Blondie - Rapture

[mschink21]

Jean Michel Basquiat is on the turntables <3

[mIzZsYdNi96]

looks like a 40 yr old taylor swift.

[sandoo29]

is that flavor flav in the white suit??

[tazer5]

@ 3:00 that black man must be doing well cause everything hes wearing is white.

[americanqueteapie]

Best white rap video by a female 4 sure! AWESOME! Debbie/BLONDIE was so Ahead of the curve LOL!

[FishStone168]

I always use to laugh at this sone becasue there is a line in it about finger fucking that the censors never found! :-)

[meafind]

@FishStone168

I hate to be a know-it-all but, in point of fact, the lyrics are as follows:

"Face to face

Sadly solitude

And it's finger popping

Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture"

Hope that clears things up for you.

[FishStone168]

@meafind Nothing to clear up. Have you seen Blondie in concert? Have you heard her talk about the line and how she sings it in concert?

Anyone can go to a site and look up lyrics.

[meafind]

@FishStone168

It seems I've struck a nerve... No, I have not been lucky eniough to see Blondie, or the goddess herself (whom i've worshipped since I was a kid), in concert. Nor was I attemting to engage in some kind of battle with you, I was trying to be helpful by sharing with you because I couldn't figure out what she was singing for the longest time, hence the caveat that I do not wish to be a know-it-all!

[prplmnky98]

my mom dances to this and its hillarious

[MrAsilva125]

some kind of vodoo thing going on with the Haitian ladies dancing and the skinny lady in black with the goat passing by but truly a classic rap blondie brought out the b-boy style and graffiti you go blondie

[MrAsilva125]

like that video brings back memories you go blondie

[cooldrew101]

@MrAsilva125

when love and skill are combined, expect a masterpiece!

[xEmoLov3rx]

Whoever hates the stupid advertisements, click "thumbs up" to this.

[msfrecklers]

I am a stupid BITCH~~ LOVE Blodie and this song~~

[SexayButt]

love this song

[TiTANVERSE]

thumbs up if you know basquiat IS NOT fab five freddy! lol,,, fab stayed home and jean michel was hangin in the east village just b4 the shoot....

[navliv90]

man Debbie Harry was fucking FINE!

[midnytemoonowl78]

You can have your Lady Gaga we have our Blondie!

[67irishfire]

Blondie made rap socially acceptable for the average white person who thought that rap was strictly black.

[soycd666]

Thats talent, start off with a sweet voice, then the rap session about the man from mars who eats cars, bars and then guitars, yeah not to mention she was(still is) hot as hell, music artists of today dont have that ability!!!!!!

[kja427]

I wish that Blondie had made the video of the whole song; the complete guitar solo rocks. Live and learn, right guys?

[yukimaruzam]

This baseline and beat will stay in your head all day... and beyond. It is truly a classic.

[itsdarock661]

Word up Blondie >.<b

[darkmanatl]

love this song

[JediPedo]

Seriously? This hasn't been raped by Vevo yet?

Wow....

[thegrammarfairy]

@JediPedo -- EMI sold it out without any help from VEVO. I just pressed F5 about 15 times and it came up with a new ad every time &+#%<$!!!!!!!!!!

[Madamow]

The first female rapper, Deborah Harry.

[relentless]

Fab Five Freddy! One of hip hops early administrators

[jas22]

how rude, to brush off nigel like that! (1:17) lol

[JoltZero]

wtf is this? people from mars eating cars? this song makes no sense...

but it's gooood.

[FFXFan47]

I feel like this is the best Blondie song out there :) I was sure born at the wrong time, lol.

[djilyaz]

Love it!

She's a Jersey girl...but probably hated Jersey, and hung out in NYC every weekend, since it's only a few mins away.

The earliest representation of all the elements of hip-hop....funk, rap, grafitti, b-boying....

[shthd84]

Flava Flave :oo? naww, too early

[urbanfool1]

Wow. I can't believe a video was done of this song!

[70sGuy100]

When I was going to school, I had to work nights. Early Saturday morning when my work week was finally over, I stoped in a local neighborhood bar at 6:00 AM. I played Rapture and discreetly listened to all the rednecked mill workers swear society was decaying, as they sat BEFORE work drinking shots and a beer and talking about how they would punch in and f... o...all day.

