The rock establishment hated Disco music at that time and continually slammed it. Blondie were one of the few bands at their peak who embraced it with Heart of Glass, Atomic and this brilliant cover version of Donna Summer's classic.
@bondvillain this was played on the radio constantly as was the sound track from Saturday Night fever- 70' music , for the most part was not as diverse and creative as the 60' s- it seemed all about sex and drugs not really spiritual stuff- But this is fun and was appreciated as such.
i don't understand why people think this song is so great... it's so slow-paced and kind of boring... It's alright, but not the best... I *love* Blondie, though, so I'm going to say this is my favorite version of the song. lol. But I think they could have done this a lot better!
I think they really admire Giorgio Moroder, since they've worked with him before, and when I saw them back when they toured for "The Curse of Blondie"'s release, they opened with a version of "The Chase". I'd LOVE to have a recording of THAT one!!
Blondie brought us out of the 70's into the 80's, transcending and popularising all the musical genre's of the era. They defined the 80's, and beyond. I can't think of a more influential band. They seem to have inspired everything since.
Brilliant! Seriously showcases Debbie Harry's voice, without one of those machines to revocalize her or correct her pitch. There was NOTHING like the 70s!
15 years looking for this song, when i was a child I heard of this once, and then nothing, until now. today i'm listening all versions available I LOVE FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!
@beowulven "More particularly after an eight-ball of coke and six vodka-tonics."
You say that like it's a bad thing?
It was the 80s (well, almost anyway)
Besides, Debbie Harry at her very worst is still better than 99% of performers on their best days ever, with a backwind and platoons of sympathetic auto-tuners & photoshoppers.
whether it's Debby Harry or Donna Summers, This song transcends disco or new wave. It is the start of a new genre. It was at least 10 years ahead of time.
One of my all-time favorite Giorgio Moroder songs.....now with this Rock Angel's heavenly vocals....it's concretized at the top. Thanks soooo much for posting this.
Blondie played a version of this at the Blitz Benefit at CBGB in May, 1978, sometimes known as the US punk Woodstock. I heard it on a poor quality audience recording and they did it with a different arrangement. But when they started playing it you heard people in the crowd saying things like "Disco?" and "It's a disco song!" somewhat in disbelief. Cool moment.
The more I listen to this, the more brilliant I think it is.
Yes, it's obviously Donna Summer's song... but Blondie covering it is the ultimate in 1979 new wave/disco irony.
So few people "got" how arch and sassy the Blondie approach was. Picking I Feel Love as the encore cover song is hilarious and perfect, affectionate and condescending at the same time.
Blondie flirted quite heavily with disco, of course - and with Giorgio Moroder too. Debbie Harry covering I Feel Love makes a lot of sense...a studio version of this would have been interesting.
Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Joan Baez, Tina Turner, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith -- what are they, chopped liver?
And that's just off the toppa my head. Few minutes' thought, I could name 3-5x as many; bit of a hand from Mr Google, and I could name 10-20x as many.
@smartalek1 Have you heard Aretha sing live the past year?? Not good. Baez doesnt sing, she read lines of poetry...never heard Marianne and dont really feel the end to. Tina does sound great still. I saw her last year and she was amazing.
@dreamottowa Speaking as a person who lived through this song and loved Prog rock I had the disco version(Gave it away-Moron) of this and was not afraid to play the original from around 77' to my like minded friends and we all loved it. Great memories, John M.
@dsfddsgh Ha! Ha! Ha! POP SKANKS! Dude you dont know it but you just created a new TERMINOLOGY in the Engish vocabulary! I love it POP SKANKS! Im usin it from now on. P.O.P S.K.A.N.K.S.! its perfect. Your dead right. Deborah sang this live and it sounds great, todays pop skanks would be all Auto-tune pre-recorded dancers and fire works to distract you from noticing their lack of real MUSICAL talent. The sad part is, todays GEN-Xer's are so DUMB they dont even care if "ARTISTS" are FAKE
@soothingrash Ooops! Sorry my bad, i stand corrected. That comment "WAS" meant to be about Gen Y. "Douchebags of today"Ha! Ha! thats funny. Great music of the 90's? you mean Grunge bands like Nervana, Pearl-jam, Chilly Pepers? Sure there was some, but nothing like the 60's 70's 80's!
