While New York was dirty, broke, and loud.
Out of that mess comes Blondie.
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein weren’t chasing pop hits.
They were grinding it out at CBGB with everyone else who mattered.
The ramones, talking heads and The dead boys
Early Blondie wasn’t new wave or disco.
It was punk.
Short songs. Sharp hooks. Zero polish.
America ignored them.
But The UK paid attention.
By the time their album Parallel Lines dropped in 1978, the band that came out of CBGB had learned how to aim wider without losing teeth.
“Heart of Glass” went number one and confused everyone who thought punk had rules.
So what did blondie show us?
You could start in a filthy club on the Bowery
and still take over the radio
without asking permission.
CBGB didn’t make stars.
It made survivors.
And Blondie was one of them.
#criticallydisdained #music #history #punk #newyork #newwave
#blondie
Out of that mess comes Blondie.
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein weren’t chasing pop hits.
They were grinding it out at CBGB with everyone else who mattered.
The ramones, talking heads and The dead boys
Early Blondie wasn’t new wave or disco.
It was punk.
Short songs. Sharp hooks. Zero polish.
America ignored them.
But The UK paid attention.
By the time their album Parallel Lines dropped in 1978, the band that came out of CBGB had learned how to aim wider without losing teeth.
“Heart of Glass” went number one and confused everyone who thought punk had rules.
So what did blondie show us?
You could start in a filthy club on the Bowery
and still take over the radio
without asking permission.
CBGB didn’t make stars.
It made survivors.
And Blondie was one of them.
#criticallydisdained #music #history #punk #newyork #newwave
#blondie
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