[rowenatunison]

This is the first Rap song. A White Female.

[SweetAdvice]

@rowenatunison Check out "Judge dread - big six" from 1968. Judge dread was doing Jamaican ska.

[mthai66]

@SweetAdvice Dread's stuff is more like novelty stuff. His tracks are either over classic band tracks, or sub par stuff that sounds like Aurthur Kay's band. Anyhow it sure ain't rap.

I King Stitt!

[MyJunior1975]

@rowenatunison It'a a new wave song, not rap. Besides, "Rapper'sDelight" by The Sugar Hill Gang was out two years before this.

[chjackson82]

@MyJunior1975 its definitely a transition song from new wave towards rap at the very least...I personally have a hard time labeling it strictly "new wave"...to each his own

[walstib77]

I love Debbie Harry and Blondie--but this one is above the rest. Best Blondie song evah...

She defines the phrase "looks that could kill."

PS: what's with the freakin' goat? lol

[melodreamer1]

Hey look flavaa flav !

[Falconerx69]

Origins of Rap...

[beyondgreat]

@Falconerx69 I like this song but rap actually started way before. Jazz, Lousiana radio station, Count Machuki the first MC and beat boxer. When party goers brought the music he spoke over they brought the records back so they took it to the studio. Tom The Great Sebastian and those before him. Plus the combo of funk and American locking Check out Count Dread from the 1960s.

[jack10133]

@beyondgreat rhyming (aka rap) has existed since the dawn of man

[beyondgreat]

@jack10133 This is not just ryming this is MCing. It has more complicated history than what you might think.

[mthai66]

@beyondgreat That's right, just ask King Stitt

[mcdadypete]

@beyondgreat DU !

[lisamaria1972]

@beyondgreat yes it did BUT Blondie made it main stream.

[enoughsaidatl]

Blonde was such a hot group. These guys were the funkiest. Videos weren't the big then. No one really had a grip on them just yet. But after Michael Jackson showed them how it's done, well all videos changed.

[liquidgee13]

Thank you Deoborah Harry for autographing my copy of the "Videodrome" novel with your picture on the cover. Love Nikki OXOX ... you're the best.

[UndercoverObserver]

I remembere this as anew song, all thoes endless hours watching Mtv back in the early 80s. Loved this when new and still love the song. They just dont make songs like this anymore. Just bought the Debbie Harry edition barbie Doll because this song got me into Blondie when I was around 10 years old. Thanks for posting this vid ! Shakin out the dust and cobwebs of the big 610 AM KFRC in San Francisco.... Only drawback is this is an edited down version of the song. ^5 tho

[mthai66]

@UndercoverObserver You're an idiot. When this song was new, there was no MTV

[UndercoverObserver]

@mthai66 Not really, but you are however a moron. It was new in late 81 when Mtv was also new. But I suppose you think Mtv was there in 1979 when Video Killed the Radio Star was a new song also. Tell you what, go back and watch some more VH1. You may learn something

[mthai66]

@UndercoverObserver Look pal, I had Autoamerican when I was a freshman in 1980. MTV didn't come along until I was a sophmore in 1981. You can spin any narrative you want, but I was there.

[mthai66]

@UndercoverObserver cont.. It's not my fault you were a nine year old at the time, and not paying attention... I *was*

[UndercoverObserver]

@mthai66 Look " Pal " you can put whatever storyline onto this .... Im sure you dont remember the Friday Night Video fights, Closet Classics or even the Saturday Night Concerts Mtv showed during this time period. Go back, smoke some more weed, drink some more booze, whatever you do in that narrow world you live in. Cut and dry, your badly mistaken about this vid. .

[mthai66]

@UndercoverObserver Autoamerican: released November 1980; MTV: first broadcast August 1981. Rapture spent 2 weeks at #1 in March 1981 and was off the charts for 4-5 months before MTV even broadcast a single video. Case closed retard.

[tubebitch12]

This Video is freak-in Awesome, in all these years of loving this song this is the first time I've seen this video!!!

[ursa41]

This still remains one of my FAVORITE videos!! LOVE IT TO THE MAX!

[karlosguy2]

This is awesome. I love the costumes. They crazy!

