blondie - picture this on TOTP

[wallyinwales]

Do you mean The Strokes look like Blondie? The Strokes started 25 years after Blondie but funny you should say that as The Strokes have sighted Blondie as a major influence. The song Last Nite by The Strokes the music is heavily borrowed from Blondie's 1979 multi million selling single Heart Of Glass.

[boltonox]

Great leed guitar rolling riff by Frankie half way through this song. Totally underated awesome guitarist that never over cooked it and always left you wanting to hear more.

[RetroCool73]

This is completely iconic. The band look (in their own way) as cool as Debbie, sort of like The Strokes

[TheLogic1010]

Blondie and Debbie Harry were absolutely brilliant, I wouldn't piss on today's music even if it was on fire!

[Grogster2007]

One of the all time great bands....music that transends the eighties

[dawnl66]

Great great pop music. As everyone gets older they always say ' the music was so much better when we were young '...Im sorry to disappoint but music was great in the 50's,60's70's and 80's..It became lost in the 90's and 00's. violence is . Abba,Madonna and Blondie will be remembered as their music is timeless. Its says it now 25 to 35 years on! Who will remember Lady Gaga and NDubz?

[biglankster]

I was in love with her too. I thought Toyah was quite raunchy as well!!

[boltonox]

I love the way Her face really LIGHTS UP when ever she smiles! Her eyes are like jade jewels that twinkle when she smiles. Effortless natural sex appeal by the ton. 

[eattothebeat75]

THE GREATEST LINE IN ANY SONG

I WILL GIVE YOU MY FINEST HOUR,THE ONE I SPENT WATCHING YOU SHOWER.

CLASS

[superemposed]

Her beauty is astonishing 

[dmcallister1506]

What a babe. Remember seeing her live in Glasgow in the 70s and she was so beautiful as well as having a superb voice.

[boltonox]

Thats is one seriously fucking FIERCE real deal Rock Queen! Deborah Harry, the first and still the best Rock front woman there will ever be!

[superemposed]

a proper rock chick

[trashcanalive]

If she'd had bigger knockers she'd have been just about perfect.

[jennifersabbathbowie]

@trashcanalive she doesn't need big tits to be perfect, she has talent that's the main thing.

[srad4d]

too right I'm sure I wasn't the only one in love with this totally gorgeous woman and a fantastic singer too

[joberstadt]

Who showers for an hour? Honestly. ILU Debbie.

[gabbax2hey77]

@joberstadt  i'd shower for TWO hours if Debbie was watching me !!! ;)

[tiffany10001]

thats how a rock star should look!! debbie harry is the best!!!

[Twochubbytoo]

Awesome lip-synching! Blondies is terrific, great songs, amazing voice.

[Feisty1967]

This reminds me of a holday with my mum and dad in Gt Yarmouth, where we stayed in a chalet and I remember seeing this on the little b/w portable tv we had in the chalet. Loved it then and still love it today!!

[mrmrhanna1966]

Debbie was champion then, had it all great voice and knockout looks

[peaceman1234567]

she`s definaterly worth a shag there

[superemposed]

I fancy Debbie so much that i cant stop thinking about her

[tybalttybalt]

sleakitweasel:

Never mind how she looks?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Just where did you spend the late 70's?

Completely agree about the voice though, the sound she makes in the last chorus, (2.07) half chanteuse half feral, simply undoes me.

[RTT8001]

Most of the time the UK discovers our talent before we do in America. Popular music was pretty lame in 78.........thank god foe punk and new wave.

[boltonox]

@RTT8001 Actually Australia discovered Blondie first, with "In the flesh" going straight to number 1! I saw them the very first time they were aired on TV in Australia and i knew they would be huge. We were luck in Australia as we got the best of American, English, European music as well as lots of our own bands! 70's and 80's was a Great time in music in Australia.

[vordman]

@RTT8001 Yeah, it's down to geography. The UK has a lot of big cities very close to each other so touring bands can play to huge numbers within days f arriving, that's why youth culture trends spread so quickly. Nirvana, Kings of Leon etc were huge in the UK long before anywhere else.

