,this is what youtube is all about!
normandron 1 year ago
This is a live performance from their second show on Musikladen in 1978. This song immediately precedes Pretty Baby on the set list. Never seen this before, Thanks a lot.
ihasch 1 year ago
I'm searching this full concerts all my life. I just have it on the 'is a name of a band' video cd but the quality is crap. can you say me how can I get it !
thanks
oxigenblond 1 year ago
@oxigenblond I've never heard of the DVD you mention but I got this show from 2 different sources around 1989 or 1990. I have seen most of the videos from this show on Youtube but a few songs seem to be missing all the time. My guess is that the original was cut when rebroadcast in the past decade of the following songs from the original broadcast:
"11:59" "Pretty Baby" "Sunday Girl" "Always Touched By Your Presence"
toiroforcado 1 year ago
@oxigenblond Furthermore, even though I have the original complete, the original broadcast may have removed the song "Hanging on the Telephone" which I swear may be there somewhere on the studio tapes, but was written by Jake Lee not originally a Blondie song and thus dropped for copyright reasons for this German TV production.
toiroforcado 1 year ago