The band thought they had been lucky in persuading Ronnie Wood to play guitar for the evening. However things got even better when Paul McCartney agreed to help out on the drums. :)
Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri are awesome. Clem is a mod and drums like Keith Moon, The rest are bleh without Gary Valentine and Chris Stein was always a tool.
Just watched an "official video" of Blondie performing this song and it is nowhere near the energy and power of this live version. They were really in the zone with this performance.
@Solpugid 40 years later, and a song like "atomic, could fit right in, and hit the top o the charts, same with "sunday girl,,I rate them at the top of American Power Pop bands
@CMloveify Yes i am with you....instead of remarking on the obvious..blondie are a great band,i have seen them live 4 times,still going strong and their new album'panic of girls'is really pretty great...echoing your comment CM....debbie & Chris...i wish you had lasted as lovers,but it is rare to have the r'ship you still do.Love you's ...love from your scottish fans!!!
I absolutely love Blondie. But when I heard this song when it came out I never thought the charcter was a prostitute - I thought she was a rather intense party girl doing naughty things on the streets of New York - and went gaga over the cop that arrested her.
The lyrics are very sweet in a very sexually charged way yet retain this "love at first sight" thing that really is funny when it happens (and it does).
so fortunate to have grown up with this band. I had a promo ad for Plastic Letters from Creem magazine posted in my school locker. When "heart of glass" hit, I couldn't believe they became sooo huge! Loved them then, and love them now.
classic original indie rock rock debbie harry sexy as fuck classic band live with 5 blokes behind her.classic band.compared to shite now thats out.the band as a whole deserve credit.clem burke one of the best drummers around jimmy destri was a nutter and franco infatni nigel harrison good guitarists backing up chris stien who was led guitarist.pretty damn good line up.man for man talent and a sexy as fuck lead singer who was and still is an icon.
@doetim I was gonna write the same thing you did , then i looked down and saw your letter. I liked Frankie Infante a lot, He had an unusual look but i really liked it! To bad he's not with Blondie touring. would like them to get all the original members back together including the Bassist.
We short ladies can wear shirts as dresses,just be prepered to defend your honor when you walk down the block ,even if you're wearing shorts underneath.
the gimmick was the kinky sex lyrics. they had not made it yet- though they were using what they had- very well especially the low organ notes that drowned out the bass guitar. have to love debbie- she was needy then.
Blondie still sounds good today. Debbie Harry was so hot. An original. There will never be anyone like her again. There are those that imitate and those that lead the way. Blondie led the way. I love Debbie.
And of course, the fact that she was probably the most beautiful woman in the history of rock didn't hurt. By all accounts Debbie is also one of the coolest and kindest broads as well. It was very hard to dislike her and Chris, but they had to put up with a lot of shit from all those other more "serious" art acts at the time. Then they laughed all the way to the bank.
I disagree. Blondie was influenced by the artiest bands of all time: The Velvet Underground and The Byrds. The used the "punk" scene as a venue to develop their own sound. (Not that it makes any difference :) :)
@abingdon66 You're right that blondie was inspired by Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol too, but giannireb68 was correct in saying that other CBGBs bands did look down on them at first because they had a pretty girl lead singer, not a poet like Patti Smith and they were more pop-oriented. However as history has shown, they were much more versatile than the other bands like Ramones who basically had the same formula in songwriting in their entire career.
@giannireb68 I'm not quite sure. I tried to comprehend how cool they were one time but i just ended up getting a headache. I did try though, I promise.
Simply The Best. So glad I was around for this time in my youthful days. I feel sorry for the kids today that have a bunch of untalented lip synching so called music artists that they "admire"
I agree one of the best in my opinion. I remember seeing Blondie at Wolverhampton civic hall & when I gave a 2 finger victory salute in the style of Winston churchill clem Burke stood on his kit and aknowledged it by doing the same .... made my night !!