Usually I can't stand covers - but this is so close and yet so different from the original that I listened through the whole track - just wish I could be dancing through Studio 54 to it!
i love this song...and this is an ok version...her voice is ethereal!...and shockingly complementary to summers' - that's the one that plays in my head. but, the instrumentation is rather crap...i know it's live and all, but...it could've been so much more...lol, it's sunday...ha!
@solanaceaesolarium-This is the best version I have heard, and I've listened to all of them because I like the song. And yes, being live does make it all the more impressive. "It could've been so much more?" I guess they could have hired an entire orchestra (or maybe the whole Blue Man Group ensemble), but that kind of misses the point, But all matters of taste of course.
@ihasch i didn't mean to dis this version...it's just there's a few missed notes and some lengthy awkwardness with the instrumentation. overall i enjoy this, i favorited the vid. her voice is subllime, gorgeous. and, i like the simplicity/redux of this vers...no heavy orchestration or blue man type theatrics necessary. just some variance and a bit of polish. i know the band was in it's early stages, too. yes, this song does take me to church somehow...smiles.
@solanaceaesolarium-Understood. Personally I think the band pulled off a very interesting, rockified version of this song, and I always liked the rawness and variation that goes with live performances. (I do wonder if music is becoming so polished and technology-assisted that people are forgetting what a live song sounds like). The term "ethereal" is a very good description of the vocals.
@ihasch not to clog the board here, ha...but, i suppose considering who was involved with blondie at this time, fripp esp., i was hoping for a bit more 'larks tongue in aspic' rather than something off of 'red'...but, that's what was happening '79, a new direction...and, this is a seminal disco song. i even hear something santana-ish in this vers. wow. it's altogether interesting...and, thank goodness for a raw sound, agreed...! much respect to blondie, fripp, etc, and to you ihasch!
They really change the tempo and atmosphere of the song. Donna Summer typically performed it much more uptempo in about 3:30 minutes. The arrangement that is somewhat similar is the 12" extended version Moroder released in 1979 but I like this arrangement better.
She looks like Lady Gaga in the first clips of the video. Good effort, but Donna's version is definitely better. The off key guitar at 2:43 is horrid.
This was definitely performed at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on January 12, 1980. I heard this on a bootleg from a soundboard recording of that show. It's exactly the same; no overdubbing or retouches. I think Robert Fripp from King Crimson might be playing on this; the set order is unclear.
Always loved this version! While Blondie's voice is great, it's the hard edge of the electric guitars and synthesizer - the "Blondie sound" - that makes this version so outstanding. From the ethereal way her lead voice waves in and out of the song, to how the tempo picks up to a rousing finale, they did a great job. Pity there's no live video version of this song.
I never knew that Blondie playing this song existed. I love it! Debbie has one hell of a good voice and great range. I will say that I like Donna's version better because it is her song but Debbie does a great job singing it. Thank you for posting this.
@SirVixsAtomic The reason that this cover has so many hits is it is an excellent cover. Most covers are not this good. Once again thank you for sharing.
@SirVixsAtomic The reason that this cover has so many hits is it is an excellent cover. Most covers are not this good. Once again thank you for sharing.
i don't think Madonna ripped off anything. she liked this song enough to bring it back and show it to another generation. if i was a singer/songwriter and Madonna wanted to cover my song...i'd be honored.
secondly, Blondie is a band. i think she might have been inspired by Debrah Harry. but then who wasn't. there are so many other female artists with the same style.
If I had to guess I think this was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in January, 1980. They also did this song in 1978 at CBGB during the Johnny Blitz benefit show. It sounds like the venue is bigger than CBGB. Just a guess however.
Thanks for sharing flybreath. Loved the original by Donna Summer, but this is every bit as good. Debbie Harry the original Blonde Bombshell. FAB Post.
If Blondie are releasing a new album this year, I'd like to hear a revamp version of this on there and released as a single. Always loved the song no matter whether Donna Summer, Bronski Beat & Marc Almond or whomever sang it.
the soon replacement was the newage new wave music that is now known as pop/punkrave/techno with a mix of hip hop as to day that you hear in dance clubs all over the world disco never died ... i just changed she donna summer will allways be the queen of dance // disco and blondie will always be the queen of newage and best known for bringing the rap to hip hop out in the spot light with a push == video notice==
They have covered songs by Cole Porter, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Randy and the Rainbows, David Bowie, T Rex. As for originals, Screaming Skin could have been sung by Madness, The Dream's Lost on Me should have been recorded by the Pogues. No Exit features rap over Bach and Grieg.
