Blondie - Man overboard

Man overboard (1976) from the album blondie

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Music

Tags:

• blondie
• man
• overboard
• debbie
• harry
• deborah
• punk

[kagmzp]

I love it! I never noticed how great the drummer is. Blondie 4EVER!

[DJDJANGO1]

The UK's Ting Tings.....watch and learn.....your lead singer is soooooo busted!! She's just hopin no one remembers Debbie Harry. Bit hard with such an icon that transends eras.

Forget those rip offs watch the original.....BLONDIE.....one of the greatest US Rock N Roll bands of all time.....and as for Ms Harry.....she made every Rock/Pop chick since seem so tired and obsolete.

[slobomotion]

@AccessAir I was only briefly a musician myself but did some record production and was very, very involved in the scene in NYC. My first journalism was in music, starting in the '70s. The music business is a rotten one. Debbie has sides to her very, very few know about. I'll never tell! And I've had a lot of music written about me, which is nice (usually) and am a character in some published books and other stuff. Call me "muse . . . " Interesting comment you just made . . .

[AccessAir]

@slobomotion Yeah, Valentine left after the first album. They brought in Guitarist Frank Infante and Bassist Nigel Harrison..In the end tho, even up to the time when Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, Harrison, Infante and Valentine were treated like red-headed step children at the ceremony, by Debbie...I will say that its the ONLY time that I felt icky about liking or the band...You can see it on Youtube some place... It just wasnt very nice....

[slobomotion]

@AccessAir Right, I am sure I have the facts screwed up. I think I mean Valentine. I heard about the frustration experienced by members of Blondie from several sources who were also musicians at that time. It was a tradeoff -- they weren't able to do exactly as they pleased. There's nothing unusual in that, unfortunately. I also knew quite a few groups who were totally different live from what their records were made to be like.

[AccessAir]

@slobomotion Blondie's Keyboardist has always been Jimmy Destri....

[pobox326]

この曲、大好き！

[TheDaleywaters]

Oh my god, why do I still get the sweats when I see her?

[gailmckennag]

she moved to the beat but didn't dance enough.she gave me feelings that are forbidden to say.

[slobomotion]

@8orwellish I make a comment here which might interest you about why their style and direction changed.

[slobomotion]

I think the earlier keyboard player left cuz the group wanted to pursue the girl group kind of sound but were instructed to go for more disco and mainstream type pop stuff, at least that is what I heard from a close insider at the time. Makes sense to me. The only criticism I heard ever about this group live was that Debbie moved awkwardly, but she was so good, it didn't really matter. So she wasn't a top dancer? The general package was fine.

[yepheth]

that's from late 1978