They inspired a similar sounding British punk band from Bristol to form who were called Vice Squad. If you like Blondie then check out Vice Squad who are also fronted by a blond female singer.
@InternetUser1999 The other obvious band they inspired were a British outfit called Transvision Vamp, later on in the 80s. They too had an attractive blonde singer, and male band - punky type music.
This was the first version I've heard of this song, and I think it's the best. The energy and Destris backing vocals are better than the studio-version and other live-versions I've heard.
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This band were hardly unique they were put together by the Ramones manager Tommy Ramone as a punk answer to ABBA. Note that there sound is like a cross between ABBA and the Ramones.
Oh my God, no offense, but that is a very simplistic view of Blondie.They had incredible hooks and redefined punk and new wave.Not quite The Ramones crossed with Abba !!!!
thats total bollocks.. blondie formed in a club (i forget the name).. well not formed, but they played there for AGES before being scooped up by thier label. there is a video on here somewhere where they tell how blondie formed.. now go away you troll.
No offense but you're a total moron mortonhill, in fact your name should be MORNHILL!
Debbie harry and her bf Chris Stein formed Blondie back in 73/74 with a different name and it evolved into Blondie. Tommy Ramone had NOTHING to do with the formation of this band. Stop pulling things out of your ass man. Their sound defined new wave for a whole generation with their fuse of many different genres of music.
Paul Mc Cartney at drumms
neto4346 1 month ago
The band thought they had been lucky in persuading Ronnie Wood to play guitar for the evening. However things got even better when Paul McCartney agreed to help out on the drums. :)
norrisonthespot 1 month ago
Solid stuff! Too bad the camera work is ATROCIOUS.
handicappedhero 1 month ago
The writing is so inspired. I perpetrate love to all this Christmas.
declan32001 2 months ago
clem is looking good here
randomaccount39 3 months ago
watching this with my kid (3) and he runs to go and put his cool shades on, haha!!! Sons got style.
omga14 3 months ago
Little known fact, Clem Burke couldn't perform that night, so Paul McCartney was at the studio and kindly sat in for Clem. Real groovy, Paul!
b00mhauer 3 months ago
Debbie extremely beautiful
superemposed 4 months ago in playlist Blondie, Debbie Harry
Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri are awesome. Clem is a mod and drums like Keith Moon, The rest are bleh without Gary Valentine and Chris Stein was always a tool.
NormanStansfield1 4 months ago
Did Debbie Harry ever do drugs? Just wondering...
mackenziegrates 6 months ago
@mackenziegrates yeah, heroin and cocaine
JackM2409 5 months ago
Just watched an "official video" of Blondie performing this song and it is nowhere near the energy and power of this live version. They were really in the zone with this performance.
omga14 6 months ago 2
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
That's some performance..
Classic Blondie...!!
PORPH 7 months ago
Debbie Harry was and still is so incredibly sexy!!!
5150OU81219 8 months ago
Blondie gives me a boner. Seriously
MrButtbanger 8 months ago
Absolutely the BEST! Cant get enough of Blondie!
geojorge1369 8 months ago
So, does this band rate with other great American bands?
Solpugid 8 months ago
@Solpugid 40 years later, and a song like "atomic, could fit right in, and hit the top o the charts, same with "sunday girl,,I rate them at the top of American Power Pop bands
GaryLeeAndrews44 8 months ago
A comment with a little more energy... YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!!!!! PERIOD. LOVE & RESPECT FOR ETERNITY.
:)
CMloveify 9 months ago
@CMloveify Yes i am with you....instead of remarking on the obvious..blondie are a great band,i have seen them live 4 times,still going strong and their new album'panic of girls'is really pretty great...echoing your comment CM....debbie & Chris...i wish you had lasted as lovers,but it is rare to have the r'ship you still do.Love you's ...love from your scottish fans!!!
lene73 8 months ago
Remmber seeing this show on TV in the '70s and becoming mesmorized. Still am. Thanks for posting, have been looking for this ever since...
haj1909 10 months ago
she is a goddess
wardy0712 10 months ago
Clem is cookin' this shit! He's awesome
SailorJeep 11 months ago
I absolutely love Blondie. But when I heard this song when it came out I never thought the charcter was a prostitute - I thought she was a rather intense party girl doing naughty things on the streets of New York - and went gaga over the cop that arrested her.
