11:59(Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, DearA Rose by Any NameA Shark in Jets ClothingAccidents Never HappenAlready NakedAngels on the BalconyAtomicBackground Melody (The Only One)BackroomBermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)Best Day EverBoom Boom in the Zoom Zoom RoomCautious LipChina ShoesContact in Red SquareDancewayD-DayDenisDesire Brings Me BackDetroit 442Diamond BridgeDie Young Stay PrettyDig Up the ConjoDivineDo the DarkDoom or DestinyDouble TakeDragonflyDreamingEat to the BeatEnd to EndEnglish BoysEuphoriaEuropaFacesFade Away and RadiateFan MailFollow MeFor Your Eyes OnlyForgive and ForgetFragmentsFunGirlie GirlieGo Through ItGolden RodGood BoysGravityHanging on the TelephoneHappy Dog (for Caggy)Heart of GlassHello JoeHere's Looking at YouI Didn't Have the Nerve to Say NoI Know but I Don't KnowI Screwed UpI Want to Drag You AroundI'm Gonna Love You TooI'm on EIn the FleshIn the SunIsland of Lost SoulsJust Go AwayKidnapperKung Fu GirlsLast One in the WorldLe BleuLittle CaesarLittle Girl LiesLive It UpLiving in the Real WorldLong TimeLook Good in BlueLove at the PierLove Doesn't Frighten MeLove LevelMagic (Asadoya Yunta)Make a WayMan OverboardMariaMile HighMotherMy MonsterNight Wind SentNo ExitNo ImaginationNothing Is Real but the GirlOne Way or AnotherOrchid ClubOut in the StreetsPicture ThisPretty BabyRaptureRaveRelaxRifle RangeRip Her to ShredsRules for LivingScreaming SkinShakedownShaylaSlow MotionSongs of LoveSound-A-SleepSugar on the SideSunday GirlSunday SmileTake It BackTake Me in the NightT-BirdsThe Attack of the Giant AntsThe BeastThe Dream's Lost on MeThe End the EndThe Hardest PartThe Hunter Gets Captured by the GameThe Tide Is HighThe TinglerToo MuchUnder the GunUndoneUnion City BlueVictorWalk Like MeWar ChildWhat I HeardWhen I Gave Up on YouWill Anything Happen?WinterWipe Off My SweatWords in My MouthX OffenderYouth Nabbed as Sniper
― nate woolls, Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
'The Attack of the Giant Ants' ftw.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
No 'Call Me' in the list?
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
For anyone who hasn't listened to it, their 1999 "comeback" album No Exit has some great stuff on it aside from "Maria." "Double Take" and "The Dream's Lost On Me" rank among my very favourite Blondie tracks.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
there's a new one as well, right?
― sleeve, Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Yeah. After hearing a couple of the advance tracks, I wasn't sure as I was gonna bother with it, but as long as I'm going on a Blondie binge...
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
I'm going to find it very hard to vote for anything by nu-Blondie... and probably anything from The Hunter while we're at it.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
What's worse: the music on The Hunter, or Debbie's 'do on the album cover?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/Blondie_-_The_Hunter.jpg
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 June 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
That's a difficult choice, really. The music on The Hunter is mostly awful, but Debbie's 'do on the album cover looks as if it influenced Chad Kroeger, so very difficult.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
Weren't a couple of the band members complete raging junkies by the time of The Hunter?
We've established, of course, that Eat to the Beat is only a shade less amazing than PL, right?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
I may like EtoB even better than PL.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:08 (six years ago) link
can we not vote for Rush Rush...? I guess that's a Debbie solo song
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
No Harry solo, right? Otherwise "I Want That Man," a favorite karaoke number of mine, can't fit.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I agree that Eat to the Beat is no Parallel Lines, but it comes close enough and really, that's the best that Blondie and Mike Chapman could have hoped for when they went into the studio to make. The only thing that I'd actually change about Eat to the Beat is its shit title.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
I've always wondered why it has such a dumb title
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
oh totally
― sleeve, Thursday, 22 June 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
I just copied and pasted the album tracklistings from Wikipedia, Call Me should be on that list obviously.
Happy to run a Debbie Harry solo side poll, just submit a ballot of any number of tracks.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
ETTB runs out of steam after "Slow Motion" but it's fire before that.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
I already have my #1 picked out and it wasn't a single.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
ETTB runs out of steam after "Slow Motion" but it's fire before that.― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:03 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:03 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
What? Even though 'Atomic' is the next track after 'Slow Motion'?
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
I forgot whether it came first. OK so after "Atomic" then!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 June 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
No 'Susie and Jeffrey' either. Sacrilege!
