My Blondie 45’s weren’t needed long. I snapped The Best Of Blondie out of the Columbia House catalog. I had Heart Of Glass and The Tide Is High and a whole bunch more that would become beloved Blondie favorites.
Here again is a mystery. I really liked Blondie, why did I not have the urge to collect their previous albums. There doesn’t seem to be any driving logic on this. I must have forgotten some details. I can’t think why I’d be so hot to pick up anything Pat Benatar but yet be satisfied with this one Blondie album. As for longevity, over the past 30 years I would say that I listen to Blondie more frequently than Pat Benatar. Is that due to the nature of The Best Of? Now I have to pick up a couple of the early Blondie albums to check them out. I’ll let you know what happens. I would go on to purchase a couple later works. Wait until you hear Rapture Riders! We have to wait until the 21st century for that. Over 20 years. One of the things that keeps happening while I do this is my constant amazement with time and how it seems to slow down and speed up so much. I mean Vermont Academy for example. In some ways it feels like I was just there but it was 30 years ago.
Blondie will enter the picture a couple more times in My Musical Evolution but for now, let’s just focus on Blondie during the Academy Days.
Dreaming
In The Flesh
Sunday Girl
Debbie Harry sported several looks over the years. This was my favorite, Heart of Glass Debbie Harry. Pretty hot.
Rapture
I have always been more interested in the music than the lyrics. This is an example of listening to a song hundreds of times wihtout really paying attention to what she is saying. After 10 years of Rapture I finally heard what she was doing just prior to 24 hour shopping. Then of course, you can never un-hear it.
Call Me
Atomic