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i like blondie but she had not sing this song sorry but donna summer can it better . blondie sing only punk or new wave but not disco it is not your style !
I have always loved Blondie since I was a kid and her music was new...but a rock version of the legendary Donna Summer Disco Anthem? Amazing! Love Donna and that goes without saying. Never in my wildest dreams could I even imagine Blondie doing a cover to this song! Truly unbelievable! Love it! Thanks for posting this rare cut! Way to step outside of the nine dot box! WOW! AMAZING!
I am surprised that Blondie did this. This is one of the songs that seems untouchable. Its also so not like her because she always did her own thing. I am not mad at the attempt, but Donna put a stamp that is permanent on this one. Its like Elvis trying to sing Billie Jean (if that was possible).
I'm Gonna Love You Too (Buddy Holly), Out On The Streets (The Shangri-Las), The Tide Is High (The Paragons - I think). There were others, I'm sure, but these three are all that spring immediately to mind. I'd say Blondie were clearly influenced by many things that came before them, like rockabilly, girl pop etc, and weren't ashamed to show it.
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1954771 4 days ago
Fantastico!!!
supertuboss 1 month ago
The rock establishment hated Disco music at that time and continually slammed it. Blondie were one of the few bands at their peak who embraced it with Heart of Glass, Atomic and this brilliant cover version of Donna Summer's classic.
bondvillain 2 months ago
@bondvillain Blondie wasn't rock
j24601valjean 1 month ago
@bondvillain I feel love wasn't disco
j24601valjean 1 month ago
@bondvillain this was played on the radio constantly as was the sound track from Saturday Night fever- 70' music , for the most part was not as diverse and creative as the 60' s- it seemed all about sex and drugs not really spiritual stuff- But this is fun and was appreciated as such.
nhbright 3 weeks ago
EXCELLENT..Thanks for this.
195477EP 2 months ago
I love Debby!!!
Funcionalismo 2 months ago
:)
CMloveify 3 months ago
chris stein super hip!
edrepard 4 months ago
This is great, but not the best - Kingston Wall made the greatest version of this, in my humble opinion :)
prowokator 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Blondie
Yes, they did..:) But I also like this version.
Demiurgi81 1 month ago
i don't understand why people think this song is so great... it's so slow-paced and kind of boring... It's alright, but not the best... I *love* Blondie, though, so I'm going to say this is my favorite version of the song. lol. But I think they could have done this a lot better!
JohnnyLovely2 4 months ago
I think they really admire Giorgio Moroder, since they've worked with him before, and when I saw them back when they toured for "The Curse of Blondie"'s release, they opened with a version of "The Chase". I'd LOVE to have a recording of THAT one!!
Rakmusen 4 months ago
Awesome .... especially for a live performance. Debbie and the entire band hit the mark!
ShrvHighlander 4 months ago
I Remeber listening to this on the radio New Years Eve 1979, the whole show was AMAZING
nyr1979 5 months ago 2
no darling Debby does it real [}
curtxtc 6 months ago 2
Blondie Forever! They are STILL making music like no one else can!
cowboybill63 6 months ago 5
Blondie brought us out of the 70's into the 80's, transcending and popularising all the musical genre's of the era. They defined the 80's, and beyond. I can't think of a more influential band. They seem to have inspired everything since.
habanaman 6 months ago 3
Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and this is Live back in 79.
TheInnerSense1 6 months ago
My god this leve version is better dan Donna's, HOT !!!!!
laszlo1964 7 months ago 2
Thanks a million for posting this!
IslandiaMera 7 months ago
Brilliant! Seriously showcases Debbie Harry's voice, without one of those machines to revocalize her or correct her pitch. There was NOTHING like the 70s!
iBernard 8 months ago 4
love debby harry in her early thirties when she fronted this group. move the fuck over gaga and madonna . try something orignal
charleyfarleyish 8 months ago 3
omg, she looks like lady gag ...