[xRedheadgirl]

boring

[bobertthebadger]

@xRedheadgirl just cause your ginger and jealous

[xRedheadgirl]

@bobertthebadger Good one.

[Khaluless]

gr8 sax, sexy and smooth! (Blondie isn't bad either ♥)

[v2ewdlf9]

she got some shit!!!!

[cjs33139]

This was one of the first songs ever to include a rap by a white artist but I doubt it was ever the first rap song per se, as Grand Masterflash was rapping since the 70s, but she does mention his name "Flash" in the song. This was just the first pop song to have a rap.

[garebear1015]

i wanted to see the man from mars eating bars and then guitars

[pmurraymusic]

That face is BEAT for the GAWDS! LOL, love this song too ;-)

[fromdahytes]

how ya muthafuckaz on here sayin this is the first rap song! fuck is wrong wit u don't get shot. peep basquiat as the dj. nobody noticed that? i'm surprised i don't see that post up here

[cjs33139]

@fromdahytes No one has said that this is the first rap song... but it was one of the very first songs to include a "rap"... 

[moonfaeriemagick]

@cjs33139

One of the first songs to include a rap was Sweet Potato Piper by Glenn Miller in 1940

[josusrm]

esta cancion la habia escuchado antes!! aja la encontre!

[BishopGarnier]

I was sixteen and this song was the first "rap" in France.

French fan of Blondie for ever.

[OBAMA5708]

First ever rap song! Take that Fiddy

[Katzpurr70]

Waaaaay ahead of her time....Oh hell ya!!!

[killermk4]

this is first rap song long live blondie

[killermk4]

long live blondie !

[mierecords]

i remember seeing this video on :friday night videos" back in the 80s. it changed my life.

[174295]

first rap song...go figure a english white women, invented rap

[SayakaYama68]

@174295

She is not English..... she is from Cooperstown NY!

[LightOfTheBearer]

LISTEN TOTHE WAY SHE SAYS "SUBARU"

[blodachia]

Ten years ago this was the only "rap video" that Vh1 played on their channel.

[gosunnyfun]

And you don't stop---how many people heard Blondie from '81 in the Fallon & Timberlake history of rap...?

[jamicat]

@gosunnyfun

I just listened to that...and I might have heared it...but it was mostly bla after the first 2 tunes...juat sayin.

[crumble93]

This is the dumbest rap I have ever heard

[watchman1066]

@crumble93 is there any good rap?

[crumble93]

@watchman1066 In my opinion, yes

[jumpyourbone]

absolutely awesome

[singingstudio05]

this is like the first rap song

[salsa2good]

@singingstudio05

no, it's not it's only the first song that features rapping to reach #1.

[chispitaspapa]

one of the few to make from the New York punk rock club scene (CBGBs for example) to the main stream. Blondie was the bomb, cutting edge pop, pretty good punk and easy on the eyes and ears....

[nitahassan]

i like it, period.

[MELODY59833]

elle etait canon elle!!!!

[MELODY59833]

<3 un classic

[999lordy]

way ahead of its time. Great song, great voice and stunning lady

[ThePandems]

Haitians represent in this video from the guy wearing white in the tux to the three dancers at 1:07 who were possessed by a "LWA" during the recording. NICE.

[heyroz27]

@ThePandems Also artist Basquiat at 1:53 who was Fab Five Freddy in the video.

[ShaunC0918]

I loved Blondie, but I always thought this song sounded like it was written in the "john" .....still a classic though OL SKOOL!!!

[TIGAakaMAMAFATKAT]

@FoxIslandman that's cuz everybody was on coke

[bondboy104]

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT!!!!

[fallingdown0119]

okay, i know nothing about blondie so forgive me.but is this song about pills?

[davidelliot73]

I was too young to watch MTV in 1981, but I have to say that I liked the video! It had so many different themes, elements in it, making it cool to watch.

[seekur32]

@FoxIslandman Cocaine is a hellovah drug.

[garychldress74]

@seekur32 LOL!!!!

[Mon0lok]

@seekur32 and i´m rick james b*tch!! ;)

[Mon0lok]

@seekur32 and i´m rick james, b*tch!! ;)

[FFXFan47]

@seekur32 i lol'd, hahah

[cobrachoppergirl]

1:10 - Early career Napolean Dynamite cameo???