The lyrics are very sweet in a very sexually charged way yet retain this "love at first sight" thing that really is funny when it happens (and it does).
Brilliant!
declan32001 11 months ago
Only time I've ever seen Clem Burke with short sleeves. One of the all-time great drummers.
rickybobby1239 1 year ago
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Oh Debbie, you can sex offend me anytime.
WhoAmI4631 1 year ago
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WhoAmI4631 1 year ago
Great song about prostitution, haha! I had and still have such thing for Debbie.
omga14 1 year ago
@omga14 this song is about Gary Valentines underage girlfriend he had at the time.
atomicboy2000 1 year ago
@atomicboy2000 really? I thought it was about prostitution?
elrockero123 1 year ago
very sexy legs Debbie does have. I would like to kiss them
superemposed 1 year ago
the energy here is stunning. and it's great to see what a truly talented singer DH was even this early in the game. BEST BAND EVER.
robbnyc2007 1 year ago
Ahh, Debbie such a beauty and a very talented singer.
dee6694 1 year ago
so fortunate to have grown up with this band. I had a promo ad for Plastic Letters from Creem magazine posted in my school locker. When "heart of glass" hit, I couldn't believe they became sooo huge! Loved them then, and love them now.
turbo1964 1 year ago
chris stein <3
BJORT 1 year ago
The core temperature of the Sun is 15000000° C Debbie Harry makes this seem Luke warm
superemposed 1 year ago 4
Paul McCartney on drums?
Fred666Killer 1 year ago
classic original indie rock rock debbie harry sexy as fuck classic band live with 5 blokes behind her.classic band.compared to shite now thats out.the band as a whole deserve credit.clem burke one of the best drummers around jimmy destri was a nutter and franco infatni nigel harrison good guitarists backing up chris stien who was led guitarist.pretty damn good line up.man for man talent and a sexy as fuck lead singer who was and still is an icon.
easygoingbloke 1 year ago 4
@easygoingbloke Great songwriting too - still sounds good after 34? years.
flexdream 1 year ago
She looks like she just woke up and got out of bed 5 minutes before the gig!
She still looks fuckin HOT even with bed-head and no make-up. What a WOMAN!
Man, I wish she'd sex-offend me!
boltonox 1 year ago 2
Debbie Harry is a legend <3
simplymufasa 1 year ago
Clem is the best drummer of the new wave era..!
GreenBaldrick 1 year ago 3
so great man
yolo1998 1 year ago
Debbie looks awesome, her legs and all
superemposed 1 year ago
Blondie at their best
sinnvollproductions 1 year ago
born to run
skitzoooo 1 year ago
dam hot
superemposed 1 year ago
debbie is awesome, very sexy indeed
superemposed 1 year ago
pure eye candy
superemposed 1 year ago
Frank Infante at 1:37 is sporting a look that every indie rock male today can't live without!
doetim 1 year ago
@doetim I was gonna write the same thing you did , then i looked down and saw your letter. I liked Frankie Infante a lot, He had an unusual look but i really liked it! To bad he's not with Blondie touring. would like them to get all the original members back together including the Bassist.
boltonox 1 year ago
@doetim agree and in turn borrowed from Keith Richards :)
ruthie10101010 1 year ago
@ruthie10101010 Frank Infante does look very Keith Richards-esque in this video doesn't he.
doetim 1 year ago
@doetim Indeed! But not as cute ( I am biased...love The Stones, esp Keith) :)
ruthie10101010 1 year ago
@doetim I understand.
doetim 1 year ago
i wish she was my wife
superemposed 1 year ago
I LOVE YOU DEBBIE!
fedemarisacami 1 year ago
the definition of extreme beauty is Debbie Harry
superemposed 1 year ago
We short ladies can wear shirts as dresses,just be prepered to defend your honor when you walk down the block ,even if you're wearing shorts underneath.