LowStackTom 8 months ago
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habanaman 8 months ago
Blonde knocks the socks off this song - especially since its not electronic.
buzzeard 8 months ago
go to tyhe 1!!
multijoey82 8 months ago
forgot how good this band was
bigbawser 9 months ago
what perfect song for her to cover!
Scottthefish 9 months ago 12
i've heard thid song done by many diferent artists, and they all do it verywell...
wonder if it's just the song thats so wonderfull
D3N15CH4R3773 10 months ago 7
Robert Fripp, right?
chthonic19 10 months ago
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TRE-MEN-DO !!!!!!!!!!!!
ceroonda 10 months ago
TRE-MEN-DO !!!!!!!!!!!!
ceroonda 10 months ago 4
so glad i found this debbie i love you
markbjedimaster 10 months ago
thanks Youtube for bringing this amazing chance to watch and listen treasures like this, Great great great !!
fabianarbiser 10 months ago 3
Heard this for the very first time today, and its blown me away! What a fantastic cover. Incredible Blondie with their limitless talents!!!
mudman1881 10 months ago
best listening.......i feel...i feel......
heartmarimar 11 months ago
Reminds me of KD Lang's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues cd .
Not on youtube :(
zoldes 11 months ago
15 years looking for this song, when i was a child I heard of this once, and then nothing, until now. today i'm listening all versions available I LOVE FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!
pefjavier 11 months ago
I never knew this existed, this is why i like this fuc.ing youtube so much, thanks for sharing this piece of jewerly.
billygodoy 11 months ago
consider this is a live version... it´s great, or better: it´s so good it´s so good it`s so good... debbie`s performance is flawless
polniumanable 11 months ago
Dnload the audio from this clip at speedyconversion doht cohm.
CeciliusHolton391 11 months ago
GREAT IDEA..BUT THE SEQUENCERS ARE ALL OFF, WITH THE VOICE..ITS NOT TIGHT AS DONNA SUMMER VERSION..
alexisnihon1 1 year ago
@alexisnihon1
It's tough to keep it all locked on live. Particularly at the end of a set. More particularly after an eight-ball of coke and six vodka-tonics.
beowulven 10 months ago
@beowulven "More particularly after an eight-ball of coke and six vodka-tonics."
You say that like it's a bad thing?
It was the 80s (well, almost anyway)
Besides, Debbie Harry at her very worst is still better than 99% of performers on their best days ever, with a backwind and platoons of sympathetic auto-tuners & photoshoppers.
smartalek1 10 months ago 2
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Not a bad thing at all, my brother.
beowulven 10 months ago
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KARATETIGERBARIS 1 year ago
whether it's Debby Harry or Donna Summers, This song transcends disco or new wave. It is the start of a new genre. It was at least 10 years ahead of time.
timvic84 1 year ago 2
One of my all-time favorite Giorgio Moroder songs.....now with this Rock Angel's heavenly vocals....it's concretized at the top. Thanks soooo much for posting this.
craigathonian 1 year ago
Blondie played a version of this at the Blitz Benefit at CBGB in May, 1978, sometimes known as the US punk Woodstock. I heard it on a poor quality audience recording and they did it with a different arrangement. But when they started playing it you heard people in the crowd saying things like "Disco?" and "It's a disco song!" somewhat in disbelief. Cool moment.
ihasch 1 year ago
i would love to knock one up debbie harry,
jive091 1 year ago
The more I listen to this, the more brilliant I think it is.
Yes, it's obviously Donna Summer's song... but Blondie covering it is the ultimate in 1979 new wave/disco irony.
So few people "got" how arch and sassy the Blondie approach was. Picking I Feel Love as the encore cover song is hilarious and perfect, affectionate and condescending at the same time.
AWESOME.
robbnyc2007 1 year ago 2
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forYourEyesOnly43 1 year ago
I am pretty sure this also includes Robert Fripp
mykle2112 1 year ago
Blondie gives the song a more american vibe.
ywillburn 1 year ago
FANTASTICO
luiscarloslombardo 1 year ago
i would love to know how much money Donna has made on this song..it is one brilliantly well crafted song..never gets old..
rhymeandreasoning 1 year ago
@rhymeandreasoning the synth man morouda made all the money
dopeke20 1 year ago
Blondie flirted quite heavily with disco, of course - and with Giorgio Moroder too. Debbie Harry covering I Feel Love makes a lot of sense...a studio version of this would have been interesting.
buzzbound 1 year ago
Donna and Debbie are the only two singers who still sound amazing after 30+ years of performing.
siciliansummer 1 year ago
@siciliansummer
Kidding, right?
Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Joan Baez, Tina Turner, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith -- what are they, chopped liver?
And that's just off the toppa my head. Few minutes' thought, I could name 3-5x as many; bit of a hand from Mr Google, and I could name 10-20x as many.
smartalek1 1 year ago
@smartalek1 Have you heard Aretha sing live the past year?? Not good. Baez doesnt sing, she read lines of poetry...never heard Marianne and dont really feel the end to. Tina does sound great still. I saw her last year and she was amazing.
siciliansummer 1 year ago
@siciliansummer
Can't believe I didn't mention Chrissie Hynde and Joan Jett first off...
*hangs head in shame, slinks off*
smartalek1 1 year ago
Is this version with Robert Fripp on geetar?
dreamottowa 1 year ago
@dreamottowa Speaking as a person who lived through this song and loved Prog rock I had the disco version(Gave it away-Moron) of this and was not afraid to play the original from around 77' to my like minded friends and we all loved it. Great memories, John M.
johnmermigas 5 months ago
ethereal...sensual...smoldering...surprising...exotic...sexual. What a cover!
newphx 1 year ago
so my fantasy idea of Donna summer covering David Bowies Cat People aint quite sooo mad after all
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MURPHNSPUD 1 year ago
so my fantasy idea od Donna summer covering David Bowies Cat People aint quite sooo mad after all
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MURPHNSPUD 1 year ago
Can you imagine the lulz that would be had if any of the crappy pop skanks tried to sing this song now?
dsfddsgh 1 year ago
@dsfddsgh Ha! Ha! Ha! POP SKANKS! Dude you dont know it but you just created a new TERMINOLOGY in the Engish vocabulary! I love it POP SKANKS! Im usin it from now on. P.O.P S.K.A.N.K.S.! its perfect. Your dead right. Deborah sang this live and it sounds great, todays pop skanks would be all Auto-tune pre-recorded dancers and fire works to distract you from noticing their lack of real MUSICAL talent. The sad part is, todays GEN-Xer's are so DUMB they dont even care if "ARTISTS" are FAKE
boltonox 1 year ago
@boltonox Gen. X gave us the great music of the 90's. Don't combind us with the clueless pop Gen. Y douchebags of today.
soothingrash 1 year ago
@soothingrash Ooops! Sorry my bad, i stand corrected. That comment "WAS" meant to be about Gen Y. "Douchebags of today"Ha! Ha! thats funny. Great music of the 90's? you mean Grunge bands like Nervana, Pearl-jam, Chilly Pepers? Sure there was some, but nothing like the 60's 70's 80's!
boltonox 1 year ago
this is a LIVE version!!! I think Debbie Harry vocals is stunning, like always.
solredoc 1 year ago
version que je ne connaissais pas.jolie voix douce de blondie pas mal...
mikky59200 1 year ago
Would love to have been in the front row watching this.
stoneagedjp 1 year ago
A stunning cover, her vocal range is incredable
mikestanners 1 year ago
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TusOjosNegros 1 year ago
I was a Blondie Fan in 1979/80, but I don't like this cover, it's too long and a bit boring. I like the original version very much, Disco was great.
TusOjosNegros 1 year ago
this is great...love Blondie =)
drieelle 1 year ago
excellent rendition
cjtal2005 1 year ago
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chrisnouvelle41 1 year ago
This is total disaster, I love Blondie for her own original songs, but here she totally ruined Donna Summer's classic song.
bezaad 1 year ago
@bezaad
Blondie is not as bad as Madonna's cover of this song though.
MrJuly1990ish 1 year ago
I love debbie,I love blondie. brilliant !
smcmillan2309 1 year ago
Both versions are excellent, Donna's is more sensual - faster pace and Debbie is more sexual - sloooowwww.
