It is my absolute least favourite. still amazed it was such a massive hit.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
I can't stand it either. These days I hear it more often on the radio than "Heart of Glass."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tnxnBAs.jpg
20. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 159 points]Plastic Letters, Feb 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
Great start to the top 20. The guitar playing is so beautiful and always reminds me of Felt (especially in that intro). One of Debbie's best vocals.
― kitchen person, Friday, 14 July 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
all time. had i submitted a ballot it would have been top 10.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wcLliZo.jpg
19. In the Flesh [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 166 points]Blondie, Dec 1976
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
darlingdarlingdarling
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZJFyoJD.jpg
18. Rip Her to Shreds [9 votes | 0 #1 votes | 168 points]Blondie, Dec 1976
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
Bermuda Triangle Blues was such a great discovery when I finally got around to buying Plastic Letters.
Every time I think of Rip Her to Shreds it segues into Superman by R.E.M. (and vice-versa).
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 July 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
These two were two spots away from each other on my ballot, and pretty close to their actual placement here! "She looks like she stepped out of the middle of somebody's bruise" is still one of the greatest lyrics anywhere.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
oh is THAT what she sings!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:09 (six years ago) link
haha speaking of misheard Blondie lyrics, I just learned yesterday that she says "mucho mistrust" instead of "intimate trust" in HoG.
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NtWt2Hk.jpg
17. Pretty Baby [7 votes | 1 #1 vote | 178 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
My #1 - only 6 others voted for this?!
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BBk9MQu.jpg
16. One Way or Another [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 189 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
Other than "Call Me," the only big Blondie hit that I'm just not into.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 July 2017 15:52 (six years ago) link
I love One Way or Another, but to me it only sounds right coming right after Hanging on the Telephone.(The way Living Loving Maid only sounds right after Heartbreaker.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
Lead you to the supermarket checkout, some specials and rat food, get lost in the crowd =
https://i.giphy.com/media/3o6ozkQbdfOIyCC6wU/giphy.webp
Also love the way Clem threatens to turn the beat inside out just before the guitar solo, so when he hits that drumroll you think you've gained an extra beat.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:06 (six years ago) link
Your looks are larger than life
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I love Debbie Harry's unabashed lust; she never hid her sexual feelings for guys. Madonna paid attention.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 16:12 (six years ago) link
when i was younger i thought the line, 'I'm not the kind of girl who gives up just like that' was about 'not giving it up' when it is very opposite that
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/66Mfwcn.jpg
15. Will Anything Happen? [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 207 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
I never got around to voting, but glad to see placement of "Will Anything Happen?" I especially love the double-tracked vocals on "Will IIIIIIIIIII ever see you again?"
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
Redundant to say this becz Clem Burke rules in general, but great drumming on this one too.
didn't Television try to steal him from Blondie? or am I mis-remembering?
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
I either never knew or forgot I ever knew, probably the latter, that Jack Lee wrote "Will Anything Happen." Great song, great performance.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
i thought it was the who xp
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 July 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zZjSlTw.png
14. Shayla [9 votes | 0 #1 votes | 221 points]Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
The catch in her voice at its peak imo
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
I think this was top 5 for me
― sleeve, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
Pretty baby was my number 3, y'all are crazy for not getting it to the top ten
― text text text text (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
pretty baby would have been high on the ballot i didn't send in.that melody over the simplest of shuffles...tmw words fall away and there's nothing left but whoa...
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 14 July 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wVVnOmL.jpg
13. Just Go Away [12 votes | 0 #1 votes | 241 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
My number 2!!!
Perfect closer to a perfect album
― text text text text (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
#4 on my ballot. So many bands would be fortunate to have a song anywhere near this good anywhere on an album. Blondie crafts an album so great they can save it for the very end.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
Huh. Another of my least favorites. Different strokes.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
GO AWAY AND STAY AWAY
love the call and response, peak petulance in rock and roll
― text text text text (voodoo chili), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HkH7vb8.jpg
12. Sunday Girl [11 votes | 1 #1 vote | 252 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
First time I ever heard this was the "Greatest Hits" version that combined the English and French, and was surprised/confused to discover they weren't actually recorded that way on the album! The idea of a song that changed languages halfway through struck me as really cool (I was 14). And I was taking French in school, so I could at least understand phrases like "Depeche-toi, depeche-toi attends."
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XKXdKjp.jpg
11. X Offender [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 256 points]Blondie, Dec 1976
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
"Sunday Girl" was my number 1, the perfect pop song. Can't believe it's not in the Top 10.
― Bee OK, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Nw0uwgg.jpg
10. Rapture [11 votes | 0 #1 votes | 258 points]Autoamerican, Nov 1980
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
TOO LOW
― ramen play on 10 (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
Shayla and Just Go Away are only faintly known to me so they're a surprise to be just outside of the Top 10 certainly.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EQrpoGl.jpg
09. (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 280 points]Plastic Letters, Feb 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:12 (six years ago) link
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, July 14, 2017 4:25 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I didn't get around to voting, but Pretty Baby would have been my #1 as well. Starting to worry that No Imagination isn't going to place
― soref, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sxp1Ous.jpg
08. 11:59 [11 votes | 1 #1 vote | 292 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
Shayla would have been my no. 1 and 11.59 my no. 2. Both could have been singles. Shayla is massively underrated but almost any time I've played it to anyone who only knows the singles they have been blown away by it.
― stirmonster, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:40 (six years ago) link
I love "X Offender," and "In the Flesh," but it took me a little while. The first time I ever heard them (on Rhino's DiY punk series) they sounded like weird parodies of pop songs, to me. "Denis" has a bit of this as well.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 14 July 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/YrX28Lq.jpg
07. Fade Away and Radiate [12 votes | 1 #1 vote | 305 points]Parallel Lines, Sep 1978
― nate woolls, Friday, 14 July 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link