[billstar01]

i bet she would give me my finest hour aswell only 30 years to late debs but i can still look and dream , i must say though i saw blondie and could see the guys could play and clem was a very good drummer loved him on dreaming check him out on the live shows ,plays his ass off and loses about half a pint of sweat ,

[superemposed]

If i had Debbie i wouldnt want for anything more

[superemposed]

I think that Debbie is super awesome unfortunately not all people on here think so. Check the comments on my profile, I was going to remove this but lets name them and shame them.

[boltonox]

She didnt have a particularly powerful voice, but has there ever been a female voice capable of transmiting more real geniune expression and deep feeling emotion over such a huge variable of subject matter and musical styles to the listener? Her natural singing voice has quiet a sweet, soft tone too it, but when singing power chorus song verse's, her voice takes on a metalic flat tone note that reminds me of Ian Astbury from "The Cult" I dont think any other singer could do justice to CALL ME!

[ninestraycats]

jesus christ, 98% of straight men out there will go for debbie harry, stfu already we know how much you want to bone her. how bout her voice then? or stein's mesmerizing little flying lick at the end of the second chorus? fucking males, i swear to god...

[superemposed]

gorgeous a real Babe, my fantasy Girl Friend

[luke74ful]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[jayrox40]

Pop sophistication at its finest!

[1934rod]

Actually she was born in 1945 in Florida with the name Angela Trimble .and adopted at the age of three months,then given the name Deborah Ann Harry.

[superemposed]

@1934rod thats right, her adopted parents had a store in NJ where they lived, her real parents were Scottish.

[chatham43]

...those BBC cameramen didnt take any prisoners....

[crapple009]

OMG, that voice!!!!

[superemposed]

65 years ago today a beautiful amazing woman was born, by the name of Deborah Ann Harry.

Love and kisses to you Deb where ever you may be.

[edn172]

@superemposed she actually was not born with that name. her birth name was Angela Trimble.

[superemposed]

@edn172 yes that is right but we all know her as Debbie

[hoskingrj]

@edn172

Yep. And Jimi Hendrix's original name was Arnold Trubshawe.

[edn172]

@hoskingrj really??

[WilliamRAlford]

Good example of how sweet of a vocal instrument Deborah Harry has.

[anthonynewsome]

no artist comes close to DH for beauty, she remains stunning, and what a voice & band & songs, new cd on way 2010

[superemposed]

i went to see Blondie at sheffield, WOW it was an Amazing experience, I was fortunate to be at the front I was about 15 ft away from Debbie at one point she made eye contact with me and later blew a kiss in my direction. I will treasure that memory for the rest of my life. Clem gave away his drum sticks at the end of the show, he doesn’t seem to have aged much and Debbie looked great.

[superemposed]

God she is lovely, cant stop looking at her

[krisscross44]

I was lucky enough to be in my late teens, early twenty's when Blondie and Debbie where in there prime and I still say to this day Debbie Harry was (is) the hottest female singer ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[superemposed]

my eyes will be glued on debbie on the 17 june when i go to see them live

[superemposed]

my eyes will be glued on debbie on the 17 july when i go to see them live

[superemposed]

her voice fills my heart with joy.

[boltonox]

The looks of a Movie Star and the voice of an Angel. She has to have the most breathtakingly beautiful face ive ever seen. Perfect Cupids bow lips with those wildly sensitive and expressive jade green eyes that electrify you combined with a smile that instantly transforms her whole face like the sun suddenly appeared WOW!

[IsabelaRazo]

if i had 10M in dollars i would give 9 of it to go back in time to watch them live. i love blondie.

[katyperrysno1fan]

@IsabelaRazo OMG same, I would too :D

[superemposed]

i would give anything to hold her in my arms

[jimmorrison752]

her best vocal bar none

[superemposed]

she is beyond gorgeous

[malcstag]

If I was at the front, I would have licked her drip tray.