Despierto 1 year ago
Usually I can't stand covers - but this is so close and yet so different from the original that I listened through the whole track - just wish I could be dancing through Studio 54 to it!
flashyzebra 1 year ago
It's a first time hear Blondie singing a song like that.... JUST AMAZING...!!!!
mega3333 1 year ago 2
yes this is Fripp on this...
esxp 1 year ago
Problem is this isnt really a song, it is a dance. Putting the voice in front of everything destroys it.
Skandalos 1 year ago
wish they would have done a studio version of this.
MrRcirillo 1 year ago
I was waiting for the band to "kick in" . . . but to me, it never did . . .
paul51 1 year ago
i love this song...and this is an ok version...her voice is ethereal!...and shockingly complementary to summers' - that's the one that plays in my head. but, the instrumentation is rather crap...i know it's live and all, but...it could've been so much more...lol, it's sunday...ha!
solanaceaesolarium 1 year ago
@solanaceaesolarium-This is the best version I have heard, and I've listened to all of them because I like the song. And yes, being live does make it all the more impressive. "It could've been so much more?" I guess they could have hired an entire orchestra (or maybe the whole Blue Man Group ensemble), but that kind of misses the point, But all matters of taste of course.
ihasch 1 year ago
@ihasch i didn't mean to dis this version...it's just there's a few missed notes and some lengthy awkwardness with the instrumentation. overall i enjoy this, i favorited the vid. her voice is subllime, gorgeous. and, i like the simplicity/redux of this vers...no heavy orchestration or blue man type theatrics necessary. just some variance and a bit of polish. i know the band was in it's early stages, too. yes, this song does take me to church somehow...smiles.
solanaceaesolarium 1 year ago
@solanaceaesolarium-Understood. Personally I think the band pulled off a very interesting, rockified version of this song, and I always liked the rawness and variation that goes with live performances. (I do wonder if music is becoming so polished and technology-assisted that people are forgetting what a live song sounds like). The term "ethereal" is a very good description of the vocals.
ihasch 1 year ago
@ihasch not to clog the board here, ha...but, i suppose considering who was involved with blondie at this time, fripp esp., i was hoping for a bit more 'larks tongue in aspic' rather than something off of 'red'...but, that's what was happening '79, a new direction...and, this is a seminal disco song. i even hear something santana-ish in this vers. wow. it's altogether interesting...and, thank goodness for a raw sound, agreed...! much respect to blondie, fripp, etc, and to you ihasch!
solanaceaesolarium 1 year ago
Blondie and Donna's singing styles are similar and complement each other's music quite well.
socksumi 1 year ago
donna and debbie were amazing togather wow what a suprise i bet debbie and donna could be sisters there voices are so familiar
discoBunny0724 1 year ago
They really change the tempo and atmosphere of the song. Donna Summer typically performed it much more uptempo in about 3:30 minutes. The arrangement that is somewhat similar is the 12" extended version Moroder released in 1979 but I like this arrangement better.
ihasch 1 year ago
She looks like Lady Gaga in the first clips of the video. Good effort, but Donna's version is definitely better. The off key guitar at 2:43 is horrid.
BlogShag 1 year ago
@BlogShag I think you mean't to say Lady Ga Ga looks like Debbie didnt you?
boltonox 1 year ago
@boltonox , not really. Cause Debbie doesn't look like that anymore.
BlogShag 1 year ago
this was epic.
sbulos 1 year ago
This was definitely performed at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on January 12, 1980. I heard this on a bootleg from a soundboard recording of that show. It's exactly the same; no overdubbing or retouches. I think Robert Fripp from King Crimson might be playing on this; the set order is unclear.
ihasch 1 year ago
what a fucking mess with the instruments...erg
J0NNO 1 year ago
Always loved this version! While Blondie's voice is great, it's the hard edge of the electric guitars and synthesizer - the "Blondie sound" - that makes this version so outstanding. From the ethereal way her lead voice waves in and out of the song, to how the tempo picks up to a rousing finale, they did a great job. Pity there's no live video version of this song.
sensationsmag 1 year ago
giorgio moroder did this on a moog & created the electro beat.
blondie covered it with instruments , brilliantly
i'd love to have seen debbie do this live in 79.
goonchistaw 1 year ago
FANTASTIC!!!!
phillygrl69 1 year ago
I have alway's loved this version & the band play it so well :o)
OWOA 1 year ago
great cover...i too didn't know it existed. Thanks for sharing!
dagen2009 1 year ago
I love this. I love that Blondie/Debbie put their own spin on this classic.
tgeighties 1 year ago
esta es la musica que marco la historia
luis0689315 1 year ago
Cool cover!