[TheShinobi32]

rock band dlc.

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

i got a feeling this would mix really well with johnny harris - oddysey

[jpappadis]

this song rocks

[shutupashley]

she doesnt seem to like white guys in this video

[AmberistheSnafu]

GAWD I LOVE DEB

[AmberistheSnafu]

GADW I LOVE DEB

[kwacou]

Love it.I lived on East 7th street bet. Ave b& C in a squat.19 yrs old partying at MK's,Bonds,2BC,The world,Underground, King tut's Wha Wha hut, Park Inn,Palladium, New York was off the chain. Jean Michel Bisquiat, Fab Five Freddy, Krs1, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol parties, Soul Boys,Lucky Strike (the one on 3rd Ave and 9th Street)original Veselka, night birds,boy bar.That's the New York of dreams killed by MONEY. Now living in Jamaica, will always love that New York not the yuppie town it is now.

[cdreed3000]

2:35

This indian man is my favorite part of this video!

[PeterHBne1]

What a song. What a clip What a girl. Stick Gaga up your arse.

[VegardMinde]

OMG what a body !

[SEANSKIPPYJOHNJONES]

Basquiat was the dj!!! He was a great artist...RIP!!!

[iadorenewyork]

I agree with Jimbo -- no ads, please! Makes U-tube seem that it is the commercial enterprise it is. I like the beginning of this song a lot, by the way. (The rap is a little silly.) The lead singer is definitely charismatic.

[TheMclees]

Rap started here!!! HA HA HA



[macewindu67]

This song and video are important because it helped to push then then underground NYC Hip Hop scene into the mainstream. Blondie became the Elvis Presley of hip hop. lol. You Jonas Brothers fans will have no clue what I am talking about so just keep it moving.

[MrWrightous]

@macewindu67 "Rappers Delight" was the first song to help push the Hip Hop scene into main stream and Blondie said it was the song that inspired her to do this this.. other than that i agree with you

[macewindu67]

@MrWrightous Yes but Rappers Delight was not played on MTV.

[bovinegirl]

the 29 people who didn't like this video suck. 1253 people rock.

[bryandamadman]

29 faggot Justin Bieber fans clicked dislike.

[blownIroc]

@bryandamadman Who ever likes Justin Bieber has no Phuckin clue what real music is!

[jimbo226]

ads on videos suck!!!

[GuitarPrincezz]

much better then alica keys :D should alway be orginal <3

[artcory]

I love it that the artist Basquiat plays the DJ and Fab Five Freddy from YO MTV Raps is doing Graffiti.

[remaftp]

Blondie's a great, great band and all but that rap is so bad. I mean, good for them for giving hip hop some extra exposure, but really? Man from mars eating bars, eating cars, now he eats guitars? Theres a bit more to it than simply rhyming words and creating nonsense.

[stendeb]

@remaftp this statement of yours is just ignorant, if you knew anything about this band or music in general, every line in that rap is about the time they spent with street rappers and the experiences they had with them

[nolaffinmatter]

@stendeb No, the rap is just horrible. It has no rhythm, no meaning, it's just random nonsensical rhyming from 1:55 on.

[kdrobb2k]

As a fifty something AA male I like this video. Unusual, offbeat visuals along with generally good pop music. The dude in the white suit is cool. Blondie was actually a very good band. Listen to some of their live recordings here on YouTube. Contrary to popular belief Debbie did not invent rap. Sugar Hill Gang and others had big selling recordings and live acts in the seventies and eighties. They just did not get exposure on MTV back then

[KnowThyself7]

Oh and it's "Finger fucking. Taking forever, shoving. Rapture. not " finger popping Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture.

[KnowThyself7]

Oh and it's "Finger fucking. Taking forever, shoving. Rapture. not " And it's finger popping Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture.

[KnowThyself7]

Thumbs up if you were doing coke to this song at age 15 in the 80's. I was.

[tonziq]

cant embed this video?? how sad.. i just want the world too see :(

[syndicate1]

PRE-DAY FLAVA FLAV?...