[porridgeeveryday]

even now she is pushing 70; wow, you're braver man than me gunga din.

[mariechristine100]

Une présence scénique et une séduction exceptionnelles, un groupe hors du commun.

[karakiriflight]

jejejeje , you're right ''doetim'' , pocket computer >> I-Phone jeje

[superemposed]

she is perfect. I find her very, very attractive, so much so that it hurts all over.

[ZLUGGO]

Excellent tune and album. And such a pretty chick!

[mjraffe]

She wore this outfit at a concert in edinburgh.i remember the tickets said no photographs to be taken.Needless to say 2500 cameras went off as she came on stage.Indeed the instigator of many a wet dream and so god damn sexy although i dont think she ever realised it or she would have beena multi millionare from photoshoots etc if she had realised.

[guyinsf]

I think Debbie Harry knew she was gifted with looks and that boys fantasized about her. However she was an artist and didn't want to exploit her looks too much but she and the band probably took it as far as they could without losing their dignity. Can't say that for madge or shitney though, they really whored themselves out to the max for fame and money.

[mjraffe]

The only posters i had on my wall were debbie harry and agnetha from abba as a young man.I think everything is now sold by sex and subtle and great beauty are long forgotten.They were a superb band blondie who wrote tremendous pop music and something the charts have long lost.Kim wilde i also thought was such and underrated artist and also a sublime beauty and a lovely person as well.The music of today reflects society and is all the worse for it.The youngsters dont know how lucky we were.

[1Rooster67]

true dat my friend. true dat

[superemposed]

amazing voice and amazing looks

[WilliamRAlford]

As cute as she is, it's easy to forget how good of a singer she is also. Subtle, strong and a nice tone.

[gbh903]

"Get a pocket computer.."

Debbie was waaaaaay ahead of her time!

[doetim]

She was definitely referring to the iPhone!

[Shadowmeld7]

Thank goodness she stopped being a pb bunny and gave us all these great songs.

[doetim]

Love the part where she sings "One and one is what I'm telling you, oh, yeah." and she puts up her index finger. She has so many cool little gestures in her performances in the various blondie videos.

[falafel2]

the guy with a red shirt in the audience is such a faggot, he's standing like 2 yards from her and he keeps staring back into the audience. i wouldnt let my eyes from her for a second if i was there lol

[corneliusbabycakes]

The fittest bird since sophia loren.

I myself had many-a-bash over this episode of totp! I was in the 3rd year......as a matter of fact, I'm off for one now!!!!

[1966pvw]

judging by sophia's eternal curves she never did as much sugar as debbie - but must agree Ms. H was a babe 31 years ago...

[AchillesLastStandxxx]

Best comment i've read in way too long, but i've got agree with you, and too right, she was magically babe-liscious, there was definetly something about Debbie.....

[Eulerpi23]

Checkout Debbies eyes at the end—there is only ONE Debbie.

[zira091]

i agree with u laesha stevia

[PaulBriden]

Debbie Harry makes Madonna look like a Pig. I know Madonna sold a lot more records than Debbie Harry, but looks wise Harry wins hands down.

[superemposed]

spot on bro

[guyinsf]

Blondie sold most of their 40 million albums from 78-81, that's just a 4-yr period. Madonna is at what....120 million at most and it took her over 25 years so Debbie did pretty well!

[superemposed]

she is truly awesome, stunning, stunning looks, almost unreal

[gregthegooner]

Debbie harry was leading lady in many of my wet dreams when i was a young boy

[gregthegooner]

The first time i cum across debbie harry was when i was 15 and she was on the front cover of smash hits LOL ,well she was one sexy lady mmmmmmmmmmm

[kookooboy]

Love this era in Blondie-history--the big hair, the monochromatic pop outfits. They were extending the 60's!

[guyinsf]

I agree with you kookooboy!

Stephen Sprouse was definitely styling Debbie as a cool mod rock goddess during this time, circa 78.