― Jeff W, Thursday, 22 June 2017 20:31 (six years ago) link
I just made a quick list and was surprised how many songs I wanted to include from the first album. I always think of Eat To The Beat and Parallel Lines battling it out for my favourite Blondie album, but it actually could be the debut.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 22 June 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
If Mike Chapman is to be believed, Autoamerican was the easiest album of them all to make and The Hunter was the hardest.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 22 June 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
thanks for taking over this poll Nate. one reason i gave up on it is because all my past polls i knew the artist inside and out. with Blondie there were some gaps but looking forward to diving into this catalog.
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 June 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
As a complete sucker for '60s girl groups, "Slow Motion" might be my number one.
― Hideous Lump, Friday, 23 June 2017 02:13 (six years ago) link
#1 blondie song, 11:59Tied for #1, Atomic#2 Blondie song, DreamingTied for #2, the rest of Parallel Lines
― Treeship, Friday, 23 June 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
I am going to do a real ballot later. I usually don't bother with these but this one is different.
― Treeship, Friday, 23 June 2017 03:22 (six years ago) link
i should say, i'm going to try and get through everything. does anybody have any song suggestions from the 20174 release?
― Bee OK, Friday, 23 June 2017 14:03 (six years ago) link
I've said it before, but few more perfect expressions of desire and, ah, rapture exit than the line "Your hair is beautiful," buttressed by how ominous the song becomes after the chord change.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:15 (six years ago) link
I can tell you now my #1 and #2 are "Pretty Baby" and "Dreaming," and after that I can pick and choose.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" -- xxp
― Mr. Crackpots (WilliamC), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
YOU LOOK SO HEAVENLY
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
Alfred otm. A beautiful moment.
― wtev, Friday, 23 June 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
like his hair!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
Not to be all hipster but there's also "Poets Problem," from the b-side of the "Presence, Dear" single. It's a really good Jimmy Destri song.
Also "Llámame," the Spanish-language "Call Me."
― Josefa, Friday, 23 June 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
I just threw together a ballot of my favorites, which wasn't v difficult given that Parallel Lines is literally one of the first albums I remember hearing/seeing (the other is the SNF soundtrack)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 23 June 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
I would like to put in a good word for "Shayla" here
― sleeve, Friday, 23 June 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
and "Union City Blue" – that whole side really
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 June 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
'Union City Blue' rules.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 23 June 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
Deep cut everyone should check out: 'Angels on the Balcony'
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 23 June 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
20174?, not sure why i was writing out a zip code. anyways meant 2017 release.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 June 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
Have Odenkirk and Cross ever copped to ripping of "A Shark in Jets Clothing" for Mr. Show's theme?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 24 June 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
Yes, "Angels on the Balcony" is a nice song. (Also "Live It Up" from that album.)
I must rep for "Accidents Never Happen" which has always been a big favourite of mine. Jimmy Destri was a great songwriter for a while there.
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Saturday, 24 June 2017 01:30 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that's another good one. I'm hoping to see quite a fair few deep cuts place on this poll.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 24 June 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
anyone watched this lately?
https://img.discogs.com/o_y8Zz_UC-kiMDaQXZgFAhhXGQQ=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-3275922-1323527118.jpeg.jpg
― piscesx, Saturday, 24 June 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
well yeah but in what order? hmmm
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Sunday, 25 June 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
Destri their best songwriter: consistently interesting.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 June 2017 23:40 (six years ago) link
The biggest prima donna in the band too, by most accounts.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Monday, 26 June 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
man, I had no idea there was an 8:06 version of "Call Me"― sleeve, Thursday, June 29, 2017 9:21 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― sleeve, Thursday, June 29, 2017 9:21 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yup, there is and it fucking rules! My preferred version by a long way. There's also a longer version, iirc.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 29 June 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
Eat To The Beat must have been the first video-album. or one of the first few. there weren't too many i guess. i know Soft Cell had a stab at one, Eurythmics too.
― piscesx, Thursday, 29 June 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
― piscesx,
as sputnik said : "welcome to the future .. "
― mark e, Thursday, 29 June 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
The Tide is High >>> Rapture
though i don't think TTiH is going to make my ballot because of over exposer.
― Bee OK, Friday, 30 June 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
been having a blast listening to this band this week. haven't even replayed Parallel Lines but i know that album inside and out. close to every song from there will probably make it.