[fatimabaqi]

@syndicate1 fab 5 freddy =]

[tootsieroll1965]

i was 16 when this song came out and i still think its awesome!!

[lpc0615]

Blondie is a great group. I miss the 80's. I was born in 1982 and I think 80's had the best pop music. I miss the clothing style then in the 80's. Anyways, I think I heard this beat being sampled from other rap or R&B artists but I can't think who it was.

[Jinxedbeyondrepair]

The guy in the white tophat reminds e of someoe I work with.

[Baby48Tough]

I want her legs!! Damn girls can be so jealous!! ......Understatement of the year!!!!!!!

[61Slughi]

Is there a version of this song without the horrible "Man from Mars" rap?

[karla5672]

SENCILLAMENTE .....FANTASTICO!



[hvelazquez123]

yea pretty cool video i used to watch this video on the NEW YORK HOT TRACKS channel 7 fri nights before Mtv came out .yes one of the fisrt rap video

[ty2ubc55]

One of the first Rap music

[cacaorocks]

is that jean michel basquiat on the turntables?

[TimPhelan]

@cacaorocks I know he was in the video and it looks like him at the turntables.

[JullCzar]

@cacaorocks yes he is, purely 20 people years old

[turtlefuzzle]

These are probably the weirdest lyrics ever.

[vaccarovj]

I thought the name of this song was "Battle of the Dorks"

[ClarkesonTheMarksman]

she is so hot...........mmmwha

[scottdimenstein]

I'm a honky

[aqworldsartist]

When vannilia ice heard this he kicked himself straight into the balls

[di5c0rd1a]

Theres a really cool Tricky song using samples from this song. Tricky likes blondie. :)

[pekoe]

MAGIC>>>>>1980 tokin it an feelin it!! Bring the weed

[celticmystt]

oh man....those lips!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ipolson]

Brilliant album 'Autoamerican'. One the best albums ever !

[kansasinnovember]

@ipolson are you serious,as a blondie fan since 1977 i can honestly say that this is shit compared to the earlier stuff they did.

[ipolson]

@kansasinnovember: I understand what you mean. The early albums were good as well, but I like the way their songwriting developed. If they hadn't developed and all their albums were remakes of the first album, they would have disappeared like most of the punk /new wave era bands did. From a songwriting perspective I think each album was a progression up to 'Autoamerican'. You cant keep making the same old stuff if you want to survive.

[ipolson]

@kansasinnovember: The Police did the same thing. 'Can't Stand Losing you' was a kickass track (my favourite of theirs) , but they had to move on. So did Blondie. But if you prefer the 'raw' Blondie from the very early years (which I also like) then you are not going to like the later stuff, but hey, you gotta have hits to keep that contract ! 'Rapture' was so original when it came out. Songwriting diversity - can't beat it !

[ipolson]

@kansasinnovember: What is 'shit' is personal opinion. Actually, the later songs are far more interesting, musically, than the early '3 chord' stuff.

[flares]

@kansasinnovember This isn't shit at all. Just because it doesn't sound like their early stuff doesn't mean it's shit. 

[jehouse]

@flares Trust me, it's shit. I think even the band members agree...

[marcia7523]

I swear, this song & vid was just as stupid then as it is now. Even though we were diggin' the song back then, I didn't know what the hell she was talkin' about and I still don't & I'm 41. I mean really, I can hardly understand a word she says until she starts with that ridiculous cheesy ass rap. However with that said, I've always liked the song.

[MyAruga]

debbie harry first female rapper.new wave pioneer ga ga should look at her talent and hang her head in shame talent no flesh required and shes all woman.

[superchick76]

This young generation doesn't know anything about real music. This is a classic awesome video. Blondie was the shit back in the day. WTF you talking about ??

[Mandi7882]

Gee-wiz! Learn something before negatively criticizing! When this was done it wasn't a MTV Video per ce, but it did play on MTV when it launched. MTV played a lot of concert film snips until videos took off. Blondie was ahead of the game. This vid was more fun, artsy, experimental. And it is historic as it features a lot of famous NY artists before their 'time'. Big production videos didn't happen until Micheal Jackson. And MTV music and videos ended w/reality TV. So enjoy the MUSIC!

[inpropagation]

man, the second half of this song is so awful. the entire second half, ruined.