OH, YOUR POLL IS BEAUTIFUL - ILM Artist Poll #83 - BLONDIE - RESULTS THREAD

there is no way i could vote on this as i just don't have the knowledge.
but.
one of my first experiences of cool music was the eat to the beat betamax album.
my parents had just bought a betamax machine, and we had nothing to watch on it.
then a pub regular walked in and handed my parents a copy of this blondie betamax album.
over the next few weeks while it stayed with us, i fell hard for that audio visual escape option.
many years later, the album was reissued with a dvd version of the visual album and amazingly i was on the promo list (thank you guy hands)
it's still one of the best things i ever got in all the years of promo gubbins.

didn't vote for the hardest part, but that's a great video

I think this is the first song from my ballot that's made it so far. Feel like songs like these were the vanguard of the US equivalent of New Romanticism.

http://i.imgur.com/xb1NjdY.jpg

29. I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 112 points]
Plastic Letters, Feb 1978

http://i.imgur.com/M2zK6WL.jpg

28. Angels on the Balcony [5 votes | 0 #1 votes | 113 points]
Autoamerican, Nov 1980

http://i.imgur.com/Y1YTgIl.jpg

27. In the Sun [6 votes | 0 #1 votes | 124 points]
Blondie, Dec 1976

http://i.imgur.com/cEqv38F.jpg

26. The Tide Is High [6 votes | 0 #1 votes | 125 points]
Autoamerican, Nov 1980

http://i.imgur.com/ImPotnl.png

25. Accidents Never Happen [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 135 points]
Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979

http://i.imgur.com/NGKGuNr.jpg

24. Fan Mail [6 votes | 1 #1 vote | 137 points]
Plastic Letters, Feb 1978

http://i.imgur.com/op7KwAh.png

23. Call Me [6 votes | 0 #1 votes | 138 points]
American Gigolo (soundtrack), Apr 1980

hmph

Voted for "Fan Mail," "In the Sun" and "The Tide is High," the latter of which was probably the first Blondie song I knew.

For whatever reason, I've never been crazy about "Call Me." Feels like a lesser "Atomic" to me, I guess.

These results mostly seem about right (Victor is TOO LOW for me but I realise it's not exactly a fan favourite). Call Me is a cool song but definitely second-tier as far as their hits go.

NFW

First ridiculisuly wrong placement

That's way low for a bunch of those, imo. "In The Sun", "Fan Mail" and "Walk Like Me" were all in my top 10.

Surprised to see 'Call Me' this low, should really be Top 10. The full version is awesome.

Fan Mail is such a good opener. The way it just bursts into life is so thrilling. The same goes for In The Sun which was very high on my list. They had so much energy on those first four albums.

I'm not a big fan of Maria but it was a nice moment when that got to number one.

It got nowhere near that here in the US.

i really, really disliked "call me" when it came out. it just felt all wrong and not at all blondie to me. i have grown to like it quite a bit as time has marched on but it still feels to me like an odd anomaly in their catalogue.

It got nowhere near that here in the US.

The UK embraced Blondie a lot more than any other country.

i didn't have the nerve to say no and accidents never happen were my votes from this stretch, a couple of great destri jams.

"the nerve" would've been higher on my ballot but it sort of peters out at the end.

http://i.imgur.com/gvVa12b.jpg

22. Denis [6 votes | 0 #1 votes | 144 points]
Plastic Letters, Feb 1978

I didn't vote for Call Me, but it really doesn't feel like much of an anomaly to me. It has elements of a lot of their most popular songs, like "Atomic," "Heart of Glass," "One Way or Another," but doesn't quite reach those heights.

Still, it's a hell of a lot better than a lot of other songs that topped the Billboard year-end charts

I should have voted. "Call Me" rules. TOO LOW.

http://i.imgur.com/ouQM5ZB.png

21. Slow Motion [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 155 points]
Eat to the Beat, Oct 1979

too low!

so everyone knows, Spotify has been getting updated:

https://open.spotify.com/user/beeok/playlist/4vk7yu7IXBOznDw6rKdxBV

at first i did forget all about "Call Me" and when i was putting my ballot together i was thinking i'm missing something. realized it was not on any proper album and therefore the reason for overlooking it. decided to include it and ended up as my number 20.

i'm 3/20 so far, i guess i'm a Top 20 voter.

7/20 in my case. Including "Victor"!

Slow Motion is too low. Such an incredible rush of a song. How did they not release it as a single? It would have been the perfect follow up to Atomic.

the song "Slow Motion" was originally planned to be the fourth single release from the album, and producer Mike Chapman even made a remix of the track, but following the unexpected success of "Call Me", the theme song to movie American Gigolo, these plans were shelved and the single mix of "Slow Motion" remains unreleased.

Interesting. Shame they didn't give it a chance to have its moment. It belongs on their Greatest Hits albums.

5/20 for me. While I ultimately left them off my ballot, I'm glad "Look Good In Blue," "Living In The Real World," "Victor" and "Maria" all placed.

The biggest surprise placement for me is "I'm Gonna Love You Too" - I don't dislike it, but it definitely sounds like filler to me compared to the rest of the album.

I think I'm tired of "Call Me," and I've never really cared for "The Tide Is High" or "Denis."

"Accidents Never Happen" was in my top 5 - so good.

5/20 - i voted for a lot of parallel lines tracks, so i imagine most are still to come

at first i did forget all about "Call Me" and when i was putting my ballot together i was thinking i'm missing something. realized it was not on any proper album and therefore the reason for overlooking it. decided to include it and ended up as my number 20.

I did the same thing and accidentally left it off the list of tracks I posted on the first thread, I hope it didn't lose votes because of that.

'The Tide is High' is one of my least favourite Blondie singles, if not absolute least favourite at this stage. Can't stand it.

It is my absolute least favourite. still amazed it was such a massive hit.

I can't stand it either. These days I hear it more often on the radio than "Heart of Glass."

http://i.imgur.com/tnxnBAs.jpg

20. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) [7 votes | 0 #1 votes | 159 points]
Plastic Letters, Feb 1978

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.

all time. had i submitted a ballot it would have been top 10.

http://i.imgur.com/wcLliZo.jpg

19. In the Flesh [8 votes | 0 #1 votes | 166 points]
Blondie, Dec 1976

darling
darling
darling

http://i.imgur.com/ZJFyoJD.jpg

18. Rip Her to Shreds [9 votes | 0 #1 votes | 168 points]
Blondie, Dec 1976

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).

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.

oh is THAT what she sings!

haha speaking of misheard Blondie lyrics, I just learned yesterday that she says "mucho mistrust" instead of "intimate trust" in HoG.