PUNK!
skrinkle2000 1 year ago
WOW look at debbies legs they are awesome
superemposed 1 year ago
Thanks very much for posting this. I've watched it a half-dozen times, because I can't believe how intense this performance is.
rendaudsarti 1 year ago
the gimmick was the kinky sex lyrics. they had not made it yet- though they were using what they had- very well especially the low organ notes that drowned out the bass guitar. have to love debbie- she was needy then.
cshargeit 1 year ago
Blondie still sounds good today. Debbie Harry was so hot. An original. There will never be anyone like her again. There are those that imitate and those that lead the way. Blondie led the way. I love Debbie.
MrEvan8689 1 year ago
BOOM!.. tooooo cool!
marmelendez 1 year ago
Rock Goddess
97979797888 2 years ago
she's smokin some reefer before that one. so hottt. LOVE HER.
scubaduba23 2 years ago
she never wore underwear, so cool
sparkle935 2 years ago
what is the title of the video / dvd that this is from? i want a copy
superemposed 2 years ago
Nobody has done anything like them since. If they'd appeared 30 years later they would be sweeping up.
JacobYellow 2 years ago
How cool were they ? Just how fuckin cool was Blondie ?
giannireb68 2 years ago 45
30 years ahead of their time.
gurbie 2 years ago 2
And of course, the fact that she was probably the most beautiful woman in the history of rock didn't hurt. By all accounts Debbie is also one of the coolest and kindest broads as well. It was very hard to dislike her and Chris, but they had to put up with a lot of shit from all those other more "serious" art acts at the time. Then they laughed all the way to the bank.
giannireb68 2 years ago 7
@giannireb68
I disagree. Blondie was influenced by the artiest bands of all time: The Velvet Underground and The Byrds. The used the "punk" scene as a venue to develop their own sound. (Not that it makes any difference :) :)
abingdon66 2 years ago
@abingdon66 You're right that blondie was inspired by Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol too, but giannireb68 was correct in saying that other CBGBs bands did look down on them at first because they had a pretty girl lead singer, not a poet like Patti Smith and they were more pop-oriented. However as history has shown, they were much more versatile than the other bands like Ramones who basically had the same formula in songwriting in their entire career.
doetim 1 year ago 3
beyond cool and more than awesome and debbie is the most beautiful woman in the world.
superemposed 2 years ago
@giannireb68 I'm not quite sure. I tried to comprehend how cool they were one time but i just ended up getting a headache. I did try though, I promise.
edn172 1 year ago
@giannireb68 ULTRA COOL
superemposed 1 year ago
@giannireb68 The coolest !
GaryLeeAndrews44 8 months ago
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Downbythewater73 2 years ago
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Downbythewater73 2 years ago
X was supposed to be for Sex Offender
yepheth 2 years ago 4
Simply The Best. So glad I was around for this time in my youthful days. I feel sorry for the kids today that have a bunch of untalented lip synching so called music artists that they "admire"
Stone8 2 years ago 5
Oh, you're so right... But I believe that some kids have good musical tastes...I hope so :/
TatjanaUs 2 years ago
I like that bit where she does an X with her arms. inspired :)
phlarrdboi 2 years ago 4
Clem Burke - I never heard a finer drummer - he plays lead with drums.
boasorte 2 years ago 3
I agree one of the best in my opinion. I remember seeing Blondie at Wolverhampton civic hall & when I gave a 2 finger victory salute in the style of Winston churchill clem Burke stood on his kit and aknowledged it by doing the same .... made my night !!
dudleyguy42 2 years ago
They inspired a similar sounding British punk band from Bristol to form who were called Vice Squad. If you like Blondie then check out Vice Squad who are also fronted by a blond female singer.