Very tasty. Not as tasty as original of course, but well adjusted indeed.
Cheers for upping. Never heard it b4 ;/
TINKAoo7 1 year ago
I never knew that Blondie playing this song existed. I love it! Debbie has one hell of a good voice and great range. I will say that I like Donna's version better because it is her song but Debbie does a great job singing it. Thank you for posting this.
ChevelleSSGuy 1 year ago 34
@ChevelleSSGuy Glad you liked! Cant believe how many hits this cover has gotten.
SirVixsAtomic 1 year ago 5
@SirVixsAtomic The reason that this cover has so many hits is it is an excellent cover. Most covers are not this good. Once again thank you for sharing.
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@SirVixsAtomic The reason that this cover has so many hits is it is an excellent cover. Most covers are not this good. Once again thank you for sharing.
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ChevelleSSGuy 1 year ago
I love this cover!...esp Nigel Harrison's unique disco bassline
JonniePolyester 1 year ago
Madonna ripped this song off from Donna Summer and the look from Blondie
transfoby 1 year ago
i don't think Madonna ripped off anything. she liked this song enough to bring it back and show it to another generation. if i was a singer/songwriter and Madonna wanted to cover my song...i'd be honored.
secondly, Blondie is a band. i think she might have been inspired by Debrah Harry. but then who wasn't. there are so many other female artists with the same style.
tallcoolone09 1 year ago
@transfoby that's so Palin
notpmek9 1 year ago
Giddy up! ROFL
lexsite 1 year ago
It SOunds Lik A Song u LL be Hearing When Ur Luking Into An Alien UFO
britt355 1 year ago
Brilliant !!!! Just brilliant !!!!
Summer4All 1 year ago 6
прикольно
SherbakovVadim 1 year ago
DOGGONE FOR BLONDIE !!!!
jprietomicrosoft 1 year ago
wikipedia says this was recorded at CBGB!
it sounds amazing!
B1ch0 1 year ago 5
If I had to guess I think this was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in January, 1980. They also did this song in 1978 at CBGB during the Johnny Blitz benefit show. It sounds like the venue is bigger than CBGB. Just a guess however.
ihasch 1 year ago
Deborah Harry is one of the hottest blondes to ever walk the earth... god bless. The band is awesome too!
Jerkface1er 1 year ago 4
@Jerkface1er I totally agree, if though she's a natural brunette ;-)
crapple009 11 months ago
Thanks for sharing flybreath. Loved the original by Donna Summer, but this is every bit as good. Debbie Harry the original Blonde Bombshell. FAB Post.
rockchick80s 1 year ago 3
nice-but not tight
karinagnesgertrud 1 year ago
bloody good
O151172 2 years ago 3
If Blondie are releasing a new album this year, I'd like to hear a revamp version of this on there and released as a single. Always loved the song no matter whether Donna Summer, Bronski Beat & Marc Almond or whomever sang it.
PCofTQY 2 years ago
this so sounds like sex. I imagine a nude squirming Debbie harry right now ....
goofballoon 2 years ago 3
I FEEL LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
samanthavictoria123 2 years ago 3
@samanthavictoria123 I FEEL THURSTON!!!!
-LOVEEEEEEEEE
nauort23 2 years ago 2
Fucking good!
n8angler 2 years ago 2
Atomic basically came from this. Pop will eat itself.
cullyvan 2 years ago
Wow, almost lika an Hymn
alfmx69 2 years ago 2
yikes......two of my fave songs in "like forvever"
thoughtfoxe 2 years ago
This song is a perfect fit for Blondie during that era. Good cover choice. Thanks for posting!
stfano 2 years ago 4
chocolate and peanutbutter
kommievision 2 years ago 3
when disco was at it peak and ready to fall..
the soon replacement was the newage new wave music that is now known as pop/punkrave/techno with a mix of hip hop as to day that you hear in dance clubs all over the world disco never died ... i just changed she donna summer will allways be the queen of dance // disco and blondie will always be the queen of newage and best known for bringing the rap to hip hop out in the spot light with a push == video notice==
wolfenzero70 2 years ago 7
Uuuuhhh it's so good, it's so good, it's so good, it's so good, it's sooo gooooood...