[Sashthecat]

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrNormalton]

The fact that she is 33 in this clip is crazy.

Oh yah great singing too.

[LaeshaStevia]

that camera part was so cheesy.

[superemposed]

stuning, stuning looks

[bluemanc43]

Debbie never looked fitter than in this period.

[nigelberry1962]

the band were amazing and still are

[alantmac]

miss harry ... best closeup in pop, and that voice, such a wonderful tone

[MidlandNinja]

She was so fit I wish I was around then so I could give her a good hard fuck

[doetim]

That line would wrap around London many times over back then.

[superemposed]

HOTTER THAN PLASMA

[sleakitweasel]

Never mind how she looks folks..

Listen to her voice: ACE!

[nikinuman]

Yes! Why don't people realise this beautiful creature is the voice of an amazing group of artists? The band is incredible and her voice is the cream that slides right over the top and keeps going down your finger tips. Shame people don't use more of their senses huh?

[edn172]

@sleakitweasel no. do mind how she looks. she. is. fucking. oh. my. god.

[fizza64]

debbie is a babe, girl singers today all look like cheap porn stars

[mathjtimms]

Ironic

[anne3362]

I couldnt agree more lippy, hate todays girl bands

[lippy170]

Debs was a natural beauty not a plastic bimbo like most females artist and girl bands today, with their fake tan and hair extensions. Women today are wearing too much slap its starting to look abit tranny lookin. Some women just need to expect that they aint that great without all that crap on their face. Its quite rare to find real stunning natural women like debby. Some people just havent got a clue about pretty anymore. With all this make up ect even a plain jane can look half decent

[guyinsf]

So true lippy170.

Also what sets her a part was her classiness and charisma! today's celebs don't know how to project that but it's maybe because they don't have it, they weren't born with that like Debbie was.

[lippy170]

Debs was a natural beauty not a plastic bimbo like most females artist and girl bands today, with their fake tan and hair extensions. Women today are wearing too much slap its starting to look abit tranny lookin. Some women just need to expect that they aint that great without all that crap on their face. Its quite rare to find real stunning natural women like debby. Some people just havent got a clue about pretty anymore. With all this make up ect even a plain jane can look half decent

[goops1071]

She looks hot!

Great outfit, and the guys look cool..

[ShermanM36]

BLONDIE is Debborah HARRY and without her who would know the fellows ?

[54spiritedwill54]

best song she did,her vocals just hit the sky in the chourus

[thundergirl77]

de mis favoritas definitivamente, soy megafan de Blondie.

[uglybus7]

super sexy in this!!! she was a young boys dream when i was growing up. I now know what that warm feeling in the pants was in 78!!!!!!!

[malcolmiddle]

Saw her at the Liverpool echo arena.Sill a real stunner.

[Adrian00745]

Debby really shines in this video, fantastic!

[bluebudgie21]

hemp hemp hemp!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scheller1860]

SUPERGEIL ! !

[what356]

fagget she is a man

[guyinsf]

what356,

Shouldn't you be busy writing the next Nigerian email scam? What are you doing here?

[what356]

LMAO U LIKE SHEMALES. FAGGET

[guyinsf]

What is a fagget?

[birdy47]

it means gay

[guyinsf]

Faggot means gay, I was asking about fagget.

I hate it when some idiot uses a derogatory term to put someone down and can't even spell it right.

[birdy47]

are you mental???? does she look like a man??? dont see any adams apple p.s. i mean on you :)

[lippy170]

Some people just havent got the slightest clue what pretty is today. With all theese lady boys like pussy cat dolls who look like plastic barbie dolls. Debs was a natural beauty not a plastic bimbo like most females artist and girl bands today, with their fake tan and hair extensions. Women today are wearing too much slap its starting to look abit tranny lookin

[alantmac]

could not have put it better lippy.

[kcrhk]

Has anyone noticed that debbie always wears the same kind of white slides?

[guyinsf]

What are slides?