― Bee OK, Friday, 30 June 2017 01:57 (six years ago) link
I'M YOUR DOGBUT NOT YOUR PETAWOOOOOOO
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 June 2017 02:19 (six years ago) link
"Scenery" is a nifty obscure Blondie demo... I think this might sneak onto my ballot. I'd forgotten it, but I first heard it on that "Blonde & Beyond" comp from the early 90s. Along with "X Offender" and "Presence, Dear," it really make me wish Gary Valentine had written more songs for the band...
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Friday, 30 June 2017 03:09 (six years ago) link
I rarely fp people, but you're testing me.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 30 June 2017 03:43 (six years ago) link
Fan Mail has a shot at being my number one, as far as favs that weren't hits go.
― albvivertine, Friday, 30 June 2017 03:49 (six years ago) link
i always seem to have the wrong pick so many of my selections, so this is more par for the norm for me. this is why i love ILM, where i can find some like souls and the board delivers again and again.
xpost
― Bee OK, Friday, 30 June 2017 04:47 (six years ago) link
*with
― Bee OK, Friday, 30 June 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
I like "Tide Is High" as a song, but Blondie's version is not my favorite version so I can't see voting for it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 30 June 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
'Rapture' > 'The Tide Is High' ... although 'Rapture' is possibly my least favourite of Blondie's "disco" numbers...
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 30 June 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
genuinely baffled as to how anything but Union City Blue could possibly win. it has a unique atmosphere that song; you never hear anything else with quite that kind of upbeat yearning quality to it. IMO.
― piscesx, Friday, 30 June 2017 21:43 (six years ago) link
It very well could end up my #1, but I haven't banged out a ballot yet.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 30 June 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
Yeah, 'Union City Blue' is a favourite of mine too!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 30 June 2017 22:00 (six years ago) link
This song has been destroying me all weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kh_E4M6w0E
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 3 July 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
Burke's drumming on this is immense
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 July 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
The better of the circa-1998/9 AIDS elegies from a veteran female pop star making a "comeback," I'd argue.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 3 July 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
don't think this has been posted yet either
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/blondie_bombshell_debbie_harrys_awkwardly_awesome_late_night_disco_diatribe
― sleeve, Monday, 3 July 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
'I'm on E' is quite a forward-thinking title, innit?
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
Ballot sent. I really wish this had been Top 25 - so hard to cut some tracks.
― lingereffect (Kent Burt), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
The list I'll likely send soon.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
i have only been listening to this the Slicing Up Eyeballs Cure playlist for these last few weeks. i think i have my Top 20, just need to sort them out.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 6 July 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
sent
― sleeve, Thursday, 6 July 2017 00:32 (six years ago) link
i'm gonna cobble together a 10-15 song ballot tomorrow or friday, gonna be from the first 3 records
― 44 4s (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 July 2017 03:01 (six years ago) link
*4 records, always forget about plastic letters
― 44 4s (voodoo chili), Thursday, 6 July 2017 03:02 (six years ago) link
Voted
― Bee OK, Friday, 7 July 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
Voted!
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 7 July 2017 02:35 (six years ago) link
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 7 July 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
voted
― voodoo chili, Friday, 7 July 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
Voted. Looking forward to the 1,000 post long argument as to which version of "Atomic" is best, single or LP.
― Jeff W, Friday, 7 July 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
LP, of course.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
No.
― Jeff W, Friday, 7 July 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
Yes.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:48 (six years ago) link
I hope somebody voted for this helluva opener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn3QgfmM_jo
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
I will be that guy who asks if deadline may be extended to midnight US Eastern Time.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
(It would give me time to decide the last 5-6 spots on my ballot)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 July 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
are we going to get confirmation emails?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 8 July 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
Yeah I will send out emails once I've processed the ballot.
Also I'm going to be pretty busy all weekend so I'm going to keep the voting period open until Monday.
― nate woolls, Saturday, 8 July 2017 08:22 (six years ago) link
thanks Nate, looking so forward to this!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 8 July 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
16 ballots in so far, not too bad but more would be great. Any received in the next 24 hour will be counted.
― nate woolls, Sunday, 9 July 2017 12:13 (six years ago) link
hoping this will start this week?
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 01:01 (six years ago) link
POLL her to shreds
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 01:19 (six years ago) link
POLLable LinesHanging on the TelePOLLI Know But I Don't POLLI Didn't Have the Nerve to Say POLLA Shark in Jets POLLing
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 05:19 (six years ago) link
Island of Lost POLLS
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
POLL Motion.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
OH, YOUR POLL IS BEAUTIFUL - ILM Artist Poll #83 - BLONDIE - RESULTS THREAD
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:13 (six years ago) link
^^^ A+
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link