Uuuuhhh I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm iiinnn looove...
WOW... Fucking awesome !!!
Best ever
macnilson 2 years ago 7
They have covered songs by Cole Porter, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Randy and the Rainbows, David Bowie, T Rex. As for originals, Screaming Skin could have been sung by Madness, The Dream's Lost on Me should have been recorded by the Pogues. No Exit features rap over Bach and Grieg.
"Only punk or new wave"? Do me a favour!
cbak12sg 2 years ago 15
It's so good it's so good!
didytom 2 years ago 2
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i like blondie but she had not sing this song sorry but donna summer can it better . blondie sing only punk or new wave but not disco it is not your style !
ronhilhorst 2 years ago
Heart of Glass was a disco song.
pinayho 2 years ago 7
Wonderful
kharisma19 2 years ago 2
Debbie Harry has always been so damn sexy but this is beyond how sexy she usually is. singing this song? wow!
djdopesic 2 years ago 5
Love it, never heard this so thanks heaps for posting.
johndid 2 years ago
wow awesome fantastic,mind blowing
mytorque 2 years ago
Damn! Whodathunkit, but she sounds good as shit.
comeon224 2 years ago
confidentially, i always thought this was Blondie's song!
Brinah 2 years ago
This sounds like Santana / Donna Summer thing going on. I like it.
Notanearlybird 2 years ago 2
The guitar contribution of Fripp is really interesting. It is always a pleasure to hear the master in action!
gvidal 2 years ago
mmmhm!
InsideJohanna 2 years ago
This version of the song is amazing!!! I gotta find the live album this is from or even just the single of it.
EricFarr71370 2 years ago
I have always loved Blondie since I was a kid and her music was new...but a rock version of the legendary Donna Summer Disco Anthem? Amazing! Love Donna and that goes without saying. Never in my wildest dreams could I even imagine Blondie doing a cover to this song! Truly unbelievable! Love it! Thanks for posting this rare cut! Way to step outside of the nine dot box! WOW! AMAZING!
squeakymax 2 years ago
My dream is for Donna and Debbie to do a duet! I would so wet my pants!
freak0n8ure 2 years ago 31
They sang together on a charity sing in 1989 called "Spirit of the Forest". I've seen it on youtube. The single benefited the rain forest.
ladylumps99 2 years ago 4
ROFLCOPTER!!!
leondenis00 2 years ago
I would too!
Ankarskatan 2 years ago
@freak0n8ure Yeah, show me Blondie's ass, i'd du-et
PlanetoftheAtheists 1 year ago
did not know Blondie covered this song. Amazing
fjkseattle 2 years ago 3
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dunkirknewyork 2 years ago
This is kind of interesting, but when you have a drummer like Clem Burke it's a shame to have him imitate a drum machine.
jackal59 2 years ago
Very good!!
Tmontyb10009 2 years ago
Now it's time for Donna Summer to sing ''Atomic''.
1musicencyclopedia 2 years ago 5
Con i passaggi del basso tipo Pink Floyd, grandissimi Blondie.
sparapash 2 years ago
Try... I Drove all Night Cyndi Lauper...
kwaka903 2 years ago
¡¡ Now it´s time for Donna to sing "Heart of glass". !!
ClamaKlem 2 years ago 8
I am surprised that Blondie did this. This is one of the songs that seems untouchable. Its also so not like her because she always did her own thing. I am not mad at the attempt, but Donna put a stamp that is permanent on this one. Its like Elvis trying to sing Billie Jean (if that was possible).
romeovision2006 2 years ago
Blondie covered many songs.
markthemovieman 2 years ago
Name a few of her covers. I am at a loss.
romeovision2006 2 years ago
I'm Gonna Love You Too (Buddy Holly), Out On The Streets (The Shangri-Las), The Tide Is High (The Paragons - I think). There were others, I'm sure, but these three are all that spring immediately to mind. I'd say Blondie were clearly influenced by many things that came before them, like rockabilly, girl pop etc, and weren't ashamed to show it.
markthemovieman 2 years ago