InternetUser1999 2 years ago
@InternetUser1999 The other obvious band they inspired were a British outfit called Transvision Vamp, later on in the 80s. They too had an attractive blonde singer, and male band - punky type music.
sambda 1 year ago
she looks high
ufolive1 2 years ago
So looks the drummer.
Reint25 2 years ago 2
hehe, I like Nigel Harrison at 2:51 looking at the playlist to see what's next and then tell it to Jimmy Destri.
ruderkonge1976 2 years ago 2
Yea and did ya notice Clem drop one of his sticks at the end?
dunkirknewyork 2 years ago
Haha, indeed.
Reint25 2 years ago
FUUUUCK!!!!!!
I don't like to swear in comments but that was fantastic! Deborah is the girl, Chris Stein is divine and Blondie beats with my heart forever xx
suzmicmay 2 years ago 4
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so skinny... all that charly ...gimme some baby
CrunchyLice 2 years ago
This was the first version I've heard of this song, and I think it's the best. The energy and Destris backing vocals are better than the studio-version and other live-versions I've heard.
ruderkonge1976 2 years ago 4
does anyone have their beatclub show live
ookiemon 2 years ago
i like the X thing debbie does at 1:23 , so cool
alantmac 2 years ago
Sooooooo cute !!!
UNSTOPABLE!
unsimplefan 2 years ago
nice performance
thank you!
(i assume this footage is from 77 not 78)
najaolhos 3 years ago
no words
mrverlaine 3 years ago
fucking great.
ErroneousClutter 3 years ago
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This band were hardly unique they were put together by the Ramones manager Tommy Ramone as a punk answer to ABBA. Note that there sound is like a cross between ABBA and the Ramones.
mortonhill 3 years ago
Oh my God, no offense, but that is a very simplistic view of Blondie.They had incredible hooks and redefined punk and new wave.Not quite The Ramones crossed with Abba !!!!
boggsy60 3 years ago 23
thats total bollocks.. blondie formed in a club (i forget the name).. well not formed, but they played there for AGES before being scooped up by thier label. there is a video on here somewhere where they tell how blondie formed.. now go away you troll.
yummy2k7 3 years ago
No offense but you're a total moron mortonhill, in fact your name should be MORNHILL!
Debbie harry and her bf Chris Stein formed Blondie back in 73/74 with a different name and it evolved into Blondie. Tommy Ramone had NOTHING to do with the formation of this band. Stop pulling things out of your ass man. Their sound defined new wave for a whole generation with their fuse of many different genres of music.
guyinsf 2 years ago 3
Amazes me how so very few views and comments...This band is and was very unique, with a very sexyyyyyyyyy Debbie x x x
shaggy39uk 3 years ago
Nice Blondie footage, as usual, a great energtic performance from Clem Burke.
MJL3764 3 years ago 2
Clem, Frankie and Jimmy. yeah, now that's Blondie.
freoninferno 3 years ago
Giggity giggity!!!!!
marcmud70 3 years ago 2
Fantastic performance from an Incredible band- I can get through without a daily dose of Blondie! LONG LIVE DEBORAH HARRY & BLONDIE!!!!
gerifan1 3 years ago 3
BLONDIE FOREVER!! Debbie IS THE BEST!! ROCK ON
tiffany10001 3 years ago
Pero q mujer mas hermosa !
unsimplefan 3 years ago
Clem is kicking a bit of ass on this one.
hollies65 3 years ago 7
YES. The band is tight, Debbie sounds great they are tight. Early Bondie at their best. Thanks for posting.
erinfla 3 years ago 7
gustozo!!!! thanks for posting!!!5 stars!!!
solredoc 3 years ago 5
Wow, not seen X Offender on this set before! LOL at Debbie's big 'X' and her army overcoat.
Love, love, love that girl so muchxxxx
Elstro 3 years ago 7