[kcrhk]

That kind of high-heeled slippers.

[tknees]

So so fine...her voice, face and upper lip.

I smuggled a poster image of her into Special Forces school and brought it out for the boys when needed. Only Kwen Stafani can even come close to her sexiness these days.

Blondie rules!

[brentfordbrian]

Ooh. Doesn't it make you wish you were a lesbian.

[hfxmusicman]

Debbie's look during the Parallel Lines time was my fave. I think this is her Iconic look for sure.

[doetim]

I think you're right, the period from 78-80, was really her shing moment in fashion. This is the period when Stephen Sprouse, her designer, really gave her that "Debbie Harry" look. A book I read about rock fashion really explained the influence of her look on mainstream fashion and department stores at the time of her popularity.

[acidsunrise]

A LOVELY BIT OF CRUMPET

[chrisb1953]

If Ted Bundy had his way we wouldn't have ever heard of Blondie - frightening.

[superblather]

you know, You Tube would be more popular if they showed vidieos with nude pictures of the singers on the side. I mean, blondie was in playboy before the band, and if I saw a vidieo with a nude blondie, grrrrr!

[doetim]

She was a playboy bunny not a playboy playmate, meaning she worked as a cocktail waitress for one of the playboy clubs. She never posed nude for the magazine.

[chezzeeX]

Wasn't she 36 here? or round about that age.Who'd have thought it.

[alantmac]

probably 33, parallel lines came out in '78.

[SeXxIiD]

wow it sounds like the recording she was hot een though im not a lesbian i would!

[lizclegg]

"I will give you my finest hour,

The one I spent watching you shower"

My favourite line in a pop song ever.

[doetim]

Michael Stipe from REM said that that was a great line too.

[domothemetalgod]

best song she did,her vocals just hit the sky in the chourus

[489797]

She is the picture of the millenium!!! She is a real goddess!!! Debbie is mine!!!!

[superemposed]

i cant stop playing this vid, debbie is AWESOME

[BombJapan]

Debbie Harry is the hottest pop star ever! Gwen can't even hold her dirty socks!

[DontTaseMeBro1999]

Gwen who? Ciccone who? although Pat Benatar ain't bad

[freddyspaulding]

There's no one else like her. As if the music wasn't enough, she was also Breath takingly Beautiful and sexy !!! In every video !!!

[superemposed]

you are so right, she is soo good looking and perfectly in every aspect of her looks.

[gussie5555]

My favourite Blondie track - the hottest babe ever to grace the TOTP studios! Wish we had a clean complete version of this performance ie no graphics. If I had a video back in 1978 I'd have taped this for sure.

I bought my first VCR in Dec 1979 - see my 1979 taped TOTP performances of Sunday Girl & Dreamin'

The BBC should show these classic performances again - as originally transmitted!!!!!

[DontTaseMeBro1999]

the greatest closeup in rock/pop, always loved her voice, pure, original, no tricks, no American Idol yodeling.

[kmanderville]

In 77/78 no question

[50ways2leave]

Quite possibly the most aesthetically pleasing face ever possessed by a human being.

[040469ian]

'Picture this' IS debbie's finest hour!!,and

when she hits those high notes and pulls that 'im angry,and here are all my teeth look',i lose the little sense i have and become a complete waste of time!i was only bloody 10 it wasnt fair!!

[COGENTCOG]

how many memories and it has such a beautiful melody...

[xXPinkGoddessXx]

She looks high at 0:30. She only quit heroin in 1985 so maybe she is?

[Guernseyisland]

WOW!

[pace4815162342]

Her peak, at her absolute best peak!! NOW can you see why they had so many hits???

[flickofdaswitch]

I'm having filthy thoughts......

[silvercastlemartin]

this song i dedicate to the lead singer of the irish band aslan............

[bluerider451]

Asian....ah yes that bunch of poofs.

[silvercastlemartin]

ha ha!!!but i luv them lol

[doetim]

ASLAN, can't you read?